Month: July 2021

14th July 21

Honoured Guest, Chair of Governors, Governors, Ladies and Gentlemen and every member of The Blue Coat community. A very warm welcome this evening to our annual celebration of the academic year just finishing; a time both to reflect and to look ahead.  This is a day of firsts and lasts. It is one of the…

14th July 21

Our Prep Celebration held on the final day of term was a chance to recognise some of the term’s highlights including the BCS Reading Challenge and our participation in the Primary Maths Challenge. Pupils in Years 3 to 5 were presented with their Form prizes; a Merit prize for the most merits received, a BCS…

14th July 21

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…

14th July 21

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…

14th July 21

Following on from our football success story last week, we have learnt that two members of Year 4 have also been selected for the Harborne District U10 team. Congratulations Toby and Noah!  

14th July 21

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…

14th July 21

This week in Chapel we held our annual Prep Thanksgiving service, which was led by our Year 6 cohort. Due to our fantastic technical team, including Mr Hill, Mr Isherwood, Miss Akehurst and Mr Finglas, we live-streamed the service, enabling our parents, Governors and Prep school to watch the service from their homes and classrooms….

14th July 21

On Friday, Year 6 ended their Enrichment Week with a House party and Leavers’ disco.  It was the perfect end to a fun-packed week where even more Blue Coat memories were made. We were delighted to welcome parents for the Year 6 Prize Giving that evening. In order to facilitate this, the event was moved…

14th July 21

Mira in Year 5 has put together a presentation for an idea that she had for introducing Meat Free Mondays at Blue Coat. She went to speak to Mr Moss and Holroyd Howe Sustainability Manager Hannah Irvine. They were so impressed with Mira’s passion and ideas that they have decided to introduce one meat free…

14th July 21

We were delighted to complete our topic on Earth & Beyond to welcome our visitors from the Explorer Dome. We stepped inside the enormous night dome they had and, after seeing huge images of the planets in our solar system, saw the whole of the inside of the dome transform into the starry night sky….