NEWSLETTER - Coopersale Hall School

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NEWSLETTER
June 2016
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Headmistress’s Message ........................................ 1
Coopersale Conga .................................................. 1
House Swimming Gala ........................................... 1
Haileybury ‘Festival of Art’ ..................................... 2
House Swimming Gala ........................................... 2
Transition Cambridge Assembly ............................ 2
Science Awards ...................................................... 3
Merit Badges .......................................................... 3
Epping in Bloom Competition ................................ 3
Year 3 Gunpowder Mills Trip ................................. 4
Gun Dogs visit Coopersale ..................................... 4
Year 2 Paradise Park Trip ....................................... 5
A Visitor to Year 2 .................................................. 5
Social Networking .................................................. 5
District Sports......................................................... 6
FOCHS Update ........................................................ 6
Year 5 Assembly ..................................................... 7
Transition Pettigrew Assembly............................... 7
Headmistress’s Message
Dear Parents
Despite the unpredictable weather, we held our Junior
Sports Day, as well as Lower Kindergarten. Fingers
crossed for Upper Kindergarten and Infants Sports, the
latter hopefully to be held soon, do check your app!
Next week are our Early Years Celebration of the Year
and our Prize Giving. Please keep looking at your
app/portal for details of all our various activities at this
very busy time of the year.
Kind regards
Kaye Lovejoy
Coopersale Conga
On the morning of 25 May, one hundred and two children from the
Early Years department took part in a sponsored dance which began
with one long conga line. The event was organised to raise money for
Guide Dogs for the Blind. Many thanks to all the staff who took part
and for the donations that were received from mums, dads, grans,
grandads, uncles and aunts.
House Swimming Gala
On the 26 May Coopersale had their House Swimming Gala for the Juniors. Everyone collected lots of points for
their house and swam really well in the backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly. There were some very
close races as well. Chestnut came first followed closely by Beech then Willow and Oak. The Champion
Swimmer competition was really close, well done to all the swimmers in that race. It was a great experience
and the relays were interesting.
Written by Sebastian (Year 6)
Beech
Chestnut
Oak
Willow
Points
507
481
436
510
Position
2nd
3rd
4th
1st
House Points Summer Term
Well done everyone! It’s going to be a very close end of term finish.
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Haileybury ‘Festival of Art’
On Saturday 11 June Haileybury held its ‘Festival of Art’ awards ceremony. The following children had work
selected and were awarded a certificate for participating in the above competition:
Name
Year Group
Name
Year Group
Name
Year Group
Name
Year Group
Emma
3R
Ruby
4Lane
Kate
6W
Paige
6W
Uma
4Leeks
Jasmine
4Lane
Avni
6W
Millie
6W
Darcey
4Leeks
Tayte
5H
Imogen
6W
Lily
6W
Well done everyone.
House Swimming Gala
On Thursday 26 May all the Junior pupils took the plunge in our House Swimming Gala, held at Ongar Pool.
We had many fantastic races with all of the pupils sharing real determination, effort and skill. After all the
points had been totalled up, it was wonderful to see Chestnut narrowly
defeat Beech to win the shield this year. The Champion Swimmer
Competitions were all closely contested. The results are as follows:
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6
Kimaya
Arwen
Ava
Seb
Ben
Taylor
Sam
Imogen
Oliver
Harry
Jasmine
Rowan
Transition Cambridge Class Assembly
On Friday 24 June everyone enjoyed the assembly put on by Transition
Cambridge which was all about animals. The children told us about the
animal groups and independently discussed their animal pictures. They
each learn a poem and sang about Noah and his Ark. Mrs Cambridge
and Mrs Simikel were very proud of the class who partly put this
assembly together themselves.
