Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Thursday 26th May
Summer Term, 2022 — WEEK A
From Mr. Morris Dear Parents, We have raced to the end of another half-term and the boys should be congratulated for their energy, effervescence and stamina after another action-packed few weeks. Assessments in English and Maths have taken place throughout the last Thursday 26h May week and boys have been focused on doing their best. The results will be Excel Tennis Tournament, shared with parents during next half-term. LLTC, morning Tomorrow is one of the highlights of the Park Road calendar, with Y6 to Young Voices, 12.45 the annual fancy dress charity Fun Run. Boys should come to school in AO Arena rehearsals all pm, their school uniform and transform into their chosen character after lunch. concert at 7pm—parents to It would be great to have a bumper crowd cheering them on as they make collect after concert their way around the track at the Senior School. On the subject of charity, one of our Year 6 boys, Ibraheem Altaf, has Friday 27th May recently travelled to the Lebanon and Jordan with family members to help House Morning less advantaged children across the region. We are incredibly proud of his Charity Fancy Dress Fun Run, efforts and look forward to hearing more about it in Friday’s assembly. 2.30pm, The Year 6 boys took part in the Junior Careers Carousel yesterday and Senior School were given some amazing insight into various vocations that they may one day consider, such as joining the armed forces, aspiring to be architects, training to be doctors or researchers amongst many others. Our thanks go BREAK UP FOR HALF to all the parents and alumni who so kindly volunteered their time and who TERM, 3.55 pm have clearly inspired the boys to do great things. Best wishes, Mr Morris
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Year 6 Play Rehearsals
PA Matters Bag2School – we have collection planned for Monday 13th June from 8-9am. Please let Mrs Iddon know if you need any more bags !
Monday 6th June RETURN TO SCHOOL AFTER HALF TERM Y6 to Patterdale Hall Y5 & Y6 After School Chess, 4-5pm Judo, 4-5pm Y5 SUP & Sailing (collection from Anderton Centre - 6.15pm) Tuesday 7th June Y3 STEMKids Club, 4-5pm Y3 Tennis, 4-5pm Y3/4 After School Chess, 4-5pm
Easy Funding – online shopping can also generate funds for the school PA by simply using the easyfundraising app and linking your account to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ boltonjbpa.
For Year 6 parents : as you are aware, the boys are working hard on this year’s play, “Jungle Book”, which will take place over three evenings, 29th June – 1st July. Please note that this is one of our compulsory events and all Year 6 boys are expected to attend on each of the three nights. Tickets will be going on sale soon !
This includes the majority of online merchants (e.g. Amazon, M&S, John Lewis, eBay, Domino’s Pizza, insurance and even travel companies) Don’t forget to @BSPDJnrBoysPA
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Achievements Congratulations to Shriansh Tol in 4A, who participated in a tennis tournament at Bolton Arena recently. He came second out of 10 players, having won all his group matches. He received a certificate for participation and a medal as a group winner. Well done, Shriansh!
Octagon Theatre Saturday Social Calling all budding thespians in Years 5 and 6: take a look at the link below if you are interested in Saturday drama sessions run by the Octagon Theatre : https://twitter.com/boltonsch/ status/1529086097053163520? s=12&t=8e_6H7Oz-8Wk3qdrFIAvXg Do let us know if you take part !
Well done to Teddy Morrow (4B), who played in a r e g i o n a l U1 0 h o c k e y tournament for Preston Hockey Club, after winning a tournament in April to represent Lancashire. He played in the North West section last weekend against clubs from Cumbria, Cheshire and Staffordshire. Preston got to the final stages but lost out to Chester Hockey Club (the eventual winners). Great achievement, Teddy!
Wednesday 8th June Scouts, 4.30 –6pm Cubs 6.30—7.45pm Year 4 Concert, 4pm Thursday 9th June AJIS Athletics, Trafford, all day LAMDA, 4-5pm Jujitsu, 4-5pm Cubs 6.30—7.45pm Friday 10th June Water Polo Training
(by invitation), 4-5pm Year 6 boys return from Patterdale, 3.45pm
Well done to Vivaan and Anhad from 3B, who were runners up in their inter club cricket tournament played over the weekend. They both play for Horwich RMI cricket club. Great result, boys !
