Nursery News

Special Presents for Daddies

June 17, 2019

This week in Pippins class we have been making some very special presents for our daddies. All of the children enjoyed painting and colouring and baking in preparation for Father’s Day this week and we wish all of our Daddies a very happy and enjoyable day! Acorns class have been carrying on with our summer [...]

Confidence – Opportunity – Potential

June 17, 2019

“Thank you for taking my daughter to Wales and giving her such an incredible opportunity. When she came home she seemed 5 years older! She had the time of her life and has not stopped talking about it since. She returned full of confidence and a belief that she can do anything.” (Year 7 mum) [...]

Wellbeing at Copthorne Prep School

May 23, 2019

“Copthorne Prep School is proud to announce that we have entered the Independent School of the Year for Wellbeing. As part of our submission, we have made this video which sums up the passion and importance we place on all our children’s mental health and wellbeing.” Mrs Lee Director of Wellbeing

Adventurous Children

May 17, 2019

A wonderful trip to Tilgate proved what adventurous children we have, with all delving merrily into the bowl of wiggly grubs and throwing themselves wholeheartedly around the park! A tasty picnic menu included ladybird Babybel cheeses, grape caterpillars, butterfly biscuits and raisin ants. The trip was first finished off with a surprise ice cream! Our [...]

Visiting Francis Court

May 17, 2019

Pippins have really enjoyed spending time in the garden this week where we have been practising our climbing and balancing skills. Acorns have also been enjoying the beautiful sunshine this week, as well as sponge painting moveable aliens and giggling while painting our feet silver before turning them into space rockets! The Francis Court residents [...]

Wellbeing in the Nursery

May 7, 2019

Pippins have been having a week of planting! First we made some grass heads and then we planted sunflowers. Hopefully they will start to grow very soon and anyway we had great fun playing with the leftover soil! Acorns have been looking at our wonderful Planet Earth. We have painted our own versions of the [...]

If only the Earth were a few feet in diameter …

May 7, 2019

If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter, floating a few feet above a field somewhere, people would come from everywhere to marvel at it. People would walk around it, marvelling at its big pools of water, its little pools and the water flowing between the pools. People would marvel at the bumps [...]

A week of achievements

May 7, 2019

This week has brought much excitement to Reception with the first of the eggs hatching and following Earth Day, there have been ongoing discussions in all sections of the school about what more we as a school can do to develop our “green and sustainable” credentials. Battery recycling is a new initiative and children should [...]

Welcome back to the Summer Term!

April 30, 2019

I hope all your children have enjoyed the first week back after the glorious weather of the Easter long weekend. We have packed a lot into the first 4 days with an Easter story assembly; early season cricket; the first block fixture of girls soccer; two wonderfully amusing and well performed Year 6 drama evenings, [...]