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Science Awards
W/C 6/6/16
W/C 13/6/16
Year 1 Allen
Bobby
Nieve
Year 1 Daly
Ralph
Nikola
Year 1 Graves
Emily
Jasmine
Year 2 Bragg
Charlie
Ethan
Year 2 Davis
Suree
Isabella
Year 3 Rooks
Thomas
Benjamin
No Lesson
Kenny
Luca, Harrison and Harry P
Taylor and Brodie
Year 5 Howard
Hannah and Ella
Bella and Tayte
Year 6 Watson
Brooke
Rowan
W/C 16/5/16
W/C 23/5/16
T Biddle
Sienna
Tylan
T Cambridge
Dulcie
Ethan
T Pettigrew
Chloe
Kaiser
Year 1 Allen
Harry B
Isabella
Year 1 Daly
Noa
Not Awarded
Year 1 Graves
Jasmine
Emily
Year 2 Bragg
Rishi
Amelie
Year 2 Davis
Harry K
Nia
Year 3 Rooks
Charlie
Afreen
Year 3 Wheeler
Charlie
Lucy
Mikey and Scarlett
Taylor, Rohan and Harry C
Year 5 Howard
Alana and Olivia
Whole Class
Year 6 Watson
Daisy and Yigit
Rowan and Elana
Year 3 Wheeler
Year 4 La/Le
Merit Badges
Year 4 La/Le
Epping in Bloom Competition Results
It seems a long time ago when Coopersale Hall was invited to take part in the ‘Epping in Bloom’ Competition
but we have received the results and are very proud to announce that 1st place goes to Kate (Year 6) with
Melissa (Year 5) runner-up.
The presentation will be held in Epping in July and both girls will be presented with their prizes and certificates.
Good news, too for the other local ‘Epping in Bloom’ competition which was to design a garden to celebrate
the Queen’s birthday. Our winner is Nikola (Year 1D) who has been invited to the Tower Road Green to meet
the Mayor of Epping for her winning entry for the raised garden design. Well done to all of these girls. I look
forward to attending the presentation.
Mrs J Wheeler (Art Co-ordinator)
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Year 3 visit the Gunpowder Mills
On Wednesday 8 June Year 3 went to the Royal Gunpowder Mills for a
‘Homefront’ experience. We were told that one of the people we
would be meeting was a spy but we wouldn’t be told who it was until
the end of the day.
‘Mr Jones the shopkeeper took us to his shop. There were lots of tins
and cans.’ Jake
‘We saw real gas masks.’ Oliver
‘The spy was the Billeting Officer. She said she was reading a German
newspaper and was tapping morse code with her knitting needle but
none of us had noticed! What a fantastic day.’ Isabelle
‘We went inside an Andersen Shelter. We heard a loud air siren. It made
me feel scared!’ Taj
‘We met a Billeting Officer and she made the teachers be the foster parents. I was with Mrs Andersen and
Charlie didn’t get a foster parent. I said Charlie was my brother and we were living together!’ Ben
‘We met an ARP Warden and we experienced what it was like in a public air shelter. I was very scared! Later
on we went to Jack Jones’ shop. I was horrified to know that children at school were given cod liver oil with
the same spoon!’ Kimaya
‘I visited the Royal Gunpowder Mills with my class. First of all we met a lady from the Women’s Air Force. She
told us that women made uniforms and used to sit and chat while they worked.’ Frances
Gun Dogs Visit Coopersale
On the 11 May we were very fortunate to have a visit from The Gun
Dog Company. John, the owner brought along three Cocker Spaniels
who were able to demonstrate their working skills to the children
and staff. Some of the children were able to help John with the
demonstrations which they all loved. Everyone enjoyed the visit and
we hope to have them back again in the future.
ISA Junior Gundog Competition
I thought very carefully about what playground item I wanted. I
wanted a seesaw. It was one fit for a queen! It had comfy arm rests,
foot stalls, a crown shaped umbrella that can be used in any kind of
weather and comfy velvet thrones. It looked very relaxing! I won
1st place prize.
Well done and congratulations Isabelle (Year 3W)
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Year 2 visit Paradise Park
On Friday 17 June Year 2 visited Paradise Park in Broxbourne. All the
children enjoyed a fantastic day visiting the animals. When they
returned to school they were asked to write about their day.
