Spirit - Girls' Division Magazine 2015-16

Reading the School magazine at the end of the year brings back such wonderful memories! The name ‘Spirit’ is aptly chosen because the essence of our School emanates from every page. As ever, I am struck by the number of articles devoted to the girls’ charitable works and volunteering. In addition, this year, the philanthropic efforts of the staff have been a feature of school life. On page 5, you can read about the trainee teacher in Tanzania, whom Mrs Crowther, Mr Ball and Dr Fielder are sponsoring, following their visit in the summer of 2015. You will no doubt also have heard about/ You will also be able to read about the ‘Well good’ project created by Mr Hitchin and Mr Heppleston, whereby the girls complete Maths questions in order to raise money to build wells in areas around the world where the water supply is a problem. I am so proud to belong to a school community which encourages such activity and gives all members a sense that we should give back in recognition of what we have received. This fact was amply demonstrated in our Inspection Report in the summer term, which praised the girls’ excellent personal and outstanding social development.

There is undoubtedly a Royalist theme to this term’s magazine in a year when we received a visit from HRH The Earl of Wessex to celebrate our association with the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and our commitment to voluntary action in the community. The Head of History has written a tribute to HM The Queen in her 90th year. For those who prefer republics to kingdoms, I hope that the article about Presidential candidate, Hilary Clinton, will be of interest. I imagine that the Politics Society will have quite a bit to say about her next term.

I am impressed to read about all of the trips and activities organised at Departmental level. These play a significant role in the girls’ wider education. Again, to quote from the Inspection report, the pupils were reported as speaking with gratitude about their teachers’ willingness to ‘go the extra mile’. I see this on a daily basis, including in my colleagues’ readiness to lead exciting visits outside of normal school hours.

Finally, I would like to pay tribute to the very talented Year 13, whose creativity is seen in their costumes from the last day of their time at School. The girls created a fabulous world of childhood memories and the fact that they used their celebration day as an opportunity to collect toys and presents for disadvantaged children spoke volumes about what they had really learned in their years with us.

Miss S Hincks, Headmistress

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to this year’s edition of Spirit! This year we were lucky enough to host a visit from HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Essex. With that in mind, we have chosen to focus parts of this edition of Spirit on Royal visits that we have had to Bolton School Girls’ Division. Continuing with this theme, you will also find a very interesting article on the Queen’s 90th birthday; it also considers what our School was like 90 years ago. In addition to this, please find a very interesting article on the possibility of the first female president being elected in America. As always, throughout Spirit, there is an array of our students’ impressive work to see, from Year 3 all the way up to Year 13. Do enjoy reading this year’s edition!

Mrs R Thornborough

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The Queen’s 90th birthday 2 Royal visits to BSGD 3

Duke of Edinburgh Awards Evening 4

The first female president? 7 Year 7 8 Year 8 9 Year 9 10 Year 10

Year 11 12 Year 12

Year 13

Community Action

English Department

Mathematics Department

Geography Department

Business & Economics Department

Careers Department

Psychology Department 22-24 Art Department 25 History Department 26 ICT Department 27 Biology Department 28 Chemistry & Physics Departments 29-32 Music Department 33-35 Technology Department

Religious Studies Department 37 FTT Department 38 Spanish Department 39 French Department 40 German Department 41-46 PE Department 47-50 Hesketh House 51 Staff Leavers 52-54 Alumni 55-56 Destination of Leavers

INSPECTION ACCLAIMS SCHOOL’S EXCELLENCE

We received the highest judgement of being “excellent” in all categories by the Independent Schools’ Inspectorate (ISI) in March following our January Inspection. Meanwhile, EYFS provision received the top judgement of “outstanding” in every category. The Inspection reported on the progress and achievement of children and young women in Years 1-13, covering Beech House (the coeducational Infants’ School), Hesketh House (the girls’ Junior School) and the girls’ Senior School. It included a section on the School’s EYFS provision in the co-educational Nursery and the Reception year at Beech House. The main report found the three Schools to be highly successful in meeting their aim to realise the potential of each pupil, going on to say that the quality of pupils’ achievement and learning is excellent. The inspectors found pupils to have an exemplary attitude to their studies, saying that they apply their skills confidently and reach high academic standards.

Long May She Reign Over Us!

During the past academic year, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, has reached two important milestones. By 5.30pm on Wednesday 9th September, she had reigned for 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes - surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. More recently, the Queen reached her 90th birthday and in doing so, has outlived Victoria by nine years and counting. Her Majesty’s long life can be attributed to a number of factors. For a start, the Queen can thank her beloved mother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who lived until 101. Aside from good genes, the Queen has never smoked, (unlike many of her generation), she eats and drinks in moderation and has enjoyed a long and happy marriage to Prince Philip. According to New York University, a long and happy marriage can reduce the chance of cardiovascular disease by as much as 5%!

Royal birthdays can be quite confusing events. The Queen actually celebrates two birthdays every year: her actual birthday on 21 April and her official birthday on a Saturday in June. Official celebrations to mark a sovereign’s birthday have often been held on a day other than the actual birthday, particularly when the actual birthday has not been in the summer. By the time this is published, the Queen will have hosted a street party for 10,000 people on the Mall - quite some ‘birthday party’.

But what of Bolton School in this period?

The death of Lord Leverhulme eleven months before the birth of Princess Elizabeth was, according to W. E. Brown, (biographer of the school and a former Head of History), an immense blow:

“He had come to the rescue in every crisis, and fought the school’s battles with the authorities. To this end the pupils and parents felt his personal involvement, and his influence were irreplaceable. It would be hard to find a parallel to his position as a twentieth century patron.”

The executors of Leverhulme’s will were alarmed by his grand plans for the School buildings, nevertheless, the Lever trustees were determined to continue to build the school according to Leverhulme’s wishes. Thanks to a generous donation by the 2nd Viscount Leverhulme, the building work continued apace and the new Girls’ Division building was the first to open in 1928.

Many of the commentators writing about the Queen’s long life have considered the huge changes that have taken in British History since her birth on 21st April, 1926 in London. This

was the year of the General Strike, when 1.7 million British workers withdrew their labour in solidarity with the coal industry. At the same time, the British Empire reached its zenith; in part this was due to the additional colonies ceded to Britain by Germany after the First World War, which had only ended seven and a half years earlier.

Of course, the story of Elizabeth’s early life is well known. Her father Bertie (known as George VI) was thrust into the limelight as King in late 1936, when his brother Edward VIII opted for the love of the divorcée, Wallis Simpson. At that point, Princess Elizabeth became heir presumptive and ever since, she has been praised for her devotion to duty and stable presence, especially when there were other royals who found themselves subject to tabloid scrutiny. What does the future hold? Of course, we can expect to see Prince Charles and Prince William taking on more of the Queen’s duties in the coming years. Already Charles has represented his mother at a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and has attended the state opening of Parliament. However, we shouldn’t expect that Her Majesty will be ‘putting her feet up’ any time soon.

Mr. Owen Head of History, Girls’ Division

Well worth the wait!

The new Bolton School Foundation had been in existence for nearly eighty years before it received a Royal Visit but the wait was well worthwhile. It may have been a miserable day on 20 October 1993 but the weather was not a priority in the girls’ minds because it was the day when Her Royal Highness Diana, Princess of Wales, would visit the School to officially open the new Arts Centre. Kathryn West wrote that “near hysteria ruled the corridors when the policemen arrived to take up their posts.” Wearing a pink and navy two piece suit, the Princess was greeted by Lord Haslam and introduced to both the Headmistress and the Headmaster. Lord Haslam said that her presence had transformed a pleasant occasion into a “splendid and memorable” one. Inside the Arts Centre she was entertained by a short performance, by pupils of both Divisions, entitled ‘The Lancashire Grocer and his Bars of Gold’. This told the story of William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme, who had founded the new Bolton School in 1915.

After declaring the Arts Centre officially open by unveiling a commemorative plaque, Princess Diana was presented with a watercolour painting by the Head Girl, Tara Mani and the School Captain, David Mohyuddin. In the Language Centre she was introduced to Japanese student, Mutsumi Ito, who was wearing full traditional dress. Mutsumi was spending six months at School on an exchange programme and teaching Japanese to sixth formers. Before she left, Princess Diana watched as students Richard Chant, James Emerson and Charlotte Young abseiled down the clock tower; and she was greatly amused and delighted when Richard presented her with a box of ‘Milk Tray’ chocolates.

Seven years later, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester visited School on the afternoon of Tuesday 27th June 2000. The visit coincided with Sports Day and the Duchess, who was President of the Lawn Tennis Association, had expressed an interest in seeing some of the afternoon’s events. In recognition of this, the official programme included two tennis games, as well as a 100m sprint by some Year 10 athletes. After being presented with a copy of the Girls’ Division Millennium Book, “So Goodly a Heritage”, the official party, led by Head Girl, Tina Ninan and School Captain, James Brodie, made its way through the Girls’ Division Great Hall and, via the Careers’ Room, into the Boys’ Division, where the official opening of their new Sixth Form Centre took place. After tea, the final item on the programme was an invitation by the School Captain and Head Girl to break a new joint flag, which combined the crests of both Divisions and symbolised the strong progress of the school as it moved into the new century. She described Bolton School as being ‘a delightful place.’

Mr. Eric Fairweather

School Governor and Archivist

Princess Diana opening the new Arts Centre

Princess Diana visited in October, 1993

The Duchess of Gloucester greeting pupils in June 2000

The Duchess of Gloucester being presented with a copy of ‘So Goodly a Heritage’

Duke of Edinburgh Award Achievements Celebrated Take advantage of this opportunity!

The Duke of Edinburgh Awards Evening was held for the second time at Bolton School, cementing its place as an annual event in the School calendar. The Girls’ Division Great Hall was filled with sunshine, as parents and family members were welcomed by pupils who had completed Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards. Each team ran a stand about their walking, sea kayaking, canoeing or biking expedition to give a taste of their experience.

Boys’ Division Headmaster Philip Britton opened the ceremony with a few words about the tradition of Bolton School pupils undertaking Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Pupils typically work towards the Bronze Award in Years 9 and 10, the Silver Award in Year 11, and the Gold Award during Sixth Form. Last year, the School was named the largest independent school provider of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards in the North West and in the top ten schools in the whole of the North.

Mr Britton handed over to Old Boy, Toryn Dalton, who left in 2010, following his Gold Duke of Edinburgh expedition. He returned for the awards ceremony to give his perspective on the Awards. He spoke not only about the incredible memories they gave him, but also how they have helped him in life.

He went into detail about the activities he undertook to complete his Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards, from learning First Aid to playing rugby for School, as well as his expeditions walking, canoeing, and sailing on Tenacity of Bolton. During his Silver expedition, the group faced adversity when one member injured his hand and the team had to decide how to continue with an odd number of canoeists. Making the tough decisions to deal with this problem and working as a team to overcome it, helped prepare him for the journey through university and into life, as did similar

experiences on his Bronze and Gold expeditions. Toryn’s closing message was that the Duke of Edinburgh Awards are a great opportunity to learn transferrable skills. He said, “The experiences I gained from my expeditions are some I’ll never forget. There are few places where you would get such an unrivalled opportunity. Take advantage of it.”

The pupils who achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards this year then took to the stage to receive their awards from Loanna, Duke of Edinburgh NW Operations Officer, to hearty congratulations from the audience.

Several Girls’ Division pupils shared their personal Duke of Edinburgh Award experiences during the ceremony. Olivia Gould in Year 12 and Sarah Ibberson in Year 13 spoke about the skills and physical activities they developed, the volunteering they completed, and their varied expeditions. The audience also heard a speech from Leena Ahmed in Year 11, read on her behalf by her sister Sanaa from Year 10. From collecting litter at a local rugby club, to helping at a youth group for children with disabilities, they all agreed that volunteering was one of the most rewarding aspects of the Awards. They also talked about how their physical and skill sections – whether they chose rock climbing or ballroom dancing, picking up a musical instrument or trying out debating – promoted improvement or encouraged them to try something new. These same activities simultaneously helped pupils to gain confidence, resilience, and other transferrable skills.

Old Girl, Laura Moss, addressed the audience about the importance of adventure. She began by saying, “I might not be the most obvious choice to come and talk at an event like this, because I’m a solicitor. However, I have been an explorer – or at

least, that’s what my nieces call me! I’m going to share with you three ‘lessons from the road’ that I think sum up what outdoor activities can do for you. These are: why writing an essay is a bit like cycling around the world; most people are good people; and anything is possible.”

She talked about her trip around the world, which saw her cycle 13,000 miles through 29 different countries. She described how the trip reinforced the idea that bad things always come to an end, and remembering this helps her in daily life. She also spoke about the kindness of strangers: of the 500 nights of her trip, around a third were spent in the homes of locals, from families in tiny homes in the poorest parts of India to a millionaire in Texas. She linked this to her own Duke of Edinburgh experience, where she was grouped with girls she wouldn’t necessarily have spoken to otherwise, but still found to be “good people”. Finally she talked about how the Duke of Edinburgh Award and how Patterdale opened her eyes to the fact that anything is possible.

Girls’ Division Headmistress, Sue Hincks, gave a closing address about the future of outdoor learning at Bolton School. She further offered the audience the chance to take part themselves in the Duke of Edinburgh Diamond Challenge. Inspired by the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and open to anyone, this challenges participants to take on a challenge of some kind, whether it be an adventure or a personal or skill challenge.

The Duke of Edinburgh Awards Evening was a wonderful opportunity for pupils to share the amazing things they had done as part of achieving their Awards. The ceremony was a fitting celebration of the achievements of the pupils involved.

Miss A Bradshaw

Yes She Can!

Hillary Clinton. Yale graduate. Aspiring astronaut. Senator of New York. First Lady. Secretary of State.

And now, at the second time of asking, she is the front runner in the Democrat Party nomination for the 45th President of the United States. At the time of writing, Clinton is a mere 453 delegates away from defeating Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary election, after triumphantly winning in New York. Biographer, Gil Troy, aptly summed Clinton up as an individual that has “fascinated, bedevilled, bewitched and appalled Americans” in her political career. Voters have the power this year to elect their first female, Jewish, or Hispanic American as Commander-in-Chief. This could prove to be a landmark election; many in America appear ready to elect a female President, but is America ready for Hillary?

Hillary is a fascinating character and formidable politician. Though she rose to national prominence as First Lady for husband and 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, Hillary is a figure of international stature in her own right. At the age of just 13, Hillary Rodham wrote to NASA to apply for a career as an astronaut; she was denied, and told that at that time, this was not a suitable job for a female. She has faced similar difficulties throughout her career: despite graduating from Yale in 1973, being listed in the National Law Journal’s 100 most influential lawyers twice, and elected the first female chair of the Legal Services Corp, the American public only really got to know her

through a recipe for oatmeal cookies in a bakeoff against then First Lady Barbara Bush, wife of George Snr, in 1992.

Those who thought Clinton’s expertise lay in the area of baking alone, were very much mistaken. Hillary eclipsed the image of the First Lady as a matriarch for the President’s family, and embarked on a crusade for improved health care for millions of Americans, chairing the Task Force on National Health Care reform. Although this campaign ultimately proved unsuccessful, it brought the issue of health insurance onto the national stage. She was certainly not the first First Lady to move into the political arena (Florence Harding was a passionate supporter of the women’s suffrage movement and drafted her husband Warren’s speeches; and Eleanor Roosevelt proved a powerful opponent to segregation in the 1940s); however, Clinton possesses the experience of sitting in Congress; she served as Senator for the state of New York from 2001-2009, and worked as US Secretary of State in the first Obama administration.

