News Year 5

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.

Road Safety Week We have been focusing on Road Safety this week at Cypress and the children have enjoyed learning more about keeping safe on our roads.

Ecclesbourne made it three wins out of three following a stunning 7-0 victory against South Norwood Primary school. 

Ecclesbourne’s fantastic start to the netball season continued with a stunning 5-3 win for the A team.

Ecclesbourne began their netball season with a pair of stunning victories. 

Please see the photos below. Well done to our wonderful House and Vice Captains who led our assembly: Malaika, Joe, Lara, Amelia.

Yesterday, over 50 of our Year 1-4 children competed at the Croydon schools cross country event. 

As part of their studies on places of worship the Year 3 children visited St John the Evangelist Church in Upper Norwood. 

Year 5 started the new term with an exciting culinary lesson, where they created a fabulous fruit salad.

In Year Five, the children have been creating and performing ‘blackout’ Poetry using the book The Lost Words: A Spell Book by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris’. 

Last Friday, Connemara Class in Year 4 performed an assembly in celebration of the Harvest Festival.