Category: News

Where’s Naughty Norman?

20th November 20

NS have really enjoyed going to forest school this half term with Mr Isherwood. He has taught us the rules of forest school; to use our ‘looking eyes’, our ‘listening ears’ and most importantly, to use our imagination. We have had lots of fun playing hide and seek, making magical wands and learning about Stick…

BCS Achieves Green Flag Award!

20th November 20

We are delighted to announce that BCS has achieved our Eco Schools Green Flag! Thank you to everyone who has contributed. We will receive our certificate in the post soon. The award will be assessed every two years to keep the accreditation. Last week Mrs Sargeant met with our newly elected Pre Prep Eco Councillors….

Christmas Card Competition

13th November 20

Many children across the whole school took part in our Christmas Card Competition over the course of the half term break. In total we received 357 entries! The standard was highly impressive and judging the competition was extremely difficult. Mr Singleton, our Chair of Governors, kindly spent an afternoon looking carefully through all of the…

Children in Need

13th November 20

Today we all joined in a non-school uniform day in support of Children in Need. Earlier in the week Pre-Prep had enjoyed two assemblies by 1V and 2F. 2F presented their class assembly to the rest of Year 2 and explained about its history and how the earliest version of Children in Need dates back…

The BCS Reading Challenge

13th November 20

We all know how important reading is for children – not only does it underpin all aspects of learning but a reading habit developed young is a lifelong source of relaxation, entertainment and education. Here at Blue Coat we want to nurture all of our children into readers for life. Staff across the school have…

Reception’s Diwali Celebrations

13th November 20

Today has been a very busy day in Reception. Not only has it been Children in Need, we have also had our WOW day linked to Diwali. The children learnt about why Diwali is celebrated. They discussed what lights there are during Diwali and why they are special. Each child made their own Diya lamp…

Headteacher’s Awards

13th November 20

Well done to all the Pre-Prep pupils who have worked so hard and been awarded Headteacher’s Awards this week – Cheerfully Trying Hard Aizah Qazi Adam Rashid Clara Cibelli Ethan Zhang Jaiveer Singh Sebastian Charles Emily Nicolson Isabella Gough Kitty Burgess Showing Respect Avni Marok Arthur Boutinot Connor Blacklaws Truthful and Kind Ellis Chan Good…

Standing Up For Nature

13th November 20

The response to Mr Neeson’s Standing Up for Nature photo competition was brilliant! Thank you to all the children who entered. We really enjoyed seeing the different and exciting ways in which you helped to make the world a better place over the October half term. All the entries and winners are below. Well done…

Nursery celebrate Divali!

6th November 20

Nursery have enjoyed learning all about the celebration of Divali this week and had so much fun during their WOW day. The children explored each of the three nursery classrooms during their day and discovered lots of aspects of this celebration that make it so special. They discussed what lights there are during Divali and…

Pre-Prep Get Creative

6th November 20

The children in Pre-Prep have already begun to let their creative juices flow this week as Year 1 and Year 2 started new topics in Creative Arts. In Year 1, the children have a Design and Technology focus with their topic ‘Moving Pictures’, this half term. In their first lesson they looked at books that…