A note from the Head…
Congratulations to everyone involved in the Gala Concert at The Bridgewater Hall last night; it was an amazing evening and a wonderful opportunity for the girls to perform in such a prestigious venue. Thank you also to the staff who have worked so hard to get the girls prepared and ready.
Published Poets
Congratulations to all of the girls who will have their poetry published in The Big Green Poetry Machine book. We look forward to getting a copy for our library too, so that everyone can enjoy their poems!
Zaynah Ashraf Ava Conaghan
Annie Done-Jackson Isabelle Ducker
Zoya Ghauri Zara Gilani
Chloe Hughes Isabella Jackson
Sahana Jacobs Florence Kennedy
Amaia Onuoha Prakruti Padaki
Avni Patel Maya Patel
Naya Patel Delta-Blue Rae-Raisys
Inarah Seedat Anika Shetty
Alivia Smith
We had a lovely end to the week with the girls coming to school in their own clothes with a ‘red’ theme in support of Comic Relief. Hesketh House raised a wonderful £295.05 for this worthy cause!
Finally, could I remind you to contact the Hesketh House office first thing in the morning if your daughter will not be in school for any reason. Day to day queries should also be directed to the office juniorgirls@boltonschool.org.uk or 01204 434761. Please do not send general messages to personal staff email accounts, as these may not be checked regularly throughout the day.
Mrs C Laverick
World Book Day and Book Fair
Our 'book share' on World Book Day was a great success, as was the Book Fair that was held in the same week. Pupils enjoyed browsing, sharing recommendations, and selecting fiction and nonfiction books to buy. As a result of the takings at the Fair, we have earned a commission of £840 for school and with this we will purchase new books from Scholastic throughout the coming months for our pupils to enjoy. Thank you for supporting this worthwhile venture.
Malawi Appeal
Pupils from across the whole Bolton School Foundation came together to provide more than 100 bags of stationery and toiletries for a group of orphans out in Malawi. We also sent over lots of second-hand uniform too – thank you to everyone who donated to this appeal!
Please follow us on twitter @BSPDJnrGirls
Bridgewater Hall Gala Concert
Thursday 16 March
As already mentioned, the Gala Concert proved to be a wonderful evening; photographs and reports about this will be appearing on the website over the next few days As well as congratulating the girls on their performance, I would also like to thank them for their focus, concentration and good behaviour throughout. A few photographs from rehearsals are here, but please also check out Twitter too for some more snippets!
Patterdale Hall Information Meeting
Thursday 23 March, 7pm GD Great Hall
All parents of pupils who are going to Patterdale Hall for the first time next term have been invited to a meeting on Thursday 23 March. Information about this meeting was sent out by email onFriday 10 March. If you are planning to attend please complete the form here by Monday 20 March.
The dates of our visits are as follows:
Year 3 Tuesday 2 May – Wednesday 3 May
Year 4 Monday 22 May – Wednesday 24 May
Year 5 Wednesday 24 May – Friday 26 May
Year 6 Monday 15 May – Friday 19 May
All pupils are expected to take part in these trips.
Kidzone Easter Holiday Club
The programme of activities and booking information can be found here.
BSSL Easter Activity Programme
BSS Leisure are also running activities during the Easter holiday, more information is here
Cubs
A plea from our Cubs: Any odd/holy socks and empty miniature bottles would be gratefully received for Cub Camp. These can be sent in to school if you have anything, there will be a box in the Office.
17 MARCH 2023
Urban Outreach Easter Egg Appeal
We appreciate that we have asked for a lot of support recently, but a charity we are very close to has once again asked us for help. Urban Outreach would like to provide Easter Eggs for the hundreds of families they are currently supporting in Bolton and would be very grateful for any donations. These can be brought in to school before the end of term and we will pass them on.
They say, “Here at Urban Outreach we have this idea – the #BoltonPowerOfOne – 1 person can do 1 thing tomake a difference to 1 other person. Here we have a wonderful opportunity to get children to think about giving a gift that will bring joy to another child in their own town.”
