Today was a very sad day for everyone at Coppull Parish as we had to say goodbye to Mrs Makinson.

Mrs Makinson has worked at our school for many years now, in a wide variety of roles from caretaker, welfare, resident DJ and football coach.  We held a special assembly for her, with all the classes taking part.  Some classes shared their memories of her, others shared their paintings, and there was even a song from Year 5 which was written just for her.  We all hope that she enjoyed it. 

Everyone at Coppull Parish wishes Mrs Makinson all the best for the future and hopes that she'll come back to visit us whenever she can.

We will miss you!

 

• Candydough roses
• Marigolds
• Lavender
• Sunflowers
• Sweet peas
   
  Can you find any more?
  
  They have been extremely busy weeding, planting and caring for the plants. We have been very fortunate to see our garden grow and produce some very pretty flowers and tasty treats!
  
  Today has been a very exciting day as we dug up our first crop of home-grown potatoes.
  After all the hard work of planting, tending and watering them, we could finally eat them!
  They were definitely worth the wait and tasted delicious!
  We even served them with some mint picked fresh from our garden.
  
  Thank you to all the members of the Gardening Club for working
  so hard in our school garden - keep up the fantastic job!
  
  Also, a big thank you to Mrs Gibson for running this club and making our
  school garden blooming brilliant!

 

To celebrate the Royal Wedding, Coppull Parish decided to hold their very own Royal Wedding Celebrations!

Firstly, we had our very own royal wedding.  George and Chelsea played the important roles of bride and groom, whilst Kieran conducted the service.  It was a wonderful 'Dr-Seuss' inspired ceremony which was just perfect for the occasion! 

Due to the lovely (albeit slightly breezy!) weather, we were able to have our special wedding lunch after the service outside on specially decorated union-jack tables. 

In the afternoon, the whole school took part in a variety of Royal themed activities together.  This included learning how to maypole, playing Royal hoopla, having their face painted, welly wanging, Naming the Teacher (from their baby photo) and playing cricket.

It was a truely great event, which all of the children thoroughly enjoyed. 

 

Today was a very sad day for us here at Coppull Parish as Mrs Whisker retired from teaching.  She has been a teacher here at our school for over twenty years and has taught throughout the age range. She has also been a very effective Special Needs co-ordinator, helping school ensure that all children received their entitlements.

All the children took part in a special surprise leaving assembly for Mrs Whisker this afternoon, with each class contributing something that they would remember Mrs Whisker for.   For some reason, every class mentioned Horrid Henry books!? 

For her leaving present from the school staff, parents and governors, Mrs Whisker was presented with a garden chair (as she had requested) and also a purple-themed garden planter full of beautiful plants and flowers.   
Thank you to all those who sent a donation into school for her collection. 

We all wish Mrs Whisker a very Happy Retirement and hope that she will come and visit us again soon!

 

Over the past few weeks, many children in school have spent hours creating, practising and improving their very own dance routine ready for the Coppull Parish X-Factor Dance Final.  The children attended after school dance training sessions with Mrs Jones to get their act perfected ready for the live show. 

Tonight we witnessed the immense talent that we have here at Coppull Parish - they were all fantastic!  Children performed individually, as well as in pairs and groups to a crowded school hall.  After watching over 16 amazing acts, who was going to be crowned as the winner?  That was up to the panel of judges, which included Mrs Brennan, Mrs Whisker, as well as other members from the school council and school governors. 

After much deliberation by the judges (the scores were very close!) Lucy from Reception class was crowned as our overall Dance Factor Champion.  Congratulations Lucy!

With selling raffle tickets and with the £1 entrance fee, this event managed to raise over £300 for school funds.

A big thank you to all who helped in the organisation of this great event. A special thanks to Mrs Jones, PAST and the School Council for all your hard work.  It is very much appreciated.

Tom Cubbon received our cheque for an amazing £373.63 on behalf of Cyclists Fighting Cancer today.  The money was collected by the children's recent penny collection and from the Christmas production raffle. 

Cyclists Fighting Cancer is a charity whose purpose is to provide bikes, adapted tricycles and equipment to children and young people whose lives have been affected by cancer.  The bikes provide a fun and practical way to regain lost strength, fitness and confidence.

The charity was founded by Mike Gristlewaite, a former resident of Heapey and member of Chorley A.C. who has twice recovered from cancer himself.

A big thank you to everyone who donated for this worthwhile and important cause.

 

Today all the school have come together to celebrate World Book Day. 

We have been thinking all about books, which has included reading them, sharing them, reviewing them and of course dressing up as characters from them! 

The children came to school today dressed as their favourite character from a book they have read in their class this term - who can you spot?  Look at the photographs below to see some of our wonderful outfits.

We also used this special day as an opportunity for parents, carers and family to come and look around school and join in the class activities.  We all had a great afternoon sharing our learning and so thank you to all our visitors. 

 

Over the past few weeks the children at Coppull Parish have been very busy answering mental maths questions all in preparation for breaking a world record.  Our school has taken part in World Maths Day for the past few years, and every time all the children have been so enthusiastic and eager to participate.

The children have spent their half term trying to answer as many questions as they can in a minute, with many making massive improvements on their scores.  Someone even improved by 310%! 

These three children managed to answer over 15,000 questions correctly between them - what an impressive achievement!

A big thank you to Mrs Jones who organised this event for the children to enjoy, and to Mrs McGuinness for completing the technical process of registering the children on the computer.