22nd May 20
Last week our School Leaders, Freya, Will, Hari and Maggie launched their Lockdown House Challenges
House 2km Run
House Bake-Off
House Art Challenge
House Rainbow Hearts
They have been excited to see some of your entries coming in. Please keep going and send your photos in. Remember to wear your House T-Shirt if you can!
Year 1 have been learning about traditional tales in English and have particularly enjoyed reading the story of The Gingerbread Man. Today, they were able to decorate their own gingerbread people with icing and buttons. Be careful of that sly fox, Year 1! The children have also read the story of ‘The Frog Prince’ and…
On Tuesday Pre-Prep welcomed award winning author and illustrator Petr Horácek. He entertained Reception, Year One and Year Two with tales of a naughty breakfast-stealing goat and an adventurous rabbit who learns that the best place in the world is where-ever your friends are. He also led pupils and staff in a draw-along resulting in…
The children in Years 1 and 2 have been busy voting to select their new Pre-Prep Eco Committee. Each class has elected two members who will meet with Mrs Sargeant each week. They will begin by reviewing the current strengths and weaknesses of the School before putting together a plan of action for the year…
We are delighted to welcome 100 new pupils to The Blue Coat School this academic year. Our 60 new Nursery children have settled quickly and they are adapting to their new routines very well. Our new Prep children – both those moving up from Pre-Prep and our new starters joining from other schools, have been…
Our new Year 3 were excited to visit the Creative Arts room for the first time. To commemorate Roald Dahl Day on Monday they made some fantastic art for their Enrichment homework and Miss Moore was excited to put their work on display! Year 4 have also been inspired by their favourite Roald Dahl book…
At the end of a busy first week, Year 3 got together on Friday afternoon for some outdoor activities as well as a delicious barbeque. Using the school forest, children were challenged to create some art work in the style of Andy Goldsworthy, who is famous for his art and sculptures using natural materials found…
Albert Einstein: “The important thing is to never stop questioning.” The Blue Coat Y6 Science Fair 2021 was launched to parents and children, via an electronic presentation, describing our rationale for running the projects and detailing what a ‘good project’ would involve. In some ways, the most challenging part of the entire process for the…
This year’s Summer Concert was shared online and showcased our talented year group ensembles. Chamber music (music in small groups) gives pupils the opportunity to hone and develop their musicianship in exciting and dynamic ways. As you will see from the Summer Concert video, our young musicians rose to the challenge and produced music of…
Congratulations to all of our Year 2 pupils who received their BCS Blue award this week! Year 1 pupils looked on in admiration as Year 2 pupils received their BCS Blue certificates from Mr Neeson in their final Thanksgiving Service. As the avid audience listened to personalised citations read aloud about each pupil, Year 2…
What a wonderful few days of Sport and fun in the sunshine! We were delighted to be able to run a live programme at school. Although not following the same format as most years, it was fabulous to see an uplifting crowd and parental support, the pupils embraced the opportunity, producing some outstanding performances across…
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