Hesketh House

Year 6 Memories...

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we had to design new flavours of sandwich in Year 3. I thought we were just doing an imaginary sandwich but we weren’t and I had to make a sandwich with lots of crazy toppings like fish fingers, chips and coleslaw! – Aaminah Ali, 6P

One of my favourite memories is when we went on a school trip to the Imperial War Museum North because it was fascinating and exciting. – Amelia Cordwell, 6P

Two of my favourites memories are doing the ESB in Year 6 and being a part of the Football Team and getting into the quarter finals of the competition we were in. – Ruby Hurt, 6P

I remember the joy of getting the role of Peter Pan in the Summer Concert in Year 5 as I had been determined to get the part! – Safa Karim, 6P

The Sports Hall Athletics competition in Year 4 was great fun. As was the picnic in Queen’s Park in Year 3 and Drama Day in Year 6 when I got to play the pantomime cow! – Vlada Kozak, 6P

I will always remember when I got the Progress Trophy in Year 3 because it was such a surprise to me and it helped me to develop more confidence in myself. – Ai Makino, 6P

I particularly enjoyed the Year 6 Drama Day that we did in the Senior School. I played the part of Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk but unfortunately I was losing my voice so it was difficult to hear me! – Charlotte Lowe, 6P

The most memorable moment for me is when I met my friends on the playground on the first day in Year 3. – Esha Mishra, 6P

One of the most memorable occasions I have had in Hesketh House is the first time I came into school in Year 3 and didn’t cry because I wanted my mum. – Olivia Myall, 6P

One of my most memorable moments is when I got picked to enter the AJIS Art Competition and had to draw a person I admire. – Holly Nicholson, 6P My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I represented the school in the AJIS Football Tournament. – Krupa Patel, 6P

One of my special memories of Hesketh House is when I met my friends and we made our friendship group. – Ila Stephenson, 6P

Some of my favourite memories are when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley’s retirement in Year 5 and when I got picked for the Sports Hall Athletics Team. – Malaika Zaidi, 6P

My favourite memory is being presented a chess trophy in assembly by the High Sherriff of Greater Manchester. – Astha Patel, 6P

My favourite memory is when we did Bikeability and we got to ride our bikes with our friends. – Anisha Pahade, 6P My favourite memory is of me and my friend writing our poem for the John Muir Award because I love writing. – Felicity Field, 6P

Old Boy Jason Appleton, Station Commander of RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, visited School in his helicopter and spoke to children from Nursery to the Senior Schools. The Junior Girls and Boys were the first to greet him on his arrival!

“My best memory of Hesketh House was when the helicopter came and I was chosen to go inside.” – Uma Patel, 6L

I have really enjoyed the MFL days that we have done at Hesketh House as I like to learn new languages. – Batool Tabani, 6P

The Junior Girls meet their sponsored police horse, Bumble, and his partner Maxwell. From the Winter Warmer to choral singing at the Spring Fair to the Summer Concert, and lots of assembly performances in between, the Junior Girls’ year has been punctuated by marvellous music. The String Quartet and Hesketh House Choir competed at Ramsbottom Music Festival, giving excellent performances full of poise and confidence: the Choir earned third place, and the instrumentalists were marginally beaten by the Senior School Quartet. A smaller Junior Choir sang at the AJIS Music Festival. The adjudicators at both events were full of praise for the musicians. The AJIS Proms also offered a few top musicians the opportunity to join a combined AJIS orchestra for the day, culminating in a performance.

The Choir singing at the Spring Fair

The Flute Choir perform at the Winter Warmer

Pianist Sofia Riaz at the Music Festival Congratulations to all of the pupils who performed at the Music Festival, from novices to accomplished musicians. The adjudicators, Jonathan Middleton and Stephen Martin, were both impressed by the terrific standard of playing and presentation!

Piano

Year 6: 1st Ai Makino 2nd Angelie Chitre 3rd Janani Velayutham Year 5: 1st Nyah Pomian 2nd Rhea Sudhakar 3rd Grace Houghton Year 4: 1st Sofia Riaz 2nd Imaan Rashid 3rd Hana Turnbull Year 3: 1st Nikita Luhar 2nd Tilly McCann 3rd Marissa Hollinghurst Instrumentalists and Ensembles

Vocal:

1st Sophie Swift 2nd Eva Hurst 3rd Dinburgh Ai

Beginners:

1st Nyah Pomian 2nd Hannah Faulkner 3rd Paavana Sugumar

Woodwind, Brass and Drums:

1st Pip Nuttall 2nd Esha Mishra 3rd Janani Velayutham

Strings:

