Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Using our outdoor areas to enhance teaching and learning
Mon 07 Oct 2024As part of our ongoing commitment to enhance the experience of our curriculum, teachers at Greswold are considering how we can make lessons more practical and make use of our fabulous outdoor areas further.
Today in Year 5, rather than using their books to compare calculations, the pupils worked together in small groups on the playground and used formal written methods as well as comparative symbols and vocabulary as part of their addition and subtraction unit. A great example of curiosity and success.
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The first WOW badges of the year given out today!
Fri 04 Oct 2024Mr Hornsey set the children a challenge in whole school assembly this morning, which was to increase the current engagement in using the Travel Tracker from 20% to over 30%. 130 Travel Tracker WOW badges were awarded today for September but, as a school, we know we can achieve more!
Thank you to those families who are currently engaging in the Travel Tracker. It's very simple to use and instructions are available on the Sustainable Travel website page under Parents.
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The sunshine returns.......just in time for another successful PTA Social event!
Mon 30 Sep 2024School would like to thank members of the PTA, school staff and Greswold families who all contributed in making Friday's PTA Social event another fantastic success.
The weather gods were definitely on our side which helped to create such an enjoyable, family friendly atmosphere, along with the activities and refreshments provided.
A special mention must go to the staff face painting team of Mrs Powell, Mr Jones, Mrs Rochelle and the returning Mrs Jellicoe, who worked tirelessly throughout to ensure every child got their wish! Even Mrs Scott jumped in to help out too!
There were football, basketball, athletics, Tug O' War and other games and activities available, run by teachers and school staff, for the children and parents to enjoy along with a specially invited circus skills performer. As the event was a prelude to this year's PTA event calendar, all activities were free and the refreshments were sold at cost price, helping to make it such a special occasion.
Thank you to everyone involved, and to those families who attended, in making the first PTA event of the year such a memorable evening.
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Celebrating National Teaching Assistant Day
Fri 27 Sep 2024Today, Greswold said a huge thank you to our incredibly talented support staff on National Teaching Assistant Day. Each member of the TA, LSA, Inclusion, Greyhounds, Walking Bus and Lunchtime teams had a personal message displayed on bunting, along with a special mention on. In assembly, all children were asked to say thank you to our wonderful TAs.
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HeadTEAcher Event
Fri 27 Sep 2024After meeting with the house captains two weeks ago, today it was the turn of the school council to meet with Mrs Scott for a drink and chat. She was very impressed with the initial ideas and their commitment to bringing about positive changes at Greswold.
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Amazing Attendance
Wed 25 Sep 2024Attendance is a key priority for Greswold and I'm pleased to say since we started back our attendance has improved each week. Last week our attendance was 96.86% which is really close to our target of 97% - thank you for your support with this. Last week's winners for EYFS/KS1 were Squirrels with 99.7% We also had a hat-trick in KS2 with Nightingales, Robins and Sycamores all achieving 98.7%. Well done to all our winners.
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Greswold pupils excel in National Young Authors' Fair UK event!
Wed 18 Sep 2024During the summer, Greswold received notification from the National Young Author's Fair UK that several of our pupils excelled in the recent nationwide event we entered into.
Here are the highlights of our achievements:
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Total Registered Students: 58
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Total Published Authors: 15
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Number of Books Published: 16
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Jury Award Winners: 2
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Top 50 Best Seller Award Winner: 5
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Rank in Top 20 Schools: 1
A really remarkable achievement by the pupils who entered which culminated in 1st place in the Top Performing Schools category, 6th and 10th in the Jury awards for 'Captivating Jury Award-Winning Stories Penned by Young Authors' and finally 20th, 31st, 38th, 42nd and 40th in the best selling Author awards for 'Top national Best Selling Young Authors' category.
Thank you to Miss Nock, a member of our English Subject leadership team who organised our participation and a perfect demonstration of Greswold's commitment to promoting reading and writing inside and outside of school and as a lifelong passion.
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'Meet the Teacher' presentations available to view now!
Wed 18 Sep 2024Thank you to all parents who joined us this week and last week for 'Meet the Teacher' evenings. We had an overall turnout of 44% of families (58% of EYFS, 46% of Y1-3 and 29% of Y4-6).
If you were unable to join us or if any parent would like the information shared again, the Senior Leader presentation is now available as a recording in our Video Centre on the website or by clicking on the link below:
Individual year group presentations and information will be available on year group pages in the Children section of the website by the end of this week. EYFS pages to follow shortly. You can also click below for quicker access:
https://www.greswold.solihull.sch.uk/topic/year-groups
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Reading never stops here at Greswold!
Tue 17 Sep 2024Even though Greswold children were away from school for six weeks during the summer, it didn't stop them from continuing their love of reading.
Dozens of children completed the Solihull Summer Reading Challenge where they successfully read at least six books from Solihull libraries and then recall the stories for the benefit of a a librarian to listen to.
They were then awarded with a certificate and a special medal. Well done to all the children involved in the reading challenge this summer and congratulations to those children who completed it.
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Our PTA funding goals for this year!
Fri 13 Sep 2024In two weeks' time, the PTA Social event on Friday 27th September marks the start of our Greswold PTA fundraising calendar for this academic year. All funds raised through these events goes to enhancing every Greswold pupils' education further.
This year, there are a number of projects that school and the PTA have identified as perfect ways to spend the funds raised throughout the year.
Firstly, there are three outside areas next to year 3 which have received extensive ground work over the summer to allow each to be used functionally by staff and pupils. Each area looks fabulous, with the one outside Robins even having a canopy fitted so it can be used in all weathers. The aim now is to use PTA funding to purchase furniture and resources to make the spaces interactive, sensory and flexible.
Outside The Nest in upper Key Stage 2 is another location identified for a revamp with PTA help. Sensory wall maps and fidget walls have already been identified as possible purchases to help make the area a fully sensory and interactive environment.
Finally, our school library has always been a favourite amongst pupils, staff and parents alike. However, we feel that it now deserves a bit of tender loving care to ensure the children have a comfy and cosy place fit for purpose to enjoy their reading, and is another project that the PTA intend to get involved with.
With the help of the parental community, these projects can be funded and up and running at the earliest opportunity during this academic year. Thank you in advance for your generosity and for working in partnership with school and the PTA.
See you at the PTA Social on Friday 27th September!
