Junior Girls' Review 2012-13

2012/2013 Review

From the Head….

Helping to put together the Annual Review is one of the most enjoyable things I do as we approach the end of an academic year. This year is no exception as I reflect on all the wonderful opportunities and learning that has taken place in Hesketh House.

The pictures tell the story in part and reveal the energy and enthusiasm that exists here. I wish the pages could talk as there would be even more hidden delights revealed.

Enjoy turning the pages with your daughter as I intend to do with friends of school and visitors alike.

Prefects A View from the Head Prefect

Hesketh House is a wonderful and creative place to learn and every member of Hesketh House is kind, caring, and helpful. The building itself comprises three floors, which involve the classrooms, a library, science room, art room and a room full of ICT facilities. The playground is a fun place to be! It includes many different activities that include life sized board games and a colourful spiral alphabet. There is also an amphitheatre, which can be used in many ways! We also have a wonderful sensory garden behind the building, with musical instruments, benches, as well as a gazebo! The sensory garden is a great place to spend time in as it is interactive as well as being peaceful!

On the ground floor in Hesketh House, there are the two Year 3 classrooms, both filled with the pupils’ creative work. Outside both classrooms, is a big wall filled with the Habits of Mind philosophy that we follow and that links with our school work and how we behave. We are always encouraged to use our habits of mind, everyday. On the first floor are the Year 4 and 5 classrooms! There are many display boards filled with fantastic work from the Year 4 and 5 pupils. On the second floor are the Year 6 classrooms displayed with work representative of Year 6 pupils in English, Mathematics, Science and Learning Challenges. As well as the classrooms being on the top floor, there are also many other rooms such as the ICT suite, a room full of keyboards and technology, as well as a library covered with creatively designed furniture in the brightest of colours and packed with the most wonderful books, and other audio and visual material that we can borrow. An ‘idea wall’ is placed outside the Year 6 classrooms, where each class can write down ideas and notes based on question prompts from a recent assembly. It is fun to read the different opinions and ideas everyone has, as well as the fact that everyone loves to get involved!

The assemblies that we have always give us the opportunity to get involved in many creative ways. Many teachers hold assemblies and always we have fun with these, it is like a lesson for the whole school. In these assemblies we celebrate significant events: National Poetry Day, World Book Day, P.S.H.E. and House Meetings as well as Charity events. We have many amazing visitors who attend and give us great assemblies as well as performances! These range from boys and girls in the Senior Schools who share their talents with us in music and other areas of school life. Mrs Brierley, the Head Teacher, holds most assemblies and teaches us many things to help us as we progress through school. Like most lessons, humour is added into the assemblies which help brighten up our days, especially mornings!

The hall that we have assemblies in is also used for dining, indoor P.E lessons, and other extra-curricular activities. There is also a part of the hall behind the partitioning doors - that room has a grand piano and is where most music lessons are held.

Our school is a very “involved” school; it is full of life and joy. Many of the extra-curricular clubs that we have include: Ju-jitsu, Chess, Orchestra, Netball, Swimming, there is such a wide variety of clubs from musical to athletic to art to thinking activities that it is impossible to mention them all! It’s great fun and gives us more opportunities to try something new and learn so much more.

In terms of trying something new, every year group from Year 4 to Year 6 enjoy outdoor pursuits at Patterdale Hall which is in the Lake District. It is definitely an adventurous trip, and takes pupils out of their comfort zone and encourages them to do things they have never experienced before. It’s an exhilarating adventure because every day you are there you are outdoors enjoying the fresh air, and doing something different from what you would usually do.

Hesketh House opens so many new opportunities for us all and is truly a wonderful place. There is a welcoming and friendly atmosphere all around the school that makes you feel at home. The best memories are made in Hesketh House, and you will never forget a second of being part of this happy school. The lessons are extremely fun and entertaining! Each teacher in every year always adds a little humour into the lessons, which makes everyone enjoy learning!

ShivaniChohan,HeskethHouseHeadPrefectSpringandSummerTerm

Girls Discover their Heritage at Port Sunlight

“On Friday 14th June, the whole school went to Port Sunlight which was created by the inspiring William Hesketh Lever who also founded Bolton School. We saw wonderful views and amazing sights including a daffodil and sunflower field. We had a tour in a coach and saw houses that were very big for workers and I thought that William Hesketh Lever had a kind heart to build houses for his workers. Our second activity was one in a school where we learnt more about William Hesketh Lever. I found out that he made soap and he bought paintings and used them as advertising. He had an Art Gallery built in memory of his wife. A war memorial was also built there for people from Port Sunlight who died in war. So if you are interested go ahead and visit!” Kareena

Year 3

Did the girls ever escape from the Roman jail at the Dewa Museum in Chester??

Year 3 create 3D collage canvases on the theme of ‘Rainforests’

Healthy Smiles all round as the girls take part in an oral hygiene workshop

Girls explore the food and culture of Ancient Greece

Another opportunity to be creative with clay

A Roman Soldier also came to visit them at School

Where did I come from? Girls investigate their Family Trees

Year 4

Girls wearing traditional Indian dress and sampling traditional Indian foods as part of their India Project

Close encounters of the crawly kind in a visit from Blackpool Zoo

More ceramic creativity

Science and Art combine in a fingerprint workshop

“When the lady got the two cockroaches I thought they were just going to be small but instead they were giant Mexican cockroaches. When it came to my turn I got really excited. The lady gave it to me and it felt really tickly it crawled all over my hands and at one point I

Year 5

What is the water cycle and how do we fit into it? Girls begin their Learning Challenge on Water with an interactive workshop

Girls made their own headdresses as part of an Aztec study

Thinking caps on for Maths puzzles

Stepping back in time with a Tudor Workshop

Getting back to nature with a Pond Dip at Seven Acres

Girls enjoyed a concert with the Halle

Year 6

A visit from the Fire Brigade

Girls performed their own interpretations of Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Audience participation in a performance of Twelfth Night by the Young Shakespeare Company

All Rise! Girls took part in a mock Magistrates Court trial.