Hillary is the clear favourite among bookmakers to become the 45th President of the USA. Vice President Biden, speaking on 11th April this year, espoused that “this country’s ready for a woman”. President Obama supported this by expressing a desire for future generations of Americans to be “astonished” at the fact that “there was ever a time when a woman never sat in the Oval Office”. The result of the election is far from a certainty, though. An AP-GfK poll on 8th April this year, found that 55% of

Americans hold a negative opinion of Hillary in contrast, First Man-elect and former President Bill Clinton’s approval rating currently stands at 56%). The views of many American voters are expressed well by Devin Sternadre, a young voter from Ohio: “If it (the election) was held today, I guess I would vote for Hillary. I just wish there were more choices”. With 63% of voters saying that they would definitely not cast a vote for Republican Party frontrunner Donald Trump, it appears as though Hillary might win the keys to the White House as the least dislikeable candidate, rather than the most liked. A nationwide poll of 44,000 voters conducted by NBC-Wall Street Journal predicts that, should Clinton face Trump this November, she’d win by a healthy 328 Electoral College votes to 210. Hillary’s campaign has not been dominated by her gender, and nor should it be. In 2016, 22 nations are led by either an appointed or elected female head of state (though developments in Brazil may see Dilma Rousseff removed from that list due to ongoing impeachment proceedings). By the time this year is out, it could well be 23. If that is so, it will be a ringing endorsement of Clinton’s experience and political ability, rather than her sex. However, the treatment of women in American politics has far to go: I somehow doubt the media will be waiting with baited breath for Bill’s flapjack recipe.

Mr. T Winrow History & Politics Department, Girls’ Division

Just eight years after Barack Obama became the first African-American to enter the White House, is America now preparing for its first female Commander in Chief?

All For Good Causes...

A Tanzanian Teacher!

Mrs Crowther, Dr Fielder and Mr Ball are sponsoring a Tanzanian young woman, Luciana, to become a teacher. They met her on the Tanzania trip in July 2015, when they took 15 girls there to work with the charity, Livlife. Born into abject poverty and from a single parent family, Luciana showed a hunger to learn and a desire to be a teacher - a dream that could never be realised without help, as there is no free route into teaching in Tanzania.

The refreshments from the Alice production, a ‘Just Giving’ page which friends and staff supported and the retiring collection from the May Serenade this year, have helped Luciana to achieve this goal. This year she has completed her ‘Certificate’ in teaching, often having achieved the highest mark in her year, and next year she will be completing her ‘Diploma’ in teaching. We wish her every success!

World Challenge: Link Ethiopia Project

I am writing as Projects Manager at Link Ethiopia to thank you for the work your students undertook with World Challenge at Chechela Elementary School in Gondar, Ethiopia, last year. Before Bolton School Girls’ Division’s visit, the school was very crowded with insufficient classrooms for the number of students in the school; each classroom had to accommodate more than 50 students, with classes becoming more difficult to manage and individual support

for children with special educational needs becoming impossible. The school’s group was able to add to the funding of another donor and provide two new classrooms for the school. Your students helped to lay the concrete floor in these new rooms, paint the internal walls, and paint an educational mural on the outside.

The new rooms have reduced overcrowding increasing the quality of lessons that teachers are able to provide. The new classrooms and murals have improved the learning environment, inspiring teachers inside and outside the classroom.

I hope your students returned to Britain enthusiastic, invigorated and inspired by their view of life in a very different country. I hope you will consider working with us at Link Ethiopia again; we have 20 years’ experience of supporting education in Ethiopia, through school links, child sponsorship, volunteer teaching and a range of school projects.

Thank you again to your students for sharing their time, their hard work and their positive attitudes!

Chequing in with an enormous total!

Cheques were presented to our nominated charities by prefects Emma Hussain, Abbie Humphreys and Tayyibah Khalid. Our charities of the term have been:

The Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust (Samantha Dickson is a 14 years old from North Manchester who was diagnosed with a brain tumour) - £306.52 raised

Rory Dillon, Projects Manager at Link Ethiopia, on the Girls’ Division visit:

The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign (nominated by Mrs Ogden) - £684.33 raised

St Ann’s Hospice (nominated by Caitlyn Smith in Year 7) - £727.33 raised

Year Group Fundraising

Enrichment Corner

Exploring Shakespeare

In the Autumn term, David Crystal, writer of many studies of the English language, visited school to talk to pupils about the topic, Exploring Shakespeare’s Language.

Junior Quiz

The Junior quiz challenge team who went to compete at Bury.

Quiz Club

Year

Year 7 have had a wonderful year, throwing themselves into the wider life of school, as well as their academic studies. The Autumn term saw a wonderful display of their musical talent, when they performed a medley from the Lion King for their parents and form tutors.

They then raised the highest amount at school yet for Cash for Kids: an amazing £2380, by being sponsored to stay silent for a day. The charity representatives then had the opportunity to spend the money that had been raised at the Trolley Dash. Ani Sastry and Marianne Garcia-Cox dropped off all the gifts at the KEY 103 warehouse where they were interviewed live on the radio.

YEAR 7

The Spring term was spent preparing for and enjoying Stratford-upon-Avon. Year 7 were also visited by the English Speaking Union in school where they learnt the key skills of debating and public speaking.

With the Summer term underway, Yasmin Rose had more on her mind than the impending exams. She made a delicious cake to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday - a crown of summer fruits in red, white and blue. It was a winner!

BSGD Apprentice

Recently, Year 8 students took part in the ‘BSGD Apprentice’ task in PSHEE. We were put to the test to come up with creative business ideas to earn a profit. We thought of a range of things to make and sell, from bracelets to potted plants, and everything in between. We managed to raise a fantastic £15,00, which is to be donated to a local charity of our choice.

Charlotte Hughes

ICT Day

In ICT we made a game on the computers using scratch and Playdough. It was very a fun and exiting day. I would definitely recommend it to other years.

In Music, we learnt how to play samba instruments, we acquired lots of new skills and it was a really enjoyable experience.

The whole day was very interesting and there wasn’t a dull moment. It made a nice change to our usual lessons.

8YEAR YEAR

Patterdale

On 23rd September last year, our form made the journey up to Patterdale for three days of outdoor activities. The activities included gorge walking, rock climbing, abseiling, canoeing and an evening of circus tricks. My favourite activity was gorge walking because everyone got to jump off high rocks and plunge into the cold water. The instructors were very helpful and always encouraged you to participate in the activities.

Natalie Taylor-Towers

Guide Dogs

We really enjoyed the Guide Dog talk delivered by Toni Forrest. She was so friendly and open about her life with us. It was important to see how someone’s life doesn’t just stop after they go blind. She truly was an inspiration! Quilla (her Guide Dog) was very well behaved and so cute!

Form 8S

Jodrell Bank

Jodrell Bank was an amazing experience overall for the whole year group. I can truly say it was exciting as we learned a lot about the solar system and about the heritage of Jodrell Bank. The planetarium was definitely my favourite part of the trip as we named the constellations and watched beautiful images of the night sky.

The second trip was very inspiring as we watched Tim Peake’s launch into space. It was truly inspirational to see an ordinary man succeed in something extraordinary. We participated in many activities such as building a mini hovercraft and looking at samples of rocks.

Ria Bansal

Year 9 Children In Need cake sales raised lots of money for the charity

The Year 9 Business Enterprise days took place during the Autumn term. The girls were grouped into teams, and then had to produce a presentation on the theme of the Rugby World Cup. They developed their skills by taking on a variety of roles including project manager, financial officers, catering consultants and marketing executives. The girls had a wonderful day and learnt a lot about working in a role as part of a team.

YEAR 10

It has been a memorable year for Year 10 girls, and, as we move into the summer months, the year group is becoming acclimatised to the demands of their exams ahead. There has been much to celebrate also, particularly the successes of our Young Enterprise groups and those pupils completing their Duke of Edinburgh Award.

The school’s cross-foundation celebration evening on 19th April was a great opportunity for pupils and family members to appreciate the achievements of those taking part. It was fantastic to see so many pupils attend and be presented with their Bronze Award certificates. The hard work hasn’t stopped there, however, as a further group set off for their Silver Award practice expedition on 6th May.

A big well done must also go to ‘Oh Crumbs’, a team of Year 10 girls that received a commendation for best sales stand in the Young Enterprise North West Finals in the face of some fearsome competition.

YEAR 11

Year 11 girls really enjoyed their afternoon at Bolton Lads and Girls Club in March, where they have been encouraged to take part in National Citizen Service; it is a scheme for school pupils aged sixteen and above, offering young people a chance to develop themselves and their citizenship skills outside of school time. A key aim of the programme is to engage young

people in volunteering by showing them that it is something fun that can also benefit them.

Pupils taking part in NCS are placed in groups alongside other young people from schools around Bolton: each group therefore has a unique mix of students, and offers the participants the chance to make new friends. The groups take part in a residential outdoor pursuits week, also involving

team-building activities, to get to know one another and build their confidence. They are given a taste of university life with a second residential week in halls at the University of Bolton; this gives them the opportunity to learn life skills and find out about the issues facing the local community. During the final two weeks of NCS, the group plans and delivers their own community project, which counts as 40 hours of volunteering.

BEST Day Ever!

Year 12 took part in our annual Business Enterprise and Skills Training (BEST) Day. The event involves a series of workshops, each asking the girls to complete business tasks as part of a small group. The workshops consisted of ‘Old Girls’ offering advice about resilience, CV’s, personal statements and how they should brand themselves including on social media. They had a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style challenge where they had to decide on how much of a business they would sacrifice for funds. A session was based on developing a new design for a sleeping bag, including the product name, logo, pricing, and a number of product features that would entice the buyer to choose their product. The final session was about marketing and the various strategies used by companies, from clever pricing to manipulating buyers’ emotions.

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“The Easter egg hunt is really fun.”

apple crumble is better than my gran’s.”

always look forward to the chicken legend.”

enjoyed having mixed Year 12 & 13 forms.”

enjoyed playing Interform Rounders.”

one does Christmas like Bolton School does Christmas.”

Harvest Festival

In the Autumn Term, the whole school participated enthusiastically in the October Harvest Festival, donating generously to the collection for Urban Outreach Storehouse campaign. Members of the Sixth Form filled 30 boxes of produce that helped to feed those in need in the Bolton area.

Year 12 Hours Total

The Year 12 students have approached their volunteering commitments across the region this year with passion and drive, registering over 6550 volunteering hours on the vInspired system, and achieving the highest number of awards in the last 7 years. This includes 18 Gold certificates, acknowledging over 100 volunteering hours. A fantastic achievement!

Tea at the Riley

‘Tea at the Riley’ has grown since its inception in October 2014, and this March’s Tea Party was one of the largest yet, with seventy-five guests joining the girls in the Riley Centre for the afternoon.

The Sixth Form girls asked Junior Girls’ School pupils to help them out with the baking, serving the food and providing entertainment. Year 5 have been doing a unit on the elderly as part of their School work and so this was a great opportunity for them to come and meet the ‘Tea at the Riley’ guests. They brought with them a great deal of energy and enthusiasm for the task and it was lovely for the guests to be able to chat with another age group at the tea party.

Shoebox Appeal

Girls have donated 200 shoeboxes for Samaritan Purse’s Operation Christmas Child. Girls in Years 7 to 13 were asked to fill a shoebox with small gifts appropriate to a girl or boy aged 2 to 4 years, 5 to 9 years or 10 to 14 years. Their effort was supplemented by a large haul of shoeboxes from Years 3 to 6 girls in the Junior School. The pupils helped load up the van and the boxes will be delivered to children in need in Africa and Eastern Europe, in time for Christmas.

The delicious spread of food at this month’s Tea at the Riley showcased the wide range of involvement across the Girls’ Division; the Year 5 girls had helped to make the scones in a special session in the Senior School, while the selection of finger sandwiches were put together by Year 8 Food Technology students, and the delicious cakes and other sweet treats were hand-made by the Sixth Form volunteers.

Fizzy Crisp-Mas Hamper

Over 35 volunteering Year 12 students, split into five enterprising teams, had three weeks from launch to deadline to provide crisps and cans of pop, aiming to create 1200 Christmas food hampers for the town’s neediest households. They encouraged the rest of the Senior Girls to donate 2270 bags of crisps and 514 cans of fizzy drinks, as well as raising £941.78 through bag packing at supermarkets; cake sales; a raffle at Tea at the Riley; a craft sale; a FIFA video game challenge; a stall at the Junior Boys’ Christmas Fair and through other donations. The Junior Girls were also keen to take part in the campaign and filled their Grub Tub with over 250 bags of gold coins, enough for every child who will receive a hamper this year.

Sixth Form student, Victoria Jolley, who played an integral role in organising events, said:

“It has been a privilege to help out with this activity and knowing our work will make someone’s Christmas just that little bit better, gives you a lot of satisfaction.”

All things English...

Creative Writing

Eighteen students from Years 9 to 12 enjoyed a half-term Creative Writing Retreat at Patterdale Hall, the School’s outdoor adventure learning centre, in the Lake District. The group focused on short stories, flash fiction, modern sonnets and landscape poetry and were lucky enough to experience working with tutors, Dr Peter Sansom, a highly respected and well-known poet, and Chris Wakeling, a qualified lawyer and published author. A wonderful time was had by all!

Mandy Coe

Poet Mandy Coe spoke to Year 8 and Year 9 and the Creative Writing Group on Wednesday 27th January, 2016.

The Year 8 and 9s wrote cinquains, while the Group wrote ‘translations’ of Gaellic poetry.

All the girls found Mandy’s visit inspiring: she proved that everyone has creativity within them!

Dear English Department,

I wanted to write to say thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable author’s visit/poetry workshop with you yesterday.

In addition to writing poetry, I also research and teach on the role of creativity in education, and wanted to congratulate you on your strategies to foster creativity through the Year 7 to 9 Journal Lessons, the Writing Retreat and the Creative Writing Group.

When pupils and teachers are confident and supported in taking risks and exploring a fresh approach - creativity thrives. I visit many schools, and, from your pupils’ responsiveness, it’s clear that this culture is paying off!

Good luck to your young writers in seeking publication.

Best wishes

Mandy Coe

Dr Faustus

Another spectacular Joint Production: Dr Faustus. Miss Lord and this year’s cast of Year 10 to 13 students have demonstrated that the most challenging of plays to stage can be the most engaging, thought provoking, moving and entertaining.

Alice

For three consecutive nights in late January, the Girls’ Division Theatre was filled with staff, parents and friends, eager to watch this year’s Joint Middle School Production of ‘Alice’- a modern adaptation and impressive ode to the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale. The cast of 38 boys and girls did not fail to disappoint. The production was a roaring success with superb performances from all involved. Rosalyn Harper, who played the title role, deserves particular praise as she was never off stage- a star in the making!

David Crystal

Some years ago, a Year 13 Language A Level group detected my interest (which they thought was obsessive) in the work of the world famous linguist, David Crystal. As a leaving present they had a T shirt made up for me with his face superimposed on a “six-pack”. On the back it said “My Hero”. Imagine my excitement when, in the Autumn term, I got to meet him in the flesh and get the T shirt signed!

Mrs. E Lowe

Creative Juices Flow at Open Mic Night

Mike Garry, who has been lauded as “the best street poet ever” and “the hardest angel in poetry heaven”, returned to Bolton School Girls’ Division for the third time to host an Open Mic evening. The evening was a celebration of creativity, Mike personally selecting the girls to perform on the night. The overall winner on the night was Year 13 student Natalie Henderson for her work entitled, “You bought me the Amazon”.

