News Cypress Primary School

Books, books books…. What a fantastic assortment of book characters arrived in Rainbows and Nursery today, in honour of World Book Day!

It was a very exciting start to the day at Cypress Lower today as author Jeanne Willis came to visit us and her book ‘Bog Baby’ is part of our Reception curriculum. 

As part of our Book Week at Cypress Lower, we welcomed storyteller Kevin Graal to the school today.

Cypress School was buzzing with excitement as we kicked off Book Week with a fantastic visit from poet, Josh Siegal!

Yesterday, Year 6 had an online talk with the Author Matt Goodfellow. 

We had a very exciting start to Monday morning at Cypress Lower as we had a wonderful assembly from author and storyteller Margaret Bateson-Hill to launch Book Week. 

On Thursday, Year 6 had the privilege of welcoming Shakespeare Rewired to Cypress for an exciting and immersive learning experience.

This week, we’ve taken a thoughtful pause to reflect on the many ways we can demonstrate care—both for others, our environment and ourselves.

Welcome Back! How lovely it was to welcome the children back on Monday for the second half of our Spring Term!

On Tuesday it was Safer Internet Day and this year the theme was ‘Too Good To Be True’.

Year 3 had the opportunity to visit and sign up for their very own library card for South Norwood library!

The Cypress Museum opened its doors today for one day only.

Marvellous Museum Day!  What an incredible display of talent we had on show today for our Museum Day!

It has been a very busy day at Cypress Lower.  We started the day with children and staff arriving dressed as dragons, monsters, toys and Tudors. 

At the Lower School, we are learning about empathy.  We began by learning that empathy is the ability to share someone else’s feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person’s situation.