Category: News

31st March 23

U10 Tournament at Warwick Prep This Saturday the U10s took part in a tournament at Warwick Prep. The atmosphere on the courts was awesome, the sun was shining and the girls were ready to play some brilliant netball. As the tournament was following the Bee Netball format, the girls were able to demonstrate their ability…

31st March 23

Easter looms – and we had an egg-cellent final week of term, starting with an inspirational talk from Matt Dickinson. Not only an exceptional author, our visitor is also a keen adventurer. He has climbed Everest in his spare time – as you do! Having been a production manager at the BBC, Matt went freelance…

24th March 23

Last weekend I read that the biggest dinosaur to walk the Earth was flying across the Atlantic to star in an exhibition at a museum in London. How did it get here, this creature that lived 100 million years ago? Well, the answer to that question is: on two extremely large aeroplanes. Yes, a life-size…

24th March 23

U11 Development Squad v Norfolk House What a brilliant final game of the season for the U11 Development Team. Although the score may not represent the play on the court, the girls have come on leaps and bounds this last term. This final game was 7-aside and allowed all the girls to have a great…

17th March 23

This week, Blue Coat has been celebrating ‘British Science Week’: a national 10-day focus on science, technology, engineering and maths. This year’s theme is Connections. At Blue Coat, we chose to study the connections we have with our planet and those our planet has with us. Specifically, we have focused on the UN Sustainable Development…

17th March 23

U9 Football v Warwick School The U9 Football team travelled to Warwick on a blustery afternoon. It was great to see all pupils highly engaged in their football fixture trying their best for their respective teams. The players organised themselves into positions and are now starting to understand the importance of this; to allow their…

17th March 23

Forty-five years ago, when Gary Lineker was an apprentice pro and only the birds ‘tweeted’, a band of local schoolchildren helped Canadian artist Liz Leah to create Concrete Cows for a town in Buckinghamshire. Amazingly enough, that town had been in existence for only 11 years. Where is it? Well, Milton Keynes, of course. And…

10th March 23

U11 National Cross Country  There were plenty highs and lows in today’s cross country- and that’s not just the terrain of the course! The competitive and dangerous element to cross country means there is a likelihood of trips, slips and falls and unfortunately for BCS, 4 out of the 8 runners succumbed to these hazards….

10th March 23

I have read in the national newspapers that it may be easier to find gold dust than it is to lay your hands on a ticket for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Tickets for May’s glittering and elaborate extravaganza, which went on sale last Tuesday, are priced from £30 to £290 for the Semi-Final shows…

3rd March 23

U10 Football vs Solihull Prep School The U10 A Football team returned immediately to action after the half term break, with an entertaining fixture versus Solihull. The team went one goal up early on in the game with a brilliant finish from Noah over the goalkeeper, after a driving run forward. Solihull then immediately responded…