Welcome note for June Issue: Up and Coming Events and Holidays:

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1 Welcome note for June Issue: Dear Parents, Another school year is near to its end. Our Head teacher, us teachers and members of our school management board are doing our very best to have a successful school year ending. It is a very busy time and very emotional too, as we realise that only a few more weeks are left and we will have to part from some of our students as they will be completing their school journey at the Greek school. Though the school year is near its end, preparations and new teaching targets are in progress for an even more successful upcoming school year. At this point we would like to inform you that there is a basket at our church, in memory of Mrs. Ourania Christophi and Mr. Gregory Zachariou, in which all funds will go to the campaign for the new classroom project which is in progress. Other highlights of this month which are worth mentioning are as follows: On the 4 th of June our school had a great time at our school s annual trip to LEGOLAND. All of us who took part had a great time and the smiles in the children s faces were so rewarding. Returning from our half term holidays all children with us teachers and with the help of our Head teacher Dr Stella Tryfonos have been preparing for the end of school year celebration which will take place on Saturday 9 th of July at 12pm.We hope you all will join us in this wonderful celebration for Cyprus. Last, I would like to thank our school dance groups for their hard work, every Wednesday from 7pm 9pm, preparing for our dance performances. Thank you for taking the time to read this month s newsletter. Kind regards, Amalia Mitsou (Teacher and dance teacher, Erdington, Worcester and Cannock) BA(Hons) in Dance Education and Choreography, PGCE EYF, QTS Up and Coming Events and Holidays: General school Exams: For level achievement, week commencing from the 20/06/2016 Saturday 25 th June 2016: Multicultural Wheelschool invited to participate with a dance performance Saturday, 9 th of July 2016: End of Year school celebration at 12pm. A promising event from all our children with songs, dances and a journey into history. Please let us know if you coming as food will be offered on that day and will need to know how much to provide for. Summer school holidays: School breaks for summer holidays from 9/07/2016 up until 10/09/2016

2 Pupils of the Month: We take this time to acknowledge the students of the month. Although all students have made significant progress these students in particular have surpassed our expectations. Erdington Saturday & Monday: Melita Shakespeare, Anastasios Deriziotis, Anastasia Cosma, Zacharias Karafyllidis, Konstantinos Fotopoulos, Iakovos Anastasakis (joint class), Mariliz Thouki, Vasiliki Stamelos Stoubridge: Antonia Fantis Tamworth: Vasoula Buttler,Chrystalla Kammenou, Alex Simonis Worcester: Dimitrios Fotopoulos Cannock: Lucas Koshionis, Christina Gavriel, Porphyrios Batham Moments from June On Saturday 4 th of June our schools had the chance to enjoy our Annual school trip to LEGOLAND. Although the weather wasn t as sunny as the previous days it was good enough for all of us who took part to enjoy ourselves and even more the children. Thank you all of you who took Parent s evenings: We would like to remind you the dates of our third term parents evenings. Please inform your child s teacher if you are unable to attend. Erdington Monday: 04/07/2016 Tamworth: 05/07/2016 Worcester: 05/07/2016 Cannock:07/07/2016 Stoubridge: 07/07/2016 Erdington Saturday: 09/07/2016 part and the school Management Board members who helped out. The pictures below give you a small taste of our trip:

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4 Returning from half term all children and teachers have been working really hard. Erdington Nursery- Reception had a chance to learn about the Greek Mythology and the Ancient Greek vessels. We are sharing with you a sample of their work: Year 4 Erdington learning about the different types of communications over the year

5 Memory photos from each school branch Worcester have become a tradition to our school. Here are some photos from our Branches which we would like to share with you: Cannock Erdington Saturday

6 The children of the GCSE, are studying really hard for their exams which are coming up really soon. Best luck to all and each one of you and hope all your hard work brings you the results you and your families wish for! The end of year celebration about Cyprus is called I do not forget!!! Our ultimate goal is to contribute to the revival of the collective memory of the troubled history of Cyprus. Our involvement with the "tormented island, brought us face to face with the painful until today reality of partition. A blessed place connected with its long tradition of Hellenism and the coexistence with other peoples and cultures living under the shadow of an irrational atopic sharing. A land that breathes with the pain and the distant sound of voices who feel underprivileged. Cyprus 1974 I do not forget, I claim, I create For many people July and August are the best months of the year for holidays and for enjoying the sun, the sea and the nice Cypriot weather. For Cypriots these two months are particularly sad and full of memories from the recent past. Summer is marked, since 1974, with the particion of the island, the missing people, refugees and the ongoing battle for bringing forth a solution to Cyprus problem. This year, given the guidelines from CEM and MOEC, for remembering the events of 1974, during the end of year celebration we remember and we learn about Cyprus. Turkey invaded on July 20, 1974 and managed to create a military beachhead west of Kerineias on the north coast of Cyprus. Despite the conclusion of successive truce after July 22, Turkey continued to expand the bridgehead and to transfer military forces in Cyprus. Resolutions and calls for Security Council and talks, in which it participated

7 Turkey itself in Geneva on 12 and August 13, did not prevent the escalation of military presence in Cyprus, which reached the height of 40,000 people army and three hundred armored tanks. With these forces on 14 and 15 August 1974, Turkey carried out the operation Attila II, leading to the violent partition of Cyprus and extending its military occupation of approximately 36.7% of Cypriot territory. Although the invasion violated every rule of international law, including the UN Charter, Turkey proceeded to occupy the northern part of the island and expel the Greek inhabitants. By the end of next year, the majority of Turkish Cypriots living in areas controlled by the Republic had also moved to the part of Cyprus controlled by the Turkish army. In this way, it applied the policy that was adopted by Ankara twenty years earlier for partition and forcible expulsion of populations. The human cost was enormous. Thousands of Greek Cypriots were killed as a result of the action of the Turkish invasion army. Additionally, it is unknown what has happened to about 1500 people, who ignored until today. Of these cases, 1493 have been submitted for investigation to the Committee on Missing People, which operates under the auspices of the United Nations and many have been identified using DNA sample from first degree family members. Besides 35% of Cyprus has come under the occupation of Turkish Army. The third of the Greek Cypriots became refugees in their own country and to this day prevented by the Turkish occupation forces from returning to their homes. In an effort to alter the demographic structure of Cyprus, Ankara has brought to the island more than 160,000 colonists from Turkish Anatolia.

8 Cultural Heritage After a legal battle that began in 1989 and lasted two years, the court of Indianapolis and the Court of Appeals in Chicago decided to return the mosaics in Cyprus. Then, in 1997 they found and acquired three other parts of the mosaics. As for the archaeological sites in occupied Cyprus, most sample destruction occurs in mosaics at Salamis, which have suffered enormous damage. Meanwhile, sites of great historical value are destroyed, but especially churches. Various testimonies held by the Department of Antiquities and the Cyprus Government suggest a number of about 500 churches, chapels and monasteries have been looted, destroyed and / or demolished, while over 15,000 images of saints, countless ceremonial vessels, gospels and other objects of inestimable value stolen and disappear from the temples. Most known is the destruction and mosaics in the church of Panagia Kanakarias (Karpasia). In 1983 some of the stolen parts of the church's apse were identi 1988 identified four segments in the US Indianapolis, held merchant Peg Goldberg art. The Turkish occupation army exercise control in all areas of the occupied part of Cyprus, preventing the Cyprus Government by to protect and preserve monuments of cultural heritage.