boltonschool.org Summer 2017 A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD

This year’s magazine celebrates the fact that Bolton School was announced as a recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in June of this year. We believe that we are the first School in the country to win such an Award. At the heart of our ethos in the Girls’ Division are the words of the School Prayer: that we should ‘extend to others that which we so richly enjoy’. Community Service is therefore at the centre of what we do and you can read much about the girls’ volunteering and charitable giving in the pages of this magazine. It is wonderful to work in an environment where the pupils are so keen to share their privileges with others. Community Service is also one of the key elements of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards, which all girls in Year 9 take at Bronze Level and very many girls go on to complete at Silver and Gold. You can read about their adventures on expedition on pages 25 to 28. I certainly hope that Hannah’s account of her Gold Award trip on ‘Tenacity’ inspires some of the younger girls to do the same. As you will see from the girls’ stories, expeditions may be exhausting and may test individual resilience, but they are also a wonderful bonding experience and enable girls to develop skills and attributes which would otherwise remain hidden. Aside from service and the expedition, girls are also expected to learn a skill for DofE. Indeed at Bolton School, the development of the girls’ skills is one of our key aims. I am always amazed by the products which they create in Design Technology, Resistant Materials, Textiles and Food Preparation. I am sure that you will be equally impressed when you turn to pages 33 to 36. Similarly, girls have endless opportunities to develop their dramatic, musical and sporting abilities. This year the School production of ‘Miss Saigon’ was a memorable, magical experience for cast, crew and audiences alike. Finally, academic challenge is vital in a selective, academic school like ours. The Enrichment talks (p.4) have been a great success and have attracted girls, parents and friends of the School alike. We are already enjoying planning next year’s programme. No less important if the girls are be stimulated in their studies are the many trips which the Departments have organised over the year. I am always grateful to the staff for their amazing contribution to this part of school life, particularly when so many visits occur during the school holidays. As a community we are committed to making the most out of all our opportunities and for that we are all richly rewarded indeed. Miss S Hincks, Headmistress

Bolton School Girls’ Division A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD CONTENTS

MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR 1-2 School Receives Queen’s 20 Drama Department Award for Voluntary Service Welcome to the latest edition of Spirit. 21 Geography Department Our themes for the magazine this year 3 Memories of Miss Saigon Classics Department are Adventure and Service: epitomised 4 An Enriching Year 22 History Department by the images on the cover. The front of 5 Charities 23-24 Art Department the magazine features pupils undertaking 6 Extracurricular Activities 25-28 Duke Of Ediburgh Award their The Duke of Edinburgh Award 29-32 Music Department expedition, and girls’ Adventures can be 7-8 Year 7 further explored in the pages of this edition 9 Year 8 33-35 Technology Department through DofE, trips to Patterdale Hall, 10 Year 9 36 FTT Department Outdoor Learning and international travel. 11 Year 10 37 German Department The back cover depicts The Queen’s Award 12 Year 11 38 Spanish Department for Voluntary Service, which the School 39 French Department was proud to receive in 2017. As always, 13 Year 12 Spirit will give you a flavour of what each 14 Year 13 40-46 PE Department year group has achieved and enjoyed, and I 15-16 English Department 47-50 Hesketh House hope you enjoy looking back on a busy year 17-18 Careers Department 51 Staff Leavers in the Girls’ Division. Alumni 19-20 Maths Department 52-54 Miss A Bradshaw Science Department 55-56 Destination of Leavers

SPIRIT 2017 COMMUNITY ACTION & VOLUNTEERING School Receives Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Bolton School has won the Pupils throughout Bolton School Queen’s Award for Voluntary are involved with a huge number Service (QAVS) 2017. This unique of projects locally, nationally UK national honour, which is and internationally. However, on equivalent to an MBE and is the top of that, the whole School is highest accolade given to local instilled with Lord Leverhulme’s volunteer groups, was created by ethos of giving back to the local the Queen in 2002 to mark the community: something which occasion of her Golden Jubilee. The is echoed by the School Prayer. award has been given to the whole By providing opportunities to School, from the Nursery to the get involved and supporting Sixth Form, and we believe we are them in their voluntary work, the first school in the country to the School cultivates social be honoured in this way. responsibility in each pupil and a culture of volunteering across the Miss Hincks was thrilled at the Foundation. Establishing a habit of news: “We are absolutely delighted volunteering to benefit others and to win this award, which reflects give back to society is a key part of the wide range of community each pupil’s education. activities that our pupils are involved with – from our Infants Photos (L-R): Urban Outreach singing for local older residents Hampers donation, Tea at the to our Sixth Formers committing Riley, Operation Christmas Child thousands of hours of their time to shoeboxes donation, helping out at SHINE, Harvest in the Girls’ Division voluntary service.”

01 Bolton School Girls’ Division COMMUNITY ACTION & VOLUNTEERING COMMUNITY ACTION & VOLUNTEERING School Receives Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

A letter from the QAVS Team to The Autumn Term saw a flurry of the School said: community action projects. The School made a huge donation of “The work your food items to Urban Outreach group does for the at Harvest, and as Christmas approached the girls donated community was 91 shoeboxes to Operation very much admired Christmas Child. Six teams of Year 12 pupils took on the ‘Saucy by the independent Pie Challenge’, attempting to Assessment collect 1,300 packets of mince pies and accompanying brandy Committee, chaired or rum sauce in time to fill Urban by Sir Martyn Outreach’s Christmas Hampers. With just over three weeks to Lewis CBE […]. The achieve their goal, the pressure award represents was really on and the girls were put to the test! Their fundraising a tremendous activities, donations from achievement for supermarkets, and the generosity of the Girls’ Division – in particular your organisation. 7D, 8C, 9B, 10F, 11C, D1 and E1 We hope that – all helped the Sixth Formers to achieve their target on time. everyone involved, Tea at the Riley has once again and particularly been enormously popular your volunteers, throughout the year. Guests have joined Sixth Form girls in feel immensely the Leverhulme Suite of the Riley proud of the Centre each month for hand-made finger sandwiches, home-baked recognition that cakes, a cup of tea or coffee and this Award a good chat. Pupils have also provided entertainment for their represents.” guests through the year, including special performances from Beech Year 12 in particular have been House Choir and the Junior Girls. really engaged with volunteering this year and have supported Pupils have also volunteered a broad range of community at care homes and hospices, projects. They have registered have given their time to read 5911 hours of voluntary work, an with younger pupils, and have average of 65 hours per student, been involved with running the and 20 girls have achieved a gold SHINE: Serious Fun on Saturdays certificate to certify they have programme for local pupils in Year volunteered over 100 hours! 5, among many other projects.

SPIRIT 2017 02 MISS SAIGON Memories of Miss Saigon By Molly McLaughlin, Year 13, who shared the role of Kim with Caroline Blair, Year 12 Miss Saigon is set in Vietnam in the final days of the same boat and all of the staff were always ‘buzz’; we had worked incredibly hard over the the Vietnamese war, and tells the tragic love story prepared to give us constructive and one-to-one months and we couldn’t wait to show everyone of a young and vulnerable Vietnamese woman, support and advice. By the time of the shows, I the amazing spectacle. Kim, who falls in love with an American G.I. had become so used to acting in front of people And amazing it was! Every performance was soldier, Chris. that it almost became second nature to me. sold out leaving many more seeking tickets. The When it was first announced that Bolton School The cast began rehearsals in September 2016 and response from the audience was overwhelming were going to perform a joint production of Miss from the outset a very natural bond immediately and although I was so sad when the final show Saigon l was extremely excited as I had been formed amongst everyone from Year 10 upwards; came to an end, I felt extremely privileged to have to see it in London and had been obsessed ever we really did become a sort of family and I was had the experience, reassured by the fact that I since (and still am). So, when I found out we able to form many long-lasting friendships. had achieved something very special and will be were doing it at school I didn’t even hesitate to left with memories that will stay with me forever. In the lead-up to the actual performances, audition – I knew whichever part I got it would be rehearsing with the orchestra was something I As for the cast, we are all still in touch and are such a poignant and memorable way to complete will never forget; the quality of musicianship and planning to have a get together in summer! my journey at Bolton School. When I was given orchestration made it feel like we were performing the part of Kim, I was left with a real mixture of For younger years considering whether to take in the West End – as many comments have since emotions; predominantly excitement but also part in productions at Bolton School, I cannot reflected. anxiety as, although I’d had lots of experience of urge you enough. I really feel I have grown as a singing in public, I had never really done acting The staging of the show was spectacular; the person and was able to do things I never thought before. Therefore going into the rehearsal process technicians put in a huge amount of work and I felt I was capable of, and I have every intention of I felt nervous, but I quickly realised there was honoured to be performing on such an amazing continuing with musical theatre and singing as an nothing to be concerned about; everyone was in stage. Before every performance there was a real extra-curricular activity at university.

Participating in the show was a great experience, having had the opportunity to work with people of different ages to us and with very supportive people around us all the time. As well as being the youngest, we weren’t nervous to perform, just excited. This show will always be a great memory for us. Alice and Ella Nielsen, Year 4 Who shared the role of Tam, Kim and Chris’s child

03 Bolton School Girls’ Division MISS SAIGON ENRICHMENT An Enriching Year Throughout the 2016-17 academic year, the Girls’ Division has hosted a hugely popular series of regular evening lectures from high-profile guest speakers on a diverse variety of Arts and Sciences subjects.

Professor Jeff Forshaw helps the Lemn Sissay giving a powerful Dr Susannah Lipscomb Dr Melanie Windridge audience to understand the cosmos poetry reading with pupils after the Aurora talk

So many things have been successful about the lecture series this year! At the end of the aurora talk, a member of the audience asked a question which looked to catch out Dr Melanie Windridge. She started to give an All the talks have been enriching for our pupils and pupils from local schools. answer which didn’t quite relate to the question. However, what she was They have had the opportunity to hear about and consequently think about doing was laying the ground work for everyone to understand, as there were academically challenging ideas that are at the cutting edge of Science and various threads which came together to give a proper answer to the question. Technology – from Professor Jeff Forshaw describing the evolving theory of how the Big Bang happened and modelling the inflaton field, to Dr Heather We were able to bring pupils from a comprehensive school in Blackpool to the Williams describing the novel ways in which medical imaging is being used Jeff Forshaw lecture, and one of the boys was a big fan of Jeff. He joined us for and current research in this field, to discovering the interplay between science the celebration dinner before the lecture and had a chance to ask Jeff a few and cultural history with natural phenomena such as the Northern Lights. questions as well as spending time with our pupils. It was wonderful that he got to meet one of his “heroes” as well as spending time with kids who enjoy The lectures have given our pupils the chance to meet high profile figures who and respect the value of learning, as he does. I think he was inspired by this are excellent role models in various fields. They have also been able to speak event. to them personally, which must be an inspiring experience. Our speakers have shown pupils academic subjects applied in real world careers and the paths Mrs Hone and I have also been delighted by the attendance of parents and that they have taken in those careers. the local community, who have given us fantastic feedback. Everyone, no matter how young or old, is curious about the world we live in, and the local It’s difficult to choose a highlight as all the speakers have been excellent. community have reported that they have thoroughly enjoyed the talks. The talk from Heather Williams was delivered at the perfect level for our girls and in a manner they enjoyed – she related to the young girls very well. Mr B Ickringill Academic Enrichment Coordinator for the Sciences

“I went to many of the lectures “I thoroughly enjoyed the and very much enjoyed them. enrichment lectures; they I particularly enjoyed the History included a vast variety of lecture from Suzannah Lipscomb, talented speakers and gave me a as I felt the speaker was inspiring, lot of insight and knowledge on and also the Northern Lights subject areas I wished to learn lecture because I felt the science more about. I especially enjoyed was made accessible and there the talk given on Animal Testing were some very interesting travel as it was informative as well as elements to it.” being very engaging.” Dr Heather Williams gives an Dame Evelyn Glennie introduction to medical imaging Khadijah Ali Year 11 performing in the Great Hall Zara Walsh Year 11

Guest Speakers:

Dr Laura Dr Susannah Dr Melanie Dame Lemn Prof. Jeff Dr Heather Michael Waters Lipscomb Windridge Evelyn Sissay Forshaw Williams Howard Alternatives to Leadership In Search of the Glennie Poet Universal: A Guide Seeing Inside The Poetry Animal Testing Lessons from the Northern Lights In Conversation to the Cosmos - Imaging the of Art and the Tudors Structure and Art of Poetry Function of the Human Body

SPIRIT 2017 04 CHARITIES All For Good Causes... The School has raised over £13,000 for charity this year! Year group events such as the Year 7 sponsored silence for Cash for Kids, Year 8 Young Apprentice Challenge supporting Guide Dogs, Year 9 Children in Need cake sales, the Year 10 Christmas post raising money for Chrisites, and the Prefects’ Panto raised £7,000. Whole school events made over £3,000 for the Charities of the Term, which this year were Save the Children, Birtenshaw School, Refuge and Age Concern.

