Monthly Archives: January 2017

Fifty-six boys from the Boat Club made their first trip of the season to the infamous Boatrace Course on the Tideway in London on Saturday. They raced at the Quintin Head amongst 250 crews from other schools, clubs and universities. The 1st VIII had a difficult race, never settling into a rhythm, although they still […]

On Sunday, 29th January, Blue Coat’s rugby 7s team won the Vase in the Seaford College 7s Tournament – the team’s first ever outing in a 7s competition. The tournament involved 16 schools in four groups, with three games in each group and then two knockout games. In the Vase final, Blue Coat defeated Ardingly College 12-7, […]

On the evening of 26th January, two Blue Coat Public Speaking teams travelled to Marlow to take part in the second round of the Rotary Youth Speaks Competition 2017. The standard was incredibly high and our Intermediate team – Main Speaker William Peters,  Chairman Ted Aplin and Vote of Thanks Miles Edwards – were narrowly […]

Huge congratulations to all those Blue Coat LAMDA candidates who passed their exams in November with such flying colours! Every candidate – Monty Heath, Nathan Warr, Will Peters, Thom Buckland, Ayan Chatterjee, Oliver Newton, Gabie Buckler and Suzy Penrose – achieved Pass with Distinction, including those taking medal exams; a tremendous result. Mrs Avery, Head […]

​This annual event was held on the afternoon of Saturday 21st January on a cold and fairly frozen surface in Newbury, with the school well represented in many age groups. There was a very good silver medal for the Year 7 team, which consisted of Chris Parker, Will Thompson, Josh Griggs and Ben Jones. There was also […]

Our Year 9 geologists thoroughly enjoyed a day at the Natural History Museum on Monday 16th January. As they walked through four galleries, they found that 30-40 new minerals are discovered every year; they pondered what they would put in a ‘go bag’, should an earthquake strike; and the jury was out on whether dinosaurs […]

Old Blue Jamie Facer-Childs (2005) is currently part of a six-man expedition team that is crossing the Antarctic on foot to raise £100,000 for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/spear17). The Expedition is called Spear 17, and is headed up by Lou Rudd. The team reached the South Pole on Christmas Day, lost one man, and […]