Line Up: Spring 2020

Line up

SPRING 2020

Welcome to the Spring Term!

This booklet is called the Line-Up, and contains many of the important
events going on in our community this term. We hope to see you at
many of these events; supporting your family, friends and colleagues as
they challenge themselves throughout the year.

TUESDAY 7 JANUARY

Term Begins
08:35

TUESDAY 7 JANUARY MONDAY 13 JANUARY

Year 13 Mock Examinations S Years 12-13 A Level PE Trip S
09:00-16:10, Way Hall and Buttery
08:45-17:30, Olympic Park, London

STUDENTS S PARENTS P O L D B L U E S OB ALL A

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MONDAY 13 JANUARY

Old Blues’ Meeting OB
19:30- 21:30, Pavilion

TUESDAY 14 JANUARY WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY

Prague Trip: Parents’ Year 9 Flying at RAF Benson S
Information Evening P 07:00-17:30, Wallingford
18:30-19:15, Buttery

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WEDNESDAY 15 JANUARY

First Lego League City Shaper Robotics Challenge S
07:00-17:30, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Bristol

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY THURSDAY 17 JANUARY

Years 8-12 Athletes’ Rowing Parents’
Development Information Evening P
Programme Parents’ 18:30-21:00, Buttery
Information Evening P
An opportunity for parents of
19:00-20:00, Buttery rowers in Years 9 and onward
to learn more about Rowing at
Reading Blue Coat.

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SATURDAY 18 JANUARY

11+Assessment Day
08:00-16:30

MONDAY 20 JANUARY

Parents’ Prayer Group P
19:30-21:00, Pavilion

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TUESDAY 21 JANUARY

Careers Fair S
19:00-20:30, Sports Hall
A brilliant opportunity for pupils in Years 11-13 to learn more
about industries in which they would like to work.

THURSDAY 23 JANUARY

Year 13 Parents & Pupils’
Consultation Evening S P
16:45-19:00, Sports Hall

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MONDAY 27 MONDAY 27

JANUARY JANUARY

Holocaust Year 13
Memorial Geology Talk
Day by Alison
All Day Saxby S
10:35-11:45, W4

TUESDAY 28 JANUARY WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY

Year 11 Parents Year 7 Science Trip S
& Pupils’
Consultation 09:00-16:00, Oxford
Evening S P

16:45-19:00, Sports

Hall

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THURSDAY 30 JANUARY

Year 12 Regional Geoscience
Competition S
16:10-22:00, Radley College, Abingdon

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY

Year 12 Reward Lunch S
12:45-14:15, The Oracle,
Reading

SATURDAY 1 FEBRUARY - SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY

Model United Nations Conference S
08:00-18:00, Gordon’s School, Woking

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TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY

Year 7 Fire Brigade Visit S
10:35-11:45, Outside Lower School Common Room
Our Year 7 Pupils will be visited by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Services
to learn about the dangers of water and the importance of road safety.

MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY

Young Enterprise Seminar S
16:30-18:00, 1 Friar Street, Reading

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THURSDAY 6

FEBRUARY

Years 9-11
UKMT
Intermediate
Maths
Challenge S
09:10-16:10,

Buttery

WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY

A Level Options Evening Years 12-13 Theatre
(External Pupils only) Trip S
18:30-21:00, Buttery and Richard 16:30-23:00, Oxford

Aldworth Building

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SUNDAY 9

FEBRUARY

Full Dress
Rehearsal
of ‘Our
House’ S
10:00-17:00,

Way Hall

FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY P

Singer-Songwriter Recital S
13:30-14:00, Buttery

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MONDAY 10 FEBRUARY
- FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY

Senior Production
of Our House A
19:00-21:30, Way Hall

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WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY

IStip NQT Regional Berkshire Book Award Shortlist
Training Day Event S
09:30-15:30 14:20-16:10, Denefield School, Reading

Reading Blue Coat is a
Regional Training Centre for
the Independent Schools
Teacher Induction Panel,
and the School hosts
three meetings a year to
accommodate teachers in
training.

THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY

One Reading Blue Coat
Event - Networking
Drinks P OB
18:00-20:00, 159 Friar
Street, Reading

A fantastic chance for
parents to meet Old Blues
and to discuss opportunities
that may appeal to parents
and pupils alike!

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FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY THURSDAY 20 - FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY

Half Term Begins S Rowing: Years 10-13 Training S
16:10 08:00-16:00, Boat House

SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY

Old Blues’ Annual General Meeting OB
10:00-14:00, Pavilion

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FRIDAY 21 FEBRUARY -
MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY

Years 12-13 Psychology
Trip to Prague S

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SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY

Rowing: Years 12-13 GB Trials S
08:00-16:00, Boston, Lincolnshire

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TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

Senior Expedition Parents’ Information Evening P
18:00-19:00, Buttery

TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY

Charity Pancake Day S
12:30-14:15, Olympic Courtyard,
Sixth Form Centre, Way Hall

Mr Colville’s Tutor Group will
be selling pancakes in either the
Olympic Courtyard or in the Sixth
Form Centre, depending on the
weather.

