Year 10

Hardwick Hall

In preparation for their GCSE exam, Year 10 recently visited Hardwick Hall, a National Trust property in Derbyshire. Hardwick, which has changed very little since the early seventeenth century, was built by Elizabeth, the Countess of Shrewsbury, more commonly known as ‘Bess of Hardwick. It is one of many ‘prodigy houses’ - massive mansions built by wealthy courtiers in Elizabeth’s reign. Many were built to host Elizabeth on her progresses, but she never visited Hardwick - it was too far north!

Film Academy

The Year 10 Film Day was a huge success once again. Following a fight choreography session and lessons in screenwriting and how to use the camera from the Young Film Academy, the girls dispersed into the grounds to make their own ten-shot film. The day ended with a screening followed by an awards ceremony. The Oscar for Best Picture was awarded to Love Never Dies, created by Amina Dar, Elizabeth Glover, Jasmin Hussain, Safia Kapadia, Jessica Price, Emily Rajbhandari, Lucy Stiles and Charley Wakefield.

Cardboard Cake!

Made by GCSE Art students

Christmas Post

Each of the six Forms took it in turn to put on a festive sketch, all depicting a disaster in the run-up to Christmas which could only be overcome with the support of their fellow Bolton School pupils! From parodies to the US presidential election to a version of Home Alone, the sketches were varied and hilariously funny. By selling cakes, sweets and treats and delivering Christmas cards around School, Year 10 raised a phenomenal total of £1,354.83 for the Christie Charitable Fund.

Geographic Exploration

Year 10 geographers enjoyed a day out investigating Dean Brook River for their GCSE course – measuring downstream changes.