We have been enjoying the warm weather and working hard to finish our learning for the year. We have had a successful year and we know that is down to the effort we have given to our learning and the perseverance we have shown.
We have been saying goodbye to Year 6 this week. They have been a wonderfully caring and considerate cohort, and we will be sad to see them leave Cypress. They hopefully take with them many positive memories of their time with us. We have had parents join us for a special farewell assembly this morning, and they have also had an opportunity to say goodbye in a brief farewell assembly this afternoon. We also enjoyed giving them a ‘farewell clap’. We lined up along the corridors and clapped and cheered them as they walked through the school. It really was the perfect ending to their time with us.
Olympia were the winners of the House Points competition and enjoyed their party on Thursday! Well done Olympia for showing, resilience, positivity and determination all year. We salute you!
Gold Awards
Our theme for this half term’s Gold Award is ‘Pegasus Person‘. This recognises all those pupils who consistently display our Pegasus Values. Well done to the following pupils who have earnt the award.
| Red Class – Caliyah and Louis | Turquoise Class – Zarah and Malaika | Hawthorn Class – Owen and Sam |
| Yellow Class – Joshua and Delilah | Ruby Class – Kevin and Bonnie | Hazel Class – Aryan and Maya |
| Orange Class – Rita and Sufyan | Birch Class – Barney and Abdul | Sycamore Class – Alana and Luca |
| Blue Class– Louiza and Oscar | Cedar Class – Lily and Reuben | Willow Class – Safia and Jack |
| Green Class – Elliot and Hamdi | Holly Class – Mateus and Frank | Beech Class– Clara and |
| Indigo Class – Nicolas and Etta | Rowan Class – Otis and Alice | Oak Class – Leah and Holly |
| Violet Class – Ife and Ridwan | Lime Class – Jack and Nia | Larch Class – Eve and Meredith |
Reading Tree Rewards
At our Reading Tree assembly, we celebrated all the fantastic reading accomplished this summer term. Every student who read daily throughout the term received a fantastic bookmark with a QR code that reads a brilliant story. Additionally, 12 lucky winners had the opportunity to choose a new book as a prize.
Well done to Harry (Hawthorn), Finley (Birch), Cara (Larch), Ida (Holly), Beatrix (Rowan), Sammy (Willow), Thiago (Beech), Scarlett (Oak), Louis (Sycamore), Alizee (Hazel), Gilbert (Lime),Ariana (Cedar).
The winning class from each year group is eagerly anticipating a Reading Café afternoon, where they can enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or squash, a biscuit or two, while browsing some lovely books.
Well done also to Cedar, Hawthorn, Willow and Larch for winning the Reading Cafe this term! Squash, hot chocolate and new books await you!Congratulations to Turquoise and Indigo Class who completed the most reading this term and won the Reading Tree award. They will be celebrating their achievement with a popcorn party on Friday morning. We are really proud of you.
We hope you all enjoy a wonderful summer holiday filled with lots of reading! Be sure to check out our PAT Recommended Reads to get you started. We also encourage you to visit your local library this summer to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge 2024 and earn even more prizes!
Links to PAT recommended reads and Croydon summer reading challenge:
Staffing changes
Today, we say goodbye to Miss Rutter, who is leaving us to travel, Ms Ostuzzi who is moving to Brigstock Site and Miss Donnan who is moving to work in the office at Beulah Infants. We thank them for the contribution they have made in their time at Cypress. We welcome to the staff, Miss Parry and Miss Chambers, two new teaching assistants and Miss King who joins as class teacher for Indigo. Miss King joins us from Ecclesbourne Primary School. Ms Binks will remain as Acting Head of the Lower School until Mrs Sorensen returns in December. Miss Masawi leaves the Upper School for pastures new and is replaced by Miss Barker as Cypress’ music teacher from September. Miss Ahmed joins us as Cedar class’ teacher and Ms Chaudhuri joins Cypress
Cypress’ got talent
We have been very excited for the ‘Cypress’ Got Talent’ competition that took place on Wednesday this week. We have so many entertaining and wonderful children here at Cypress; we definitely have children with talents that have been hidden until this week! Mrs Wayman, Mrs Baldry, Ms Brathwaite and I judged the acts and it was a tight race. Holly class’ Elias and Leo came in third place with a thrilling magic act, Beech class’ Bethlehem, Dotty, Ruby, Chidimma, Thomas, Tamila, Abbey won runner up with a fantastic singing and dancing act and Jessie in Rowan won the show with her comedy act. We all had an amazing time. Well done to all children who took part!
Superhero Fashion Show
On Wednesday, we were wowed by our youngest children in Rainbows and Nursery who took part in the ‘Superhero Fashion Show’. The children were so confident and we saw some very inventive costumes and heard abut their amazing super powers. Thank you to all the parents and carers who were able to join us. A huge thank you to Mrs Chapman, Mrs Jerman and Miss Kokkini for all your hard work with the children.
Thank you
As we reach the end of another academic year, we would like to thank all out staff for the hard work and commitment they have shown. Well done to all our pupils for your hard work and dedication to your learning. Each and every one of you should be proud of the progress you have made this year. Finally we would like to thank our parents, carers and PTFA for making this year another successful year at Cypress.
We wish all our children a wonderful summer and look forward to welcoming you back to school in September. For those leaving us for new adventures, we wish you continued success on your new journey.
Ms Binks, Mrs Carpenter and the Cypress Team
