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English Symphony Orchestra Summer Courses

13th July 18

English Symphony Orchestra will be running the following summer courses for children and young people of all ages and abilities. We hope this may be of interest to some of our BCS musicians!

https://www.eso.co.uk/community/eso-youth/

ESO Youth Orchestra (Grade 7+, ages 11-19) at Bromsgrove School

Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th August – 9am-5pm (non-residential)

£80.00 per musician (including hot lunch)

ESO Youth Orch Aug.pdf

ESO Beginners Orchestra (Pre-Grade 1 to 3, ages 5-13) at King’s School Worcester

Thursday 9th and Friday 10th August – 9.30am-4pm (non-residential)

£70.00 per musician

ESO Intermediates Orchestra (Grade 4-6, ages 9-16) at King’s School Worcester

Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th August – 9.30am-4pm (non-residential)

£70.00 per musician

ESO Beginners/Int Aug.pdf

Bursary assistance may be available for the courses.

House Cross Country

25th September 2020

This week Blue Coat hosted the house cross country on the front field. The sun was shining and It was great to see every child out in colour representing their house. The course was mapped out on the front and back field with red and white tape and pupils followed the hare (one of the…

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Musical News

As term settles into its new pattern, our usual routine of concerts and recitals would normally be on the very near horizon. Currently, restrictions prevent us from performing in large groups. So, in order to get things moving in the right direction, we are delighted that our new Year Group ensembles are rehearsing together. This…

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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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