Alzheimer’s Society Christmas Jumpers Christmas Post In the run-up to Christmas, Old Girls, Girls’ Pupils donned their best Christmas Jumpers Year 10 pupils present Howard Newall, Division Sixth Form students and staff emptied and festive accessories to raise money for Community Fundraising Officer for Christie’s, their jewellery boxes to contribute more than 350 Save the Children. with a cheque for £1,354.83 following their pieces to a collection of unwanted jewellery for hugely successful Christmas Post fundraising. Alzheimer’s Society! It was estimated that over £600 would be raised thanks to the donation.

Cash for Kids “I really enjoyed the sponsored silence because I Well Good knew that all the money I raised would go to the This year Well-Good has funded the construction Guide Dogs children that are less fortunate then ourselves. I of wells to the tune of £5,200! The money is being Girls in Year 8 met up with Toni Forrest and her have to say it was hard, though (especially for me). used to build wells around the world in places like guide dog, Quilla, a Labrador Retriever, to hear By the end of the day, once it was all over, I felt Malawi, Indonesia, India and Nepal. Girls’ Division about the vital work that guide dogs perform. In proud not just of myself but all the other forms pupils are currently on track to complete the half PSHEE, the year group took part in the Business and girls who had also taken part. A week later I a million questions required to fund an additional Challenge to raise money for Guide Dogs: given a got to go and take part in a shopping spree to buy well in Niger. budget of £10, they had a week to set up, create toys for the children.” Kheshayna Jadwa 7C The completed projects can be viewed on the and market products and then five days to sell and The Year 7 girls raised £2,800 for Cash for Kids and Well-Good website: ‘reinvest’ the money to make more profit. The girls Key 103’s Mission Christmas Appeal. The money raised £953.62 in total for the charity! well-good.org/Water-Projects was used to buy Christmas presents for the appeal, which delivers the gifts to disadvantaged children across Greater Manchester.

05 Bolton School Girls’ Division CHARITIES EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Extracurricular Endeavours... Bolton School Bake Off High Flyers Painting For Pleasure This year’s Bake Off saw twenty-three The newly formed High Flyers club has been Painting club has been all about painting on competitors whittled down over four weeks to encouraging girls to reach new heights while objects this year and has seen girls paint on just four girls. Pupils baked and decorated holiday- developing their STEM skills and knowledge of pebbles, floppy disks, parcel tags and twigs. The inspired cupcakes, made savoury biscuits and technical textiles this year. Pupils are working with twigs, displayed in a large vase, make a striking crackers, created pastries with a regional influence, Coating Applications and Cameron Balloons, world addition to the art room. and put a modern twist on traditional desserts to leaders in Textile manufacture and balloon design, win their place in the final. to make two 80 cubic metre balloons, which The finalists had just forty minutes to bake will stand at approximately 7 metres tall when their Showstopper pieces: Khadijah Ahmed (7D) complete and filled with air. created a Supreme Mango and Passion Sponge, The designs are a group effort, based on the best Yasmin Rose (8B) baked a Lemon and Blueberry elements from individual pupils’ designs, and are Triple Layer Cake, Genevieve Storey (8S) made a inspired by the Girls’ Division and the Coating Really Raspberry Chocolate Cake and Francesca Applications logo. Williams-Denton (7G) crafted a Magical Melting From carefully cutting enormous patterns and Chocolate Ball! fabric, to working with 7 metre sections of fabric Miss Hincks, Mrs James and Mrs Smalley judged in the sewing machine, the girls have met each the competition and announced that the Bake Off new challenge that came with balloon-making 2017 winner was Yasmin. Khadijah also received with enthusiasm. They have really enjoyed coming Psychology Club special commendation for the delicious flavour together each week to work on the project, Running fortnightly from October to Easter for of her Showstopper. Congratulations to all of the and there is a sense of excitement building now Years 10 and 11, Psychology Club covers topics girls on their delicious creations! that the sewing has begun and as the balloon is such as criminal profiling and forensic psychology, “My favourite day in Year 7 was the starting to take shape before their eyes. Everyone memory and bio-psychology. This year we ran a is really looking forward to the launch and can’t Bolton School Bake Off Final as lots competition to see who could identify parts of the wait to watch the first balloon fly into the sky! brain in the most accurate and imaginative way, of people came to watch me and High Flyers Club will finish the Girls’ Division which was won by Anita Cardozo, 10A. support me. I really enjoyed this day balloon next year and also start to craft the as it was lots fun and I got to create Coating Applications design. an amazing showstopper.” Francesca

Anatomy Club Anatomy club has been well attended by KS4 and Props Club KS5 students this year on a Monday lunchtime. Props Club creating the head of the dragon for this Suturing bananas, investigating tooth decay and year’s Joint Production, Miss Saigon. learning about the structure of the brain have been some of the topics covered.

The winning Showstopper cake baked by Yasmin Rose

SPIRIT 2017 06 YEAR 7 YEAR 7 EXPERIENCES The Year 7 girls have enjoyed improving their teamwork, strategy and skills in Netball and Lacrosse, and in particular the competitive fun of the interform tournaments.

Should Glosthorpe be regenerated and Chester Zoo changed, or should it remain the same? “Chester Zoo was really enjoyable as we got to see the zoo by ourselves and Girls took on the roles of different groups - either for or against the see lots of different animals. It made us more independent and we could change - to debate this thorny question during Geography lessons. They focus on the things we enjoyed the most. Our favourite animals were the had to explain their reasons at a mock public meeting. The final decision monkeys as they were energetic and fun! We felt free and happy to be at a was that the rebuild should go ahead. Chester with all our friends and our favourite teachers. We hope we can do many things like this again.” Safaa Patel & Ruby Rimmer 7D

“I really enjoyed going to visit Chester Zoo because it was nice to be able to see all the different animals like the elephants and painted dogs that we may have never seen before. Despite the rain and cold weather it was still very enjoyable.” Charlotte Kennedy 7C

Patterdale Year 7 Girls Patterdale was an adventure – morning, afternoon and evening! Everyone was very excited on the way there because it was the first time we were going on a residential trip together and we were getting to know each other properly. We did lots of activities such as canoeing, archery, rock climbing, abseiling, night-time orienteering with head-torches, gorge-walking – you name it! It was really great working together and making friends with some of the girls in my year that I don’t usually talk to. It was also exciting to have some independence and complete challenges we had never faced before. The views around Patterdale were amazing as well! We had the best time.

“My favourite day of Year 7 was the drama day because we got to watch a movie and after that we went into groups with people we had never talked to before and it helped me make more friends. It was also entertaining and interesting to see what games all the other groups had made because they were all different, colourful and unique.” Ayesha Jiva, 7S

07 Bolton School Girls’ Division YEAR 7 YEAR 7 YEAR 7 EXPERIENCES The Year 7 girls have enjoyed improving their teamwork, strategy and skills in Netball and Lacrosse, and in particular the competitive fun of the interform tournaments.

Stratford & Butterfly World Year 7 Girls Narnia Boardgames My favourite part of Year 7 has definitely been the trip to Stratford-upon- Pupils made creative Narnia-themed board game designs based on C S Avon. We made so many new friends, the activities were great fun and the Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. places we visited were breathtaking! The beautiful, sunny weather matched our moods perfectly as we arrived in Stratford. We went on a tour around the historic town, which was interesting and educational. We learnt a lot about William Shakespeare and the environment he grew up in, even seeing his home! We made masks and had professional performers come and do some acting with us, which really make sure think. We also loved the art in Coventry Cathedral and visiting Butterfly World. When we visited Warwick Castle, we had a walk through medieval history! We got to go beneath the crumbling castle and see models of knights and peasants with their armour and swords. The tours were really interesting and afterwards we got to explore. We loved walking around the castle walls. The birds of prey show was amazing as they showed off some amazing tricks. The best thing was spending time with our friends like one big sleepover!

Formby Faith Trail A wonderful day with red squirrel sightings, sand dune evaluations, microclimate measurements and sand castle building – obviously with a geographical theme!

“I found the church interesting because the vicar explained that if there is only one God, most religions worship the same God but in different ways and that makes everyone part of the same world.” Faye Clarkson 7D “I enjoyed learning about how much respect people show to their gods and holy books. They show so much love and dedication to their religion, it moved me.” Humairah Thagia 7D “I found it really interesting to go to all of the different religious places of worship and it was fun to learn about different things. I enjoyed the Mandir because it was interesting to learn about the gods and deities in the Hindu religion. One thing I found out was that Hindus only have one god with many different forms.” Emily Bilsborough 7S

“My favourite thing was walking into the classroom and making new friends. I have made lots of new friends since that day and even have got two new best friends. I feel happy here and everyone is friendly to me.” Jessica Dixon, 7G

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ICT/Music Day Pupils enjoyed a day of ICT and Music activities. The girls each received a micro:bit – a tiny computer with a host of built-in sensors – and programmed it to create a Rock, Paper Scissors game. In the afternoon, they played ‘In the Jungle’ on the kettle drums, re-worked ‘What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor?’ on various instruments and created a Bolton School Samba.

Jodrell Bank A ‘Destination Space’ workshop looking at the work that Tim Peake did during his time on the ISS, including his blast off into space, was an exciting feature of the trip to Jodrell Bank! Girls simulated spacewalk activities by using a robotic arm to move shapes around and build a circuit to simulate repairing wiring on the ISS.

Patterdale Hall Girls enjoyed a range of Outdoor Pursuits activities at Patterdale Hall. They went sailing and canoeing on Lake Ullswater, where some groups even saw rainbows! From gorge walking to circus skills, the varied itinerary was lots of fun. The trip, during curriculum time, is a great way of helping the Forms to bond together after the long summer break.

Slavery Museum Year 8 travelled to Liverpool Slavery Museum for a day of workshops and exhibitions on that city’s involvement in the slave trade

09 Bolton School Girls’ Division YEAR 8 YEAR 9 YEAR 9 Army Leadership Day Meet Tommy Atkins Children In Need Improving problem solving, leadership and Year 9 were entertained by a one man theatre The whole of Year 9 put on a series of cake and teamwork skills through an Army Leadership show “Meet Tommy Atkins” in which performer sweet sales over the course of a week, raising Day with Lancashire Fusiliers. Peter Gill told the story of a First World War £1,141.38 for the Children in Need appeal. veteran through a series of monologues dating from the war itself to old age in the 1950s.

