Bolton School Primary Division
Junior Boys’ School
Spring Term, 2023 WEEK A
Wednesday 8th March
Online Parents’ Evening Science Masterclass, Greenbank Prep, all day
U11 Lancashire Hockey Tournament, AKS Lytham, all day
Online Author Session, 1pm Swim Development Club (by invitation), 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Thursday 9th March Alumni Awards (Y6 to attend) Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Friday 10th March
After School Hockey, 4-5pm, LP
Water Polo, 4-5pm
Wednesday 8th March
We will be holding our annual Open Evening on Thursday April 27th, where prospective parents will have the opportunity to see the school, meet teachers and receive important information about the operation of the school.
As part of this evening, we ask our Year 6 boys to assist with tours. Visiting parents from previous open days and evenings have always commented positively about the young men who show them around the building and talk about their learning and experiences of the school. This is also a really valuable opportunity for the boys to take part in service and leadership for the school. We ask that Year 6 parents keep this date in mind but further details will be released in the coming weeks.
Treasures of Bolton School Thursday 18th May
Join us for an evening with Eric Fairweather, the Bolton School Archivist, who will share some of the historic treasures of Bolton School with a small audience. We will meet in the Boys’ Division library for light refreshments from 6.30pm, and then Eric will guide us through the Chained Library and other items of historical interest, between 7pm and 8pm.
Tickets are £5 each, on a first come, first served basis, and there are 20 places available. If you would like to attend, please email here for booking details and tickets.
Evening Classes
The Friends of Bolton School are considering organising term-time evening courses for current parents, alumni and current and former staff. The classes will be taught by some of Bolton School’s most experienced and popular teachers with the emphasis on learning in a relaxed environment.
To help the Friends plan this venture, we should be grateful if you could complete this short questionnaire if you think you might be interested.
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
Finally, good luck to Mr Winstanley who will be representing GB in a European water polo competition in Romania this weekend.
Achievements
Congratulations to Vivaan Bhandary, in 4A, who won ‘Man of the Match’ for his performance for his football club, FC Strikers. Although they lost the match, Vivaan was praised for his midfield passes and goal. Well done, Vivaan !
Monday 13th March
Judo, 4-5pm Cricket Nets, 4-5.30pm
Tuesday 14th March
Y5 History Trip— Ordsall Hall (all day)
Y6 Geography Trip
Cuerden Valley (all day)
Chess 4-5pm
Wednesday 15th March
Y5 Taster Day at Seniors (morning)
Y4 Music Trip to Liverpool Philharmonic (morning)
Maths Masterclass, King’s Macc., all day Swim Development Club (by invitation), 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Thursday 16th March
Y5 History Trip— Ordsall Hall (all day)
Bridgewater Hall Rehearsals (morning)
Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm
LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm
Bridgewater Hall Concert, 7pm
Congratulations also go to Sujay Thiruvallar, in 3A, who has been given a Young Writer Award for the poem he wrote, which has been chosen for publication in a book.
Well done Sujay !
EPSCA Chess Success
Well done to Ra’ess Ally, in 4B, who took part in the recent EPSCA chess tournament and won all five of the games he played. Fantastic news, well done !
U10 Football vs Edinburgh Academy
Last Friday afternoon, it was the hotly-anticipated annual fixture against Edinburgh Academy. The A team found themselves up against extremely tough opposition and after the first 20 minutes it seemed that neither team was going to get on the scoresheet, with terrific goalkeeping performances from both sides.
Up stepped our very own Marcus Rashford (Marcus Oper) who opened the scoring at the end of the first half and secured his hat trick in the second half. Edinburgh continued to look dangerous in the second half, hitting the bar three times, but an unfortunate own goal resulted in a 4-0 final score.
