We have had a fantastic first two weeks’ back after half term at Cypress. The children have quickly settled back into school life and their learning and looking forward to all the exciting events ahead this half term.
Remembrance Day
This week we have marked Remembrance Day with special assemblies at Cypress. At the Upper School, we began the week with an assembly from Ms Binks telling us about the history and significance of the purple poppy. The children enjoyed finding out about Commando the pigeon, Beauty the rescue dog and Simon the ship’s cat who all served in wars and were awarded the Dickin medal. On Wednesday, Mr Defty and the House Captains led a very thoughtful Remembrance assembly culminating in a 2 minutes silence. The house captains showed confidence, care and respect in their delivery and we are really proud of them. At the Lower School, Mrs Sorensen led assembly on Monday teaching KS1 children all about Remembrance Day. On Tuesday morning, Turquoise class led a wonderfully moving and respectful class assembly. The Lower School held our 2 minute silence at 11am on the 11th, with our youngest children using a short Remembrance film entitled ‘Poppies‘ to support their understanding.
Friendship Week
Next week is Friendship Week and we will be focusing on kindness and how to be a good friend in our assemblies, PHSE lessons and Circle Times. The theme this year is ‘Break the Silence’ focusing on encouraging children, young people and adults to to talk about bullying, remove the stigma and secrecy around it, speak up, listen and take action together. We will be launching this theme on Monday 16th November where it is ‘Odd Sock Day‘. On this day, children are asked to come to school wearing odd socks to remind us to embrace our differences and remember that we are all unique.
Owls visiting Little Cypress
We were lucky enough to welcome Kent Owl Academy in Little Cypress on Thursday! To read more about this exciting experience then click here.
Cypress Superstars
Congratulations to Robin in Cedar Class who came to share her fantastic addition work. She was able to explain her reasoning so clearly. Well done to Zuri in Rowan Class who has made excellent progress in her independent maths work this week. We are really proud of you. Well done to Arlen, Darcey and Sully in Year 1 for their incredible thematic homework. We were so impressed with your creativity and loved hearing you sharing information all about yourselves.
We wish all our children and families a restful weekend.
Ms Binks and Mrs Sorensen
