Category: STEM

20th March 20

Last week, schools across the nation celebrated British Science Week 2020.  The theme was ‘Our Diverse Planet’. Year 1 and 2 were delighted to welcome the brilliant Dr Jenny Watson to Blue Coat.  Dr Watson led an extremely engaging and enjoyable activity into the science of creating bubbles.  We created our own bubble mixture, discussed…

31st January 20

Year 4 Team Chess-Man and Team Checkmate had great fun participating in today’s KES competition.  Team Chess-Man, Pranav Rebbapragada, James Longworth, Joey Zhu and Kevin Ge came in 2nd place over all.  Fantastic work! Team Checkmate also had great fun relaying to help their team score highly:  Aarya Yallappa, Adam Bharmal, Li Wan, Mira Amlani…

17th January 20

The BCS Science Ambassadors enjoyed presenting an assembly to Prep on Wednesday.  The introductory short play reminded us that Science is evident in all aspects of our lives.  Some Science Ambassadors produced a poster on a scientist of their choice and then described why their scientist is famous and why they had chosen to research…

18th October 19

On Friday 11th October, children in Years 1 to 6 were treated to a Science Magic Show by Dr Matt Pritchard.  The show commenced with a few surprising rope tricks and progressed to some amazing balancing acts which, quite frankly, looked impossible!  Dr Matt took time to explain the science behind each ‘trick’ and some…

4th October 19

Year 6 had a brilliant day learning about all things ‘medicine’ and how this has developed throughout history. First, the children were treated to a trip to our friends in America where they discovered that, without weapons, the Brits managed to wipe out 95% of the population! It turns out that the British had carried…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…