22nd June 18
The Friends’ Summer Fete is just around the corner! We look forward to seeing you in the sunshine tomorrow, Saturday 23rd June from 12-4pm.
Please note that unfortunately there is no parking on site tomorrow.
We look forward to seeing you then!
The Friends
Some fantastic news for Ismail in Year 4 who came 1st in Category B of the Ex Cathedra ‘Singing Medicine’ Story Competition. He was the overall winner of this writing competition and received some wonderful feedback from the judges. Rhian Ivory, one of the four judges commented, “I loved this poem and read it several…
On Sunday 6 December over 25 Blue Coat families gathered around their screens to battle it out in The Friends’ Christmas Quiz. With questions such as reindeer name anagrams, match the teacher to their pet and various Christmas trivia it was a close battle between the Jordans and the Longworths for first place. Coming down…
This week Year 6 developed their understanding of some of the issues facing the world through a study of the text ‘If the World Were a Village’. The children were challenged to represent information from the text graphically. They studied some of the problems facing survivors following natural disasters and discussed some of the ways…
Year 6 Christmas Movie comes to Chapel! We ended the term with a very special Prep Christmas service in Chapel, where the Year 6 nativity was premiered on a huge movie-style screen! Each year group came to see the film and were mesmerised by what they saw. Year 6 have been working hard throughout…
What is STEM? STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These are all areas of learning that children need to be comfortable with to excel in the future. STEM education is far more than just ‘lumping’ those subject titles together. It’s a philosophy of education that embraces teaching skills in a way that resembles real…
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3… Hello and welcome to ‘Into the Blue’, a brand new podcast devised, produced and presented by our School leaders. The Podcast, launched today, is presented by Seb (Head Boy), Sarika (Head Girl), Sam (Deputy Head Boy) and Lucie (Deputy Head Girl), and gives them a focus and a voice in…
This week BCS was delighted to support KEHS with their national arts event for schools across the country. Tuneup Tuesday was created to highlight the impact of the arts in the development and mental health of young people and to encourage young people to consider a career in the arts. The project involved over 130…
This week, The Blue Coat School has been an active supporter of Anti-Bullying Week, as organised by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. The Anti-Bullying Alliance are a unique coalition of organisations and individuals, working together to achieve a vision to: stop bullying and create safer environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and…
We are delighted to announce that BCS has achieved our Eco Schools Green Flag! Thank you to everyone who has contributed. We will receive our certificate in the post soon. The award will be assessed every two years to keep the accreditation. Last week Mrs Sargeant met with our newly elected Pre Prep Eco Councillors….
Today has been a very busy day in Reception. Not only has it been Children in Need, we have also had our WOW day linked to Diwali. The children learnt about why Diwali is celebrated. They discussed what lights there are during Diwali and why they are special. Each child made their own Diya lamp…
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