Month: March 2022

25th March 22

25th March 22

This week started on a multitude of perfectly pitched high notes and melodic sounds, as our major individual music competition came to a thrilling crescendo following weeks of auditions. On Monday, our visiting adjudicator, Nadia Hinson, oversaw musicianship of stunning quality and variety across Year Groups and disciplines. From the semi-final we narrowed down to…

25th March 22

As part of Blue Coat’s Community Outreach project, the Board Games and Gardening TED groups went into the local community and planted some lovely daffodils and bluebells along a small stretch of land on the Harborne Walkway. The children had to clear a section, before working with Mr Allmark to dig the right sized holes…

25th March 22

It has been a spectacular week of music-making at BCS. On Monday we crowned ‘cellist Elaine Nguyen (Y6) as the BCS Young Musician of the Year 2022. Mrs Nadia Hinson, our visiting adjudicator, was thrilled by the high standard of all of the Finalists, and I am very glad that it was her job to…

25th March 22

The Animal Man visits Nursery The Nursery children had an exciting morning on Friday 18th March when they were visited by the Animal Man. He brought along lots of different minibeasts such as millipedes, giant snails, and cockroaches. The children and adults enjoyed handling the creepy crawlies and describing what they looked and felt like….

25th March 22

This Wednesday, 23rd March, we were lucky enough to have a visit from England Roses Netball player, Beth Cobden. She started the afternoon answering questions from Years 1 and 2, who were in awe of her Gold Medal, followed by Prep children, who asked some very good questions.  It was very exciting to have Beth…

25th March 22

This week we welcomed all of our BCS prep pupils to the poolside for their year group house galas as the sun shone through the windows! Seas of blue, red, yellow and green flooded the poolside, with the children competing fiercely in a selection of individual and relay events. Swimmers battled through the heats earning…

25th March 22

U10 Boys’ House Football Matches Results – St Philip’s 3-2 St George’s  The best thing about this match was that I was able to stay quiet throughout the whole game and simply referee. The pupils demonstrated a superb display of sportsmanship, competitiveness and knowledge about the game, which was a delight to see. The game…

25th March 22

On the road once more, but this time in the opposite direction. The U11 IAPS team travelled down to Dorset for the National Finals. As always with these girls, spirits were high. The girls have developed a really supportive culture with each other, it was very special to be part of a team that has…

25th March 22

We are so proud that the Creative Arts department are able to enter some amazing artworks for the Platinum Jubilee ‘Rivers of Hope’ art competition. The pupils have been  exploring the theme of rivers through a variety of mixed media. Thanks to everyone who has worked independently using whatever recycled and natural materials they could…