Extracurricular Extravaganza During a week off from their normal timetable to allow the year group to complete their two-day Duke of Edinburgh practice expeditions, Year 9 girls were treated to two days of complementary activities in School. The Parents’ Association organised a day of activities entitled ‘Parents of Future Entrepreneurs’: pupils were asked to split into teams and create a personal safety item for Year 6 pupils. At the end of the day, products were presented to a judging panel. The winning team received prizes and priority entry into the Year 10 Young Enterprise competition! The girls also spent a day focusing on their Mental Health and Wellbeing, receiving talks on Emotional Health and Life Balance from external speakers from Third Space and from Mrs Sanders. The day boosted their confidence and self-esteem, encouraged them to participate in ‘random acts of kindness’, busted stereotypes on mental health, and ended with a relaxing yoga session.

Self-Defence and Karate Club Volcano Cakes Creating cakes that show the structure of a volcano for Geography.

SPIRIT 2017 10 YEAR 10 YEAR 10 Hardwick Hall Film Academy Cardboard Cake! Christmas Post In preparation for their GCSE The Year 10 Film Day was a huge Made by GCSE Art students Each of the six Forms took it in exam, Year 10 recently visited success once again. Following a turn to put on a festive sketch, Hardwick Hall, a National fight choreography session and all depicting a disaster in the Trust property in Derbyshire. lessons in screenwriting and how run-up to Christmas which could Hardwick, which has changed to use the camera from the Young only be overcome with the very little since the early Film Academy, the girls dispersed support of their fellow Bolton seventeenth century, was built into the grounds to make their School pupils! From parodies by Elizabeth, the Countess of own ten-shot film. The day ended to the US presidential election Shrewsbury, more commonly with a screening followed by an to a version of Home Alone, known as ‘Bess of Hardwick. It awards ceremony. The Oscar for the sketches were varied and is one of many ‘prodigy houses’ Best Picture was awarded to Love hilariously funny. By selling - massive mansions built by Never Dies, created by Amina Dar, cakes, sweets and treats and wealthy courtiers in Elizabeth’s Elizabeth Glover, Jasmin Hussain, delivering Christmas cards reign. Many were built to host Safia Kapadia, Jessica Price, Emily around School, Year 10 raised a Elizabeth on her progresses, but Rajbhandari, Lucy Stiles and phenomenal total of £1,354.83 she never visited Hardwick - it Charley Wakefield. for the Christie Charitable Fund. was too far north!

Geographic Exploration Year 10 geographers enjoyed a day out investigating Dean Brook River for their GCSE course – measuring downstream changes.

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Imperial War Museum National Citizen Service Year 11 paid an enjoyable visit to the Imperial In March, the whole of Year 11 visited Bolton War Museum North and were able to catch the Lads and Girls’ Club where they had a fun fascinating ‘Fashion on the Ration’ exhibition, afternoon finding out more about National which demonstrated how men and women Citizen Service, or NCS. This national scheme stayed “on trend” during straightened times. takes place over the course of four weeks outside of term-time. It is designed to allow young people to develop citizenship, teamwork, social responsibility and a host of other skills while simultaneously giving back to the local community. Pupils taking part are put into groups with young people from schools across Bolton so that everyone can make new friends from different backgrounds and lifestyles. They then take part in a residential outdoor activity week to get to know one another and improve confidence, and a residential week in halls at the University of Bolton during which they attend seminars to improve life skills and learn about the issues facing the local area. For the final two week of NCS, the groups create and run their own community project, which counts as 40 Khadijah Ali hours of volunteering.

Melissa Cartwright Abi Sharples

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The BEST Day Historical Association The whole of Year 12 took part in the annual Many Sixth Formers enjoy the monthly Historical Association (Bolton Business Enterprise Skills Training Day, or Branch) lectures hosted by the School, and Year 12 volunteers have BEST Day, developing soft skills through provided reviews for the branch website. Here is an excerpt by Tilly workshops and small assignments all linked Rodriguez on Britain’s response to the American Civil War: to the world of business. The keynote address was given by Fiona Gibson, Managing Director at Accenture: she focused on transferring the “With regards to the question of why the British skills learned throughout the BEST Day into a government didn’t intervene [in the American Civil War], real-world setting as well as the skills that all the situation in Britain at the start of the war must be entrepreneurs need in order to succeed. considered. They had large piles of raw and finished cotton and the over production of cotton would have led A marketing task with Nadia Rae, entrepreneur Britain into a depression anyway. Furthermore, the effects and baker, asked the girls to design and market of the ‘cotton famine’ [caused by depressed imports of their own afternoon tea package. The groups American raw cotton to Britain during the early 1860s] created and pitched a new and innovative were uneven over Lancashire, for example Preston and idea for a sleeping bag to Independent Career Blackburn suffered more than anywhere else, and it did Coach Stephanie Foster. They heard from not spread to most of the UK, therefore pressure wasn’t on Jonathan Bailey, a Student Recruitment Officer the government to intervene. Mill owners weren’t overly at the University of Nottingham, on the affected and due to the social hierarchy at that time it subject of presentation and communication would have been their responsibility to ask the government skills. Finally, a session run by Bolton School to intervene. But they had savings and believed they staff tasked the teams to evaluate business could help their employees by teaching them to read or ideas for university students, choose their best write. Cotton could also be sourced from elsewhere such three and present them. as India. India also aided the UK by donating money to The innovative ideas and creative strategies organisations committed to welfare and relief of those that the Year 12 students came up with struggling with the consequences of the cotton famine.” throughout the day impressed both our guest speakers and members of staff. YEAR 12 Psychology Project Parliament Visit Psychology students in Years 12 and 13 attended an insightful talk from The Year 12 Government and Politics groups visited the Westminster Wendy Rydzkowski, an educational and child psychologist. She talked to parliament; as well as a guided tour of both chambers, pupils took part the girls and boys about her job, including funny stories and experiences in an interactive session on the legislative process. which reflected the joy and excitement she gets from her work. The group was also invited to take part in some research and a resource project, and Year 12 jumped at the opportunity: “Recently, a group of Lower Sixth Psychology students participated in a resource project being pitched to a publishing house by Wendy Rydzkowski to develop autistic teenagers’ understanding of social situations. Mrs Rydzkowski had talked to us about the difficulties faced by teenagers with autism trying to form romantic relationships as they have no understanding of socially acceptable responses in any given situation. The idea that we came up with was that of a ‘first date’ and we discussed possible ‘mistakes’ one could make. A few problems expressed were: eating food which is not on your own plate, playing on your phone for prolonged periods of time, holding hands at inappropriate times or without reciprocation, and giving someone an extravagant gift upon meeting for the first time. Within each scenario two reactions were suggested – one positive and one negative. This allows the teenagers to understand how to read non- verbal communication via facial and bodily expressions; this was so the teenagers would be able to develop their understanding of how their behaviour could be construed by other people. Furthermore, it would allow discussion about the appropriate way to respond once they recognised the reaction again and how they would either maintain the positive reaction or try to change their behaviour in light of a negative reaction.” Year 12 Psychology students

13 Bolton School Girls’ Division YEAR 12 YEAR 13 YEAR 13 Linguists Debate Six Year 13 linguists represented the Girls’ Division at the annual MFL North West Debating Competition. They debated ‘Brexit is the answer’, ‘Give me knowledge not money’, ‘Numbers are better than letters’ and ‘We need to halt the progress of technology’ – all challenging topics, and all the more interesting in a foreign language! Isobel Birtwhistle and Ashleigh Meech debated in French, Ruchika Sharma and Eleanor Winters in German, and Aleena Dhokia and Victoria Cramer in Spanish. They all did an excellent job, in particular the Spanish team who made it all the way to the semi-final and narrowly missed beating their Aishwarya Chohan, Skull Shakira Campion, Family opposition in a “Brexit” head-to-head. Leavers’ Day 2017 YEAR 12

SPIRIT 2017 14 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT All things English...

Writing Workshops Open Mic Night Award Winning Writer Girls in Years 8 and 9 were inspired by poet Pupils shared a stage with poet and playwright Congratulations to Year 11 pupil Emily Graham, Mandy Coe’s workshops. Throughout, she Caroline Bird at this year’s Open Mic Night. whose short story ‘Bolton’ has been awarded focused on how pupils feel about themselves 27 pupils performed, showcasing a marvellous first place in The Portico Sadie Massey Award and the strength of being a young woman. Her selection of work from the Journal Classes, the for Young Writers. The piece is about Emily’s writing tasks were designed to encourage pupils Creative Writing Group, the National Poetry Day hometown, exciting events in her life and how to start writing and she was really pleased Competition, and the Creative Writing Retreat. they link to her feelings about the place. It with the girls’ focus and enthusiasm, and in will now be published in a special book, Time particular with the many creative ideas that Travellers and the Crystal Dome, alongside other were generated. winning entries and stories by children’s authors.

These three poems were written during the Creative Writing Retreat to Patterdale Hall during the February half term. 18 pupils were inspired by the beauty of the Lake District and enjoyed Writing opportunities to write on board a boat as they crossed Lake Ullswater, at Wordsworth’s cottage, and overlooking woodland waterfalls. Daily workshops and one to one tutorials were led by two accomplished mentors: Dr Peter Sansom, poet, and Tobias Jones, crime writer and journalist. Retreat Everyone left feeling that their writing and confidence progressed significantly through the week.

Courtship In the Proximity of H2O Typewriters She doesn’t and Sodium Phosphate I see you there. Blink. He doesn’t Clouded in a mist of mystery. Breath. The ball of plasma which the earth orbits is set. I miss you more than you know. The house creaks a snore. The structures of beaks and feathers have Home after a day at the beach. stopped hunting It hasn’t been the same. He confesses his love their gilled prey. The disturbance of the I’m 13 now. She tilts. atmosphere has You walk with happiness. Night air sinks into her dispersed. The elements in the air have stopped Like you always did. Legs. being compressed Your memory stings my eyes when I Shoulders. by the sun. The undulations of H20 and Sodium remember you, Stomach. Phosphate have Her bikini, pink. settled. The distant red-shift nuclear I feel tears well up. He wears blue, fusionators are glistening. You smell of ink and oil. Then brown, A single structure immune to sinking, propels From the typewriters you fixed. Then blue forward moving And your waist coat unchanged. Then white. using air resistance. Oh! What a beautiful stage I miss you. He has no jacket to offer of the diurnal She has nothing to say. You’re taller than I remember. cycle, to spectate the salt water that covers They stay Your rhythmic footsteps. most of the earth. Beneath the porch light. Like the tapping of typewriter keys. Lucy Rowlands 11B Ellen Bate 11C Sophie Hann 9S

15 Bolton School Girls’ Division ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Poets’ Corner Captain Lockhart’s Goodbye Will Hunger Hill Invitation from a Horse Ahoy me matees! Sit on a bike. Gallop along, This is me goodbye. Pink is best. Live among the hey and nays, O how time flies; With purple tassels on the handlebars. I need to keep thinking, Ride the wavering, wobbling wheels on your smell but my poor ship is sinking. way, our lovely horse muck, O what shall I do? plant your feet on the pebble paved path, If I never make it out of here, take in the sloping elegance of your listen to the trots I just want to make it clear, kingdom: Hunger Hill. that if I die I want to give me house to me You are five again, you are Queen again, of our hooves, grandson, Barney. your dominion belongs to you again. have the ride of your lives Me treasure, me food, me loot, Square red houses join to square red garages me diamond encrusted boots, and square red flowerpots sit on square red up on our backs they’re sinking after me ship got shot. window sills. cantering away in the wind, Me crew are running around; Taste the air. to think I’m in charge of this crazy lot! So far untainted by the smoke of dragons wear the earth like a glove I’ll pray and pray; and Ford Fiestas. just someone save me soul. in the sudden Lift your feet off the ground now, Goodbye me friends. steady there, don’t fall, breeze, This is the end; you’re soaring down the hillside; it’s like you close your eyes I’ll soon be meeting the Lord. never left at all. wrap yourself in darkness, A message sent from the pirate Captain Eloise Booth Y12-F2 James Lockhart come and see what you’re missing. Kiana Murray 7G Charlotte Jones 7B

