Author: ckinnear1
Top mathematicians rank high
Four of our top year 6 mathematicians travelled to Windlesham House on Tuesday for their annual maths challenge. Working in pairs, they competed over three rounds of questions: find the values, counting down and the big event. After the first round, both Copthorne Prep teams were well placed in the top five, from a field…
Year 1’s great day out
Year 1 had a great time meeting ‘Leonardo Di Capri-owl’ and ‘Snoop Hoggy Hog’ at the British Wildlife Centre. Arriving back at school, the children declared that they had had the best day!
Riddle me this
A few of the pre-prep children entered a nationwide riddle competition before the end of term and with over 2,500 entries received, all our entries have been chosen to be published in “Little Riddlers”. Quoting: “having all your pupils’ work chosen is something to be proud of, it doesn’t happen every day!” Congratulations to Alexander…
Chess delight
We were delighted to send two teams to compete in the finals of two Sussex chess championships – the Butler Cup and the Primary Cup. It was very intense with our pupils playing three matches against four other schools. Many of the matches were very close and the concentration and tension in the air were…
A special afternoon
20th May 2022 Sometimes in your working life, you will always remember an afternoon … Wednesday 18 May 2022 was such an afternoon. On a lovely afternoon, we took the girls to play a very experienced and talented side with many of their players in representative pathways. A heavy defeat was a strong possibility with…
BLESMA visit with years 7 & 8
We were very privileged to have a visit from BLESMA (British Limbless Ex-Servicemen Association) this morning. The children were inspired by their two speakers, Spike and Archie, who told us how they became amputees. Their stories were fascinating and showed us how resilience and determination shone through, despite the many difficulties they faced. They are…
Our incredible chess players
27th April 2022 Did you know that Copthorne Prep holds all five of the top school primary cup trophies (U7, U8, U9, U11 & U11 girls) and we currently have four national champions? Our pupils continued their dedication and hard work over the weekend. The Sussex U9 team played in the EPSCA 2022 national final…
A huge thank you!
Copthorne Prep School community at its best. What a wonderful spring donation for Crawley Open House who were completely overwhelmed by the generosity of our families! They were very grateful for all the goods, especially the Easter eggs! A big thank you for your donations.
Building together
Year 7 and 8 joined forces in a great team building afternoon run by E3 adventures. They had to tie a knot all attached to the same rope, run an obstacle course dressed as a clown, build a tower of shoes, and battle each other in inflatable Zorbs to name just a few of the…
Scientific matters
With scientific hats on, year 4 learnt all about circuits and tested various ones to see if they were complete or incomplete. The children learnt about conductors and insulators and that anything made from metal is a conductor and will allow electricity to flow through it. They found out if they left a gap in…