‘I loved our trip to Paradise
Park. I liked seeing all the
animals. First of all we had
snack, then went to look at the
camels. One of the camels had
the hump! Next we saw a jaguar which had lots of spots on it. Later on
we saw a cheetah. At first, it was lying down then it got up and started
wandering around its pen. The cheetah is a carnivore. Next we saw the
African Zebra. The African Zebra has strong hooves and a very strong
kick. Later we had lunch. I had a chicken sandwich. After lunch we saw the bats in the bat house. They were all
in one corner. Miss Simms is scared of bats. Then we heard the lions roar “ROAR”. Later we went on the train.
We then had an ice-cream “Yummy”. Then we went and had a play on the playground. We then went back on
the coach. I love Paradise Park.’
Written by Ludo
A visitor to Year 2
Elara’s Grandfather came to
talk to Year 2 about Africa. He
showed us pictures of African
animals and a school in Kenya.
He brought in an elephant’s
tusk, an elephant’s tooth and a
kikoy (material that they use to
wrap around them).
At the end, he gave everyone an African keyring made out of beads. We had a fantastic time and we all learnt
a lot. Thank you very much Mr Craker!
Social Networking
Website
App
Go to the School Calendar page for upcoming events and our News page for all
the latest news and lots more photos.
Keep up to date with the latest
news, calendar dates, and much
more by downloading the
Coopersale Hall School App.
Instagram
Twitter
Follow us on Instagram for regular photo
updates!
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District Sports Athletics Meeting
On Wednesday 22 June Coopersale Hall
Athletics team took part in ‘The Epping and
Ongar District Sports Tournament’. The
pupils participated in running races over
60m, 80m, 200m and 400m, including relay
races. The pupils performed brilliantly
showing real determination and effort. It was
wonderful to be handed the shield again as
the winning team. There were many fantastic
performances, well done to all of the pupils
who represented the school team. We only
won by 6 points, so everyone’s contributions
was very important to our overall success.
Girls
YR 3/4 Girls Relay Team
YR 5/6 Girls Relay Team
400m YR5 Ava
400m YR6 Brooke
200m YR4 Arwen
Throw YR6 Paige
Jump YR5 Ava
Sprint YR4 Lily-Ann
Jump YR4 Ruby
Sprint YR5 Ava
Throw YR5 Alana
Sprint YR6 Brooke
Results
Places
Boys
1st
Throw YR4 Harry P
1st
Sprint YR5 Alex K
1st
Jump YR5 Alex K
1st
400m YR5 Alex W
1st
Throw YR3 Riven
1st
200m YR3 Ben
1st
Jump YR3 Ben
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
Places
1st
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
2nd
Well done to all of our pupils. Full team as follows:
Year 3
Ben
Riven
Daisy
Isabelle
Lucy
Year 4
Harry C
Ronnie
Lily-Ann
Ruby
Arwen
Harry P
Brodie
Mikey
Year 5
Alex K
Alex W
Ava
Alana
Olivia
Year 6
Rowan
Sebastian
Brooke
Paige
Avni
FOCHS Update
The Summer Ball was a great success, bringing all four Oak-Tree
schools together for a fantastic
evening which included a
champagne reception, live
music from a 'Rat Pack' performer, a 'street' magician, fun casino tables
and live entertainment from the popular band 'Souled Out'. This event,
and the raffle and auction which took place, are a very valuable
fundraiser for us which enable us to continue to provide the children
with extra treats and curriculum supporting activities.
Plans for the Picnic in the Park, which will take place on Tuesday July 12 are well underway. It is promising to
be another lovely afternoon (weather permitting!). Thank you to everyone who has offered to help out with
the running of stalls and games - and if anyone else would like to be involved, please do let us know, as we
would welcome an extra few pairs of hands. We hope to hear from you!
If you would like to get in touch please don't hesitate to drop us a line at [email protected].
Thank you!
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Year 5 Class Assembly
2016 is the 400th anniversary
of
William
Shakespeare's’
death. To commemorate Year
5’s recent class assembly was
based on the famous bard’s life.
The class had great fun dressing
up and learning about his life.
Transition Pettigrew Class Assembly
On
17
June,
Transition
Pettigrew performed their class
assembly. The theme was days
of the week and animals. It
included the story of the Boy
Who Cried Wolf, poems and
songs—one of which was in
French. The children were
amazing!
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