One of three winners of the School’s National Selected as the Year 10-13 winner Chosen by Caroline Bird as the Poetry Day Competition on the theme of Messages at Open Mic Night by Caroline Bird Year 7-9 winner at Open Mic Night

SPIRIT 2017 16 CAREERS DEPARTMENT Preparation for the Future... Mrs K Knowles, Mrs E Lowe & Mrs C Sutcliffe

Each year we offer the girls (and boys!) the Sarah Jones is the Deputy Head of Media at There were 11 other talks during the day, opportunity to attend our specialist Careers days. Coventry University and a former journalist including a presentation from UCLAN on the The first was a Media and Digital Media Day in and TV presenter. She describes herself as a relatively new role of the Physician’s Associate the Autumn term. We had two keynote speakers, storyteller and works extensively with virtual as well as talks on other specialist areas; sessions the first being Mike Bushell, a sport presenter reality. Her presentation was about immersive from both Lancaster and Manchester universities on BBC’s Breakfast who has tried out 474 sports media and VR, with additional focus on lessons on the admissions procedures for their medical with the aim of inspiring others to find the right from her career. schools and Manchester’s dental school. one for them. Mike talked about his life and A variety of other presentations took place career, including writing his own newspaper as a child, acting in a school production, and working during the day. Old Boy Mike Lodmore, who for newspapers before getting his TV break. He now works for dock10 TV studios at Media City said that all of these experiences gave him stories in Salford, gave a fascinating workshop about to tell, but none more so than touring Europe broadcast engineering in which pupils set up with his band and visiting Berlin at the time the a miniature TV studio. Other guest speakers Berlin Wall came down. He encouraged pupils included Margaret Burgin, Future Skills Manager to go out and get life experiences to talk about at the BBC; Neil Dougan, lecturer in Film and during job interviews. Television at the University of Bolton; Kevin Fenmore, the Programme Leader at the School of Media, Design and Technology at the University Old Girl Carishma Hirani of Bradford; and two members of the Tower FM team. Several alumni also gave their time to speak at In the Spring term we were privileged to this event. It was fascinating to hear from Old welcome Dr Mohammed Jiva to be the keynote Boy Mobeen Qureshi about life as a medical speaker for a whole day dedicated to exploring student and junior doctor. His stories were the reality of working in the NHS. Dr Jiva is a full inspirational but he did not shy away from time GP but also holds a number of influential exploring the real pressures of his work. We were managerial jobs within the NHS. Having received delighted to hear from Old Girl Helena Bird from a MBE in 2014 and an award at the House of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Lords in 2015, his next goal is to support the about her work in Pharmacy, and from Old Girl migration of the existing health service across Carishma Hirani who spoke about her degree in the Rochdale Borough towards a new system Operating Department Practice. that supports and manages public health and The day was a great success and allowed both expectations of the Boroughs residents. His girls and boys to learn about a wide range of presentation on the Evolution of a New National roles they could go on to explore further for Mike Bushell Health Service was received with great interest. themselves.

Business Links Once again international firm KPMG has launched its paid summer internship programme, offering two successful candidates from across the Girls’ and Boys’ Division Sixth Forms the exciting opportunity to shadow employees in the KPMG Audit and Corporate Finance teams. Bolton-based chartered accountants Cowgill Holloway have also run the ‘Future Stars’ programme for the second year, allowing Priya Guhathakurta (Y12-C2) and Luke Cavanaugh to experience the world of business and finance through a series of week-long placements. Staff at Cowgills also gave their time to talk to pupils one lunchtime to answer the question “What is the Budget and Why is it Important?” Attended predominantly by Business and Economics students, this useful lunchtime seminar was fascinating and pupils came armed with plenty of interesting questions!

17 Bolton School Girls’ Division CAREERS DEPARTMENT CAREERS DEPARTMENT Young Enterprise

Due to growing demand there were four Young Enterprise teams this year. “We are …in a jar, a company that specialises in Two from Year 10, ...in a jar and Luxe, and two from Year 12, Mugs Away and Anime. All four teams succeeded in developing a product which they small luxury gifts in jars. All our products are sold at a range of markets and events during the year. …in a jar won the lovingly put together by our team to create Best Company at the Bolton and Bury Area Final and made it through to the perfect product. Whether it’s a therapeutic the next round, where they performed extremely well but were against some strong competition. Well done to all the girls who took part! spa experience you’re after or just some simple gardening, we have the product for you.”

...in a jar Mugs Away

Luxe Anime

SPIRIT 2017 18 MATHS & SCIENCE CHALLENGES

Biology Olympiad Chemistry Olympiad Physics Olympics Back in March, some Year 10 students The International Chemistry Competition On 1 March, eight Year 9 students represented participated in the Biology Challenge organised is a national competition which provides an the Girls’ Division in the annual Physics by The Institute of Biology. The aim was opportunity to stretch and challenge post-16 Olympics competition. This took place in Boys’ to involve as many pupils as possible in a students studying chemistry. Four girls took Division and 23 teams from various schools challenging and interesting biology competition. part in the Olympiad this year in January 2017 around the greater Bolton area took part in the Questions were set on the school curriculum and all of them gained certificates. competition. Teams of four students rose to but the online competition also rewards those Shivani Manoharan (not pictured), Kirsty the challenge in five practical tasks – Rainbow students whose subject knowledge has been Fielding and Anna Rowlands achieved a silver Babies, Bullseye, Sink or Swim, Jelly Baby increased by reading books and magazines, certificate, and Francesca Adams gained a gold Towers, Delayed Timing – together with the watching natural history programmes and certificate. Well done to all the girls for doing theoretical ‘Fermi’ Quiz. taking notice of the news and media for items so well on such a tough, two hour chemistry All the teams were named after famous of biological interest. challenge, and so close to having done their Physicists and our Year 9 students were in Team Thousands of students across the country took mock exams too! Röntgen, placing fourth in the Jelly Baby Towers part in the competition and we did extremely competition and scoring highly in the Delayed well achieving 1 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze Timing event, or Team Planck, achieving high awards. 16 students achieved a commended scores in the Rainbow Babies and Bullseye award and 8 students a highly commended events and winning first prize for the Jelly Baby award. Congratulations to all those who were Towers competition. Well done to all the girls! involved.

Gold Emma Sellwood Silver Lauren Whitaker, Hannah Rayner, Ella Fullelove, Sharon Daniel, Jessica Chae, Honey Higham, Anna Clark, Amy Potter, Hana Hanif, Lizzie Crowther Bronze Charleigh Adams, Lima Assi, Rachel Jarvis, Mariyah Karim, Amelia Doherty, Jade Jolley, Amy Mackie, Alison Jordan, Yolanda CREST Awards Team Planck: Kate Hailwood, Sophie Hann, Hughes, Aliza Imtiaz Shreya Kamath, Lily Rimmer The British Science Association’s Crest Awards involves pupils undertaking a science-based project of their own choosing. A group of Year 8 pupils and three groups of Year 9 pupils completed the Bronze award, a minimum of 10 hours of work, and two groups of Year 9s earned Silver Awards: 30 hours of individual scientific work. Bronze group projects revolved around various themes including fingerprints, making bath bombs, making and testing lipstick and investigating antacids, while the Silver awards were for projects on building an eco-house and researching natural Team Röntgen: Maddy Godwin, Haleemah and anti-bacterial products. On completion of Mohammed, Maya Parmar, their work, girls presented their findings to Mr Olivia Stubbs David Ward, the regional CREST Coordinator. Young Analysts Maths Olympiad The Schools’ Analyst Competition is a This year the competition took place at UCLan This is a competition aimed at girls in Year 11 competition run by the RSC’s Analytical Division and the Girls’ Division team comprised of and above. The paper lasts two and a half hours for Year 12 students and comprises teams of Katerina Gramm, Reem Harandou and Amie and consists of five complex mathematical three students. Teams are required to undertake Murray; they did not win but had good fun and problems for which full written solutions are various practical analytical determinations demonstrated excellent teamwork and very required. The Olympiad for Girls aims to inspire based on problems relevant to industrial and good problem solving skills. Many thanks to Dr as many girls as possible to get involved in social needs. The teams are judged for skill, Fielder for taking the girls to the event. advanced mathematical problem solving. understanding and accuracy and the tasks Fifteen of our most able mathematicians promote teamwork and safety in the laboratory. participated in the competition and Francesca The competition provides some tasks which Adams, Year 13, was awarded a Distinction for are relatively familiar to students such as her efforts. titrations and others which are less familiar, such as chromatographic separations or atomic spectroscopy. Competitors learn new skills, as well as demonstrating their existing knowledge, skills and aptitude for analytical science.

19 Bolton School Girls’ Division MATHS & SCIENCE CHALLENGES MATHS & SCIENCE CHALLENGES

UKMT Individual Maths Challenges The UKMT Individual Maths Challenges are lively, intriguing multiple choice question papers, which are designed to stimulate interest in maths in large numbers of pupils. The three levels cover the secondary school range 11-18 and together they attract over 600,000 entries from over 4,000 schools and colleges. The Junior Challenge is aimed at pupils in Year 8 or below, the Intermediate Challenge is aimed at pupils in Year 11 or below and the Senior Challenge is aimed at pupils in Year 13 or below. Gold, silver and bronze certificates are awarded to high performing pupils and the most successful participants at each level are invited to enter follow-on rounds: Kangaroos or Olympiads. During this year, certificates have been awarded to the following girls:

Senior Challenge Intermediate Challenge Gold Shivani Manoharan Gold Alison Jordan (invited to take the Senior Silver Sharon Daniel, Lima Assi, Ella Fullelove, Emily Rajbhandari, Emma Sellwood, Sophie Kangaroo Follow-on round) Hann, Aishah Umar, Haleemah Mohammed Silver Francesca Adams, Georgina Bronze Molly Hill, Millie Hurt, Charleigh Adams, Lauren McGann, Chloe Tsang, Lauren Owen, Vasudha Marthi, Susam Whitaker, Hana Hanif, Lizzie Crowther, Maddie Kennedy, Ingrid Lam, Hannah Tham, Imaan Bhuta Rayner, Lauren Robinson, Amy Mackie, Sana Saleem, Sana Riaz, Katie Couriel, Ella Bronze Jessie Sou, Kiran Cheema, Thompson, Niamh Dolan, Nabilah Thagia, Arya Serena, Maya Parmar, Madeehah Hannah Daley, Katerina Gramm, Ahmed, Maddy Godwin, Shreya Kamath, Sarah Walker, Rosalyn Harper, Katherine Anika Patel, Maaria Patel, Reem Baker Harandou, Lenoni Anderson

DRAMA Animal Farm Wonder “I have really enjoyed doing the drama production of Animal Farm. Pupils from Years 8 and 9 impressed audiences with their student- We have had lots of fun and exciting ideas for the layout and props! devised promenade production of Wonder, adapted from R. J. Palacio’s I cannot wait till we get to perform it! We have been practising it international bestseller of the same name. Caitlin Foster shared the twice a week and then some of us go in our lunch breaks too.” role of August with Thomas Britton, supported by a strong cast from both Divisions. Imogen Haworth 7G Each night, Wonder offered an array of highlights. Students acting as teachers managed their ‘classes’ convincingly. At the summer camp, there were campfire sing-alongs accompanied by ukulele and hilarious tent skits that drew out the cast’s personalities as much as a sense of the novel’s characters. Student monologues offered introspective counterpoints to the action. Particularly memorable were the final lines of the performance, about learning to find the wonder in everyone and that everyone should get a standing ovation at least once in their life.

