Bolton School Primary Division

Junior Boys’ School

Last Thursday, we held our annual Open Evening where we enjoyed welcoming many visitors and prospective families to Park Road. I should like to give a particular thanks to the Year 6 boys who were absolutely fantastic when showing families around school. Many of our visitors were very impressed by how knowledgeable and enthusiastic they were.

Our final Patterdale Hall trips are about to take place, with Year 3 heading out tomorrow and returning at 6pm on Friday 5th May and our Year 6s heading out next Tuesday 9th May and returning on Friday 12th May. The boys who have been so far have had a fantastic time and created lasting memories.

As the King has requested, we have pledged our help to volunteer at Bolton Hospice and will be preparing garden planters to bring joy to the patients, families and staff there. Tomorrow, a few of our boys from our Eco Committee will join other Primary Foundation students and head over to brighten the gardens of our local hospice.

Today, as part of the Primary Foundation, our boys were filmed singing a special King’s Coronation song. The performance is part of our celebrations this week, which will culminate on Friday. We will have a Coronation- themed PA Breakfast Club at 8am on Friday 5th May, as well as a celebration and special assembly after lunch. I should like to remind you that boys can come to school dressed in red, white and blue on Friday as part of these celebrations.

This evening sees our inaugural Hulton Lecture. Our guest speaker, Rob Dobson, has spent time in the Foundation, looking at the learning that takes place and getting a better understanding of our school. We hope to see many of you in attendance after school today.

In collaboration with Bolton Together and Bolton Council, Fortalice is delivering workshops for children, young people (8 years to 11 years) and their parents/carers on how to keep safe online. The workshops are for children and parents/carers to attend together. Please see the flyer linked here for more detail. SK

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 cannot be authorised. This is why such absence is recorded 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 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

Year 5 Visit to Patterdale Hall

The Year 4 and 5 boys (and staff!) all had a fantastic time up at Patterdale Hall recently. It is the Year 3 boys’ trip tomorrow, for their first overnight stay and we look forward to hearing all about it next week. Year 6 boys will have their trip from Tuesday to Friday next week too.

Tuesday 9th May

Y6 to Patterdale Hall

Eco Committee Trip, all morning (recycling plant)

Chess, 4-5pm

Wednesday Cubs, 6.30pm

Thursday 11th May Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm

Friday 12th May

After School Hockey, 4-5pm, LP NO Water Polo training

Y6 Return from Patterdale Hall 3.55pm

Zach ( from 4B) recounts: Our first trip to Patterdale Hall was a great experience for all of us in Year 4. There were lots of fun activities which we got to do with our friends. Activities like gorge walking and paddleboarding were exciting and also gave us a chance to see the beautiful nature around Patterdale Hall. The hiking was brilliant because we learnt lots of geographical information and in bushcraft we had the chance to build fires and make bread. The food at Patterdale Hall was amazing and all the staff were very helpful and friendly. We can’t wait to go back next year!

School Uniform Shop—Opening Hours

Opening hours are as below. 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. Appointments will ‘go live’ from Monday 1st May.

Junior Maths Challenge

On Wednesday, ten boys from Year 6 took on the Junior Mathematical Challenge. This challenge is a 60-minute, multiplechoice challenge, aimed to encourage mathematical reasoning, precision of thought and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems.

The problems on the Junior Mathematical Challenge are designed to make students think and there was certainly lots of this yesterday! Well done to all boys who took part and we wish them all the best of luck as we await their results. MLB

Year 7 Senior School Places

Year 6 parents of boys joining Senior School should have recently received information regarding joining papers. We would like to remind Y6 parents that they need to return a copy of their son’s birth certificate/passport with their joining papers.

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 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

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

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!

Cub Camp Request

Mrs Hough, in her guise as Akela, has put out a request for us to collect odd socks and socks with holes in and empty miniature bottles for Cub Camp, which takes place on 12th, 13th and 14th May!

Please do send these items into school if you have them.

Many thanks !

Headphones /Earphones in School

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.

Royal Coronation Breakfast Club – 8am Friday 5th May there will be a Royal Coronation themed Breakfast Club on Friday 5th May from 8am in celebration of the King’s Coronation.

Royal British Bake-Off Cake Sale – After School – Friday 5th May– there will alsobe a Royal British Bake-Off themed cake sale after school next Friday 5th May from 4pm in the Dining Room.

Please send your cake donations (homemade or shop bought) intoschool on Friday morning and there will be a special prize for the wining homemade royal cake!.

EasyFunding 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

PA Mailing List if you would like to be added tothe PA mailing list, please get in touch: parkroadpa@gmail.com

Twitter – don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @BSPDJnrBoysPA

Achievements

Last week, a selection of boys from Park Road and girls from Hesketh House had the opportunity to experience a lacrosse session at the Leverhulme Pavilion. They had a great day learning a new sport. If you are interested in your son taking part in lacrosse, please see further details on the flyer here.

Congratulations to Tyler Humphreys in Year 6 who recently obtained Merit in his ABRSM Piano Grade 4. Well done, Tyler.

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:

Friday 5th May: 9- 12.00

Monday 22nd May: 13.00 – 16.00

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.