Year 1

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

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 [...]

Wakehurst Place Visit

May 7, 2019

This week we had a wonderful visit to Wakehurst Place. We took part in a variety of science based activities. Firstly we learnt that we all eat an awful lot of food which comes from plants…..rice…popcorn….flour….jam … naming just a few. We then went on to use microscopes and magnifiers to look at lots of [...]

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, [...]

Earth Day

April 30, 2019

Earth Day is a day to reflect on our planet and our environment and what we can do to help keep them both healthy. At school today we enjoyed an excellent presentation from Year 7 pupil and beekeeper, Matthew B, who brought in a range of his equipment including his smoker and frames to help [...]

Another busy week!

March 25, 2019

We had a lovely time at the Apple Tree Hindu Temple in Crawley this week. The children did us all proud and were very good listeners during our time there. We asked many clever questions and listened to the answers with interest. We learnt the names of several Gods and joined in with some gentle [...]

Mindfulness Assembly

March 25, 2019

Years 1 & 2 enjoyed a special assembly taken by Year 7 pupils, Eva Z and Ella B, at which the older girls explained how to use the technique of PBS (pause, breathe, smile) to calm down and settle one’s mind. Eva & Ella were both very able and calm themselves, and used power point [...]