Category: STEM

How did you get that answer?

5th July 19

“Why have you done that?” “How did you get that answer?” “Can you explain how you worked that out?” Teachers in Years 1 and 2 are encouraging their pupils to write an explanation or explain their mathematical problems to someone else, so that they develop a deeper understanding of the concept. Particular emphasis is being…

Year 5 Maths Champions!

28th June 19

The Year 5 Maths Challenge took place last Wednesday. A fantastic competition where we battled for the Borcherd’s Shield against a number of other local Independent Schools. It was a mentally, but also a physically challenging competition as pupils relayed against each other to earn points for their team. As numbers were being totted-up, the…

BCS STEM Experience Day

21st June 19

The fifth and final BCS Experience Day took place on Tuesday and we were delighted to welcome twenty-four Year 6 pupils from Oasis Woodview Academy in Edgbaston. The children participated in a STEM Experience. Over the course of the day, the children learned what STEM is, why it is important and what sort of STEM-related…

Year 5 Build the Taj Mahal!

17th May 19

Year 5 thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Architecture Workshops this week, learning about the Taj Mahal in India and building their very own version out of sticks and elastic bands! The pupils learnt how this example of Indian architecture was built and then worked together to create their own structure. They all cheered when they…

Whatever Floats Your Boat!

3rd May 19

Year 6 spent a wet and exhilarating Thursday afternoon in their latest STEM challenge. The maxim “Imagination is more important than knowledge.”(Albert Einstein) proved food for thought as the children set about their latest STEM task set by Mrs Simmons. The challenge was to create a floating boat that could support the equivalent weight of…

Year 6 Science Fair

29th March 19

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan On Wednesday evening, the marquee was the venue for The Blue Coat School Year 6 Science Fair 2019. All of our Year 6 children have worked extremely diligently throughout this term and they have produced 76 creative projects…

Celebrating British Science Week

15th March 19

2F performed their class assembly this week to both Reception and then KS1 respectively. The theme of the assembly was based around Science, connecting to our scientific learning as part of British Science Week. Our assembly asked the question: what if science didn’t exist? The moral of the story quickly revealed that in fact, science…

Year 6 STEM

8th March 19

This term we have introduced STEM to the Y6 curriculum. What is STEM? STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These are all areas of learning that children need to be comfortable with to excel in the future. STEM education is far more than just ‘lumping’ those subject titles together. It’s a philosophy of…

Transition Parent Workshop

1st March 19

Transition had a very exciting morning on Friday when their mummies and daddies came into school and worked with them in their classrooms. Parents attended a talk by Mrs West to learn about how Maths is taught in Transition and how to support their child to understand and consolidate mathematical concepts. Parents then worked on…

Reception Maths Workshop

1st February 19

Thank you to the parents in Reception that were able to attend our Parent Workshop focusing on Maths. After an informative introduction from Mrs West about the importance of children fully understanding mathematical concepts, the teachers in Reception showed what maths looks like in the classroom to the parents. In the children’s previous lesson, they…