SPIRIT 2017 20 GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT Icelandic Adventure Geographers in Years 10 to 13 visited Iceland over the Easter holidays. They were delighted to see volcanoes, waterfalls, glaciers, geothermal power, geysers and basaltic columns during their trip!

CLASSICS DEPARTMENT Roman Holiday

In the Easter holidays, about 50 girls from Years most of my friends enjoyed the shopping days amazing time there and I plan to visit with my 8 and 9, a handful of teachers and I travelled at the Spanish Steps as there were some very dad in the future. I would highly recommend across the sea to the beautiful city of Rome interesting shops there: Gucci, Dior and Sephora this trip to anybody who has the opportunity for four nights and I can definitely say that it being the main ones. We were even lucky because Rome is such a stunning place, full of was well worth the waking up at 3:00 in the enough to spot the Pope as we were on our art, fancy buildings, shops and best of all great morning on a Monday. way to the Vatican museum! I got a good view pizza! Just make sure you take enough euros for because I was clever enough to fall down the all of the souvenirs you’ll want to buy. We saw everything from the Trevi Fountain hotel stairs the day before (oops) so I had to go to the Colosseum to the Sistine Chapel, which in the taxi with Ms Field. All of us had such an Yasmin Rose 8B was my favourite. I think it’s safe to say that

21 Bolton School Girls’ Division GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT HISTORY DEPARTMENT Historical Happenings

Senior girls have continued to enjoy a full It has been a busy year in Politics club with two Finally, Mr Winrow displayed great civic virtue by complement of trips; and we have had a lot mock elections. Back in November, the Girls’ donating £25 to the Christie hospital in return for of fun in History Club this year. The Autumn Division elected Hilary Clinton over Donald the huge Papier-mâché ‘Trump head’, which was Term was spent making Victorian Christmas Trump as President of the United States with created by a Year 10 form for their performance Decorations and learning about crafts that were 82% of the vote. Recently, girls in Years 7-10 in the ‘Christmas post’. Since then, ‘the Donald’ popular during the Industrial Revolution age. In ‘voted’ for MPs in North West constituencies, has resided in B20 with the department still the Spring Term we investigated Tudor pirates and it has certainly been interesting to compare unsure as to how it could be used. If anyone has to enhance the learning of the Year 8 Voyages of votes cast and seats won! The Conservatives any ideas, please get in touch! Discovery curriculum. We ended the year making achieved a clear majority in School, winning 14 Medieval chocolate castles which was requested ‘seats’ (or forms) with 53.3% of the vote, and Mr C Owen by our excellent History prefects Anjali Anicatt Labour won the other 7 ‘seats’ with 32.8%. and Emma Duper. Witnessing Drama in the US Senate

28 excited Sixth Form girls and four staff took the Senate, we were able to watch the “pre- After taking a detour through Philadelphia, off on the biennial History and Politics trip filibuster” by Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley. we arrived back at JFK airport to leave the to New York City and Washington DC over He discussed an array of issues, including the USA with heavy hearts and plenty of new the Easter holidays. When we arrived in New consequences the “stolen seat” would have evidence to use in essays under our belts. York we were met with a heavy downpour. for democracy in America and the issues Although every part of the trip was a fantastic However, the wet weather did not dampen our that politicians in the future would face if experience, it is safe to say that nothing topped spirits and by the next day we were climbing Gorsuch was confirmed. Whilst watching the the opportunity to sit in the Senate Gallery, the Rockefeller Center under sunny skies. filibuster, many of us felt as though we were looking down onto the Senate floor (a chamber experiencing history – granted, not a lot to ask which already holds so much history) and After our visit to one of the busiest cities for on a History and Politics trip. seeing the divisive issues of modern American in the world, we headed to the less hectic politics unfold before our eyes. Thank you to Washington DC – or so we thought. However, We listened to Merkley for about an hour, all the wonderful staff for accompanying us by now we should realise that politics is rarely which some of the girls thought was quite a to the USA and giving us the opportunity to drama-free. While we were in town, the long time until they woke up the next morning experience American History and Politics up Democrats and Republicans were facing off and realised that he was still speaking! In close – it was a truly unforgettable trip and a over Donald Trump’s controversial Supreme total, the Merkley filibuster lasted for 15 great way for many of us to end our time at Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. The Democrats hours. However, ultimately the Republican Bolton School. planned to filibuster Gorsuch’s confirmation leader in the Senate triggered the so-called in the Senate, in protest of the fact that the “nuclear option” to amend Senate Rules and Cerys Baines Year 13 Republicans refused to give Obama’s nominee halt the filibuster, and Gorsuch now sits on the a confirmation hearing in 2016. After cheekily Supreme Court. asking a security guard if we were allowed into

On the Battle of Gettysburg tour Outside the US Supreme Court Sitting with Abraham Lincoln

SPIRIT 2017 22 ART DEPARTMENT GCSE Work

Antonia Jamieson Antonia Jamieson

Ruby Browne Ella Smyth

Alice Sandford Annette Elmes Emily Graham

23 Bolton School Girls’ Division ART DEPARTMENT ART DEPARTMENT A level Work

Aleena Dhokia, Folded Libby Lupton, James

Penny Booth, Fish Priya Guhathakurta, Garlic

Abbie Gregson, Birds Darcey Bradburn, Sister Aleena Dhokia, Grandma Megan Preedy, After Whistlejacket SPIRIT 2017 24 DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD Awards Bronze Award

In my practice expedition I learned a number of skills and built up my physical ability which Evening I enjoyed. On the first day we were dropped off at Barrow Bridge where we would start our expedition. We were given a map and a compass and had to navigate our way to Bibby’s Farm, where we would later set up our tents. In total for the first day we did about seven A special awards evening was held at Bolton or eight hours of walking in the sun with fairly large bags on our backs. The first day was School as students from the Girls’ and Boys’ more of a challenge as there was a lot more walking involved and I had never used a map Divisions celebrated picking up their Gold, Silver before but I feel I can now do that. When we got to the camp we had to set up our tents and Bronze certificates. All Senior School pupils which I found quite simple to do. I also had to learn how to use a trangia to cook my dinner at Bolton School complete the Bronze Award which was a new learning experience. On the second day we did less walking and walked for and many go on to achieve Silver and Gold about four or five hours having small breaks in between, navigating as we went. Overall the Awards. experience was a bit tiring but I also learnt how to build my team working skills, use a map, Pupils from both Divisions provided their own set up a tent, use a trangia and build my physical strength which I enjoyed. perspectives on achieving the award. Hanna, who picked up a Gold certificate, had run the Saira Hussain 9D Wigan 10k race, gone on an expedition for four days trekking in the Lake District where she learnt teamwork and communication skills, Overall I found D of E quite the experience. It was exciting, nerve wracking and fun. We had assisted young children at Beech House learnt to take the correct equipment and even to alter the things we brought. Our instructors Infant School and had taken a job mucking out taught us how to use a map and compass to navigate around the area and, after a long at stables. Kiera, who has already received her day’s walk, we settled at camp. Everyone brought different meals, from Mac and Cheese to Bronze and Silver awards and is now working Meatballs and we ate using the stove. Eventually we went to sleep and were surprised to be towards her Gold, spoke of how she has learned woken at 7:00am by Mr Bradley. We quickly made breakfast and dissembled our tents to set to play golf, taught in a dance school and helped off for yet another day of walking. The second day was my favourite out of the two. The sun out with Disability Snowsport UK, where she was shining and we passed fields of sheep and horses, occasionally stopping to stroke them. had picked up invaluable life lessons which can Soon enough we reached the Scout Hut. be used on her CV and talked about in future The D of E experience is something I will remember, I will definitely go on to the Silver and education and job interviews. This summer she maybe even Gold after the fun and hard work of doing Bronze. will complete her Gold Award after a sailing adventure on a catamaran out of Portsmouth. Emilie Fielding 9B Special guest for the evening was Old Girl Janette McCormick, now Deputy Chief Constable of Cheshire Constabulary, who For my physical section I completed a series of 5 kilometre courses every Saturday morning. presented pupils with their certificates. It was quite challenging but very rewarding at the end. At first I wasn’t motivated at all; Reflecting on her time at Bolton School, she however, every week it became easier and I began getting faster times. The course was said it was here that she learnt to challenge very difficult to start with, and at first it took me 45 minutes. Now I’m able to finish it in things when they are wrong. She told the award 35 minutes. I think this was beneficial because I’m getting fitter while having fun. I advise recipients that they should be incredibly proud anyone who’s doing D of E to try something new and make sure that you enjoy doing it. of themselves: not only have they done much Roxy Asumu 9G good for the local community but they have also improved their own life skills including leadership, communication and team-working. She told the girls and boys that they form a For my D of E skills section, I have chosen to do drawing; a hobby which I enjoy. My main community of 140 million volunteers across the goal was to improve my shading gradation, something which I was not particularly good at globe and said: “Volunteering is the ultimate as pencil was a medium which I rarely used, instead preferring markers. At the beginning of exercise in democracy as, through your work, the three months, my drawings looked flat and had no depth. However, nearing the end I you vote everyday what kind of community you feel my shading and gradation greatly improved. I have learnt to use weight of line and I have want to live in.” gotten better at graduating from light to dark in my drawings. I really enjoyed doing this Headmistress Sue Hincks brought the because it allowed me to improve something which I wouldn’t normally work on. evening to a close, offering her own huge Alexandra Greenwood 9D congratulations and encouraging all pupils to go for the Gold Award as it is the epitome of what you can do as a young person. For D of E we had to volunteer somewhere for either three or six months, so I decided to volunteer at the Woodlands Animal Sanctuary for six months. At the sanctuary I did different jobs and learnt different skills, which helped my confidence with animals. I started work cleaning out the hedgehogs. I managed to clean about 20+ beds in the hours I volunteered every Sunday. I also had to organise my work space, meaning that the hedgehogs could be cleaned out quickly and efficiently. Overall my experience with the hedgehogs helped me become more comfortable with animals I’m not used to working with. I would highly recommend this for anyone wanting to volunteer in the future. Kate Hailwood 9B

25 Bolton School Girls’ Division DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

SPIRIT 2017 26 DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD Silver Award

Our group of 52 Silver Duke of Edinburgh expeditioners arrived on Friday lunchtime and met our instructors. We had to pack our bags and then headed out on a 5 mile walk to our campsite where we pitched the two-person tents. At 7pm we made our tea on the trangiers and drank hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows before getting into our tents. Saturday was a prompt start at 8am and, after breakfast, we set off for a full day of walking with the instructors, covering about 18km. After an early night, we were out walking on Sunday on our own and in teams of 6-10 girls. We had to take turns reading a map and learning to use a compass. We learnt how to react if someone fell unconscious and how to put them in the recovery position. Highlights of the trip were many, but we enjoyed stopping by a lake in the sunshine and taking pictures. It was a challenging, exhausting but rewarding experience and we look forward to the real expedition during the weekend of June 16-19th 2017. Lucy Stiles and Nuttall 10A

For my Physical I wanted to improve my For her Skill section, Bryony Meech (10B) Ellie Gedman-King (10A, seated in the photo) fitness in order to be able to compete at a worked on improving her climbing ability. did Young Enterprise for her Skill section. higher standard. I achieved my aim. Her aim was to be able to do the harder Her group was very successful, reaching the Anabel Nuttall, 10F routes easily by the end of this section. Manchester Finals.

