On Friday the 28^th of April our junior school Rugby club took part in a school tournament hosted by St.Catherines. Three schools participated with 4 teams and a total of 50 pupils! Our club team had pupils from year 2 all the way up to year 6.

Our team played 3 rugby matches in what was a tiring but extremely fun day for our young rugby players. All pupils arrived back in school with big smiles and were rewarded for their efforts with medals.

Congratulations to our school’s rugby club and a special thank you to the coach Mr Stefanos Stephanou.

To celebrate World Maths Day this week, SLC junior school made sure to take their learning outdoors and prove that maths is for everyone. A range of fun activities was available and every pupil was able to access maths at their own level with differentiated tasks for each year group. They played games of catch to practise rounding, sticky darts to add and subtract and ping pong for multiplication. Even bottle flipping was involved as the children practised fractions.

Proof that maths really is fun!

On the 6^th of April the Year 3 and 4 pupils of the after-school football club took part in a football tournament alongside three other schools. The skills our pupils learned throughout the year were on full display with our school participating in six matches of 5-aside football. This was the first taste of a school tournament for our young footballers. After the games all pupils agreed that they thoroughly enjoyed the friendly competition and received medals for their amazing effort.

On the last day of term, 7^th April, Spring was certainly in the air at St Lawrence College. The sun shone brightly on the school as the pupils wore their Easter bonnets with pride and paraded around the playground in a traditional springtime celebration. The theme for making their creations this year was Recycling – the judges were looking for creativity and originality with old items reused on straw hats and caps of all shapes and sizes. Easter eggs were the much sought after prizes on offer – yum! Who doesn't love a chocolate egg for Easter?

Again this year, St Lawrence pupils in Years 5 & 6 have the opportunity to participate in the UK Mathematical Trust's Junior Mathematical Challenge competition. The Junior Mathematical Challenge is a 60-minute multiple-choice competition for children aged 9-12, which encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in using mathematical techniques to solve problems.

The competition will take place on Wednesday the 26th of April so the children excitedly attended a meeting in the staff room this week with Ms Tsabanakis, the Junior School Maths Lead. They enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies as they listened to the expectations on them for successful participation in this prestigious event. Good luck to all our candidates!

On Tuesday 4th April, Year 4 had a school trip to Planet Physics at the Hellenic Cosmos in Tavros, as part of their science curriculum this term. The children are studying the fascinating topic of States of Matter, learning all about how temperature changes affect the state of matter of a material. There were experiments with these changes and live demonstrations.

Learning isn't confined to the classroom at this school!
 

On Friday 7^th April, Year 1 consolidated their Spring term's project of learning about everything British by pretending to travel to the UK! The children excitedly departed for a trip on a plane, did some sightseeing, and enjoyed a picnic in the style of a traditional English tea party! They waved their Union Jack flags and imagined themselves elsewhere.

Taking learning outside the classroom is always fun, isn't it!

On Wednesday 5^th April, Year 3 had a sunny day out of school at the Cultural Park in Keratea. As part of their learning for History, the pupils visited the park and learned all about the past. They thoroughly enjoyed the warm weather and fascinating features of the park. The smiles show how much they enjoyed themselves.

Here at St Lawrence College, we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously. On 5^th April, with this aim in mind, Years 5 & 6 attended a cinematic presentation on the subjects of conservation and care for the planet at Cinemax in Kifissia. What child doesn't enjoy a trip to the cinema? Our pupils were enthralled and educated by the whole experience.

On Thursday 6^th April, Year 2 visited the Pedopolis learning centre in Glyfada to learn about looking after the environment. The children took part in the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Replace Program, as part of their Science Unit on Materials this term. The outing was fun and packed with learning!

On Monday 30^th March, Year 2 took a fun-packed trip to Athens to the Museum of Illusions. This visit was a perfect accompaniment to their science unit of learning Light, which taught the children all about how we use the eyes, what we actually see and what we think we see!

How the mind can be tricked by the eyes … or how the eyes can be tricked by the mind … is a fascinating thing for the children to experience and think about. Take a look at some of the amusing results!

On Thursday 6^th April, the annual Early Years Gym Displays for FS1 and FS2 pupils started with a heart-warming dance. Following the dance, our youngest pupils displayed the skills they have developed throughout the year during their physical education lessons. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing in front of a large live audience which was made up of family and friends. 

Thank you to all who were in attendance cheering for the children as they put on a show of their accomplishments in PE this year. Most of all, well done to our amazing pupils who relished the chance to show off their learning!

On 24th March, Year 9 embarked on an exciting educational trip to expand their understanding of Science and History beyond the syllabi. We started at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre, where pupils had a private viewing of the course which delves into the heart of Ancient Athenian democracy, which has been painstakingly recreated by carefully reconstructing written and physical sources to produce an accurate depiction of the ancient city of Athens, with lots of interesting details added for the benefit of pupils – for instance, the solid gold head of the statue of Athina, the patron of the Ancient City, was so large that it could be seen from the sea.

On the 29th of March our Year 8 pupils visited the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre in a daily trip organised by the Greek department and the Head of Year 8.

First, the pupils watched the play “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens, a popular moral story for children and adults alike. This story ends on a note of hope, arguing that truth, purity, and innocence can be preserved even in an environment of poverty and social inequality. 

Then, the pupils enjoyed their lunch under the blue sky, a well-deserved day out for our Year 8 pupils!