The B team also found themselves being tested. It was a tense game throughout, with both teams trying to find a winning goal but being unable to do so. Final score was
1-1. We were delighted to welcome back Edinburgh Academy and we hope they enjoyed the games and the rest of their football tour. RL
Trip to BBC at Media City
As part of our World Book Day celebrations last week, Mrs Brisk announced the winners of the Share a Story Film competition in our morning assembly. It was a tough choice with brilliant reviews from boys from Years 3 to 6 all producing excellent reports to share the reasons as to why they like a particular book and recording this as a creative, filmed report. The twelve winning videos were : Avi Waghray (4B), Dylan Jones (4A), Harlan Moore (5A), Haroon Bhaiyat (3B), Joseph Binns (5C), Ra’ees Ally (4B), Rayyan Ahmed (4B), Ryan Guo (3A), Sam Clements (5A), Sujay Thiuuvallar (3A), Thomas Owen (3B) and Wilf Mathieson (5C).
The winners were treated to a VIP trip to the BBC studios, learning all about the inside of the BBC buildings at Media City. They learned all about the acoustics of different studios used for radio, different roles in the production control room, studios used for their favourite CBBC shows including Newsround and finished their tour meeting Dodge, the very entertaining dog in the CBeebies house. Mrs Brisk would like to thank all boys who entered this competition. It was a pleasure to listen to their reasons for why they liked certain books for a variety of reasons and she hopes to share these for other boys to see in the Library too to inspire their choices further. Mrs Brisk hopes that it has inspired some boys to read other books with the videos shared in the assembly as well as an interest in film making and possibly some future interests in TV presenting careers too!
MLB
A Message from the Eco Committee
The Eco Committee will soon be having a weekly slot in our newsletter entitled 'A message from the Eco Committee...'. We will be sharing lots of eco-friendly tips on topics ranging from how to save energy at home, to ideas for sending healthy snacks into , without plastic wrappers, to recycling and much more ! SL
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
Bridgewater Hall Gala Concert
The Bolton School Foundation Gala Concert will be taking place next week, on Thursday 16th March at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.
This promises to be an exciting evening of musical entertainment, with the chance for pupils from every part of the Foundation to showcase their talents at one of the most prestigious concert halls in the country.
If you wish to attend the performance, tickets are free but must be obtained from the Box Office using this link https://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/conferencesevents/boltonschoolgala-160323/
Visits to Patterdale Hall
Important Dates for your diary
Please note the date of your son’s visit to Patterdale Hall this year :
Year 3: Thursday 4th to Friday 5th May
Year 4: Monday 24th to Wednesday 26th April
Year 5: Wednesday 26th April to Friday 28th April
Year 6: Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th May
All visits are compulsory as they form part of your son’s curriculum. An information evening for Year 3 and Year 4 parents and parents of boys new to school this academic year will take place at 7pm on Thursday 23rd March in the Arts Centre more details will follow nearer the time, as well as a list of kit your son will need for his trip.
World Book Day
Last Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day with a wide range of learning taking place in order to inspire children’s reading We started the day with an assembly; we had a book character parade, including the teachers, and we announced the winners of our CBBC competition (more details below).
During the day, we decorated our classroom doors with the theme of our favourite books and we joined Zoom calls with authors to learn more about how they get their ideas and write their stories.
In the afternoon, we had a Book Day quiz, where children had to research four topics in teams and then complete a Kahoot! The research they did then went on to generate questions for experts in dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, science and animals.
Later this term, we are hoping some of our questions are asked in a live zoom with these experts. Finally, children were treated to different teachers visiting their classes and reading a favourite story or extract from a favourite story.
Ultimately, the aim of World Book Day is to inspire children to read, by sharing their passions; seeing each other's interests in reading; finding out about a new book through a costume they see, a story that has been read to them or even a quiz question.
During the assembly at the start of the day, we discussed the rationale behind the day but more importantly the benefits of reading: improved academic outcomes, stronger vocabulary, wellbeing, greater empathy for others. I could go on, but I would encourage parents to sit down with their children and have a good read together…there really is nothing like a good book! SK
Geography of Sport!
Instructions:
-Choose a famous sports person, whom you are inspired by.
-Write a fact-file about their life in terms of:
-which countries have they lived in
-what are their hobbies relating to geography e.g. travelling ?
-who are their friends and which countries do they live in ?
-have they played in different Olympics around the world ?
