Month: March 2023

17th March 23

This week, Blue Coat has been celebrating ‘British Science Week’: a national 10-day focus on science, technology, engineering and maths. This year’s theme is Connections. At Blue Coat, we chose to study the connections we have with our planet and those our planet has with us. Specifically, we have focused on the UN Sustainable Development…

17th March 23

U9 Football v Warwick School The U9 Football team travelled to Warwick on a blustery afternoon. It was great to see all pupils highly engaged in their football fixture trying their best for their respective teams. The players organised themselves into positions and are now starting to understand the importance of this; to allow their…

17th March 23

Forty-five years ago, when Gary Lineker was an apprentice pro and only the birds ‘tweeted’, a band of local schoolchildren helped Canadian artist Liz Leah to create Concrete Cows for a town in Buckinghamshire. Amazingly enough, that town had been in existence for only 11 years. Where is it? Well, Milton Keynes, of course. And…

10th March 23

U11 National Cross Country  There were plenty highs and lows in today’s cross country- and that’s not just the terrain of the course! The competitive and dangerous element to cross country means there is a likelihood of trips, slips and falls and unfortunately for BCS, 4 out of the 8 runners succumbed to these hazards….

10th March 23

I have read in the national newspapers that it may be easier to find gold dust than it is to lay your hands on a ticket for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Tickets for May’s glittering and elaborate extravaganza, which went on sale last Tuesday, are priced from £30 to £290 for the Semi-Final shows…

3rd March 23

U10 Football vs Solihull Prep School The U10 A Football team returned immediately to action after the half term break, with an entertaining fixture versus Solihull. The team went one goal up early on in the game with a brilliant finish from Noah over the goalkeeper, after a driving run forward. Solihull then immediately responded…

3rd March 23

Welcome back, everyone! After what I trust was a restful break for all, we came back to school life in an energetic style. World Book Day was one of the highlights of a busy week, with boys and girls taking the opportunity to dress up as their favourite book characters. This was so colourful and…