HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER
1 MARCH 2024
A note from the Head…
I hope that you enjoyed a restful half term break, the girls certainly seem to have returned to school refreshed and raring to go! As usual, we have plenty of activities and events over the rest of this term, so please do keep your eye on our diary, which is always included towards the end of the Newsletter.
Mrs C Laverick
Severe Weather Arrangements
A copy of the Severe Weather Arrangements can be found here. The key points are that information will be posted on the front page of the school website (www.boltonschool.org), usually by 7.00am. You will also be sent an email, and news often first appears on School X Accounts such as @Philip_Britton, @sfboltonschool, @BSPDJnrGirls.
Pupil Achievements
This week we celebrated individual achievements in fencing, football, horse-riding, netball, skiing and swimming and also the awarding of a rare ‘Green’ Blue Peter Badge
If your daughter is awarded trophies or certificates in activities outside of school, please encourage her to sign up for the Achievement Assembly on a Thursday. We can’t always put everything in the Newsletter, but do like to hear about and celebrate the girls’ successes.
Social Media – X
Please follow us @BSPDJnrGirls, @BSPDMFL and @BoltonSch.
Uniform
Just areminder that coats should beplain black and shoes should have straps or laces, slip on shoes are not allowed. The weather is rather unpredictable at the moment, so please make sure that your daughterhas her coat with her in School every day. Could you also please check that all items of uniform are clearly named? Thank you
Chess Match v Our Lady of Grace
Thursday 29 February
Players
Sophie Andrews
Arwa Bhatia
Anika Ghosh
Isabella Jackson
Prakruti Padaki
Malaka Bakeer
Hannah Bobat
Chloe Hughes
Florence Kennedy
Avni Patel
Naya Patel Suriya Patel Darcey Tomlinson
The girls enjoyed a friendly match against Our Lady of Grace during their chess club this week. With the EPSCA Competition coming up at the weekend, it was a wonderful opportunity for these girls to get in some extra practice!
Earthshot Competition
Deadline Sunday 3 March
A reminder that entries should be sent by email to Mrs Bass sbass@boltonschool.org by Sunday 3 March.
Book Fair
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER
1 MARCH 2024
Patterdale Hall Information Evening
Tuesday 5 March – Thursday 7 March
The Book Fair will be in school from Tuesday 5 March until the end of the day on Thursday 7 March, World Book Day. Girls will have the opportunity to visit the Book Fair with their class to purchase books. We will also open on Tuesday 5 March and Wednesday 6 March 4.00pm – 4.30pm, in case parents want to pop in too. Pupils are asked to make payments in cash please. Parents, if accompanying your daughter after school, payments may be made by credit or debit card.
World Book Day (WBD) 2024
Thursday 7 March
It's World Book Day next
Thursday 7 March and we will be celebrating the privilege of reading andbooks. Hopefully the girls have some great ideas for costumes! They have also been asked to bring in a fabulous book from home to share on World Book Day with their friends in class.Itcan be anysortof book. Toensure it is doesn't get lost, they should pick up a bookmark from their classroom and pop it inside their book so that they can keep it safe and take it home again that evening.
Parent Consultation Evenings
Tuesday 12 March – In-Person
Wednesday 13 March – Online
Following Mrs Woodhead’s email which was sent on Tuesday, please do not forget that the Parents’ Evening booking system for the Spring Term Parents’ Evenings will go live at 1.00pm on Monday 4 March. Please book your online or face to face appointments with your daughter’s teacher at your earliest convenience.
Thursday 14 March, 7.00pm, Leverhulme Suite
There will be an Information Evening on Thursday 14 March when we will be giving pupils and parents more details about what to expect on this trip. We would particularly recommend that you attend if your child has not been to Patterdale Hall before. More information has been sent by email.
The dates of our visits are as follows:
Year 3 Tuesday 7 May – Wednesday 8 May
Year 4 Monday 13 May – Wednesday 15 May
Year 5 Wednesday 15 May – Friday 17 May
Year 6 Monday 22 April – Friday 26 April
All pupils are expected to take part in these trips, and we are now in the final planning stages for our visits. Please could we remind you to complete the consent form onParentPortal byMonday 11March at the latest. The Consent to Administer Medicine forms can also be found in the Parent Portal.
Year 6 Bikeability
6G Monday 13, Tuesday 14 May
6F Wednesday 15, Thursday 16 May
Year 6 girls will have the opportunity to take part in Bolton Council’s Bikeability programme early in the summer term. More information has been sent home, a copy of the letter can be found here and the consent form is here. Consent forms should be returned to school by the end of this term, Wednesday 27 March, if you wish your daughter to take part.
Lunch Menu
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 1 MARCH 2024
The lunch menu for next week can be found here.
