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This week, my theme has to be the importance of music in our lives. Quite apart from the wonderful things that have been going on at Blue Coat, the strains of beautiful melodies and the joy of harmony has been a feature of the past seven days. I was unable to watch the Royal Wedding live,…
DetailsYear 4 had an action packed day on Friday as Team Building Workshops visited Blue Coat, bringing with them over 100,000 Lego bricks. In this exciting cross-curricular activity, pupils worked in teams to build bridges and structures, allowing them to build on work covered in their Art and DT lessons. We had some amazing bridges…
DetailsReception visited the West Midland Safari Park on Wednesday. The children had a fantastic time spotting camels, rhinos, elephants and cheetahs, to name a few. There was a wonderful moment when one of the giraffes wandered right up to the coach and peered through the window to be met by twenty very excited little faces…
DetailsPre-Prep Swimming Galas This week saw Pre-Prep displaying their swimming skills in their exciting and friendly Galas. On Tuesday, Year 2 took to the pool and showed an impressive amount of skill as they swam heats in both front crawl and backstroke. All children had progressed hugely since their Gala in Year 1 and many…
DetailsThis week we welcomed back some our Class of 2017 to play hockey against our Year 6. It was the first time for most of them to see the completed AstroTurf and have the chance to play on it. With teams of 5-a-side and 8 minute halves, the Astro was soon the scene of…
DetailsCongratulations to Lucie in Year 3 and Nihal in Year 2 who took part in the Worcestershire Megafinal of the Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge on Sunday 20th May. Lucie played in six rounds and was the overall Under 8 winner in the Girls’ category (the “U8 Suprema”). Her win means that she has qualified for the Midlands…
DetailsOur Year 4 assemblies this term have been teaching us more about God’s kingdom. Oink, Oink, Oink! to Mrs James and her class for a fabulous dramatic version of The Three Little Pigs. During their unusual episode of Location, Location, Location. We met contestants Sandy and Doug who both built houses…Sandy on sand and Doug…
DetailsHEADMASTERS’ XI v PARENTS XI CRICKET MATCH – 8th JUNE This is on Friday June 8th at 6pm at Harborne Cricket Club. Weather permitting! We’re playing a 20/20. There is no entry fee, there will be BBQ available (paid) a bar and ample space for kids to watch and play etc. There is limited parking. Any and all support…
DetailsWe had an amazing talk on Monday evening by Dr Maria Pavlidou from The University of Birmingham Physics and Astronomy Department about extremes of temperature. She intrigued all of the audience, including 3 and 4 year olds, demonstrating and explaining about temperatures from absolute zero, -273 degrees C to 100 degrees C and even higher.…
DetailsCongratulations to the following Pre-Prep pupils who have achieved Head Teacher’s Awards. Well done everyone! Week beginning 21st May 2018 Cheerfully Trying Hard Roman Wadhwa Lexi Higgs Salmaan Mughal Anna Newman Karrie Chiu Stefan Claridge Beatrice Salvi Showing Respect Reha Najran Whole Class RB Faiz Ahmad Good Work/Behaviour Sienna Connolly Elizabeth Nganwa Katherine Matopoulou Zayan…
DetailsCongratulations to the following Pre-Prep and Prep children who have been nominated to have lunch at the Golden Table this week: PRE-PREP Freya White Jack Blacklaws Noah Barnes Susannah Nicholas Thomas Moody Vignesh Babu Emily Newman Aarav Gautam Thanos Nikolousis PREP Freya Mangotra Yuvraj Kanda Hector Crow-Marcetic Lydia Chen Glory Benjamin-Raj Kumayl Vanat Harry Forty…
DetailsCRICKET U9A Cricket vs Hallfield Date: Tuesday 15th May Result: BCS -258 – Hallfield – 240 Most Valued Player: Great all round team performance Report: On a glorious afternoon for cricket the U9A team played magnificently to beat a very powerful Hallfield side. The victory was largely down to a fantastic all round bowling and…
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