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Parkside Netball Club’s Free Netball Training Camp

14th May 21

See below for a wonderful opportunity from Parkside Netball Club for a free netball training camp over the May Half term. The pandemic and associated lockdown has been difficult for young girls, both physically and mentally. We’ve experienced this with the girls in our netball club. Therefore, as the country slowly moves back to some…

Mr Neeson’s Golden Table

14th May 21

Very well done to our Golden Table award winners this week – PRE-PREP Jaskiran Nandra Noah Hussain Savaiya Dosanjh Henry Shastri-Wharf Bea Ellis Yusuf Ahmed Nicholas Hodges Arjan Kumar Amaya Puri PREP Mischa Bailey Isaac Soundy Trystan Vlok Ila Jain Jai Bajwa Eva-Nicole Asanga Yashna Maghizh Jia Wu Riah Bailey Alveena Ahmed Georgina Byrne

Prep Star of the Week

14th May 21

Very well done to our Prep award winners this week. YEAR 3 Arjun Narjan Aydin Khan Florence Horwitch Smith Jonathan Nganwa Shruti Sivaraman Ellie Wongso Noah Jordan Olivia Zhang YEAR 4 Ishaan Chatha Noah Olatayo-Moses Munashe Jindu Nirvan Agrawal Tia Sharma YEAR 5 Siyao Ou Blake Bushell Sai Chauhan Jacob Romano YEAR 6 Arish Hassan…

National Reading Champions Quiz

7th May 21

Following an internal reading quiz delivered to all Year 6 pupils in March, two amazing teams of four Year 6 pupils were formed. On Tuesday 4 May, our selected pupils participated in the virtual West Midlands regional heats of the National Reading Champions Quiz, 2021. The Quiz was open to pupils aged 10 – 14…

Headmaster’s Update

7th May 21

As we end this four day week, and reflect on the excellent efforts of our School community as a whole, we re-enter a world where choice is again available to us. We can choose to go out for a meal, even if we have to sit in the cold, outside; we can choose the venue…

Into The Blue Episode 2

7th May 21

 The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited · “Into The Blue” Podcast – Ep 2 – 2021-05-07 ‘Into the Blue’ is a Podcast series devised, produced and presented by our School Leaders at The Blue Coat School Birmingham. In this second episode they ask different pupils how they have felt about coming back to school…

Nursery take a Walk on the Wild Side

7th May 21

This week Nursery have taken a ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, learning about the animals found in the jungle. Reading the well-loved story ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ to start our week, we spoke about our favourite jungle animals and imagined how each of them might move around.  We have enjoyed singing along to the nursery…

Prep Star of the Week

7th May 21

Very well done to our Prep Stars this week! YEAR 4 Sinai Hamilton Sam Sapey YEAR 5 Pranav Uday Li Wan Kevin Ge Remy Granger Jaskiran Rai YEAR 6 Millie Smith Hriday Parekh Nathan Molsom Lucia Maio

Year 5 and 6 Music Recitals

7th May 21

We have been treated to some outstanding playing this week. On Wednesday we enjoyed our Year 6 concert in Chapel. The variety of music made for a most enjoyable recital and the audience was, as ever, delighted with the accomplished level of playing. It was particularly pleasing to hear some young musicians performing for the…

Setting Sail!

7th May 21

After a hailstorm had disrupted the Headmaster’s Assembly on Friday afternoon, there was a sense of trepidation before the first outing for our Year 5 TED Sailing Group.  However, the sun eventually shone over Bartley Green Reservoir to ensure that the 13 children had a fun and exciting first session out on the water.  Our…

Walk to School Week

14th May 2021

We are delighted to announce that BCS will be taking part in Walk to School Week, from Monday 17th May to Friday 21st May. As part of the week, we are encouraging all children to either walk, cycle or scooter their way into or home from school. Walking has so many benefits from physical to…

Nursery and Reception’s Big Walk

Nursery and Reception set off on their walk on Wednesday being enthusiastically clapped and supported by Mr Neeson and Years 1, 2 and 6. The children were really excited to walk and run laps of the field in some lovely sunshine to support The Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Reception children walked a mile and Nursery children half…

Into The Blue Episode 2

7th May 2021

 The Blue Coat School Birmingham Limited · “Into The Blue” Podcast – Ep 2 – 2021-05-07 ‘Into the Blue’ is a Podcast series devised, produced and presented by our School Leaders at The Blue Coat School Birmingham. In this second episode they ask different pupils how they have felt about coming back to school…

Setting Sail!

After a hailstorm had disrupted the Headmaster’s Assembly on Friday afternoon, there was a sense of trepidation before the first outing for our Year 5 TED Sailing Group.  However, the sun eventually shone over Bartley Green Reservoir to ensure that the 13 children had a fun and exciting first session out on the water.  Our…

Reception’s Outdoor Adventures

Reception classes have enjoyed lots of outdoor learning already this term. RP played hide and seek in the playground to practise working out subtraction facts: “There were 10 children standing on the bridge, now there is only 1… How many have gone to hide?” The children also jumped along an ‘invisible number line’ to practise…

Caterpillar Creations

30th April 2021

Friday TED sessions have had a makeover and there are some exciting new options on offer this term. Today saw our first group of Year 5s head to Bartley Green reservoir for a sailing lesson. Meanwhile back at BCS there were children getting fit in Zumba with Miss Nazir and a group in the dining…

A Return to the Pool!

We are back! Myself, the PE department and all of the children have been thrilled to have been able to get back into the pool this term. We have had no tears or fears, lots of splashing and some fantastic swimming from Reception right through to Year 6! Every single child has elicited their BCS…

A Musical Treat

We were treated to two wonderful Morning Recitals this week. On Thursday our young musicians in Year 4 entertained us with some fine musicianship and performing skills. As ever, the drummers were very popular and gave rousing renditions of their pieces. I was particularly pleased with the pianists who played with sensitivity, bringing the dynamics…

Great Fire of London

23rd April 2021

On Wednesday the Year 2 children had a fantastic introduction to their new topic all about The Great Fire of London. Led virtually by Sir John Wilkins, an eyewitness to the Great Fire, the children were told about the key events that happened in September 1666 and learned several skills to help the people whose…

Fabulous Fundraisers

Thank you to the Blue Coat community for supporting our Smarties challenge for Let’s Feed Brum over the course of the Lent term. In addition to collecting our loose change in empty Smarties tubes, many pupils have been motivated to do their own fundraising. We have already shared Abhav’s great Read-a-thon and Nirvan’s walk up…

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