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Year 7
7IP were having fun in the classroom decorating for Christmas… Marcos seemed to have other ideas! Year 7 & 8 have been busy in DT and have made some wonderful things!
Year 6
In Art, Year 6 have been doing some festive craft and made their own elves… each full of individual character! In Geography, they have been learning about maps. Their task was to draw a sketch map of the school. They also used six-figure grid references to locate clues hidden around the school in order to…
Year 5
This week the Year 5 students created their own – highly emotional – skits in response to one of Hans Zimmer’s brilliant cinematic pieces in Drama. In History, Year 5 have been looking at famous figures from the past. We researched Grace Darling and wrote letters of thanks to her, imagining she rescued one of…
Year 4
Well done to Theo for receiving Maths student of the month in Year 4! Things got spooky in Year 4 English this week. The children wrote poems to describe the sinister forest in Anthony Browne’s picture book. We made the classroom as dark as we could and used our spookiest voices to recite our poems!…
Year 3
This week Year 3 have braved the cold and had great fun with their outdoor maths. They have been using their bus stop division skills to solve some tricky word problems! They have now completed their Egyptians topic with a final project all about an Egyptian Pharaoh they had discovered. Well done everyone! Layney has…
U9 Sussex Chess Championships
Aidan, Adi, Avyanna, Samuel, Maddy, Sienna and Zeel… you have done a fantastic job and have made me very proud indeed. You have represented Copthorne Prep brilliantly and Mr Jones will be delighted because there are some really strong players in this tournament (aside from our own), especially Samuel M – ranked #10 at U8…
Success Stories
Amari G (KPY3) has received his (Green) Blue Peter Badge for his song called ENVIRONMENT. His song will soon be released to iTunes and Spotify to help encourage and inspire others to look after the environment! If you would like to hear it again, click here. Well done Amari! Congratulations to Avyanna and Adi who…
School Shop Waterproofs
We are finding it very difficult to source the Red Waterproofs, as soon as they are in stock at the manufacturer, we will list on the website. We have been informed this could be a while so please find links below to purchase the PU rain sets. I appreciate not all of you will require…
Friday 4 Decemeber
Dear Parents, The run-up to Christmas begins in earnest next week, with rehearsals under way for the readers, soloists and group performers starring in the Carol Service that will be filmed in the Chapel on Wednesday 9th December. All Prep children will be involved, so please make sure your child has their blazer in school…
Year 2
Year 2 have been busy making their masks for their Masked Ball and using computers to create invitations for next week’s big event! They have also been sharing their personal celebrations with their classmates. Some children chose to talk about Hallowe’en, their christening, Diwali, Christmas and many more. We were so impressed with the thoughtful questions that the children asked.