1st Uma Patel 2nd Anoushka Sharma 3rd Dinburgh Ai

Small Ensemble:

1st Piano Duet: Anna Brennand & Alexia Howarth

Ensemble:

1st String Quartet: Anoushka Sharma, Molly Grimshaw, Francesca Dewhurst & Uma Patel

One of my favourite Hesketh House memories is when we did the virtual reality Google Expedition to Borneo. – Imogen Masheter, 6P

Music Festival Ensemble Prizewinners: the String Quartet (Anoushka Sharma, Molly Grimshaw, Francesca Dewhurst and Uma Patel)

Art Attack! Sporting Successes

Stone Age style cave painting by Scarlett Bowie and Carrie-Anne Warbrick (3J)

Year 4 were asked to create illustrations for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes using Word, Insert and Shapes.

Aztec headdress designs by (clockwise from top left) Emilie Graham, Amelia Quinton Taylor, Freya Wood and Emma Taylor-Beardsworth (all in 5H). Oil pastel observational drawings by Ellie Hood (3H), Nora Oesterle (3H) and Nia Raja (3J), linked to the Science topic ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’.

Inspired by Japanese artist Hokusai. The 2D nets will be assembled to make 3D pyramid boxes to display pupils’ interpretations of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’.

Rainforest trees, looking at pattern and colour in nature, by Zara McCann and Tilly Watkinson (both in 5M). The AJIS Biathlon saw the team win 1st place overall, with individual medals for Charlotte Harris (gold) and Pip Nuttall (silver). At the AJIS Sportshall Athletics, the girls enjoyed their most successful year with 12 medals collected overall. Pupils picked up 7 gold medals in the 3 Lap, Speedbounce, Standing Triple Jump, Standing Long Jump (also setting a new record), Vertical Jump and 6 Lap Paarlauf Relay, where the team also won silver! Further individual successes were achieved at the AJIS Tennis: Alina Halim and Vlada Kozak won all their group stage games to compete in the semi-finals with Vlada progressing to be crowned champion. The Junior Girls and Junior Boys jointly won the Bolton Schools Cross Country League, and the team additionally earned 2nd place in the Girls’ competition. The Year 5 and Year 6 teams did well in the AJIS Cross Country, both finishing 8th overall, and Charlotte Harris earned an individual 2nd place. Pupils earned the right to represent Bolton at the Greater Manchester Games after coming in 2nd place at the Bolton Schools High-5 Netball Tournament.

The AJIS Biathlon Team with their medals

Joint Winners of the Bolton School Cross Country League

High-5 Netball Tournament Team

6L Blitz Hannah Adamopoulos

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we learned about World War Two in Year 6 and we made model victory gardens with Anderson shelters in them. – Charlotte Duffy, 6P Some of my favourite memories of Hesketh House are being part of the Sports Hall Athletics Team and the Cross Country Team because this makes me proud. – Ruby Hassall, 6P

Patterdale Memories:

My favourite memory of my time at Hesketh House is the very first night we stayed in Patterdale because it was like a big sleepover with all my friends. – Angelie Chitre, 6P

My favourite memory of my time at Hesketh House is gorge walking in Patterdale because everyone was laughing and having fun. – Phoebe Chuck, 6P

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is when we went gorge walking in Patterdale. – Lola Grundy, 6P

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I went to Patterdale Hall in Year 5 and me and my friend, Fliss, had such a laugh! – Georgie Sykes, 6P My favourite memories at Hesketh House are when we went on the ski trip and had fun at Patterdale in Year 6. – Janani Velayutham, 6L

My best memory of Hesketh House is the first time we went to Patterdale Hall in Year 4 because it brought me and my friends closer together. – Kimberley Short, 6P

My best memory at Hesketh House is when we went gorge walking up a waterfall at Patterdale. – Helena Ormerod, 6L

A special memory of mine from my time at Hesketh House was when I did the ‘Big Mama Bear Jump’ into the gorge at Patterdale. – Emma Seddon, 6L

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we went to Patterdale and put our heads under the waterfall. – Cloe Ramirez, 6L My best memory at Hesketh House has to be when we went to Patterdale and walked up to Aira Force. – Harriet Dickens, 6L

My favourite and funniest memory of my time at Hesketh House is when my wellies sank to the bottom of the lake at Patterdale. – Hanna Adamopoulos, 6L One of my most memorable times at Hesketh House was when the Patterdale instructors came to us in Year 3 and there was a picture of me doing archery in the newspaper. – Tanya Thakrar, 6L

One of my best moments at Hesketh House was sailing in Lake Ullswater at Patterdale. – Nicola Shaw, 6L