Category: News

20th March 20

Everything we do, and everything we experience just now, is clouded by the looming shadow of the virus. When, on Wednesday, Year 3MH enacted the bible story of Martha and Mary, they illustrated graphically that we all have strengths and weaknesses and that we should appreciate each other as individuals. Not only is this, generally,…

20th March 20

3MH’s assembly today followed on from 3HW’s assembly last week when learned how Jesus loved to eat with people. This week we saw him eating again in ‘A Tale of Two Sisters’. Mary and Martha are opposites. One is very busy and the other is calm and thoughtful. When Jesus comes to eat with them…

20th March 20

11 March 2020 U8B1/2 Football v Hallfield School (A) A convincing win on both pitches Players of the Match: Aaron Masih, Dan Tyler & Xander Hawley. It was a delight to take our U8s to Hallfield. To see two months worth of game play understanding and true competency at the sport was a proud afternoon….

13th March 20

BCS Young Musician After a week of wonderful music-making, the BCS 2020 Music Festival reached it’s final cadence in a crescendo of incredible musicianship. We were delighted to welcome Mrs Iona Zuiderwijk to spend the day at Blue Coat, judging our 94 semi-finalists during the day and selecting the eventual 16 finalists to perform in…

6th March 20

The children in Reception were given the opportunity to write a riddle for a competition. The winning riddles will be published and the children will be able to purchase a copy of the book. A lot of children entered their riddles and a total of 35 were chosen for publication. As you can imagine we…

6th March 20

Year 3 had a busy day learning about life in Roman times. The children got to experience life as a Roman soldier, learning battle formations and how to defend themselves from marauding Celts! Other activities included Roman board games and playing with genuine Roman marbles. Children also learned all about how the Romans transported water to cities and…

28th February 20

U9 Boys’ Football Tournament hosted by RGS The Grange In the Group Stages we had an excellent start to the tournament winning v Moor Park 4-0. This set expectations high and the boys were playing with fluency and directness.  Against a well organised King’s St. Alban’s team we achieved our second win 2-0, with the…

14th February 20

Pre Prep children had their binoculars at the ready this week as they took part in the ‘Big Schools’ Birdwatch′ for the RSPB. They each made bird feeders and hung them around outdoors and classes learnt about the different species of garden bird and how to identify them. The playground and gardens around the school,…

14th February 20

Congratulations to the following Pre-Prep children who have received Headteacher’s Awards for their efforts this week. Cheerfully Trying Hard Milo Cuell Whole Class TS Sebastian Charles Ibrahim Mohammed Charles Huang Summer Wedgbury Arin Nair Jago Wells Sam Mantle Showing Respect Ibrahim Ali Akash Paul Tejvir Rai Good Work/Behaviour George Burgess Sofia Kazi Barron Stojek Jaiveer…

7th February 20

Late yesterday afternoon 60 young witches, wizards and Muggles, plus a house elf and an owl were welcomed to the library for the first Harry Potter Book Night to take place at Blue Coat School. After being sorted into their Hogwarts Houses they enjoyed magical cakes, stunningly decorated by Nisha from the kitchen team, washed…