News Year 6

To promote reading for pleasure, Whitehorse infant and junior schools have teamed up and created a ‘reading buddy’ session once a week. 

It has been a busy four days in the run up to the Christmas after what has been a very long term. 

It has been a very busy week at Cypress with lots of Christmas performances and plenty of hard work taking place!

This week has seen Atwood take to the stage with 7 Christmas performances and a Rock and Roll concert from Rocksteady. 

It has been a week of wonderful shows at Atwood with 7 performances across a range of classes and ages. 

Shadufs As part of their design and technology learning, the children in Year 6 have been making shadufs. 

We are feeling festive at Cypress! The Christmas trees are up and the decorative Christmas hoops are on display in the hall.

Year 6 recently visited the Natural History Museum to develop their knowledge of their science topic ‘Evolution and Inheritance.’ 

The Whitehorse Year 5 and 6 Indoor Athletics Team competed against other schools in Croydon at a qualifying event today. 

We have been showing our resilience this week at Cypress. Winter is now here and the weather this week has been bitterly cold but we have still managed to enjoy the learning and have fun with our friends!

Year 6 were lucky enough to have PC Rick Flynn and PC Martin Allen come in and discuss issues the children might face with their transition to Secondary School.

Road Safety Week We have been focusing on Road Safety this week at Cypress and the children have enjoyed learning more about keeping safe on our roads.

Ecclesbourne made it three wins out of three following a stunning 7-0 victory against South Norwood Primary school. 

Ecclesbourne’s fantastic start to the netball season continued with a stunning 5-3 win for the A team.

Ecclesbourne began their netball season with a pair of stunning victories.