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Heat Wave Risk Assessment
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Reception Places 2026
The deadline for applying for a Reception place for September 2026 is Thursday 15th January.
We still have places available so make contact with the school if you are interested.
Stroud Tree Festival 2025
The Stroud Tree Festival is taking place in St Laurences Church and will run until Sunday 7th December.
It will be open on Good Will Evening this coming Friday.
This is a lovely community event that brings the spirit of Christmas.
Do pop down and see if you can find the Bisley Tree and see the lovely decorations our children have made.
Open Days 2025
Come and see our amazing school in action
Monday 17th November at 9am
Wednesday 19th November at 9am
The morning will start with a presentation by our Leadership Team. You will then be taken around the School by our Year 6 children.
No need to book.
Bisley Community Compost Scheme
Children in Class 2 and Class 3 visited BCCS on Friday 16th May.
They were met by Lesley Green and Sue Bradley who told them all about composting.
Children also planted sunflower seeds using the compost.
Children have been invited to grow their sunflower and enter it into the Tallest Sunflower competition at the Flower Show on Saturday 23rd August.
https://bisleycommunitycompostscheme.org.uk/
https://www.bisleyvillage.com/flower-show-and-fecircte.html
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Ascension Day 2025
Our Year 6 Pupils looked wonderful dressed in their traditional Blue Coat costumes!
Country Dance Festival 27 March 2025
Children participated in the Country Dance Festival held at Stratford Park in Stroud.
They galloped, clapped, stamped, and turned around to lively music played by the Downfielders.
Even parents and grandparents took to the floor to join in the fun.
Thanks to Mrs James and Miss Cratchley for running the club and organising our involvement in the event.
Thanks to parents for joining in.
Massive thanks to all the children who represented their school will massive enthusiasm!
Donation of Books
We have been given a Book Token in fondest memory of Maggie Grieve.
Maggie volunteered at the school for many years, supporting our children with reading.
We have purchased a set of books that encourage a love of reading, promote happiness and reflect core values of friendship and courage.
Remembrance Sunday 2024
The school has raised money by selling poppies on behalf on the British Legion.
Representatives from our Year 6 pupils attended the service at All Saints Church. They then took part in the procession to the war memorial within the village and laid a wreath of poppies on behalf of the school.
Lest We Forget......
Class 2 Egyptian Day 18 Oct 2024
As part of their studies, Class 2 welcomed an Egyptologist for the day.
Mummies, gore and lots more....
OPEN DAYS FOR RECEPTION 2025
Are you a prospective parent looking for a reception place in 2025?
We would love to welcome you to one of our Open Days for a tour of the school, and to meet with some of our pupils, staff, and our Headteacher Mr Ross Irwin.
Our Open Days will take place on Friday 18th October and Wednesday 13th November. Alternatively, we also welcome individual visits to the school at another time that suits you.
To book your visit, please contact the school office either via telephone on 01452 770251 or via email at admin@bisleybluecoat.gloucs.sch.uk
We look forward to hearing from you!
Blossoms Art Work
Our pre-schoolers have been busy and creative with their Seas topic art work
Class 1 trip to Bristol Aquarium!
We had the most wonderful day at Bristol Aquarium! We saw lots of different sea animals including Octopus, sharks, eels, and Claudia the lobster!
Did you know Lobsters pee out of their eyes?!
Year 6 @ Gloucester Cathedral
Our Year 6 have attended a leavers service held at Gloucester Cathedral.
This is an annual event attended by many schools.
It is an important transition event as they prepare to move onto secondary school.
Year 6 Celebrate End of SATS
Year 6 have enjoyed a big breakfast this morning with delicious treats!
Well done all in getting through your test week.
National Wellbeing Award
Bisley Blue Coat has achieved the Silver Award for National Whole School Wellbeing.
We are superheroes!!
Class 1 designed and created their own superhero tshirts! We have written about our own superhero character! We will be creating our own comic strip next!
Obstacle course fun!
