JUNIOR GIRLS’ REVIEW 2014/2015
From the Head...
There is much to celebrate and enjoy on the pages of our Annual Review for 2013-2014. When I look back at the year it amazes me just how much we manage to fit in. Passion for what and how we teach in the pursuit of inspiring and engaging curious young minds occupies us constantly. Here is a snapshot of life in Hesketh House to share and treasure. As a school we remain tireless in our pursuit of ‘what next?’ in the knowledge that ‘success lies upstream – you can’t drift there’.
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Ambassadors
This year, Hesketh House introduced the Ambassadors. Taking the place formerly held by the Prefects, the Ambassadors role gives all of the Year 6 pupils the opportunity to carry extra responsibilities and serve the School in their final year as Junior Girls.
Ambassadors are expected at all times to reflect the values of Hesketh House: respect, honesty, kindness, resilience and responsibility. Their duties are diverse and include welcoming visitors and provided tours, sorting lost property and helping to return items, acting as playground mentors and assisting playground staff, and various other jobs around School. Girls in the role also help to celebrate and represent the Junior Girls’ School at events throughout the year.
All of the Year 6 girls set a great example for other pupils during their time as Ambassadors.
Back Row: Natalia Bromilow, Katie Burgess, Ellen Masterson, Megan Potter, Taya Panter, Daisy Taylor, Mia Short, Helena Lintott.
Front Row: Sarah Al-Falahi, Isabella Hawkins, Lauren Hilton, Louise Perry, Chloe Ferguson, Isha Nunkoo, Amy Scoble.
Back Row: Lily Morrow, Isabel Brennand, Ani Sastry, Emma Payne, Amelia Myall, Trinity Entwistle, Reet Kaur, Sophia Liang, Rhianna Taylor-Birch.
Front Row: Connie Williamson, Millie Ashton, Olivia Sample, Gracie Grundy, Vanessa Wong, Ruby Hill, Rebecca Parkinson, Ariella Tanfield.
Back Row: Katie Wild, Jessica Bailey, Amerleen Hundle, Caris Williams, Estelle Pass, Eleanor Haighton, Rachel Roscoe, Genevieve Storey, Manahil Masood.
Front Row: Maya Peter, Holly Stevenson, Caitlyn Howard, Madihah Jiva, Issy Corrigan, Molly Morrow, Caitlin Foster, Ella-Rose Parkin.
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Music and Drama
Pupils attended the Music for Youth Festival and the AJIS Sings event
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Girls ‘Following the Star’ in this year’s Nativity Celebration
Singing carols at Bolton Market Place
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girls performed their own mini-pantomimes on the Year 6 Drama Morning
The ‘Tales of Hesketh House’ summer concert
“ Something wicked this way comes”
Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1
Romeo & Juliet, Act 5 Scene 3
The Year 6 girls’ interpretation of the famous tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The Young Shakespeare Company’s interactive performance of ‘Macbeth’
“ For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo”
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The Arts
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Winners of the Library’s Pyrate Creative Writing Competition with E. B. Colin, the author of ‘Pyrate’s Boy’
Girls created a wall of ‘Literary Bricks’, each containing a book recommendation, for World Book Day
6 girls achieved highly in their ESB examinations, discussing diverse topics from Egyptian Burials to the Women’s Suffrage Movement to the work of Walt Disney!
Author E. B. Colin discusses some girls’ writing
Poem and artwork created by Year 6 girls for their John Muir Award
Year 3 girls receive certificated for completing the Reading Rewards Recognition scheme.
The Young Writers 100 Word Mini Saga competition entrants
Y3 – Charlotte Harris: Busy, colourful, expressive minds
Y3 – Alexia Howarth: Greek vase design
Y4 - Aboriginal style art inspired by the work of Michael Morpurgo
Y4 – Ai Makino: Oil pastel inspired by Paul Klee’s ‘Castle and the Sun’ (1928)
Y5 – Caitlin Nuttal: Portrait of Jane Seymour
Y5 – Silk Paintings: Silk painting based on studies of Islamic art and Suzani patters
Y6 – Connie Williamson & Manahil Masoon: Hand-painted wallpaper designs in the style of William Morris.
Y6 – Caris Williams: War collage evoking war-torn images from the First World War
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School Celebrates 100/500 Anniversaries
In 2015-2016, Bolton School is celebrating 100 years of the Foundation on its present site and 500 years of education in Bolton. In 1915, Lord Leverhulme brought together Bolton Grammar School for Boys and Bolton High School for Girls under one foundation, split into the Girls’ and Boys’ Divisions that still exist today. In 1516, Bolton Grammar School for Boys was recorded as “a going concern” in what is the earliest known reference to the school that would become part of the Bolton School Foundation, and also the first record of a school in Bolton. The Junior Girls’ School has been involved in a number of commemorative events this year, helping to celebrate the first of these very special anniversaries.
