boltonschool.org Summer 2016

Highlights from the Head... The Summer term is always a time when the girls’ education is particularly rich in extra curricular activities and this year was no exception. Drama and Music were featured in both the Senior School and Hesketh House. The younger girls were inspirational with their show entitled ‘Once Upon a Time’, Year 6 produced an engaging ‘Sherehezade’ whilst members of Years 7-9 entertained us with the ‘Grimm Tales’. Meanwhile, regular readers will know that we are always looking for new ways to engage the girls in thinking about life after School. You can see examples of opportunities to explore different careers options throughout this edition of ‘Voice’, from Engineering in Year 7 (page 2) to Medicine for Years 11 and 12 (page 4). One innovation this year was the Year 10 trip to Oxford, designed to whet some girls’ appetite for academic study in the most challenging of intellectual environments. We also introduced a Year 12 trip to Cambridge, as part of the post AS programme. In addition to academic excellence, a School education emphasises the importance of teamwork, resilience and physical fitness. The pictures of the Year 9 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition will bring back memories of a trip which many girls consider to be the highlight of their Middle School career. As in the past, the staff were immensely impressed by the girls’ good humour and fortitude throughout. We hope that the drama, music, sport and outdoor pursuits which girls experience during their time with us will help them develop skills and talents which they will enjoy throughout their lives. It is wonderful to work at a School where staff and pupils enthusiastically embrace the plethora of opportunities available to them inside and outside lessons. Miss S Hincks, Headmistress Future Engineers... Year 7 girls took part in various engineering To Infinity Loving Language! Oxford outing... challenges at Salford University, including Pupils in Year 8 watched a play in French to help On Wednesday 15 June 2016, thirty Year 10 programming a robot, building a solar and Beyond! improve their language skills. Touring theatre girls took part in a post-exam day out to Oxford powered car and a bridge. Year 12 had a full day off timetable after company Onatti performed Les Garçons – ‘Boys’ – University. the AS examinations, which gave the girls the in the Girls’ Division Theatre to an engrossed and The first stop was St Anne’s college; the schools’ opportunity to spend time thinking about enthusiastic audience. liaison officer, Shona Quinn, gave an excellent their career choices, register with UCAS and an talk, asking the girls “Why go to university?” opportunity to make a start on their UCAS Personal and “What can I study, or not, at Oxford?” Statements. Some of our sessions were run by Dr Fielder then led a tour of Jesus College and old girls and we were particularly pleased to see the group saw the contrast between the modern Emma Saunders who is starting a Master’s degree and spacious St Anne’s and the small and historic at Manchester, after graduating from the university Jesus. of Alabama. After this year’s great success, we are The girls also visited the Oxford Museum of keen to run the day again next year. Natural History and the Pitts museum. It was a fantastic and eye-opening day. “The best Careers Day ever!” Slapton Trip Year 12 girls enjoyed an educational trip to Slapton as part of their Geography course.

“Excellent speakers who were very informative and interesting.” DofE Learning about Bolton Fiction Award The much-anticipated Bolton Children’s Year 9 are all enrolled on the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh programme and in June, the whole year group went up Science Fiction Award Ceremony took place at Bolton to the Lake District where they took part in further practice before completing the final, qualifying expedition. School, on Tuesday, 28 June 2016, with all On 9 June, a group of Year 8 pupils attended a They worked in groups and had to navigate to a camp site, camp, cook and survive! six nominated authors in attendance. Two Science and Technology day. hundred and fifty pupils from sixteen local schools joined Boys’ and Girls’ Division The first activity that we took pupils at for a morning of part in involved programming a literary delights before the award itself was robot to move around a course. presented. The winner was Narindar Dhami with Thirteen Hours! An enjoyable time was had by all.

The second activity that we took part in was a car building challenge.

For the third activity, we were tasked with producing an E-fit.

We really enjoyed the day and learned a lot.

By Madeleine Ashton, Haleemah Mohammed and Maya Parmar Church visit Preparing for a career Year 8 went on a post exam visit to Christ Nothing Grimm about it! Church, Heaton and the Bridge Church in The end of June saw some Middle School girls take part in the fabulous production of Grimm Bolton to learn about different styles of in Medicine with the Tales, directed by Mrs. Worthington. It was a wonderful show that was witty and original and Christian worship and the role of the church the girls gave a fantastic set of performances! in the local community. professionals… On Saturday 25 June, a group of Year 11 and 12 pupils (including pupils from School and the ) spent the whole morning learning more about what it means to train to be a doctor and practise Medicine in General Practice.

