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Greswold pupils help to showcase our Maths talent at annual KES competition!
Tue 19 Mar 2024Greswold once again took part in King Edward's School's annual Maths competition this month. Mr Hobday accompanied two teams, from year 4 and year 5 to take part in a competitive challenge which involved a whole host of schools across the region.
Well done to all the children involved and thank you to Mr Hobday for again organising such a wonderful opportunity for our confident mathematicians. An extra well done to the year 5 team who came second overall on the day, a wonderful achievement.
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An informative and entertaining treat from Year 5!
Tue 19 Mar 2024Over the past few days, the pupils, staff and parent community have all been treated to a wonderful performance from year 5, showcasing their learning over the spring term.
The focus of the performance was the Victorian Era, the children's current History topic. Coupled with Dance and Music, the staff and children put together a memorable show, full of interesting facts, entertaining dances, authentic costumes, inspiring songs and engaging acting!
It was a perfect example of Greswold's ambition to provide extra purpose to the children's learning and a different context for allowing them to retain all of the skills and knowledge they've encountered during the term.
Well done children, you're a credit to your teachers, Greswold and your parents. A fabulous idea and performance!
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The Great British Spring Clean - Greswold helping their local community!
Tue 19 Mar 2024The wet and the drizzle couldn't stop Greswold pupils helping out their local community today.
Greswold's Eco Action Group took part in 'The Great British Spring Clean' this morning by litter picking along Buryfield Road and in Coldlands Wood. They worked really hard as a team to collect a whole bag of litter.
Most of the litter we found was actually outside the front of school, near the vehicle and pedestrian entrances, therefore we'd like to remind all parents and children to be careful not to drop litter on the way to and from school.
We would also like to encourage families to get involved with community litter picking around Solihull and take part in 'The Great British Spring Clean', which continues until the 31st March, over the holidays. More information can be found on the following websites:
https://www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/great-british-spring-clean
https://www.lovesolihull.org/resident
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The PTA School Disco makes a memorable return......thanks to Mr Chater!
Mon 18 Mar 2024Friday evening marked the return of the much anticipated PTA Discos and what a memorable evening it was too! A massive thank you to Mr Chater, our resident DJ who put together two wonderfully entertaining discos, firstly for years' 1-3 followed by years' 4-6. Nearly 120 pupils attended each and everyone had a wonderful time, adorned with glow sticks and smiling faces.
Thank you to the PTA members who attended helping to serve much needed refreshments and a special thank you to the members of school staff who stopped after school to help out, mingle with the children and even bust some moves themselves!
A great evening!
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'Punctuality Push' - Week 2 update
Fri 15 Mar 2024Dear Parents or Carers,
This is an opportunity to update you on our promotion of 'Punctuality Push', our campaign to instil life long punctuality habits across the whole school community.
Unfortunately, there were still 103 pupils late in the mornings this week compared to last week's 104. Although a very slight improvement, 46 reasons were attributed to 'traffic', exactly the same number as last week.
Please be aware that on rainy days, there will naturally be more vehicles on the road. However it might be worth pointing out that if you're driving a vehicle to school and you state the reason for being late is traffic, you are, in essence, part of that ongoing issue.
If you have been previously late due to traffic, please consider leaving home a little earlier, even if it's by five minutes!
School have also been monitoring lateness in the afternoons as well this week. The results below are the average amount of pupils who haven't been picked up from their class three minutes after release time:
Y6 - 2
Y5 - 5
Y4 - 3
Y3 - 8
Y2 - 1
Y1 - 1
Rec - 6
It is particularly noticeable that KS1 parents are all usually on time when collecting their children so thank you very much. Thank you to all other parents who arrive on time to collect their children too.
By doing this, it not only demonstrates the school value of Respect, it enables staff more time to continue working, evaluating and preparing while helping them to be on time for after school meetings or clubs they're required to attend or lead. On some occasions, staff might also need the opportunity to attend a vital medical appointment on time, after contact hours (staff don't arrange medical appointments during the school day), another important reason why collecting children promptly is necessary.
School's ambition is to reduce these late figures further next week, and at the start of next term, something we can only achieve through the ongoing co-operation of our parental community.
It's understandable that on occasion, life dictates that you may be late through no fault of your own and there are numerous examples of parents rushing to make up the time while offering their apologies, something we very much appreciate.
Thank you.
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Y5 & Y6 Lunchtime Football Club update
Thu 14 Mar 2024Dear Parents and Carers,
From now on, year groups will be combined for both lunchtime football clubs. Therefore, year 5 and year 6 boys will join together on Wednesdays with year 5 and year 6 girls continuing as one group together on Fridays.
As always, children are required to wear their PE kit for the whole day and a change of trainers for when the field is wet or muddy.
Thank you
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Last week's Book Sale a roaring success!
Wed 13 Mar 2024To coincide with last week's World Book Day, the Eco Team in collaboration with Mrs Mason, Greswold's school librarian, held a book sale using a number of pre-loved books, some of which were left over from the recent Bring and Buy Sale.
The year 6 helpers who assisted the younger children to pick and collect a book were a credit to Mrs Mason and the school as a whole. 100 children in years' 2, 3 and 4 participated by donating small fees to buy a book and over £50 was raised in total.
Thank you to everyone involved and another perfect example of how the school comes together to highlight the importance of raising money for charity and recycling.
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Greswold's school choir entertain the school during singing assembly today!
Wed 13 Mar 2024Children in years' 1-6 were treated to a wonderful performance from our Greswold school choir this morning during singing assembly. The choir, including children from years' 4, 5 and 6 performed several songs they had been learning during their after school sessions. Their parents and family members were also invited to attend. It was safe to say that the audience were completely captivated by their wonderful performances with the children making their parents, classmates and the whole school very proud of their achievements. Thank you to everyone involved.
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Results from our recent Communications Survey
Wed 13 Mar 2024Dear Parents and Carers,
By viewing the picture gallery below, you'll be able to see the results from our recent Communications Survey. We were thrilled that 162 parents took the time to complete the survey during Parent Consultations and afterwards, and we have spent time analysing the results.
The survey itself was an action taken from priority 3 of our School Improvement Plan for 2023-24 which focuses on:
Changing the culture of communication at Greswold so all communication is firmly rooted in our BRICKS values, especially respect.
The results were very satisfying and demonstrate that, in general, our systems of communications do work well here at Greswold. However, extra clarification to parents about which platform to use for what query is definitely something school will look to reaffirm soon, something suggested by several feedback comments. We are also looking at increasing how many key family members can receive Parent Pay emails in the future, as this was mentioned several times too.
Also, during next half term, Greswold's senior leadership team will be reintroducing Parents' Forum, an opportunity for parents to attend a special evening meeting to discuss matters relating to pupil, family and staff wellbeing, with communication channels being the focus of the very first meeting. More details about Parents' Forum will be communicated soon.
Thank you again for working in partnership with school on important matters such as these, as collaborative approaches will help to make school life for pupils, families and staff more purposeful, enjoyable and memorable!
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Both children and staff join in the fun to make World Book day a real hit!
Fri 08 Mar 2024It was a wonderful carnival-like atmosphere today at Greswold as children and staff equally joined in the fun and dressed up accordingly as their chosen book characters.
Thank you to families for helping to make today such a memorable experience for everyone. The day really showcased the whole school community's commitment to raising the profile and promoting a love of reading.
Take some time to see if you can guess the books which inspired the staff's costume ideas!
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