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25th May 18

HEADMASTERS’ XI v PARENTS XI CRICKET MATCH – 8th JUNE

This is on Friday June 8^th at 6pm at Harborne Cricket Club. Weather permitting! We’re playing a 20/20. There is no entry fee, there will be BBQ available (paid) a bar and ample space for kids to watch and play etc. There is limited parking. Any and all support would be welcome!

SUMMER FETE – 23rd JUNE

Roll up! Roll up! The circus is coming to town!

Circus skills workshops

Jugglers

Balloon Modellers

Donkey rides

Bouncy Castles

Prizes for the best costumes

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ONLY ON THE DAY.

Photographs from the recent Fashion Reboot and Golf Day can be viewed on The Friends’ page. A fantastic £310 was raised at the Golf event, and this will go towards the Friends’ chosen charity for this year: The Acorns Trust. Further funds will be raised from the sale of raffle tickets for the Summer Fete.

The Headmaster’s House Cup

18th September 2020

The Headmaster’s House Cup Throughout the children’s journey through Prep, we understand how important the Houses are to the children. The community and togetherness the Houses bring are crucial to the day to day lives of the children at Blue Coat. Due to year group bubbles being unable to mix at the minute, we want…

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The Pre-Prep Bubbles

11th September 2020

We welcomed 62 new children to Pre-Prep this week and it was also lovely to welcome back our returning pupils as well as new and returning Pre-Prep staff. The first week started in top gear with co-curricular activities and instrumental lessons, a WOW day and finding our way around the new dining arrangements – the…

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Siyuan makes the Terafinal!

Congratulations to Siyuan in Year 5 who was one of only ten girls nationally to make it through to the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal earlier this month. Believed to be the first BCS girl to qualify for the Terafinal, Siyuan can be rightly proud of her achievement. Only the top 0.5% of entrants to…

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YEAR 4 HEROES

3rd July 2020

What does the word ‘hero’ mean to you? What kinds of things do heroes do? How do we recognise heroes? Do you need to be physically strong to be a hero? Who is a hero to you? These were questions posed to Year 4 in the Lent Term in preparation for the children to decide…

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Language Challenge Success

We are excited to celebrate Junior Language Challenge Success again this year. The Blue Coat has a history of success with this competition, and 2020 is no exception. This national competition saw 2321 entrants competing in two different language rounds. Bronze awards went to the top 208 competitors, of which 8 were from The Blue…

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BCS Virtual Concert

26th June 2020

One of things we have missed so much at Blue Coat is our Morning Recitals and Concerts. The Visiting Music Teachers have done a fantastic job continuing to offer instrumental tuition remotely via Zoom and we thank them for keeping music part of our children’s lives. Mr Nicklin has recorded a special virtual concert with…

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Science Fair 2020

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan The 2020 Science Fair was launched in December 2019 with a presentation to parents and children describing our rationale for running the projects and detailing what a ‘good project’ would involve. In some ways the most challenging part…

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Super Swimmers!

19th June 2020

IAPS have released the results from the qualifying swimming gala’s and we are proud to inform you that we had 9 swimmers who would have qualified for the National Swimming Finals at the London Aquatic Centre! Samuel Tan, Harry Forty, Sebastian Stendall, Vivek Ratti, Vinay Ratti, Hari Phillips, Milo Dowling, Freddie Trevis and Filippos Psychogios…

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Year 6 Celebrate Exceptional Results

5th June 2020

“Though we’re in lockdown we won’t be knocked down.” So rang out the lyrics of the song ‘Looking to the Rainbow’, written by Chaplain, Becky Drake and recorded by members of the Class of 2020. This year will certainly be a memorable one for our Year 6 Leavers in more ways than one. Back in…

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Distance Learning – Week 4

22nd May 2020

Buttons and Transition children have enjoyed learning about recycling and looking after our environment this week in their topic: Precious World. They have also started to learn about money and have had great fun playing shops and counting pennies. Transition children have also learnt all about the ‘j’ sound. In Reception the children created starry…

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