Month: July 2020

10th July 20

The Blue Coat School is proud of being what is known as a ‘traditional but forward thinking school’. But it is equally proud of being adaptable. This past six months has tested to the limit our powers of flexibility. As we conclude this academic year, I must commend all the staff and children for their…

10th July 20

Farewell to our fantastic Year 6 cohort. They have had an unimaginable end to their Blue Coat days but today they celebrated many wonderful memories and spirits were high. After an emotional week which began with Leavers’ presentations and a final Chapel service, the children have enjoyed a final enrichment week involving Forest School, Potted…

10th July 20

Congratulations to all pupils who have worked so hard over the last few weeks and have received BCS Awards today – RECEPTION Ethan Pahal Nina McLuskie Kimi Fickert Akash Paul Sienna C Nell Paton Emily Nicolson Annaliese Chipwete Sophia SuFu YEAR 1 Tom Moody Charles Huang Zakariya Akhtar Brooke Bushell Elana Ernest Carla Chan Monty…

10th July 20

Congratulations to sisters Siyao and Siyuan who have participated in the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Megafinal Competition, which is the largest chess tournament in the world. Both of them have won their games, and qualified to the next stage – Gigafinal competition! Siyao got qualified in the first weekend after 6 rounds of very difficult…

10th July 20

It was an unfortunate by-product of our Covid ridden world that we had to cancel our LAMDA exams this year. One of many disappointing events that we have all had to endure. The children had been working so very hard towards their exams. I had seen such progress in the children this last year. One…

10th July 20

Children you may like to take part in the national competition to select a mascot for the Birmingham 2020 Commonwealth Games – CLICK HERE  for information on how to enter your mascot design.

3rd July 20

During the last two weeks we have celebrated the sensational efforts made by Year 6 for our annual Science Fair. The work showed a great level of maturity and curiosity. Having put their hearts and souls into these projects, all the children should be commended.  This week we also received the wonderful news that Blue…

3rd July 20

The penultimate week of term saw everyone well settled into their new bubbles and life at BCS progressing well. Behind the scenes there were busy preparations for Year 6’s final week and the creation of Thanksgiving and Final Assemblies. We are very lucky to have such expertise in-house with Mr Nicklin and Mr Hill’s technical…

3rd July 20

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…

3rd July 20

Adam in Year 6 is unfortunately missing his final days at school due to breaking both his wrists. However, Adam has used his time wisely and kept in touch with his friends. He organised a zoom quiz involving 28 boys from Year 6. There were several rounds, General Knowledge, Sports, music , Gaming (of course…