27 Bolton School Girls’ Division DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD Gold Award Sailing on Tenacity Hannah Shaw Year 13 After walking for both our Bronze and Silver Awards, we wanted to do something more exciting for our Gold expedition to end our DofE journey on a high. After exploring the options, we discovered that the ketch Tenacity of Bolton, built by the Boys’ Division and now operated by Tall Ships Youth Trust, offers voyages which meet the Gold expedition criteria. We were pleased to be given a generous donation from the Scott Trust to help fund the expedition. Bright and early on a Saturday morning, eight excited and tenacious girls got on a minibus bound for Inverkip Marina on the west coast of Scotland. Once on board Tenacity, we soon settled into our new, cosy environment where we would spend the next week in very close proximity with each other. Friendships and our resilience were tested in true DofE fashion! We began by completing two days of training where we were taught the basics of the boat, how to navigate, safety procedures which we hoped we wouldn’t have to use and, most importantly, how to actually sail the boat. However, we were grateful for our brief first aid training when one of our team members fell down the hatch on the first day, meaning we had to look after her whilst continuing to sail. The days were busy with various tasks to complete such as daily engine checks and looking after the boat. We had to plan our all our meals, catering for dietary requirements (and fussy eaters) and cooking at sea without electricity whilst the boat was keeling over dramatically. We were also tasked with planning our route, using maps and other navigational equipment, calculating the time we would spend sailing and looking for potential ports that would accommodate our requirements: electricity hookups, a big enough berth, and more importantly warm showers and wifi! Throughout the week we travelled around the Isle of Bute stopping at Largs, Tarbert, Bannatyne (with a population of around 10 people) and Rue, sailing the boat for up to eight hours and mooring at a different port each evening. We worked as a team, taking turns to sail the boat whilst others helped to tack and rope tie when necessary. We also had to update the log book often and monitor the equipment and readings. We soon became used to the unpredictable Scottish weather, enduring both sunny and stormy days. We were determined to continue sailing towards our destination without giving up, even if it meant being soaking wet and freezing cold. Though the work was hard, we had fun wherever possible. To name a few examples, one evening we explored and consequently fell in love with the town of Tarbert, and Hannah and I re-enacted the famous Titanic pose whilst singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ on the last day as we moored into Inverkip Marina for the last time, much to the amusement of the other sailors there – not to brag, but we did get a standing ovation! In order to record our journey, we took it in turns to write a daily blog for the Tall Ships website, which was eagerly read by our families and other keen followers after our journey was featured on the School Facebook page. By the end of the week, we all agreed that it had been a fantastic experience. We had learnt new skills and had an amazing time whilst improving our teamwork skills and growing closer as a group. We are happy that we took the opportunity to do something different and unforgettable for our Gold expedition, which was a great finish to our Duke of Edinburgh Award. We are pleased to report that, following our expedition, Bolton School and Tall Ships Youth Trust are willing to offer sailing on the Tenacity of Bolton to any other group of girls who hope to do this for their DofE awards. This was an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and we would highly recommend it.

Rachel McGinty (10E) volunteering at the Promenade Care Home where she undertook many activities to help the residents. She enjoyed the whole experience.

SPIRIT 2017 28 MUSIC DEPARTMENT Musical Notes...

Beautiful music at the Ceremony of Carols Year 8 learning to play ‘In the Jungle’ on the steel pans May Serenade

The May Serenade was once again filled with memorable occasion. This year was no exception prizewinners, Lucy Stiles (Year 10) who won The spectacular performances from girls in Years 7 to and there were many highlights to this wonderful Most Promising Musician Award, and Caroline 13. As the last concert featuring the whole of the evening of music. In particular it was wonderful Blair (Year 12) who received the Carter Cup. School before older girls depart for examinations to hear from the solo performers: Samantha There was also delightful music from the School’s and the swan-song for Year 13 musicians in Schofield (Year 9), Chloe Tsang (Year 10), varied ensembles and the Senior, Middle School particular, the evening is always a special and Alisha Maini (Year 13), and two Music Festival and Chamber Choirs.

The Middle School Choir singing Toto’s ‘Africa’ at the May Serenade “One thing I really enjoyed about Year 7 was the May Serenade. It was really brilliant! Bolton School has a huge variety of talent, from singing to playing and ending with an orchestra! Performing with the Middle School Choir was brilliant and this was a day I will never forget.” Samantha Schofield playing ‘Swedish Concert’ on the flute at the May Serenade Sarah Habbab 7S

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The Girls’ Division Music Festival took place over the course of two days, allowing pupils in Years 7 to 13 to perform on a wide range of instruments. Almost 100 entrants came forward and the variety of performances, ranging from classical to contemporary music played on instruments from the organ to the ukulele, showed the diversity of talent within the School. Our adjudicator Les Pratt, a BBC Radio 3 producer, was very impressed with all of the performances and gave the girls some valuable feedback and advice. The Music Festival winners

Music Festival 2017 Category 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Highly Commended Middle School Woodwind Grades 1-4 Jessica Bailey Madeleine Bodger Ariella Tanfield Middle School Woodwind Grades 5+ Samantha Schofield Kate Hailwood & Summer Kay Senior School Woodwind Grades 6+ Abigail Naylor Lucy Stiles Hannah Rayner Sian Rowlands

Middle School Piano Grades 1-3 Samantha Schofield Elizabeth Rogers Jasmine Shum Niamh Woodward Middle School Piano Grades 4+ Carol Habib Sophia Liang Sophie Hann Victoria Wong & Estelle Pass

Percussion Mille Ashton & Sally Cowling Lucinda Butterworth Rachel Care

Ensembles Senior saxophone quartet Vocal duet Percusssion trio String quintet

Guitar Sharon Daniel & Phoenix Khan Saira Hussain Alice Leary

Middle School Orchestral Strings Katie Couriel Sana Riaz Faye Clarkson & Jasmine Curtis-Walker Senior School Orchestral Strings Sally Cowling & Amara Annabelle Boulos Vijayadurai

Open Mic Jessica-Rose Curtis-Walker & Hafsa Syed Chloe Ferguson Emilie Fielding

Middle School Voice Isabella Morgan Olivia Sample Ananya Ajit & Natalie Taylor- Towers Senior School Voice Caroline Blair Jacqueline Jones-Humphrey Ellen Bate Sian Rowlands & Hafsa Syed

Organ Estelle Pass Senior School Piano Grades 1-4 Caroline Blair Hafsa Syed Senior School Piano Grades 5+ Chloe Tsang Lucy Stiles Amara Vijayadurai Santina Hundle

Brass Antigone Blackwell Ellen Bate Jacqueline Jones-Humphrey Philippa Everest & Caitlin Nuttall

The Carter Outstanding Musician Cup Caroline Blair Most Promising Musician Award Lucy Stiles

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ABRSM Exams Summer 2016 Trinity Exams Autumn 2016 Name Instrument Grade Result Name Instrument Grade Result Anika Maini Flute 4 Distinction Hannah Rayner Clarinet 8 Distinction Alisha Maini Flute 8 Merit Cassia Drummond Clarinet 6 Merit Alexandra Nelson Clarinet 6 Pass Rebecca Parkinson Clarinet 3 Distinction Vasudha Marthi Piano 8 Merit Nina Simon Saxophone 6 Distinction Kate Shanley Violin 1 Pass Anna Rowlands Piano 6 Merit Jennifer-Mae Coetzee Violin 2 Pass Charlotte Kennedy Piano 3 Distinction Isabelle Du Plessis Violin 3 Pass Kareena Singh Piano 3 Merit Anika Maini Voice 2 Merit India Corlett-Moore Piano 2 Distinction Taya Panter Voice 2 Merit Eleanor Shaw Piano 4 Distinction Jess Kay Voice 4 Pass Anoushka Sharma Piano 2 Distinction Anoushka Sharma Violin 1 Distinction Jasmine Shum Piano 2 Distinction Molly Grimshaw Violin 1 Merit Katherine Couriel Violin 6 Distinction Martha Louise Brennan Violin 2 Distinction Olivia Melling Violin 1 Pass Kelly Yee Hung Chae Violin 2 Pass Eva Hurst Singing 1 Distinction Maya Parmar Clarinet 4 Pass Jemima Stubbs Singing 1 Distinction Hollie Asquith Guitar 1 Distinction Anu Jain Piano 7 Merit Safa Karim Piano 1 Pass Lucy Rowlands Piano 5 Merit Imogen Grace Ferrier Cello 1 Merit Nikita Luhar Piano Initial Distinction Faye Eleanor Clarkson Cello 2 Merit Louise Perry Piano Initial Merit Jasmine Curtis-Walker Cello 2 Merit Sarah Al-Falahi Piano Initial Pass Uma Patel Cello 2 Pass Natasha Williams Piano 2 Merit Rosalyn Harper Cello 3 Pass Eleanor Haighton Flute 6 Merit Sana Riaz Piano 5 Merit Matilda Rodriguez Flute 5 Pass Lizzy Harkness Baritone 4 Merit Georgia Forester Flute 4 Pass

ABRSM Exams Autumn 2016 ABRSM Exams Spring 2017 Name Instrument Grade Result Name Instrument Grade Result Antigone Blackwell Trombone 6 Pass Claris Roe Singing 3 MERIT Angelie Chitre Flute 2 Merit Alice Higginbottom Violin 4 MERIT Dinburgh Ai Singing Prep Successful Suzi Howell Clarinet 2 PASS Ella Grace Clarkson Singing Prep Successful Madeleine Bodger Alto Sax 4 MERIT Paavana Sugumar Singing Prep Successful Harriet Preston Clarinet 3 MERIT Laila Westwood Singing Prep Successful Saira Hussain Guitar 3 MERIT Holly Fowler Singing 2 ABS Katherine Couriel Piano 4 MERIT Holly Stevenson Singing 2 Merit Olivia Sophie Parker Stubbs Violin 3 Pass Inika Vardhan Violin 4 Merit Su-Sam Tham Piano 6 Merit Shilpa Lapsia Clarinet 3 Pass Pip Nuttall Alto Sax 1 Merit Janani Velayutham Clarinet 2 Merit Katie Couriel Theory 5 Merit Abigail Naylor Piano 5 Distinction Estelle Pass Organ 4 Distinction Ani Sastry Piano 4 Pass Niamh Woodward Piano 3 Pass Helena Lintott Cello 4 Pass Claris Roe Cello 4 Pass Shreya Kamath Flute 4 Pass Nicola Shaw Flute 1 Distinction The Senior Choir performed ‘Fields of Gold’ Freya Wood Flute 1 Distinction and ‘One Day More’ at the May Serenade