The View

The team of journalists in Years 9 to 13 from the Girls’ Division newspaper ‘The View’, enjoyed an inspirational presentation on Journalism from Saiqa Chaudhari, Education Correspondent from The Bolton Evening News. Her advice encouraged the girls to write with confidence and enthusiasm under their new Editor, Maggie Zhou, whether they were interviewing Michaela Strachan or creating a wide range of impressive articles on topics such as the Junior Doctors’ Strike, Fracking, Jeremy Corbyn, film reviews, fashion pages, holiday tips and much more.

Enrichment

The English Enrichment group has been running this year each Friday lunchtime and has been attended by some very dedicated Year 13s and one eager person from Year 12! The aim of the sessions is to explore literature beyond the specification, give students the opportunity to carry out some independent research and then make interesting presentations from their findings.

Creative Corner

Dear Grandad

At first it felt as though you had gone away for a bit, perhaps on a long walk, like you used to when you were young. It seemed as though, at any minute, you would walk through the door in your pale grey anorak and tweed flat cap. Or perhaps you had got lost in the jungle that is the greenhouse, or you had fallen asleep after lunch. But then it dawned on me, you had gone, gone forever and I would never see you again. A black hole had crept into my life and was drawing me in. I would never hear your jokes or daft little rhymes or witness the brilliance of you finishing the crossword without pausing for thought. I think that is what I miss the most, those little things that were so unique to you, things so insignificant that they would usually go unnoticed. The concentration on your face as you read the paper or the smile that tugged at your mouth when you were with family. Though in a way, I think that it’s the little things that pulled me out of the darkness. I knew that these little things would always be with me.

Earthwalk

I dreamt that we were on the moon with stars for sky and white rocks for green grass and Earth was a small place far far away that we gazed up at, whispering before we fell asleep.

I took every breath through a mask and tank and we stepped out side by side in a slow leap kicking up dust and starting a race and when we ran, it was like flying. I hoped we had the chance to escape to the faraway planet and while most stayed and lived out their lives we listened to the old stories of green and blue. I woke and thought of the moon all day and drifted off, my head in the stars. At night I slept a dreamless sleep but my heart was set on Mars.

SAMEERA MOHAMMED

“ Enrichment is a great opportunity to explore any chosen subject which has resulted in fun discussions and interesting presentations that have been really valuable.”

“ I have really loved meeting with likeminded people to discuss many different kinds of literature from Shakespeare’s major tragedies, to Dystopian fiction for teenagers.”

The Flooded Cellar

You would never once think that recounting stories about your wife to some bus-driver would land you in a psychiatric ward. I told tales of mermaids and a kingdom under the ocean. I told him about Helena, the mermaid with the white-blonde locks and blue eyes; the way the water made her hair flow back from her face, made her eyes glassy and pale, yet gave her skin this almost supernatural blue glow. In my eyes, she was an angel of the sea. In my eyes she was anything I could hold onto.

The stories continued, as I spoke of the wonders of ocean, how I tried so many times to follow her there. I am still adamant I saw her, enticing me to join her in the bottomless depths. Finishing my story, he had told me to wait a second, which he then followed frightfully talking into his phone. I had tried once more. Turning the key, running down the cellar stairs again and diving.

EMILY MANOCK

Marvelous Mathematics...

The Mathematics department’s annual lecture series began in September by Dr Parnell explaining “How to keep safe on a bungee rope”. Dr Broome, the admissions tutor from Manchester University, spoke to Sixth Form pupils in October and later in the year, Dr Fazer’s talk on ‘Fractals’ took pupils on an exploration of the infinite. In April, Professor Grady, a scientist involved in the landing of the Philae spacecraft onto the Rosetta comet, gave pupils a tour of space. £100 has been donated to the NSPCC, raised during this series of Mathematics lectures.

In January, Year 10 and 11 pupils from Girls’ and Boys’ Division and from surrounding schools were invited in to attend a Saturday Maths enrichment morning. There were a wealth of entertaining talks and performances, including ‘Patterns in Juggling’ and ‘The Mathematics of Rock Guitaring’.

That’s “Well Good”

We created our website well-good.org this year and it has proven to be incredibly successful. By answering mathematics questions on well-good.org, pupils have managed to fund a water project in Tanzania, as well as funding the construction of a well in Pakistan. Our girls have answered more than half a million mathematics questions and the website now averages over 100,000 hits per month. Bolton School PA and a number of local businesses have made this possible through their sponsorship. To view the TV news item, go to well-good.org and follow the link: https://youtu.be/6UiLbq4u5i4

In December, Year 10, 11 and 12 pupils were taken to the annual ‘Maths Inspiration’ lectures in Manchester. Pupils were guided through a whirlwind tour of the mathematics behind everything, from fashion to the fourth dimension.

Many pupils from all year groups have again taken part in the National UKMT challenges and team challenges with many receiving certificates for their achievements. Congratulations to all

The Mathematics Primary Liaison day saw Year 6 pupils from twelve local primaries attend a fun-filled afternoon of puzzles and challenges.

Geographers have been out and about again this year, seeing Geography in action. Year 9 visited Ambleside to assess the impact of tourism in the Lake District, whilst Year 12 discovered hidden gems in Manchester and studied the multicultural society that makes up Cheetham Hill. The Christmas markets attracted Year 11

whilst they were studying Manchester’s urban change, and Year 13 attended a Plate Tectonics conference. Year 10 also visited Ambleside, on a very sunny April day, and Year 7 have just had an interesting and relaxing trip to Formby to learn about the management of the sand dunes and to spot the red squirrels. The highlight of

Geography in action... Annus Mirabilis!

the year for some intrepid Geographers, was the opportunity to travel around the northern tip of Cuba. The highlights were the Eco- village of Las Terrazas, the colonial hotel of Havana, Che Guevara’s mausoleum in Santa Clara, Hemingway’s home in a Havana suburb and dipping toes in the clear blue Caribbean Sea.

CLASSICS DEPARTMENT

The Classics Department has had its usual round of trips this year beginning as usual in September with the Year 7 trips to Manchester. We studied the various forms of neoclassical architecture as we walked through the city to the Art Gallery; here our ‘culture-vulture’ Year 7s observed the classical themes and subject matter in Renaissance paintings and enjoyed the vivid vitality of the Chariot Race painting.

The Year 11 Classics students enjoyed a similar trip but went further afield, to London, to take in the classical treasures of the British Museum, including the Elgin Marbles of which the British are still the current proprietors. We also enjoyed the exquisite classically themed paintings and neoclassical architecture of the National Gallery. Year 9 ventured to ‘Eboracum’ at a time of year when Christmas decorations enhance the already stunning beauty of one of England’s most visited cities. The Minster is particularly alluring at Christmas and the remains of the Principia underneath the more recent structure are a reminder that some of our cities would not be what they are today without the Roman invasion and subsequent Roman influence.

We joined with the Art and History Departments for a series of seminars on ‘Democracy through the ages’, no doubt inspired by the election and the general politically febrile atmosphere generated by the succession of voting opportunities being offered by referendums.

We ended the series with a visit to the People’s History Museum.

Meanwhile Miss Frazer was keeping some Year 7 and 8 girls busy in the Classical Society making Roman-style mosaics; they seemed to get more elaborate as the year progressed. I’m sure the Greek vases and Roman mosaics our girls have made over the years would give the ancient craftsmen a run for their money.

All in all another ‘annus mirabilis’ for Bolton Girls’ Classics Department.

Year 9 girls enjoying an exciting day learning about Classical history in York

Year 9 enjoyed the October sunshine when they visited Ambleside to conduct a traffic count.

Year 12 discovering regenerated areas of Manchester city centre.

Business is booming!

Target 2.0

The Target 2.0 competition in the Autumn term saw Year 13 economists Amy Hadjinicolaou, Neha Jeyam, Zaynab Badat, Lucie Burley and Maggie Zhou produce an excellent presentation on assessing numerous economic variables in order to set an appropriate interest rate.

Young Enterprise

Business

Economics Department!

Throughout the year, the Young Enterprise teams have been hard at work producing and selling their products. This year we had three teams: two from Year 10 (Oh Crumbs and The Little Light Co.) and one from Year 12 (Monochrome).

In the Bolton and Bury Area Final, The Little Light Co. won Best Report whilst Oh Crumbs won Best Company and went on to the Greater Manchester Final in early May. They were up against some fierce competition but managed to win Best Trade Stand: an excellent achievement!

‘Your Future in Europe’ Conference

The Spring term saw a joint trip to Paris with the French department to attend the ‘Your Future in Europe’ Conference. Apart from the public transport strike and questionable hotel food, the trip was a great success. The girls saw all the sights Paris has to offer, as well as listening to some high profile economists, business gurus and politicians at the conference.

It has been another busy year for the

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Visiting Alumni advise on Careers and Higher Education

Fiona Ashworth

Law continues to be a popular course at university and so we were delighted to welcome back Fiona Ashworth, a barrister at King’s Chambers in Manchester. Fiona studied Law at Leeds University after leaving Bolton School in 1984. She is now a leading Personal Injury practitioner specialising in chronic pain cases.

Kate Parr

Kate Parr left Bolton School in 1994, having joined us in the Sixth Form and went on to study Accounting and Financial Analysis at the University of Newcastle, graduating with a First Class Honours Degree in 1997. She joined the KPMG Graduate Programme straight from university, initially in the Audit Department and latterly worked in the Tax Department. In 2010, Kate joined JD as their in-house Tax Manager. Her talk focused on the advantages of qualifying with a ‘Big 4’ firm, how employers view A Level versus Graduate candidates and what employers are looking for in a CV and interview.

Victoria Lyle

It was great to see Vicky Lyle again as she really demonstrated how it is possible to change career direction. She left school in 1990 and after a gap year, a degree in Business Studies and a year working in London, she returned to university to do a Physiotherapy degree at Bristol (1996). Since qualifying, she has enjoyed a varied career, from her basic training to specialisation in orthopaedics.

Grace Gordon

Entrepreneur, Grace Gordon, left school in 2007 to study Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, where she set up and edited an award winning fashion magazine. It was her extra-curricular success that helped her win her first job working in London for an American retailer. A trip to a Turkish development factory inspired her to set up her own business, specialising in luxury leather products. In her fascinating talk she described how starting her own company wasn’t without its challenges but it has grown significantly since the early days and she has just employed her first employee! You might like to look at Grace’s website: www. grace-gordon.com.

Emily Whittle

Emily Whittle was a pupil at Bolton School from 2004 to 2011. She recently qualified as a speech and language therapist after studying at De Montfort University in Leicester and now works on a hyper acute/rehab ward at Whiston hospital, assessing patients’ ability to communicate after having a stroke. In her talk, Emily explained how speech therapists are also responsible for assessing swallowing and placing people on modified diets and fluids. She works alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, dieticians, doctors, consultants, nursing staff and many more!

Florence Hughes

This year, in the Careers Department, we have made an even bigger effort than usual to involve alumni in our programme to help celebrate our special anniversary as a school. Alongside the Careers and Higher Education Fair in October last year, to which many old girls came, we hosted a whole day of talks given by previous students in February. They represented an amazing array of different career areas and inspired pupils from Year 11 upwards to consider their own future paths after school. We

Florence Hughes, Fashion Designer, gave a very popular presentation. Having attended Bolton School from 1999-2009, she graduated from the University of Westminster with a BA Fashion Design Degree last year and her graduate collection was featured in Avenir Magazine and Vogue Italia. Initially Florence worked as a freelance designer for Alfred Dunhill and Cath Kidston but more recently she has taken a position with Topshop, as Assistant Designer for Bags, Accessories and Hosiery.

are always pleased to hear from old girls and invite them back into school. If you are one of them and would like to share your experiences, please contact Mrs Lowe on elowe@boltonschool.org

It’s all in the mind...

This year the Psychology department has been getting to grips with the new specification, which we started teaching in September. New topics include Psychopathology - which consist of explanations and treatment for phobias, OCD and Depression - Attachment, Approaches and Research Methods.

The girls are looking forward to the Year 2 topics; Forensic Psychology, Gender Development and Schizophrenia as well as discussing issues and debates that surround Psychology - gender and cultural bias, nature vs. nurture and the issue of freewill - do we have choices or are our decision influenced by factors outside of our control?

Year 12 comments:

“I had never studied Psychology before yet I have always been interested in it. The start of the course was learning about the core areas of Psychology, different approaches and methods used. The whole course is diverse and enables areas for everyone to be intrigued. My favourite topic is Social Influence as it is easily relatable because it affects everyone and can be measured against everyday life.”

Faye Hughes

“I like social influence and eyewitness testimony in memory.”

Anushka

“ I wanted to do Psychology because of books I had read.”

Caitlin

“The open evening was really good and I like Psychopathology.”

Liv

“I find it interesting to find out how people think and act.”

Charlotte

The Psychology department has grown to include 11 groups of AS students across the foundation and 5 groups at A2 - here are some of the reasons the girls have for choosing psychology and their thoughts on the subject as they prepare to set out on the next chapter in their lives.

Year 13 comments:

“

From the fun teachers, to a budding love of Freud, there is never a dull moment. I decided to choose Psychology for A level as I’d always had an interest in human behaviour, its causes and why we act differently in certain situations. From studying Psychology over the past two years, it is safe to say my love for this subject has grown, so much so that I have chosen to study Criminal Psychology at University later this year.“

“ Psychology is full of interesting topics and debates. From experiments to projects, the department lets us be creative in our learning and gives us opportunities to go further in exploring Psychology. The lessons have ensured that I feel confident in my work and I’m finishing my A Levels with an enthusiasm for and knowledge of Psychology that I value highly.”

Charlotte Hopkins

Maureen Ndahiro

Art Clubs 2015-16

This year’s three Art Clubs have been organised slightly differently, to accommodate girls from each Middle School year group. Some keen girls have, therefore, been able to attend more than one club each week to extend their creative skills.

Watercolour Club has been a new initiative, run by Mrs Crowther on Tuesday lunchtimes, with the invaluable help of Nuala Fowler, the department’s talented Art Prefect. The tasks have enabled girls to learn a variety of technical and creative skills using stage by stage photographs and videos.

As always, part of the Autumn term was dedicated to the Christmas card competition. The standard of entries was very high and the winner, whose painting of a tree with robins in a snowstorm was chosen to be the design on the School Charity Christmas card, was Manahil Masood from 7C.

In addition to this, during the Autumn term, a group of 20 enthusiastic Middle School girls, under Mrs Fisher’s guidance, designed and created some fabulous, colourful ceramic fish.

In the Spring term, Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day were the inspiration for some beautiful ceramic hearts. Thoughts of sunshine in the Summer term have inspired designs for ceramic suns, which will be gleaming and shining with bright glazes as the holidays approach.

Drawing Club on Wednesday lunchtimes, run by Miss Fazackerley, has been the third new club this year. The varied themes during the year have allowed the budding artists to develop new representational drawing skills in a range of media. Themes have included Draw Yourself!

Christmas Snowflake, Animal Magic and the girls’ Own Choice, including hands, eyes, costume design and still life.

Cover Champion

Year 13 pupil, Nuala Fowler, has had her artwork featured on the front cover of the 2016 Specialist Crafts catalogue. She has also received a voucher for £100 to spend on art supplies as a reward.

“I was really excited and quite shocked when I heard my design had been chosen.” Nuala said. “The painting was part of my AS-Level. I’d seen quite a few painters who did city scenes and I was inspired by that, particularly rainy scenes. I went around Manchester at night, visiting my favourite places, and took photos. I tried to capture the movement of the cars to get the movement of the city. One of the artists I was inspired by was Michael John Ashcroft, who does city scenes in Manchester.”