This Week’s Documents This week’s linked documents include: Menu after half term (to follow) The newsletter is available on the school website at: http://www.boltonschool.org/junior-boys/downloads/ weekly-newsletter/current-newsletter/. Copies of these documents are also available on Parent Portal
Dates for Trips to Patterdale Please note the following dates in your diary for the forthcoming visits to Patterdale Hall : Year 6: Monday 6th to Friday 10th June (NB this is the Monday we return to school after May half term) Year 5: Wednesday 15th to Friday 17th June Year 4: Monday 13th—Wednesday 15th June. We will be holding an information evening for all Year 4 parents and parents of boys new to school in Years 5 and 6 today at 4pm. In advance of the Year 6 trip to Patterdale on Monday 6th June, if your son requires any prescribed medication, please could you bring it into School before Friday 27th May, so that it can be taken on the trip. Please remember any medication MUST be clearly labelled with the pharmacy label which has your son’s name and details of administering it on it. The consent to Administer Medication form, which must accompany any medication sent on the trip, can be found on Parent Portal.
Y3 Commonwealth Hockey Festival
Triangular Athletics
An excellent afternoon of hockey took place earlier this week, with most of the children new to the game. They quickly developed a range of skills and then thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into a series of short games against a range of opposition. As teams of only Year 3 pupils coming up against predominantly Year 4 children, our boys and girls played very well and never gave up. A thoroughly enjoyable experience and fantastic to see everyone coming together and enjoying an afternoon of sport. SAF
Well done to boys from Years 5 and 6 who competed in the historic Tri-Athletics competition held at The King’s School in Chester last week. After some exceptional individual and team performances, we finished closely behind Chester and Birkenhead. Very well done to all of the boys involved. TG
UK Junior Maths Congratulations to Ryan and Ibrahim (gold), the two Georges (silver) and Taran and Dhruv (bronze) who all performed extremely well in the recent UK Junior Maths Challenge. The boys were selected by NWGT following attendance at various maths challenges throughout the year and they certainly didn’t disappoint in a challenge which included able pupils from Years 5,6,7 and 8 from schools across the UK. Special mention goes to Ryan who excelled and is now through to the Junior Kangaroo which will take place in London later this term. KEW
Friends of Bolton School We are relaunching the Friends of Bolton School (FOBS) Choir with a “Come and Sing” event on Sunday 25th September. This will be held in the Girls’ Division Great Hall. If you are not already on the FOBS Choir mailing list, please email Friends@boltonschool.org to register your interest and to be kept informed of this and subsequent events. The choir is open to all parents, staff, ex-parents, governors, alumni and others with a connection to Bolton School. Further details will follow in due course.
Year 6—Young Voices Concert All the details for tonight’s much anticipated Year 6 trip to the AO Arena to perform at the Young Voices concert have been emailed to parents. Please note that the boys will eat lunch before they leave Park Road to travel to the Arena with accompanying staff, where they will rehearse all afternoon. The concert will begin at 7pm and collection is from the venue as per the email. Tickets have been handed out to the boys, so please frisk your son as replacements cannot be issued.
Mrs Iddon’s Charity Walk On Saturday 28th May, Mrs Iddon, whom you all know from the School Office, will be undertaking the mammoth challenge that is the Three Peaks of Saddleworth - a 7.5 mile hike, to raise much needed funds for a small local charity, ABCD—After Breast Cancer Diagnosis.
Please take a look at her JustGiving page and if you are able to sponsor her, she would be extremely grateful : https://www.justgiving.com/ crowdfunding/kate-iddon? utm_id=2&utm_term=RXej3br49
Many thanks to those who have so kindly and generously donated so far.
Before we break up for half term, there will be a new form uploaded to the Whole School Showbie class in the Generation Earthshot folder. This will be asking boys to record the dates of collections, note how many bags or weight of litter collected and whether they were able to sort out recyclable items from the litter and put them into their own recycling bins at home. Boys will, of course, be encouraged to do this with parental supervision and support.
