Well, it’s going to be a very short week at Copthorne this week but, as usual, it will be busy and involve lots of exciting learning oportunities for our children.
Last week we were fortunate in being able to welcome a group of visitors from Ghana. The group presented an assembly to KS1 about life in Ghana and then visited individual classrooms, where they answered children’s questions and taught some traditional Ghanian dancing. This visit supports the work we are doing in school for the Stephen Lawrence Education Standard award and was thoroughly enjoyed by all our children and staff. It was also an opportunity for Miss Armitstead to revisit her experiences from this summer as she spent her holiday in Ghana doing charity work.
A great big thank you to our visitors.
Football Tournament
Last week our football team came first in the Exceed Football League. Well done to our players for such excellent team work. You all looked so smart in your new kit too.
Asian Dress Day
Thank you to all of our parents for sending the children to school last Friday dressed to celebrate Eid. Children enjoyed parties in the afternoon and it was great to see all of our staff joining in with the theme of the day looking so smart and sparkly.
This week at Copthorne
Eid Holiday
School will be closed on Monday 14th October to Wednesday 16th October inclusive. We look forward to welcoming the children back to school at the usual time on Thursday 17th October 2013. I would like to wish everyone an enjoyable break with your family at this very special time.
Visit to Poland
From Monday 14th October to Friday 18th October, our Assistant Head Teacher Mr Lloyd and our Diversity Co-ordinator Mrs Van Tol will be visiting Poland for the first meeting between the 10 schools involved in our Comenius Project. We will be working with schools from Poland, Romania, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Lithuania, Portugal, Cyprus and the Netherlands. As part of this project, staff will visit each of these countries and our children will have the opportunity to take part in some of these visits. In return we will be welcoming staff and some children from each of the 9 schools. Together we will bw working on a project to develop pupils’ literacy skills through the use of traditional tales. We look forward to taking part in the project and to learning more about the culture and customs of each of the other countries.
Dates for your diary
Parents’ Evening
There will be a parents evening on 22nd October 2013 from 3.15 – 6pm.. Please could parents’ return their appointment slips to the class teachers by Thursday 17th October 2013. We look forward to seeing you all and working with you to both celebrate the work of and plan the next steps for our children.
I hope you all have a lovely week with your families.
Eid Mubarak!
Mrs Shepherd