Extracurricular Activities

Extracurricular Endeavours...

Bolton School Bake Off

This year’s Bake Off saw twenty-three competitors whittled down over four weeks to just four girls. Pupils baked and decorated holidayinspired cupcakes, made savoury biscuits and crackers, created pastries with a regional influence, and put a modern twist on traditional desserts to win their place in the final. The finalists had just forty minutes to bake their Showstopper pieces: Khadijah Ahmed (7D) created a Supreme Mango and Passion Sponge, Yasmin Rose (8B) baked a Lemon and Blueberry Triple Layer Cake, Genevieve Storey (8S) made a Really Raspberry Chocolate Cake and Francesca Williams-Denton (7G) crafted a Magical Melting Chocolate Ball! Miss Hincks, Mrs James and Mrs Smalley judged the competition and announced that the Bake Off 2017 winner was Yasmin. Khadijah also received special commendation for the delicious flavour of her Showstopper. Congratulations to all of the girls on their delicious creations! “My favourite day in Year 7 was the Bolton School Bake Off Final as lots of people came to watch me and support me. I really enjoyed this day as it was lots fun and I got to create an amazing showstopper.” Francesca

High Flyers

The newly formed High Flyers club has been encouraging girls to reach new heights while developing their STEM skills and knowledge of technical textiles this year. Pupils are working with Coating Applications and Cameron Balloons, world leaders in Textile manufacture and balloon design, to make two 80 cubic metre balloons, which will stand at approximately 7 metres tall when complete and filled with air. The designs are a group effort, based on the best elements from individual pupils’ designs, and are inspired by the Girls’ Division and the Coating Applications logo. From carefully cutting enormous patterns and fabric, to working with 7 metre sections of fabric in the sewing machine, the girls have met each new challenge that came with balloon-making with enthusiasm. They have really enjoyed coming together each week to work on the project, and there is a sense of excitement building now that the sewing has begun and as the balloon is starting to take shape before their eyes. Everyone is really looking forward to the launch and can’t wait to watch the first balloon fly into the sky! High Flyers Club will finish the Girls’ Division balloon next year and also start to craft the Coating Applications design.

Props Club

Props Club creating the head of the dragon for this year’s Joint Production, Miss Saigon.

Painting For Pleasure

Painting club has been all about painting on objects this year and has seen girls paint on pebbles, floppy disks, parcel tags and twigs. The twigs, displayed in a large vase, make a striking addition to the art room.

Psychology Club

Running fortnightly from October to Easter for Years 10 and 11, Psychology Club covers topics such as criminal profiling and forensic psychology, memory and bio-psychology. This year we ran a competition to see who could identify parts of the brain in the most accurate and imaginative way, which was won by Anita Cardozo, 10A.

Anatomy Club

Anatomy club has been well attended by KS4 and KS5 students this year on a Monday lunchtime. Suturing bananas, investigating tooth decay and learning about the structure of the brain have been some of the topics covered.