HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 4 OCTOBER 2019

A note from the Head… League Chess Monday 30 September, Park Road The Charity Representatives and School Council presented our Harvest Festival Assembly this week, with the help of special guests Mrs Clare Harrison and Mr Samuel Bagley. Clare asked us to think about ourselves and what we were thankful for in our lives. She also reminded us that what is on the inside of a person is much more important than what we see on the outside. She used a bit of magic to cut open a dirty and horrible looking potato to reveal a £5 note inside!

Samuel talked to us about Urban Outreach, who Year 5 Year 6 work with lots of different people in and around Dhatri Anil Lana Bakeer Bolton, to help them when they are struggling. Temi Banjo Zaynab Bhatia They feed about 150 families a week and rely on Holly Bromwell Zara Caswell donations like ours to be able to do this. The Sofia Cail Ashriya Fernando Winter Watch project focuses particularly on the Hannah Chen Anushka Kishore homeless, and generally supports around 450 Evie Done-Jackson Nikita Luhar people during the winter months. Nico Howarth Sara Mahomed Imaan Iqbal Nora Oesterle Harriet Kennedy Mana Rao Hanna Sheikh Melody Zhao

Our choirs also performed for us and we all joined together in the singing of Harvest Hymns. The girls impressed upon us the need to appreciate all that we have and to try share as much as we can with those who are not as fortunate as ourselves. The generous donations of goods, gratefully The girls took part in the first match of the Bolton received by Urban Outreach, were a perfect League on Monday evening, held at Park Road. example of this, and I would take this opportunity For several of our players it was their first official to thank everyone who sent in items following our competition representing the School so there were appeal. a few nerves in evidence, but everyone enjoyed the experience and played well. Particular congratulations to Nico Howarth, Sara Mahomed Mrs C Laverick and Hannah Chen, who were awarded medals for winning both of their games. Well done!

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Year 4 Trip to Bolton At break and lunch times the girls were Tuesday 1 October encouraged to share and perform their poems with their friends. Your daughter may also read Year 4 pupils spent an her poem aloud to you at if you ask her! enthralling time visiting What a thoroughly enjoyable day we had telling Bolton Museum. The all sorts of tales through the language of both girls not only explored established and contemporary poets. the Gallery spaces, but were treated to a full interactive workshop led by Museum educators. There were questions and answers galore and more questions to seek even more answers... what a fabulously informative visit that complemented each and every aspect of our Learning Challenges Curriculum for this term. We continue to work on our TRUTH and LIES Wordle, and this will take further shape in the coming weeks. If you spot any fabulously, evocative words or phrases in newspapers and magazines about truth, lies, deception, fake or falsehoods, please cut them out, pop them in an envelope and send to School with your daughter for the attention of Mrs Worsley. The Wordle will be used as a large display in School over the coming weeks and will form part of our National Poetry Day Celebration .

Thank you to our parent volunteers who provided excellent support throughout the visit.

National Poetry Day Thursday 3 October

On Thurdsay we celebrated National Poetry Day with a special assembly, the theme being ‘Truth’.

This event celebrates its 25th anniversary and the nation’s love for poetry. To improve speaking and listening skills and to help instil a love for poetry, Sibling Photographs all pupils in school engaged in paired ACROSTIC Wednesday 16 October, 4.00pm Park Road poetry writing activities, based around the theme. In addition, Park Road are offering families the opportunity to each pupil was given a poem to have sibling group photographs taken on keep in her pocket, to read aloud Wednesday 16 October. There is no need to book, and to share with others. just turn up at the end of the day.

