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4th November 22

I was all set to wax lyrical about the School’s Fireworks Extravaganza. What a shame that the weather beat us. Instead, let me ponder another method of playing with fire – the pursuit of Fame.  Living in an age when so many dream of being famous for five minutes – or at a stretch 15…

31st October 22

On Friday 4 November 2022, Lucy Goodway from Edward’s Trust in Birmingham, and Revd Jeremy Allcock from St Martin’s Youth & Community Centre, will attend an assembly at The Blue Coat School Birmingham, to receive the final cheques from the charity fundraising efforts throughout the School’s 300th anniversary year. Each charity will receive a cheque…

14th October 22

U10B Hockey v Eversfield The whole team started positively with Tamara making good forward passes to Elle, who powered down the wing with real determination. Arya held the midfield well and her ball distribution was good. Anika and Olivia applied pressure and eventually Elle scored our first goal. Aria P worked hard in midfield running…

14th October 22

Several years ago, as Head of a leading Prep School in the south-west, I introduced myself to the poetry of former Laureate Sir John Betjeman, the man who was perhaps most famous for his opening line, “Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!”. Betjeman had written more sympathetically about the charming seaside resort Sidmouth. Being…

14th October 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards Cheerfully Trying Hard Whole Class (NR) Narayan Nischal (1F) Henry Bentick (1V) Flo Hamilton Clara Cibelli Showing Respect Mika Ghahari (NA) Alexandros Chanouzas (NH) Antonia Neophytou (NK) Naren Banwait (RG) Jasper Cai (RS) Sophia Ghani Truthful and Kind Amber Bhogal (RZ) Auden Dulku (1H) Good Work/Behaviour – Head Teacher’s Awards…

7th October 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards Cheerfully Trying Hard Eva Shneerson (NK) Syona Kolli (RG) Olivia Taylor (RS) Haris Zaheer (RZ) Tia Griffiths-Stamboulis (1F) Mason Shi (1V) Emily Griffin (2W) Showing Respect Mason Zou (NA) Harry Li (NH) Anshika Monga (NR) Roshan Desai (1H) RayyanYasin (2M) Truthful and Kind Amelia Zeng (2S) Good Work/Behaviour- Head Teacher’s…

7th October 22

For many years this country has seen its political figures being treated like life-sized Punch and Judy figures. Leaders and senior ministers have been lampooned in the press, and (subsequently) roundly mocked by the general public. Of course, their actions may oftentimes have merited a degree of derision, and some moral outrage has occasionally been…

7th October 22

U11 Hockey Tournament  With the tournament programme changing from a knock out to a round robin competition it looked promising as we got to play all teams involved. In the first three matches BCS were by far the stronger team with great positional play we had the majority of possession against Solihull, RGS The Grange…

30th September 22

Pre-Prep Blue Coat Bear Awards Cheerfully Trying Hard Arthur Book (NA) Ishaan Hathi (RZ) Eva Puri (1H) Aadit Kabra (1V) Nicholas Hodges (2M) Azalea Sidley (2S)   Showing Respect Olivia Blackburm (NH) Zuhur Mondal (NK) Joshua Grant (RG) Lyla Waheed (1F)   Truthful and Kind Otto Robinson (NR) Sami Abidin (RS) Georgia Guidotti   Good…

30th September 22

U10 A Rugby v Warwick The first game of the year is always a nervous but exciting one. Blue Coat started aggressively and positively, closing down any space quickly and effectively. In attack, we ran into space extremely well with good support, which meant the ball was kept alive and created gaps in Warwick’s defence….