Reception

Reception News – Week 1 – Autumn Term 2019

September 7, 2019

We have been really impressed with how well the children have all settled into their new routine in Reception. They have enjoyed painting pictures and sharing their news. The teachers have loved seeing so many smiley faces everyday, even towards the end of the week!

Preparing for the Sun!

June 17, 2019

Although the weather has been atrocious, the children helped to set up the ice cream parlour ready for summer role play. In literacy we have all worked very hard to create a surprise for our fathers! We have worked on writing 2 digit numbers, securing our knowledge and understanding of place value. We have been [...]

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 [...]

Outstanding LAMDA Results

May 17, 2019

Mrs Flower and I were delighted with the LAMDA results that arrived this week for the students who sat their examinations in March, just before Easter. They achieved 100% pass rate and some extremely impressive marks including 100% for Rosie E, Matilda H and Harley B which is both rare and outstanding. We were particularly [...]

Living Eggs

May 7, 2019

The children have made a positive start on their return to school. They listened carefully to one another as they shared their holidays news before writing about their favourite moments. It seems as though the Easter bunny was extremely busy! Through our topic of minibeasts we looked at some features of insects and spiders and [...]

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 [...]