Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School
Autumn Term 2024 - WEEK B Wednesday 25th September 2024
Compulsory School
Events-Autumn Term
Carol Service-Monday 16th December 2024
Wednesday 25th September 2024
U10A & U11A AJIS XCountry vs Rossall School – Away. Return: 16:30.
19th Bolton Beavers 4:30 -5:30 pm Beech House
19th Bolton Cubs 6:307:45 pm Brookside
Thursday 26th
September 2024
JuJitsu 4:00-5:00 pm Park Road
LAMDA 4:00-5:00 pm Park Road
Sailing Club 4:00-6:00 pm Anderton Centre
19th Bolton Cubs 6:307:45 pm Brookside
Bolton School’s Cross
Country 4:00-5:00 pm Moss Bank Park
Please make sure you keep up to date with all our news and photographs on X.
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From Mrs. Faulkner
This week we have seen a number of fixtures in the diary, with Cross Country living up to its usual reputation of cold and muddy conditions. Despite this, the boys have battled on and are currently sitting in first place in the Bolton schools league – there are two more rounds to go so we will be keeping our fingers crossed that they can maintain that strong start. We also hosted a very close U10 football fixture against Egerton Primary School this week – it was an exciting game, played to a high standard and with great examples of sportsmanship on show. The final result of 5-5 was probably the most fitting outcome. I’m looking forward to catching some of the Year 3 fixture next Monday. Representing school is something we aim for all of the boys to achieve across the course of the year as it brings so many benefits, including the opportunity to challenge themselves beyond the classroom and collaborate as part of a team in order to achieve a common goal. It is important that the boys understand that they might not always be picked for a school team, with so many boys to select from Mr Grieve and his staff team work very hard to rotate squads and ensure that teams are appropriately matched to the particular fixture or opposition.
Whilst we are still settling into the current term, our minds in school also begin to turn to the year ahead and we are looking forward to our annual Open Morning on Saturday 12th October
Boys in Year 6 would usually take that opportunity to visit Senior School and parents should have received more specific details about that from the Boys’ Division registrar, Miss Fenton. We do usually ask that all Year 5 boys are available to help at Park Road which may include acting as a tour guide, supporting a particular sporting, academic or musical activity. Parents of Year 5 boys have been asked to complete a google form to confirm that their son will be available to support that event, if you have not yet done so, please can I ask that you attend to that as quickly as possible so that we may make those final arrangements.
Mrs Brisk spoke to the boys’ about bringing toys into School. They are allowed to bring one or two small toys/ cars or a pack of cards if they wish, but no large items and we accept no responsibility for lost or broken toys in School.
Eco-Committee
Our Eco-Committee have made a great start to the year. This week we begin to conduct daily litter picks within the school grounds and plan to make regular trips around the school boundary to help keep our community litter free. One of our targets is to save energy in school. We will make daily checks around the school during lunchtimes to make sure that lights and interactive boards are turned off if not in use. Hopefully this will encourage students to do the same at home.
Contacting the School Office
Park Road, BOLTON, BL1 4RD. t: (01204) 434735 e: parkroad@boltonschool.org.uk
Office Hours: 08:15 – 4:15 pm daily For all coach/transport enquiries: Logistics Coordinator: Mr B. Gould, t: (01204) 434711, e: bdmgould@boltonschool.org.uk
Friday 27th September 2024
Fencing 4:00-5:00pm Park Road
Hockey 4:00-5:00 pm Leverhulme Pavilion
Monday 30th September 2024
Judo 4:00-5:00 pm Park Road
Tuesday 1st October 2024
LAMDA 4:00-5:00 pm Hesketh House
Pickleball 4:00-5:00 pm Park Road
Invitational Chess 4:005:00 pm Park Road Angling, 4-5.30pm
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
U11A Cross Country vs Rossall School – Away
19th Bolton Beavers 4:30 -5:30 pm Beech House
19th Bolton Cubs 6:307:45 pm Brookside
News from the Art Room
Great to start the year with a burst of colour as the boys are introduced to or research their knowledge of colour theory. Understanding how colours are made but also of different colours complement each other or create a mood are core pieces of knowledge which will support all artwork- fun too!
HOME exhibition - Creatives Now current exhibition explores the theme of home. This great youth -led space in Bolton Market place is an amazing place to visit and see just what creative things are going on locally. Mr Minta has two pieces in the exhibition alongside artists from all over the world. Pop in next time you are in Bolton.
www.creativesnow.org
Park Road Parents Association
Our first meeting for the Park Road Parents Association will take place on Tuesday 15th October 2024 at 3:30 pm at Park Road. Everyone is welcome.
We are always looking for new ways to raise money for our School and welcome your ideas. Please let us know if you are unable to attend the meeting but would still like to help at any PA events in School.
Achievements
Jasper (6B) had a good weekend competing in the Lowlands Championships in Landgraaf, The Netherlands (Snow World). This was his first international race as a U12 racer. He represented Great Britain against racers from other 'Lowland' Nations (Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Turkey & Hungary) The top 5 international racers in each category on each day scored points for Team GB. Jasper pushed very hard to achieve 4th place positions on both days of racing, gaining a total of 6 points for Team GB who went on to win The 2024 Nations Cup. Well done Jasper!
Sports News
AJIS Cross Country - Last week Year 6 boys ran extremely well at Moss Bank Park for the Bolton Schools' Cross Country Championships. Boys earned first place last week with their incredible team score of 50.
Well done to the following boys for their individual positions: William Darbyshire 5th; George Bleakley 7th; Alex Bernard 8th; Max Hymas 30th. MLB
Football - Well done to boys from year 5 who took part in a very competitive 5-5 draw against Egerton on Monday. An excellent team performance with some brilliant team goals.
Harvest Festival
We are delighted to be supporting Urban Outreach, Bolton again this year and look forward to welcoming Dave Bagley to our Assembly on Thursday 10th October .
All Harvest Donations can be brought into School w/c Monday 7th October 2024. Please see the attached letter for more information.
