School News

On Wednesday 1st May, Reception went on an exciting school trip to Gatton Park.  We had a fun packed day with lots of activities. Our morning began with the story of ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’. In groups we followed a trail of the days of the week to collect resources to sow our seeds and played games to help […]

On Wednesday 1st May, some of Holly class visited the Fire station in New Addington. We have been learning about people who help us, and one of the books we have been looking at is a story about Charlie the Firefighter, so we thought we would find out what firefighters do in real life. As […]

Year 4 performed their Easter play, ‘Easter Praise on Netflix’,  to all their parents and carers this week. There were children watching a TV programme on Netflix to learn about the meaning of Easter and how it is not just about eating lots of chocolate! The songs were exceptionally catchy and the parents went home singing […]

On Monday 1st April Year 2 went on an exciting school trip to the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. It was great way to launch their new History topic all about Florence and other nurturing nurses. During the visit the children had the opportunity to meet Florence herself, who told them all about her life, […]

The children were treated to a performance of The Ridiculous Rhyme Show on Tuesday, and Years 5 and 6 to a television workshop afterwards. The Ridiculous Rhyme Show was written and developed by Cbeebies presenters Joe Chambers and Andrew Crawford. They began their rhyming adventure in 2012 playing First Officer Ditty and Professor Poet on The […]

Our Year 3 class were visited by photographer, Cora James, to capture their contribution to the project being completed by Steve McQueen. The children watched a short film explaining the project prior to the visit, and had lots of fun during the session completing some drama games and had the opportunity to ask questions about […]

We are delighted to announce that an Edible Playground will be built on site at Courtwood, during the Easter break. Trees for Cities have invested £25,000 into the project, with a £5,000 contribution from the school and PTFA. The project will allow the children to access gardening, growing and harvesting activities all year round, with […]

We are delighted to have received notification that Courtwood has been awarded £1,000 after our Tesco’s Bags of Help application was successful and went to vote. The money is to be used to make improvements to the Reception class outdoor area and we will be working with our site team closely, to ensure this can […]

On Sunday 24th March, Mrs Squires and Mrs Cleaves took up the challenge of running 13.1 miles in the London Landmarks Half Marathon. Weaving in and out of many of London’s famous sights, the half marathon supports fundraising for many charities and was the first half marathon ever for our amazing pair, who only started […]

Last week we said a fond farewell to our longest serving member of staff, Mrs Barnard, who has worked at Courtwood since 1999. During her twenty years service, Mrs Barnard is estimated to have worked with over 600 children during their time in either Reception or year 1! The children said goodbye during a special […]