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Hesketh House Tapestry, Centenary Textiles and Blazer
The Junior Girls’ choir sang at the whole school Gala Concert at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall
Port Sunlight
The whole of the Junior Girls’ School took a day trip to Port Sunlight for an amazing heritage lesson. The village was for Sunlight Soap workers in 1888 by William Hesketh Lever, who went on to become the School’s best-known benefactor, Lord Leverhulme. The visit allowed the girls to learn more about Lord Leverhulme and Lady Lever, as well as giving them an insight into Edwardian and Victorian life.
Foundation Family Fun Day
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Pupils took part in the Great Junior Bake-Off as part of the Foundation Family Fun Day celebrations
Zahra Ali abseiled down the School Clock Tower on the Foundation Family Fun Day to raise money for charity
School Events
The School celebrated European Day of Languages by sharing the many different languages spoken by girls’ families
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Girls dressed up as their favourite characters for World Book Day
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The theme for MFL Day was Spain! Girls and staff had a wonderful time skiing in Claviere
Girls performed an Indian dance in assembly
The tradition of Whole School Photos dates back to the Victorian period
Members of the armed forces visited on Remembrance Day
Pupils competed in many different chess tournaments throughout the year, including the Bolton Primary Schools Chess League, the EPSCA Chess Championships and the English Chess Federation Championships, and also took part in the UK Delancey Chess Challenge
The Year 6 Careers Carousel for Junior Girls and Boys this year featured inspiring alumni who went on to a variety of careers – a vet, an entrepreneur, a doctor, an architect, a video producer, and even a Deputy Chief Constable in the police force!
Outdoor Learning
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Mandarin Club made paper lanterns for Chinese New Year
The Year 3 girls learned about healthy eating with The H Factor
The girls were thrilled to meet Olympic and World Champion rower Helen Glover and international athlete Jenny Meadows
Girls took part in a wide range of sports outside of school The netball teams enjoyed a number of matches throughout the year
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The netball teams enjoyed a number of matches throughout the year
Sports
Swimming
The Swimming Teams took part in a number of competitions over the course of the year, including Bolton Primary Schools Swimming Championships, the Greater Manchester School Games and the AJIS Swimming Gala.
Cross Country
Pupils once again competed in a number of cross country events over the course of the year. In spite of cold and wet weather at some of the competitions, the girls’ enthusiasm was not dampened in the slightest.
Sports Day
The sun shone for this year’s Sports Day! The girls had a fantastic time competing in a wide range of sporting activities, cheered on by parents and the rest of their team.
The Year 5 team won the Bolton Primary Schools Swimming Championships
The Year 3 and 4 girls did particularly well, winning first place at the Bolton Primary Schools Fun Run and securing individual medals and the trophy at the Bolton Schools Cross Country Championships!
The girls with their gold medals after winning at the Greater Manchester School Games!
The team won medals at the AJIS Gala Medal winners at the AJIS Cross Country event
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Charity
The Junior Girls joined the ‘Be A Hero’ campaign and raised £231.66 for Children in Need! From traditional superheroes to the girls’ teachers and everything in between, all kinds of ‘heroes’ were represented on the day
You look amazing, Heroes! Pudsey thinks you look pawsome!”
@BBCCiN Twitter
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The Junior Girls’ School put together almost 130 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, sending festive presents to children underprivileged children in Serbia
The Harvest Appeal taught girls the message of sharing, and a vast amount of food donations went to the charity Winter Watch
The Junior and Senior Girls collected 1005 boxes of after-dinner mints to donate to Urban Outreach’s Christmas Hampers
Girls in Year 6 organised a variety of stalls for Charity Afternoon. The £688.79 raised was split between eleven charities!
Girls took part in a sponsored Spelling Challenge, Maths Challenge, or Workout Challenge for the NSPCC, bringing in a staggering total of £4,684.52 for the charity!
Wear A Hat Day for Brain Tumour Research raised £648.96 in jars of small change
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Reverend George of Bolton Trinity Pastorate receives a cheque for £1,222.54, raised through the Smartie Tube challenge for Kimathi Presbyterian School in Kenya
Parents’ Association
Year 6 Leavers’ Event
The PA funded the purchase of 25 ukuleles! Parents had a wonderful time at the Macmillan Coffee Morning and raised £304.63 for charity
Photography Competition
The challenging theme of ‘Unusual Angles’ inspired Hesketh House’s young photographers in this year’s competition, which was run by the P.A.
Winter warmers and café quality at Breakfast Club
Easter Bingo is always popular with the girls
Photo Comp Winners: (left to right) Madihah Jiva, Rosie Crowther, Gabriella De Koussa and Helena Ormerod