HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 7 OCTOBER 2022
A note from the Head…
School Council
Thank you to all of the girls who have volunteered to come in to School tomorrow to help us with our Open Morning. We look forward to welcoming visitors to Hesketh House and they always enjoy meeting the staff and current pupils. Our girls are excellent representatives of Bolton School and we always get very positive feedback from our guests; I am sure this year will be the same.
The following girls have been elected to the School Council this term:
If you know of anyone who may be interested in a Bolton School education for their child, please do encourage them to come and see us. The whole campus is open from 9.30am – 1.00pm.
Road Safety
Please could I remind you to contact the school office juniorgirls@boltonschool.org.uk or 01204 434761 if your daughter is going to be absent from school for any reason. We would ask that you also use this email address for all day-to-day messages or enquiries, as it is monitored regularly through the day, whereas staff personal email addresses may not be.
We have been speaking to the girls in assembly about keeping themselves safe as they arrive at school in the morning and leave at the end of the day. Please do support us in this by making sure that they only cross roads at the designated crossing points. There is a lollipop man on Park Road and our own Sergeants cross children safely on Dobson Road. Anyone crossing Tudor Avenue or Chorley New Road should only do so at the traffic lights. Year 4 Trip to Bolton Museum Tuesday 4 October
Thank you! Mrs C Laverick Year 3 Form Captains and Vice Captains Year 3 pupils have been voting for their class representatives this week. Congratulations to: 3C Form Captain Vice Captain 3H Form Captain Vice Captain
Maryam Ahmad Erin Chalk Harriet Davis Sana Matak Bronwen Soper
Isabelle Ducker Tomasina Brenchley Mollie Gribbin Diya Naran
Year 4 spent a fascinating day exploring many aspects of Ancient Egyptian culture and rituals as part of their history study for this term. Bolton Museum and Art Gallery offered a splendid setting and the mummification workshop was both engaging and full of participation for these eager young minds.
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The girls were fascinated to learn more about chronology, artefacts, religion and about the importance of the River Nile to these ancient peoples. The entire day supported their curriculum work perfectly. Thank you to the two parent volunteers, Mrs Kumar and Dr Baker for their assistance!
Darcey reports, ‘When the girls from Hesketh
Diana Anti-Bullying Training Tuesday 4 October
National Poetry Day Thursday 6 October
A selection of Year 5 girls enjoyed some antibullying training this week, courtesy of The Diana Awards, which they found very useful and informative. The event was attended by over 120 children from 12 schools across the North West.
Year 4 pupils led a National Poetry Day assembly on Thursday to celebrate this year’s theme, Environment. Taking inspiration from Sally Crabtree’s poem ‘Word Bird’, the pupils composed a rhyming poem to show how the Word Bird created a wonderful earth for us to be its custodians. Linking our poetry with verb work in English Grammar, the lines of poetry expressed how the Word Bird: woke the morning, bubbled the burns, sketched the waves, cooled the ice, sprouted the leaves, croaked the frogs, embraced the showers, dashed the dusk, chanted the sky, roared the lions… All Hesketh House pupils joined in the chorus, Oh the Word Bird sang and the world began. What a great start to the day!
Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors are: Maryam Ahmad Erin Chalk Rahima Isaak Beatrix Snape Darcey Tomlinson
Sophie Andrews Harriet Davis Sana Matak Bronwen Soper Orla Wilson
House went to the Great Hall we did an antibullying ambassador programme and were discussing how to stop bullying in our school. We all got a booklet which we wrote our ideas in. We can earn 4 badges, Community Action, Respect, Wellbeing and Online Safety. We did fun activities and worked with lots of different schools and people. We learnt about different types of bullying and all had a great time!’