Buddhist Centre Year 9 went on a visit to Manchester Buddhist Centre, where pupils were able to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Buddhism and try out some basic meditation techniques. Poetry Day Pupils from Bolton School Girls’ Division met with success in the first ever North-West Association for Language Learning (ALL) Poetry Competition, which the School also hosted. Contestants from five local schools had to recite a poem in French, German or Spanish from memory. The adjudicators praised the very high standard and the Girls’ Division was delighted that Holly Fowler in Year 6 won the French section and Hafsa Syed and Lucy Styles won the Year 9 Spanish and German sections. Mariyah Karim for Spanish, Cate Lord for German and Shivani Chohan and Sharon Daniel for French also received certificates for their achievement.

Dr Jiva, Than Dar, Olivia Lobo and Alliya Ghanchi A Celebration Super Sport to Remember! On fourth July, 225 girls from Years 7 and 8, and their parents and teachers, came together to celebrate the girls’ academic Interform Rounders Sports Day and extra-curricular successes. Pupils winners winners received a number of awards to credit their achievements. This was followed by a series of readings, choir and orchestral pieces which led the audience on ‘A musical journey through the history of America’, to recognise American Independence Day.

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Rucksacks for education All Year 9 have taken part in this year’s ‘Send My Friend To School’, a project which focuses on children affected by resettlement due to human and natural disasters. Pupils have created these rucksacks with messages to convince Parliament to discuss the issue. These have been sent to our local MP, David Crausby, who will hopefully take them to London. 9C HAPPENINGS AT ‘U10 Suprema’. the become 2016 to Challenge Megafinal Chess Schools UK Delancey the won who Congratulations to Janani Velayutham, Champion Chess alot. learned and day a fantastic had They fossils. and rocks about out find to May,In adventure Year an on 3went TripGeology Dance. showcase her excellent abilities in Indian to able was she where pilot, a Cbeebies to film selected was Velayutham Janani pilot Cbeebies daughter. Shakespeare’s Hall, Elizabeth played she Bed’, where Herbal of ‘The production Touring Theatre’s English the in Lowry the at stage on appeared Jones Coco Bed Herbal The Congratulations to the girls! to the Congratulations concert. aspecial in part to take invited also were They section. their for trophy winning the awarded were we and time first the for Festival Music Ramsbottom in part took Quartet String The Musical delights! In April, pupils took part in a variety of activities to mark ‘Shakespeare week’. ‘Shakespeare to mark of activities avariety in part took pupils April, In Shakespeare week keep everyone entertained! Fair to Spring the at dancing maypole beautiful some did Year 3pupils April, In FairSpring HESKETH HOUSE

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celebrate myriad magical and fantasy characters from much loved books. In March, celebrate to World Book pupils Day, arrived at school in various creative guises to Book worms! Book atmosphere there was at the event. the at was there atmosphere served tea, coffee and cake their to visitors, manywhom of commented on whatlovely a In March, 5 pupils Year helped entertain to guests 75 The at girls the withRiley’. ‘Tea Tea Treats Tea Patterdale Hundreds of guests who attended the Patterdale Hall Open Day were delighted to Alumni News see just how well the Hall and grounds were Young Old Girls have attended a variety of events around the country in the past year, including dinners in Oxford, Cambridge, at the House of Lords in looking after the completion of Phase I of London, and a University drinks event in Durham. renovation work on the estate. The fully- equipped adventure learning centre with The Class of 2014 returned to School last summer to attend a special reunion for their year group, where they offered Year 12 pupils advice and guidance its own qualified instructors and domestic on university life before catching up with friends and former teachers. There was also a reunion in April which welcomed back leavers from 1966, 1976, staff hosts Bolton School pupils from Year 1986, 1996 and 2006 for a trip down memory lane. 4 through to Year 12. It has also operated commercially for more than 20 years and is regularly utilised by other schools, colleges and universities as well as businesses and individuals.

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