As part of their study of Native American Culture, girls had the privilege of engaging in a workshop with Native American Indian, Nuquangdala

Girls spent a morning on drama activities in the Senior School to get a taste of life in Year 7

Whole School

Interested Historians from each class visited an archaeological dig at Moss Bank Park to discover remains of the Manor House which was demolished in 1951 to find out about the past and learn more about the families who lived in Moss Bank House.

Girls Captivated by Major General's Talk

Year 6 girls had the privilege to listen to an inspiring talk about war from retired soldier and author Major General Ian Cardozo from New Delhi. His granddaughter, Year 6 pupil Anita had invited him in for the morning. Major General Cardozo served with the Gurkhas over many years and spoke to the girls of his war experiences.

Adventure Cameraman

Archaeological dig

National Geographic Cameraman, Leon McCarron, visited Hesketh House to talk to the girls about his life as an adventure cameraman.

International Day

International Day 2013 saw a host of activities to celebrate everything German. The girls spent a day filled with cross-curricular activities, exploring the food, language and culture of Germany and researching interesting German facts.

“German Day was great - there were four different activities to do. For one we had to make an animation and me and my partner made a butterfly land on a flower that was blowing. I loved German Day and I would like to have a day like that again. “Amerleen Year4

World Book Day

As part of World Book Day Celebrations at Hesketh House, the pupils and staff transported themselves to 1920’s Paris using Brian Selznick’s novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret as the inspiration for the day! Girls donned a colourful and imaginative array of costumes to make the celebrations even more special.

The Year 6 Netball Squad achieved third place in the Plate competition of the AJIS Netball Tournament.

After winning the qualifying round ,the Yr5 Swim team were chosen to represent the Borough of Bolton at the Greater Manchester School Games, and finished in joint 1st place with the Borough of Trafford.

Sporting Success

Girls took part in a variety of sports during the year including football, netball, badminton, tennis and athletics….

The girls were victorious in a Bolton Schools’ Basketball competition despite it being their first ever one!

Girls celebrated a double success after winning both the Bolton Primary Schools' Cross Country League and Championship.

Year 6 pupil Sharon is set to represent England in the European Youth Chess Championship in Montenegro and in the World Youth Chess Championship in the UAE. Sharon is currently amongst the best female players in England in the U11 age group and is the only girl in the England U11 mixed Chess team. She has won the U11 Grand Prix which makes her the 2013 U11 English Youth Chess Champion, the UK Chess Challenge Mega Final in the U9 and U10 age groups and the AJIS Chess

Year 5 pupil Mahima took part in the European Schools’ Chess Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia at the end of June, representing the England Girls’ U11 Team. Mahima has only been playing competitive chess for one year but last year won the national U9 AJIS Chess Tournament, the UKCC Giga Final and was the best U9 girl in the British Chess

Our girls are the National U11 Girls’ Chess Champions! Neha, Jessica, Mahima and Sharon won the national finals of the EFC Schools’ Tournament held at Uppingham School. The School booked their place in the final when a team consisting of Neha, Amerleen, Shivani and Jessica came second in the Northern Semi Final at Cheadle Hulme School earlier in the year. The girls received a trophy

The Under 11 team made it through to the EPSCA Semifinals at Prestatyn on 16 and 17 June, finishing in 7th place overall to win a silver trophy.

ChessA fantastic year for chess at Hesketh House as we saw teams of girls make it to the final of two national competitions and two girls flying out

Flute choir at assembly

Christmas Celebration Music Recital

Throughout the year the girls put on a number of performances and concerts, showcasing all aspects of their musical talent through all instruments, including voice.

String Ensemble

Choir

Music Festival

Nature and music combine

Extra-Curricular

Patterdale

Throughout the year, our Year 4, 5 and 6 girls had the opportunity to visit our Outdoor Pursuits Centre, Patterdale Hall, on the shore of Lake Ullswater in the Lake District. The girls tried out many activities from climbing and gorge walking to archery, Ski

Trip

Charity/Community

Girls supported World Hunger Day by taking part in a Design a Recipe Competition.

Girls brought harvest gifts into school to donate to Winterwatch to benefit the homeless in the local community.

Girls made and sold Pusdey cakes and other goodies to raise money for Children in Need.

Lots of fun was had for Comic Relief

Max Griffiths from LivLife returned to his old school to pick up a cheque for £11,463.03 and to thank the pupils and staff for their enormous fundraising efforts at the end of the last school year. The whole school event saw pupils raising money through a wide range of activities, culminating in a spectacular Maasai dance in the School’s

A special assembly marked Remembrance Day

Over £700 was raised on Charity Afternoon

Hesketh House joined in the Grub Tub Scheme in support of Urban Outreach's initiative to feed those in need in