Parent - Teacher meeting for Years 1-10

Parent and teacher meeting for years 7-Upper VI

Parent/ Teacher meeting Years 1-6 (October).

Throughout the academic year, senior school pupils studying Physics in Years 10 to 13 were offered the opportunity to participate in British Physics Olympiad competitions. Several pupils in each year group embraced the challenge and some of them won outstanding awards, placing themselves among the top physicists of their age in the world. These competitions go beyond the public examinations system, and even marks that seemed low are to be celebrated as pupils were enabled to grasp new ideas and deepen their own thinking in the subject, stretching themselves to their limits and extending their skills and understanding in the process. Hopefully, they relished these challenges and will continue to participate in the respective competitions of the following years.

Below is a list of all the awards won per competition. We are proud of you, congratulations!

Junior Physics Challenge for Year 10 (14/05/2024)

5 x Gold awards

3 x Silver awards

3 x Bronze awards

Intermediate Physics Challenge for Year 11 (26/03/2024)

1 x Gold award

4 x Silver awards

8 x Bronze I awards

6 x Bronze II awards

Senior Physics Challenge for Year 12 (11/03/2024)

4 x Silver awards

3 x Bronze I awards

1 x Bronze II award

Physics Challenge for Year 13 (27/10/2023)

4 x Participation certificates

BPhO Round 1 for Year 13 (13/11/2023)

2 x Bronze I awards

1 x Bronze II award

Special shout out to:

• Shangzheng, George, Giannis, Marios and Zhu for achieving a Gold award in the Junior Physics Challenge, awarded only to the top 15.9% out of roughly 14,141 contestants from 280 British and British International schools!
• Athanasios for achieving a Gold award in the Intermediate Physics Challenge, awarded only to the top 8.6% out of roughly 6,000 contestants from 381 British and British International schools!

Back in May and June 2024 just under 250 pupils sat public examinations at our school and this week has seen the results of these IGCSEs, AS-Levels and A-Levels released. A record-breaking 1,176 separate qualifications were sat for by our pupils, and although 64 pupils will need to hang on until later in August for their GCSE Greek results, the vast majority of grades are now known, making it possible to celebrate the achievements of our pupils.

IGCSEs

Exactly 100 pupils sat for 731 GCSE/IGCSE qualifications. Of those, 29% resulted in an A* (“A-star”) and 49%, resulted in an A* or A grade. These percentages are well up on last year’s 20% and 42% respectively. Pupils whose performances stood out included Mainta Kourounlian who attained an A* in every subject, scoring 9A* in total; Leonidas Drongitis, Alexandra Mavromichali, Petra Todd and Jiayu Zhu who each achieved 8A* among their exams, while Mohamed Abdel Fattah, Sofia Tzagkaraki-Kaseta, Nga Sim Kimberly Wang and Xuefei Zhang each attained 7A*s among the IGCSEs they sat for. 

AS-Levels

Year 12 pupils sat their AS-Levels, where the highest possible grade is A (there is no A*) and where the AS-Levels are, essentially, the first half of what will become a full A-Level following Year 13. A grand total of 273 AS-Level qualifications were sat, with 44% resulting in an A grade, and 77% achieving in at least a C grade. This is up from last year’s 36% and 71% respectively. Pupils who achieved exceptional grades included Despoina Salachas (5A), Nicholas Lempidakis (4A1B) and Penelope Farmakidi, Theodora Farmakidi, Gerasimos Kazianis, Jiachin Lin, Andres Van Meek, Yifei Wang Konstantinos Zafeirakis and Marita Katsouridis all of whom achieved 4A.

A-Levels and Universities

At A-Level, where 202 qualifications were sat for in total, grades are vitally important as many pupils’ acceptance into their chosen university was dependant on the outcome of their A-Levels. The proportion of A-Level grades that were A* was 22% this year. This is up from last year’s 16% and is, in fact, the equal highest in our school’s history, barring the COVID years when exams were cancelled, and grades were awarded by school assessment. The proportion of A-Levels awarded A* or A was 41%, down from last year’s 45%, and the proportion in the A*-C range was 77%, slightly down on last year’s 81%. 

