Monthly Archives: November 2016

Lt Pete Reed MBE – three-time Olympic gold medallist rower and five time World Championship gold medallist – spoke to the Whole School Assembly on Monday 28th November. Lt Reed, who won gold at Beijing and London in the Men’s coxless fours and in Rio for the Men’s eight, spoke first about why each  medal […]

Film and TV composers Robert Hartshorne, Peter Hartshorne and Jack Buckner – from Ex Cantibus Gaudium (“Andrew Marr’s History of the World” and “Thomas the Tank Engine”) – visited Blue Coat on 22nd November, to  give an inspiring composition workshop to our Music A level and GCSE scholars.

The Boat Club raced at Avon Autumn Head near Bath on Saturday 19th November, along with other clubs and universities, including Monmouth and Canford schools. Just over 50 boys from Year 10 and above braved the near-freezing conditions to race twice over the two-mile course.

In a special Whole School assembly, our guest speaker was James Shone, from the charity I Can and I Am, which seeks to inspire confidence in every individual. James spoke first about how he was riding the crest of a wave in 2012; at the age of 41 he was married with four children, had […]

After many successful study visits to Paris, the French department, a little weary of the Stade de France, decided to aim high – literally – with our new Year 9 tour to the lakes and mountains of Switzerland. The lovely city of Geneva provided a great base for the trip and allowed for a full-day […]