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This morning at the Upper School, the House Captains delivered a very emotive and personal assembly. 

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

Big news from the Cypress Garden! One of our Cypress parents, Miranda Bradley, has been working tirelessly to obtain grants to help fund our garden and we have just found out we have been successfull in £1000!!  

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

This week at the Upper School we have been thinking about staying safe and acting responsibly online.

At the Lower School this week we had some class workshops led by London Air Ambulance where we learnt about the important work they do. 

Thank to all the parents and carers who attended our Year 6 curriculum meeting this week at Cypress Upper. 

This week in KS1 we have been Building our Learning Powers, considering how we can use resources to help us solve problems. 

This week Ms Binks recapped our learning on critical thinking. She focused on listening to the viewpoints of others and taking time to analyse and draw conclusions on their thoughts.

This week we have been thinking about thinking critically. We know that critical thinking requires you to use your ability to reason (one of our learning powers!).

We are so glad to be back at school after the Christmas holiday.

We were so excited to come to school on Monday! There was quite a thick blanket of snow on the ground – amazing fun to play in (a health and safety nightmare for Mr Stewart and Mr Cheyne!).

This week we have spent time thinking about how resourceful we are in the classroom.

This week has been a busy week, but we have also been reflective.

This week we have been thinking about imitation and how we can use this skill to improve our thinking in different subject areas and considering who might be a good choice to imitate.