SPORT REPORT
Year 6 Netball v Manchester High
Wednesday 15 March
A Team
Shalom Chigara
Petra Critchley
Taliah Dean
Tabitha McNair
Fleur Oxley-Harrison
Imogen Quint
Beau Strange
Molly Wilkinson
B Team
Aamina Akram
Ryanna Hung
Reem Ibrahim
Stephanie Li
Ariella Manivannan
Isobel Mitchell
Mariyah Patel
Tulsi Patel
Ella Wrigley
Congratulations to our Year 6 netballers who enjoyed a successful, if rather soggy, match with Manchester High School this week. The A Team won 15 – 4 and the B Team won 12 – 2. Well done!
Year 5 AJIS Netball
Thursday 16 March
Boys’ Division PA Plant Sale
Deadline 31 March
We would like to encourage the wider school community, any friends, neighbours and families, to addsome 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 can be made via online banking. Plants will be ready for collection on Saturday 13 May. The order form is linked here and is also available via the school website (or Parent Portal). Don’t miss out as the absolute deadline for orders is the end of March. Any questions please contact Amanda Valentine via bsbdpa@gmail.com Thank you for your support.
Team
Annabelle Hutchinson Sahana Jacobs
Alice Lomas
Charlotte McCarren
Alexia Pattle
Sienna Shum
Francesca Longton
Izzy Owen
Molly Scales
Bronwen Soper
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 17 MARCH 2023
Very well done to our amazing Year 5 netballers who were runners-up at the AJIS Netball Tournament yesterday. They won all of their games to reach the final, where they eventually lost to Alderley Edge. They were delighted with their silver medals!
A special mention to Sienna who was voted ‘Player of the Tournament’ by the umpires, a very special achievement.
Mrs Higgins was particularly impressed by the improvements made over the day; girls listened to advice and developed their skills even further.
Results
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 21 March House Day Swimming Match v Park Road (H)
Wednesday 22 March Author Visit – Stephanie Sorrell
Thursday 23 March Y6 Trip to Stockport Air Raid Shelter Patterdale Hall Meeting 7.00pm
Friday 24 March Y5 / Y6 House Netball Y3 / Y4 House Dodgeball ESSA Swimming
Saturday 25 March AJIS Quiz
Tuesday 28 March Y5 Viking Day
Wednesday 29 March Y5 Architecture Workshop TERM ENDS 4.00PM
Monday 17 April SUMMER TERM BEGINS
Friday 21 April Y6 Girls’ Football Tournament Stockport Grammar
Monday 24 April House Afternoon
Wednesday 26 April Eurovision Song Contest! 1.30pm (pupils only)
Thursday 27 April Primary Division Open Afternoon 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Friday 28 April Y5 Taster Morning in Girls’ Division Year 4 AJIS Netball Competition Alderley Edge
Monday 1 May BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday 2 May Y3 to Patterdale
Returning Wednesday 4 May Y4, Y5, Y6 EXAM WEEK
Wednesday 3 May PD Lecture – Rob Dobson
Friday 5 May PA Breakfast Club
Monday 8 May
CORONATION BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday 9 May Y3 EXAM WEEK 6G Bikeability
Wednesday 10 May 6G Bikeability
Thursday 11 May 6F Bikeability
Friday 12 May 6F Bikeability Eco-Club Recycling Trip
Saturday 13 May Hesketh House Taster Morning 9.30am – 12.00pm
Monday 15 May Y6 to Patterdale
Return Friday 19 May
Y4 House Swimming Gala p3, 4 (Sorry no spectators)
Wednesday 17 May Y5 House Swimming Gala p6, 7 (Sorry, no spectators)
Saturday 20 May AJIS Proms TBC
Monday 22 May Y4 to Patterdale
Return Wednesday 24 May
Y6 House Swimming Gala p3, 4 (Sorry, no spectators)
Wednesday 24 May Y5 to Patterdale
Return Friday 26 May Y6 Careers Afternoon Y3 House Swimming Gala (Sorry no spectators)
Monday 29 May –
Friday 2 June
HALF TERM
Summer Term 2023
Start of Term – Monday 17 April
Bank Holiday – Monday 1 May
Half Term – Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June
End of Term – Friday 7 July 3.25pm