At The Blue Coat School we ensure that the Prep curriculum is compelling, varied and accessible – our aim is that the children should look forward to their lessons!
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Through a variety of activities, children develop their skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing – the principal components of National Curriculum English. Encouraging a love of books is central to the teaching of English. Children have access to the Prep Library Resource Centre, from which they may choose books that interest them, from a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Year 6 also have their own dedicated Library in Trinity House, where they can find a selection of books appropriate to their age range. Opportunities also exist for children in Years 5 and 6 to become Librarians and Library Assistants.
Through a variety of activities, children develop their skills in speaking, listening, reading and writing – the principal components of National Curriculum English. Encouraging a love of books is central to the teaching of English. Children have access to the Prep Library Resource Centre, from which they may choose books that interest them, from a wide range of fiction and non-fiction. Year 6 also have their own dedicated Library in Trinity House, where they can find a selection of books appropriate to their age range. Opportunities also exist for children in Years 5 and 6 to become Librarians and Library Assistants.
What does the word ‘hero’ mean to you? What kinds of things do heroes do? How do we recognise heroes? Do you need to be physically strong to be a hero? Who is a hero to you? These were questions posed to Year 4 in the Lent Term in preparation for the children to decide…
We are excited to celebrate Junior Language Challenge Success again this year. The Blue Coat has a history of success with this competition, and 2020 is no exception. This national competition saw 2321 entrants competing in two different language rounds. Bronze awards went to the top 208 competitors, of which 8 were from The Blue…
One of things we have missed so much at Blue Coat is our Morning Recitals and Concerts. The Visiting Music Teachers have done a fantastic job continuing to offer instrumental tuition remotely via Zoom and we thank them for keeping music part of our children’s lives. Mr Nicklin has recorded a special virtual concert with…
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan The 2020 Science Fair was launched in December 2019 with a presentation to parents and children describing our rationale for running the projects and detailing what a ‘good project’ would involve. In some ways the most challenging part…
IAPS have released the results from the qualifying swimming gala’s and we are proud to inform you that we had 9 swimmers who would have qualified for the National Swimming Finals at the London Aquatic Centre! Samuel Tan, Harry Forty, Sebastian Stendall, Vivek Ratti, Vinay Ratti, Hari Phillips, Milo Dowling, Freddie Trevis and Filippos Psychogios…
“Though we’re in lockdown we won’t be knocked down.” So rang out the lyrics of the song ‘Looking to the Rainbow’, written by Chaplain, Becky Drake and recorded by members of the Class of 2020. This year will certainly be a memorable one for our Year 6 Leavers in more ways than one. Back in…
Buttons and Transition children have enjoyed learning about recycling and looking after our environment this week in their topic: Precious World. They have also started to learn about money and have had great fun playing shops and counting pennies. Transition children have also learnt all about the ‘j’ sound. In Reception the children created starry…
Blue Coat children were delighted to receive a special delivery this week. A shiny golden envelope addressed to them was delivered in the post! Mr Neeson has been missing the opportunity to invite the children to his Golden Table on Fridays and decided to send them a letter asking them to create their own Golden…
Buttons, Transition and Reception have thoroughly embraced their topic work this week. Our World: Out of this World saw the children go on a journey into outer space just like Baby Bear from Jill Murphy’s Whatever Next. Sebby had fun getting into character and boarded his own cardboard box ready to take off! Meanwhile lots…
Thank you so much for continuing to share pictures of your children working at home on the BCS Distance Learning programme as well as the other activities they have been doing. This week we have watched Arjun Dev’s video about his mini-diary, read a new Isolation poem written by Freya Mangotra and a Covid-19-inspired ode…
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