This follows the Girls’ Division Art Department submitting pupils’ work to the Specialist Crafts Art Gallery for consideration in the 2016 Cover Competition. In addition to Nuala’s piece winning the coveted spot on the cover, work by a number of other pupils was also featured in the catalogue: Year 12 pupils Coris Craggs and Jessica Broome, Year 13 pupils Laura Hainey and Iman Orths, and recent leavers Emma Jackson and Robyn Lomas. The School received a £275 voucher in addition to this.

Specialist Crafts were really impressed by the high standard of all the work by Girls’ Division pupils and offered their congratulations to everyone featured in the catalogue.

Year 13 student, Laura Hainey, has also submitted her work to the Specialist Crafts Catalogue Cover Competition. Her work ‘Untitled’ was selected as one of the featured works in the September edition, and as a prize for being shortlisted, she won a £75 voucher. The judges were very impressed by the high standard of work submitted to the competition, and will have a hard job ahead selecting the overall winner.

Nuala with her winning artwork

Laura with her artwork

GCSE Work

Sophie Brown, Year 10

Khadijjah Ali, Year 10

Zoe Ashworth, Year 11

Niamh Knowles, Year 10

Ruby Browne, Year 10

Jessie Harper, Year 11

Eleanor Shaw, Year 11

Kiran Cheema, Year 11

Molly Marshall, Year 11

Hester Grange, Year 11

Emma Higginbottom, Year 11

Olivia Swarbrick, Year 11

Lauren Crowther, Year 11

Hannah Robinson, Year 11

Emma Jordan, Year 11

Olivia Smith, Year 11

Isabel harper, Year 10

Elspeth Rollinson, Year 11

A level Work

Penny Booth, Year 12

Lauren Hurst, Year 12

Nuala Fowler, Year 13

Jessie Sou, Year 12

Libby Lupton, Year 12

Megan Preedy, Year 12

Iman Orths, Year 13

Historical Happenings

At October half term the History department ventured to Belgium for it’s second trip to the First World War battlefields in as many years. In the Armistice assembly back at school, Alexandra Graham of Year 10 spoke movingly about what she had seen:

The visit was extremely interesting whilst at the same time being a very moving experience as it is only when you see the memorials that you truly comprehend the scale of human sacrifice during the Great War. It was supposed to be the ‘war to end all wars’ but this was not to be the case and it certainly left me agreeing with Wilfrid Owen’s sentiment about the ‘old lie’ that is: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

In November, Year 9 girls visited the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Amara Vijaradurai writes:

When we went to MOSI we looked at the history of the cotton industry, mainly in North West England and how it affected the British economy. We learnt that the cotton was imported to the UK in cotton bales from countries with warmer climates (like the southern states of the USA) and sent to local factories to be processed through many different machines. In the museum we also saw the world’s first railway station and my favourite part was going through the tunnels and learning about old and modern day water usage

In February, Year 8 pupils went to the Liverpool Maritime Museum in order to learn about the transatlantic slave trade. Stephanie Holland (8S) writes: I saw many things. I saw harrowing recreations of brutal environments into which the slaves would become accustomed. I saw horrible collars and other things made to hurt the slaves. That said, I also saw the beautiful clothes that the slaves made, and the empowering ways that they fought the system.

Inspired by this visit, members of History Club have been exploring slave resistance further by creating their own quilt code patterns of the Underground Railroad, which was a route taken by escapees to get away from the slave owning states in the southern United States. The pictures show the code of the North Star, which many slaves followed, and a symbol for where they could find shelter.

Also in February, GCSE History students were invited to see a show performed by Peter Gill. In this one-man play, “Private Tommy Atkins” reflected on the Great War and its dramatic impact on history. Of the climactic scene, Nicola Li (Year 10) writes:

Tommy told his story of how on December 24th 1914 he shouted “Fritz! Fritz! Merry Christmas Fritz!” to the other side of the trenches after the soldiers heard the Germans sing Silent Night and other Christmas songs, and how someone

on the other side yelled back “Tommy, Fröhliche Weihnachten Tommy!”

The Bolton Branch of the Historical Association has continued to meet in the Girls’ Division. The History Department and the Branch have been particularly grateful to Year 12 girls who have helped with tea, coffee and general administration. Below, Cerys Baines (Y12) writes about one particular lecture on King Charles I, which caught the imagination of our Sixth Form: Professor Richard Cust, a historian who has dedicated much of his career to the study of Charles I, delivered a highly captivating lecture about the early reign of Charles I. He spoke about a man who was never expected to become King, and who, after living in the shadow of his elder brother Henry and his glamorous sister Elizabeth for the most part of his childhood, was suddenly thrown into the public limelight.

Finally, the Politics Club has been working hard to create their own political party, culminating in a whole School election. Congratulations are due to the clear winner, the Union Improvement Party, who beat competition from the Allegiance Party and Future Conservatives. The group has been equally busy since, as two teams faced off in preparation for our full school referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU in the final weeks of this half term.

Girls pay their respects on the Belgium visit

Sixth Form Politics pupils in Westminster hall

History club’s creative work on slave resistance

Year 8 present their slavery research in Liverpool

Year 9 are givien a demonstration of a cotton spinning machine

Year 11 at the Imperial War Museum

Computing...

Year 8 Computing Event

In September, all Year 8 pupils participated in a half-day Computing event. They worked in teams of 3 or 4 and completed a range of challenges based on various computing themes. Pupils designed a flowchart which mapped out the steps to a well-known dance, played Binary bingo and solved a range of binary challenges to produce QR codes that, when scanned, revealed well-known figures from the world of Computing.

UK Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge

In November, all pupils in Years 7 to 9 and some from Year 10 through to Year 13 (368 pupils in total) took part in the BEBRAS challenge. The challenge is designed to introduce Computer Science and computational thinking to all students.

The competition was split into several levels depending upon year group – Junior (Years 6 and 7), Intermediate (Years 8 and 9), Senior (Years 10 and 11) and Elite (Years 12 and 13).

The following pupils achieved best in school:

Best in School, Junior Level: Victoria Wong

Best in School, Intermediate level:Lauren Whitaker

Best in School, Senior level: Anika Patel

Best in School, Elite level: Evangeline Wright

A level Computing project

Maggie Zhou in Year 13 has developed a Chinese translation program for her Computing A Level project.

Maggie designed her program to enable pupils to enter a news story web address. The program would then display the news story translated into Chinese and the user could choose to add some or all of these words to a translated words list, as well as to add any new words which the user does not understand. The translated words list could also be printed out to aid with revision.

Biologically Bolton...

Year 10 Biology Challenge

Many of our Year 10 students took the Biology Challenge on-line quiz (run by the Institute of Biology) earlier this year. Questions were set from the school curriculum but the Biology Challenge also acknowledges those students whose knowledge of the subject has been enhanced by reading subject specific books and magazines, watching natural history programmes and taking notice of the news media for items of biological interest.

Huge congratulations go to Amelia Wood, who achieved a Gold award and to Georgina Crowther, Amelia Bolton, Sêren Davies, Chloe Hendry and Viola Hilton, who achieved Silver awards. 20 students received Bronze Awards and 38 were Highly Commended or Commended. Congratulations to all who participated.

British Biology Olympiad

The British Biology Olympiad challenges and stimulates gifted students with an interest in Biology to expand and extend their talents. In offering a wider syllabus than A-level, it allows gifted students to demonstrate their knowledge and to be publicly recognised by the award of medals, certificates and other prizes. It is hoped that competing in the Olympiad will encourage students already interested in this valuable, wide-ranging and rewarding subject to continue their study beyond A-level.

Huge congratulations go to the students who took the Biology Olympiad. Eleanor Harding, Jainee Patel and Fiona Cooper achieved Silver Awards; Saamin Cheema achieved a Bronze award; Isabelle Pearce and Tara Jeyam were Highly Commended and Amy Lyons was Commended.

Anatomy Club

Years 11, 12 and 13 students have been dissecting eyes, trotters, owl pellets and fish in the hope of learning more about anatomy! Not only have dissections been carried out but skeletons have had muscles attached, origami models have been constructed and attempts have been made at suturing pig skin.

STEM day at Edgbaston School

Year 10 students visited Edgbaston School for a STEM day.

On the STEM day we were first given a talk by Robert Winston who told us all about the importance of science in the modern world and for the local community. We took part in three different workshops, each focusing in on the different aspects of STEM: first Physics, where we were able to see the many things liquid nitrogen could do; then Engineering, where we were to build a device that would keep two astronauts safe whilst landing the Mars Rover (we were given a limited supply of equipment, including paper cups, straws and marshmallows); and lastly we had a talk from Dr Blythe, who spoke about many inspirational women in science such as Ada Lovelace. It was a very inspiring and helpful day, in which we learned about the different opportunities available.

by Sara Patel

Environment club

Planting seeds and spring bulbs and making bat boxes have been the focus this term for the members of environment club. They have also recycled fabric to create makeup bags. They have had a lot of fun!

Mrs Walsh and Mrs Dalzel-Job

Participants of the Year 13 Biology Olympiad

Cool Chemistry

Crest Awards Chemistry Olympiad

A group of girls in Year 9 and a brave handful of Year 8 pupils participated in the British Science Association’s Crest Awards, which involved undertaking a science based project of their own choosing. Year 8s completed their Bronze awards and Year 9s earned Silver Awards with 30 hours of individual scientific work.

Each year, over 32,000 CREST Awards are undertaken by 11 to 19-year-olds, giving them opportunities to explore real-world science, technology, engineering and maths projects in an exciting way.

Reflecting on her project “Analysing the differences between store bought and homemade aspirin”, Year 9 pupil Hafsa Syed, said: “My experience of taking part in the Silver Crest Award was one which I will definitely remember for a long time. I was given the opportunity to choose and study a topic which interested me. I used a variety of equipment and chemicals, some of which would not have been available to me until I began my A-Level courses.

I improved my understanding of certain aspects of Chemistry and I was supported throughout the entire project. The most important thing I have learnt, is that sometimes experiments fail and there are many problems which you encounter along the way. However, all of these problems

Well done to all those pupils who took part: Lauren Whitaker; Lauren Pursey; Amy Potter; Amy Mackie; Rachel Care; Emma Sellwood; Ella Fullelove; Neha Bagewadi; Anna Clark; Carla Law; Lima Assi; Shivani Chohan; Safia Kapadia; Sharon Daniel; Ingrid Lam; Mariyah Karim; Hesa Syed; Hana Hanif; Maha Azhar; Sana Riaz; Sanaa Hafsa; Nabilah Thagia; Maimoona Ghanchi.

The International Chemistry Competition provides an opportunity to stretch and challenge post-16 students studying Chemistry. The UK selection process is supported by INEOS, the world’s third largest producer of chemicals, and who is involved in the production of paints, plastics, textiles, medicines and mobile phones. The chemicals manufactured by INEOS are used as building blocks for many aspects of modern life.

The first round comprises a highly challenging written test of chemical knowledge, lasting two hours. The Round 1 paper was taken in February this year and a silver certificate, which is a very impressive achievement, went to Amy Kadodwala. Certificates of participation were awarded to Eleanor Harding and Tayyibah Khalid. Well done to the girls for taking part!

Ms Teichman

PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Keble College, Oxford

On Wednesday 30th March, ten Year 10 students from BSGD, along with 38 students from other schools in the Bolton area, boarded a coach for what was to turn out to be a memorable visit to Keble College, Oxford. We arrived to sunny weather which allowed us to fully explore the beautiful city of Oxford.

During Thursday and Friday morning the students attended the Chemistry, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science and Physics departments, where they were provided with hands-on activities and lectures. All the events were fascinating and our students participated intelligently and enthusiastically making an excellent contribution to their learning.

Each evening, the students threw themselves into the team challenges offered by the accompanying staff. These included a quiz and an egg throwing competition! A great time was had by all. Fiza Hussain commented that the visit to Oxford had been an amazing experience. Her sentiments were echoed by Zineerah Bax, who added that she had gained an excellent insight into what she would like to do in the future and what the daily life of a university student is like.

improve your ability to solve problems and to persevere with patience, no matter what.”

CREST Robot 2016

Amy Kadodwala

Musical Notes...

The Music Department has enjoyed another busy and successful year, packed full of outstanding concert performances both in school and in the community. Alongside this, students have achieved some of the highest ever ABRSM and Trinity exam results and there has been significant competition success for individuals and ensembles.

In October, preparations turned to the Girls’ Division Autumn Concert, which was held in the Girls’ Division Great Hall and featured a number of the Schools’ joint ensembles, as well as the first ever Year 8 medley! Other highlights of the evening included the Middle School Choir supporting soloist Rachel Care (Year 9); the Intermediate Concert Band’s exciting rendition of ‘Kongolela’; and the Joint Senior Orchestra’s performance of Smetana’s beautiful ‘Vltava’. In November our service of Remembrance was a poignant and moving occasion, featuring the talents of the Accidentals and vocal soloist, Riya Kalhan (Year13).

The centenary celebrations continued at the start of the Summer Term with an Evensong service at Bolton Parish Church. The Evensong was a fantastic opportunity to feature choral talent from across the entire Foundation, and the Joint Chamber Choir were joined by the Hesketh House and Park Road Choirs, as well as the Friends of Bolton School Community Choir. There were so many beautiful performances throughout the service!

The May Serenade was our chance to say farewell to the Year 13 students who have all made a significant contribution to Girls’ Division music during their time at Bolton School, and the Senior Choir’s beautiful offering of Fields of Gold has quickly become a Girls’ Division tradition to wish the outgoing Year 13s the very best for their futures. Other highlights of the May Serenade were solo performances from Olivia Sample (Year 7), Isabel Harper (Year 10), Abigail Holt (Year 11), Rebecca Butchart (Year13) and Riya Kalhan (Year 13), as well as a wonderful set from the Joint Chamber Choir and a fantastic Senior Concert Band finale.

The Spring Gala Concert, took place at Hulme

13 March

celebrations. In the beautiful setting of Lord Leverhulme’s visionary village, over 150 students participated in this fantastic event in front of a full house. Highlights of the concert included the Joint Senior Concert Band’s outstanding performance of the fiendishly difficult ‘Riverdance’ suite, and the Joint Senior Orchestra’s grand finale of the 1812 Overture.

of the Bolton School

Congratulations to all girls who have achieved places in regional and national ensembles and at conservatoires. The following pupils are all currently members of either the Halle Youth Orchestra, RNCM Junior School or the Greater Manchester Hub Brass Band or Wind Band: Rebecca Butchart, Olivia Sample, Rachel Care, Vasudha Marthi, Sally Cowling, Chloe Tsang, Abigail Holt, Jacqueline Jones-Humphrey, Samantha Schofield and Joanna Pemberton.

In the Spring Term, the Annual Senior Girls’ Music Festival took place with outstanding solo and small ensemble performances given by the girls. The adjudicators were extremely impressed with the level of participation and the mature and confident performances.

