Hello everyone and welcome to our blog. I hope you have all had a fantastic break and are ready to begin the last half term of this school year. The next few weeks are going to be really busy with lots of exciting activities happening.
Cricket Competition
During the last week of term, our Under 9 and Under 11 Cricketers played in a final against other local primary schools. I am pleased to inform you that the team came second in the competition and were presented with certificates. Mr Khan said that the team played really well and were a real credit to the school. Well done everyone!
This week at Copthorne
Comenius Trip to Cyprus 
Today myself, Mr Jacques, Miss Nelson and Miss Bentley will be travelling to Cyprus to meet with our Comenuis friends for the final meeting. Over the last 18 months staff and children have visited all 9 Countries involved in the project and have learnt an enormous amount about primary education in each country. Most importantly though is the work our children have done around the theme of the project: ‘Once Upon A Time’. Our children have been involved in writing about and sharing a local fary tale about Rombold the Giant, have contributed to a joint fairytale between the 10 countries and have learnt and then retold traditional tales from the other countries in writing, through drama and through song.
This week we will be spending time in the Cypriot school, teaching a class about Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. We are really looking forward to it. We will also be taking part in the school’s end of year/leavers ceremony which we are so honoured to be a part of.
It will be sad to see this project coming to an end as we have all learnt so much from it and have made such great friends in each country. We hope to become involved in another project very soon.
Year 6 Transition Meetings
This week in school we will have some representatives from local upper schools visiting a number of our Year 6 pupils. This is an ideal opportunity for the children to ask any questions they may have regarding their transition to upper school and also the staff visiting will be able to reassure children and will explain what to expect in their few days when they arrive at their new school. These meetings always proved popular and informative and allay any fears our pupils may have.
Year 3 Pedestrian Training
On Tuesday 2nd June, Year 3 will be having a pedestrian training classroom session with members of the Road Safety Team. The children will be learning about how to cross the road safely and about the dangers of crossing the road between parked cars and busy junctions. The following week during PHSE week, the road safety team will return and take the children out to the road in front of school where they will be given practical training. This always proves to be an excellent training session for our children so that they can be safe when crossing the road.
Off to the Wind Farm
Year 3 will be visiting Ovenden Moor Wind Farm on Wednesday 3rd June as part of their science topic ‘forces’. They are learning about how things can be propelled by air.This will be a fantastic learning experience for the children to see how turbine technology has developed. Ovenden Moor Wind Farm has been generating electricity since June 1993 and is built on Yorkshire Water land at Hollins Hill near Warley Moor reservoir. The current turbines at Ovenden have been supplying renewable power for over 18 years and can produce twice as much power with half as many turbines as the original ones.
Copthorne’s Got Talent – Quarter Finals
The quarter finals of Copthorne’s Got Talent auditions take place on Thursday 4th June. All the children have been fantastic and the talent shown has been inspiring. I am extremely proud of all the children who entered and did not make it through to the next round. You have all shown great perseverence and have supported others well. Good luck to the remainder of the finalists and I am looking forward to the semi-finals which will be held later this month.
I hope you have a lovely week and thank you for continued support.
Mrs Shepherd