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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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My trip to Condover Hall by Ahon, Y6 (written in his own time)
Wed 26 Jun 2024My trip to Condover Hall
On Wednesday 12th June, I left for a school trip to Condover Hall, Shropshire. This was my second residential after going to Standon Bowers in Year 4. I loved Standon Bowers, but this was a whole new experience. But time flies when you’re having fun, and three days felt very quick. So, now maybe I could relive my last ever primary school trip by writing.
I started packing a few days before, but then me and my mum finished packing the day before the trip. It was quite annoying as I kept forgetting to put my name on the clothes. My mum somehow manged to fit my sleeping bag and pillow in as well as the clothes in my suitcase!
As I said bye to my mum, we were in school by 8.30 and I put my suitcase in the hall. Excitement was bursting inside of me! We had normal lessons in the morning and had an early lunch at 11.30, when I had some delicious pasta that my mum made me. At around 12.30 I sat down on the coach next to my good friend Arjun. During the two-hour-long journey, we played Marvel and Minecraft TOP TRUMPS and an emoji phrase card game that Dylan had.
When I arrived, I was stunned to see a huge mansion, which was Condover Hall. At first, I thought we would be sleeping there, but we had separate dorms. I was lucky to have a dorm with only 4 people. It even had an en suite and a shower. I was in a bunk bed with Arjun, and in the other one was Austin and Daiwik, two of my friends.
One the first day, I did abseiling and a campfire. I have to admit I wasn’t very good at abseiling (I was a bit scared and kept crashing into the wall). We had quite a nice dinner of Tandoori chicken, rice, pitta bread and mixed vegetables. We even had a dessert of chocolate ice cream! After that, we did a campfire, sung ‘David Hasselhoff running down the beach’ and made our own smores! Back in our dorms, I washed myself off in the shower. We finished off the brilliant day by telling funny stories in our dorm in the night.
The next morning, everyone was in a good (silly) mood. Me, my friends, and the others were knocking on each other’s doors – like ding dong ditching – and inevitably, we got told off. We had the latest breakfast spot, so we had some time to kill. It was hilarious when each of us were taking number twos in the toilet and Arjun had to keep using his deodorant (he was scared that the fire alarm would go off, though). We had a brilliant English Breakfast and set off for the day’s activities. We started off with the Gladiator wall, a tall wall with a mixture of logs, ropes, nets, and tyres. If you got to the top, you would say “I’m a Gladiator, hear me roar!” Unfortunately, I could not get to the top, but got quite close. I didn’t think that I would even get midway, though, as I was stuck on the second step but then got past it. Jumping down was fun, since we had a harness attached, and it felt like I was flying! We went straight to raft building after that (this was my favourite activity of the trip). In groups, we had six, large plastic cans 2 cylindrical logs and some rope. We had to make a raft out of it. The more fun part was when we got into the small lake. My clothes were drenched, not mentioning my shoes. The shallow end was about hip deep, and the deeper parts were... who knows! We had oars and life – vests and paddled through to the float. The boat was bobbing a lot and all the people who were scared and didn’t want to get wet changed boats on to the mega raft, which was safer. I didn’t though! And as my friend Arnav slipped off, and somehow, I managed to catch him before he fell (I’m not lying). After the exhilarating activity, the people who didn’t want to get wet went back to their dorms. We stayed in the hip – deep end, locked arms and we all fell backwards. We all had a splash after that. Freezing, I ran back to my dorm and had a nice, warm, shower.
For lunch, we had sausages, Yorkshire pudding, peas, and gravy – it was scrumptious! We even had jam doughnuts to finish off!
We made our way to archery after lunch, where it was spitting down and we were using metal, sharp arrows. On my first set, I hit the white, missed completely, and… missed completely. I was quite disappointed after that but then I got to try again and this time I hit the bullseye! Want some advice? Okay! Here’s some… just hit bullseye! Sounds simple enough, right? Since we had some time to kill after archery, the teachers allowed us to go in each other’s dorms and I played mega hide and seek with my friends.
We did rock climbing after, and once again, I did not make it to the top (I’m not good at this sort of stuff). One of the instructors was a Chelsea fan, and for once, I was not teased as a Man United fan, because the Chelsea fan was the target. Since I mentioned them, I should now talk about the instructors. They always
kept us safe, motivated us.Yes, they did do those things, but they were really fun to talk to, and always kept every moment lively. They were so funny, and always made us laugh. Our group instructor, Morgan, promised that if anyone hits bullseye in archery, they get sweets, and if more than one person hits bullseye, they win the whole group a big bag of sweets. Since me and Chloe hit the target, our group won a bag of sour skittles. YUM!We did Mini Olympics next, but not for long, as we soon started playing huge games of bulldog and SPLAT! After my friends got out, they were cheering me on whenever I splatted someone. I ended up getting around 7th out of around 84 people.
The teachers then told us that we had the earliest breakfast spot the next day – 7.00am! Everyone groaned. We still told each other stories, but had to sleep, as the teachers kept coming in our dorms and telling us off.
We were woken up by one of our teachers, Miss Knock, quite harshly. By that, I mean
quite loudlyvery loudly. I then had some breakfast of beans on toast, and a pancake. Now I think of it, I had orange juice with every meal apart from the last one, where everyone had to have sandwiches, crisps, an apple, and biscuits, since we would be travelling.It was our last day and we were supposed to be having two activities on the final day, but guess what? We only had one due to… British weather. But the one we did, was fun, and scary. It was the aerial trek. With a harness attached to us, we did a obstacle course which was quite high off the ground. But soon, I figured out that I could just sit down and pull myself along.
