What a fantastic evening we had at Candlelit Carols! It was a very busy and wonderful family event getting us all in the Christmas spirit! Each class performed their songs beautifully and we all enjoyed joining in with various Christmas Carols and Christmas pop songs! Thank you to everyone who bought the items sold by each class, they all looked brilliant, and to the PTFA for selling refreshments! 

Merry Christmas Everyone! 

This half term we are learning more about the Christian Value of Generosity and have been focusing on this during our Literacy work in Year 5, where the children have been learning about different worldwide charities and writing persuasive articles to promote them. As part of this, they have been looking at local charities which are supporting families who are experiencing difficulties due to the current financial climate. As a result of this, our Year 5 children decided that they would like to make a class donation to the Living Waters Church foodbank in Chorley. This picture shows them dropping off their generous donations this week. Well done Year 5, you are the perfect example of living out the Christian Values!

Year 6 were lucky enough to have a very special workshop this week from Same Difference. This taught the children about tolerance and gave them an understanding of what it is like to live as a Muslim. It tackled some hard hitting issues such as racism and terrorism. The children showed great maturity in their discussions and attitudes towards other cultures. At the end they got the opportunity to dress up in some traditional muslim clothes and jewellery.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Shoebox Appeal run by Chorley Rotary Club. Mr Meadley, the local organizer, was delighted with the number of shoeboxes donated by Coppull Parish this year and said, "The families who receive them for Christmas will be so grateful. Thank you for your generosity". 

Mrs Jones, Miss Robson and I were very proud to take Coppull Parish's 'Glee Club' to represent the school at the Chorley Heads in Partnership Celebration Concert on 6th of November. Each school in the cluster took a group of children to showcase their talents to the rest of the schools. It was a wonderful event, with the majority of schools bringing fantastic choirs, and Coppull Parish and Rivington Primary bringing some talented dancers. Our children delivered a polished performance of 'Singing in the Rain' - complete with umbrellas! - that wowed the audience. They were absolutely wonderful, shone with talent and represented the school to the highest standard. We were very proud of them. A big thank you to the talented Miss Robson and Mrs Jones, who taught the children all the choreography and helped them to achieve such a professional performance. Here are some photographs of the event.

Miss Blackledge, our Art and DT leader, arranged an African Art competition for the children, which linked with Wear it Wild day and our Geography Quiz. We were all astounded by the quality of the art work that the children produced. It was a very difficult task to choose two winners, so we ended up having one from each class, who received their awards in assembly this week. Well done to all the children who entered, their work was colourful, creative and really captured the African spirit. Have a look at the photographs we took of their wonderful artworks.

On Monday 23rd October, children who attended Glee club went to Holy Cross High School to perform in a concert. This concert was a showcase of talent in Chorley schools and was jam packed with lots of beautiful singing and dancing. We performed a dance the children had been working really hard on with Miss Robson and Mrs Jones. All of the children not only performed brilliantly but were also exemplary representatives of our school. Well done to all who took part!

 

Our school council organized a 'Wear it Wild' day to raise funds for the World Wildlife Fund. So we invited all the children to come to school dressed as Jungle animals, as we have been studying the African continent, as part of our Geography Curriculum this term. Miss Grimes also organised a Geography Quiz to test our knowledge of the African continent, which was extremely challenging, but the children performed brilliantly at it. We have all had yet another great day of enjoyable learning at Coppull Parish. Have a look at our class photographs to see how many different animals you can spot!

The PTFA and Governors organized a social event, in order for parents to come along and learn more about their roles and the ways in which they support the school. Alongside the PTFA and Governors, we had the vicar, Reverend Matt Hornby, and Mrs Ingham, who runs the Sunday School at Coppull Parish, in attendance. It was a good evening, so well done to the PTFA for organizing this enjoyable event for the benefit of our parents.

We held our Open Afternoon for prospective parents of the new intake for September 2018 on Wednesday 11th October. Our School Guardians and House Captains did a wonderful job of showing families around the school and explaining why Coppull Parish is such a fantastic place to learn. Our visitors were very impressed with them and the school. Here is a copy of the presentation for parents, for those who were unable to attend on the day.

 

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