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 3 were transported back to the Stone Age for their enrichment day, taking part in a wide range of activities throughout the day. Miss Anning ran an activity where the children were communicating like a Stone Age person and without speaking the children had to complete a range of tasks. Jewellery making with Mrs Gridley was…
Boys Never have I been so happy to see Thunder, Lightning, Hurricane and Storm all in one week! The welcome return of the Intra School Competition has been a great success, allowing boys from each year group to return to competitive Rugby. For the boys in Year 3, this was their first ever experience of…
On Wednesday the Nursery children enjoyed an exciting Autumn themed day of fun activities. Each classroom offered a different activity and children moved around all of the classrooms in a carousel exploring new environments. In Nursery L children were excited to create lovely Hedgehog cakes, in Nursery S children enjoyed activities themed around the Leaf…
Children in Prep have had the opportunity in the past two weeks to put to good use some of the creative skills which they learnt in Lockdown. With the introduction of the new year group bubbles and the newly adopted moto, #4houses1school, we were delighted to launch the first inter House Competition of the school…
Walking across the campus on Thursday evening, it was lovely to see so many happy faces. Children across all year groups were taking part in a variety of different after-school activities, developing different skills but most importantly, having fun! Walking into LAMDA classes, the children were focussed on ‘Mrs Foley’s chatty chair’, and the topic…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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