2014 Pearson (Edexcel) International High Achiever Awards

We are very pleased to announce the names of the students of The Heritage Private School who have won Pearson (Edexcel) International High Achiever Awards following the June 2014 examinations. We are very proud of all of them:

Erini Yemenitzis: Highest International Subject Mark for GCSE Greek

Anastasia Theocharous: Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCSE Russian

Alexandra Dimosthenous Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCSE Russian

Alena Konovalova: Highest Subject Mark in Cyprus for GCSE Rus-sian

Alina Nazrulloeva: Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCE A Level Russian

Vera Mayzel: Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCSE Art & Design: Photography – Lens and Light-based Media

Maria Nefeli Stamatari: Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCE A Level Art & Design: Photography – Lens and Light-based Media

Nikita Devyataykin: Joint Highest International Subject Mark for GCE A Level Art & Design: Photography – Lens and Light-based Media

The Pearson (Edexcel) High Achiever Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday 16 December 2014 at St Raphael Hotel in Limassol.

The School congratulates its Students and Staff on these successes.

Year 2’s CharitY Christmas Cards

Year 2 worked hard on making greeting cards to sell at the Heritage Christmas Fete on Saturday 6 December

2014.

The sale of the cards raised €200 and all proceeds will be donated to the Dancing

Queen Foundation.

A representative from the charity will be collecting the money during our assembly and will tell the children a lit-tle about how the money

raised will be used.

Many thanks to all parents, teachers and children for buying the cards and supporting us in this worthy cause. Well done Year 2, and we look forward to repeating this enjoyable

charity endeavour next year!

As Christmas time approaches, the staff and students are busy in the Nursery Christmas Corner making decorations for the tree and special keepsakes to take home. The children are having a lovely time preparing those extra spe-cial gifts for you to treasure. It is a very exciting time with preparations being made for the children's first Heritage Christmas Show, and of course we are

all looking forward to the Christmas party featuring a visit from our spe-cial guest, Santa!

The staff of the Nursery would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Many, many miles away in a land of

ice and snow, lived a Penguin colony

with a very puzzled penguin called

Penny…

Year 1’s show ‘The Puzzled Penguin’

was a huge success! The children

worked extremely hard at the singing

and acting, and I think we may even

have a few future actors in our clas-

ses!

Congratulations to Year 1 for a truly remarkable performance of ‘The Puzzled

Penguin’.

The Topic for Term 1 in

Year 2 was Famous People.

Each class studied a differ-

ent famous children’s au-

thor. On Thursday 13 No-

vember the Year 2 had an

opportunity to learn about

two new authors. They ro-

tated classes and were

taught about Roald Dahl by

Ms Eleni, Dr Seuss by Ms

Evy and Julia Donaldson by

Mrs Fotoula.

An enjoyable, educational

day was had both by chil-

dren and teachers.

Mrs Fotoula The Cat in the Hat – Dr Seuss

The Gruffalo –

Julia Donaldson

EUROPEAN YOUTH PARLIAMENT MINI SESSION

For the large majority of our world’s population, the European Parliament is usually associated with men in stuffy suits debating the key issues faced by our continent in today’s society. Nonetheless, the European Youth Parliament (EYP) provides young adults with the op-portunity to step into the shoes of such politicians for a day or so.

On Thursday 4 December 2014, The Heritage Private School held its first EYP mini-session, which gave students from Year 11 a chance to experience life as an EYP participant and hopefully inspire them to continue on this journey. The day consisted of three chief components: teambuilding, committee work, and of course, debating; all of which benefitted the students in many ways.

Teambuilding was a fantastic way for the students to broaden their social circles and mix with new and unfamiliar people. Public schools from both Paphos and Limassol were also invited to join our session, which enabled Heritage students to meet others from outside of our school and city, and hopefully form lasting friendships. Committee work utilised these new relationships and laid the foundations for the chemistry needed to brainstorm and create the speeches required for the General Assembly. The Gen-eral Assembly is where students actually propose their given resolutions – regarding topical issues of today – and debate whether these resolu-tions are sufficiently rigorous.

