heritage summer newsletter · from the cypriot meze! the comenius project and the visit to cyprus...
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HERITAGE SUMMER NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2014
The School’s Administration Office opening times during the holidays will be as follows, and during this time you are
also advised to purchase uniform and books for the new school year, to avoid the School Shop’s very busiest time of
early September:
23 June - 25 July (Summer School) 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
28 July - 22 August 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
25 August - 29 August 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Interschool Public Speaking Competition
The Interschool public speaking competition took
place at the Highgate Private School on Thursday 3
April 2014. Twelve Year 6 students from each
school made the final round. All of the finalists were
eloquent and spoke with great confidence.
Mr Leonidas Alexandrou, an expert in public speak-
ing and Co-founder of First Class Business, trained
and coached students from both the Heritage and
the Highgate schools and prepared them for the
internal and Highgate Interschool competitions. Mr
Leonidas very strongly feels that everyone can be-
come a public speaker. Indeed, he has proven his
point!
Congratulations to all students who participated.
My name is Vilda Westh-Blanc. I am eight years old and I play golf for the national team of Cyprus. I started to play golf at the age of five. I really enjoyed it and started to enter competitions. A golfer needs to have a lot of patience and ambition to be successful. My goal is to play professionally by the age of 13. I hope that I will be able to be first in the world for ladies. I'd also love a game against Tiger Woods and to beat him!
Vilda Westh-Blanc Year 4M
The department congratulates the following stu-
dents who have successfully passed all 7 modules
required for the granting of the European Com-
puter Driving Licence (ECDL Certificate). Your
success is an achievement of which you can be
very proud.
Artem Grechushkin: Year 9A
Fedor Lyskov: Year 9B
Maribelle El Khal: Year 11B
Dominic Coombes: Year 11C
Dominik Dyba: Year 11C
Joshua Kading: Year 11C
Ms Martha Paschali
SECONDARY SCHOOL
ICT DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL ICE SKATING COMPETITION
Several students from Early
Years, Primary and Secondary
School took part in the National
Skating Championship 2014 at
My Mall on 24 and 25 May 2014.
Our Heritage students were bril-
liant and won awards on both
days. Well done to all of our stu-
dents who participated, and we
greatly look forward to the next
competition.
The Heritage Basketball Academy will be further devel-
oped in the next academic year thanks to the availability
of the new state-of-the-art Multifunction Hall for all
sessions of the Academy. The School is also facilitating
even more opportunities for the Basketball Academy
players by entering our team into different competitions
next year. During the last season more than 65 children
participated, and through training and games all im-
proved their performance. The Secondary School Two-Day Hike took place in May
2014 with 130 hikers from Year 7 to Year 10. Students
also had the chance to take part in a variety of activities
including swimming, football and cricket. We all had a
great time, confirming the strong bonds that students and
staff members develop during these kind of events.
More than 80 students were involved this year in the
Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award. In March, 29
participants at the Gold Level travelled to Greece in or-
der to fulfil the criteria of their Residential Project,
which they did with great success. On the trip, students
enjoyed the opportunity to develop their skills in outdoor
activities such as hiking, mountain biking, rafting and
abseiling.
A number of friendly games in a variety of sports in-
cluding football, basketball, volleyball, cricket and tag
rugby have taken place throughout the year against other
schools, with great performances by our students.
The Heritage Football Academy will also expand next
year by offering more sessions to different ages and abil-
ities. The aim is to enter our school into the national
championship that takes place between private football
academies, so that the students will have the chance to
gain even more experience and skills.
I would like to thank all students who took part in any
physical activity organised by the PE Department. Many
thanks also to all staff involved.
Mr George Nicolaou
MATHS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL
Elizaveta Sokolovskaya (11A) and Vladimir
Pronin (12B) were two of only seven finalists
in the European Math Factor Competition
that took place in Nicosia during the EURO-
MATH 2014 conference. Elizaveta presented
“The Pigeonhole Principle” while Vladimir
Pronin’s topic was “The Monty Hall Para-
dox”. Our students were the only students
from Cyprus to advance to the finals.
Congratulations to Elizaveta, Vladimir and
to their coach Mr Christos!
Alexey Panskov (12C) and Dmitry Kazhdan
(12B) were both Bronze Medal winners at the
Kangourou Mathematics Competition (Level
12). In addition Dmitry was also a Silver
Medal winner at the Cyprus Mathematics
Olympiad.