That was it. After we had lunch, we sat on the coach and said bye to the instructors, and my friend/ 3-day roommate Daiwik. That was his last day at Greswold, and I’m sure he’ll look back at this trip as a way to remember this school.
This time, on the way back, there were rows of 3 seats. I sat with Arjun and Dylan, two of my great friends. As well as playing with Dylan’s card games, we played with Dylan’s big Squish mallow, and he kept losing it under the seat!
Overall, I absolutely adored this trip, and would love to come back. From the activities to the playtimes, to the meals and chats, and just overall the time we had! Those three days will be with me for a long, long time. This will be one of my last, and certainly one of the best memories of Greswold. Thank you to all the teachers as well, who organised this trip – and I will say this again – I absolutely adored it!
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A beautiful Father's Day poem from Ahon again in Year 6, all in his own time!
Wed 26 Jun 2024Father
A father is a teacher.
Yes, ABCs, addition, multiplication are essential things,
But a father teaches about life.
You scream ‘It’s not fair’ because it isn’t – life is not fair.
And when a single tear rolls down your cheek,
A father will hug you, but more importantly, he will teach you how to shake it off and try again.
He will teach you to stand back up when you fall.
A father is the glue.
Or rather, he is the cement to the bricks, the bricks to the house, and the home to the family.
He is the one holding it all in one piece.
He knows this because he has had to pick up the shattered fragments before,
Stare at the cut – down tree which had been his shelter.
“Along the way, it is okay to fall,” he will say, “as long as you know how to get back up.”
A father is a guide.
He will guide you through life, show you the way,
When you are lost, a dead end staring right at you in the face,
A father will tell you how to reach your destination, show you the path to get through your toughest times.
He can be a sturdy wall, and protect you, or be the key to the door.
And beyond that door, is a life, a latter stage, where you may not be with your father anymore.
But he has taught you, and that is what you will need and that is what you have.
A father is a world…
A world to every child.
But what happens when that world disappears?
And that is why he taught you – it is all for this moment.
You have fallen, and his words echo in your head.
Can you stand back up?
Can you join a million piece back together?
A father can be anything, everything.
Because he will do anything, everything to see a smile on his child’s face.
Maybe, one day, you will have to do the same,
Be that world for a child.
Because, no matter what, a father can be nothing less.
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Y5 Chance to Shine Cricket
Mon 24 Jun 2024After receiving 5 weeks of coaching and several afternoons practising, Year 5 headed to Olton and West Warwicks cricket club for their Chance to Shine cricket festival. The children were divided into nine teams and each team played three matches against other local schools. After a busy day of cricket, in which our teams demonstrated our values, we unfortunately did not progress to the next stage of the competition. However, we are very proud of how well the children played as teams and supported each other.
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Y6 shine at Tag Rugby tournament!
Fri 21 Jun 2024On Wednesday 19th July, Mrs Mills and Mrs Hart took 24 children from across Y6 to a Tag Rugby Tournament at Old Edwardians.
Y6, for the last 6 weeks, have received Tag Rugby coaching and this was their chance to compete against 12 other schools from across Solihull. Two teams competed: a Compete team and a Develop team. Although we didn't place in the finals, Mrs Mills and Mrs Hart both came back to school beaming about the values that the children from Greswold showed. They were impeccable!
They didn't need reminding to congratulate the other teams, whatever the score, and they also made sure they said thanks to the coaches and referees for their time. Chloe even got an award for showing the Games Values as it was noticed early on in the Develop competition that she shone, for her wonderful and compassionate attitude.
The children also got to meet Lark Atkin-Davies who currently plays for England and the Bristol Bears! She was also impressed at the level the children played. All round a great day and the children should be really proud of themselves for giving their all.
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Important Street Tag Reminder - one more week to go!
Fri 21 Jun 2024Dear Parents and Carers,
Thank you to the 217 families who are currently taking part in Street Tag, your participation is very much appreciated. Currently, Greswold are lying 10th with only one more week to go!
However, it’s been brought to our attention that Greswold’s total score is averaged out amongst all of the families to have an account, meaning if an account isn’t being used, this will affect our overall position.
Therefore, could we politely ask that families or family members with an account, but are currently not using Street Tag, to delete or deactivate theirs please? It’s completely understandable why it may be difficult to regularly participate so thank you for your attempts and motivation. By deleting your account, it will automatically push Greswold further up the leaderboard. Be aware that simply deleting the app won’t work, you need to deactivate your account through the app first.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message and for working in partnership with Greswold and its parent community.
Thank you and keep tagging!
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Year 6 and their memorable visit to Condover Hall
Tue 18 Jun 2024This week's Bricks theme of Not labelling things as 'boring', you get out of things what you put in was perfectly exemplified by our year 6 pupils who attended the residential visit to Condover Hall last week. In assembly this morning, their participation, behaviour and attitude was celebrated.
The children attempted things they hadn't before. They pushed and challenged themselves. overcoming fears (including teachers!) and the staff who attended were so proud of each and everyone of them.
Thank you to Mr Hobday and the other members of staff for organising, attending and helping to make the experience for the children extra memorable. It means a lot, not only to the families of participating pupils but to the school community as a whole, when staff volunteer their time away from their families to help make opportunities like this happen.
