Author Archives: Jenny Butterworth

Snowdon 6 Challenge – Adventure Education Last weekend, 19 courageous Year 12’s took on the notorious Snowdon 6 Challenge. This has never been successfully completed by a school group before and involves summitting Snowdon three times via different routes. In total the route covers c40km and involves c2750m of ascent.  It is considered more difficult […]

  Thank you to our students who, in assembly, informed and encouraged us to celebrate International Women’s Day.  Here is the transcript from their presentation. History Of International Women’s Day – by Liam International Women’s day started in 1911 after the idea was proposed in 1910. Over one million people had campaigned for women’s rights […]

  On Friday 3rd February, a number of our Sixth Form students studying A Level Politics, members of the Model United Nations and representatives of the RBCS Environmental Society welcomed Old Blue, the Right Honourable Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP (1985), to an open discussion. Sir Alok is a British politician who served as President Designate, and […]

On the last day of the Christmas Term, with carols still ringing in their ears, 48 students from years 8-13 and 6 staff set off on an epic 18 hour bus journey to the Italian Alps, and promptly fell asleep,  full of mincepies and chocolates from tutor group parties, and exhausted by the long term. […]

‘And as a five year old, I could stand at the edge of the clearing where the trains were being loaded. People like sardines in those wooden trucks. And the people loading them in – they were railway men, they didn’t look terribly different from the railway men who check my tickets these days – […]

  Wycombe Abbey School hosted a Model United Nations and Model Arctic Council conference this weekend. A group of students from year 9 to 12 attended – the first time Reading Blue Coat has done so. The standard of Model United Nations discussion was high, as students considered issues including the Iran nuclear deal and […]

U14A v Bohunt School – Berkshire County Cup Final Congratulations to our RBC U14As – County champions – who secured a confident victory at yesterday’s Berkshire County Cup Final against Bohunt School. Result: won 29 – 10 Scorers: Tries: Millard (3), Lunn, Long Cons: Millard (2) Player of the match: Millard Honourable mentions: Luff, Lunn, […]

  Today, we were delighted to welcome Mr Floyd Steadman OBE to celebrate our Equality and Inclusion Day at Reading Blue Coat.  Mr Steadman has previously visited RBC and spoken to staff at our September INSET day.  We were thrilled when he agreed to return to share his experiences with our students. Mr Steadman works […]

Last week, as part of Sodexo’s Powering Performance Programme, some of our Year 7 students who normally attend the RBC Get Active club, swapped their trainers for aprons and moved inside for a chef led lesson ‘Eat well for life’. This programme devised by the Healthy Futures Partnership, and supported by the British Nutrition Foundation, […]

12 RN cadets, Captain John and Lt van der Werff enjoyed the most incredible day on Thursday 15th June, on a ship visit of HMS Queen Elizabeth at the invitation of Old Blue LtCdr James Callender. The QE is the fleet flagship, and the first of our 2 new aircraft carriers. We saw the hanger, […]