Individual stories of excellence from some of our pupils include Dimitris Grigoropoulos, Yun Li, and Ziqing Qian who each scored 4A*, Paris Larios and Yuhan Chen who each scored 3A*1A, Sofya Semenova (3A*) and Kristian Nersesian (3A*). Most remarkable of all was Huijie Su, who secured an amazing 5A*s, and who scored 100% on nearly all her exams this year. 

The UK remains the most popular destination for higher education among our school leavers, and this year we see our graduates starting degree courses at UK universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, King’s College London, University College London (UCL), City, Warwick, Lancaster, Southampton, Leeds, Exeter and Bath. 

Beyond the UK we have school leavers beginning degree courses at such institutions as diverse and widespread as Rhode Island School of Design, USA; Milan University for Modern Languages, Italy; EU Business School, Barcelona, Spain; Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA; and The Moscow Institute of International Relations in Russia. 

School reaction

Headmaster Phil Holden commented “These wonderful results, and the fact that so many excellent young people are leaving our school to begin the next chapter of their education in such a variety of locations, is a testament to the hard work of pupils and staff at St. Lawrence College. I congratulate our school leavers and thank the teachers throughout the school, the staff of St. Lawrence College, and the parents of our pupils for a collective achievement which we can all be proud of”.  

Extra-curricular sports at St. Lawrence College are divided into two categories:

One includes all the senior school teams, which represent the school in all the interschool tournaments taking place amongst international schools of Greece, and the second includes all the sports clubs.

Most of the senior school sports clubs take place after a typical school day is over and offer an opportunity for all pupils to participate in a number of sports activities, exercise, socialize and advance their skills in the sports of their choice.

Senior school teams

• Volleyball
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Tennis

Volleyball
Four teams are represented, depending on age and gender.

• Girls under-16 team
• Girls over-16 team
• Boys under-16 team
• Boys over-16 team

Teams meet during lunch breaks, twice a week, throughout the year. They are open to all pupils in the senior school by selection following tryouts, which take place during the last two weeks of September. Teams regularly participate in interschool tournaments; every team gets to participate in one tournament.

Through the teams, pupils learn the rules and techniques of volleyball, develop discipline, sportsmanship, ethos, respect for each other, team work and patience. They also benefit from occasional visits from top volleyball players, who come to school to share experiences and inspire talented members of the teams.

Basketball
Four teams are represented, depending on age and gender.

• Girls under-16 team
• Girls over-16 team
• Boys under-16 team
• Boys over 16-team

Teams meet during lunch breaks, twice a week, throughout the year. They are open to all pupils in the senior school, by selection following tryouts, which take place during the first two weeks of January. Teams regularly participate in interschool tournaments; every team gets to participate in one tournament.

Through the teams, pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of basketball, develop discipline, sportsmanship, ethos, respect for each other, team work and patience. They also benefit from occasional visits from top basketball players, who come to school to share experiences and inspire talented members of the teams.

Football
Six teams are represented, depending on the age and the gender.

• Girls under-14 team
• Girls under-16 team
• Girls over-16 team
• Boys under-14 team
• Boys under-16 team
• Boys over-16 team

Teams meet during lunch breaks, twice a week, throughout the year. They are open to all pupils in the senior school, by selection following tryouts, which take place the last two weeks of September for all the under and over-16 teams and on the first week of January for the under-14 teams. Teams regularly participate in interschool tournaments; every team gets to participate in one tournament.

Through the teams, pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of football, develop discipline, sportsmanship, ethos, respect for each other, team work and patience. They also benefit from occasional visits from top football players, who come to school to share experiences and inspire talented members of the teams.

Tennis
Four teams are represented, depending on the age and the gender.

• Girls under-14 team
• Girls under-16 team
• Boys under-14 team
• Boys under-16 team

Teams meet during lunch breaks, twice a week, throughout the year. They are open to all pupils in the senior school, by selection following tryouts, which take place the first two weeks of April. Teams regularly participate in interschool tournaments; every team gets to participate in one tournament.

Through the teams, pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of tennis, develop discipline, sportsmanship, ethos, respect for each other, team work and patience. They also benefit from occasional visits from top tennis players, who come to school to share experiences and inspire talented members of the teams.

Senior school clubs
The clubs offered are as follows:

• Rugby
• Basketball
• Soccer
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Table tennis

Rugby
The club meets once a week, after school, throughout the year. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in occasional matches against other schools.

Pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of rugby, as well as developing characteristics such as integrity, passion, solidarity, discipline and respect, while practicing Tag Rugby, Rugby Sevens and Rugby Union.

The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have played rugby to a good standard.

Basketball
The club meets once a week, after school, throughout the year. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in occasional matches against other schools.

Pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of basketball and advance their skills at the game.

The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have already played to a good standard.

Soccer
The club meets once a week, after school, throughout the year. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in occasional matches against other schools.

Pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of soccer and advance their skills at the game.

The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have already played to a good standard.

Swimming
The club meets once a week, after school. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in occasional matches against other schools, as well as in internal school competitions according to the year group of the pupil.

Pupils get to learn the techniques of all swimming styles and advance their skills, while also improving their stamina and strengthening both their upper and lower body. The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have already been swimming to a good standard. Pupils are streamed in groups according to their swimming level.

Tennis
The club meets once a week, after school, throughout the year. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in occasional matches against other schools or clubs.

Pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of tennis and advance their skills at the game.

The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have already played to a good standard.

Table tennis
The club meets twice a week, during lunchtime, throughout the year. It is open to all pupils in the senior school and participates in internal school competitions, according to key stage, as well as in occasional matches against other schools.

Pupils get to learn the rules and techniques of table tennis and advance their skills at the game. They also benefit from occasional visits from top table tennis players, who come to school to share experiences and inspire talented members of the teams.

The club is suitable for beginners and pupils who have already played to a good standard.

May and June 2022 saw the return of public exams for our school’s eldest pupils. These were the first public exams to be held since 2019 as a consequence of the global pandemic. This year’s A-Level and AS-Level results have now been released and the results achieved by the Year 12 and Year13 pupils of our school are truly remarkable!

A-Levels

At full A-Level, which marks the final qualifications a pupil takes in a British school, 52 candidates took 170 A-Levels. This was a greater number of A-Level pupils and entries than ever before at our school. The standard of the grades achieved would be considered outstanding in any year. But when it is noted that because of the covid pandemic, these pupils had never taken public exams before (all exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021) and that these pupils experienced disruption over the last two years through all manner of covid-related impacts and restrictions in school, their results can only be considered as brilliant.

Of all the A-Levels taken, 22% resulted in in A* grade and 54% in an A or A* grade. This was markedly up on the 20% and 51% respectively from 2019, which was the last time exams were held. Furthermore, an astonishing three out of every four (75%) of all A-Levels taken resulted in a grade in the A*/A/B range.

A number of exceptional performances stand out. These include Lin Ning Huang (3A*1A), Ioannis Kontomihos, Katrina Lemane and Danyl Tsaran (3A*), Athanasios Kapoutsis, Leda Persidi and Zoe Raptis (2A*2A), Isabella Karaiossifidi and Nikolaos Zairis (1A*3A) and Marina Vassiliadis (4A).

And on to higher education!

Our school leavers are heading off to universities both in the UK and elsewhere in the world. UK destinations include UCL, Lancaster, Sussex, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Surrey and many other locations, while other school leavers have chosen universities in France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the USA for their higher education. Our school leavers will study a wide range of subjects, including Medicine, Politics Philosophy and Economics (PPE), Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, History, Applied Mathematics, Psychology, International Hospitality Management, Computer Science.

AS-Levels

At AS-Level, a whopping 85 pupils took 282 exams, which is comfortably the largest number of AS-Level candidates in a single exam session in the history of our school. As with those pupils who sat A-Levels, these pupils had never taken any public exams before as a consequence of the pandemic and also had experienced disruptions and restrictions through their recent education. Nevertheless, the collective performance of this large group was truly impressive and well up on the most recent AS-Level exams from 2019. This year’s cohort of pupils managed an A grade in 53% of all AS-Levels, compared to 41% in 2019. Likewise, this year an extraordinary 81% of all AS-Levels resulted in a grade in the A-C range (2019: 73%)

There were 16 pupils who scored four A grades, and standing out among those top performances were Nikolaos Synodinos with five A grades and Leandros Mandilaris with four A grades plus one B.

IGCSE

Pupils in Year 11 who sat their IGCSEs also have all their results now – well, nearly. They are still waiting for their GCSE Greek results which, being a different qualification from the IGCSEs, sees grades being released one week later. A full analysis of these results will appear in due course once the Greek results are known, but already it is clear that our Year 11 pupils have done very well indeed.

