Year 8

Back into the swing of things!

January 18, 2019

We are all back into the swing of things at Copthorne, with Christmas and the New Year a distant memory. Year 7 & 8 exams are on the horizon, as is their wonderful trip to Nice later this term. More Year 6 & 7 children have been sitting ISEB Pre-tests this week and good luck [...]

Barracudas Summer Camp at Copthorne Prep

January 13, 2019

We are excited to announce that we have a new provider for our summer holiday camps … Barracudas. The activities look great fun and we are sure the children will thoroughly enjoy themselves. There are three distinct differences from the previous provider : Parents will be delighted to know that they can book their children [...]

Astro Disco – Friday, 18 January

January 13, 2019

The children are looking forward to their disco in the Sports Hall next week! Hopefully you received the invitation which came home via child post … but just to confirm timings: 2.30-3.30 Oaks and Pre-Prep (clubs, buses, tea as normal afterwards) 3.30-4.30 Year [...]

Happy New Year to you!

January 13, 2019

A special Copthorne welcome to our 10 new pupils and 3 new Gap Students (Jack L in the Prep Department and Ellie D and Alice C in the Pre-Prep). I am sure you will help them all to settle quickly into life at Copthorne. The new term has started smoothly, apart from the water problem [...]

Chess Update

December 1, 2018

We have entered 4 teams in the Sussex Primary (U.11) Cup, plus one in the Butler (U.14) Cup. Despite playing against much older children, we won our Butler Cup match beating Ardingly, Burgess Hill Academy and Uckfield. Amelie, Rafe, Arun G and Taran conceded only 2 points out of a possible 12. Amelie, Rafe, Taran [...]

LAMDA News

December 1, 2018

Congratulations to all the students who sat their LAMDA examination this week. They all appeared very excited and joyful with anticipation as they went in to meet the examiner with very few nervous faces. After their examination, they all seemed very pleased and happy with how the examination had gone. They appeared to have remembered [...]

From Lamda exams, Nativity …

December 1, 2018

… rehearsals and the Natural History Museum to West Side Story and flu jabs! We have all enjoyed another busy and varied week with Year 4 & 5 Lamda children taking exams on Tuesday – and we hope impressing the examiner! The weather on Wednesday forced some netball to be cancelled but rugby and hockey [...]

Latinists visit Fishbourne Palace

November 23, 2018

On Tuesday, Year 6 and Year 8 Latinists went to visit Fishbourne Palace near Chichester. Despite the rain and cold pupils were in good spirits to learn all about the palace and Roman life at that time. They learnt how the palace was accidentally found in 1960 and Felix even met and had a lengthy [...]

It all happens on a Wednesday afternoon!

November 23, 2018

Wednesdays are always busy especially this week as the boys all started playing rugby! It sounds as if everyone had a great afternoon! Well done Cayden for scoring a try whilst playing your first ever rugby game! As well as sport, there are lots of other activities happening. The children can choose from art, craft, [...]

Open Mornings are a wonderful opportunity to see the school and meet our dedicated and inspiring teachers. You will have a tour with children providing some invaluable insights!

Our next Open Morning is on Saturday, 2 February 2019 10.00am to 12.00noon. It is advisable to pre-register, which you can do by clicking here.

We look forward to meeting you!