Welcome back to school today. I hope that all our children have had an enjoyable week’s holiday. It hasn’t rained too much this week so hopefully that will have been some help to the families and communities down south affected by the flooding since Christmas.
This half term promises to be action packed with lots of great learning experiences for our children and, as the days become longer there will be more opportunities for learning outside of the classroom.
Football Tournament Success
I am delighted to report that our Year 5/6 football team were victorious in the latest stage of the Exceed Tournament, beating Lidget Green 6-1. Well done to the team for playing superbly and demonstrating excellent sportsmanship. We look forward to the next round.
The week ahead
Year 6 Meeting
A meeting will take place at 9 am today, 3rd March, for the parents/carers of all pupils in Year 6. All Year 6 children will also be present. The purpose of the meeting is to clarify our expectations of pupils’ work and behaviour as they near the time of the Key Stage 2 SATs. We will be highlighting the ways in which families can support their children’s learning at home and giving clear details about the type and quantity of homework to expect. A letter has already been sent home to each family about this and we look forward to seeing as many of you at the meeting as possible.
School Council
Today, at 12pm our School Council will welcome a special visitor to their meeting: Mr John Myles, a member of our Governing Body. Mr Myles will join the meeting to find out about the work of our school councillors and hear about their current priorities in helping to make Copthorne even better.
Anne Frank Exhibition 
A group of our children from Year 4 will be visiting the Anne Frank Exhibition at Grange Technology College on Tuesday 4th March. The visit forms part of their learning about World War 2 and will give them a deeper insight into the life and experiences of a very courageous young woman. I look forward to hearing about their visit.
Book Month
March is Book Month, during which we will be encouraging children and families to read even more. The month will include, amongst other activities, staff delivering story telling sessions. We will also be holding a Readathon – details of which will be sent home this week.
Thursday, 6th March is World Book Day. At Copthorne we will be dressing up as our favourite book characters and doing lots of exciting work about different books and authors. I’m sure it will be a great day which will encourage all of us to read more often.
Have a wonderful week, everyone. Remember to have a good look at the other sections of our school blog to see and comment on the great work our children are doing. Thank you.
Mrs Shepherd