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THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY - FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY

Year 12 Mid-Year Examinations S
09:05-16:10, Sports Hall

THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY

Year 9 Drama Trip S
11:00-19:30, Shaftesbury Theatre, London

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FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY

Jazz Café A
19:00-21:30, Way Hall

TUESDAY 3 MARCH

Year 10 Maths Feast S
09:00-13:30, John Hampden
Grammar School

MONDAY 2 MARCH S WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH

Year 9 Parents & Pupils’ Years 11-13 Cricket Parents’
Consultation Evening P Information Evening P
16:45-19:00, Sports Hall 18:30-19:30, Buttery

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THURSDAY 5 MARCH - FRIDAY 6 MARCH

Year 9 History Trip S
Battlefields in Belgium and France

THURSDAY 5 MARCH - FRIDAY 6 MARCH

Year 10 Model United Nations Conference S
08:00-18:00, Halcyon International School, London

FRIDAY 6 MARCH

Youth Jazz Band Challenge A
18:45-2200:00, Chipping Norton

SATURDAY 7 MARCH

Parents’ Quiz Evening P
19:00-23:30, Buttery

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MONDAY 9 MARCH WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH

Old Blues’ Meeting OB Year 11 Drama Examination
19:30-21:00, Pavilion Performance Evening
18:00-21:00 S

TUESDAY 10 MARCH THURSDAY 12 MARCH

Year 7 Parents & Pupils’ Sixth Form Quiz Evening S
Consultation Evening P 19:00-21:00, Sixth Form Centre
16:45-19:00, Sports Hall
External candidates and Year
11 Pupils by invitation only.

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THURSDAY 12 MARCH FRIDAY 13 MARCH

Chamber Concert Year 5 Taster Day
& Composers’ 09:15-16:00
Concert A
An exciting day full of activities and opportuni-
19:00-21:00, Buttery ties for prospective pupils from local primary
and prep schools to get to know Reading Blue
Coat.

SATURDAY 14 MARCH - SUNDAY 22 MARCH

Woodley Festival of Music & Arts A
All Day, Woodley

On the weekends of Saturday 14 - Sunday 15, and Saturday 21 -Sunday 22
March, pupils from Reading Blue Coat will be performing at the Woodley
Festival of Music and Arts!

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TUESDAY 17 WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH THURSDAY 19

MARCH Year 11 Drama Trip S MARCH
16:10-23:30, London
Higher Years 9-11 UKMT
Education Intermediate
Evening S P Olympiad
19:00-20:30, and Kangaroo
Sports Hall Competitions S
09:10-16:10, Various

Locations

WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH S

Rowing: Years 10-13, Schools Head of the River P
08:00-16:00, London

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THURSDAY 19 MARCH

House Song S
11:40-13:00, Sports Hall

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THURSDAY 19 MARCH

Cheeky Speaky
18:30-20:30, Buttery A

One of Blue Coat’s finest FRIDAY 20 MARCH
Public Speaking events:
certainly for anyone in Rowing: Year 9 Sculling Head S
need of a giggle! 08:00-16:00, Dorney Lake

FRIDAY 20 MARCH - SUNDAY 22 MARCH

Royal Navy CCF HMS Raleigh Weekend S
All Day, Portsmouth

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FRIDAY 20 MARCH

LAMDA Examinations S
08:25-17:00, Buttery and
Boardroom

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

Year 13 Psychology Trip to the
Philip Zimbardo Conference S
08:45-17:30, London

FRIDAY 20 MARCH

Years 8-9 UKMT Team
Maths Challenge S
08:45-16:10, Highdown School,
Reading

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SATURDAY 21 MARCH - SUNDAY 22 MARCH

Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition S
All Day, Venue TBC

MONDAY 23 MARCH

Full Governing Board Meeting
19:00-21:00, Boardroom

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TUESDAY 24 MARCH - WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH

Year 10 Geology Trip S
08:45-18:00, Berkshire Geology

THURSDAY 26 MARCH

Year 12 German
Theatre Trip S
16:10-23:55, National
Theatre, London

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THURSDAY 26 MARCH

Spring Spectacular A
19:00-21:00. Way Hall

FRIDAY 27 MARCH - SUNDAY 29 MARCH

Duke Of Edinburgh Silver Practice Expedition S
All Day, Venue TBC

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SATURDAY 28 MARCH - MONDAY 6 APRIL

Years 8-9 Junior Expedition S
Armenia

SATURDAY 28 MARCH

Old Blues’ Dinner OB
18:30-20:30, Buttery

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WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL

Term Ends S
13:00
Have a great Half Term break!

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