Wednesday 24th May
Careers Carousel. (Y6), 12.30 3.45pm, GD Cubs, 6.30pm
Thursday 25th May
Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Friday 26th May
Charity Fun Run, 2.15pm, Senior School Lower Levels BREAK
Bolton School Primary Division
Junior Boys’ School
The warm weather arrived this week and it was great to see the boys playing football on the field and cricket on the yard. As Summer is now upon us, I would suggest that boys do apply sunscreen before coming to school and ideally have a small bottle in their bags to apply before heading out in the afternoons. It is also vitally important that water bottles are brought in each day.
Of course, the sun always seems to arrive when exams are taking place! This week, our boys are completing end of year exams in some of their subjects. There were a few nerves on Monday, but cheery faces were visible when break time came around. We only have two more days of assessments, but I would encourage you to ensure your son has an especially good night’s sleep for these two days and our big event on Friday.
Only two more sleeps until our annual fancy dress Fun Run. The boys should come to school in uniform and bring their costumes in a bag, ready to get changed after lunch and head to the levels at Senior School. Please make sure your son has his water bottle with him, as well as sun cream, as it looks like the weather will be on our side for the Run. We look forward to seeing many of you there. Please note: parents will not be allowed on site until 2.15 pm as Senior School is still on lunch at that time. We aim to start our run at 2.20pm. A further copy of the sponsor form is linked here. Our PA will be selling drinks and refreshments at the event. please do drop any cake donations into the Park Road Office on Friday morning
As a fun holiday task, we would like to set the boys the challenge of designing our new Celebration Certificates. The best designs will be used on certificates presented in our Celebration Assemblies each week. We are looking for colourful and imaginative designs. The deadline for entries will be Monday 5th June. A template can be found on Showbie and final designs can be posted onto the Whole School Showbie page or handed in to form teachers. The designs can be electronic or hand drawn. I will explain the competition to the boys on Friday!
I wish you all a lovely half term break and look forward to seeing you in the final half term of the year!
Message from Mrs Faulkner- Head of Primary Foundation
There has been a notable increase in those seeking approval for additional days of holiday, very often immediately before or after the normal school holidays. We monitor all such absence in order to spot patterns and discern trends. It is timely to remind you that I cannot, by law, grant absence for holidays in term time unless in exceptional circumstances.
The clear sense of the guidance is that ‘exceptional’ also means rare and certainly not due to the planning of flights and other logistical arrangements. Permission must be granted in advance, so a letter on the day of the absence or a call as a holiday is extended cannotbe authorised.Thisiswhysuch absence isrecorded as ‘unauthorised’.
Contacting the School Office
Park Road, BOLTON, BL1 4RD. t: (01204) 434735
e: parkroad@boltonschool.org.uk www.boltonschool.org
The School Office is open from 8.15 am 4.15 pm during term time. Please note thatanytexts sent bythe Office cannotbe replied to.
Please direct all enquiries to parkroad@boltonschool.org and always include your son’s first name and surname, as well as his form. Please note that ParkRoadOffice email is no longer monitored.
If your son is going to be absent from School, whether he be off sick or attending dental, medical or any other appointment, please email parkroad@boltonschool.org so that the registers may be marked accordingly. Please use this email address for all day-to-day enquiries relating to school matters to ensure that your enquiry may be dealt with in a timely manner.
Forallcoach /transportenquiries:Logistics Co-ordinator:Mr B.Gould,t: (01204)434711, e:bdmgould@boltonschool.org.uk
EXAM
WEEK
Term, 2023 WEEK A
24th May
Spring
Wednesday
Trip to Lancashire Science Festival
Last week a selection of Park Road’s keenest scientists were accompanied to the Lancashire Science Festival by Mr Hough and Mrs Gould.
RETURN TO SCHOOL
Monday 5th June
U11 Cricket vs The Grange, 10.30am
Y6 Play Rehearsals, pm
Tuesday 6th June
AJIS Athletics, all day Chess, 4-5pm
Wednesday 7th June
Y6 Play Rehearsals, pm Cubs, 6.30pm Year 4 Concert, Arts Centre, 7pm
Thursday 8th June
Egyptologist Visit, 1pm Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Friday 9th June
Y6 Play Rehearsals, am
Water Polo Training, 4-5pm
After School Hockey, 4-5pm
During the course of the day, we learned about the science and maths behind Disney Pixar movies and rollercoasters. The boys also spent some time exploring different science displays and talking to real university research scientists.