Plant Sale
Deadline 31 March
Details of the annual Friends of Bolton School plant sale are now available. We are delighted to say that there have been no price increases this year. The quality of our plants is well recognised and it would be wonderful if you wouldsupport this popular event and help make it even bigger. Orders should be placed before the end of March and plants will be available for collection from Saturday 11 May. View the plants in the A-Z Guide linked here Orders can be placed using the form linked here or by e-mail bsbdpa@gmail.com Feel free to pass on details to all of your friends and family. There are full instructions included within the order form but if you have any questions then please email Amanda Valentine at bsbdpa@gmail.com.
Message from the BD Parents’ Association Summer Festival - Save the Date!
The Bolton School Summer Festival will take place on Sunday 23 June 2024. It will be an afternoon of activities for all ages, open to all Bolton School families as well as the wider community. More details to follow in due course. If you are interested in joining our foundation-wide team with the planning of this event then please get in touch by emailing bsbdpa@gmail.com. Alternatively if you or your business would be interested in sponsoring an elementoftheFestivalordonatingprizes forour Grand Raffle then please get in touch.
SciTech 24 + 1 Easter Workshops
We have been sent some information which might be of interest to any keen scientists, further details can be found here
School Uniform Shop Opening Hours
Monday 12.30pm – 5.30pm
Tuesday 12.30pm – 5.30pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday Closed
Friday 12.30pm – 5.30pm
Saturday 9.30am – 12.30pm
Sunday Closed
Junior Bake Off
We have received the following information from the producers of Junior Bake Off, who are looking for children who are budding young bakers. Applicants must be between 9 and 12 years old during the period from 1 June2024 to30 September 2024. Filming will take place from July 2024, but applications close on Sunday 17 March 2024 Interested bakers can apply online here www.applyforjuniorbakeoff.co.uk.
SPORT REPORT
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER
1 MARCH 2024
AJIS Hockey Tournament
Tuesday 27 February
Team
Kyla Chenda-Joseph Annabelle Hutchinson
Sahana Jacobs Eve Kelsall
Alice Lomas Vaani Malik
Alice McGinty Avni Patel
Bronwen Soper Orla Wilson
Congratulations to our hockey players whomade it to the final of the Plate Competition in the AJIS Hockey Tournament earlier this week. They lost in the final to Rossall School, but were very pleased with their achievements over the course of the day. Importantly, Mrs Faulkner reports that their attitude and sportsmanship was excellent and they really developed their hockey skills. Well done!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 2 March
Tuesday 5 –
Y4, Y6 EPSCA Chess Tournament 9.30am – 4.30pm, Park Road
Thursday 7 March Book Fair
Wednesday 6 March
Y4 Halle for Youth Concert Bridgewater Hall
Thursday 7 March World Book Day
Y4 Assembly, Y4 parents welcome Celebratory Concert 6.00pm, Arts Centre
Friday
8 March Y6 Netball v Kings Macclesfield (H)
Tuesday 12 March
Wednesday 13 March Y5, Y6 Young Shakespeare – am
Thursday 14 March
AJIS Music Festival
Y6 Bolton Swimming Competition
Parent Consultations (1/2) In-Person
Parent Consultations (2/2) Online
Y3 Trip to Brockholes
Y5 AJIS Netball
Patterdale Hall Meeting 7.00pm
Friday 15 March Comic Relief Red Nose Day
Tuesday 19 March
Y6 AJIS Netball
Y6 ESSA Swimming Heats – Everton
Y6 Hockey Competition Dance Festival (Dance Club)
Wednesday 20 March Y5 Viking Visitor
Thursday 21 March
Friday 22 March
Saturday 23 March
Y5 Architecture Workshop
Y6 GM Lacrosse Tournament
Y6 Book Awards Celebration
Y6 AJIS Quiz
Monday 25 March House Day
Tuesday 26 March Y3, Y4 Easter Bingo – 1pm House Netball – pm
Wednesday 27 March Y5, Y6 Easter Bingo – 1pm END OF TERM
Tuesday 16 April
Wednesday 17 April
SUMMER TERM BEGINS
AJIS Cross Country TBC
Thursday 18 April PD Open Evening 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Monday 22 April
Wednesday 24 April
Tuesday 30 April
Y6 Trip to Patterdale Hall
Returning Friday 26 April
Y5 Taster Morning in Senior School
Y6 ESB Examinations
Wednesday 1 May Class and Group Photographs
Thursday
2 May
Y6 Trip to Stockport Air Raid Shelters
Monday 6 May BANK HOLIDAY
Summer Term 2024
Start of Term – Tuesday 16 April
Bank Holiday – Monday 6 May
Half Term – Monday 27 May to Friday 31 May
End of Term – Friday 5 July