Hall, Port Sunlight on Sunday

as part

Centenary

Chamber Choir at Evensong

Girls’ Division String Ensemble at May Serenade

Senior Flute Quartet

Music Festival Prize Winners

The Accidentals at the May Serenade

Middle School Choir at Port Sunlight

Girls’ Division guitar group at the May serenade

Joint Percussion Ensemble at Port Sunlight

Jazz Band at Port Sunlight

Senior Saxophone Choir at Port Sunlight

ABRSM Exams Summer 2015

Name

Caroline

Caroline

Pante’a Habibi Piano 2 Pass

Charlotte Crook Singing

Alice Higginbottom Violin 3 Pass

Ria Bansal Singing

Madeleine Bodger Saxophone

Eve Birtwhistle Singing

Jess Kay Singing

Lucy Rowlands Piano 4 Pass

Trinity Exams Summer 2015

London College of Music Exams Summer 2015

Roxanne Asumu

ABRSM Exams Autumn 2015

Name

Instrument Grade Result

Jessica Willcock Theory 5 Pass

Nina Simon Theory 5 Merit

Jacqueline Jones-Humphrey Violin 5 Pass

Ayesha Safri Piano 1 Pass

Nicola Li Piano 4 Merit

Inika Vardhan Violin 3 Pass

Harriette Camus Piano 5 Merit

Amelia Myatt Theory 5 Merit

Charlotte Johnson Theory 5 Merit

Rebecca Calderbank Piano 4 Merit

Sonali Daniel Violin 5 Pass

Emma Hussain Piano 6 Pass

Sarah Ibberson Alto Saxophone 8 Merit

Victoria Wong Piano 1 Distinction

Ani Sastry Piano 3 Pass

Olivia Stubbs Violin 2 Pass

Anna Clark Violin 3 Pass

Jessica Chae Piano 3 Pass

Antigone Blackwell Trombone 5 Merit

Trinity Exams Autumn 2015

ABRSM Exams Spring 2016

Trinity Exams Spring 2016

Senior Choir at May Serenade

Rebecca Butchart at the May Serenade

Chamber Choir at the May Serenade

Resistant Materials

Bolton

Aminah Mohammed, Year 11 Lollipop shaped storage unit

Ruby Cummings, Year 11 Curved bird hotel

Jennie Maher, Year 11 Treasure Chest

Charlotte Stamper, Year 12 Novelty monkey lamp

Bethany Noblett, Year 11

Art Deco inspired storage unit

Sasha Cooke, Year 11

Art Deco inspired coffee table

Leena Ahmed, Year 11 Storage unit inspired by geometric form

Ellie Broome, Year 12 Lego inspired lamp

Ellie Twist, Year 11 1970s inspired magazine rack

Charlotte Johnson, Year 12 Small table lamp

Pante’a Habibi, Year 11 Pop-Art inspired storage unit

Bethany O’Donnell, Year 13 Dog activity centre

Chloe Fisher, Year 13 Child’s toy barbecue

Year 10 rings and pendants inspired by Bolton School architecture

GCSE, AS and A2 Resistant Materials and Product Design

Cushions inspired by India incorporating bonded appliqué, tie dye, block printing and hand embroidery

Hot water bottles inspired by folk art, using appliqué and hand embroidered stitching

These have been designed to their own theme using sublimation printing, stenciling, appliqué and decorative machine stitching

Peruvian inspired decorative products using a range of techniques.

Abbie Brierley-Finch, African cushion Abigail Naylor, Wall hanging Amna Idrees, Child’s Dress

Deanne Ahamed, Child’s Dress Emily Stansfield, Child’s Dress Georgina Edwards, ‘Alice’ dress

Annie Cao, Skull Backback

Charlotte Crook, Wicked Dress Clara Lewison-Hawksworth, Dress

Hannah Lever, Child’s Dress

Hannah Robinson, Shabby Chic Dress Imaan Bhuta, Gothic Dress

Isabelle Devine, Punk Dress

Isabelle Grime, Thai Dress

Lauren Crowther, Modern Vintage Dress

A Level Work

Maisie Camm, Australian Poof Millie Liptrot, 1960s Dress

Molly Marshall, ‘Little Mermaid’ Dress Olivia Swarbrick, Child’s Dress

Alex Duxbury, Bag Project 1960s

Alex Duxbury, Winter Bodice

Amelia Howe, Ballet Tutu

Rosemary Somerville, Indian dress

Shakira Campion, Gothic Dress

Emily Barnes, Met Gala Dress

Holly Wilcock, 1960s Bag

Holly Wilcock, Autumn Bodice

Molly Heron, Debutante Dress

In

Beautiful Barcelona

“My favourite memory of the trip was visiting Park Guell, where we were able to see the intricately designed buildings and statues designed by Gaudi.”

Sheila Chanda, Year 11

“My favourite part of the Barcelona trip would have to be the visit to the Sagrada Familia. It was so beautiful and it was unbelievable that it was still unfinished.”

Charlotte Crook, Year 11

Year 7 Faith Trail

Year 7 spent a day in Preston, where we visited a Mandir, the Minster and a Gurdwara temple.

“It was really interesting learning about all the different religions and going to their places of worship.” Feryal Mirza 7G

“It was very interesting to see the contrast between the buildings. The Mandir was warm, cosy and small with a fancy golden shrine, whereas the church was grand and echoey.” Eleanor Haighton 7G

October 2015, the Religious Studies Department organised a trip to Barcelona. We visited the Sagrada Familia, Park Guell, the mountain monastery of Montserrat and many other wonderful places.

Year 12

Developed a savoury dish that could be included in a school lunch menu.

Year 13

Developed and designed a luxury dessert.

Rebecca Butchart, Year 13

Josephine Waterworth, Year 13

Bethany Holbrook, Year 12

Abigail Harrison, Year 13

Lucy McConvey, Year 12

Super Spanish...

Spanish cookery club

“La Cocina de Rosa” Club de Cocina Española Hicimos… croquetas, paella, tarta de almendras y limón Y para beber... sangría (sin alcohol, ¡por supuesto!)

Cuba trip

This Easter, our girls were given the fantastic opportunity to visit Cuba on a joint trip run by the Geography and Spanish departments. We were lucky enough to be able to visit most of the central and western provinces of the island, including Piñar del Rio, Havana, Matanzas, Cienfuegos and Villa Clara. Our accommodation throughout the week ranged from a beautiful colonial hotel to a nature reserve, where we dined in the company of guinea fowl and crocodiles! Some of the highlights of the trip included a tour around Las Terrazas, a selfsufficient eco-resort, a visit to the Che Guevara memorial and a salsa lesson in Trinidad. The Geographers were able to study many topographical features including the waterfall at the Eco-village of Las Terrazas the linguists made the most of the opportunity to practise their skills in a variety of authentic situations. ¡Lo pasamos bomba!

HOME in Manchester

Year 11 Hispanists enjoyed their visit to HOME, in Manchester, in February. They watched the film “Gente de bien” and they took part in a film workshop led by Carmen Herrero, Head of Spanish at MMU. They discussed the themes of childhood, relationships, social issues and equality and learnt some valuable skills in preparation for film analysis which forms part of the new AS syllabus.

Independent learning

This year we have updated our Independent Learning Log where girls choose the level of activity that appeals to them, ranging from “básico” to “superpicante”. They have enjoyed exploring a range of tasks to enhance their own learning. The “show and tell” sessions each half term have been great fun and we have been treated to songs, posters, Kahoot quizzes and even music videos.

Fashion statements

Lizzie Crowther, Year 9, shares her ideas on fancy dress.

Normalmente, los fines de semana, llevo unos vaqueros negros y una camisa blanca o negra. Pero el sábado pasado, fui a una fiesta de disfraces flipante. Fui de Cleopatra. Llevé un vestido blanco largo con un cinturón oro y azul. Fue divino. También, llevé una capa azul y un tocado de oro. Fue muy elegante pero no fue cómodo. El fin de semana que viene, voy a ir de bruja. Voy a llevar una camisa negra y una falda verde con un sombrero negro. Voy a llevar unas mallas rayadas y una capa larga. ¡Va a ser estupendo!

Aston University

On Saturday the 12th of March, we attended a Business and Modern Foreign Languages Residential weekend at Aston University, Birmingham. There were various talks about studying languages at university and the influence a second language has over potential job prospects. One of the courses was held by a Spanish professor and concerned the different types of publicity of today. All of the lectures were delivered in Spanish and we feel that this definitely improved our understanding of the language. Overall, the weekend was very enjoyable and we arrived home having developed our Spanish and our confidence.

Isobel Birtwhistle, Victoria Cramer, Olivia Porter and Hannah Shaw.

Year 7 reinvented the idea of Eurovision in April

Each Year 7 form was given a different song in French; their task was to perform this song in French in a music video. This year’s theme was the musical, Mamma Mia. Each entry was then shown to the girls during an assembly and the girls were then asked to vote for their favourite performance. 7G was this year’s winner with their entry ‘Dis oui, dis oui, dis oui’.

You can see the winning video, as well as all of this year’s entries using this QR code:

Year 12 and 13 French Day

In January, Year 12 and 13 girls studying A Level French, stretched their linguistics skills with the annual French conference, when they attended a series of sessions led by Richard Peltier from Français Facile. In the morning, Year 13 discussed a variety of topics such as ‘Immigration and Europe’; ‘Should we or should we not help poorer countries?’ and ‘Medical and bioethical progress’. Later in the day, Richard Peltier delivered a further three presentations to Year 12 pupils, talking to them about a diverse range of issues that impact young people. The afternoon’s topics were: ‘Living alone or with someone?’, ‘Alcohol, tobacco and drugs amongst young people’ and ‘Mobiles, Facebook, iPads – where are we heading with these?’ The students were really interested in joining the debate about these subjects and were able to bring lots of ideas to the table.

Year 12 and 13 Paris Trip

Last February, to enrich our French language skills, we visited Paris, France. As part of the trip, we had the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the French culture: the SacréCoeur; Notre Dame; the Eiffel Tower and a boat trip on the Seine. In addition to this, we tried the popular French cuisine in local restaurants and cafés. In such environments, we had the chance to develop our skills by both speaking and listening to the language.

Victoria Cramer G2

Independent Passports

This year, in order to encourage the girls in Years 7-11 to work more independently as well use the language more creatively, we provided them with an independent learning passport. You can see some examples of how creative the girls have been by scanning the QR codes below. Featured are independent tasks created by Ella Thompson (Year 8), Sarah Walker (Year 8) and Shivani Chohan (Year 9).

German exchange

12 boys and 5 Girls from Year 10 took part in the exchange with the Hardtberg Gymnasium in Bonn, accompanied by Miss Sullivan and Mrs Warburton. It was a very successful week,as everyone had a great time and got on well with their partners. The pupils improved their German and really enjoyed the experience of another culture.

We arrived at Köln-Bonn airport at 11 pm on Sunday night and were met by a welcoming group of German families and a teacher. We were in school by 7.45am the next day, which was the first day of the new term for the German school. On the following day, we visited the largest indoor climbing wall in Germany

at Wesseling. The pupils paired up with their partners to climb and learned some German climbing terms.

We visited Köln and the Sportmuseum there and enjoyed sightseeing in a large city. Our pupils felt that that German children have more freedom, because school is often over by 1.15pm and the children use bicycles or public transport instead of relying on their parents for lifts. Some also said that they felt very safe in Germany when using public transport in the evenings.

We are all looking forward to the return leg in Bolton from 22 to 29th June!

Patterdale German weekend

At the end of the Spring term, girls and boys from Years 11, 12 and 13 had the opportunity to immerse themselves in the German language for a weekend at Patterdale Hall. With speaking examinations looming in April and May, this was a great opportunity to practise speaking German. There were six accompanying staff, of whom three were native speakers of German, which really helped to make it feel authentic.

Patterdale Hall staff entered into the spirit, providing us with Bratwurst, Sauerkraut and Apfelstrudel. Every afternoon they brought us Kaffee und Kuchen- the highlight of the trip for some! We watched films and TV programmes in German, we listened to stories, studied the art of Käthe Kollwitz, performed sketches and fairy tales, sang songs and played games in German.

By the end of the weekend we were all speaking German more fluently!

Mrs. E Warburton

Swimming

The Swimming Team has had a good year, with success in a number of competitions. They started the season well and won fixtures against Westholme and Cheadle Hulme School before Christmas. The girls were also very pleased to reign triumphant against the Boys’ Division in the annual friendly fixture in November. A particular mention should go to the Year 7 team, who have won all of their inter-school fixtures this year.

Outside of these fixtures, the squad produced a range of good performances in other competitions across the age groups. In November, an U15 and Senior Team travelled to Bradford Grammar School for the prestigious John Parry Relays. The Senior Team finished in 5th and 9th place in their respective relays, with the U15 Team finishing 3rd in both the medley and freestyle relays.

Three teams also competed in the Bolton Town Swimming Championships with the Intermediate and Senior Teams both finishing 2nd in their competitions; Jessie Harper won in the 50m butterfly at senior level. The Junior Team did exceptionally well, winning both the freestyle and medley relays. There were also individual wins for Katherine Baker and Elly Fraser, resulting in them winning overall and becoming the Town Champions.

SALFORD 100S LIFE SAVING COMPETITION

In December 2015, seventeen Year 7 girls competed in the Salford 100s Lifesaving competition at Westhoughton. The competition is steeped in history and this year had 51 girls participating from schools in the Bolton area. All of the girls performed the lifesaving tests successfully but a special mention needs to go to Elly Fraser, who was the overall winner on the day.

Participants

Fatimah Ahmed Georgia Barnes

Isabel Brennand Katie Burgess

Tahira Collins Victoria Cook

Isabelle Corrigan Maya Croasdale

Amy Doyle Elly Fraser

Eleanor Haighton Celia Logan

Aliza Nirodi Maia Patel

Katie Riggs Sophie Smith

Genevieve Storey Fizaa Valli

Katie Wild

Year 10

Ellie

Priya

Year

Zahra

Gabriella Appleby

Kate Astbury Natasha Barnes

Ellen Bate Ella Bolton

Sophie Brown Ruby Browne

Rachael Crompton Paige Dobson

Eleanor Gibbons Jaya Guhathakurta

Taylor Healy Hannah Holt

Emily Hunt Imogen MacDonald

Rabia Masood Naadiya Mohammed

Alice Sandford Fatima Saleem

Nina Simon Thea Simpson

Ella Smyth Anvi Varsani

Samantha Woods

SWIMMING SQUADS

Under 12

Fatimah Ahmed Georgia Barnes

Isabel Brennand Katie Burgess

Tahira Collins Victoria Cook

Isabelle Corrigan Maya Croasdaile

Amy Doyle Elly Fraser

Celia Logan Aliza Nirodi

Maia Patel Katie Riggs

Sophie Smith Genevieve Storey

Fizaa Valli Katie Wild

Under 13

Intermediate

Senior (*Half colours)

Year 8

Charleigh Adams Easha Aslam

Annabelle Boulos Imogen Bootle

Lucinda Butterworth Leyla Cafferty

Anita Cardozo Isabelle Catlow

Jessica Chae

Year 7

Alecia Anderson Arabella Barker-Smith

Katherine Baker Ria Bansal

Eve Birtwhistle India Corlett-Mooore

Jessica Rose Curtis-Walker Ruby Dey

Abigail Duckworth Kate Dziobon

Isabella Forshaw Rachel Funk

Sophie Hann Ella Harkness

Elspeth Harper Alice Higginbottom

Charlotte Hughes Zara Leach

Eleanor Murray Anna Phillips

Olivia Stubbs Jennifer Taberner

Nisha Varsani Lizzie Warburton

Ella Wilson

Senior Netball and Lacrosse Trip

The Senior Lacrosse and Netball teams travelled up to Edinburgh at the end of September for their annual sporting trip. Over the 3 days, they played matches against St George’s School, Edinburgh Thistle Lacrosse Club and Fettes College. The matches were highly competitive for both sports, and over the weekend, Bolton secured wins in netball over St George’s (1910) and Fettes College (29-14). The Lacrosse team narrowly lost their matches but they had the opportunity to play a very exciting game against a mixed side on Saturday, which included ‘Old Girl’, Georgie Greenwood, who is a current Senior Scotland player! Overall, the girls had a very enjoyable weekend, finding time to explore the University buildings, visit the Edinburgh Dungeon and spend an afternoon of shopping!

