A secret excitedness built over the half-term holidays whist a cunning plan was hatched for Blue Coat play. Mrs Murray, the school's Play Co-ordinator, has spent several weeks planning and organising a whole new play zone on the school's site entitled 'The Mud Kitchen'. With the help of a staunch following of volunteers the concept became a reality over the holidays and today The Mud Kitchen opened to the delight of our children! (The pictures below capture some of the action).
BlueCoat Primary School News
The Mud Kitchen Grand Opening!
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- 23 Feb 2015 11:22am
- 02 Feb 2015 01:54pm
'Generosity' is our Christian value in focus this term and the children have been reflecting on what it means and how it impacts on their lives.
As well as collective worship being a daily time for reflection, we also encourage the children to think, reflect or pray at other times during the school day and our corridor reflection space is one such area where this can happen. We've had dozens of children this term from both key stages come to reflect, both individually or with friends.
- 07 Jan 2015 09:48am
Patience has been a virtue of our families who have been on the school site over recent months where we have undergone numerous building and restoration projects. However, we hope that the inconvenience has been worth it as, apart from a new roof (not altogether exciting, admittedly!), we also now have a brand new, bespoke outdoor learning shelter for our Reception classes.
A Curriculum for The Future
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- 06 Jan 2015 09:18am
Firstly, a Happy New Year to you! We started 2015 in school with the staff's third INSET day. The focus? Laying the foundations for developing an exciting and effective school curriculum capable of making our children, as our vision claims, 'future ready'. The renewed school curriculum will be delivered in September 2015 and has high aspirations for all of our pupils.
- 17 Dec 2014 03:16pm
...and the result? Well, how about a surprise visit from the big man himself! This afternoon, following a fantastic Christmas dinner in the school hall, our children bopped away in classrooms as the 'Christmas class party' got under way.
However, the dance moves were cut short when Santa Claus, and his very supportive team of PTA helpers, rocked up at classrooms, one by one, to spread festive cheer and give children a small taster (present) ahead of Christmas day.
- 17 Dec 2014 12:08pm
The winter weather and volume of recent seasonal festivities haven't stopped our pupils in their determination to achieve. We have several notable mentions to make, all of which conclude a very successful 2014 at Blue Coat.
- 14 Nov 2014 01:33pm
Our children put in a 'super hero effort' today for Children In Need 2014, dressing either in onesies or as superheroes whilst raising cash for those who need it most.
Having either flown to school or used powers of teleportation to make it on site, the children donated £1 each for the privilege - all of which will go to the charity. Our Milepost 3 learners engaged their enterprising skills to set up a series of stalls for morning break, offering cakes, treats or the opportunity to win something big and bold. Uptake, as always, was BIG and the children will lead an assembly later this afternoon to hand out prizes and celebrate their fundraising efforts.
We Will Remember Them.
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- 11 Nov 2014 11:46am
Having just observed our 2-minute silence outside on Armistice Day, we in school have taken a number of opportunities to reflect on this spiritually and culturally significant event.
- 07 Nov 2014 04:05pm
14 boys. 12 teams. 5 pitches. 2 places awaiting in the county cup finals. 1 Blue Coat qualification then? Hmmm...
Yesterday afternoon saw two 7-a-side teams, comprising of a selection of our Milepost 3 boys, take to the artificial surfaces of Katherine Lady Berkeley's sports centre pitches in the hope of securing a group win to qualify them for the county cup finals.
- 20 Oct 2014 09:33am
Last year, our attention was drawn to a Year 5 girls' football team who performed brilliantly in local competitions aimed at Year 6 teams. We knew they held promise and they've been carrying out some light training work thanks to Mrs Needham's son, a trained coach, Tom Needham, over the last couple of weeks.
Once again, the girls performance proved to be oustanding. Here's a brief match report from Rowen (Team 1) on the experience:
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