Way back in September 2020, following the Summer lockdown, which had disrupted the children's learning and impacted on their emotional health and well-being, we decided to build a Well-being Garden for our children and staff to enjoy.

We wanted to create a peaceful oasis, where people could meet, chat and simply enjoy being together, which the children had helped to design and build. We opted for a rainbow theme, as a sign of hope and support for the NHS; and every child painted a pebble, many of which were annotated with messages of love, hope, wisdom and encouragement.

Each class was responsible for painting strips of wood one colour of the rainbow, which Mr Bird then constructed into colourful rainbow benches for the children to sit on. We also planted some beautiful, fragrant herbs and bushes, to attract wildlife and contribute to the sensory nature of our well-being garden.

All in all, it took a lot of hard work, but it looks wonderful and will be well used by the children of Coppull Parish now, and in the future, to support their social and emotional health and well-being, and provide happy memories of time spent with their friends, or simply enjoying a good story together. 

Coppull Parish entered a competition, which Chorley Police launched to encourage school children to engage with care homes in their local community. Several of our classes took part, and created art work and crafts for Grove House care home, to cheer up their isolated residents. Two of our classes have been selected as winners, so well done to Reception and Year 1, who will all be going home today with an Easter Egg donated by Morrisons & Chorley Constabulary. A big well done to everyone who took part, I know the residents were delighted to receive your gifts.

It’s been wonderful to see so many children taking part in our Red Nose day theme and wearing some amazing silly outfits to raise money for this great charity. The children also got lots of exercise racing around the school field and playground balancing red noses on their spoons in our sponsored event. We have been completely taken aback by the amount of sponsorship money raised this year, which is well over a THOUSAND pounds. I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of our families, particularly after the year we have had, in which many of you have struggled financially, so all credit to everyone that was able to support this worthwhile cause and encourage our children to have a bit of fun, whilst helping others.

I have been out and about photographing the children taking part in their sponsored events. Look at all those happy faces and the determination in their eyes!! Well done to everyone involved.