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This week has been a very busy week at Cypress with children working hard and showing resilience in all areas of their learning.

As part of the Year 3 Thematic topic, Like A Rolling Stone, we were visited by two people from the Mesolithic period of the Stone Age. 

Nick Gibb MP commends Atwood for its performance in the Year 4 Multiplication Check in 2022 It came as a pleasant surprise yesterday, that the Schools Minister wrote to me commending Atwood on its outstanding performance in the the 2022 MTC, which placed us in the top 200 schools nationally. 

This term the children in Little Ecclesbourne have been so busy. 

Over the past few weeks Year 2 have enjoyed learning about plants in science and considering the conditions a seed needs to germinate and grow into a healthy plant.

As the country prepares for the biggest day of the year, reception have been learning about what to expect on the King’s coronation day!

We marked the Coronation of King Charles III with special activities and celebrations at Beulah today. 

Mr Veale’s welcome The weather held for Atwood’s Coronation Picnic.  In true British style, we looked to the heavens and had about 3 contingency plans, but in the end we were treated to fine weather and dry grass. 

Although this week has been shorter than usual, it has been really busy and we have all been working very hard in all areas of our learning. 

Commemorating the Coronation This week in Little Cypress has been awash with red, white and blue with lots of Coronation activities to commemorate the Coronation of King Charles III, which is happening tomorrow, Saturday 6th May, at Westminster Abbey.

The children at Ecclesbourne Primary school dressed up today to recognise the King’s Coronation tomorrow. 

In Year 1 we have been counting in 2s 5s and 10s.

This week in Reception the children have enjoyed learning all about the upcoming coronation of our new king, King Charles. 

Toby (Year 6) performs well in Tennis Tournament  On Thursday 4th May, Toby, who is in Year 6, represented Atwood as a prestigious tennis tournament. 

Jade Class Present a ‘rock solid’ Class Assembly Well done to Jade class for performing their Class Assembly which explored their thematic learning based on the Stone Age.