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Musical Soiree Hits All The Right Notes
At the end of the summer term, musicians from Years 5 to 8 performed in the most wonderful concert, the first for some pupils and a poignant farewell for others. Parents and teaching staff were impressed with the level of poise, focus and enjoyment the musicians demonstrated. The audience was taken on a magical journey…
Copthorne Community In Action
It was great to see so many Copthorne families dive into this year’s ‘by the sea’ local community carnival parade. Thank you to Mr Skelton and the Friends of Copthorne for supporting this wonderful event. Every year, Copthorne Prep take part in the parade; families help build the float and during the run up to…
Copthorne Prep School joins Award-Winning Caterham Family of Schools
Highly regarded and much-loved Sussex school, Copthorne Prep School has confirmed it will join the award-winning Caterham family of schools with immediate effect. The move cements a long-standing relationship between the schools and will see Copthorne Prep’s renowned academic and pastoral care strengthened further. Caterham School was named as Tes Best UK Senior School in…
Year 1
At Forest School, Year 1 learnt about fire safety, played in the mud kitchen and celebrated Ore’sbirthday! The children have really enjoyed their Maths investigations into weight this week and have worked beautifully in teams to develop their understanding of which objects are heavier, which are lighter and which weigh the same. The children began…
Year 2
Year 2 have continued learning about shapes. They built 3D shapes and used Carroll and Venn diagrams to investigate their properties. They have also been busy making Mother’s Day gifts and -in between everything else! – been honing their acting skills, performing scenes from the Great Fire of London.
Year 8
In Science, Year 8 were practising their gas tests this week. They revised testing for oxygen using a glowing splint, carbon dioxide using limewater, hydrogen using the squeaky pop test, and two ways of testing for water vapour using Cobalt chloride paper and also anhydrous copper sulfate. Spanish, they presented the weather forecast and in…
Year 7
It’s great to be back this week! Our Year 7’s showed that they have kept up their fitness during lockdown with an impressive showing in an interval relay in PE. Teams of 5 clocked up an impressive 9km in 30 minutes!
Year 6
Year 6 has started a new topic in D.T. making door signs. They are going to be challenged to make their names using a piece of wood. Here is Mr Bullock, explaining that they need to be able to connect each letter! In History, they were learning about farming during the Shang Dynasty. They learnt…
Year 5
In History, Year 5 have been showing Mrs Litchfield everything they have remembered from their lessons during the lockdown. They have learnt a lot! Well done all! Year 5 have also been practising their speaking skills with their topic of ‘school subjects’ in French.
Year 4
In History, the children went on a fact hunt to find out about the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity! After reading the parable of the lost son in R.S. this week, the children made their own compassion promises. In Art, they have started making some beautiful designs with clay! Here are a few of their designs…