News Year 5

The snow is melting, flowers are blooming, and the days are getting warmer.

It was a pleasure watching 5P Jutland Class share their learning in an assembly about The Rainforest today. 

It was so lovely for pupils in 5T Percheron Class to get started on ‘Roots of Empathy’ this week. 

Welcome back to the start of a new term at Cypress. 

To promote reading for pleasure, Whitehorse infant and junior schools have teamed up and created a ‘reading buddy’ session once a week. 

It has been a busy four days in the run up to the Christmas after what has been a very long term. 

On Thursday, the whole school enjoyed a riotous performance of Treasure Island. 

In a thrilling journey back in time, Year 5 celebrated Viking Day, immersing themselves in the rich history and culture of the legendary Norse seafarers.

It has been a very busy week at Cypress with lots of Christmas performances and plenty of hard work taking place!

It has been a week of wonderful shows at Atwood with 7 performances across a range of classes and ages. 

Year 5 enjoyed taking part in a range of fun activities on Viking day. 

We are feeling festive at Cypress! The Christmas trees are up and the decorative Christmas hoops are on display in the hall.

The Whitehorse Year 5 and 6 Indoor Athletics Team competed against other schools in Croydon at a qualifying event today. 

We have been showing our resilience this week at Cypress. Winter is now here and the weather this week has been bitterly cold but we have still managed to enjoy the learning and have fun with our friends!

Year 6 were lucky enough to have PC Rick Flynn and PC Martin Allen come in and discuss issues the children might face with their transition to Secondary School.