CULTURAL LEARNING PROGRAMME 2020/21 INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY - IMAGINATION - PERSISTENCE - DISCIPLINEÂ - COLLABORATION - EMPATHY
TOP: adventure learning at Patterdale Hall, school's outdoor pursuits centre. BELOW: Year 8 boys live on air at Bolton FM.
CULTURAL LEARNING
CHAMPIONING ARTS AND CULTURE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND AS SCHOOLS TOGETHER Arts and Cultural activities are a staple feature of an 'all round' education at Bolton School. The Boys' Division is an Artsmark Platinum school, a partner in Bolton's Cultural Educational Partnership and a steering partner of the North West's collaborative for the development of creative skills. Our staff participate in local, regional and national cultural education programmes. We believe that every child should have access to the benefits that arts and culture bring. This brochure provides a flavour of our cultural education calendar, indicating pupil projects, school community events, public-facing activities and Schools Together work. Where the programme refers to a 'SPACE' activity, this denotes an activity that is part of fortnightly enrichment afternoons. SPACE afternoons focus upon social, physical, practical, active, aesthetically-engaged, cultural and enterprising activities. Dates are loosely given by month and are subject to change as we settle back into the rhythms of school life after the period of remote learning. 'Children who feel ownership of the arts also feel more confident in their ability to create, challenge and explore; they learn to participate not just in arts activities but within society. Access to the arts is access to our national life. There is a wealth of detailed evidence to show that studying the arts fosters creativity, innovation, empathy, and resilience, and that the arts enrich young lives, making them happier and healthier. The arts also give children the skills needed in a labour market that places an increasingly high premium on creativity.' — Cultural Learning Alliance
SEPTEMBER
RSA Pupil Design Award Launch : Calling all creative problem solvers! Tackle real-world challenges rooted in big societal problems. SPACE: Year 7 and Year 10 - 12 Arts Award Launch & arts and culture research projects Banned Books Week: exploring cultural paradigm shifts through literature Schools Together: pupil think tank sessions on creative competencies and careers in association with Manchester International Festival and The Factory
OCTOBER
Bolton Film Festival: screenings and director Q&A sessions Manchester Literature Festival: follow the festival reading list, attend readings and author Q&A sessions National Poetry Day activities Outdoor Learning: adventure fiction and Lakeland writers focus to complement the Year 7 trip to Patterdale Hall Black History Month: photography exhibition, The Missing Chapter: Black Chronicles Schools Together: poetry reading, Q&A and writing masterclass with Andrew McMillan, in association with The Manchester Writing School
NOVEMBER
Public Exhibition: Françoise Taylor print exhibition Pointes Sêches sur la Guerre Schools Together: Françoise Taylor and Observations of Bolton - pupil urban sketching and place writing project launch Schools Together: creative skills and careers, behind the scenes at MIF and The Factory SPACE: Y8 broadcasting project with Bolton FM
TOP: Pupils rehearse for school's 2018 production of The Tempest. BELOW: Senior boys facilitate a theatre in education afternoon for junior school pupils, playing selected scenes from the 2019 production of A Christmas Carol.
DECEMBER
SPACE: Y8 broadcasting project with Bolton FM Schools Together: pupil podcast recordings about creative skills and careers at The Factory Senior Theatre Production: It's a Wonderful Life, with the Octagon Theatre Concerts: Year 11 Concert, Christmas Festival
JANUARY
Holocaust Memorial Day: Beautiful Phrases Project Launch (based on Anne Frank's Mooie Zinnen Boek) Schools Together: pupil podcast recordings about creative skills and careers with The Factory National Storytelling Week activities (running into February) - traditions of storytelling and exploration of the home cultures within our school community
FEBRUARY
National Storytelling Week activities, continued - traditions of storytelling and exploration of the home cultures within our school community Not Lost, Found event for International Book Giving Day International Mother Language Day activities Year 8 Concert
MARCH
World Book Day activities Shakespeare Week - workshops with theatre company in residence RoughHouse Theatre Lower School Production - A Midsummer Night's Dream with RoughHouse Theatre Senior Musical Spring Concert Outdoor Learning: Year 8 environmental art project at Patterdale Hall as part of pupils' participation in the John Muir Award Schools Together: Youth Commissioning Project with Manchester International Festival and The Factory
TOP: The Joint Senior Concert Band. The band received a Platinum Award at the National Concert Band Festival in 2019. BELOW: The grande finale of the 2019 Bridgewater Hall concert. School's Bridgewater Hall Gala Concert is held triennially.
APRIL
SPACE and ECA: Arts Award skills share activities SPACE: Year 8 Arts and Mindfulness SPACE: Y9 visits to the People's History Museum (National Museum of Democracy) Gig: Battle of the Bands Schools Together / Teenage Journey: Pupil/Parent/Teacher Creative Skills and Careers Conference with BD Parents' Association, MIF and Curious Minds
MAY SPACE: Year 8 Arts and Mindfulness SPACE: Y9 visits to the People's History Museum (National Museum of Democracy) SPACE: Culture Week Schools Together: Françoise Taylor and Observations of Bolton - public pupil exhibition, publication launch of pupil anthology and reading of selected pupil place-based writing
JUNE SPACE: Y7 Arts Award - summary and enrichment Place-based Learning: 'Culture Mile' - in-depth research of people and place, exploring local culture and history / Mass Observation, research methodology and oral history focuses Exhibition: British Culture Archive photography exhibition Concert - Joint Ensembles
JULY
Place-based learning: 'Culture Mile' - in-depth research of people and place Place-based learning: Manchester Cultural Blueprint - socio-cultural exploration of Manchester's literary and musical scenes Exhibition: British Culture Archive photography exhibition