St. Cyprian’s Primary Academy

On Friday 5th May we are celebrating King Charles' Coronation! Your child can wear their own clothes with a 'red, white and blue' theme for a £1 donation via ParentPay to The Princes Trust. Children will be taking part in activities and a party outside weather permitting.

Friday 17th March is Red Nose Day! Your child can come to school in their own clothes as long as they wear something red. Donations go directly to Comic Relief: donation.comicrelief.com/cart/1YsYOwm2p…

There will be strike action on 15th & 16 March, please check the letter on the school website to see if your child's class is open.

This week is Mental Health Week at St Cyprian's. As well as focusing on mental health, we will be holding a cake sale on Thursday 9th February and your child is invited to 'Dress to Impress' on Friday 10th February for a donation of £1 direct to Place2Be.

There will be strike action on Wednesday 1st February, so only children in Symi, Ithaca, Spetses, Cyprus and Nursery should attend school.

As of 18th April 2023, all wrap around club & after school bookings and payments will go through School Gateway – an app and online hub. Search “School Gateway” in your app store to download the app for free. #modal" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">schoolgateway.co.uk/#modal

The Healthy School Streets Scheme takes effect from 23rd January 2023, please do not drive your car into the area between 8-9.30am and 2-4pm, Monday to Friday during term time.

Our Key Stage 1 classes are doing a great job of improving their writing skills. Pupils are really concentrating on their letter formation and using finger spaces in between words. We are looking forward to seeing more fantastic work after half term.

Our next open day is on Wednesday 9th November 9 - 10:30am. Please call to reserve a space on 020 8771 5425 or email office@st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk. If you would like a personal tour with the Headteacher, please contact the school office on 020 8771 5425.

Year 3 are learning about forces in science. The focus of this week’s lesson was a discussion about magnets. Children found it fascinating that Earth is a giant magnet and they enjoyed trying out different magnets and drawing diagrams of magnetic fields.

This week we had our Agiasmos assembly. This is an important part of the Greek Orthodox Faith. Agiasmos is the Greek word for the Blessing of the Waters. Our Parish priest, Father George, came in to bless our school, pupils and members of staff with holy water.

Our next Open Day to come and see our school is on Wednesday 19th October (9am to 10.30am). We are also holding them on 9th & 23rd November, 7th & 14th December. Please call to reserve a space on 020 8771 5425 or email office@st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk.

We’d love you to come along to an open day to see our school next Wednesday 19th October 9am to 10.30am. We are also holding them on 9th & 23rd November, 7th & 14th December. Please call to reserve a space on 020 8771 5425 or email 
office@st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk.

Zakynthos class love art lessons and always show a great enthusiasm for learning. Last week, as part of their topic work on Apartheid and Mandela they sketched portraits of Nelson Mandela. The class were really focused during this activity and enjoyed creating fantastic art.

This term Year 3 have been studying the life of Nelson Mandela. In this history lesson they learnt about the apartheid in South Africa and more about Mandela. To consolidate their learning they created a giant timeline of Mandela’s life and took it outside to put it in order.

We welcomed Charlotte Williams into school for our Dream Catcher assembly. Charlotte is an estate manager for the @WoodlandTrust, who visits different woodland around the South of England as part of her job. She inspired pupils to do a job they truly love like she does.

Our next open day is this Wednesday 5th October 9am to 10:30am. Please call to reserve a space on 020 8771 5425 or email office@st-cyprians.croydon.sch.uk. We are holding them from 9am to 10.30am on the 19th October, 9th & 23rd November, 7th & 14th December.

St Cyprians is taking part in Coffee Morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Here's the fundraising page, if you'd like to donate to the Coffee Morning. thyg.uk/BUS007083428

Year 3 Zakynthos class have been learning about Nelson Mandela’s life and achievements. As part of their English lesson, they created freeze frames to capture how Mr Mandela would have been feeling during his first day at school.