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Headteacher’s Message
Friday 22nd April 2016
2.30pm
Y4 Bolt -St George’s Day
Friday 29th April 2016
2.30pm
Y3 Weir - Greek Easter
Friday 27th May 2016
2.30pm
Celebration of Learning -
Parents are invited to the
school hall
Monday 13th June 2016
2.30pm
Y5 Ennis - British Values
Friday 17th June 2016
2.30pm
Nursery Class Assembly
ASSEMBLIES Newsletter March 2016:
Dear Parents / Carers and Copenhagen Children,
This term is coming to an end but has been filled with some remarkable moments. My favour-
ite moments were when we saw children’s expressions of wonder during science week and
the great buzz that was created when the whole school carried out a times table test simul-
taneously. The winning year group was Year 4.
Y2 and Y6 have been incredibly busy getting prepared for the new end of year tests. We
wish them well and hope that they all pass their tests. A big thanks to all the staff that are
supporting the year groups -Y2 and Y6 team and all the staff supporting with Boosters. We
hope the children will show resilience and overcome all challenges.
I would like to reintroduce a coffee and chat meeting for parents. This will be every Friday
whereby you can contribute to the school letting us know what we are doing well and how
we can improve.
I hope you have a restful, chocolate egg filled Easter break.
Best wishes, Miss Patel
Copenhagen Primary School
www.copenhagen.islington.sch.uk T 020 7837 5597
We have been very lucky to receive a grant for the ‘Families and Schools Together’ programme. This is run
by school staff, parent partners and community partners for families who have a child aged between 3-8.
Every week we sing, draw scribble, have ‘special play’ time and eat a meal together. Adults get time to
talk and get to know each other while the children play, and once a week a lucky family wins a prize
hamper of goodies. Children go home happy, fed and ready for bed!
Parents and children made some beautiful drawings last week, and look at these gorgeous photos from
the ‘special play’ time!
Have a look at our school Twitter site for some photos from the sessions: https://twitter.com/copenhagenp
or on the FAST website for more information: http://www.familiesandschoolstogether.com/
We still have spaces, so let Ms Clarke or the office staff know if you would like to attend.
Values-based Education We are a Values-based school that seeks to promote an educational philosophy based on valuing self,
others and the environment through the consideration of an ethical values vocabulary.
This month’s value is FAITH. Pupils that have shown faith are:
Nursery: Rashid
Reception: Zakariya Year 2: Ivan Year 3 Rudisha: Sean
Year 3 Weir: Sema Year 1: Salim Year 4 Bolt: Farrahnaz
Year 6: Anika
Year 5: Isra
Year 4 Farah: Tamzid
FAST
Families and Schools Together
Head Boy and Head Girl
Everybody in Year 6 are so excited for our Norfolk trip where we will do various activities such as: canoeing, climbing
and more. Also everybody got a homework project for science day. It’s a competition. Zeyna (Head Girl)
Year 6 Federer are learning new things week by week. We are doing lots of practise tests to prepare for the SATs next
month. Also, Mr Haji, Miss Sangaralingam and Miss Patel decided to change our tables into rows to prepare our class
for secondary school. We are continuing to do booster club to help students become better and pass their SATs. Year
6 Federer are going on a trip to Hautbois for 4 days and I think we are going to have fun. Aaron (Head Boy)
On Friday 18th March, Copenhagen Primary School came together (in all
our sports gear) to raise money for Sport Relief and The British Heart Foun-
dation. It was a great day for the whole school filled with skipping, running
and laughter all round (we even had a visit from Gunnersaurus!). We
raised just over £600 which is an unbelievable amount of money for two
fantastic causes and we would like to thank all the parents and children
involved. Here's to our next sporting event here at Copenhagen!
SAATCHI GALLERY
SPORT RELIEF DAY
Our current Year 4 Farah class carried out an arts project with St Martins. Out of 22,000 entries from across the world we were in the
final shortlist of 20 pieces. Three families, Mr Hussein, Mr Cheng, Miss Sangaralingam and Miss Patel went along to the prize winning
evening and although we did not win, we were extremely proud to have a prime place at the Saatchi Gallery. We were also fortu-
nate enough to meet the actual winner, a seven year old from Korea. This was a great achievement for our school. Please visit the
website below to see our art project.
http://www.saatchigallery.com/portfolio/ArtworkDetails/image/2069.html
Golden Award Pupils for Behaviour or Learning Af-
ternoon Tea with Miss Patel
I would like to thank all the children below for al-
ways showing outstanding behaviour or learning or
making a big difference this term. It could be you
next term. I am really looking forward to sharing an
afternoon tea with you all.
