Category: General
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…
Another successful term of chess
Copthorne Prep Chess Club With the worst of the winter weather behind us, the preliminary phase of EPSCA inter-county competition got underway on Saturday 5 February with the Sussex U9 team playing against some of the top counties in an event held at Orleans Park School in Twickenham. Our opponents included title favourites Richmond who…
What a wonderful world
This week has marked another World Book Week, with Thursday not just being World Book Day, but also World Wildlife Day. With this in mind, years 3 – 8 looked at the book Here We Are (Notes to living on planet Earth) by Oliver Jefferies. We discussed the main issues and themes within the book…
What is reading?
Reading is very much multi-layered. On the surface, when listening to children read, we hear their ability to decode the words in front of them. However, just like an iceberg, there is so much more hidden underneath… and it was with this in mind that we adopted the Accelerated Reader Scheme to assess the progress…