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An amazing book-filled week at Cypress! Brilliant Book Week 2026!  What an incredibly fun-packed week we have had at Cypress to celebrate all things books!

Happy world book week!  We have had a super fun week celebrating reading.

What a huge treat it was for us today to welcome the poet Steve Sobolewski to share the Friday of Book Week with us!

In Reception we we enjoyed exploring the story of Supertato in our literacy lessons.

On Monday, Paul Lyalls visited Ecclesbourne to kick start this year’s Book Week.

Cypress children have had a chance to browse the Book Fair today at the Upper site and see what is on offer.

What a fabulous week we have had in Little Cypress, exploring all things book-related!

Wow!  What an exciting start to our Book Week 2026!  Margaret Bateson-Hill led a wonderful assembly on Monday for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 to officially launch Book Week 2026. 

We were thrilled to welcome author James Sellick to Cypress as part of our Book Week celebrations. 

Last week Year 2 brought their Thematic topic alive by visiting London.

Spring has definitely sprung at WHJUN. In the autumn, hundreds of children took part in our annual bulb planting drive, each planting a daffodil or crocus bulb with their class teacher. 

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a lovely half term. This week in nursery, we have been learning about the Lunar New Year.

It has been lovely to see everyone back in school after the half term break. 

This week in Year 1 we have been very lucky to have two fantastic toy workshops!

This week in Reception, we have been learning all about the emergency services in our literacy lessons.