Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School
Autumn Term, 2023 WEEK A
From Mrs. Faulkner
COMPULSORY SCHOOL EVENT
THIS TERM: Carol Service, Tuesday 19th December, 7pm
Wednesday 27th
September
Swim Development, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
PA Meeting, PR 6.45pm
Thursday 28th
September
Jujitsu 4-5.30pm
LAMDA—4-5pm
Sailing Club, 4.45 5.45pm
(collection from Anderton Centre at 6pm) Cubs, 6.30pm
Friday 29th
September
U11 Rugby, Stockport, return to PR 4.15pm Fencing, 4-5pm
Water Polo trials (by invitation), 4-5pm
Wednesday 27th September
School has certainly settled into its usual busy routine with all clubs and fixtures being well under way. During the course of the year, we do endeavour to have as many pupils as possible selected to represent school, particularly in Years 5 and 6, so do please reassure your son that if he hasn’t been selected this time, he should maintain his efforts as there will be lots more opportunities.
This morning, I was delighted to present our new Year 6 Monitors with their badges, I am quite sure they will undertake their duties with dedication and determination. Well done to all who were selected, they will serve in this role until February when a new set of Monitors will be selected.
Now that we have all settled into our routines, I have noticed that more and more families are choosing to make arrangements to meet their sons away from the Park Road playground at the end of the day.
This is, of course, absolutely fine and I am sure that your various arrangements suit your family’s needs appropriately. Please can I just ask however, that you remind your son that should you not be at your designated meeting place, he understands that he should come back to school, where he can be looked after and we can get in touch with you in order to reassure him.
This evening we will be holding our first PA meeting of the year. I do hope to see many of you there, if you aren’t able to make meetings but would still like to help at events, I am quite sure there will be many opportunities to do so. We’ll look forward to sharing information from that meeting in next week’s newsletter.
Please be reminded that there will be no hockey after school at the Leverhulme Pavilion on Friday 29th September.
Finally, it was lovely to see so many current and former Park Road parents at last week’s coffee morning. I look forward to speaking with you at many other such events during the course of the term and year.
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 8.15am 4.15pm during term time. Please note that any texts sent by the Office cannot be 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.
For all coach / transport enquiries: Logistics Co-ordinator: Mr B. Gould, t: (01204) 434711, e: bdmgould@boltonschool.org.uk
Monday 2nd October
U9 Rugby, MGS, 12 –4pm
STEM Kids, 4-5pm Judo, 4-5pm
Tuesday 3rd October
Angling Club, 4-5pm (collection from venue)
Chess, 4-5pm
Warhammer Club, 4-5pm
Wednesday 4th October
Swim Development, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Thursday 5th October
Bolton Schools’ Cross Country, Moss Bank Park, 4-4.45pm Jujitsu—4-5.30pm LAMDA 4-5pm
Sailing Club, 4.45 5.45pm (collection from Anderton Centre at 6pm)
Cubs, 6.30pm
Friday 6th October
Bag2School, 8-9am
SOCS—Sports Fixtures
Please find linked here a letter from Mr Grieve inviting you to access our sports fixture information system, SOCS.
Details of how to navigate the system and the password to access teamsheets are all referenced.
If you need further information, please contact the School Office or Mr Grieve directly.
Junior Athlete Programme 2023/2024
We are constantly looking for opportunities to celebrate our talented pupils and would like to know which children are currently engaged in sporting activities at 'beyond grassroots level'. This may be county or inter-league cricket, tennis, basketball, netball, hockey or maybe professional football academies etc. We invite you to complete the form below if your son participates in any sport at a level which is beyond his local club.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekWbIgZrBhVf1GgWIGXrhn0SgtXhF98Y57 2JpGT57iUvzABw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Thank you in advance.
Calling all Cricketers !
If your son is a cricketer and would like to continue his sport all year round, Winter net sessions will be held at Sharples School in Bolton from Sunday 1st October.
Boys (and girls) from current Years 3 to 6 are all invited to join the sessions each Sunday from 11:00 to 12 midday.
The sessions are all free there is no cost at all!
Please register your son on the day when you arrive.
Pre-Loved Football Boots and Shin Pads
If you have any outgrown football boots (for use on grass or on Astro turf) or any old shin pads, we would be extremely grateful if you could donate them to us for use in school as spares. Thank you in advance for any donations. TG
Representing School at Fixtures
For those of you who are new to Park Road, we have many teams, including football, cricket, hockey, cross country, athletics, water polo, swimming and chess, for which your son may be selected. If selected to represent the School in a sporting event or chess competition, we will endeavour to give your son and you as much notice as possible about the fixture.
To enhance the possibility of selection, boys are encouraged to attend clubs held during lunch hours and after school on a regular basis. If your son misses lessons due to a school fixture, it is his responsibility to find out what work has been missed and to catch up accordingly. Please check the Calendar section of our weekly Newsletter for the most up-to-date list of events.