Nursery Torvill: Daryan
Reception Daley: Lola
Year 1 Douglas: Yusuf
Year 2 Wiggins: Calvin
Year 3 Weir: Ronald
Year 3 Rudisha: Natalie
Year 4 Bolt: Aarif
Year 4 Farah: Zara
Year 5 Ennis: Abdihakin
Year 6 Federer: Kyla
CRUMBLES CASTLE GOLDEN TEA PARTY
Crumbles Castle is a local events playground where
one child from each class go every Friday as a re-
ward for being the star of the week! This term’s chil-
dren are:
Year 1 Douglas: Yaqub, Salah, Summer, Khuloud
Year 2 Wiggins: Deema, Malaika, Mohammed, Ifat
Year 3 Weir: Fahima, Sherife, Yasmin, Mya
Year 3 Rudisha: Aisha, Sayed, Safia, Maysa
Year 4 Bolt: Jia Qi, Mia, Olsa, Avril
Year 4 Farah: Kasey, Misk, Mina
Year 5 Ennis: Abdihakin, Muhiymin, Nashwan, Fthi
Year 6 Federer: Zerda, Inayah, Ashaan, Zoe
CLASS DOJO POINTS
Class Dojo is our whole school reward system which allows us to reward the children in the form of 'dojo
points'. Dojo points can be given for a number of different things such as working hard, sitting nicely on the
carpet, being kind etc. Every Thursday one class wins 'dojo class of the week'. This class is chosen by Miss
Patel and their prize is a small class party on a Friday afternoon. They win a bowl of
popcorn, a certificate and have a small celebration in class.
This week’s top Dojo class is: Year 4 - Farah
Congratulations to all of our Dojo winners!
STAR ATTENDANCE
Nursery - Torvill 89.1%
Rec - Daley 89.7%
Y1 - Douglas 95.5%
Y2 - Wiggins 95.7%
Y3 - Rudisha 96.9%
Y3 - Weir 95.8%
Y4 - Farah 96.6%
Y4 - Bolt 96.7%
Y5 - Ennis 95.9%
Y6 - Federer 95.1%
Copenhagen ICT - Mr. Bint
During 'Computing & Science' Week we aimed to
help our students understand that computers can
help us learn across all of the curriculum areas, in-
cluding Science, Maths, Literacy and Topic areas.
We began the week with a KS2 wide 'online' times
table competition whereby teams of 2-3 students
competed against each other to answer live num-
ber problems on Quizizz. We followed this on with
some integrated literacy and topic/science work to
discover the historical feats of famous scientists
such as Ada Lovelace, Louis Pasteur, Leonardo Da
Vinci and Albert Einstein. We researched this topic
using QR codes for the first time in our school and
then collaboratively compiled research banks us-
ing 'ThingLink' on the iPads.
We had a fantastic time at We Day where we
learnt about the different ways we can help
children and families all around the world.
We are going to make a difference from today!
We had a wonderful and successful hero and villain ‘world book day’. The children looked
amazing and carried on with their day as real heroes. I would like to say congratulations to
the children who won the best costume award and Miss Patel for winning the ‘best teacher
costume award.’ I hope children now understand the importance and the positive effect
reading has on their education and start to read more at home and in school. Finally, it is
important to remember ‘you don’t need superpowers to be a superhero’.
WE Day
SCIENCE WEEK
We have had a fantastic Science Week this year! The theme was 'Different Spaces' and
each class had to explore a different type of space in a scientific way (personal space, built
space, outer space, digital space and open space). Their work was showcased during our
Science Fair where all the children were buzzing from the excitement of learning new things
from other classes! The children were also set a homework project where they were given
straws to build their own space with. We had some fantastic entries and it was really great to
see how much effort was put into every piece. The winners will be announced very soon!
WORLD BOOK DAY
SCHOOL TERM DATES 2015/2016 Spring Term
Monday 4th January 2016 – Thursday 24th March 2016
Spring Half Term: Monday 15th February 2016 – Friday 19th February 2016
Thursday 24th March 2016 – School finishes at 2pm
Easter Holidays: Friday 25th March 2016 – Friday 8th April 2016
Summer Term
Monday 11th April 2016 – Friday 15th July 2016
Monday 2nd May 2016 - BANK HOLIDAY (SCHOOL CLOSED)
Summer Half Term: Monday 30th May 2016 – Friday 3rd June 2016
Friday 15th July 2016 – School finishes at 2pm
Copenhagen Primary School
www.copenhagen.islington.sch.uk
T 020 7837 5597
Wednesday 13th April –Year 2 SATs Meeting
Thursday 14th April –Healthy Relationships Workshop 2.45pm
Friday 15th April –Bug Club & Accelerated Reader Workshop
Thursday 21st April –Year 1 & Year 2 Phonics Workshop
Friday 22nd April –E-Safety Workshop
Thursday 28th April –Assessment Without Levels Workshop
EYFS Reading workshops for parents/carers every Friday
School starts at 9:10am and finishes at 3.30pm. Nursery finishes at 3.15pm. Please ensure your child is at school by
9am in order to be on time and that you pick your child up from school at 3.30pm (or 3.15pm if they are in Nurse-
ry).
Missing school makes it hard for children to catch up and pupils have to work harder when they return to school.
Please help your child maintain good attendance and punctuality by coming to school on time, booking doc-
tor/dentist/optician appointments for after school hours, at weekends or during school holidays.
If your child is going to be absent from school for any reason, then please let us know. When your child returns to
school, please complete a pink absence slip and where appropriate provide a copy of the appointment card/
hospital letter.
ATTENDANCE AND PUNCTUALITY
PARENT’S WORKSHOPS (9.10am) EVENTS
Parents Consultation Afternoon / Evening
(school closes at 1.30pm)
Thursday 30th June 2016
Friday 6th May -Mothers, Grandmothers and Aunties to lunch
day
Tuesday 17th May -Fathers, Grandfathers and Uncles to lunch
day
Tuesday 21st June –EYFS & KS1 Sports Day
Wednesday 22nd June –KS2 Sports Day