Friday Update - 28.02.2025

Posted 28th February 2025

Miss McNamara's Message

It has been a very busy first week back at Coppice—we can’t quite believe it’s only week one! We kicked things off with a lively staff meeting focused on all things curriculum, and I have also attended two brilliant professional development sessions with RKLT and RKLT Connect. We are really lucky to have such enthusiastic and motivated staff who are committed to high-quality CPD - we know the positive impact this has on our pupils.

Next week is shaping up to be just as exciting! We are thrilled to finally bring our long-planned tree planting project to life. After nearly a year of planning and securing grants, every child in school will have the opportunity to plant a tree on Wednesday, 5th March. Please ensure they bring a coat and a change of trainers or wellies. The project will take eight days, with a variety of trees being planted to create a nature trail around the edge of our school field. This initiative is part of our wider school improvement plan to enhance our outdoor environment and playtimes.

In addition, we have World Book Day celebrations to look forward to, with plenty of activities to inspire a love of reading. We’ll also be hosting Stories After School, a special event where children and families can enjoy shared storytelling in a cosy setting.

Another key event next week is our Pupil Voice Conference, where we will be speaking to pupils about all things Coppice Valley—listening to their ideas, thoughts, and perspectives on their school experience.

It’s going to be a fantastic week!

New sign - made by Year 5 and Artizan!

Our amazing Year 5 students teamed up with Artizan last term to create this stunning mosaic for our school. We couldn't think of a better spot to showcase it than right at the front entrance. We're incredibly proud of our students for dedicating their time and effort to craft something so beautiful that will be cherished for years to come!

PTFA Newsletter

The PTFA are wanting to run a Colour Run in September. A Colour Run is a fun run where participants start off wearing light coloured t-shirts that are showered in colour powder as they run through the course. It's non-competitive and perfect for school communities and runners of all ages and abilities. Please could you fill out this form to help the PTFA make decisions as to whether a Colour Run would be successful at Coppice Valley. We are currently aiming for this event to take place on Saturday 13th of September 2025.

We will only be able to run this event successfully if we can secure enough guaranteed volunteers for the day. To support with this, please complete the following form to help us make decisions for the Colour Run: Please click here for the form.

Key Dates for PTFA events:

Healthy Tuck Shop - Last Friday of every month - Next couple of dates - 28^th March, 25^th April. Don't forget to bring £1!
Sponsored Bounce - Wednesday 2^nd April - Please keep a look out over the next week for sponsorship and permission forms.

Can you help the PTFA?

We are always looking for more people to join our PTFA and bring amazing ideas to share! If this is something you would be interested in helping out with, please email us via PTFA@cvps.rklt.co.uk.

Top tip from the Coppice Eco Council

Make smoothies with old fruit.

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Highlights for Spring 2!

In Ash next week, we will be setting up a rain gauge and windsock to continue our topic of weather and climate and we will be taking our science lesson outside to find out what we need as humans to survive. ?️☀️
Sycamore class are taking their learning outside for science next week! The children are carrying out an investigation into different rocks and their properties. They are also continuing their history learning into all things Ancient Egypt! ?️
Apple Class will be investigating how to make a bulb light up whilst creating real electrical circuits in Science. ???

Bedtime story

Willow Class are finishing off their pizza designs and starting a brand new history topic! ?
We will be running a fun football event during Friday lunchtime for girls alongside Harrogate Town FC. Any girls that would like to get involved will need to bring football boots/trainers, shin pads and a water bottle to school. They can come to school in PE kit for this event. Miss Baxter will also be recruiting team coaches for the event.
The event is part of the #LetGirlsPlay campaign, which aims to give girls equal opportunities to play football. ⚽

Spring 2 - Week 2 Menu

Coppice Valley Primary School Autumn 24 - Week 2

Cats around school

We have some furry visitors on our school grounds! ? While they're very cute, please help us to remind our children to:

Be Gentle: No chasing or loud noises.
No Feeding: It keeps them coming back!
Respect Their Space: Give them room to roam.

We're working on keeping the cats away during school hours, however help outside of school hours when on our school site would be fantastic.

When I Grow Up Student SEL Poster in Colorful Patterned Rainbow Style

World Book Day - Thursday 6 March 2025

World Book Day is on the 6^th March, the theme is 'When I Grow Up I Want To Be a ...' Children can come dressed in something they would like to be when they are older, a teacher, solicitor, police man, fire fighter, super hero, footballer etc...

There will be many activities taking place on the day, with a pop up bookshop in the school hall on Wednesday 5^th March afterschool.

Spring 2 Key Dates

Wednesday 5 March - Pop up book shop 3:30pm

Thursday 6 March - World Book Day

Friday 21 March - Height and Weight Checks for Reception/Year 6

Tuesday 25 &Thursday 27 March - Parents' Evening

W/C Monday 21 March - No clubs due to Parents' Evening

Friday 4 April - School Closes for Easter Holiday

Summer 1 Key Dates

Monday 21 April 2025 - Bank Holiday

Tuesday 22 April 2025 - School Opens

Monday 5 May 2025 - Bank Holiday

W/C Monday 12 May 2025 - Year 6 SATS week

Friday 23 May 2025 - Break up for half term

Ripley Cricket Club - Anyone for cricket?!

Ripley Cricket Club are recruiting new players for 2025.

Ripley is a vibrant, inclusive cricket club and we are in our 12^th year delivering a junior cricket programme. We operate 4 adult teams and are one of the few clubs to have junior teams in every age group of the Nidderdale Junior League.

We are now recruiting new players for our Under 9 and 11 teams.

Pre-season training starts on Friday 7^th March and runs every week up to and including Friday 11^th April at King James School sports hall, Knaresborough at the following times:

School year 3 & 4 boys and 5 & 6 girls: 6-7pm
School year 5 and 6 boys: 7-8pm

We then commence outdoor training at Ripley Cricket club every Friday from 25^th April, 6.15-7.30pm.

Training is led by English Cricket Board qualified coaches, and all coaches and volunteer helpers are DBS checked and have undertaken English Cricket Board Safeguarding training.

There is no charge for pre-season training. Everyone is very welcome and no previous experience or equipment is necessary.

To register interest, please call / text / WhatsApp Mark Hardcastle (Head of Junior Cricket) on 07476992792 or email sbmhardcastle@hotmail.com.

For children in school years 1 and 2, Ripley are delivering the ECB All Stars Cricket programme. All -Stars Cricket provides a fantastic first experience for all children aged 5-8 years old where they’re guaranteed 8 weeks of jam-packed fun, activity and skills development. The programme is designed to introduce children to the sport, teaching them new skills, helping them make new friends and have a great time doing so. The programme starts on Friday 16^th May from 6.15-7.15pm and runs every Friday up 18th July. Booking details will follow in due course.

Harrogate Music Centre - Ensembles

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