They investigated archaeology, astronomy, coding, virtual reality, microbiology and forensics, giving the boys a taste of the future of science and further sparking their interest. CDH
Sports Round Up
A busy day of sport last Friday saw a group of Year 6 boys travel to Manchester Grammar School to take part in the AJIS Inspire End Ball competition.
After an excitement filled journey into Manchester, our 10 players settled into a great afternoon of friendly competition, learning and team work.
The boys picked up the skills of the game well and were very quick to develop their own tactics and team formations.
Well done to Joshua M, Muhammad Zain A, Layth M, Srikar B, Ryan C, Ayaan A, Ehaan D, Max N, Ahmed A and Antonio B. TG
Two of our Park Road tennis players travelled to King’s Chester on Friday to take part in the AJIS Tennis Tournament.
Gwilym D and Max S played extremely well with Max finishing 3rd in the Plate competition, with exceptional play from both boys, well done!
TG
s Charity
Mrs Iddon, from the School Office, will be donning her hiking boots and stocking up on Kendal Mint Cake once more, to conquer the Three Peaks of Saddleworth, on Saturday 27th May, to support the funding of ABCD Retreats (After Breast Cancer Diagnosis Retreats). She will be trekking over 9km, with Please donate, if you are able to do so, to her JustGiving Crowdfunding Page : https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/kate-hall-5? utm_id=1&utm_term=QxRyDeqQe
Many thanks in advance for your generosity and good luck, Mrs Iddon!
Year 6 Parents : Local Authority Senior School Places
We should like to remind Year 6 parents that, if your son has been offered a senior school place at a Local Authority school, which you do NOT intend to take up, you should advise that LEA yourself.
We are now beginning to receive invitations for some of our Year 6 boys to attend taster days at other schools. If you have no plans for your son to accept the place, it is important that it should be released quickly into the system, so that another child who was not fortunate enough to receive an offer in the first instance, may benefit from it. Many thanks
Mrs Iddon’
Hike
With the sun shining, the Cubs arrived on camp to discover a number of Wanted posters hidden in the Forbidden Forest. This started off the Harry Potter theme to the weekend.
All seven Horcruxes had to be overcome before we could sleep safely on Friday evening. After attending potions class, whittling their own wands, creating Hedwig with origami, throwing an axe or two, vanquishing dragons from grass sledges and experimenting with making butter beer, a banquet was served in the Grand Hall, complete with floating candles and flying letters. Before collapsing into sleeping bags, we also fitted in a traditional campfire, aided and abetted by Mr Britton.
On Sunday morning, the camp was rounded off with the Triwizard Tournament. Quidditch was definitely popular and hotly contested. When all the House points were counted: the best six was ….. Sunrise and the winning House was ….. Gryffindor. Our individual awards went to: Akela’s Award - Theo, Hathi's Award - Florence, Best Seconder - Isla, Runners up best Sixer - Om & Shriansh, Best Sixer - Sam & Avni.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who gave up their time and contributed their creativity to make this a very memorable weekend. 'Akela' - Mrs Hough
May Geography Mission Geography at the Movies!
Instructions:
Choose a film with a geographical theme – there are SO many to choose from! Watch the film and write a review: what did you enjoy about the film? How does it have a geographical link? Does it link to what you are learning about in your Geography lessons?
Which films are you going to watch as a result of watching this? Do you think the film could be improved or linked to other geographical themes?
How to submit your film review: email lgillibrand@boltonschool.org.uk with your submission by Wednesday 31st May at 4pm!
Alternatively, upload your entry to WHOLE SCHOOL SHOWBIE ?? PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS! WHO CAN CREATE THE MOST INTERESTING AND GEOGRAPHICAL FILM REVIEW?
Good luck!
Junior Maths Challenge
On 26th April, ten keen mathematicians took part in the UK Mathematics Trust, Junior Maths Challenge. This was a 60-minute, multiple-choice challenge designed to make you think, encouraging mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The top-scoring 50% of participants are awarded Bronze, Silver and Gold certificates.
Well done to the boys pictured for their fantastic results and special well done to Ryan C for gaining Gold, with an impressive score of 106 and achieving ‘Best in the School award.’ Ryan has automatically been selected for the next challenge as well as Ibrahim and Joseph being chosen for their excellent performances too.
Well done to all boys for taking part in this challenge. Materials for any boys in Years 5 and 6 interested to take part next year can be found at : https:// www.ukmt.org.uk/jmc. MLB
Harry Potter Cub Camp—12th –14th May
Big Battery Hunt
The Big Battery Hunt is a nationwide programme to help educate and inspire young people to recycle more used batteries. Please send your unwanted batteries to school, where we will store them and then take them to our local supermarket for recycling. There are great prizes to be won for school, including £3500 towards outdoor and garden equipment. SL
Charity Fun Run—Friday 26th May
The charities being supported this year at our annual Fun Run on Friday 26th May are:
Dobson: Team Seas
Lever: Diabetes UK
Chadwick: Cancer Research
Crompton: Derian House.
