Newsletter Greek School of Ayia Triada Birmingham

Design: Dr. S. Tryfonos

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 4th 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 9th 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

Welcome note for

Up and Coming Events and Holidays: General school Exams:

For level achievement, week commencing from the 20/06/2016

Saturday 25th June 2016: Multicultural Wheel- school invited to participate with a dance performance

Saturday, 9th 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

June Issue:

Newsletter Greek School of Ayia Triada Birmingham

Design: Dr. S. Tryfonos

On Saturday 4th 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

part and the school Management Board

members who helped out . The pictures

below give you a small taste of our trip:

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

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

Moments from June

Newsletter Greek School of Ayia Triada Birmingham

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Newsletter Greek School of Ayia Triada Birmingham

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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

Newsletter Greek School of Ayia Triada Birmingham

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Memory photos from each school branch

have become a tradition to our school.

Here are some photos from our Branches

which we would like to share with you:

Cannock

Worcester

Erdington Saturday

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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

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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.

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Cultural Heritage

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.

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.

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.