Category: Charity

31st October 22

On Friday 4 November 2022, Lucy Goodway from Edward’s Trust in Birmingham, and Revd Jeremy Allcock from St Martin’s Youth & Community Centre, will attend an assembly at The Blue Coat School Birmingham, to receive the final cheques from the charity fundraising efforts throughout the School’s 300th anniversary year. Each charity will receive a cheque…

10th June 22

“WOW WOW WOW!” This was Reverend Allcock’s reaction at the end of a superb celebratory assembly given by the boys of St Philip’s and St George’s Houses to start their charity day. Incredibly the boys have already raised over £10,000 towards the St Martin’s Youth Centre in the heart of the Highgate area of Birmingham….

4th April 22

On the final day of term, pupils and staff across the whole school donned t-shirts designed by our Art and DT Technician, Miss Moore. The artwork features the Ukraine flag and a sunflower, the country’s national flower, which has become a symbol of peace, resistance and solidarity in the face of atrocity. We are delighted…

26th November 21

This morning, the whole Prep school squeezed into the school hall to enjoy singing their first Christmas carols of the year, accompanied by The Salvation Army brass band! The Salvation Army has been visiting Blue Coat annually for many years, but due to last year’s Covid restrictions, we missed having them on site. It was…

26th November 21

Sisters Esme and Oona grew their hair long for the Little Princess Trust, a charity that makes real hair wigs for children with cancer. They each donated 11 inches of hair and were hugely excited when their hair was ready to make the cut, and for such a meaningful cause. Well done girls, you are…

19th November 21

The School Leaders have been handing out Pudsey biscuits to all our pupils and thanking them for donating to Children in Need. We had lots of Pudsey costumes, yellow tops and spots galore in school today! In the Nursery classes the children decorated biscuits using icing and smarties. They also completed a range of activities…

19th November 21

This morning in Chapel the Lower School gathered to hear Kathryn from Birmingham City Mission speak about generosity. The charity has been working across Birmingham for over 20 years, and has a long-standing relationship with the school, so it was lovely to welcome them back today. Kathryn told the Bible story of the widow who…

19th November 21

5th November 21

It’s been a busy week in Chapel! On Tuesday morning, the new Chapel monitors, together with Chaplain, Miss Levett, Miss Akehurst and the Estates team took two minibuses full of food and toiletries to the ‘Love Your Neighbour’ Food Bank at St Luke’s Church. The Chapel monitors certainly had their work cut out as they…

1st October 21

  Aashni has been living out Chaplain’s theme for the term ‘Love in Action’ with a selfless act of kindness. She raised £365 for Children with Cancer UK Charity instead of receiving presents for her 10th birthday. This is not the first time Aashni has done this, so she really is a superstar. The reason…