HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER
21 APRIL 2023
Form Captains and Vice Captains
The following girls have been elected as Form Captains and Vice Captains for this term:
Form Captain Vice Captain
3C Orla Riley Chloe Hughes
3H Zaynah Ashraf Francesca Mills
4B Hannah Bobat Hannah Humphreys
4W Sophia Kennedy Arwa Bhatia
5J Kya Patel Annabelle Hutchinson
5M Abby Tso Alice Plenderleith
6F Isobel Mitchell Stephanie Li
6G Maka Matorera Ava Lafferty
AJIS Quiz
Saturday 25 March
Team
Zoya Ghauri Emily Guo
Sahana Jacobs Avni Patel
Kya Patel Inarah Seedat
Music Examination Success
Congratulations to the following girls on their recent music examination results:
Arwa Bhati Piano Pre-Prep Distinction
Avni Patel Piano Grade 2 Distinction
Brooke Shum Singing Grade 2 Distinction
Summer Term Curriculum Overviews
Curriculum Overviews for this term can be found using the links below:
Year 3 Curriculum Overview Summer 2023
Year 4 Curriculum Overview Summer 2023
Year 5 Curriculum Overview Summer 2023
Year 6 Curriculum Overview Summer 2023
Twitter
Please follow us on twitter @BSPDJnrGirls
Just before the holidays we attended the AJIS Quiz competition hosted at Bury Grammar School. Our team of six girls enjoyed answering a huge variety of questions on topics such as coding, flags, Disney characters, calculating angles, naming films from emojis and even animal noises! The final round tested their engineering skills when they were asked to create a marble run from just paper and tape. Well done to them all, they represented the school admirably!
Easter Bingo!
Monday 27 and Tuesday 28 March
Thank you very much to our Parents’ Association who supported our Easter Bingo sessions in the last week of term. The girls all enjoyed playing –particular congratulations to our winners!
Year 5 Viking Day
Tuesday 28 March
Year 5 enjoyed meeting their Viking visitor and finding out about that first Viking invasion in AD 793 The topic was really brought to life for the girls and they had a fantastic experience designing board games, exploring artefacts, making clay lamps and training as a Viking soldier!
The Inaugural Hulton Lecture
Wednesday 3 May, 5.00pm, GD Great Hall
We are thrilled that the first lecture of its kind will take place in the Girls’ Division Great Hall on Wednesday 3May 2023 with Old Boy, Rob Dobson (Class of 1982) acting as the keynote speaker. More information has been sent home in a recent email.
You are invited to join us for the event and afterwards for refreshments in The Leverhulme Suite. There is no charge and tickets will not be issued for this event but it would be helpful in assessing seating requirements if those wishing to attend would let us know to confirm numbers. Please click on this link to register and follow the instructions to the next screen which will take you to the Hulton Lecture booking page.
Parking will be available in the Boys’ Division Quad. Additional parking, if required, will be made available on Dobson Road Quad.
Year 5 Architecture Day
Wednesday 29 March
Girls in Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic architecture workshop, making a Saxon Roundhouse and a Viking Longship. As well as enhancing work in their History topic, they also learnt a great deal about structures and building with strong shapes.
Patterdale Hall – Summer Residential Visits
Trip Information and Kit Lists have been sent out, a copy can be found here:
Year 3 Patterdale Information and Kit List
Year 4 Patterdale Information and Kit List
Year 5 Patterdale Information and Kit List
Year 6 Patterdale Information and Kit List
The Royally Big Portrait
Deadline Friday 28 April
We would like to encourage the girls to take part in this Children in Need competition, more information can be found here We would also like the girls to take a picture of their entry on their iPad, so we can use it in school.
Please make sure that you have checked your daughter’s contact and medical information on Parent Portal, and given consent for the trip.
Lunch Menu
The lunch menu for next week can be found here.
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Year 3 and Year 4 House Dodgeball
Friday 24 March
Congratulations to Year 3 girls in Buttermere and Year 4 girls in Windermere, who won their House Dodgeball Competitions at the end of the Spring Term!
Year 5 and Year 6 House Netball
Friday 24 March
Year 5 and Year 6 girls enjoyed playing in the House Netball Tournament at the end of the last term. Windermere won in Year 5 and Grasmere in Year 6; overall, after combining the scores, the House Cup went to Windermere – well done!
Results:
English Schools Swimming Association
Primary Schools Team Championship
Friday 24 March
Team
Petra Critchley
Alice Lomas
Izzy Owen
Darcey Tomlinson
Congratulations to our Year 5 and 6 swimmers, who competed in ESSA Primary Championship (North West) and came 1st in the Freestyle Relay and 2nd in the Medley Relay. This means they will now go on to compete in Sheffield in June – a fantastic achievement!
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Results: Year 3 Buttermere Grasmere Rydal Ullswater Windermere 16 12 12 8 12 Year 4 Buttermere Grasmere Rydal Ullswater Windermere 8 10 16 8 18
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Monday 24 April House Afternoon
Wednesday 26 April Eurovision Song Contest!
1.30pm (pupils only)
Thursday 27 April Primary Division Open Evening
4.30pm – 6.30pm
Friday 28 April Y5 Taster Morning in Girls’ Division Y4 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 Hulton Lecture – Rob Dobson 5.00pm GD Great Hall
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 Y6 Explorer Talk 3.15pm
Thursday 11 May 6F Bikeability
Friday 12 May 6F Bikeability Eco-Club Recycling Trip Cub Camp (until Sunday)
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)
Tuesday 16 May Y5 Netball Tournament TBC
Wednesday 17 May Y5 House Swimming Gala p6, 7 (Sorry, no spectators)
Friday 19 May AJIS Tennis
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
Tuesday 6 June Y5, Y6 AJIS Athletics Y3, Y4 Music Recital
7.00pm Hesketh House
Wednesday 7 June Y6 to Quarry Bank Mill
Friday 9 June Y6 ESB TBC
Monday 12 June Class and Group Photographs New Parent Information Evening 7.00pm Hesketh House
Thursday 15 June Y5, Y6 Music Recital
Friday 16 June Sports Day 1.15pm (Parents welcome to attend
Wednesday 21 June PA Second Hand Uniform Sale 3.30pm – 4.30pm Hesketh House Hall
Friday 23 June Sports Day (Reserve Date)
Tuesday 27 June Y6 Induction Day in Senior School Y3, 4, 5 Move-Up Day Y6 Leavers’ Celebration 6.00pm Hesketh House
Tuesday 4 July Y7 Parent Induction Evening
Wednesday 5 July Hesketh House Summer Concert 2.30pm and 7.00pm GD Great Hall
Thursday 6 July Y5 Trip to Chester Zoo
Friday 7 July Final Assembly 10.30am House Competitions pm TERM ENDS 3.25PM
School Uniform Shop
Summer Opening Hours
The School Uniform Shop will be closed from Monday 10 July, reopening on Monday 24 July.
From Monday 24 July opening hours will be:
Monday to Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm
Saturday 9.30am – 12.30pm
Sunday Closed