Reaction from the Headmaster

St. Lawrence College’s Headmaster, Phil Holden, commented “All these pupils have been through so much in recent years through no fault of their own. They have worked through lockdowns, online lessons, periods of having to self-isolate and quarantine, and restrictions in school in the classrooms, playgrounds, and extracurricular activities. It isn’t easy to wear a mask all the time in school, and to learn from teachers who are also wearing masks. What is more, it has been well-publicised in the British media that A-Level grades are down this year globally. Given all that, what a fantastic achievement it has been to see our pupils do so well at A-Level and AS-Level. I congratulate them, am immensely proud of them, and wish those who are leaving us the very best of luck. Likewise, I thank all the teachers and staff of the school who have worked so brilliantly and who have made it possible for our pupils to reach these dizzying standards. We are fortunate to have such a wonderful staff and I am in awe of their achievement through what has been such a challenging period of time for many reasons”.

2023 Public Exam Results Success

The anxious wait for exam results is over now as IGCSE, AS-Level and A-Level results have been released, and it is now possible to draw conclusions and assess the performance of our school’s exam candidates from the 2023 summer exam session.

Year 13 and A-Level

Ahead of these results being released there had been substantial coverage in the media that the exam bodies would be strict in their marking this year, believing that the impact of the covid pandemic is fully in the past. This may have led to anticipation of lower marks, but even so, the performance of our Year 13 cohort has been impressive. Across all A-Levels taken in the UK, 27% were A*or A grades. At our school, 45% of all A-Levels taken were awarded A* or A grade.  One in six of all the A-Levels taken were awarded an A* at St. Lawrence College, compared to only one in every thirteen A-Levels across the UK.

More than a quarter of our school’s Year 13 pupils (19 of the 72 pupils) achieved straight A*/A grades across all their subjects. One in every six A-Levels resulted in an A* while just under half were an A* or A grade. Indeed, an “A” was by far the most frequent grade awarded, being easily more common than the second most frequent, a “B” grade, with “A*” being the third most frequent grade across the Year 13 cohort.

In terms of performance within subject areas, more than half of all candidates achieved at least an A grade in Biology, Chemistry, French, Further Mathematics, Geography, Greek and Physics A-Levels. Particularly impressive were Biology and Further Mathematics where the A* rate was 47% and 27% respectively.

Many pupils did extremely well, with the following being truly outstanding: Nikolaos Synodinos (4A*), Dingnan Huang (3A*), Yuqian Liao (3A*1A), Foteini Kalamatianou (3A*) and Timothy Tay (3A*).

For our pupils now completing school, there now faces the transition to universities and colleges around the world. A very small selection of these, to give an example of the variety, includes UK universities such as Queen Mary London, Imperial College, London, Warwick, Edinburgh, Manchester, Durham, and UCL London. Also, we have pupils taking up courses at universities in the USA, Italy, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Canada, Cyprus, Austria and Spain. Just as varied as the destinations, are the degree courses our school-leavers will be starting, which include Aeronautical Engineering, Business Management, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Economics, Dentistry, Accounting & Finance, Fine Art and Law.

Year 12 and AS-Level

At AS-Level, where “A” is the highest possible grade (A* doesn’t exist at AS-Level) global assessment was once again set to pre-pandemic standards, leading to an anticipated moderation of grades among schools across the UK and around the world. At our school, our Year 12 cohort performed very admirably, matching the achievements of typical years over the pre-pandemic era.

That more than one out of every three among the 253 AS-Levels taken resulted in an A grade demonstrates this. Indeed, with “A” being by far the most common outcome, with a frequency twice that of any other individual grade, the collective AS-Level achievement can be considered impressive. 

Analysis by subject reveals that at least half of all pupils’ AS-Levels in Art, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Greek, History and Physics resulted in either an A or B grade.

Across the entire cohort, 14 of our pupils in Year 12 scored straight A grades. Among those were Dimitrios Grigoropoulos (5As), Huijie Cathy Su (5As), Kleopatra Anastassiou (4As), Yunhan Emily Chen (4As), Paris Larios (4As), Yun Zena Li (4As), Efstathios Pettas (4As), and Ziqing Tracy Qian (4As).

