Year 8

International Day of Happiness

March 21, 2019

Learning and teaching makes us happy! #internationaldayofhappiness #learningisfun #inspiredteaching

Pelicans, Kew Gardens, Old Boys and Red Noses!

March 18, 2019

Yet more girls sporting success from the magnificent Under 11 girls netball team last Friday when they were victorious in the Brighton College Pelican Cup netball competition – seeing off all challengers with relative ease. This is good practice for the forthcoming IAPS National Netball finals next Thursday – Good luck! Katie F and Jennifer [...]

World Book Day

March 8, 2019

A HUGE thank you to all children and parents for the amazing costumes on World Book Day. Nursery to Year 4 welcomed author Tony Bradman in to talk about his books and both children and staff thoroughly enjoyed his visit. In the Prep School we designed some fabulous bunting for the library, using our favourite [...]

‘Transforming young lives’

March 8, 2019

I was lucky enough to attend this incredibly insightful and forward thinking conference at Christ’s Hospital. It began with a thought provoking speech from Jim Gamble (Senior British Police Officer) on the challenge of safeguarding in the digital world. He talked about the importance of teaching young children to have strong passwords – ‘stronger is [...]

A typically busy week!

March 8, 2019

This week has been another typically busy, productive and successful five days, highlighted by a wonderful World Book Day yesterday, with creative costumes in abundance from children and staff plus a visit from author Tony Bradman. You will find lots of photos in the Photo Gallery. Don’t forget to look at the video (on social [...]

A full and happy Boarding House

March 4, 2019

The boarding house was full on Wednesday and what fun was had in the HE room! Who was going to make the best cupcake?? Mr Jones decided that everyone’s cupcakes were amazing and delicious!

Chess Update

March 4, 2019

This Week It has been a very busy week with our chess teams! Amelie, Arun and Rafe represented us at the Cottesmore Chess Congress on Tuesday. This is one of the oldest school competitions with 21 individual winners over 22 years going on to represent England – Copthorne can boast our own winners (Josh Higgins [...]

Outstanding Performances

March 4, 2019

The Under 11 netball team are the star performers of the week, losing narrowly in the final of the South East Regional IAPS netball tournament, but qualifying for the National finals later this term held at Epsom College. The girls lost 4 – 6 in the final having won all their other 8 matches reasonably [...]

Visitors from Tanzanian

February 15, 2019

We welcomed students from Tanzania this week! Year 7 and Year 4 were able to learn a lot about their country! Our visitors had fun teaching some of the Year 7’s a dance. Thank you for visiting us and sharing your country and culture with us..