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Open Morning The pigeon would use its beak to draw in polluted Saturday 12 October air, and filter it through its tummy before releasing clean air through its feathers. Millie’s School is open on this day invention was then interpreted as a 3D model, to give visitors an which was displayed in the Science Museum, opportunity to tour the outside Wonderlab: The Equinor Gallery. School, meet the staff and pupils and ask any This year’s Equinor Young Imagineers questions they may have about the competition is now open and asks children aged 7- experience. We always ask some of our girls to 14: What invention would you create, to make help out with different activities and letters have tomorrow’s world a better place? To enter, simply been given to these pupils, with further details. complete the entry form here. Entrants need to sketch their invention and describe it in up to 100 We are hoping that Year 6 girls and parents will words. The deadline for entries is 27 October 2019. also take the opportunity to visit the Senior School on Open Morning, as well as helping at Hesketh Ten finalists will be shortlisted from all entries and House if required. The car parks can be busy on invited to the Science Museum on Saturday 30 this day and therefore we would suggest that you November to share their inventions in more detail park on the Sports Field Car Park, off Tudor with the Equinor Young Imagineers panel of Avenue. judges in front of a live audience. An overall winner will then be picked and revealed! The winning invention will be made into a 3D model Birthday Treats and placed on display, in early 2020.

Some children like to bring in treats for their birthday to share with their class. Could Bolton School Let the Magic we please remind you that Begin Fireworks Spectacular anything sent in to School should be pre-packaged and clearly labelled with ingredients and We are pleased to announce allergens. These can then be distributed at the end that the GD Parents’ of the day to be eaten at home, with parents’ Association fireworks event is permission. being held on Sunday 3 November 2019. This is always a great evening for all the family with food, games and a fireworks Young Imagineers Competition display set to music. Wristbands and VIP Parking are limited and so you are advised to book as soon Welcome aspiring inventors! as possible. Ticket sales close 12noon, Wednesday Young Imagineers, presented 30 October 2019. See the attached flyer here for by Equinor, celebrates the further details. UK’s most creative young BOOK ONLINE NOW: minds in science, technology, https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bolton-school- engineering and maths (STEM). fireworks

2018 saw 10-year-old Millie from win the competition with her ingenious ‘Solar Powered Twitter Pollution Sucking Robot Pigeon’. The pigeon is powered by energy generated from solar panels Please follow us on twitter on its wings and tail, and was designed to reduce @BoltonJnrGirls. toxins in the air.

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SPORT REPORT The girls all ran very well on what was a sunny, but rather windy day, at Rossall for the annual Bolton League Cross Country AJIS Cross Country Competition. Everyone tried Thursday 26 September – Moss Bank Park really hard and there were some excellent individual performances.

A special mention to Abigail Carr who won the Year 5 race, gaining an AJIS Gold Medal, which is a wonderful achievement. Congratulations also to the Year 6 runners, who finished in third place overall, and picking up bronze team medals. Well done!

Well done to our cross country team who once again performed very well in the Bolton League event last week. It was another brilliant first place for Georgia Clarkson and we achieved an excellent team score of 34. We are currently in first place in the competition; congratulations to all runners!

Results Georgia Clarkson 1 Molly Neville 9 Results as follows: Ariana Khan 11 Daisy-Lee Strange 13 Year 5 Lois Cowin 48 Abigail Carr 1 Ellie Donnellan 86 Harriet Kennedy 9 Sara Khan 149 Amber Pilkington 25 Lola Errington 65 Nico Howarth 103 AJIS Cross Country Holly Bromwell 104 Wednesday 2 October, Rossall School Aleeza Karim 115

Year 6 Georgia Clarkson 6 Molly Neville 10 Daisy-Lee Strange 15 Ariana Khan 16 Carrie-Anne Warbrick 99 Sara Khan 114

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Year 6 Netball v Alderley Edge Apologies to the Hurricanes – you weren’t still for Thursday 3 October, Bolton School long enough for Mrs Higgins to get a team photograph! We had two teams playing in our fixture against Alderley Edge and they provided us with two very exciting games. The standard of netball was DATES FOR YOUR DIARY excellent in both matches and the girls are to be congratulated on their energy, enthusiasm and skill. Very well done! Wednesday PA Uniform Sale 9 October 3.30pm Hesketh House Thursday Cross Country Fun Run 10 October 4.00pm Moss Bank Park Friday Travelling by Tuba Workshop 11 October Saturday Open Morning 12 October 9.30am – 1.00pm Monday Year 5 Trip to Chester Zoo 14 October Tuesday Y5, Y6 Netball v Oldham Hulme 15 October 4.00pm Bolton School Wednesday Sibling Photographs 16 October 4.00pm Park Road Thursday Cross Country Championships