Year 11 and IGCSE

More than one in three pupils (34%, or 28 of the 82 pupils) scored either straight A*/A grades or had a majority of A*/A grades as their results from IGCSEs.

Analysis of specific subjects reveals that at least half of all pupils scored A* or A or B in Biology, Chemistry, Chinese, English Language, English Literature, French, History, Mathematics, Physics and Spanish; and in most of these subjects, half the candidates or more achieved at least an A grade. Overall, 42% of the 625 IGCSEs/GCSEs taken resulted in an A* or A grade, while 80% scored at least a C grade.

Pupils who achieved notable success include Konstantinos Zafeirakis (8A*,1A), Despina Salachas (8A*,1B), and Guoguo Chen (7A*,1A,1C)

Well done!

St. Lawrence College Headmaster Phil Holden commented “These results reflect the hard work of so many of our pupils and indicate that anything is possible with determination and perseverance. I also congratulate and thank our outstanding teachers and school staff, right across St. Lawrence College, for all their hard work that has led to these achievements through the last school year and throughout these pupils’ education building up to this point. Finally, I wish our school leavers every happiness and success as they embark on the next stage of their lives, whatever that is. I hope they will keep happy memories of their school days at St. Lawrence College!”

Rationale

opportunity for the development of self-reliance, self-discipline, self-confidence and responsibility for learning

also strengthens the link between home and school

quality of homework more important than quantity

complementing and reinforcing classroom learning

fostering good lifelong learning and study habit

Aims

to encourage parent/carer partnership in learning

to encourage dialogue between parents/school, school/pupils and pupils/parents

to revisit objectives taught in school

to enhance and support learning

to encourage good learning habits

to be interesting and enjoyable

What homework involves

a short amount of homework to complete

research for a project &  topic work

reading, comprehension or grammar

a maths exercise or specific mental maths skills

spelling lists

Greek, French,  Chinese, Spanish  tasks

Role of the Class Teacher 

to make it purposeful

to reward and praise children

to mark homework and give feedback

to provide an explanation for parents

to give an easy-to-follow routine

to take equal opportunities into account

Role of the Pupil

to discuss homework with parents/caregivers

to complete homework tasks within set time frames

to follow up on comments made by teachers 

to seek assistance when difficulties arise 

to organise their time to allow for homework

Role of Parents /Caregivers

to praise the child for their efforts

to help their child develop a approach with talk and positive discussions

to ensure there is a balance between homework and recreational activities

to communicate with teachers about concerns

to check the homework diary each day

to discuss homework with the child

to provide a homework area without

to use methods suggested by the teacher to assist

to check the child’s efforts to learn basics such as times tables

to encourage reading for pleasure

How long should be spent on homework?

through KS2 time spent on homework will gradually increase

years 3 and 4: up to 30 minutes daily

years 5 and 6 homework will increase to 45 minutes, apart from time spent reading for pleasure

language teachers may assign homework once a week

these time estimations are only guidelines

Assessment in KS2

Summative assessment is commonly referred to as assessment of learning, in which the focus is on determining what the student has learned at the end of a unit of instruction or at the end of a grade level. Summative assessment helps determine to what extent the instructional and learning goals have been met.

What summative assessment is done in KS2?

Weekly reviews in Years 3 & 4 each Friday morning progressing to weekly tests in Years 5 & 6

Spelling lists

Mental maths skills

Regular English comprehension and grammar

Regular maths

Science unit tests according to each year’s  Cambridge curriculum requirements

Year 3: plants, life processes, classification of animals & plants, material properties, forces & motion, scientific enquiry

Year 4: the human body, animals in their environment, states of matter, sound, electricity & magnetism, scientific enquiry

Year 5: plants, changes in states of matter, light, the earth & beyond, scientific enquiry

Year 6: the human body, animals in their environment & feeding relationships, the environment, material changes of state, forces & motion, electricity & magnetism, scientific enquiry

Language attainment tests

End of year tests of attainment in  foreign languages: Chinese, French, Greek, Spanish

Regular unit/topic tests throughout the year

Cambridge Progression Tests

In term 3 in Year 6, official tests from Cambridge are sat in the 3 core subjects: English, maths & Science.

What formative assessment is done in KS2?

Formative assessment is commonly referred to as assessment for learning, in which the focus is on monitoring student response to and progress with instruction. Formative assessment provides immediate feedback to both the teacher and student regarding the learning process.