Hopefully, lots of boys will continue to participate in this initiative with enthusiasm as we shall be choosing an Earthshot prize winner towards the end of the term and, very importantly, all of the evidence collected will help towards our Eco Schools Green Flag Award application. Huge thanks to everyone who is supporting this project. KEW
Star Litter Picker of the Week This week’s Star Pickers are Jack and his younger brother who are part of The Wilkinson Litter Busters and who have been hard at work collecting lots of rubbish left lying around at Deane Clough, BL3. The boys’ photos have been uploaded to the Picker Plotter.
Star Picker status also goes to another Jack (Yates, this time) who regularly picks at Shaw Hill Meadow, PR6. Well done, boys !
Eco Committee News Last Friday, our Eco Committee walked over to the Arts Centre to meet Bolton School’s Eco Governor, George Apsion. The boys had prepared thoroughly for their meeting and acquitted themselves well, sharing their achievements to date with George, asking interesting and thoughtful questions about why governors are interested in sustainability and why George was keen to meet them. The boys led the discussions impressively and their enthusiasm and commitment was there for all to see. This meeting builds on the recent meeting that the Committee had with Ian Clarke, Head of Estates, and provides additional evidence of the work they are doing and their engagement with the wider school community which will be vital when Park Road submits its Eco Schools’ Green Flag Award application later this term. Well done, boys, we were very proud of you! KEW
May’s Geography Mission Thank you to the boys who have already submitted photos in this month’s Geography Mission. This month, the quest is to find the best examples of human geography and Miss Gillibrand, from Boys’ Division, will be coming down to an assembly at Park Road to present prizes after half term. All entries should be uploaded to the Whole School Showbie class in the Geography Competitions folder. Full details are linked here and on the image opposite. KEW
Miss Cox’s Comic Competition Calling all comic book fans! Are you the next Dav Pilkey or Stan Lee? Go to the library to take part in Miss Cox’s comic competition! Take a blank comic strip and create your very own comic! All entries to be handed in to Miss Cox in the Library by Monday 6th June. Entries will be judged and displayed in school. Prizes to be won! CC
Park Road Charity Fun Run 2022
Governor Vacancy
The charities being supported this year at our annual Fun Run on Friday 27th May are:
Please find details here about a vacancy on the Governing Body (Legal Compliance) for which applications are invited among parents and other interested parties.
Make A Wish UK Cancer Research UK Alder Hey Children’s Charity Team Seas
Music Lessons—September 2022 For boys in Years 3,4 and 5: if you wish your son to start individual music lessons from September, please apply in writing to Mr I K Forgrieve, Head of Instrumental Studies, Bolton School Boys’ Division – IKF@boltonschool.org.
Sponsorship forms can be found linked here and on Parent Portal and further details for the afternoon will follow.
Y3 & Y4 Concert Information Please find linked here letters concerning the forthcoming Year 3 and Year 4 concerts. Please note that both events are compulsory.
“Hunting the Higgs”
If you wish to cease individual music lessons, you must write to your son’s instrumental teacher and comply with the terms of the notice stipulated in your contract with the teacher. For boys in Year 6 : if you wish to start individual music lessons in the Senior School, it is important to complete and return the appropriate section of the Senior School Joining Information pack, and return the forms to the Senior School. It will be assumed that anybody currently learning in Year 6 will automatically continue lessons in Year 7, unless you withdraw from lessons, by writing directly to your son’s teacher to comply with the terns of the notice stipulated in your contract with the teachers.
Year 5 and Year 6 boys joined with Hesketh House in the Girls’ Division Theatre for an exciting and entertaining science show called “Hunting the Higgs” last week. It was all about particle physics and the Higgs boson. Everyone learned that the Higgs boson is the fundamental particle associated with the Higgs field, a field that gives mass to other fundamental particles such as electrons and quarks. We discovered that a particle’s mass determines how much it resists changing its speed or position when it encounters a force and that not all fundamental particles have mass. The boys and girls enjoyed throwing things, catching things and watching for changes, learning about scientific experimental methods and physics. The show finished with a Big Bang involving sublimated dry ice. CDH
News from the Art Room Year 6 completed their end of unit pieces looking at photographic abstraction. They used an online poster generator to produce their work at large scale after using a range of apps to abstract their original photographs. Great work, boys ! JM
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