17 October 4.00pm Moss Bank Park Hesketh Hurricanes Lightning Bolts Friday House Cross Country Scarlett Bowie Lana Bakeer 18 October (Sorry, no spectators) Georgia Clarkson Irene Chan Monday Lois Cowin Poppy Dodd 21 October – HALF TERM Ashriya Fernando Marissa Hollinghurst Friday Olivia Jones Nikita Luhar 1 November Molly Neville Lucy Schofield Tuesday Individual Pupil Photographs Nora Oesterle Bella Shannon 5 November Daisy-Lee Strange Carrie-Anne Warbrick Wednesday Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6 Nasal Flu 6 November Immunisations Won 20 – 12 Won 16 – 5 Friday Year 6 Remembrance Assembly 8 November 10.45am (Y6 parents welcome)

Tuesday Y5, Y6 Swimming v Bolton Boys 12 November 4.00pm Parent Consultation Evening (1/2) 4.00pm – 7.00pm Thursday PA Breakfast Club 14 November Parent Consultation Evening (2/2) 4.00pm – 7.00pm Friday PA Breakfast Club 15 November Saturday AJIS Chess Competition 16 November Park Road Wednesday Y4, Y5, Y6 Informal Concert 20 November 7.00pm Hesketh House Wednesday Bolton League Chess Match 27 November 4.00pm Hesketh House Friday Y5, Y6 AJIS Swimming 29 November Blackpool

HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 4 OCTOBER 2019

Sunday PA Christmas Disco Thursday Breakfast Club 8 December 3.00pm Arts centre 14 November Tuesday Junior School Carol Concert* Friday Breakfast Club 10 December 2.30pm and 7.00pm GD Great Hall 15 November *Compulsory for all pupils Sunday PA Christmas Disco Thursday 6G Drama Morning 8 December 3.00pm – 4.30pm Arts Centre 12 December 6J Drama Afternoon Friday PA Film Night Friday Y5 Netball v Kings Chester 13 December 2.30pm Kings Chester 13 December 4.00pm – 6.00pm Hesketh House PA Film Night 4.00pm Hesketh House Tuesday Macmillan Coffee Morning TERM ENDS 3.25PM 17 December The total raised for Macmillan was Please note that there is an error on the date cards £173.04 which is fabulous! Thank you sent out recently, which state that the end of term to those involved in the organisation, is Wednesday 17 December instead of Tuesday. setting up and hosting of the both the Coffee Morning and the after school cake sale. The donations of cake

were very welcome and the girls enjoyed choosing an TERM DATES 2020 after school treat. Thank you once again! Spring Term 2020 Start of Term – Wednesday 8 January Second Hand Uniform Sale Half Term – Monday 17 February to Monday 24 February inclusive A reminder that a second hand uniform sale will take End of Term – Tuesday 31 March 4.00pm place on Wednesday 9 October, from 3.30pm –

Summer Term 2020 4.30pm in Hesketh House hall. We welcome any Start of Term – Monday 20 April donations of clean uniform in good condition to be Bank Holiday – Friday 8 May sent into School for us to be able to sell as soon as Half Term – Monday 25 May to Friday 29 May possible. Thank you in advance for any donations inclusive made. End of Term – Wednesday 8 July 3.25pm

PA Officers PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION INFORMATION Chair [email protected] Bhavna Luhar 07970 960063 Treasurer [email protected] Angela Heywood 07540 889727 Secretary [email protected] Vikki White 07769 890602

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday PA Uniform Sale

9 October 3.30pm – 4.30pm Hesketh House

Sunday GD PA Family Fireworks 3 November