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Month: April 2018

Headmaster’s Update

27th April 18

First, may I take this opportunity to welcome back the School community to what promises to be a very busy term. As always, please consult the calendar for forthcoming events and again, as always, please come and support your children. This week I spoke to the children in assembly about positive attitudes. In every walk…

Judo Success

27th April 18

On Saturday 24th March, several BCS pupils took part in British Judo’s Mini-Me’s Minimon Judo Championship at the Samurai Judo Club in Kidderminster. BCS Coach, Dave Law, commented that ‘judokas’ came from all regions of the country to compete in this tough tournament and all BCS entrants performed superbly. Congratulations to the following pupils who…

St Philip’s Charity Day

27th April 18

St Philip’s House Charity Day is coming! It’s on Thursday 3rd May (next week!) and the St Philip’s boys have a non-uniform day. Their assembly about heroes will be in the school hall at 8:30am and the boys will be running stalls during their break times to raise money. There is also a cake sale…

BCS Swim Into IAPS Finals

27th April 18

We have qualified for the IAPS National Finals! Last term, on Monday 5th March, a team of 17 Blue Coat swimmers travelled to Repton School to take part in the IAPS regional qualifiers. Joined by schools from across the Midlands, including the strong swimming squads of Bromsgrove, Hill House, St Pius X and Foremake, we excelled…

BBC 500 Words Competition

27th April 18

Early in February, Mrs Ayub introduced the BBC 500 Words competition to the pupils in Y6; they had to write a short fictional story in no more than 500 words. She submitted almost 60 pupil entries to the optional competition. The BBC receive thousands of entries each year and of those that entered, only 5000…

Birmingham Schools Poetry Celebration with Michael Rosen

27th April 18

March was a busy time for events in English and none more exciting than the Year 5 visit to EHS for The Birmingham Schools Poetry Celebration with Michael Rosen. In collaboration with Bournville Bookfest, The Blue Coat School were invited to watch in awe as a phenomenal speaker and entertainer took to the stage. The…

Year 6 Titanic Lecture

27th April 18

On Wednesday Year 6 were captivated by an interactive lecture about the RMS Titanic, owned by White Star Line, and the disaster which struck during its maiden voyage in 1912. The Year 6 pupils will now use the engaging lecture to commence their Titanic project books, which they will be busy working on in English…

Mr Harrison aces the London Marathon!

27th April 18

So as we know it was the hottest London Marathon on record!! I choose to not change my training plan and wanted to still give myself every chance of 3:30. I got there in good time – a frantic 20 minute train from Waterloo was the worst part of the journey! The rest was a…

The Friends’ Fashion Night

27th April 18

Calling all fashion addicts to buy, sell and gather! Fashion Re:Boot is coming to Birmingham for the first time EVER! Friday 18th May, 7pm-10pm at The Blue Coat School. If you love clothes, car boot sales and EBay, or just fancy the idea of a night out, come join us for an evening of high-end…

Headteacher’s Awards

27th April 18

Congratulations to the following Pre-Prep pupils who have achieved Head Teacher’s Awards. Well done everyone! Week beginning 23rd April 2018 Cheerfully Trying Hard Ines Kachloul Navya De Susie Bentick Toby Williams Stefan Claridge Maya Laroiya Showing Respect Zakariya Akhtar Emily Newman Serena Wadhwa Luca Irvine Good Work/Behaviour Arin Nair Leon Seymour Truthful and Kind Gusimran…