Sports Day 2015

Sports Day Results 2014 Track Events

Yr 7 70m

A Jennifer Doyle 7B

B Emilie Fielding 7B

Yr 8 70m A Emma Sellwood 8B

B Esme Higgins 8B

Yr 9 75m A Alisa Grundy 9B

B Fatima Patel 9C

Yr10 80m A Zoe Ashworth 10E

Yr7 100m A Ella Wilson 7D

B Harriet Forster 7G

Yr8 A Beth Taylor 8D

B Jessica Price 8D

Yr 9 A Imogen Macdonald 9D

B Sophie Brown 9D

Yr10 A Daisy Francis 10E

Yr 7 800m A Ellie Bridge 7G

B Abigail Duckworth 7G

Yr8 A Maddie Kennedy 8C

B Millie Hurt 8G

Yr 9 A Havana Lloyd 9G

B Isabel Harper 9C

Yr10 A Hannah Stephenson 10F Yr7 200m A Charlotte Moore 7D

B India Corlett-Moore 7D

Yr8 A Asmara Stubley 8B

B Honey Higham 8C

Yr9 A Ellen Bate 9B

B Imogen Macdonald 9D Yr10 A Hannah Stephenson 10F

Sports Day Results 2015 Field Events

Yr 7 Long A Jessica-Rose Curtis Walker 7D

Girls Go Gold

Thirteen pupils and two staff travelled to Headington School, Oxford, in September for the 2015 ‘Girls Go Gold’ Sports conference, which invites Able and Talented athletes from all over the country to attend. The girls met the Olympic Gold medallist and Skeleton racer Amy Williams; Sally Gunnell, the 400m hurdles Gold Medal winner at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics; and emerging Heptathlete Katrina Johnson Thompson. They attended workshops on developing self confidence in sport, career opportunities in “sport off the pitch”, sports nutrition, and the importance of core training. They even had an Olympic rowing session with GB rower Katie Greves. They also attended the Sports Science Centre at Oxford Brookes University, where they trialled the ergometers in the sports lab and worked out their VO2max.

Jump B Amber Kirkham 7D Yr 8 A Lydia Lycholat 8D B Lizzie Crowther 8D Yr 9 A Bella Tankard 9G B Amelia Bolton 9S Yr 10 A Maisie Camm 10F Yr 7 Shot A Alecia Anderson 7C B Jenny Taberner 7G Yr 8 A Ella Kaut-Howson 8C

B Ella Fullelove 8B Yr 9 A Eleanor Haughton 9D B Chloe Hendry 9C Yr 10 A Megan Phillips 10E Yr 7 High A Lizzie Warburton 7G Yr 8 Jump A Holly Bulka 8D B Isobel Lupton 8G Yr 9 A Isabel Pillar 9S B Georgia Forrester 9G Yr 10 A Sara Compton 10D B Asena Akdeniz 10F Yr 7 Discus A Rubie Dey 7D Yr 8 A Amy Chicken 8B B Emma Sellwood 8B Yr 9 A Jaya Guhathakurta 9S B Eleanor Gibbons 9S Yr 10 A Zoe Howell 10D Yr 7 Javelin A Anna Phillips 7C Yr 8 A Aminah Dar 8G B Millie Hurt 8G Yr 9 A Gabby Appleby 9G B Hannah Holt 9S

Netball Captain’s Report

My favourite thing about Bolton School has always been the sport that this school offers; it helps students to meet new people and make friends that can last a life time. As a Year 7, I always looked up to the Senior team as their games were exciting and their passion inspired me.

Being selected as a Captain in my final year was a privilege. I have loved being able to lead the team throughout the season and it has been extremely rewarding.

I would like to thank the rest of the team for making this the best and funniest season we have had! On behalf of the team, I would like to thank all the PE staff for their ongoing support and work through our time at Bolton School. In particular, I would like to thank Mrs Heatherington for being so supportive this season: we couldn’t have asked for a better coach!

Amelia Howe

Lacrosse Captain’s Report

Sport has always been a big part of my life and so coming to Bolton School where sport is really important, I knew it was something that I would enjoy. Lacrosse wasn’t a sport I was familiar with, I had never seen it being played before. It was always interesting to watch the first team play as their games were exciting to watch and I admired their skills.

I was honoured to be chosen as first team captain. This season has been very successful as well as being a lot of fun. It has been a pleasure to motivate and manage a team that gets on so well and really enjoys playing Lacrosse.

I would like to take the opportunity on behalf of the first team to thank the PE staff, especially Miss Donaghy and Mrs Heatherington for their constant support and for making the season so enjoyable.

Hannah Al-Saidi

Swimming Captain’s Report

When Mrs Duddle first came to me with the opportunity to be swimming captain this year, I was honoured at being given such a responsibility. Being part of the swimming team has meant a lot to me as I have been able to give out advice and bring the team together when it has been needed. It has been a huge honour to be seen as someone the team can come and talk to.

The enthusiasm I have seen this year from the team has been amazing and the resulting success in the competitions we have had throughout the year have really shown the school what we are capable of doing, even if we are exhausted on the journey home from away matches!

The overall experience has made me more confident as an individual and has made me want to push myself to be the best I can be. I couldn’t have done it without the support of the team who I will never forget.

Priya Chevli

Athletics 2015

Year 7 (curent Year 8)

Katherine Baker Arabella Barker-Smith

Eve Birtwhistle Ellie Bridge

India Corlett-Moore Jessica-Rose Curtis-Walker

Freya Dando Rubie Dey

Abigail Duckworth Kate Dziobon

Rachel Funk Harriet Forster

Ella Harkness Elspeth Harper

Zakia Herez Alice Higginbottom

Charlotte Hughes Elizabeth Lees

Mia Monsen Anna Phillips

Olivia Stubbs Sarah Walker

Elizabeth Warbuton Ella Wilson

Year 8 (curent Year 9)

Bootle Imogen Butterworth Lucinda

Bux Naeema Cafferty Layla

Catlow Isabelle Chicken Amy

Fullalove Ella Glover Elizabeth

Higgins Esmee Higham Honey

Hill Molly Horridge Mabel

Howe Isabelle Hurt Millie

Hussain Jasmin Kennedy Maddie

Lever Robyn Lord Cate

Lycholat Lydia Meech Bryony

Nagi Imane Nuttall Lucy

Patel Aminah Price Jessica

Sellwood Emma Shaikh Sara

Stubley Asmara Swift Imogen

Taylor Beth Wright Olivia

Year 9 (curent Year 10)

Zhara Al-Falouji Aaliyah Ascroft

Gabriella Appleby Kate Astbury

Natasha Barnes Ellen Bate

Ellen Bolton Sophie Brown

Rachael Crompton Paige Dobson

Eleanor Gibbons Jaya Guhathakurta

Alisa Grundy Taylor Healy

Havana Lloyd Imogen MacDonald

Rabia Masood Sophie Molloy-Lang

Fatima Saleem Alice Sandford

Abigail Shaw Nina Simon

Thea Simpson Ella Smyth

Georgie Swift Bella Tankard

Anvi Varsani Tara Wallis

Ella Watkinson Samantha Woods

Year 10 (curent Year 11)

Ellie Addison Leena Ahmed

Maisie Camm Hannah Daley

Isabelle Devine Holly Errington

Priya Guhathakurta Jessie Harper

Katie Hewitt Rachel Ibberson

Jennie Maher Amie Murray

Tilly Rodriguez Niamh Scanlon

Ellie Twist

Cross Country

18 Girls were selected to represent the school at the Bolton Schools’ Cross Country Championships in November.

Harkness Phoebe Hurt Charlotte Martin Lucy Pixton Rachael Roscoe Mia Short

Year 8 & 9 Team

Running Club

Year 10 Team Abigail Shaw Anvi varsani

Disappointingly, the course in November at Moss Bank Park was waterlogged on the day and the event was cancelled. Nevertheless, congratulations to Lucy Pixton and Phoebe Hurt in Year 7; Ellie Bridge, Ashley Sprott and Elspeth Harper in Year 8; and Abigail Shaw in Year 10 who were all nominated to represent the Bolton Town Cross Country Team at the Greater Manchester championships in February. The course was particularly challenging on the day due to the ongoing wet weather which made running conditions treacherous. Well done to the following girls who made it to the finish:

Results

Lucy Pixton - 50th Elspeth Harper - 67th Ashley Sprott - 72nd Abigail Shaw- 52nd

Running Club

A small number of girls attended running club throughout the winter, braving the rain, wind and even snow at times to try and develop their endurance.

Tennis

Despite having to battle the elements in some matches, the girls have played well in competitive games in the AEGON competition and in friendly matches.

The U13 and U15 teams took part in the local round of the Aegon National Tennis Tournament. The U15 team came up against Withington and Manchester High and despite playing well in their matches, they were unable to progress to the next round. The U13 team won their matches against Withington and Canon Slade, but unfortunately lost against Manchester High, which meant they were unable to go through to the next stages of the competition.

Girls in Year 7 and 8 participated in a Tennis Coaching and Kids Day at the Liverpool International tennis tournament on Wednesday 17th June. The girls had an enjoyable day, taking part in a Guinness World record attempt for the largest tennis lesson; over 800 pupils took part! Well done to all of the girls for their efforts and commitments throughout the season!

Teams:

Badminton

Gymnastics

Within the Year 7 Gymnastics Club this year, the pupils have developed their own floor routines, vaulting skills, group balances, and their ability to use a range of equipment to perform complex moves.

Earlier on this term, some of the girls were selected to take part in the Bolton Schools’ Gymnastics Competition at Lady Bridge High School. The teams had been preparing their floor routines and vaults for a number of weeks. The competition proved too tough and the despite good performances, the girls did not receive any medals on this occasion. Well done to the girls that competed.

Lacrosse

Throughout the year, the Lacrosse teams have competed in a number of matches and tournaments across the North of England and also further afield at Surrey Sports Park at the National Schools’ Championships. Thank you to all the players for their hard work and commitment this year.

This year, many pupils have also played Lacrosse for their County and Territory. During the early part of the season, the following girls were selected to represent the U18, U15 and U13 Lancashire County Lacrosse squads:

In addition to the above mentioned pupils, several Year 8 and 9 girls attended trials for the Academy Talent Pathway for the 201617 season. Congratulations to Ellie Bridge in Year 8 who was successful at these trials and progresses onto the Regional Academy Programme.

NATIONAL SCHOOLS LACROSSE

During the Spring Term, the 1st Team Lacrosse Squad competed in the National Schools’ Championships at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The girls played over 2 days, qualifying for Division 1 for Saturday’s matches. They played very well throughout the tournament, beating a number of schools. Congratulations to all the players for gaining qualification to Division 1.

Under 14

U18 ‘A’ Squad

Louisa Brophy Molly Dick Amelia Howe Georgina Owen

U18 ‘B’ Squad

Scarlett Amos Maisie Camm

Eleanor Gibbons Alisha Maini

Amie Murray Hannah Saad

U15 ‘A’

Squad

Imogen Bootle Ellie Bridge

Eleanor Gibbons Jaya Guhathakurta

Mabel Horridge Millie Hurt

Maddie Kennedy Bryony Meech

Asmara Stubley

U15 ‘B’ Squad

Aaliyah Ascroft Arabella Barker-Smith Esmee Higgins Rachel Jarvis

Reserve: Isabelle Catlow

U13 ‘A’ Squad

Arabella Barker-Smith Ellie Bridge

Abigail Duckworth Mia Monsen

Following on from their success at County level, the following girls were selected to represent the U19 North of England Squads at the Territorial Tournament, which took place in Warwick on Sunday 20th March.

‘A’ Squad: Molly Dick Georgina Owen ‘B’ Squad: Louisa Brophy (Captain)

ENGLAND LACROSSE ACADEMY

England Lacrosse runs talent development programmes for girls through an academy system. The system plays an important role in raising the performance of junior players and contributing to the success of the National teams at U19 and Senior levels.

Congratulations to the following girls who are currently enrolled in the academy:

U17 Regional Academy:

Scarlett Amos Louisa Brophy

U15 Regional Academy:

Imogen Bootle Millie Hurt

Maddie Kennedy Bryony Meech

Asmara Stubley

NORTHERN SCHOOLS LACROSSE

Throughout the year, the Lacrosse squads have competed in the Northern Schools Tournaments in Yorkshire and Shropshire.The younger age groups played very well, with the U12 team beating a number of teams including Moreton Hall and Harrogate Ladies College. The squad finished in a very well deserved 2nd place overall. The U13 Team qualified for the semi-final stages of their tournament, where they came up against Moreton Hall. The match was closely contested, but unfortunately Bolton narrowly lost the game by 5 goals to 4.

Senior Squad

Millie Adamson Hannah Al-Saidi+ (C)

Scarlett Amos* Louisa Brophy Maisie Camm* Molly Dick Priya Guhathakurta* Amy Hadjinicolau+ Amelia Howe+ Alisha Maini Amie Murray* Georgina Owen Hannah Saad* Georgia White+ Charlotte Winrow

Asmara Stubley (C) Olivia Wright

Under 13

Under 15

Gabriella Appleby Aaliyah Ascroft

Vanessa Azavedo Ellen Bate

Ella Bolton Sophie Brown (C)

Rachael Crompton Paige Dobson

Eleanor Gibbons Alisa Grundy

Jaya Guhathakurta Naadiya Mohammed Lucy Rowlands Alice Sandford

Under

LANCASHIRE COUNTY LACROSSE

Netball

The 2015-16 Netball season was as busy as ever in the first half term with plenty of friendly, league and cup competition games, in addition to the usual Saturday matches.

Particular highlights to mention include the selection at County level of Georgina Owen (Year 12) and Cate Lord (Year 9) and the success of the U16 team who won the Bolton Schools’ Tournament in October.

In addition to Saturday and midweek league fixtures, the U15, U14 and U13 teams were all successful at their respective Bolton School Tournaments held in March, whilst the U12 team reached the semi-final stages.

The County Tournaments were hit by a late flurry of snowy weather, which disappointingly saw the U14 and U16 tournament cancelled.

The U13 and U15 teams both played well to finish 4th overall in their respective sections. The seniors fielded two teams at their competition which saw the U18 team play in school colours for the very last time.

Thank you to all girls who have committed their time to training and representing the school throughout the season. Thank you also to Mrs Duddle and Mr Owen for their continued support of the netball teams and without whom none of the above would have been possible.

Naadiya Mohammed Nina Simon

Thea Simpson Ella Smyth

Bella Tankard Tara Wallis

Zara Walsh Samantha Woods

Under 14

Neha Bagewadi Imogen Bootle

Isabelle Catlow Amy Chicken

Elizabeth Glover Esmee Higgins

Molly Hill Mabel Horridge

Isabella Howe Millie Hurt

Maddie Kennedy Robyn Lever

Cate Lord Sarah Mogg

Lauren-Rae McGann Lucy Nuttall Jessica Price Olivia Wright

Year 6 Memories...

I really loved it when we did the Flash Mob for Mrs Brierley. I enjoyed seeing the smile on her face when we surprised her with it. She really deserved it after all the good things she did for us. It was a great memory.

One of my favourite memories from Hesketh House was when I played the drums for the first time and came 2nd in the music festival. I still have my shield!

One of my favourite memories from Hesketh House was when Mrs Holt told us about her starting a Zumba class and she showed off some of her Zumba moves!

I remember the first day I came to Hesketh House in Year 3 and saw the enormous building in front of me. I was amazed at how modern it was compared to my old school. The girls made me feel more comfortable about joining and they have been my friends all along.

