CBBC Tour

Year 3 and 4 had a fabulous day out at the Televsion Centre in Shepherds Bush. An early start ensured we were all in town with plenty of time to spare. After we were all security checked the children saw the Prank Patrol Van parked outside the studios and the excitment began! Dr. Who’s tardis was there and we all enjoyed posing for photos by the huge BBC sign. We visited studios, dressing rooms, the weather centre, the Blue Peter garden, saw filming, met celebrities, had a chance to be sound men, vision mixers and presenters,dressed up as mini Dick read the full post »

Wakehurst Place – Year 5 Trip

Last Tuesday the whole of year 5 went to extend their work on plants in the beautiful setting of Wakehurst Place. The children were well behaved and the trip was a great success as you can tell from the following account.. It was really cool in the lab and we went pond dipping where we found water boatmen and snails. We also had an activity which said that if there were no plants nothing would be able to survive. It was fantastic and I want to go again! Jack F

LAPLAND HOLIDAYS

You may remember that the first prize in the Fete Raffle was a holiday for 4 people to visit Father Christmas in Lapland; very kindly donated by Cosmos. You would have received a flyer from Cosmos advertising these holidays, which are generously discounted for Copthorne families as well as the School receiving 5% of every booking … so do please consider a Christmas holiday for yourselves or your friends! Bookings must be made by 1 November. If you would like another flyer, please contact the school office.

Year 7 Team Building trip to Shoreham

On the 17th June Year 7 went off to Shoreham for a fun filled 3 days of team building activities; these included Canoeing, Problem Solving, Kayaking, Raft Building, Low Ropes, Climbing and Mountain Biking.   All year 7 had a fantastic time and were a credit to the school. They learnt a lot about team work and surprised themselves with what they could achieve. A special thank you to; Mr Hammond, Miss Knight and Mr Collignon for all their hard work.                                                                                                                         Mrs Lee   Here are just a few comments from the year 7’s.   My favourite thing on read the full post »

Joseph

  We had a very successful outing to the Hawth and the children all seemed to enjoy the colourful and fast-moving production. We also had lots of wonderful comments about how smart the children all looked in their blazers and how well they behaved -it was a pleasure to escort them!  

Year 2 trip to Blackland Farm Activity Centre

A very successful new trip as you can read below: On Monday, my class went to Blacklands Farm. We went rock climbing, crate challenge, ropes and the boulder wall, and abseiling. On the boulder wall we did lots of tricks. On the rock climbing, I got to the very top. The crate challenge is when some people put block on top of block and two people climb on the blocks. On the ropes challenge we had to work as a team all the time. When we did abseiling, you have to go to the very top of a wall and read the full post »

Preston Manor by Victoria Smith 3B

On Tuesday Year 3 went to Preston Manor. My favourite was part when I made orange juice. I had a great time. The butler was called Mr Elphick and you could call him sir. He was very strict. It was funny when Jack M. dropped the egg on the floor and when the lemonade over-flowed. We all laughed and sir wondered what we were laughing at. I had a great time and we made ginger biscuits and got to bring them back to school. I also was a cleaner and I had to dust the walls. The servants only got read the full post »

Four Year 8 Scientists at Brighton University

Four year 8 scientists spent the day at Brighton University on Monday, taking part in a Festival of Chemistry run by the Salters Institute.    Twenty schools took part in the competition which comprised of two chemical investigations which were assessed by chemists from the university and local industry.  After the competative element of the day, and a well earned lunch, everyone was treated to an amazing chemical show full of explosions and some fabulous exhibition chemistry.   After coming in third place last year the pressure was on for our team however they managed to better last year by read the full post »