The most common procedures of formative assessment include the following.

Feedback. A teacher provides oral or written feedback to student discussion or work. For example, a teacher responds orally to a question asked in class; provides a written comment in a response or reflective journal; or provides feedback on student work.

Observation. A teacher observes and records a student's level of engagement, academic and/or affective behaviour; develops a plan of action to support that student; implements the plan; and continues to record observations to determine its effectiveness.

Portfolios. A growth portfolio can be used to create a record of student growth in a number of areas. For example, a teacher may use writing portfolios to collect evidence of a student's progress in developing writing skills.

Our Annual Awards Ceremony at St Lawrence College was a memorable occasion, bringing together the whole school community, from our youngest pupils to our Year 13 graduates. The event celebrated the end of the academic year with the presentation of academic awards, recognising dedication, effort, and achievement across all year groups. We were honoured to welcome Irish Ambassador Ciara O’Floinn as our Guest of Honour. The ceremony was filled with warmth, pride, and appreciation, marking another year of hard work, growth, and accomplishments in every way.

This year, senior school pupils studying Physics in Years 10 to 13 again participated in the British Physics Olympiad. They embraced the challenge with several winning outstanding awards, placing themselves among the top physicists of their age in the world. This year, a record number of thirty-four Year 10 pupils participated, demonstrating the ever-increasing popularity of the competitions, as well as our pupils’ thirst for higher challenges.

These competitions go beyond the public examinations system and are all to be celebrated. Pupils grasped new ideas and deepened their own thinking in the subject, stretching themselves to their limits and extending their skills and understanding in the process. We are confident they relished these challenges and will continue to go from strength-to-strength in this challenging subject.

We are proud of your achievements:

Junior Physics Challenge for Year 10 (05/05/2025)

8 x Gold awards

17 x Silver awards

9 x Bronze awards

Intermediate Physics Challenge for Year 11 (17/03/2025)

1 x Gold award

4 x Silver awards

5 x Bronze I awards

6 x Bronze II awards

Senior Physics Challenge for Year 12 (10/03/2025)

2 x Silver awards

10 x Bronze awards

1 x Commendation

Physics Challenge for Year 13 (13/12/2024)

1 x Merit certificate

3 x Participation certificates

On the 30th of April, 21 Art pupils attended a day’s workshop at the Iris Art Centre, Athens. They enjoyed the studio space and materials provided as well as the educational presentation given at the beginning. 

Inspired, pupils began to work on their personal themes using collage materials from a variety of magazines. The results were then shared within the group.

A most enjoyable trip, with excellent results. This Art process will give the pupils an opportunity to explore collage techniques further within their IGCSE portfolio.
 

Over the last 3 days the annual swimming days and galas took place for years 1-6. Pupils came and impressed their parents with the skills they acquired throughout their swimming lessons this year.

In a day where participation was the most important aspect, we had an incredible turnout in every year group. Pupils happily participated in the event and enjoyed spending time in the pool in front of their parents.

We had multiple school records broken this year! In year 3, Lukas Papavasileiou managed to break an incredible two school records. In 25m freestyle Lukas achieved a time of 19.30s and broke the previous record which stood since 2016. Lukas also broke the 25m backstroke record which stood since 2022 with a time of 24.61s. In year 4, Anais Vasiliades broke the school record for 25m backstroke which stood since 2017 with a time of 21.33s. Finally, in year 6, Polytimi Giannakopoulou broke the school record in 25m breastroke which stood since 2004 with a time of 20.25s.

Pupils in year 1 and 2 were delighted to receive medals for participating in their swimming days. Well done to all those who participated and competed in an event which brought a lot of joy to pupils. A special thank you to the parents who came and supported their children through extreme sunshine all the way to tropical rainfall!

On Friday 7^th October, our FS1 and FS2 classes took an excursion to Ktima Aristi, a super destination for young learners to explore nature and enjoy the outdoors. The children had a chance there, to plant vegetables as well as observe how different fruits and vegetables grow. Our little gardeners tended their crops and planted lettuces too – what fun!

On Wednesday 17^th April, the Foundation Stage classes and Reception will demonstrate their skill and coordination by performing a spectacular routine, incorporating what they have learned in their Physical Education lessons.