Copdock Weekly Update 23/10/2026
|
Information to Share New Menu - please find attached the new lunch menu which starts after the half term.
Menu change- Thursday 5th November- see poster attached
Junior Road Safety Officers- We are excited to announce we have our new Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSOs), who are now working in school as part of a project run by Suffolk County Council. As members of both our School Council and Eco Council, the children will be combining their roles to help make our school community safer. Their first task was to design a poster highlighting the importance of road safety during the Halloween period. You may also have spotted our JRSOs patrolling outside the school and handing out parking tickets to drivers parked in no-parking zones! We are very proud of the children for taking on this important responsibility and helping to remind everyone that keeping our school community safe is a shared responsibility.
Yr 1 & 2 Multiskills ASC - commencing Monday 2nd November for 6 weeks, FOC, there are a few remaining spaces, if your child would like to attend please email the office.
Children in Need - Children in Need is on Friday November 13th, this year schools are being invited to 'run with Pudsey'. We will be trying to run a marathon collectively in school over the two weeks after half term to raise money for Children in Need. Please can you sign your child up over half term so that they can take part and we can raise some money for this cause. Please see the Pudsey Link to sign up. The school code is 9132.
Halloween Safety Poster - please see posters attached.
Poppy Appeal - Poppy items will be available to purchase after half terrm at breaktime. Please see picture attached for prices ranging from 20p to £2.
Road improvement works- See attached poster
Lost Property - the office has a few items of lost property which we always put on the lunch trolley to be claimed. If items are not claimed by half term we will send them for recycling.
Outdoor Shoes - please can you send your child with a pair of outdoor footware for them to wear at lunchtimes. These can be left in school and will help keep our classrooms clean while still allowing the children to play outside.
Woodpeckers PE - please note that due to our school photo's being held on Friday 6th November, Woodpeckers will instead have PE on Thursday 5th, so they can come to school in uniform on the Friday.
Halloween Disco- Thank you to everyone involved in the Halloween Disco. The children had a great time. See poster attached for final total of money raised.
We hope you have all enjoyed seeing photos and updates about our recent activities in school.
Don't forget, you can follow us on www.instagram.com/bentleyandcopdockfederation/ or www.bentleycopdock.co.uk
Please check the attachments for information and also our Local Clubs and Events 2026-27 on the website for things going on in the community - we are always adding new information from 3rd parties for you to consider - there may be holiday clubs or sporting opportunities, or events taking place in local villages. We also include courses available to parents on a variety of topics. |
|
REMINDERS!!!! Shared learning and Curriculum catch up
A reminder of our curriculum update on PSHE and Therapeutic Thinking approaches on 6th November 2.15pm before shared learning. This will be an opportunity to discuss and explore the Pol-Ed resources we use to support lessons, including Relationships and Sex Education, and see our new long term plan. Resources are available on our school website Bentley CEVC & Copdock Primary Federation: PSHE curriculum. Please confirm if you will be attending.
Parent Consultations and Shared Learning
We have parent consultations planned for 11th and 12th November. The bookings for these will be live after half term.
There is shared learning on Friday 6th November from 2.45pm (from 2.30pm if you have more than one child). Parents will be able to read their child's settling in report as part of shared learning before meeting to discuss targets and progress at the consultations. Please bring your child to the discussions with you so we can chat through learning together.
Amen Shoebox Appeal
A reminder if anyone would like to make up a box to send in to school by 2nd November. or left with Doreen at DELPHIS, Station Rd, Bentley between 26th October and 4th November. More information can be obtained, mobile 07784787596 or Doreen,[email protected] or contact Alison Partridge 07759745678 or [email protected]
There is also a collection point for donations at Bentley village shop for items listed on the leaflets. We need everything by 4th November 2026 – hopefully we can beat last year’s total. Please keep up to date with payments. Thank you. Please ensure your child has a named coat or waterproof in school for break times - we do like to get outside even if it's a bit drizzly. Earrings must be removed for PE lessons. Please check the uniform policy to ensure the correct earrings are being worn. Please ensure anything brought into school is labelled. Look out for lost property on the lunchbox trolley each evening. East Anglian Daily Times - Lego Education Token Collect Competition - tokens will be in EADT newspapers between 28th Sep-30th Nov 2026 for a chance to win £1000 of Lego Education for our federation. Please spread the word to family and friends to collect tokens and hand into school. Thank you. |
|
Every week we encourage parents to support their children to learn and use new vocabulary. In school we will be exploring the origin of new words, what they mean and how to use them effectively in context. If you can encourage your child to use these words it would be really helpful! Kittens: No Squirrels: Words Woodpeckers: This Foxes: Week
Our Value this half term is 'Generosity' If you would like to explore this theme at home, see our family leaflet here. |
|
WEEKLY Monday - Swimming Monday - Forest Schools Monday - 3:15-4:15pm Yr 1 & 2 Multiskills Tuesday - 2:40-3:10pm Foundation Stay & Play Friday - 2:45-3:15pm Sharing Assemblies COMING UP: 23/10 - Non pupil day 26-30/10 - Half term 02/11 - Return to school 05/11 - Menu Change 06/11- School Photos 06/11-Shared learning and Curriculum catch up 18/11 - Foxes at Sing Up 19/11 - Foxes Cinema Trip 24/11 & 25/11 - Open Events for 27/28 Starters 26/11 - Christmas Decoration Making 2pm (further details to follow) 27/11 - Advent Tree Service |
|
Learners of the Week
Learning behaviour: WILL RESUME AFTER HALF TERM Kittens: Squirrels: Woodpeckers: Foxes: |
Reading Giants
This week's reading giants are: WILL RESUME AFTER HALF TERM
|
