Hello everybody and welcome back to a new term at Copthorne. I hope you have all had a lovely Easter break and I am looking forward to seeing the children return to school, ready to learn. This term is an extremely busy one and staff will be working hard with Year 6 and Year 2 children as they prepare for their SAT tests.
Comic Relief Day 
Last term we held a fundraising day to raise money for Comic Relief. Comic Relief helps lots of projects worldwide, helping people who are living tough lives in the UK and around the World. We held lots of events in school, such as a bake off, selling red noses and “sponging the teachers”. I am delighted to tell you that the total amount raised was £448.20. Thank you so much to everybody who supported this fantastic charity, it was a wonderful day and as usual, was supported so well by the school and our entire community.
Saturday Club
Last week saw the end of Saturday Club for this term. To finish off the club the children had a small party. Pupils attending the club for the past 9 weeks have had the opportunity to be involved in cooking classes, ICT, archery and youth club. Mr A Khan has informed me that all the pupils have been a pleasure to teach and have shown real enthusiasm during the activities. Thank you to all the staff involved in running Saturday club and to the children for being so wonderful.
A new round of Saturday Club will be starting in a couple of weeks’ time so please look out for the notices about this in school.
Rounders Competition
On Monday 23rd March, 10 pupils attended the Exceed rounders competition at Grange Technology College. The competition included all 7 schools from the Exceed cluster, Copthorne had a very successful day as the pupils won all 6 games to take the title of competition winners. Well done to the children involved as they put the skills learnt in the after school rounders club into practice in the competition and showed great sportsmanship. Well done Copthorne!!
This week at Copthorne
Year 2 – Forest Schools
This week Year 2 will be visiting St Ives Woods in Bingley as part of their Copthorne Curriculum theme. The children will be looking at nocturnal animals and their environment. The children are really excited and looking forward to this trip. This visit will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. I hope you have a lovely time Year 2.
I hope you have a lovely week and once again, thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Shepherd