My special memory was in Year 3 when Mrs Brierley dressed up as Winnie the Pooh. She came in with lots of energy, as always, and then suddenly she started bouncing around the hall and asked me to join her! She held my hand and we bounced together!

My favourite memory from Hesketh House was when I stepped up to be given my Year 6 Ambassador badge because I love giving a helping hand to people.

My favourite memory is when I got chosen to swim in the English Schools Swimming Gala. We took part and got through to the finals in Sheffield!

My favourite memory was when we did the flash mob and festive farewell for Mrs Brierley when she retired.

My favourite memory this year is when I was given my iPad at the start of the year which is my own to use and look after.

My favourite memory from Hesketh House was when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley - it was very exciting and the look on her face was funny!

When I got off the coach on my first visit to Patterdale, I knew it was going to be really fun. Going gorge walking and climbing were the best bits and I have been really excited to go again each year.

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I played the trumpet for the first time in front of everyone in School Assembly. I was nervous in case I couldn’t blow a single note. Now, I am confident playing the trumpet and performing in School concerts and with Junior Concert Band.

The first time I got a Head Teacher’s Award, in Year 3; I felt very proud going to show my work to the Head, and I loved it when the postcard arrived home for my mum and dad to read.

Caitlin Nuttall

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is Charity Afternoon. It was really fun and there was lots to do. I loved making the cupcakes!

My favourite memories are when we made Mrs Brierley sit on a huge whoopy cushion and the time when she dressed up as Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear.

My favourite memory is when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley when it was her last day of Hesketh House. I miss her.

My favourite memory from Hesketh House was in Year 3 when Kareena Singh was really friendly and welcomed me, as I didn’t know anybody.

Starting year 4 at a new school was a bit scary but when I look back now, I remember all the happy times I’ve had. There are so many fantastic memories to choose from but the one that stands out for me was when Mrs Brierley dressed up as Winnie the Pooh for World Book day. It was so amusing and unexpected to see the Head dressed up!

One of my memories of Hesketh House is when I first entered for the Music Festival and I was filled with excitement about performing to my year group. I was nervous about standing up on stage and also nervous about the amount of competition and talent that was around but we all encouraged each other and it was a fantastic experience.

My favourite memory is when Mrs Brierley grasped the nettles in assembly.

I remember learning about the history of our school founder, Lord Leverhulme, when we went to Port Sunlight.

My best memory of Hesketh House was when I got into the squad for AJIS Sports Hall Athletics and AJIS Netball. Amelia Charova

One of my favourite memories is when I sang a solo for Mrs Brierley with Georgia, Kiana and Martha. We practised very hard: in the playground, the hall and with Miss Fairclough. All the hard work paid off because we had the best night of our lives!

My favourite memory of Hesketh House was the first ever day I arrived: Mrs Brierley gave us a group hug and a big smile to wish us luck for Hesketh House.

Jasmine Curtis - Walker

When we did the assembly for Mrs Brierley: seeing her cry on the last day was an extremely emotional and special day and that’s why it is my favourite memory.

Kate Shanley

Lucy Sackfield

Anika Maini

Jessica Crompton

Sarah Habbab

Emilie Reilly

Rebecca Parry

Kareena Singh

Jasmine Shum

Mia Winward Dunn

Anna Wiggetts

Charlotte Kennedy

Mariam Seedat

Lexie Vincent

Georgia McGinty

Martha Brennan

Hollie Asquith

Martha Morrow 6L

Summer Burke

Aakifah Ismail

Beth McGuiness

Zahra Ali

Year 3 work Year 4 work Music Festival

Pianists

Congratulations to all of our pianists who played so beautifully on the first day of our Music Festival. Adjudicator, Ms Celia Tope, was very impressed with the girls’ skills and also their poise and confidence. Well done!

Results as follows:

Year 3 1st Georgia Ainscough

2nd Sofia Riaz

3rd Mariella Duckworth

Year 4 1st Rhea Sudhakar

2nd Anoushka Sharma

3rd Nyah Pomian

Year 5 1st Ai Makino

2nd Phoebe Chuck

3rd Natasha Williams

Year 6 1st Emilie Reilly

2nd Bethany Shum

3rd Ananya Ajit

Instrumentalists and Ensembles

The second day of our Music Festival was equally enjoyable and impressive. There was a wide range of instruments for us to enjoy plus some beautiful singing. The day was rounded off very nicely with some lovely pieces from groups and ensembles.

Results as follows:

Year 3 1st Eva Hurst

2nd Annabelle Guest

3rd Freya Marland

Year 4 1st Sophie Swift

2nd Anoushka Sharma

3rd Erin Turner

Year 5 1st Nicola Shaw

2nd Lauren Amerna

3rd Natasha Williams

Year 6 1st Ananya Ajit

2nd Martha Brennan

3rd Anika Maini

Small Ensemble

1st

Large Ensemble

1st

All of our award winners have been invited to take part in our celebratory concert at Hesketh House on Tuesday 1st March and we look forward to hearing them perform again.

Observational

Ancient Egypt

Year 5 work Year 6 work Sporting Stars

Victorianswork inspired by William Morris

Victorianswork inspired by William Morris

Rainforest - Emma Seddon

Victorianswork inspired by William Morris

Rainforest - Ruby Schofield

WW2: Evacuees

Kites - Hannah Adamopolous

Kites - Janani Velayutham

Sportshall Athletics Year 5 Team

WW2: Evacuees; Alara Unsal

Stalin by Amelia Charora

Churchill by Monain Seedat

Hitler by Georgia McCarthy

De Gaulle by Hollie Asquith

Tear 5 and 6 Medal winners from Sportshall Athletics competition

Year 3 and 4 Cross Country Team

Year 5 and 6 Cross Country Team

Year 6 AJIS Netball Tournament Team

Year 6 Memories...

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is the time when I wrote the school blog with my friend Amelia. I think ‘Icecap’ was a success! I also really enjoyed the Music Festival this year, especially as I won something in every instrument. Ananya Ajit

Cookery club was really good fun! We learnt a variety of recipes and they were all delicious.

One of my fondest memories was when we went on the field at playtime and we piggybacked each other and had races!

There are two events that stand out for me at Hesketh House; I was picked for the sprint final and won, and I was picked to be the lead dancer in Mrs Brierley’s retirement celebration.

Porscha Johnson

I came into Hesketh House in Year 5 and one of my favourite memories would have to be getting into the netball team, and playing netball with my friends. Charlotte Jones

One of my favourite memories at Hesketh House was in Year 5 when we were asked to do the Tudor project. I had so much fun making my project and presenting it in front of the class as well as watching other people’s projects.

Playing for the Netball “A” team in Year 5 and in the String Quartet representing the school in the Ramsbottom Music Festival are my two favourite memories of Hesketh House.

Chae

The best memory of Hesketh House for me is when we came in for the Induction Day in Year 3. We decorated a gingerbread man and found out which class we would be in. Faye Clarkson

Hesketh House is amazing and one of my favourite memories is making sandwiches and eating them with our families in Queen’s Park. I have also loved all of the Patterdale trips!

One of my favourite memories is of Charity Afternoon, when we were able to buy sweets called ‘Brain Lickers’ which turned our tongues blue!

In Year Three I enjoyed the Summer concert about historical eras. In that concert Year Three spoke and sung about The Ancient Greeks. As this was our first concert, we did not get any solo parts but in Years 5 and 6 I did.

I have a lot of great memories from my time at Hesketh House but the thing that stands out for me in when we made sandwiches in Year 3 then went to Queen’s Park and had a picnic. After we had eaten everyone got on a huge swing and I pushed everyone for about an hour. It was so much fun!

I have had lots of great memories of Hesketh House but the one that stands out the most is when we went to Patterdale in Year 6. We did lots of fun activities but my favourite was kayaking.

My favourite memory was the H-Factor in Year 3 when we made smoothies by cycling on a bicycle to generate electricity to power the blender at the front of the bicycle.

Isabel Heaton

My best moment in Hesketh House is when I won the Year 4 photography competition. I have also really enjoyed doing cross- country. I did the AJIS competition and ran at Moss Bank Park.

Beatrice Hughes

One of favourite memories of Hesketh House was the India Projects we made in Year 4. It was really good fun to watch other people presentations too. Ayesha Jiva

My favourite moment in Year 6 was helping to run the “Out Of Puff “Science experiment with Ananya, to find out who had the biggest lung capacity in the class! Alice Morgan

Being able to train with the swimming squad is one of my favourite things about Hesketh House. The memory that stood out to me the most is when myself and four other people went to the North West Championships and came 2nd in one race and 3rd in another. We got through to the national competition to compete against schools from all over England and this made me really happy.

Kiana Murray

Hesketh House is like a second home to me. I’ve made so many memories here...probably one of my favourite memories was the H-Factor which is where we made smoothies using pedal power; the blender was attached to a bike and as we pedalled we blended the fruit we chose to put into our smoothies. It was so much fun and so different from the normal ways to make juice! Eva Porter

I have a lot of great memories from my time at Hesketh House but the thing that stood out the most was in Year Three when we made a rainforest canvas as part of our Learning Challenges work. We had to bring in as many green materials as we could find in our houses. It was unbelievably fun!

I enjoyed the time at Hesketh House when we had a teddy bear’s picnic and designed our own sandwiches to eat. All our parents came with us to Queens Park. We all had great fun!

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is doing the Scheherazade play in Year 6 and practising all the songs and scenes. I have also really enjoyed Patterdale and the variety of different activities.

Throughout the whole of Hesketh House I have enjoyed the fun we’ve had with the teachers: the ‘Tatlock Pinch,’ the ‘Mrs Labbé Express,’ and Mrs Phillips’s face when I gave her some tangy homemade crisps!

My favourite memory of Hesketh house is going to Patterdale and doing gorge walking. It was so much fun jumping off big rocks!

Saima Khan

Emma Roberts

Bethany Shum

Madeleine Brooks

Lauren Bunting

Kelly

Rosemary Crowther

Isabelle du Plessis

Holly Fowler

Bella Grainger

Martha Halford

Alara Unsal

Francesca Williams-Denton

Connie Wright

Fond Farewells...

Mrs. Elaine Hayes

To quote the famous song from the film “Love Story”

“Where do I begin... To tell the story of 31 years at Bolton School?” Perhaps, at the beginning: September 1985.

Over the years, many changes and developments have taken place at Bolton School and are far too many to note!

However, many traditions still remain; the Year 10 Christmas Post and the Prefects’ Panto are always eagerly anticipated and enthusiastically produced. I would not like to calculate how many kilograms of cakes have been sold in the numerous cake sales which are regularly held!

Educationally, there have been the changes from linear O and A Levels to modular GCSEs, A/S and A levels (with and without coursework) returning back now to a linear system once more. I wonder how many years it will be before someone thinks how innovative modular examinations are and re-introduces them again?

On a personal note, I decided I wanted to be a teacher after my first day at Primary School; whilst studying for O levels, I realised what an interesting and powerful subject Mathematics is and that this was the subject I would like to teach. I have thoroughly enjoyed my years at the school, preparing students for their various examinations and sharing in their successes. It has been a pleasure to teach pupils who are talented and enjoy learning and to work with colleagues who are so committed and able. I have been very fortunate in my career to go to work every day and to do a job one loves, is very rewarding.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the ancillary staff for all the hard work they do behind the scenes; the nurses for all the ‘TLC’ they give so willingly; the Dining Room assistants for sustenance they provide at all the right times as well as the cleaners, ground staff and maintenance team who look after the beautiful buildings of the school. I do wish you all the very best for the future. Make the most of every opportunity presented to you. Keep smiling and remember - “Maths is easy until the student makes it hard!”

To finish quoting the song from “The Sound of Music”: “So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen” - Goodbye and Good Luck!

Mrs. Catherine Woodward

As an Old Girl, it was a dream come true to come back and teach at Bolton School. I found it a bit strange being allowed into the staff room and not having to knock and wait. Now, I’m ‘allowed’ to call members of staff by their first name! This year’s Christmas was particular special with the angels and I found it quite emotional to be singing the School hymn again.

It has been an absolute delight to teach the girls here and the staff have been so lovely and welcoming.

Mr. Dave Berry

I joined Bolton School in the summer of 2012, arriving from Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School. I have spent four happy years here and am grateful for the support I have received from Senior Management and colleagues in the Psychology Department. I am leaving to take up the position of Head of Psychology at Oldham Hulme Grammar School. It was not an easy decision to leave. I will miss the students, who are a delight to teach, and the very talented staff. I will always look back on my time in the Boys’ and Girls’ Divisions fondly and feel fortunate to have been offered the position in the first place. I wish everyone at Bolton School the best of luck for the future.

Miss Francesca Fraser

September 2015... 12 years after I had left; here I was, back at Bolton School, teaching alongside those who taught me! As an Old Girl it was amusing to see how little had changed since my school days (Caecilius still est in horto!). The novelty of being allowed in the Staff Room does wear off quickly!

I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here, teaching both RS and Classics from years 6-12 and I would like to thank all the staff who made me feel welcome. My greatest thanks must of course go to the girls, who have inspired me daily and made lessons such a pleasure, with their intelligence, kindness and humour. They have worked so hard, but we have also laughed constantly!

I’m very excited to start this new chapter in my teaching career, but will always keep a special place in my heart for the girls who made this first year so special. Valete puellae!

Mrs. Hilary Stone

I have thoroughly enjoyed teaching at Bolton School. It has been a great experience to work in such a well-resourced place that offers students excellent opportunities. Colleagues, especially in the History department, have been supportive and a pleasure to work with and I wish students and staff well for the future.

Inspiring the Next Generation

BEST Day

Throughout the 2015-16 academic year, Old Girls working in a variety of different fields have offered their assistance to the current generation of Bolton School girls, sharing their expertise and offering careers advice. The Development Office and the Careers Department have been delighted to welcome these Alumni back to School for the benefit of current pupils throughout the School.

Alumni Events

The annual Business Enterprise and Skills Training (BEST) Day took place in September. It gave Year 12 pupils their first Sixth Form opportunity to enhance their soft skills by taking part in a series of workshops and working in small groups to complete business tasks. Robyn Lowe (Class of 2010) led one of the day’s workshops, during which she gave pupils an insight into creating their own personal brand. After obtaining a 2:1 in English at the University of Cambridge, Robyn is a now a Management Trainee at Imperial College, London, and is currently completing six-month placement, split between the Communications team and the Education Office. Robyn told us:

Robyn talks to pupils

“During my time at school, I enjoyed so many opportunities to learn skills which I could take into a professional environment. Having benefited from the support which was offered to me and my friends as pupils, I’m keen to pass on anything I’ve learned since leaving and I think days like the BEST Day are vital to build on the girls’ confidence, business skills and help prepare them for whatever comes next. I was impressed by all of the groups for their maturity, creativity and enthusiasm - it’s always a pleasure to come back.”

Careers Convention

In October, the School’s bi-annual Careers and Higher Education Convention took place, one of the largest of its kind in the North West. At the event, almost 1,000 GCSE and A level students from across the region were able to meet with 60 employers and 30 HE institutions who had stands at the event, and attend seminars on a diverse range of topics relating both to university and employment.

Old Girl Abbey Sweeney (Class of 2012) was an exhibitor at the Convention, representing ANS, the company she joined as a Business Enterprise Apprentice immediately after leaving School. Abbey is now a Project Manager within their Professional Services team, managing multimillion pound IT contracts for clients in the public and private sectors.

Abbey enjoyed talking to Convention attendees about the ANS Academy, and told us: “It was refreshing to see how many students were actually interested in apprenticeships. I think with the current rise in university fees, teenagers are perhaps thinking twice about going to university and the risk of graduating without a guaranteed job, but with substantial debts. At the ANS Academy, as well as leaving with a qualification, there is a guaranteed job

at the end of the apprenticeship, as well as the opportunity to pursue further study.”