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 7 OCTOBER 2022
Open Morning Saturday 8 October We will be opening our doors to the public on Saturday 8 October from 9.30am for our annual Open Morning. As ever, we are always grateful for the support of pupils on this day, who help out in so many different ways. If you know of any families that you think might be interested in learning more about us, do please alert them to the event. We are asking that enquirers pre-register their attendance at boltonschool.org/openday. Parents’ Association Meeting Wednesday 12 October, Arts Centre 7.00pm
Kidzone Holiday Club Monday 24 October – Friday 4 November Kidzone are running various activities throughout the half term holiday. More information can be found in the flyer attached here. BSS Leisure Services Holiday Club Monday 24 October – Friday 4 November BSSL have an Outdoor Adventure week and a Multi-Sports camp during the half term, Please see the flyer here for more details.
We are considering how we might restructure the PAs in order to make the best use of the time, expertise and enthusiasm of our whole parent body in order to develop fund-raising and social opportunities which benefit our children and parents.
Hesketh House Parent Information Booklet
We would welcome the views and suggestions of all of our parents and as such, invite you to attend a meeting to discuss the future organisation of our Parents' Associations. This will be held in the Arts Centre at 7.00pm on Wednesday 12 October. In order to allow us to plan logistics for this meeting I would be grateful if you could register your intention to attend via the Google form link below, prior to Monday 10 October. If you are unable to attend but have any suggestions you would like to put forward for consideration these can also be recorded via the Google form. https://forms.gle/BA65FbAwtFpmZk2j9
Lunch Menu
Harvest Festival Wednesday 19 October We will be holding our Harvest Festival Assembly in the week before half term. From Monday, we are asking for donations, which we will give to Urban Outreach, as part of their Winter Watch project. There are particular items they find very useful; a copy of the provision list can be found here.
On joining the School, parents are provided with a copy of our Information Booklet. The latest copy can be found here.
Our weekly lunch menu can be found on the school website, www.boltonschool.org/juniorgirls/catering/. This is updated each week. School Uniform Shop During October Half term the shop will be closed from Monday 24 October to Saturday 29 October, inclusive. It will open from Monday 31 October with the normal term time 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 Twitter Please follow us on twitter @BSPDJnrGirls.
HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 7 OCTOBER 2022
SPORT REPORT
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Bolton Schools Cross Country Thursday 6 October, Moss Bank Park 4.00pm It was another good run from our girls this week, with grit and determination shown by all. Particular congratulations to those who ran in the previous race, who all improved on their positions, well done!
Saturday 8 October Tuesday 11 October Wednesday 12 October Thursday 13 October Wednesday 19 October Friday 21 October
Results Alexia Pattle Hattie Drake Annabelle Hutchinson Ella Wrigley Alice Lomas Darcey Tomlinson Charlotte Buchanan Bronwen Soper
9 10 19 28 37 54 78 102
Year 6 Netball v Bury Grammar Friday 7 October Good luck to the girls playing in this fixture this afternoon! House Cross Country Friday 21 October 2.00pm Our House Cross Country Competition will be held on Friday 21 October, with the first race starting at 2.00pm. We join with the boys from Park Road for this event, and parents are most welcome to attend. Further details will be sent home shortly.
Monday 24 October – Friday 4 November Tuesday 8 November Wednesday 9 November Friday 11 November Saturday 12 November Monday 21 November Monday 21 November – Thursday 24 November Tuesday 6 December Thursday 15 December
Whole School Open Morning 9.30am – 1.00pm Author Talk – Lenny Henry (online) 10.00am, all classes Parent Meeting 7.00pm Arts Centre Diwali Dance Workshops Bolton League Cross Country 4.00pm Moss Bank Park Harvest Festival House Cross Country 2.00pm Parents welcome to spectate HALF TERM
Flu Immunisations Individual Pupil Photographs - am Remembrance Assembly 10.45am Y6 Parents welcome to attend AJIS Chess 9.30am – 3.30pm Park Road Y4, Y5, Y6 Informal Concert 7.00pm Hesketh House Parent Consultation Evenings (online) Hesketh House Christmas Concert 2.30pm and 7.00pm GD Great Hall *attendance compulsory for all pupils TERM ENDS 3.25PM
TERM DATES 2023 Spring Term 2023 Start of Term – Thursday 5 January Half Term – Monday 20 February to Monday 27 February End of Term – Wednesday 29 March 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