Mr Antonis Philippou
SPORTS AT THE HERITAGE
SOCIAL SUPERMARKETSSOCIAL SUPERMARKETS
Many thanks to staff, students, friends and families who have gener-Many thanks to staff, students, friends and families who have gener-ously supported the social supermarket. All donations are greatly re-ously supported the social supermarket. All donations are greatly re-ceived and appreciated by our needy fellow citizens. We hope to con-ceived and appreciated by our needy fellow citizens. We hope to con-tinue once again with collections in the new School Year.tinue once again with collections in the new School Year.
MS JOANNE KING AND MS ESTELLE GASKELL MAKE SCIENCE CLUB FUN AND EXCITING
IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Primary School Concert:
For the second year running, the Music Department has organised a Primary School Concert with musical per-
formances by children from Reception to Year 6. Organised by Mr Hovig, the concert took place on Friday 2
May 2014 at our school’s Amphitheatre. The concert was a great success and students did extremely well. Musi-
cal performances varied in style from Classical, Jazz, Stage Musicals, Pop, Club Dance as well as World Music.
Students demonstrated their skills in singing, piano, guitar, violin, clarinet, Chinese zither and even ‘air’ trum-
pet. Well done to all participants!
Musical Performance at PASYKAF May Fete:
Students from the Primary School performed for guests and visitors of the PASYKAF Fete on Sunday 11 May
2014 at Kanika Elias Beach Hotel. PASYKAF is a voluntary, non-profit, charitable organisation founded in
1986, which offers cancer prevention programmes, professional health services and palliative care. More infor-
mation about the charity can be found on their website: http://www.pasykaf.org/. A selection of songs was per-
formed from the recent Primary School Concert in aid to the charity organisation.
School Orchestra and Project ‘Mission Orchestra’: The School Orchestra this year has grown and developed. With ‘Mission Orchestra’ in place more students from
both Primary and Secondary School have taken up orchestral instruments and taken part in the School Orchestra,
performing live in a group for school functions. A big ‘WELL DONE’ to all of our musicians for their hard
work and dedication to the School Orchestra.
There is still availability for free instrument loans from the School as part of the ‘Mission Orchestra’ project, so
if any students in Years 5 - 10 are interested in taking up saxophone, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin or cello les-
sons please contact the Music Department at [email protected].
Maria Sidorova’s Piano Recital:
We were very proud of our Year 12 A Level Music student Maria Sidorova for her initiative and hard work in
preparing and performing her very own Piano Recital on Thursday 12 June 2014 at Theatro Ena. The perfor-
mance included extremely difficult pieces from Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann, all performed
outstandingly and professionally. The theatre was full and her music performance left all in awe. Congratula-
tions, Maria, on your remarkable talents and your great success.
Lisa Xianzi Zhang’s Piano Performance at Kangourou Prize Giving:
We are very proud of our Year 11 student Lisa Xianzi Zhang for her piano performance at the Kangourou Prize
Giving Ceremony on Friday 30 May 2014 at our school’s Amphitheatre. She performed the incredibly difficult
piece Scherzo No.2 by Frederic Chopin for the guests and award winners of the Kangourou Ceremony. Well
done!
Music Institute:
May we remind you that the School’s Music Department also encompasses a Music Institute, offering private
lessons in singing, piano, electric, and bass guitar, acoustic and classical guitar, clarinet, flute, saxophone, trum-
pet, violin and cello. In addition we run a Rock Band, a Junior Choir, a School Orchestra and will soon start an
Early Years Music Club, Secondary School Choir, String Club, and a Guitar Club. For more information and for
signing up early, please contact us at [email protected].
Ms Elena Christou Head of Music
Many thanks to the children who took part in the Children’s Art Exhibition to cele-
brate National Children’s Day. The event was a huge success and a lot of the chil-
dren’s art work was sold to raise money for the charity ‘Cans for Kids’.
Participants:
Michael Efarov (Reception), Marianna Antoniou (Year 2), Tatyana Degtyareva (Year
2), Galina Bayguzina (Year 3), Arina Korotkova (Year 3), Constantinos Antoniou
(Year 5), Anastasia Kourtseva (Year 5), Nataly Antoniou (Year 6), Eva Khalilova
(Year 6), Rafaella Mehmet (Year 6), Elizabeth Suvorina (Year 6), Erika Lyukmanova
(Year 7), Hannah Ellis (Year 8), Christina Gubareva (Year 8), Milana Koualskaya
(Year 9), and the entire Year 2 class of Ms Fotoula!