How to submit your fact-file:
- email LJG@boltonschool.org.uk with your submission by Friday 31st March at 4pm!
PRIZES FOR THE WINNERS!
WHO CAN CREATE THE MOST INTERESTING AND GEOGRAPHICAL FACT-FILE?
Science Masterclass
Last Wednesday I enjoyed taking Imran, Kian and Neel, all in Year 4, to Branwood Preparatory School, in Eccles, for a Science Masterclass!
The event covered a range of exciting experiments and challenges for the boys to work together to complete with pupils from other schools. This included making the tallest free-standing structure, making observations about candles, investigating custard and its properties, as well as making a balloon inflate by itself!
I was particularly impressed by the boys’ observations made and inquiry skills shown to push their learning even further. Well done to those three boys! MLB
Forgotten Kit
Just a reminder that if your son forgets any books, homework, sport, PE or swimming kit, etc., please do not make the journey to school to drop it off for him.
Having to explain to his teachers will help him to problem solve for himself and, we hope, not make the same mistake again! Rest assured, we shall always lend equipment to him to enable him to participate in his lessons.
Giving Report
During the 2021-22 academic year, the Bolton School Foundation raised just over £1.8m for bursary and hardship funding.
This exceptional total reveals the shared determination of supporters from across the school community to ensure Bolton School continues to act as a driver of social mobility in the local area, and we are honoured to have received such outstanding support from so many individuals during such a challenging and turbulent time for us all.
To learn more about the transformational difference this generosity will make to the School, you can read the 2021-22 annual Giving Report in full here : https://issuu.com/boltonsch/docs/giving_report_2021-22
Kidzone Easter Programme
News from the Art Room
Over the rousing sounds of "Zadok the Priest", boys from across the School designed Coronation benches for King Charles.
This was part of a competition set by the Historic Royal Palaces to engage pupils with the history, traditions and symbolism associated with this historical event.
The boys produced some excellent designs and showed great teamwork. JM
March Geography Mission
Please find linked here the Kidzone programme for the Easter holidays. Book early to avoid disappointment !
Social Events – if you have any suggestions of social events you would like to see organised by the Parents Association please getin touch – parkroadpa@gmail.com
Easy Funding — online shopping can alsogenerate funds for the school PA by simply using the easyfundraising app and linking your account:to 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 tothe PA mailing list please get in touch: parkroadpa@gmail.com
Twitter – Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @BSPDJnrBoysPA
GD PA Plant Sale
We are delighted to announce that GD Parents’ Association will again organise their annual Foundation-wide plant sale. It is a significant fundraising opportunity for us and so your support would be greatly appreciated. We would like to encourage the wider school community, any friends, neighbours and families, to add some colour to their outside spaces by ordering hanging baskets and plants via our very successful plant sale.
Ordering is really easy, emails or texted images of our form are accepted and payments made via online banking. Plants will be ready for collection on Saturday 13th May. The order form is linked here and is also available via the School website (or Parent Portal).
Please place an order with us and remember to mention this to your friends too. Don’t miss out, as the absolute deadline for orders is the end of March. As in previous years, plants will be delivered to Bradshaw so that collections can be arranged from Saturday 13th May at a time convenient to you (other collection points can be arranged too). Any questions please contact Amanda Valentine via bsbdpa@gmail.com<mailto:bsbdpa@gmail.com
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 17th April: 9.15-10.25 – boys visiting the Girls’ Division theatre
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.
Young Voices Charity Single
“PROUD”, the charity single recorded at Young Voices, is out now and can be found linked here : https:// www.youngvoices.co.uk/proud
-charity-single
All UK proceeds will be donated to children’s mental health charity, Place2Be.
Scouts’ Quiz Night
Please find linked here all the details for the Scouts’ forthcoming fundraising Quiz Night, which will take place on Saturday 18th March, at Brookside.
A pie and pea supper is included in the ticket price of £10 per person and can be purchased using the link below:
https://beeswithseoul-jamboree-store.sumupstore.com/product/19th -bolton-quiz-night
ALH
News from the Park Road PA
