JANUARY 2023
A note from the Head…
The term is now well underway and things are settling down nicely at Hesketh House. Year 6 girls have survived their Senior School Entrance Examination and the subsequent interviews, with some even admitting to enjoying the experience!
We are looking forward to a particular busy few weeks ahead, with a wide variety of sporting events and several visitors coming in to school to pass on their knowledge and expertise. Please do keep your eye on our diary, included in every Newsletter.
Please could I remind you that general queries should be directed to the Hesketh House office juniorgirls@boltonschool.org.uk or 01204 434761.
Finally, some of our families will be celebrating Chinese New Year this weekend and we hope that you enjoy your festivities. Happy New Year!
新年快乐
Mrs C Laverick
Pupil Achievements
If your daughter receives a certificate, trophy, medal or other award outside of school, please encourage her to bring this in and share it with us.
Music Examination Success
Congratulations to the following girls on excellent results in their recent piano examinations, very well done!
Tullah Maher Initial Piano Distinction
Alivia Smith Initial Piano Distinction
Molly Wilkinson Initial Piano Distinction
Hurrem Subhani Grade 1 Piano Distinction
Sahana Jacobs Grade 3 Piano Merit
UK Bebras Challenge
Last term all of the girls took part in the UK Bebras Computing Challenge This introduces computational thinking and is organised in over 50 countries. It is designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Each participant answer questions that focus on computational and logical thinking.
All of the girls who took part will receive a certificate, but there are special awards for‘Bestin School’ in each age category. Particular congratulations to our top scorers who were: Year 3 Ava McManus
Year 4/5 Sophie Andrews / Erin Chalk Year 6 Zara Gilani
Parents’ Association Meeting
Tuesday 31 January, Hesketh House 6.00pm
Any interested parents would be welcome to join us for this meeting, please just turn up! Parking will be available on the Dobson Road Car Park.
Hesketh House Music Festival
Monday 13 February
Tuesday 14 February
We will be holding our annual Music Festival just prior to half term, with the piano classes on Monday 13 February and other instrumental and ensemble groups on Tuesday 14 February. Parents will be able to come in to watch the sessions their child is taking part in if they wish; we will confirm timings in the next couple of weeks Letters have been given out to interested girls, a copy can be found here.
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External adjudicators will award certificates and placings in each category, and give individual feedback on all of the performances. We will be inviting the award winners in each category to perform in a Celebratory Concert on the evening of Wednesday 1 March. More details will be given nearer the time.
EPSCA Chess Competition
Saturday 18 February, Park Road
We will be entering U9 and U11 teams in the National Primary Schools’ Chess Competition, with the first round being held at Park Road on Saturday 18 February Letters have been sent out today to those selected, with additional players likely to be added over the next week or so
Book Fair
Tuesday 28 February – Thursday 2 March
The Book Fair will be in school from Tuesday 28 February until the end of the day on Thursday 2 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 Wednesday and Thursday 4.00pm – 4.30pm, in case parents want to pop in too. On this occasion, all payments will need to be made in cash please.
World Book Day 2023 Thursday 2 March
Create a character role for yourself for WBD. We invite you to come to school dressed as any character from fiction, non-fiction or poetry. Start thinking about who or what you could be. Let’s createa colourful array of characters!
In addition to dressing up, we would like you to bring a book from home to school on World Book Day, to share with your friends and classmates. It might be a story book, a non-fiction title, a quiz book or a poetry book. Won’t it be fun to share your ideas and your books with others? All we ask is that you take a bookmark template from your classroom (your teacher will have these), write your name and class on it and pop it inside your book from home so that it won’t get mislaid and can be safely returned to you at the end of the day.
All girls will receive a £1 WBD voucher, which can be used topart purchase any book, including those in our Book Fair. A book costing £5 will cost you £4 if you use your voucher. We will give you these vouchers before half term if they have arrived. The £1 vouchers can also be used in any bookstore to buy specially commissioned books written for World Book Day.
Uniform
Just a reminder that coats should be plain black and shoes should have straps or laces, slip on shoes are not allowed. Boots may be worn in the event of bad weather, but girls are expected to change in to their regular school shoes once inside the building.
Twitter
Please follow us on twitter @BSPDJnrGirls.
Please make sure that your daughter has her coat with her in school every day, as we do try to get outside at breaktimes whenever possible. Could you also please check that all items of uniform are clearly named? Thank you
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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, and we would be grateful if parents would use the website as the first port of call. You will also be sent an email, and news often first appears on School Twitter Accounts such as @Philip_Britton, @sfboltonschool, @BSPDJnrGirls.
