Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Greswold values on show out of school too!
Wed 03 Jul 2024Eva, in year 1, has been demonstrating the Greswold values of Belonging and Kindness recently by working hard to make lots of bracelets and woggles, to sell, to help raise money for a very good cause.
Eva's Beaver group are in urgent need of new tents and she has managed to raise over £100 by selling her very attractive bracelets.
Well done Eva, it's always lovely to hear about how Greswold pupils are actively supporting their community while demonstrating our values. Brilliant news!
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Year 3 fully immersed in Roman life!
Tue 02 Jul 2024Year 3 had a wonderful adventure at Lunt Fort.
All children enjoyed taking part in battle drills where they got to train to be Roman soldiers with their very own wooden training swords and shields, and where they learnt different battle formations and tactics. They also got to explore Roman armour, weapons and hear all about life as a Roman from their very own Roman Guides: Nius, Gius and Rufus. Despite the hot weather, all the children (and adults) seemed to have a fantastic time!
The children then followed up their experiences by designing Roman Villas using Minecraft Education focusing, on including columns, domed roof and archways. One pair of year 3'd even included an oculus, a hole in the roof to allow natural light into the villa!
Thank you to the staff for providing such immersive learning experiences.
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Brilliant achievement - Greswold finish 2nd at Borough Sports' 2024!
Tue 02 Jul 2024After such a successful year for Greswold competing in athletics, it was inevitable that they would produce yet another impressive performance, this time in Borough Sports'.
Borough Sports' is a day long competition for year 6 pupils where teams of 12 boys and 12 girls compete in three events and aim to attain as many points as possible. For the children who rank inside the top 3 in each discipline at the event, there are extra medals to be won too.
Last year, Greswold's Borough Sports' team achieved their best every performance (against other large schools) with a third place finish. However this year, on the back of a successful Cross Country event back in October and winning the County Finals in Sportshall Athletics in March, the children were very confident.
75m sprint, 600m, Shot Putt, Javelin, Standing Long Jump and Long Jump were the events the children could take part in with a relay to finish.
Over 20 schools competed in total, split into 3 leagues according to their size. After all the points were counted, Greswold finished a fabulous 2nd with only Solihull School ahead of them. Athletes from Greswold also won medals in the following events due to finishing in the top 3!
Bronze in Boys' Standing Triple Jump
Silver in Boys' Long Jump
Bronze in Boys' Long Jump
Silver in Girls' Sprint Relay
Bronze in Girls' Standing Triple Jump
Final standings in Large Schools' competition:
(1st) Solihull School
(2nd) Greswold
(3rd) Shirley Heath
(4th) Widney
(5th) Balsall Common
(6th) Sharman's Cross
(7th) Monkspath
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Nursery pupils use the subject of minibeasts to deepen their learning experiences
Mon 01 Jul 2024Recently, each class teacher has been showcasing their expertise in delivering lessons which promote a greater depth of understanding within their pupils. These have included Year 5 History lessons on the Vikings, Year 2 performance poetry and Reception's learning involving making bread and butter.
Today was the turn of Nursery pupils to demonstrate their deepening knowledge of minibeasts. The pupil's curiosity was ignited initially by the storybook Superworm, and from there the children have been on minibeast hunts, learning about the habitats of insects. They have been learning how to classify insects and have been developing their language and vocabulary by comparing lengths and sizes of insects. They have also been observing the life cycle of insects too.
This type of project is a perfect example of how Early Years' staff use the pupils own interests to devise a very broad and practical learning experience which deepens their understanding of the subject matter.
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Y10 students revel in work experience at Greswold this term!
Mon 01 Jul 2024Greswold have received plenty of compliments this term from students and schools alike after hosting a number of Y10 students who have been undertaking Work Experience here.
19 pupils from a range of secondary institutions have enjoyed their with us this year, and in particular this term, and their commitment has been very much appreciated by school staff.
Lode Heath, Tudor Grange, Arden, Langley, Hodge Hill, Woodrush and Swanshurst School are just some of the schools we have accommodated students from this year, exemplifying our commitment to lifelong learning whilst emphasising our community outreach aspirations.
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Clean sweep for St Patrick's at the KS2 Sports' Day
Mon 01 Jul 2024Two days after St Patrick's edged the KS1 and Reception Sports' Day, it was St Patrick's again who took the honours at Friday's KS2 Sports' Day.
Thankfully a little cooler than Wednesday, it was still a brilliant turnout by our parent community to support the juniors. After completing some events in the morning, there were still 8 events in the afternoon for everyone to enjoy. Even the drinks stop contained an activity!
Just like Wednesday, the scores were very close with only three points separating 1st and 2nd.
Final standings:
(1st) St Patrick's - 256 points
(2nd) St Andrew's - 253 points
(3rd) St George's - 226 points
(4th) St David's - 210 points
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This summer's reading challenge launched by Solihull Core Library
Mon 01 Jul 2024This morning, Alan from the Core Central Library came to visit Greswold to promote this summer's reading challenge.
All the children have to do is register at your local Solihull library from Saturday 13th July to take part. The challenges finished on the 7th September.
This year's theme is Marvellous Makers with the children needing to read only six books throughout the summer to win a certificate, some stickers, a medal and a free swimming pass.
Alan also told the children about lots of events happening at Solihull libraries this summer called Solidays.
For more details on the reading challenge and Solidays, simply click on the link below:
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/
https://www.thecoretheatresolihull.co.uk/news/summer-solidays/12251/
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Have you ever wondered how butter is made? Reception children can tell you!
Mon 01 Jul 2024Mr Hornsey was treated to an absolute feast yesterday after he was invited to Reception to watch them add the finishing touches to their lessons on a class book they'd been recently reading.
Using the story of the Little Red Hen, the children had listened very carefully and worked really hard to make their own bread rolls which were absolutely magnificent. However today, their final job was to make the butter to spread on their rolls.
Each class were taught how butter was made and then each child got a chance to turn cream into butter by doing lots of vigorous shaking to separate the butter from the buttermilk.
The children then spread their butte onto the rolls and tasted their finished products. Mr Hornsey tasted bread rolls and butter from each of the three classes just to be fair!!!!!!
A wonderfully engaging experience for the children and very typical of how EYFS staff weave together different high level learning opportunities simply from storybooks.
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It's Tudor time at Greswold for year 4 pupils!
Thu 27 Jun 2024Today, Greswold welcomed back our regular historian to provide year 4 pupils with an immersive learning experience about the Tudor Age, as part of this term's History topic.
Thank you to families who helped their children to take on a leading role by providing them with wonderful costumes.
The children learned so much more about the Tudor period by being able to handle and dress up in Tudor artefacts and, as always, they were treated to some dramatic re-enactments. Thank you to everyone involved in providing such a memorable experience.
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St Patrick's edge KS1 and Reception Sports' Day
Wed 26 Jun 2024What a wonderful KS1 and Reception Sports' Day yesterday!
The children were fantastic in attempting all nine events to win points for their Greswold house, especially in such warm weather.
It was also wonderful to see so many parents join in the fun with the memorable afternoon culminating in a very close finish as the difference between 1st and 2nd was only one single point!
Congratulations to St Patrick's who were victorious at the end but well done to everyone involved, especially the pupils and teachers, in making Sports' Day another memorable event!
Final result:
1st - St Patrick's (169 points)
2nd - St David's (168 points)
3rd - St Andrew's (156 points)
4th - St George's (147 points)
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