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Today we marked Remembrance day in chapel, with two very special services. During our first service for Years 4-6 Colonel Alan Kay, a Blue Coat Parent and an Army surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, presented our copper wreath. Staff Sergeant Alan Woodland spoke poignantly about some of his memories of serving in the Falklands…
The Scotsman Run Friday 18 October 2019 All Year 5 & 6 running You can celebrate the end of term with fancy games, interactive form time and awesome food. Well how about running around the woods with your fellow friends, under superb conditions to test your physical endurance? The Scotsman Run has developed through the…
Year 2 spent a great morning with Steve from DWAEC and a host of unusual and interesting animals. They met Mary the python which took 10 children to hold, Woody the beautiful eagle owl and a kookaburra with a very loud laugh! It was an excellent end to their topic on habitats and I am…
On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome back The Young Shakespeare Company to Blue Coat and witness their mesmerising performance of Macbeth. Year 5 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 and High Dunsinane Hill….
The first two BCS Experience Days of this academic year have taken place over the week. We were delighted to welcome thirty Year 4 pupils from Quinton Church Primary School and thirty Year 5 children from Chad Vale Primary School. During the Forest School Experience, the Year 4 children enjoyed the opportunity to spend the whole…
It has been a busy week at Blue Coat this week celebrating Languages Week which coincides with the European Day of Languages on the 26th September. Children across the school have been trying out different languages in their lessons through registrations, class activities, and dual language books, and we were even treated to some Chichewa…
Don’t be a Dudley! This morning the whole school joined together for an exciting assembly in the sports hall, where we launched our annual shoebox appeal. Children from across Pre-prep and Prep entered the sports hall to the sound of Christmas music, presents and a sparkly tree. There were many squeals of delight…
Over the Summer Holiday, work in the Forest School area continued. The second Outdoor Classroom (HC2) was completed, a pathway from the driveway constructed and covered with bark chippings, a second fire pit area constructed, a Mud Kitchen area was built and the area adjacent to the cricket nets landscaped. Most pleasingly, most of this…
Hosted by the brilliant Master Taylor, the children in Year 2 were treated to an immersive experience of reliving the period of the Great Fire of London. This was complete with a variety of activities such as sewing, baking, candle making and more, as well as role-playing the remarkable conditions of a city ruined by…
Over the vacation, we ran our very first Music Summer School. The children who attended had a fantastic time, learning to play, conduct, improvise and perform together. The Music Team (Mrs Happ, Miss Akehurst and Mr Nicklin) enjoyed working with the children – we are looking forward to next summer already! This term the Music…
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