Mrs. Penny Clarke and Mrs. Julia Marsden (Primary Division Able and Talented Co-ordinators)September Geography Mission
Annual Fireworks Display
Tickets for the Girls’ Division Parents’ Association’s annual Fireworks display are now on sale.
This is a fabulous event with incredible fireworks. This year the music and fringe activities will reflect a Sci-Fi theme.
The fireworks display this year will be held on Sunday 5th November, 4-7pm.
To purchase tickets, please use the following link: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bolton-schoolfireworks
Important Reminder for all Coach Travellers
Please remind your son about the expectations of behaviour and conduct we expect on the School coaches.
Students should be sat down with seatbelts on as outlined in our Coach Usage Policy. We would like to remind you that all the coaches have CCTV and there are 2 videos in the policy that we ask all parents to view regarding fire procedures and other general information : https://www.boltonschool.org/our-community/parent-hub-keyinformation/transport
Parents should also remind boys about wearing seatbelts at all times and not playing on their iPads whilst on the coach. We would also like to remind you that you should email Mrs Iddon in the School Office if your son is NOT planning on taking his usual coach home on a particular day. Thank you for your support.
Tea at The Riley
Our first Tea at the Riley of this year will be held on Wednesday 11th October from 1pm to 2.45pm
We welcome the elderly from our community, friends and family of the school or Alumni. they are treated to home baked cakes, entertainment and chat!
If you would like to book a place for someone, please ring the Riley Reception on 01204 840201.
Catch of the Day Angling Club
The after school anglers took part in a fishing match at their session at Fall Birch last night. Well done to the winning team, Jack, Sam and Jayden. KEW
Kidzone—Half Term
The holiday club programme for the October break for Kidzone can be found linked here : please do book early to avoid disappointment !
Big Battery Hunt
The Big Battery Hunt is a nationwide programme to help educate and inspire young people to recycle more of their used batteries. Please keep sending all of your unwanted batteries to school this year, 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
Litter Picking
Well done to Yahya in Year 6 who has created a wonderful, thoughtful poster that will help the boys to remember to put their litter in the bins at school and athome.
Urban Art
The rain will not stop us! The boys from Year 6 were out in the school grounds sketching the urban environment today, developing their drawing skills and also learning that art can take place anywhere JPM
Winter Bugs and Illnesses
There are cases of Covid around School at present, although very small in number. As you will see in the NHS link below, the main triggers for thinking your son may have Covid, would be feeling unwell and having a high temperature, especially if those signs of being unwellarefromthetypicalsymptoms list.
As a general guide, he should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days if he is under 18 children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults.
A typical pattern of symptoms is often 2 or 3 days of feeling very unwell, followed by a couple of days feeling very tired.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19symptoms-and-what-to-do/.
Another typical illness where we need to be careful to avoid spreading illness is norovirus. The most important message here is that your son must stay away for two days after the last time he was sick or had diarrhoea.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/norovirus/
News from the Park Road PA
Bag2School Collection: Our next clothes and shoe collection will take place on Friday 6th October from 8-9am, donation bags will have been sent home. Please bring your bags to the Beech House car park and help us have a really good collection. As well as raising funds for the PA, it also helps the environment by helping to divert unwanted textiles away from landfill. You can use any bag to donate your items and don't forget to ask grandparents, friends and neighbours to have a reallygoodsort out as well!
EasyFunding online shopping can also generate 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 to date with all things PA, please click on the following link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/BRtBl8QwJpS9OxpBm3MHDj
PA Mailing List if you would like to be added to the PA mailing list, please get in touch: parkroadpa@gmail.com
don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @BSPDJnrBoysPA . Lots more dates for your diary to follow very soon !
Next PA meeting tonight 27th September at 6.45pm at Park Road
Jasper in Year 5 has had another amazing weekend competing in The Lowlands Championships, which was held at SnowWorld (Landgraaf) a huge indoor ski centre in The Netherlands.
Six nations compete in this championships; Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Great Britain and Ireland, each nation taking a quota of ski racers to represent them.
Competition rules are strict and all racers, regardless of age, have to finish 2/2 runs to qualify on each day. Jasper put in an amazing effort and won gold medals on both days ahead of lots of brilliant international ski racers. This meant he also won 30 points for Team GB who went on to win the Nations Cup, with Netherlands and Belgium coming in second and third.
Jasper is really proud of his individual wins, as well as being a part of an overall win for GB.
Well done indeed Jasper, everyone at Park Road is so proud of all your fantastic achievements.
Congratulations to Max in Year 5 who was successful in his karate grading recently and achieved his red and gold belts. Next step - black belt.
Well done, Max !
Calling all singers
Harvest Festival Donations
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On 12th October, Dave Bagley from Urban Outreach will be visiting Park Road to join our whole school Harvest Assembly.
Dave will explain how Urban Outreach helps people and families within our local community and who are in need.
Please support the work of Urban Outreach and help to make a difference by donating items from the list linked here. All donations from the should be sent in with your child from Monday 9th to Thursday 12th October
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
