Category: Head’s Blog

Headmaster’s Update

20th September 19

Today, millions of people across the world will join global demonstrations demanding action on climate change. Young people and adults have been encouraged – and inspired – to strike, to protest against inactivity on global warming. What has this to do with Blue Coat School, you might well ask. Well, apart from the fact that it…

Headmaster’s Update

13th September 19

Although Health and Safety improvements in this country have been one of the (many/myriad/several/few) benefits of our union with Europe, it is impossible to completely eliminate risk. In Paris, Notre Dame stands charred, and in New York, the scar of Ground Zero marks the site of the twin towers in all of our minds. Amazingly, it…

Headmaster’s Update

6th September 19

Of all the virtues, reliability is one which I feel is often underestimated. Two things were certain in Manchester this week, and one in Westminster. Australian run-machine Steve Smith would churn out yet another century in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, where It would also rain. And chaos would continue to reign as far…

Headmaster’s Update

12th July 19

Earlier this year, Year 5 found themselves faced with a pile of sticks. They had not to build a fire, as they were later to do at Bushcraft, but to construct something altogether more significant. The children were challenged to explore what structures they could build – using just that collection of sticks, and a…

Headmaster’s Update

5th July 19

It’s obviously a great time to be young. When a 15-year-old can turn up for the first time at Wimbledon and defeat a five-times champion 24 years her senior, anything seems possible. And that’s how it feels at BCS. So much on offer, and so may children wanting to make the most of their opportunities:…

Headmaster’s Update

28th June 19

The focus of the nation will be right here at Edgbaston on Sunday. When England play India, the atmosphere will doubtless be electric, and children in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere will be glued to their televisions and radios. How wonderful it is for youngsters to have role models like Virat Kohli, Aaron Finch,…

Headmaster’s Update

21st June 19

We appear already to be in that part of the summer that newspapers call The Silly Season. While Donald Trump has changed his mantra from ‘Make America Great Again’ to ‘Keep America Great’, an England batsman has hit 17 sixes in one brief innings, and men with the unlikely Christian names of Boris and Jeremy…

Headmaster’s Update

14th June 19

How often has the question been posed in the glossy magazines: if you had a free choice, who would be your four favourite dinner guests? Somewhere near the top of many an invitee list would be a 93- year-old man who has done more than anybody on earth to help us understand the planet: that…

Headmaster’s Update

7th June 19

The year must be nearing its end; Year 6 have written their pieces for the Yearbook, and, scanning them, I noted the affection with which they recall moments or events that have taken place during their years at BCS. Yesterday evening I watched with a watery eye as the WW2 veterans made their nostalgic return…

Headmaster’s Update

24th May 19

On Monday 3 June, we will be attempting to forge the name of The Blue Coat School into the Guinness Book of Records. As you will be aware, we are very keen to develop the children’s sense of being part of a community and teamwork which are such important skills for all aspects of their…