In our outdoor learning this week we worked together in teams with a team leader to create our own obstacle courses to stop us from falling in the sea!
We love outdoor learning!
Class 1 and 2 were so lucky to have a visit from Vanessa from Gloucestershire wildlife trust come to our school!
We used our senses to explore and collect various textures and colours that we find outside.
We also became buzzing bees and collected pollen (pom poms) from the flowers using tweezers!
Class 1 meet the calves at Copesgrove farm!
We have had the most fantastic day at Copesgrove farm where we met some beautiful Welsh Black cattle along with their new born calves! We asked lots of questions about the cows and calves and we even met the big bull called Ferris! Did you know Ferris is only 4 years old and weighs more than the entire of class 1 and grown ups!
We also made some beautiful spring crowns made with different plants and flowers we saw on our walk including wild garlic and primroses!
Then ended our morning with some delicious toasted marshmellows! Thank you to Copesgrove farm for having us!
Our trip to Robinswood Hill!
Class 1 and 2 had a fantastic trip to Robinswood Hill! We were very lucky with the weather and avoided any rain but got very muddy!
We became woodland detectives and looked for signs of animals living in the woods. We also did some pond dipping and found frogspawn, newts, baby dragonflies, and snails!
Country Dance Festival - 7 March 2024
Well done to our fabulously energetic Country Dancers!
They performed with great enthusiasm and had a thoroughly great time at the festival, dancing alongside many other schools.
Keep Dancing!
Sports Leaders 2024
Well done to our new team of sports leaders who completed their training with Mr Price from TK.
Fluffy visitors come to Bisley!
We were very lucky to have 2 beautiful lambs come to visit Bisley Blue Coat thanks to one of our wonderful parents!
Children in Class 1 named them Blue and Blossom!
Class 2 Vikings
Class 2 have been busy making Viking Ships.
As well as individual ships, they are constructing a large ship big enough to put someone in!
Mental Health & Well Being
Participants in the Raising Attainment through Wellbeing (RAW) programme:
Putting wellbeing at the heart of learning, teaching and leadership.
Childrens Mental Health Week 5-9 February 2024
Many thanks to all the parents who supported us today by sending in donations for Hot Chocolate Wednesday... It was a great success and the hall was packed with happy a happy 'buzz' and chatty children enjoying their hot chocolates etc.
We raised £47 for our chosen charity, Young Minds, this will increase considerably when combined with gift aid.
Chinese New Year 2024
Bisley and Oakridge Pupils came together on 25th January to celebrate The Year of the Dragon.
Children made lanterns & dragons, and enjoyed a Dragon Dance Workshop.
Tesco Stronger Starts Blue Token Grant - 15 January - 31 March
Our school will be one of the three options to receive a grant via the blue token scheme at Tesco Stroud.
Please vote for us and help us raise funds to build an outdoor classroom on the Playground.
C2 Corinium Museum - 11 January 2024
Children in Class 2 spent the day at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester.
This was part of their studies of the Romans.
They dressed up mas Romans, explored art work and pottery and enjoyed many activities.
Christingle Service - 22 December 2023
Children and their families enjoyed the ambience of the Christingle Service.
We are now all ready for Christmas!
Donations were made in aid of The Children's Society.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Making Christingles - 20 December 2023
The children are busy making Christingles for our church service at 1.30pm on Friday 22nd.
We will be accepting donations in aid of The Children's Society.
Blog Entry - December 14th
Well done to Class 1 and Class 2 for their marvellous Nativity Performances!
Blog Entry - December 5th
The rehearsals for the nativity play are going well.
Please bring in costumes ready for our dress rehearsal.
One week to go!!
Nativity - 13 December 2023
Well done to Class 1 and Class 2 on their marvellous Nativity performances!
Stroud Lantern Festival - 1 December 2023
Class 3 attended Stroud Goodwill Evening. They took along their fabulous lantern creations.
The theme was Oceans and the children made turtles, jellyfish, dolphins, star fish and many different creatures.
These were lite up and looked amazing.