Please encourage your son to get lots of sponsors and add his grand total to Parent Pay after he has completed the Fun Run.
Achievements
Well done to Diyan, Tommy (in Year 6) and two other team members who won the Under 13 North West Squash League Tournament held at the National Squash Centre, in Manchester, at the weekend.
Congratulations to Henry Longton (3A) and his sister, Francesca, who is at Hesketh House, who took park in St. Anne’s triathlon - their first triathlon - at the weekend.
Well done for taking part !
School Uniform Shop—Opening Hours
Monkhouse will continue to offer appointments for school uniform to customers via www.Monkhouse.com on a first come first, served basis Customers without appointments are very welcome to attend.
Alumni of the Year Award
Following the launch of the 2023 “Alumni of the Year Awards”, nominations can now be submitted online using this form until 12 noon on Friday 26 May, https://boltonschool.wufoo.com/forms/ m94gtbu037k1wi Further details about the Awards, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, can be found here , https:// www.boltonschool.org/alumni-and-giving-back/alumni/alumni -of-the-year
Please note that in order to avoid pupil bias, regrettably, staff members are not eligible for nomination.
Headphones/
Miss Ormerod has asked if boys could remember that they will need to have their headphones/ earphones with them at all time whilst in school in the next few weeks.
Please make sure that your son brings them into school every day.
Charity Dress Fun Run – Friday 26th May – the PA will be serving refreshments during the Charity Fun Run on Friday 26th May – please getin touchif you are able to assistus atthis event – parkroadpa@gmail.com
EasyFundraising online shopping can alsogenerate funds for the school PA by simply using the EasyFundraising app and linking your account: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/boltonjbpa
WhatsApp if you would like to join the PA WhatsApp Group to keep up todate with all things PA, please clickon the following link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BRtBl8QwJpS9OxpBm3MHDj
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Twitter – don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @BSPDJnrBoysPA
CANCELLATION OF AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Please note that there will be NO after school hockey or water polo training on Friday 26th May due to our Fun Run taking place that afternoon. Boys have been informed. Please make sure pick up arrangements are in place.
Year 6 Play: Important Dates
Due to a range of events in the school calendar, the Year 6 Play 2023 will now be taking place over the following three evenings: Tuesday 4th at 7pm, Wednesday 5th at 7pm and Thursday 6th 5pm. Please note that the Year 6 play is one of our compulsory events and all Year 6 boys are expected to attend, we therefore want to make you aware of this date, in the final week of term, as far in advance as possible.
Closer to the time of the play, rehearsals are understandably very important for all boys to also attend and it would help us if you could avoid the following rehearsal dates when making medical appointments:
Monday 5th June: 13.00 – 14.30
Wednesday 7th June: 13.00 - 14.30
Friday 9th June : 10.30 – 12.00
Monday 19th June: half day rehearsal (afternoon)
Friday 23rd June: 9-12.00 (half day rehearsal)
Monday 26th June: full day rehearsal
Friday 30th June: morning - dress rehearsal
PERFORMANCE DATES: Tuesday 4th, Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th July.
Year 6 Play: Tickets on sale
We are delighted to announce that tickets for the forthcoming production of "Oliver! Jr" are now on sale.
Please note that tickets are currently only being offered to Year 6 parents and their families. They will be released to the rest of the school at a later date. The show will run for three nights, Tuesday 4th - Thursday 6th July in the Girls’ Division Theatre, starting at 7pm on the Tuesday and Wednesday and the earlier time of 5pm on Thursday
Refreshments will be available before each show and during the interval in the art rooms across the corridor from the theatre.
Seats will be allocated as tickets are sold, so please purchase tickets early to ensure good seats and avoid disappointment. Tickets are £5 per person and will be distributed via your son’s form teacher prior to the performance.
Please note that a maximum of five tickets can be purchased per child. Tickets are only available by making a payment on ParentPay (https://www.parentpay.com/).
Please do not attempt to order tickets via the School Office. MLB, GF & MP
African Drumming
Yesterday, Year 5 had an African drumming workshop with Ian Bamford, concluding their Music topic about beats from around the world.
The boys all had chance to play djembes and learned a variety of rhythms, along with how to produce different sounds on the drums. They worked well together and managed to put several rhythm patterns together with call and response.
A great time was had by all! HJO
News from the Park Road PA