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Category: Latest News

New Equipment!

7th February 2020

Thank you to Mrs Tompkins who has organised lots of fun outdoor play equipment for the Prep children. The children have loved the skipping ropes, bat and stilts to name a few!  Not only have the children enjoyed playing with each other at break times, but they are also responsible for ensuring that play equipment gets…

Chinese New Year!

4th February 2020

The Pre-Prep children spent a wonderful morning making dragons, and Chinese lanterns, practising using chop sticks, doing a Dragon Dance and generally celebrating the start of the Year of the Rat!

Roman Day

4th February 2020

Last week all the Year 4 pupils travelled back into the ‘Roman times’! Throughout the day the pupils made mosaics, Roman bread and attended various workshops. Great fun was had by all and the day ended with a Roman banquet complete with stuffed dormice (chocolate mice) which went down well!

Forest School at Copthorne Prep

3rd February 2020

I have been working with children for over 10 years, mainly within the Early Years sector and I can honestly say that after finishing my Forest School training I have never felt so enthusiastic and excited about teaching, and to go to the woods. Don’t get me wrong, I was not ready for my first…

Safer Internet for children

17th January 2020

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…

New Clubs 2020

17th January 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…

New sculptures at Copthorne Prep

7th January 2020

Welcome back! We hope you had a fantastic Christmas and a great start to the New Year! You may have noticed the amazing bumblebee willow sculptures by the pavilion this morning … our Prep pupils made these during Arts Week with the help of Tim Norris, an outdoor sculptural artist. Members of the general public…