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

• Christmas carpentry!!!

  Mon 06 Dec 2021

  You may have noticed some new festive editions outside the main office entrance recently.  Mr Cooper, our resident sculpture/carpenter/outdoor expert has rustled up these wonderful creations just in time for our Christmas Fayre.  Thank you Mr Cooper, they're amazing!  

  

• PTA Christmas decoration competition

  Wed 01 Dec 2021

  It was wonderful to receive so many impressively creative entries for our PTA Christmas decoration competition this week.  It has been such a difficult task to choose only one winner from each class.  The children will find out who the winners are in this Friday's certificate assembly.  Thank you so much for your participation and we look forward to using them to decorate the two school Christmas trees in preparation for this Saturday's PTA Christmas Fayre.  

  

• A snowy start

  Mon 29 Nov 2021

  Winter is definitely with us now as the weather has turned colder and brought snow. This morning the sky was looking particularly spectacular over the Snowy field as you can see in these pictures.

  

• A busy night of football for Greswold!

  Fri 19 Nov 2021

  Not one, not two but three different football teams represented Greswold at West Warwickshire Sports' Club on Thursday evening as part of the South Solihull School's football leagues.  First up was the Y5/6 'A' team who played Olton Primary in round 3 of the Large Schools' league.  Greswold managed to win 3-0. 

   

  Up next was the Y5/6 Girls' team who played their first match of the new league season beating Tidbury Green 3-0.  The 'A' Team then played their second match of the evening and round 4 of their league losing to a strong Shirley Heath team whilst the girls' team played another match, this time a friendly, against Sharman's Cross.  Greswold won 2-1. 

   

  Finally, the Y5/6 'B' team played their first game of the season against Dicken's Heath in a friendly.  A very close fought game ended in a 2-1 defeat for Greswold.  All in all, a wonderful night of football for the 25 boys and girls who played for the various Greswold teams and lots of memories to take away.

  

• Remembrance at Greswold

  Fri 12 Nov 2021

  Yesterday, following a short online assembly, children from Y1-6 assembled outside for a minute of silence to mark Remembrance Day. Our younger children listened to a piece of music indoors.

  Tuesday COL club run by Mr and Mrs Cooper created a beautiful pot of crosses for Remembrance which is currently on display in our main reception area. 

  Thank you to our Y6 volunteers who have accepted donations for poppies after school this week. Greswold will announce how much money was raised for the Royal British Legion shortly.

  Diya and Josh from Y6 will accompany Mrs Scott to lay a wreath on behalf of everyone at Greswold at the war memorial in Solihull on Sunday. 

  

• Inter-school football returns after nearly two years!

  Fri 12 Nov 2021

  Thursday 11th marked the return of the South Solihull Schools' Football League with Greswold being placed in the large schools' league due to our size.  West Warwickshire Sports' Club was the venue for the first round of matches with Greswold earning a very respectable total of 6 points out of a possible 10 from their first two matches.  A loss to Dorridge was preceded by a convincing 3-0 win over Sharman's Cross.  The players represented the school exceptionally well and we look forward to next week when, not only do the next round of matches take place for the 'A' team, but the school 'B' team will play a friendly against Dicken's Heath and the Girls' team begin their league campaign against Tidbury Green.   

  

• Changes to parking outside school

  Mon 01 Nov 2021

  During the half term break, the local council have amended the parking spaces directly outside of the school.  There are now 5 disabled spaces for Blue Badger holders only with Zig Zags being extended at both ends of school.  Please be aware that in the plans below, the restrictions for parking at the infant end of school only permit vehicle users to use the space in the morning and not the afternoon.  However, the parking restriction signs haven't been changed yet and so don't show this.  

   

  The changes, proposed by the local council, will make it much safer for pedestrians directly outside school which is a major positive, however we realise this may make things a bit more difficult for vehicle users.  Please, please don't drop off on the Zig Zags or double yellow lines.  Traffic officers will be patrolling the area and will issues fines if necessary.  

   

  Instead, you can use our Park and Stride facilities (See Sustainable Travel page in Parents for more information) or access our Walking Bus service, completing a consent form from the main school office.  Thank you.

  

• Year 4 students through to final

  Thu 28 Oct 2021

  On Friday 15th October, four students from Year 4 attended King Edwards School to compete in a Maths competition which many schools from across Birmingham and Solihull attend. Their team work was incredible throughout the competition, which was commented on by senior members of staff from other schools. They scored 51/51 on their crossword challenge - something which is a first for Mr Hobday! 

   

  The team came second and are now through to the final. Well done to the four students who should be very proud of themselves, and good luck for the final! 

  

• Hedgehog house

  Fri 22 Oct 2021

  Children from Nightingales wanted to provide a warm and safe home for the hedgehogs we have living on our school ground. The group of children looked around for some suitable materials, including bricks and leaves, then created a fantastic home for the prickly creatures. They were very proud of their creation and they hope it will will give a hedgehog or two somewhere safe to hibernate this winter.

  

• Greswold House Leaderboard & Value of Belonging House Point Assembly

  Thu 21 Oct 2021

  Monday marked the first House Point assembly of the year.  It was a chance to see which children had earned the most house points in each class in Years' 1-6 so far this year, as well as finding out which House was leading the 2021-22 competition at this point. 

   

  The assembly itself was about the value of Belonging with an emphasis on how each and every adult who works at Greswold has the same vision, which is to keep the children safe, help them to learn and to make school life enjoyable for each and very child.