Month: September 2022

30th September 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards Cheerfully Trying Hard Arthur Book (NA) Ishaan Hathi (RZ) Eva Puri (1H) Aadit Kabra (1V) Nicholas Hodges (2M) Azalea Sidley (2S)   Showing Respect Olivia Blackburm (NH) Zuhur Mondal (NK) Joshua Grant (RG) Lyla Waheed (1F)   Truthful and Kind Otto Robinson (NR) Sami Abidin (RS) Georgia Guidotti   Good…

30th September 22

U10 A Rugby v Warwick The first game of the year is always a nervous but exciting one. Blue Coat started aggressively and positively, closing down any space quickly and effectively. In attack, we ran into space extremely well with good support, which meant the ball was kept alive and created gaps in Warwick’s defence….

30th September 22

Did you know, that amongst the five of them, the sense of smell is considered the strongest and quickest memory inducer? The wondrous internet tells me that this is because the olfactory bulb and cortex are so close, physically, to the hippocampus and amygdala (both of them huge factors in memory retention). Which probably explains…

26th September 22

Last Friday, 23 September, saw a sea of red, green, blue and yellow t-shirts flood Warley Woods to take on the annual Scotsman Run for the Year 5 and 6 House Cross Country competition. To everyone’s surprise, we had the Blue Coat Bear ready and waiting to greet everyone with high fives. The Scotsman Run…

23rd September 22

On Friday 23 September, we were delighted to welcome back The Young Shakespeare Company to Blue Coat and witness their mesmerising performance of Macbeth. Year 5 pupils were the perfect audience. As the rain lashed down, the wind howled and the owls hooted, we were transported to the wilds of the Scottish moors, Great Birnam Wood…

23rd September 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards Cheerfully Trying Hard Erin Chen (NA) Chen Sun (NH) Nibe Momoh Clifford (NR) Theodore Wong (RZ) Zainab Haroon (1F) Alexandros Stamatakis (2W) Showing Respect Kayden Mahil (NK) Valentina White (1V) Jonathan Miller (2S) Truthful and Kind Jessie Yang (RG) Anya Chandarana (RS) Anika Aoulik (1H) Angela Wood (2M) Good Work/Behaviour…

23rd September 22

U9A Rugby Festival @ RGS: The Grange, 20/09/2022 The U9A Rugby team travelled to RGS: The Grange for their first ever Rugby festival and for their first ever games involving contact and tackling. The team played four fixtures versus Warwick, Kings Hawford, RGS: The Grange, and Winterfold with the emphasis not on the score but learning…

23rd September 22

Dolefully, soulfully, our week with the country saying its collective goodbye to the Queen. Chatting to the children on Tuesday, I learned that the many who watched the event were hugely impressed by its pomp and ceremony. As he takes on his new duties, I am sure that we all offer our new king sympathy…

16th September 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards: Cheerfully Trying Hard Ky Lo – NA Isa Faris – NH Aria Saund – NR Iffy Ahmed – RG Zahra Kazi – RZ Hannah Mughal – 1F Kourosh Zolghadr-Mazlaghani – 1V Showing Respect Aarna Gautam – RS Adam Rashid – 1H Shiva Kolli – 2M Henry Shastri-Wharf – 2S Savaiya…

16th September 22

This week as a School community we have watched our monarch take her final journey from her beloved Balmoral, to her final resting place in the Great Hall at The Palace of Westminster.  We have also witnessed our new King, Charles III, deal with the death of his mother whilst travelling the length and breadth…