Category: Head’s Blog

Headmaster’s Update

10th July 20

The Blue Coat School is proud of being what is known as a ‘traditional but forward thinking school’. But it is equally proud of being adaptable. This past six months has tested to the limit our powers of flexibility. As we conclude this academic year, I must commend all the staff and children for their…

Headmaster’s Update

3rd July 20

During the last two weeks we have celebrated the sensational efforts made by Year 6 for our annual Science Fair. The work showed a great level of maturity and curiosity. Having put their hearts and souls into these projects, all the children should be commended. This week we also received the wonderful news that Blue…

Headmaster’s Update

26th June 20

At a time when we marvel at the virtuosity of playwright and author Alan Bennett, while we titter at the linguistic limitations of the Talking Head who purports to be Leader of the Free World, and we rejoice in a downturn in the virus, it’s time for some really good news. The sale of books…

Headmaster’s Update

19th June 20

In the early 1960’s – way before my time and even the concept of colour television – a TV programme suddenly became ‘all the rage’. It was called ‘That Was The Week That Was’. (My dad loved it and had me in stitches reminiscing about TW3 this week!) The programme was made up of a…

Headmaster’s Update

12th June 20

Like me, many parents will remember a time when talk of a ‘global pandemic’ was the pastime of eccentric academics and scientists who had an appetite for the sensational and the self-indulgent. That was in a bygone age when ‘distance learning’ implied a day trip to the sights of London, or, if you were really…

Headmaster’s Update

5th June 20

Amidst a miasma – if not a mire – of Governmental regulations, BCS this week welcomed back children in Transition, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6. Returning children have loved being back at school, renewing friendships – even at a distance. They have, in a sense, joined those two US astronauts, Hurley and Behnken, orbiting the school…

Headmaster’s Update

22nd May 20

We British really are the most extraordinary race. Even as the river of a coronavirus crisis is in full spate, we find the time and the inclination to swim into charming, sentimental little tributaries. This week we learn that Colonel Tom Moore, the former soldier who walked round his house once for every year of…

Headmaster’s Update

15th May 20

Doubtless, like me, you have heard TV interviewees from all walks of life saying, “I’ve never known anything like it”. COVID-19 looks certain to leave an indelible mark on the history of the 21st century. This slow, bewildering torment afflicts society indiscriminately. It tests scientists, makes monkeys of many a politician and threatens to change…

Headmaster’s Update

7th May 20

Dear Parents and Pupils, As we reach the end of week 2 of the Trinity term and distance learning, the first thing I want to say is a huge well done to ‘Team BCS’. The way in which pupils, parents, teachers and other staff have responded to the new way of working has far surpassed…

Headmaster’s Update

1st May 20

Dear Parents As the first week of the Trinity term draws to a close, I thought it appropriate to contact you on a number of whole school matters. Firstly, thank you very much for all your support during lockdown. We have received many lovely emails about our provision in School and at home. Whilst offering…