Regardless of whether students’ proposed resolutions passed or not, it is important to note that this was not the fundamental reason for the holding of the EYP mini-session. The European Youth Parliament is an excellent opportunity for youngsters to get a feel of life in parliament and realise that it is possible for them to aim to make a difference to our society. It is our great belief and hope that those who were eager-ly participating in this session will be amongst our future politicians.

Head Organisers: Daniella Trimmis & Natalie Constantinou

Teachers: Ms Natalie Aoun & Ms Irene Loizides

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1 H M A S ’ I T0 R N B O S2014 FRENCH AMBASSADOR’S VISIT

‘Monsieur et Madame O’

On Wednesday 10 December 2014 the Drama and French Departments

organised a trip to Nicosia to which students from Year 10 to Year 13 were

invited. The students who attended the activity were accompanied by three

teachers and they had the privilege to watch a very unique show

‘Monsieur et Madame O’, a comic gesture play which was sponsored by

the French Embassy.

In 1998,"Mr. and Mrs. O" received the Audience Award of the Ocean

Tour and second Prize of the Humor Festival of Longjumeau. It was writ-

ten and directed by Violaine Clanet and Laurent Clairet and it was inter-

preted by Maria Cadenas and Laurent Clairet.

POETRY COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to the following stu-dents who won a recent poetry com-petition:

Year 2—Year 3 1st Jad Kazzaz Year 3L 2nd Tatyana Degtyareva Year 3L 2nd Marina Efarova Year 3L 3rd Amit Wagner Year 2F

Year 4—Year 6

1st Andjela Krstonosic Year 5M 2nd Jayla Paschali Year 6A 3rd Olivia Gregoriades Year 4K

Poems will be published in the 2014/15 Primary School Year Book.

The Heritage Christmas Fete was a great success, and the sun

shone down on the Early Years School all day long. Many

thanks to all those who attended and special thanks to Janine

Mackenzie, Sue Fairclough, Stephanie Martin and Jane Ellis

for making Santa’s grotto an amazing spectacle for the chil-

dren.

All the toys from the gift appeal have been delivered to St Bar-

nabas Church and they will be given out at a Christmas party

that is being organised for the homeless and needy. The

church is also in contact with the Welfare who have a list of

families whose children also need a little bit of joy at Christ-

mas.

Thank you to all staff who volunteered to gift wrap and label

the toys at the fete, we hope there will be some very smiley

faced children over the Christmas period due to

their efforts.

Thank you also to Santa, who was particularly

busy but managed to visit the Heritage for the

day.

CHRISTMAS IN RECEPTION

The children in Reception captured our attention with their endearing perfor-mance, ‘A Snowman at Sunset ‘. Their singing mesmerised us as we watched the story of how much joy snow can bring to everyone, everywhere! Well done, Recep-tion!

Reception children also really excelled themselves in the Christmas Tree Decora-tion competition. The Christmas tree in Early Years building looks amazing and is positioned near the front entrance so students, parents, staff and visitors can all enjoy the tree. We would like to take this opportunity to remind parents that they

are more than welcome to take their child’s decora-tion home on the last day of term, if they wish.

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM PRECHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM PRE--RECEPTIONRECEPTION

Our festive production of ‘Chilly Milly’ put a fantastic end to our first term

together. It is due to the children’s hard work and perseverance that the

show was an enjoyable experience for all. Well done! Merry Christmas to

all.

Special Message to Pre-Reception staff and students

A big thank you to all staff from Mr Jack Stephens, Mrs Julie’s father. He was in-

vited to watch the dress rehearsal and made to feel like a VIP. He said he now ap-

preciates just how hard teachers work to achieve such excellent results. He also

said it has made his Christmas extra special, because this is his 25th Christmas as

part of the Heritage family, and watching the show brought back so many fond

memories.

SOCIAL SUPERMARKETS

Donations were collected from

school ready for delivery to families

in need. Thank you to all staff, par-

ents, students and friends for your

support. It is greatly appreciated

and we know the support has made a

great difference to the circumstances

of a number of families.