Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Celebration Exhibition of Africa Week

  Fri 14 Jun 2013
  This week at Coppull Parish we have been learning all about Africa.  As part of our whole-school 'Africa Week', all of the classes have been finding out more about this diverse and amazing continent,  with a focus on the country of The Gambia.  
  
  During this week the children have experienced lessons from African cookery to African drumming and dancing, as well as a chance to find out more about Bijilo Lower Basic School, which is the school that we are linked with in The Gambia.
  
  Mr Bolam came in to talk to us about the school and also about the visits that he and children from Southlands High School have been on there. During this week, we managed to raise an amazing £125 for Bijilo, which Mr Bolam will use to buy necessary school equipment. Wow!
  
  This special exhibition, which was held after school on Friday,  was a celebration of all of the wonderful learning and work that the children have produced during this special themed week.

  

• Open Afternoon

  Thu 13 Jun 2013

  A big thank you to everyone who attended our Open Afternoon today.
  
  It was a great success with over 60 visitors coming to see all of the great work that is happening at Coppull Parish Church School!

   

  This week we have held an 'African Week' at school and it was lovely to be able to share our learning with those who came to visit.

   

  There were many different events around school from amazing art work, ICT, baking, PE and not forgetting the African Café in Year 3!
  
  We received many wonderful comments from our visitors.
  
  Wonderful all through school. Y3 will have to set up a permanent cafe!
  
  Great school and I enjoyed my visit very much.
  
  Brilliant school, children and teachers.
  
  Fabulous displays - loved the cafe!
  
  Lovely and friendly.
  
  A great display of children's work.
  
  Really useful to walk around and look at all the work that the children have been completing. 
  
  Very polite pupils.
  
  The children and staff put a lot of effort into the afternoon and the children thoroughly enjoyed showing their work.
  
  Well done everyone!

  

• Sports Day

  Fri 24 May 2013
  On Friday 24th May, thanks to an improvement in the weather, we held our annual Sports Day for the whole school. 
  
  We all really enjoyed completing the activities with our class and picking up vital points for our school colour team.
  
  As you can see from the photographs below, we had a great time!
  
  Congratulations to the Blue Team for coming 1st overall!

  

• Primary Engineer Competition

  Wed 17 Apr 2013

  On Wednesday 17th April, 4 children from Year 6 represented our school at the Primary Engineer County Competition at Southlands High School. 
  
  This project was open to all primary schools in the Lancashire district, and allowed the children to incorporate their science, design technology, engineering and maths skills.
  
  Erin, Charlotte, Nathan and Kai, as well as all the Year 6 class, worked in pairs to make a motorised vehicle. 
  Their vehicle needed to travel in a straight line (forwards and backwards), as well as being able to travel up a graded ramp. 
  They also completed a booklet throughout the project, explaining their designs, processes, tests and evaluations.

   

  Despite tough opposition, Nathan and Kai were successful in winning their category and were named as the KS2 County Champions! 
  This means that they are now through to the National Primary Engineer finals in June, where they will be competing against schools from across the country. 
  What an amazing achievement!
  
  Congratulations Nathan and Kai and Good Luck for the Nationals!

   

  http://primaryengineer.com/

  

• Easter Egg and Bonnet Competition

  Wed 27 Mar 2013
  Thank you to everyone who participated in our Easter Egg and Bonnet decorating competition. 
  
  As you can see from the photographs below, many wonderful and imaginative entries were submitted. 
  
  A big congratulations to everyone who took part.

  

• World Education Games Winners!

  Fri 15 Mar 2013

  The children at Coppull Parish have recently taken part in the World Education Games 2013 competition.

   

  The World Education Games is an annual online challenge to give the top students in all schools an opportunity to see how they measure up against the best in the world.
  Last year, over 5 million students were a part of what is now the world’s largest online education event.
  
  Over the past few weeks, many children from our school took part and enjoyed playing games that focussed on literacy, mathematics and science.
  
  Here are the children from each class with their certificates for either the highest points gained or the most games played.

   

  A HUGE congratulations to everyone who took part in this global event!

  

• Celebrating World Book Day

  Thu 07 Mar 2013

  Filling the school playground this morning 
  were over 200 children (plus members of staff) 
  all wearing their favourite pyjamas to celebrate World Book Day!

   

  Although it might look like we've had a rather sleepy day, we've all been busy writing exciting stories, exchanging books, making our own books or just enjoying a good read with each other.

   

  Our book exchange was a resounding success with many children bringing in books that they no longer read, to exchange for a different one. The children couldn't wait to read their new books in class and have enthusiastically told us how much fun they had, so much so, that we are thinking of making it a more regular event…watch this space!
  Thank you so much to everyone who brought books in for this. 

   

  Your child should have brought home a £1 book token, which they can exhange for one of the amazing World Book Day Books at any book shop, or even Tesco. 
   

  http://www.worldbookday.com/

  

• Cake Sale & Penny Collection - Results!

  Mon 04 Mar 2013
  A BIG thank you from all the children in Year 6 and Miss Sharrock, following the cake sale and Penny Collection for The Gambia. 
  
  In just one week, Coppull Parish raised a remarkable £172.48!
  Wow!
  
  This money collected will be sent to Bijilo Health Centre in The Gambia, to help refurbish the hospital facilites there.  
  
  Through the cake sale alone, we managed to raise an amazing £91.38!
  
  The class that collected the most pennies was Year 6, who collected an astonishing £30.01 in just one week.
  
  Thank you to everyone who has supported us in this fundraising event - it is much appreciated!

  

• Cake Sale & Penny Collection -Year 6 need your help!

  Fri 15 Feb 2013
  As part of our continuing fundraising efforts to help The Gambia, Year 6 has decided to hold a cake sale at school on Tuesday 26th February (first Tuesday back after the half term). 
  
  They will be sold to the whole school for 20p each in the afternoon. We would be extremely grateful if anyone could bake, or buy, some cakes for us to sell on this day.  Please bring these into school on Tuesday morning. 

   

  Year 6 has also decided to organise a Penny Collection for the whole school. Each class is to have the first week back after half term to collect as many pennies as they can, with a prize being awarded to the class which collects the most. Every penny counts!

   

  We are aiming to raise £250 for this great cause through both the Cake Sale and Penny Collection. Thank you for your support with this.

   

  Thanks,

  Miss Sharrock & Year 6

• Speeding Motorists Beware!

  Wed 30 Jan 2013

  A few weeks ago, five police men and women came into the Year 6 class to give a talk about speeding. They told us about drivers not sticking to the 20mph speed limit
  around Coppull... so we had a solution!

   

  On Wednesday 30th January, the police split our class into groups of five. Then each group went out, one at a time, to Chapel Lane to watch out for speeding motorists.
  When we spotted one using the speeding gun,
  the police pulled them over and brought them over to us.
  One by one, we asked them questions that we
  had prepared in class. 
   

  The questions were:

  1)      Why were you speeding?

  2)      Do you realise you are risking your own
  and other people’s lives by speeding?

  3)      Was the place you were going more
  important than my life?

  4)      Would you like to tell my parents you
  knocked me over because of speeding?

  5)      What is more important, my life or
  where you are going?
   

  The reason the police wanted the school children to talk to speeding drivers, instead of them giving them a fine was because we would hopefully make more impact on their view of driving.

  Hopefully, adults will be more aware of the danger that threatens pedestrians from speeding in the future.

  
  SPEED LIMITS ARE TO BE OBEYED!
  
  By Holly and Jessica (Year 6)