Month: January 2020
Year 4
In English this week, based on a description of a farm from Charlotte’s Web, the pupils created their own artwork of what they thought the farm might look like using oil pastels. They then used their art work to write descriptive poems. They had to try and include poetic devices such as: alliteration, similes and…
Year 5
In Geography, Year 5 had fun making their own water turbines and learning about renewable energy. In PHSE they were discussing how to keep fit and healthy. They had been looking at their diets and deciding whether they are balanced. If not, what could we add to our diets to make them more balanced and…
Nursery
This week in Acorns and Pippins class we have been busy making our classroom all wintry! We made some shape snowflakes and some lovely snowmen … all we need now is some real snow! We have been counting up and down from 5 and started to recognise some numerals too.The children in Oaks have been…
New Clubs 2020
We had a successful launch of our new STEM club last week! The club enjoyed building, testing and modifying structures built of spaghetti and marshmallows. We can all imagine the bonus at the end of the activity! The first two weeks in ‘Lego tech’ have been very exciting. We have learnt to use our special…
Reception
In Art we used our wellington boots to make prints in paint and glitter. Can you spot the path we took in our corridor? In Maths, we started to learn about one more and one less. We were lucky to use Fruit Frenzy on our interactive white boards and it was very noisy fun! In…
Year 1
We have continued with our topic theme of houses and homes this week. We have looked at Mr Jones’ house from the outside and tried to sketch the windows, door, garage, roof and chimney. We have been listening to all the variations of the three little pigs story and tried very hard to re write…
Year 2
Ernest Shackleton sent us an advert that he published in the newspaper, asking for volunteers to travel aboard the ‘Endurance’ ship to Antarctica. Most of us were eager despite finding out about the gruelling conditions and low wages. After chiselling away at the advert frozen in a lump of ice, we wrote letters to Ernest…
Boarding fun!
Our four new gap students have settled into Copthorne and had some bonding time with the boarders last weekend at the Crawley Hollywood Bowl. They also celebrated Harry’s birthday with cake and other treats!
Safer Internet for children
Tuesday 11 February Rendall Room, 7.30pm Nursery – Year 4 This event has now been expanded to include Year 3 & 4 parents. If you are interested in finding out about keeping your children safe online, tips and hints regarding technical controls, appropriate screen time, what the risks are … please do come along. Some…
Year 3
Year 3 have been learning about multiples in maths this week. They have had great fun playing a multiples game against each other! In Science, they were learning about materials. They have had great fun doing experiments in the lab! They were testing materials and their properties. Does it float or sink? Does it absorb…