Overall winner: Erika Lyukmanova
Prizes also won by: George Merabishvili, Elizabeth Suvorina and Anastasia
Kourtseva.
Well done to all of our students who took part.
Year 2 trip to Malindi Beach
What a memorable day Year 2 had at the
beach. As part of our topic, Oceans and
Seas, we had the opportunity to look at
the seaside in our locality. Many activities
were organised and thoroughly enjoyed
by children, teachers and parents. Well
done to the children on excellent behav-
iour and an unforgettable trip. Thank you
to all the parents for their help.
Have a great summer!
Mrs Fotoula
Working on the sixth project, Education: Past & Present of Comenius programme Daily Life Through Students’
Eyes, the children of Comenius Club interviewed Dr Kouris, asking him questions about his education in his
small town ‘Morfou’. On 4 May 2014 students also visited the Old School Museum in Vasa where they had a
tour. During the Comenius trip, the children performed a short play where the children acted as 'old time' stu-
dents. The role-play was video-recorded and will be uploaded on the website of Comenius programme.
On 28 May our school hosted 20 teachers from Romania, Italy, Spain, Portu-
gal, England and Turkey, with whom our school has participated in a Comeni-
us Project. Throughout the past two years we have had the chance to visit
their countries and schools, and now was their turn to come and visit us. We
welcomed them into our Early Years and Primary Schools with songs in their
languages performed by Year 2, Greek dances performed by the Reception
children, and even a role play from Year 1 students. The visitors also had the
chance to tour the school, visit the classrooms and interact with our students.
After school they experienced some of our culture by visiting museums and
Omodos, where they enjoyed seeing Cypriot handicrafts, and of course dishes
from the Cypriot meze! The Comenius Project and the visit to Cyprus culmi-
nated in a final closing ceremony on Saturday 31 May that marked the end of
this two year project. It was a magnificent event that included different acts,
such presentations from the Comenius club children and Greek dances by the
Greek Folklore Association. Everyone joined in the dancing, including par-
ents, teachers, children and partners, bringing the week to a fitting and memo-
rable end.
COMENIUS
LEARNING IS FUN IN NURSERY
On Thursday 12 June 2014 the children in Nursery had a Water Day as part of their topic of the Sea.
Mr Panikos and his son Andreas from Mundial Marine brought along two boats for the children to see
and climb aboard. He also showed the children various equipment, such as large fins and lifejackets for
them to try on. Their playground was then turned into a waterpark with water play activities and large
paddling pools. The children changed into their swimming costumes and had fun splashing around and
getting soaking wet. Just before home time the children were dried off and treated to ice creams. What
a perfect end to a fun-filled day!
Mrs Tracey
Nursery Teacher
ART IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL The annual Art Exhibition was again a roaring success, with more students than ever before showing their work in Fine Art and Photography. Approximately two hundred people attended the opening evening. Here is some of the work, much of which will remain hanging during the summer throughout the Secondary School building, if you have not yet had time to visit school to see it. Ms Sheila Wright Head of Art
FREEFLIGHT AT THE HERITAGE
The results of the AIDT Hip Hop Challenge which took
place in Paphos on 25 May 2014 are:
Pre Level One Category
Limassol runner up: Jayla Paschalis
After an exciting dance-off with both students receiving
96%, the decision of the judge Miss Dawn Meyer. Was
as follows:
Limassol winner: Pia Georgia Khalil.
Overall Cyprus winner between Limassol and Paphos:
Emelia Stephanou.
These students were all from The Heritage Private
School and Free Flight Dance Studio, so many congrat-
ulations.
On Sunday 18 May 2014 the AIDT Hip Hop Chal-
lenge Bursary Awards were held in Paphos. Approxi-
mately 50 students qualified to compete, including 13
students from The Heritage Private School. The even-
ing culminated in an exciting Pre-level One and Junior
Two dance-off, with two students in each age group
receiving 96%. The Junior Two overall Cyprus winner
was Nicole Papageorgiou from The Heritage Private
School and Free Flight Dance Studio.
We would like to take this opportunity to say well
done to all members of PATH and Free Flight, which
consist of Heritage and non-Heritage students. As
guests at their recent prize giving, the standard was ex-
cellent and it was a pleasure to see just how much the
children have developed in confidence and expertise in
a short time. It was obvious that a great deal of com-
mitment has gone into their work.