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Trinity Exams Summer 2016 Trinity Exams Spring 2017 Name Instrument Grade Result Name Instrument Grade Result Ellen Masterson Piano 4 Merit Lauren Hilton Clarinet 4 Distinction Victoria Chi-Wing Wong Piano 3 Merit Lucy Stiles Saxophone 8 Merit Rosie Crowther Piano 2 Merit Alexandra Thea Cooke Saxophone 7 Merit Holly Stevenson Piano 2 Merit Ananya Darshan Saxophone 5 Distinction Adithi Prasad Piano Initial Distinction Ariella Maria Tanfield Saxophone 4 Distinction Tilly Watkinson Piano Initial Merit Hannah McKee Saxophone 3 Distinction Lucy Stiles Piano 6 Distinction Jessica Bailey Saxophone 3 Distinction Katherine Baker Piano 1 Distinction Emma Seddon Saxophone 2 Distinction Francesca Dewhurst Piano Initial Distinction Lorna Stirzaker Piano 6 Merit Sreya Coomer Singing 6 Distinction Esha Mishra Piano 3 Distinction Hannah Olivia Holt Singing 4 Merit Nicola Jane Shaw Piano 2 Distinction Ria Bansal Singing 3 Merit Eva Lakshmi Hurst Piano Initial Distinction Madeline Ashton Singing 1 Merit Martha Rose Morrow Piano Initial Distinction Gabriella Ferris-Koussa Singing 1 Merit Sophie Hann Piano 4 Distinction Freya Marland Singing Initial Distinction Emma Arnison Piano 1 Distinction Ellen Mae Bate Trumpet 5 Pass Sana Riaz Violin 5 Merit Jessica Minnie Willcock Euphonium 8 Distinction Jacqueline Jones-Humphrey Singing 6 Merit Lucinda Butterworth Piano 4 Pass Hannah Holt Singing 6 Merit Emilie Reilly Piano 3 Merit Sian Rowlands Singing 5 Distinction Ariella Tanfield Piano 3 Merit Isabella Morgan Singing 5 Merit Elspeth Jessica Harper Piano 3 Pass Zara Walsh Singing 5 Pass Alexia Howarth Piano 1 Distinction Natalie Taylor Towers Singing 3 Distinction Sofia Riaz Piano 1 Distinction Eve Birtwhistle Singing 3 Merit Zara Kadva Piano Initial Distinction Santina Hundle Piano 5 Pass Matilda McCann Piano Initial Distinction Amerleen Hundle Piano 4 Distinction Du’a Qedwai Piano Initial Merit Emilie Reilly Piano 4 Merit Alice Sandford Clarinet 5 Pass Nicole Williams Piano 4 Pass Amelia Myatt Flute 6 Pass Angelie Chitre Piano 3 Distinction Kate Hailwood Flute 4 Merit Jasmine Curtis-Walker Piano 3 Merit Harriet Dickens Flute 2 Distinction Lauren Aryee Bunting Piano 3 Pass Georgina Derry Sykes Flute 2 Merit Charlotte Winrow Tenor Horn 8 Merit Charlotte Kennedy Flute 2 Merit Isabel Harper Flute 8 Merit Charlotte Amelia Johnson Flute 6 Pass Lois Ho Sze Mok Flute 4 Merit

The Steel Pan Ensemble played ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ The Joint Senior Clarinet Choir perform and ‘Hakuna Matata’ ‘Hava Nagila’ at the May Serenade

SPIRIT 2017 32 TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Resistant Materials & Product Design A selection of GCSE Resistant Materials and A Level Product Design work. 4 1 3

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1. Doll’s House - Saana Ahmed (Year 11), dolls’ house with balconies made 6. Pyramid lamp - Chelsea Twist (Year 12) from laser plywood 7. Multi colour LED lamp - Alexandra Cooke (Year 12) 2. Pop Art inspired stationery storage - Ayesha Safri (Year 11), Pop Art 8. Mandala inspired lamp - Humairaa Haider (Year 12) inspired stationery storage box made from flexible plywood and dye 9. Lamp inspired by gaming characters - Sudah Ahmed (Year 12) sublimated veneer 10. Ajustable glowing tube lamp - Lucie Hardman (Year 12) 3. Squirrel ‘saloon’ feeder - Vanessa Azavedo (Year 11), ‘Squirrel Saloon’ wild animal feeder made from soft wood, copper and HIPS 11. Flat pack coffee table - Hannah Al-Saidi (Year 13), a space saving, flat pack coffee table for a student 4. Art Deco inspired display shelving - Sian Rowlands (Year 11), Art Deco decorative shelving unit made from flexible plywood and black walnut 12. Modular stationery storage - Charlotte Johnson (Year 13), a modular, flat veneer pack stationery holder aimed at a young adult 5. Mp3 player inspired by architure – Ella Watkinson (Year 11), Mp3 player inspired by the Bauhaus style made from oak and mirror finish acrylic

33 Bolton School Girls’ Division TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT Textiles GCSE Final Products

Children’s dresses, beanbag poufs and an educational toy created by: Fatimah Naeem, Jaya Guhathakurta, South American Top Row: Simran Rayarel, Zineerah Bax, Eleanor Gibbons, Kathryn Austin Modern Vintage dress inspired wall-hanging Bottom Row: Katie Tan, Abigail Shaw, Alisa Grundy A Level Final Products

Year 12 Bodices (top to bottom, left to right): Emily Stansfield, Millie Liptrot, Rosie Somerville, Clara Lewison-Hawksworth, Maisie Camm, Lauren Crowther Holly Wilcock, Bridal Gown

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Textiles Resistant Materials Year 7

Girls had fun designing and making novelty bedroom Cushions inspired by India, made using techniques such as thermometers suitable for a baby’s bedroom. The girls learnt appliqué, tie-dye, embroidery and block printing. about smart materials, CAD/CAM and batch production.

Year 8

Pupils enjoyed designing and making animal-themed MP3 players suitable for sale in a WWF merchandise shop. They learnt how to Fleece hot water bottles based on folk art from around the world. solder, vacuum form and customise their animal designs.

Year 9

Girls worked independently to design and make bespoke boxes containing LEDs which light up the edges of clear acrylic. They learnt how to construct a wooden box to fit certain dimensions, A range of travel-themed wash bags. advanced their CAD/CAM skills and made functioning circuits.

Year 10

Using the work of past designers – specifically Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the era of Art Deco – to inspire clock designs. All the girls learnt how to vacuum form plywood, create inlaid laser cut patterns and chose to either fit an analogue mechanism or Decorative products inspired by the theme of Peru. use soldering skills to incorporate a digital panel.

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Café Culture Cafe culture is becoming increasingly popular. There are many coffee shop brands on the high street, in railway stations and shopping centres. Design and make an attractive sweet or savoury product to be sold from the counter in a coffee shop.

Eleanor Gibbons, Year 11 School Meal There has been much concern related to the quality of meals served to students in school canteens. The ‘healthy school dinner’ campaign has brought about many positive changes. A school canteen is to launch a new and creative range of food products to appeal to 11-16 year olds. Design and make a nutritionally balanced product that could be sold in the school canteen.

Rachael Crompton, Year 11

The Great British Bake Off Traditional bakeries and supermarket in-store bakeries are very popular. Consumers are attracted to the freshly made products and the ever increasing range of sweet and savoury products available. Design and make an attractively finished product to be sold from a bakery.

Georgina Swift, Year 11 Festivals Music festivals continue to thrive and are enjoyed by people of all age groups. These events often take place in the summer over several days. Many different food outlets are often available. Design and make a savoury product that could be available to eat at a major music festival.

Isabella Tankard, Year 11

Entertaining in Style Food is a major part of any celebration. The food is usually made in quantity and is often known as ‘finger food’. This style of food can be served at occasions such as: Proms, 18th birthday parties and cultural/ religious festivals. Design and make a sweet or savoury product to be served at a finger food buffet.

Fiza Hussain, Year 11

SPIRIT 2017 36 GERMAN DEPARTMENT Sixth Form Berlin Trip Sixth Form German students boosted their appreciation of German culture, history and the language during a recent visit to the capital, Berlin. The trip was packed full of fun and learning, with everything from a Ritter Sport chocolate workshop and a musical revue, to a trip to the Topography of Terror museum, where they learnt about the rise of National Socialism, and the Reichstag, where the German parliament sits. They even managed coffee and cake near the Brandenburg Gate! German Exchange

The German Exchange is an excellent family. But the weekend was great fun and we Lydia Lycholat (10C) also formed some lasting opportunity to make friends and explore a new bonded loads.” friendships – “I loved going out with the place with people your age. It might seem scary German exchange and getting to know them Asmara Stubley (10B) says “I enjoyed meeting to go away to another country and live with was great as I know they will always be close up with other Germans and their exchanges another family for a week, but Emily Fielder friends forever.” after school, as we made lots of new friends.” (10D) discovered that her nervousness melted Esmee Higgins (10D) intends to go back to Not only did the girls develop good away pretty quickly once she was with her Bonn in the summer holidays to visit her new relationships with the partners, but they were exchange family: “I was nervous at the start of German friends. She says that she loved “just also able to improve their German skills in real- the week, especially for the weekend as it was chilling” and “playing football with no worries.” life German-speaking situations. going to be me, my exchange partner and her

Isobel Plant (10A) had an amazing Alexandra Haworth (10E) also Jessica Kay (10E) says that the time and loved experiencing a new loved the exchange: German exchange was: culture. She says: “I had such a good time, especially “an incredible experience! I have “It really helped me improve my at the weekend when I went to the gained so much confidence and self-confidence with speaking in theme park, it definitely helped my German ability has improved German.” with my German!“ dramatically. I am grateful I was able to experience this opportunity.”

37 Bolton School Girls’ Division GERMAN DEPARTMENT SPANISH DEPARTMENT Super Spanish... La Casa de Bernarda Alba Spanish Flash Fiction Mona de Pascua First performed in 1945, ‘Casa de Bernarda Congratulations to Anna Clark in Year 10 Year 8 pupils studying Spanish celebrated Alba’ is set a decade earlier, before the Spanish who has won joint first place in the Year 7-11 Semana Santa by designing their own “Mona de Civil War in the 1930s. The play, performed at category of the inaugural Oxford University Pascua” (Easter Cake) and Holly Stevenson rose Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre, follows Spanish Flash Fiction Competition! Her story to the challenge by actually making her design, the Alba family. In the events proceeding is about someone losing a member of their which was delicious. the death of her husband, Bernarda Alba, an family in a tragic accident, and she wrote uncompromisingly domineering and powerful each sentence in English before translating it woman, prolongs her own mourning period to into Spanish. The judges were impressed by eight years, before inflicting the same, strict the combination of linguistic accuracy and regime on her five daughters, aged between creative inventiveness. They reported that twenty and thirty nine years. The women thus the concentration on a single moment via become enthralled in a tangled web of jealousy the character’s and secrecy, the consequences of which prove highly-focused to be devastating! ‘La Casa de Bernarda Alba’ is gaze, combined an interesting and intricately woven play which with glimpses featured outstanding performances from its and suggestions all-female cast. We found it to be of great use of a broader in comparing it to our chosen novel of study, story and more ‘Como Agua para Chocolate’ and we would painful memories, highly recommend this play whether you study made the piece Spanish or not! particularly evocative and Victoria Cramer Year 13 compelling. Valencia Independent Study Trip

During February half term, three of us travelled to Valencia in order to take part in an intensive Spanish course in the city. Having organised the whole trip ourselves and having each received a sum of money from the Scott Trust in order to take part in this experience, we were anxious for it to begin. Due to the fact that our classes ran from two until six in the afternoon, we were free to explore Valencia every morning. It was during these mornings that we took part in a bus tour of the city, visited La Plaza de Virgen and Valencia’s renowned Cathedral, as well as numerous other historical sights. The classes themselves were taught solely in Spanish and we studied diverse topics such as individuality and sibling relationships. The teachers were extremely helpful and we all got along with our fellow classmates, with whom we could only speak Spanish as their nationalities varied from Japanese to Korean. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and feel as though our fluency has improved greatly; therefore we would recommend this experience to anyone planning to study a language at a higher level.

