Daily Archives: September 22, 2013

Welcome to another exciting week at Copthorne. I hope that you have all enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend.

Last week we all continued to explore the features, customs, traditions and history of different countries as part of our Stephen Lawrence /diversity focus. It was a pleasure to see our children taking such an interest in others and being able to talk in such detail about all their new learning. Then, on Friday, we all had a wonderful day dressing up as our Building Learning Power heroes and I spent a very warm day dressed as the penguin Happy Feet. Once again our children showed that they are very clear about the qualities that make effective life-long learners and that they are working hard with their teachers and the whole staff team to develop these. We now look forward to the week ahead.

This week at Copthorne

Year 1 Health Checks

We will be welcoming the nursing team into our school at 1pm today, they will be carrying out the regular school health checks for our year 1 pupils.

School Meals Meeting 

On Tuesday, 24th September at 1pm, parents of children who regularly go home for lunch have been invited to attend a meeting with Mr Jacques, Mrs Ramsden (our Catering Manager) and myself.   Parents will have the opportunity to share their views about school lunches and sample some of the dishes that we serve to our children. We look forward to meeting those parents and hope that they will be encouraged to consider school meals for their children.

Reception Parents Learning Workshop

There will be a workshop on Wednesday 25th September from 9-10am for all parent/carers of children in Reception.  During the workshop parents will have the opportunity to observe a literacy and maths lesson after which there will be a presentation giving information about the methods used and the curriculum taught in Reception.  We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at this popular event so that we can share with you all the wonderful things our children will be learning this year.

Autumn Fayre

On Saturday, 28th September from 1 to 4pm we will be holding the Copthorne Community Autumn Fayre .  This promises to be a fun and exciting day with lots of stalls designed and run by our pupils alongside other activities such as nail art, face painting, archery, raffle, mendhi and a penalty shoot out.  There will also be a special performance by the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band.  Please support this wonderful event. We are hoping for good weather and we look forward to seeing as many of our local community members as possible.

Date for your diary

On Tuesday 22nd October we will be holding a parents’ evening from 3.15pm – 6.15pm.  This is a fantastic opportunity to meet your child’s class teacher and discuss their on-going progress. We will also, as on previous parents’ evenings, be collecting your views and ideas about Copthorne so that we can continue to ensure constant improvement together.

Have a very enjoyable week ahead with, I hope, continuing great weather.

Mrs Shepherd