Old Girl Lorna Cruice (née Jackson, 1970-1977), Chartered Landscape Architect at Appletons in Bolton, also advised pupils at the event. After leaving School, Lorna completed a degree in Landscape Architecture and then a post graduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture, both at Leeds Beckett, with a year’s work placement in between at Merseyside County Council. Two years later, Lorna completed her professional exams to become a Chartered Landscape Architect. She has since studied arboriculture and ecology on an incremental basis, and is a member of the Arboricultural Association. Lorna told us:

“Bolton School gave me the confidence to pursue my chosen career. I never had any doubts that I couldn’t achieve what I wanted to do, and my education in Geography still underpins some of the work I do. I really enjoyed meeting pupils at the Convention: it’s always good to speak with young people, and discuss their interests and aspirations, as it’s their generation who can make a difference to our environment with new ideas and commitment.”

Young

The Class of 2014 returned to School last summer to attend a special Reunion for their year group, where they offered Year 12 pupils advice and guidance on university life before catching up with friends and former teachers.

Old Girls have attended a variety of events around the country in the past year, including dinners in Oxford, Cambridge, at the House of Lords in London, and a university drinks event in Durham.

Students visit stands at the Convention

News of Young Dentistry Lecture

In October, Yusra Razzaq (1998-2005) returned to School to talk to Girls’ Division pupils in Year 9 and above about how her Design Technology studies helped her to become a dentist. After leaving School, Yusra studied Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, achieving a 2:1. After deciding that she wished to pursue a career in Dentistry, she took a Gap Year to gain experience as a dental nurse; as a result of this, she secured a place at Plymouth University’s Dental School. She is now fully qualified and working at a practice in Middleton.

Deanne Cunningham (1994-2001)

Having worked in TV for the past seven years, Deanne has recently started her most exciting job yet - as co-producer of the new series of Cold Feet for ITV. Filming started in February with all the old cast, and potential for shooting in some familiar Bolton locations. Deanne told us, ‘It’s been twelve years since the original series aired, so it should be a bit of a blast from the past for those of us who watched and loved it back when we were at School.’ After several years of moving around the country to work on different drama productions, from Kent all the way to Edinburgh, Deanne is enjoying being back at work in the North West.

Mariko James (1996-2003)

After graduating with a first in Modern Languages from Durham University in 2007, Mariko moved to London to work for global risk advisor Willis in the City as a reinsurance broker; focussing on Japanese and Australian insurance company clients. She became a Divisional Director in 2014. Subsequent to qualifying as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute, Mariko moved to Marsh & McLennan Companies in 2015, a global insurance broker and professional services group employing 57,000 people worldwide. She is currently a reinsurance broker and Assistant Vice President in the Asia Pacific department, which handles business from insurance company clients in a region spanning Japan, China, Southeast Asia, India, and Oceania.

Suzanne Lewis (1998-2005)

Astrophysics Lecture

In December, Dr Sarah Hutton (1997-2004), Ogden Science Officer at University College, London, spent a day in School speaking with physicists from both divisions. After leaving School, Sarah studied for a PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Durham, after which she became a teacher via the INSPIRE course at Imperial College. Before taking up her post at UCL, Sarah taught at an all-girls’ school in St Albans, during which time she forged strong links with the Ogden Trust partnership, inspiring many girls to progress to A Level Physics and beyond.

During her visit, Sarah gave presentations to two Girls’ Division Year 9 classes, reflecting on her career path to date in the field of Astrophysics, before addressing A Level Physics students from both Divisions. Sarah commented following her visit:

“I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Bolton School. I have been back several times since I completed my first degree and each time has been great. The passion and curiosity evident in both Divisions and across the years was fantastic to see. I hope that the students were able to reflect on what a career in a STEM subject could mean for them and if I gave any of them the confidence to turn that thought into reality, then I will be delighted.”

Suzanne has recently been appointed to her dream-role with the British Red Cross, working as a Senior People and Learning Manager across Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Suzanne has delivered careers talks to Year 8 and Sixth Form pupils in years past and always enjoys sharing how her experience at School shaped her future.

Gabriella McCoy (1998-2008)

After studying Law at Nottingham University, Gabriella qualified at the end of March as the Banking and Finance Solicitor for Macfarlands in the City, London.

Kate Bartle (2004-2009)

Congratulations to Kate, who has recently graduated with a First Class Masters degree in Chemistry, from The University of Huddersfield. Kate has now taken up a post as a Laboratory Technician at Dr Oetker. She also got married over the summer.

“I loved being back at school as I hadn’t been back since I left in 2005. The girls were very enthusiastic and I was nervous for them really; making career choices so early on. A lot has changed in the school, but the girls and familiar staff are still lovely”.

Yusra Razaq

Sarah Hutton

Old Girls

Thorrun Govind (1996-2010)

Hannah Potts (2005-2012) and Hannah Cooper (Class of 2013)

Jennifer Pearson (2007-2014)

Thorrun in 1996 when she started Bolton School and on her graduation day.

Thorrun recently graduated from King’s College London with a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) degree. She has written for leading pharmaceutical trade journals during her time at KCL and has a continued passion for journalism that was fostered whilst at Bolton School. Thorrun is a prolific tweeter (@thorrungovind) on pharmacy which has helped her secure a pre-registration position at a national independent pharmacy chain. Thorrun was recently awarded a prize, as part of the SHLA Nada Anzak Champion for Change Essay Prize, for a piece on the NHS Five Year Forward View and how students can contribute.

Shakti Patel (2004-2011)

Last year, Shakti reached the final three for STA Travel’s 60 day adventure competition. The prize was a £15,000 trip across Australia vlogging, photographing and interning for the company. In the final stage of the competition entrants had to submit their best travel photo (see Shakti’s below – taken at the Whitsunday Islands, Australia) and from there the competition was judged on whoever’s photo received the most Facebook ‘likes’. Unfortunately Shakti was not pronounced winner, but well done to her for making it so far in the process!

On 10th December 2015, Hannah and Hannah played on opposing teams in the 29th Women’s Varsity Rugby Match – Hannah Potts playing for the University of Oxford and Hannah Cooper for the University of Cambridge. Excitingly, this was the first year ever that the Women’s Blues match was played at Twickenham (previously it had only been the Men’s Blues and U21s teams); it was even filmed by the BBC.

Congratulations to Hannah Cooper who was on the winning Cambridge side who triumphed 52-0. Commiserations, of course, to Hannah Potts! Chloe Wynne (2007-2013)

Well done to Chloe, who has been selected to present at the prestigious British Conference of Undergraduate Research in Manchester in March, 2016, for her recent university project on Sexism and Formula 1. The annual conference is the largest of its kind in the UK and promotes undergraduate research in all disciplines. Chloe’s research focuses upon the different gendered experiences faced by women competing and working within Formula 1. Chloe has also written an article which explores the absence of women in prominent positions within sport, which appeared in Autosport magazine.

Leda Hadjigeorgiou (2007-2014)

Jennifer continues to enjoy her time at Cardiff University, throwing herself into her course. She featured on the BBC News earlier on this year as part of a news article on the Health Service in Wales and the training of the next generation of young doctors.

Jessica Ryan (2000-2014)

After studying at Acting and Musical Theatre at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts last year, Jessica recently attained her first professional acting role playing the title role of Cinderella in StoryMagic Theatre’s Christmas pantomime. The production toured schools from November to December 2015, followed by several performances at Hebden Bridge Little Theatre.

Alumni Events & Dinners

Young Old Girls have attended a variety of events around the country in the past year, including dinners in Oxford, Cambridge, at the House of Lords in London, and a University Drinks event in Durham.

Katie Clark (1997-2012)

Earlier this year, Katie graduated from Lancaster University with a 2:1 in Geography. Her dissertation has also been nominated for a prize (Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group). Katie now plans to start her primary PGCE course at Manchester Metropolitan University. Anna-Sophia Warren (2005-2012)

Good luck to Anna-Sophia who is starting an MSc in Mental Health Studies at Kings College London in September, having graduated with a first class degree in Experimental Psychology from Somerville College, Oxford.

Georgina Roden (Class of 2013)

Georgina Roden, who is studying at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, has recently competed in her first Dressage International for Great Britain Under 21s. Many congratulations to her!

Leda took a gap year prior to going to Oxford University in September 2015. Following some time spent excavating at Hadrian’s Wall and three weeks digging at the ancient site of Portus in Rome, as part of the University of Southampton’s ongoing excavation, she spent a month at Street Kids’ Community Village, a charity dedicated to helping street children in South India rebuild their lives. Working at SKCV had a profound impact on Leda and she told us, ‘One of the things I was most struck by was how very important donations were to the trust. I cannot emphasise enough, therefore, how important the work done by Bolton School girls is for this charity. What may seem to be just another bake sale could make a marked difference to the lives of these disadvantaged children in India.’

Natasha Lomas (Class of 2014)

Bolton School old girl, Natasha Lomas, who left last year to take a music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, has successfully auditioned for a place with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra.

It was a busy summer for Natasha as she left for Strasbourg in July, with her fellow Bolton School quartet members, to perform at the World Saxophone Congress quartet finals. They were the only British quartet to qualify for the finals. Natasha also toured around Scotland with the Halle Youth Orchestra in August for her last performance with them.

The Class of 2014 returned to School last summer to attend a special Reunion for their year group, where they offered Year 12 pupils advice and guidance on university life, before catching up with friends and former teachers.

Thank you to all of those Old Girls who have given so freely of their time, knowledge and expertise to help current pupils. If you would like to offer your assistance, please contact the Development Office.

Polly Adams

Sawdah Adia

University of York

Psychology in Education

University of Manchester Pharmacy

Sennia Ahmed Gap Year Medicine

Catherine Ashworth

Tina Aster

Goldsmiths, University of London (2016) Anthropology and Sociology

Plymouth University Dental Surgery

Annabel Ault (2014 leaver) Hertford College, University of Oxford Geography

Farah Awda University of Central Lancashire Biomedical Sciences

Holly Bakker

Ananya Baksi

Harper Adams University Bioveterinary Science

Newcastle University Biomedical Sciences

Hannah Barnes Gap Year Dentistry

Antonia Bate (2014 leaver) University of Manchester Accounting

Emma Beard University College London Geography

Emily Bibby De Montfort University Biomedical Sciences

Abi Bridge University of York Psychology

Jessica Broome University of York Environmental Geography

Alex Brown

University of Birmingham Modern Languages

Madison Brownley University of Birmingham Chemical Engineering

Olivia Burke

Sheffield Hallam University

Primary Education with QTS

Millie Camm (2014 leaver) University of Manchester Mathematics with Modern Languages

Samreen Chohan Keele University Pharmacy

Melissa Clarke

Royal Holloway, University of London English and History

Zoe Cockerill (2014 leaver) University of York Psychology

Esther Compsty Gap Year

Laura Crompton

Anatomy and Human Biology

University of Leeds Geography

Elizabeth Cummings University of Aberdeen Biology

Laura Daly

King's College London Nutrition and Dietetics

Olivia Daly Gap Year

Than Dar

St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge Medicine

Sadyaha Davda (2014 leaver) University of Manchester Chemistry

Isobel Davies Loughborough University Mathematics

Katie Devine Josephine Butler College, Durham University General Engineering

Ellen Dick Oxford Brookes University Business and Management

Elizabeth Dillon Bangor University

English Literature with Creative Writing

Abbey Donnelly University of Lincoln Architecture

Suzanne Etchells Liverpool Hope University

Primary Teaching with Mathematics

Isobel Faulkner University of Sheffield Medicine

Rachel Fines Newcastle University (2016) Spanish Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Rhiannon Fox-Rothwell

University of St Andrews Earth Sciences

Alliya Ghanchi University of Leicester Medicine

Kate Gilding Cardiff University English

Mwiza Gondwe Teeside University Biological Sciences

Eleanor Gorick Manchester Metropolitan University Public Relations and Marketing

Isabella Gregori Gap Year Materials Science and Engineering

Harriet Gribbin University of East Anglia English Literature

Anchal Gupta Gap Year Music

Leda Hadjigeorgiou (2014 leaver)

Natasha Hall

Taylor Heywood

Oriel College, University of Oxford

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History

Downing College, University of Cambridge Classics

Brunel University

Product Design Engineering

Carishma Hirani University of Central Lancashire Operating Department Practice

Millie Holding University of Liverpool Medicine

Lydia Hounat

Falmouth University

English Literature with Creative Writing

Polly Hughes University of York Business and Management

Tara Hurley Nottingham Trent University (2016) Psychology

Katie Hurt

Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford Physics

Nisaa Hussain University of Birmingham International Law and Globalisation

Saira Hussain University of Salford Accounting and Finance

Natasha Jones

University of Birmingham

Psychology

Nichole Kay Gap Year Theology and Religious Studies

Farhana Koli Gap Year Psychology and Philosophy

Alicia Langley University of Sheffield Psychology

Olivia Lobo University of St Andrews Medicine

Robyn Lomas

Liverpool John Moores University (2016) Applied Psychology

Grace MacLennan Newcastle University Economics and Business Management

Kalina Marsh University of Edinburgh Medicine

Juliet Marshall Liverpool John Moores University Wildlife Conservation

Chloe Mason University of York Psychology

Beth McCaul De Montfort University Law

Francesca McDonald University of Liverpool Ancient History

Ellie McGivern University of Bath International Management and Modern Languages

Amy McVeigh University of St Andrews Psychology

Charlotte McWilliams University of Glasgow Theatre Studies

Jess Melling University College, Durham University

Modern European Languages with History

Georgia Milne Gap Year Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Khamillah Mohammed

Helen Morris

Imperial College London Physics

Lancaster University Psychology

India Morris University of Manchester Materials Science and Engineering

Raeesa Mulla Gap Year Law

Katie Nightingale University of Leeds Medicine

Imogen Ormston University of Bath Psychology

Nikki Padmakumar University of Leeds Medicine

Ammaarah Patel University of Manchester Economics and Philosophy

Munira Patel Newcastle University Chemical Engineering

Zoe Pillar University of Chichester Musical Theatre and Arts Development

Katie Potts Newcastle University Biology

Lisa Quinn Gap Year Languages with Marketing

Aisha Qureshi University of Manchester (2016) Psychology

Alice Ramsbottom Gap Year Materials Engineering

Sarah Richards

Corpus College, University of Cambridge Classics

Olivia Russell Gap Year

Hajra Saleem Gap Year

Swathi Saravanan University of Sheffield English Literature

Radhika Sharma Newcastle University Mechanical Engineering

Gabby Sikorski Sheffield Hallam University Business and Enterprise Management

Laura Simmonds University of Salford Nursing

Megan Smethurst

Manchester Metropolitan University Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

Emily Storer University of Leeds History and Philosophy

Daisy Tankard University of Liverpool Medicine

Emily Tasker University of Nottingham (2016) Modern Languages

Ailish Taylor SOAS, University of London Korean

Raeesah Taylor University of Manchester Politics and Modern History

Amber Tobin Gap Year

Claudia Turner University of Chester Events Management

Sana Valli (2014 leaver) University of Manchester Dentistry

Daisy Varley (2014 leaver) Newcastle University Dentistry

Rachael Ward University of Manchester English Language and Screen Studies

Kendal Watkinson

Queen Mary University of London Law

Jake Watts Liverpool Hope University Psychology

Izzie Whitehead Newcastle University Zoology

Victoria Whitehead Gap Year

Kay Cein Wong University of Lincoln Pharmacy

Florence Wu Imperial College London Materials Science and Engineering