Patterdale Hall Trips – Summer Term 2023
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.
Our uniform suppliers are working on some major improvements to their popular Click and Collect service, due to be launched later this year. In order to put all these updates in place, they need to suspend the Click and Collect service for approximately three weeks.
Active Lives – Community Events
We have been asked to share details of community events happening around Bolton in January and February. These include:
• Free refreshments / food
• Free bike assessments, basic repairs
• Kids arts and crafts
• Discounts and freebies
• Health checks, blood pressure
• Local physical activity providers / sessions / demos
• Local health walks
• Volunteer opportunities
• Community feedback survey
More information can be found in the flyer here.
SPORT REPORT
Year 6 Netball v Year 7 Wednesday 18 January
There will be an Information Evening on Thursday 23 March when we will be giving pupils and parents more details about what to expect. We would particularly recommend that you attend if your child has not been to Patterdale Hall before.
School Uniform Shop
Normal term time hours are:
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
Our Year 6 squad players enjoyed a lunchtime training match against Year 7 girls this week. Mrs Marsden reports that it was a great game with the score fluctuating throughout, but eventually finishing on a 7 – 7 draw, a very fair result. Very well done to all of the players!
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Year 5 Netball v Birkenhead School
Thursday 19 January, 2.15pm Birkenhead
A Team
Annabelle Hutchinson
Sahana Jacobs
Tullah Maher
Charlotte McCarren
Izzy Owen
Alexia Pattle
Jessica Shannon Sienna Shum
B Team
Alice Lomas
Francesca Longton
Avni Patel Molly Scales
Bronwen Soper
Isabelle Tunstall
Sabrinah Warren
Orla Wilson
Year 5 girls enjoyed a competitive fixture against Birkenhead yesterday, demonstrating some excellent netball skills. The A team won 15 – 6, with Jessica Shannon nominated as player of the match and the B team lost 6 – 3, with Bronwen Soper selected as the top player. Well done to everyone who took part.
Cross Country Success
Congratualtions to Alexia Patlle and Hattie Drake, who have been selected to represent the Bolton town team in a Greater Manchester Cross Country event on 4 February. We will let you know how they get on.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday 24 January
Y4 Netball Festival 4.00pm St Joseph’s High School
Thursday 26 January AJIS Sportshall Athletics Robin Park
Friday 27 January Quiz Club Competition am
Wednesday 1 February Y4 Roman Workshop
Thursday 2 February Y5 Netball v Stockport (A)
Friday 3 February Y6 Netball v Birkenhead (H)
Monday 6 February Y5/6 Hockey Competition
Wednesday 8 February Y5, Y6 Young Shakespeare ‘Hamlet’ 9.00am, Hesketh House
Friday 10 February PA Breakfast Club AJIS Football Competition Y4, Y5, Y6 Netball v Scarisbrick (H)
Monday 13 February
Music Festival – Piano Parents welcome to attend
Y3/4 Hockey Festival TBC
Tuesday 14 February Music Festival – Instrumental Parents welcome to attend
Wednesday 15 February
Y6 Netball v Clevelands (H) TBC
Thursday 16 February MFL Day Y6 Hockey Festival
Friday 17 February Y3 Trip to Tatton Hall
Saturday 18 February EPSCA Chess Competition
Monday 20 February
Tuesday 28 February
HALF TERM
SPRING TERM RESUMES Tuesday 28 February Book Fair in School this week Wednesday 1 March Celebratory Concert 7.00pm Thursday 2 March World Book Day Friday 3 March
Y5 Netball v Bury (A) Monday 6 March
Parents’ Evenings this week (online) Wednesday 8 March
Dance Festival (Street Dance Club) Bolton Albert Halls 6.00pm Thursday 9 March Y6 Sailing pm
Friday 10 March Y6 AJIS Netball Thursday 16 March
Y5 AJIS Netball TBC Bridgewater Hall Concert (Choir, Strings, Woodwind) 7.00pm
Tuesday 21 March House Day Thursday 23 March Y6 Sailing pm Patterdale Hall Meeting 7.00pm Friday 24 March Y5 / Y6 House Netball
Y3 / Y4 House Dodgeball
Tuesday 28 March Y5 Viking Day Wednesday 29 March Y5 Architecture Workshop TERM ENDS 4.00PM
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
