School News

The Year One children recently enjoyed a trip back in time to the Neolithic Period. They visited the archaeological site of Choiroikitia and saw the replica cylindrical houses, that they had been learning about in their Topic lessons, which early settlers in Cyprus had built. The children climbed the hill of so many steps to see the ruins and enjoyed the view from above. They also learnt about the tools that were made out of stone and how they hunted for their food. There was also time to use up any energy left with some play and a delicious lunch. When they returned to school the children built their own cylindrical houses and campfires in our own forest garden!

              

               

After the successful release of her debut single "Always the Fool," our Senior School student Alexa Michael (Y10) has released her second single titled "Surprise" across major platforms including Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music. Once again, Alexa showcases her talent by writing both the music and lyrics, and delivering captivating vocals and piano performances on the recording.

Moreover, we are thrilled to announce that Alexa will be gracing the stage at Cyprus' leading music festival, Fengaros 2024, this August. As one of the youngest artists to ever feature at the festival, Alexa's achievement fills us with immense pride. We invite the Senior School community to seize this opportunity and witness Alexa's live performance at the festival on 1st of August; we promise it will be a memorable experience!

Listen to "Surprise" on:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3xCYZ9675kipJaUatoNwpv

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWTiKGiTWE...

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/cy/album/surprise-single/1741073965

See Alexa live at Fengaros Festival 2024:

Fengaros Festival 2024: https://www.fengaros.com/F24AlexaMichael

Get Tickets: https://www.fengaros.com/tickets

Follow Alexa on: https://www.instagram.com/alexamichaelofficial

We are excited to announce that a band consisting of four Senior School students has been selected after a competitive audition process to participate as one of six bands at the Fengaros High Festival Competition on May 18 at Dali Amphitheatre! Fengaros High is an amazing opportunity for young musicians and songwriters to showcase their talent. 

The Senior School students are:

Sophia Kadi (music composition, vocals and piano)

Finn Markides (guitar)

Daphne Panayiotou (bass) and

Raphaela Eleftheriou (drums).

Their theatrical melodies, allegorical lyricism, and expressive guitar rifts, promise a profound musical experience. The winner of Fengaros High Competition will be determined through a combined voting process by the audience and the artistic committee.

Following a picturesque journey to Pompeii, and announcing our Rome quiz winners, we enjoyed a traditional lunch before heading into the Archaeological Park. Our guided tour took us past the gladiator pit within the amphitheatre. The baths, bakeries, thermopolia and the forum which were perfectly preserved were a historical sight to savour! 

   

The English Department held 'English Week' this month and organised a variety of events which celebrated Language and Literature. Students were able to perform their work, present it in class as well as outdoors! A limerick competition was held at school with more than 55 entries and some very successful poems were written! The week culminated with students and English teachers dressed up as their favourite literary characters! Finally, on Friday the 19th of April the English Department hosted a Creative Writing Evening, organised by Mrs Drousiotou, and our Performance Poetry Competition took place where eleven KS3 pupils were selected out of 300 Key Stage 3 entries. This rigorous selection process took two months and countless hours of rehearsals.

In addition, the winning entries were read out on the evening from our Mini Saga Prose Competition, organised by Mrs Kostopoulou. The pupils, who were introduced by our wonderful Y10 presenters Stephanos Artemis and Daphne Liapis, performed their poetry before a panel of judges, who deliberated on the evening to issue out the awards. We are extremely thankful to our judges: Mrs Nedi Antoniades, Mr Stavros Stavrou and Mrs Kallitsi!

           

        

      

On the week 11 to 14 of March, all Junior school students and staff had the opportunity to celebrate mathematics in a more entertaining way! They took part in activities at the main hall, where their arithmetic skills were challenged along with their geometric perception. A bit of luck was also needed in some games as well as the artist within, since students had also to play games including dice challenges and bingo, but also to draw "scary" numbers or geometric shapes!

Nice fairytales with a mathematic background were available for them to read and many more activities took place within their own classrooms at their teachers initiative. We all had a blast and eventually wore t-shirts with numbers or shapes on the last day, on Pi day the 14/3! π (pi).