Category: News

Prep Star of the Week

5th March 21

Well done to the Prep children who have worked so hard this week – YEAR 3 (week 8) Annabel Miller – For always producing an impeccable calibre of work and is a very resourceful learner. She tries helping herself using what is around her before asking me. Audrey Yang – For contributing to online lessons…

Blue Coat Buddies

26th February 21

This week Year 6 pupils have enjoyed receiving letters from their Year 3 buddies. From the comments below we can see just how special it is to have kept this relationship going through lockdown. We hope we can reunite our two year groups in person, in the not too distant future. “It was amazing to…

Varoom!

26th February 21

This week the pupils in Prep have been looking at the work of pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. They discovered that he used the technique of painting in pixels of colour to replicate the comic book style he liked so much. They have all created an onomatopoeia in his style and used pixels to colour in…

One Last Cook-Along!

26th February 21

Mr Moss will be returning for one last Cook-Along before the School reopens. This time he will be joined by Mr Melia and will be making scones. You can choose to do a sweet or savoury version, or both! The next Cook-Along will be on Tuesday 2 March at 5.30pm and you can find the…

Milo Steps Out for Charity

26th February 21

We are extremely proud to learn of yet another fabulous example of one of our pupils using their energy and initiative to help others. Milo in Year 5, together with his sister and 3 cousins, have set themselves a challenge to walk 2.5 million steps between them during Lent. They are doing this in memory…

Kung Hei Fat Choi

12th February 21

Early Years have had lots of fun celebrating Chinese New Year. Nursery watched a short video to introduce the day and the children enjoyed completing various themed craft activities such as making Chinese hats and lanterns. Classrooms had rice, noodle and glitter trays for the children to explore, to promote sensory play and discussion. It…

BCS Chess Goes Virtual

12th February 21

On Saturday the 6th February, 54 chess players from The Blue Coat School played in the inaugural Blue Coat Arena Chess Tournament on lichess.org. The tournament clock was set at 2 hours, with games being played at a time control of 10 minutes per player, per game. A win scored 2 points, a draw 1,…

New House Officers

12th February 21

Our House Heads have a short message of thanks for our outgoing officers: ST. MONICA’S HOUSE St Monica’s would like to say “ thank you” to the retiring House Leaders, who have definitely stepped up to take a lead, in this year of virtual House Assemblies. House Captain Anya and her Deputy Siyena have kept…

French Food Diary Exchange

12th February 21

Despite learning from home, Year 5 pupils who are involved in the French Penpal Exchange were keen to maintain correspondence and communication with their new friends in France. Some of our children have even swapped addresses and are writing to each other on a more regular basis, and hopefully some long lasting friendships are developing….

Pointillist Art

12th February 21

Year 1 have enjoyed used Purple Mash (2Paint) to create pointillist art pieces. They focussed on colour choices and mixing, and size of dots to produce some wonderful creations!