Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Science Fayre winners to visit Tudor Grange this week!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  The Science projects which were exhibited in the junior hall last week were absolutely fabulous.  Thank you so much for everyone who contributed to such a wonderful exhibition.  After a great deal of deliberation, Mrs Foster eventually picked a winner from each year group with the Y2, Y4 and Y6 winners accompanying her to a special Science event at Tudor Grange School this week.

   

  Winners:

   

  Y1 - Oscar 

  Y2 - Maahi

  Y3 - Poppy 

  Y4 - Lev 

  Y5 - Fatima 

  Y6- Rohan 

  

• Greswold's Eco Council do their bit for the 'The Great British Spring Clean'!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Greswold's Eco Council 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 3 bags 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 29th March. 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

  

• Visiting Scientists help Greswold to celebrate British Science week

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Last week Greswold celebrated British Science Week 2026, with the focus being on Curiosity. During the week, many year groups had a visitor to talk about an area/career in Science.

   

  Year 5 had a visit from JLR who talked to them about the many different careers in JLR and they got to work as a production line to build a Discovery vehicle with lego (photos).  

   

  Year 6 had a visit from a bio-medical scientist, who explained her career in haematology and taught them about blood transfusions, which linked well to their Science topic on the circulatory system. 

   

  Year 3 (photos) and Reception had visits from National Grid, with Year 3 learning about global warming and renewable energy and Reception met Griddles the bear who told them all about the importance of National Grid and their work. 

  

• Y6 pupil graduates University!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Congratulations to Harleigh-Rose in Year 6 who has successfully completed a unique course organised by Warwick University and the Solihull Virtual School.  It is called UniExplorers and Harleigh has been visiting Warwick campus for the last few weeks eventually earning a graduation and celebration.  Well done Harleigh-Rose.

  

• Only 93 WOW badges awarded in February! Come on Greswold, we can do better!

  Tue 17 Mar 2026

  Well done to the 93 pupils who were awarded a Travel Tracker badge for February.  However, this is the lowest number of badges that have been awarded in over two years.  Engagement has dropped to 16% which is a real shame even though we know lots more children walk, scoot or cycle to school.

   

  Mr Hornsey will be publicising the Travel Tracker again in his assembly next week and hopefully engagement can increase back up past 20%. 

   

  

• Atrocious weather conditions can't stop Greswold boys finishing on a high!

  Fri 13 Mar 2026

  Last night marked the final matches of the boys' football league season against Balsall Common and Haslucks Green at Solihull Moors.

   

  The players had to contend with atrocious weather conditions with torrential rain and blustery winds making both matches even more challenging.  However, the weather didn't seem to affect their commitment and attitude in the slightest.

   

  After going a goal behind to Balsall Common in the first match, Greswold dominated the second half and thanks to a last-minute thunderbolt from Adam, the team eventually ran out 2-1 winners. 

   

  In their second game, Greswold again had to come from behind but this time with an immediate equalizer from Lenny to make the final score 1-1.  It has to be said that the values and attitudes on show by all of the players throughout the evening was second to none, especially when rival players were letting their own frustrations show.  

   

  It really does demonstrate how Greswold pupils can maintain their own and Greswold’s standards and values when applying them out of school and in such challenging conditions.  Well done boys, we’re all very proud of you.  

   

  Greswold’s season finished with 2 wins, 3 draws and only one loss in a very close league, and just like the girls' season, the boys will have to wait and see whether their performances have helped them to make it through to the league playoffs.  We will wait and see with cross fingers.........

  

• London provides perfect backdrop for year 6 learning

  Fri 13 Mar 2026

  On Monday, year 6 visited London as part of their curriculum learning on democracy and government,  and World War II.  Their initial visit to the House of Parliament where they learned about the difference between the House of Lords and House of Commons whilst exploring the interior of the famous building, was followed up with a tour of the Churchill War Rooms.

   

  Insightful guides helped the children to understand who the many statues were of previous prime ministers and what they were famous for whilst pointing out several key members of parliament who were around in preparation for question time later in the day.  The children could actually see into the House of Commons too. 

   

  Each child had their own electronic guide at the Churchill War Rooms which was a really immersive experience amongst the narrow, dark corridors and rooms used to co-ordinate the allied war effort over nearly 90 years ago.  The map rooms were fascinating and the children enjoyed seeing where Winston Churchill himself slept.  

   

  The children were a huge credit to their teachers, families and school, as a whole, as their values were always on show throughout.  Thank you to Mr Hobday and the rest of the year 6 team for organising such a memorable and purposeful learning experience. 

   

  

• World Book Day is a Greswold 'best seller'!

  Mon 09 Mar 2026

  What an exceptional World Book Day! Thank you to everyone who engaged in the day, especially the children and their families who helped to dress up the pupils in wonderful book related costumes. 

   

  The staff didn't disappoint either with year group themes or some very creative ensembles! After a whole school assembly, including Nursery, with English leads Mrs Mitchell and Miss Nock, the children revelled in book related activities throughout the day, which included dropping everything they were doing when a special bell went, and picking up their book to read!

   

  Each class teacher then visited a completely different class to read them their favourite story with older children visiting younger classes to share their favourite books too.

   

  All in all, it was a fabulous day which will be remembered for a very long time as well as perfectly highlighting the importance of reading. A special thank you to Mrs Mitchell and Miss Nock for organising such an immersive day. 

  

• Amelie excels in ballet exams!

  Sun 08 Mar 2026

  Congratulations to Amelie in year 4 for an exceptional performance, out of school, in her ballet exams.  She was awarded Rosette Awards, medals and certificates by the International Dance Teachers' Association.  

   

  It's always wonderful to hear about the exploits and achievements of our pupil population, and especially in more unique and uncommon activities such as ballet.  

   

  Well done Amelie, everyone at Greswold is very proud of you. 

  

• A very generous parting gift as we say goodbye to an expectional reading volunteer

  Sun 08 Mar 2026

  Recently, one of our invaluable reading volunteers had to say goodbye to Greswold after three years helping to develop reading within our older pupils.  

   

  Peter Maskell, who previously had been Chair of the PTA in the 1980's and had three of his own children attend Greswold, had been working with year 5 and 6 pupils on a weekly basis.  His calm and comforting approach to 1:1 reading was so impactful and the children were understandably sad when they heard he was leaving.

   

  Peter wrote a letter to school stating his fond memories of reading with Greswold and even donated £100 as a leaving gift to the school library.  Thank you Peter for everything you have done for Greswold. You'll be sorely missed.