Hello everybody and welcome to our last week of half term. I cannot believe how quickly this half term has gone – we have had such a busy few weeks and I am sure you are all ready for a well-deserved break.
This week at Copthorne
R.E. Week
This week in school is R.E. week. During the week, the children will have the opportunity to complete some in depth work driven by the theme ‘The Island’. The children will be thinking about fairness and justice in relation to an island which is yet to have any rules. They will also discuss ‘The Golden Rule’: to treat others how we would like to be treated. Our pupils will think about why this is important to ensure that we live in a fair and peaceful world.
Wroot Travis Primary School Visit
Today, children and staff from Wroot Travis Primary School in Lincolnshire will be visiting our school. Wroot Travis is a small school consisting of 41 children and we are delighted to welcome them all to our school. The aim of this trip is to create a link with another school in a contrasting locality and to support work in RE, PSCHE and geography. During the morning the children will be joining in with classes in their own year group and they will each link up with a ‘penpal’. The school will then be joining us for lunch which will be an Asian main course followed by a British pudding. After lunch the group will be visiting Hanfia Mosque. I am sure that our children and staff will give them a warm welcome and we hope to maintain links with the school.
The pen-pals from Copthorne will be taking part in a visit to Wroot Travis School during the summer term – about which we are all already very excited!
Billy Bob Buttons
We are very excited to welcome to Copthorne an author Edward Trayer (pen name Billy Bob Buttons). He is the author of the 2014 UK People’s Book Prize Winner and UK bestseller, ‘I think I murdered Miss’. Mr Trayer will be visiting children in KS2 on Tuesday when he will lead two workshops about writing adventure stories and planning for writing. Parents and carers should have received a letter last week informing them that their children will have the opportunity to buy signed copies of his books at a discounted price. I am looking forward to hearing from the children all about what they have learnt.
Parents Evening
Our annual reporting to parents meeting will take place on Thursday 12th February from 3.15pm – 6pm. Please make an appointment to come and speak to the class teacher by completing the slip on the letters which you received last week. The class teacher will then send you an appointment. The appointments will each last approximately 5 minutes (10 minutes for Year 6) and it is important that parents and carers attend in order to discuss children’s progress and targets. I look forward to seeing as many parents and carers as possible.
School Council Meeting
On Thursday 12th February, children from our School Council will host a meeting for all School Council members from across the Exceed Alliance. Our visitors will have lunch with us and then they will share ideas and discuss projects with the other councillors. We look forward to hearing all about their new ideas.
I hope you have a lovely break next week. School will re-open at the usual time on 23rd February 2015.
Mrs Shepherd