Writing in Spanish La casa de mis sueños Year 8 did research on the Spanish Royal “Esta casa lujosa está en el campo por lo family. Year 10 used their grammar creatively tanto está lejos de las tiendas. Tiene veinte to describe an ideal home. Year 9 have been habitaciones amplias, cuatro balcones creative with language describing their dream impresionantes, dos terrazas, tres jardines Había una vez una chica guapa que se llamaba Sofía. holiday destination, creating a biography for preciosos y una piscina muy grande. También A Sofía le encantan las delfines. Un día fue un paseo their favourite singer, writing a short story for hay vistas al bosque donde hay muchos de delfín, inesperadamente un pirata apareció y la entry to the Oxford competition and producing árboles altos y unas flores. Finalmente lo secuestró. Pero Sofía era inteligente. Mató al pirata. their own adverts, many of which starred bueno de la casa es que se prohíbe tener ¡A Sofía es la capitana de la nave ahora! their pets! Watch Faatima Adam’s advert on mascotas y así se puede dar un paseo El fin. YouTube: https://youtu.be/6VnTEB_ tranquilamente por la mañana.” V9SY Ammarah y Imane Year 10 Madeehah Ahmed & Faarima Adam Year 9

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Stepping off a train preparing for a week of a different language, culture and lifestyle was, I have to admit, terrifying. But it was exciting too, and the time flew by way too fast. We stayed in the gorgeous, rural town of Moulins, and whilst going out, playing games at the weekend and enjoying all kinds of amazing French food, I became great friends with my correspondent and her generous family. They were all so lovely to be around and I know that she will be a lifelong friend. Whilst in France, I could feel my conversational and speaking skills improving rapidly. I hadn’t expected to dream in French! Ultimately, the main thing for me to say is that no matter what your worries may be, the French exchange is the best way to make new friends, improve your French and experience a whole other culture. If you are given the opportunity to participate on the exchange, I recommend that you grab it with both hands because I have found it a truly amazing experience – one that I will never forget.

Ella Kaut-Howson 10D

Oxford Competition Journée Française On Friday 3rd March, a selection of Students in Years 12 and 13 improved their language skills at the pupils in Years 7 to 10 were invited annual joint French conference for Bolton School Sixth Form students, to take part in the French film essay presented by Richard Peltier of Français Facile. The interactive Journée competition organised annually by the Française allowed students to tackle challenging topics linked to their University of Oxford and whose aim A Level studies: a French charity, diversity in French-speaking music, is to enable pupils studying French to immigration and Europe, poverty, and whether prison is a real solution. embrace the world of French cinema. They were able to talk together and with Richard about the issues involved in some depth. To enter the competition, students were asked to re-write the ending of a film. This year’s film was MicMacs à tire-larigot, from French director Jean- Pierre Jeunet (most famous for Amélie). After watching the first hour of the film, pupils were sent off to create a new ending, which had to be plausible yet imaginative. It colud take the form of a screen-play, a play-script or even a YouTube entry! We were delighted to hear from the judges that Carol Habib in Year 7 had been awarded a commendation by the panel for her entry in the Year 7-11 category. The competition was extremely strong and the judges congratulated Carol on her truly exceptional achievement.

39 Bolton School Girls’ Division FRENCH DEPARTMENT * = Half Colours • + = Full Colours PE DEPARTMENT Swimming The Swimming Team has had a very good year, Relays. The Senior Team finished 3rd place in the As a result of their success the Junior Team with success in a number of competitions. freestyle relay, with the U15 Team finishing 1st in were asked to represent Bolton in the Greater The Junior and Senior Age Groups were both the medley and freestyle relays. Manchester School Games in March. The four certainly thrown in at the deep end! Their first Three teams also competed in the Bolton Town girls selected represented the borough of Bolton competition was the North West Secondary Swimming Championships. The Intermediate and finished joint second with Stockport. Team Championships, held in Liverpool, to try Team finished 2nd in their competition, with an The swimmers have also celebrated a number and qualify for the English Schools National individual win for Katherine Baker in the 50m of individual successes this season. Elly Fraser Relays Competition. The Junior Age Group just backstroke. The Senior Team had a very close was selected from her ASA ranking to represent missed out on qualification, making the reserve competition with Canon Slade that resulted in a the North West in the English Schools Inter- list this year. There was once again a number of tie for points and both schools sharing the title. Divisional Competition in March. We have also inter-school fixtures, with a win against the Boys’ Niamh Knowles and Tara Wallis helped the had a number of swimmers competing in County Division being a highlight for many of the girls. cause with individual wins in their respective Championships with their clubs outside of Outside of these fixtures, the squad produced events. The Junior Team did exceptionally well school. Elly Fraser became County Champion in a range of good performances in other winning both the freestyle and medley relays. the 100m and 200m breaststroke in the Under competitions across the age groups. In There were also individual wins for Amy Doyle 14 Age Group and Lucy Dixon in the 400m November, an U15 and Senior Team travelled to and Elly Fraser. This resulted in them winning Individual Medley, 100m and 200m breaststroke Stonyhurst College for the prestigious John Parry overall and becoming the Town Champions. in the Under 12 Age Group.

UNDER 12 INTERMEDIATE Lucy Dixon Amelie Duncalf Katherine Baker Anita Cardozo Molly Holt Beatrice Hughes Amy Chicken India Corlett-Moore Katy Malley Georgia McGinty Maisie Ferguson Ellie Fielding Isabella Morgan Kiana Murray Rachel Funk Ella Harkness Caitlin Nuttall Evie Owens Alice Higginbottom Maddie Kennedy Millie Price Lucy Sackfield Esther Kenworthy Eleanor Murray Kareena Singh Ashley Sprott Olivia Stubbs Jennifer Taberner Ellie Wallis Ella Wilson UNDER 12 Jessica Bailey Phoebe Booth SENIOR Isabel Brennand Tahira Collins Priya Chevli (C)+ Isabelle Devine Victoria Cook Isabelle Corrigan Jessie Harper Emma Higginbottom Maya Croasdaile Amy Doyle Niamh Knowles* Jennie Maher Elly Fraser Celia Logan Thea Simpson* Tara Wallis* Aliza Nirodi Maia Patel Samantha Woods* Katie Riggs Genevieve Storey

SALFORD 100s In November 2016, twelve Year 7 girls competed in the Salford 100s Lifesaving competition at Westhoughton. The competition is steeped in history and this year had 62 girls participating from schools in the Bolton area. All of the girls performed the lifesaving tests successfully but a special mention to Lucy Dixon, who was the overall winner on the day.

SALFORD 100s Lucy Dixon Amelie Duncalf Molly Holt Katy Malley Georgia McGinty Isabella Morgan Kiana Murray Evie Owens Millie Price Lucy Sackfield Bethany Shum Kareena Singh

The U15 team with their two trophies YEAR 7 IMPROVERS from the John Parry Relays Caitlin Foster Caitlyn Howard Laraibe Latif Katie Schaffel Lucy Dixon, winner of this year’s Salford Amaia Taylor 100s Lifesaving competition

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YEAR 8 ROUNDERS YEAR 9 ROUNDERS Rounders 2015/16 Layli Alikhasi Alecia Anderson Easha Aslam Huma Azim The numbers of girls attending lunchtime Katherine Baker Arabella Barker-Smith Neha Bagewadi Imogen Bootle sessions for rounders this year simply exploded, Ria Bansal Eve Birtwistle Annabelle Boulos Lucinda Butterworth with over 170 girls attending clubs throughout Maddy Bodger Ellie Bridge Naeema Bux Isabelle Catlow the summer term from Years 7-10. India Corlett-Moore Katie Couriel Jessica Chae Amy Chicken The poor weather, however, played a part in Jessica Curtis-Walker Freya Dando Anna Clark Sharon Daniel seeing a number of league fixtures cancelled Rubie Dey Niamh Dolan Ella Fullelove Ellie Gedman-King which was disappointing but unavoidable. The Abigail Duckworth Kate Dziobon Elizabeth Glover Esmee Higgins Year 10s were undefeated throughout the term Isabella Forshaw Harriet Forster Honey Higham Molly Hill in their league matches, winning all 7 games Rachel Funk Liberty Giggs Mabel Horridge Isabella Howe played. The Year 9 team once again benefited Ella Harkness Elspeth Harper Millie Hurt Jasmin Hussain from England rounders coaches, with regular Zakia Herez Alice Higginbottom Rachel Jarvis Mariyah Karim sessions after school on Wednesdays. It was Abigial Hughes Charlotte Hughes Ella Kaut-Howson Maddie Kennedy great to see so much enthusiasm for the ‘flat Anaya Jesani Zara Jiva Ingrid Lam Robyn Lever bat’ game from all ages. Lizzie Lees Shreya Kamath Cate Lord Bryony Meech Olivia Kaute Vicky Kettle Annabel Nuttall Lucy Nuttall YEAR 7 ROUNDERS Phoenix Khan Amber Kirkham Safa Patel Emma Sellwood Imaan Ahmed Ellen Baines Esther Kenworthy Willow McCain Alexandria Smith Asmara Stubley Imaan Bhad Poppy Blackhurst Eleanor Murray Mia Monsen Imogen Swift Lauren Whitaker Tahira Collins Lucy Conor Charlotte Moore Fatima Naeem Victoria Cook Issy Corrigan Anna Phillips Zara Rattoo YEAR 10 ROUNDERS Maya Croasdaile Amy Doyle Manhoor Raza Sana Riaz Saana Ahmed Gabby Appleby Chloe Ferguson Elly Fraser Sara Salim Honor Smith Kate Astbury Vanessa Azavedo Eve Gould Scarlett Gregson Ashley Sprott Olivia Stubbs Natasha Barnes Ella Bolton Gracie Grundy Emily Guy Jennifer Taberner Natalie Taylor-Towers Rachael Crompton Seren Davies Lizzy Harkness Bethan Hill Nabilah Thagia Sarah Uddin Eleanor Gibbons Jaya Guhathakurta Ruby Hill Amerleen Hundle Aisha Umar Nisha Varsani Hannah Holt Emily Hunt Phoebe Hurt Madiha Jiva Sarah Walker Ellie Wallis Charlotte Lawler Imogen McDonald Summer Kay Mia Langtree Lizzie Warburton Ella Wilson Naadiyah Mohammed Emily Pike Amelia McKeown Emily McGrail Zayna Quereshi Thea Simpson Charlotte Martin Ellen Masterson Ella Smyth Millie Wood Millie Mercer Lily Morrow Sam Woods Molly Morrow Isabella Moss Amelia Myall Isha Nunkoo Taya Panter Estelle Pass Dhruti Patel Kaitlyn Paton Emma Payne Lucy Pixton Katie Riggs Yasmin Rose Alice Ryder Fabeha Shafaat Izzy Silvano Caitlin Smith Sophie Smith Anna Staal Daisy Taylor Rhianna Taylor-Birch Hannah Welsby Katie Wild Vanessa Wong Year 10 Rounders Club

Gymnastics YEAR 7 GYM CLUB The girls who have attended the Year 7 Alicia Backhouse Molly Bell Gymnastics Club this year participated in the Ruby Broughton Kelly Chae Bolton Schools’ Gymnastics Competition at Aisha Darsot Poppy Donohue Ladybridge High School on Wednesday 8th Holly Fowler Sarah Habbab March. Carol Habib Molly Holt Emily Jefferson Georgia Johnston The girls had been preparing their floor routines, Katy Malley Kiana Murray jumps using the trampette and their vaults for Millie Price Caitlin Nuttall a number of weeks in their lunchtime practices. Lucy Sackfield Jasmine Shum They all performed their routines very well in their respective sections and enjoyed the occasion. Well done to the girls who competed; they were: Alicia Backhouse, Molly Bell, Ruby Broughton, Kelly Chae, Aisha Darsot, Poppy Donohue, Carol Back row L-R: Caitlin Nuttall. Alicia Habib, Molly Holt, Caitlin Nuttall and Lucy Backhouse, Ruby Broughton. Sackfield. Carol Habib, Molly Holt Front row L-R: Kelly Chae, Lucy Sackfield, Congratulations to Poppy Donohue who achieved Poppy Donohue, Aisha 2nd place in the Advanced section of the Darsot, Molly Bell. competition.

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Netball Captains Report Edinburgh Sports Day 2016 Being joint netball captains this season has Netball and Sports Day Results 2016 Track Events been a privilege, which has been made even better by our dedicated and enthusiastic Yr 7 70m A Amelia McKeown 7C Lacrosse Trip B Lucy Conor 7B team. Most of us have been together since Yr 8 A Esther Kenworthy 8D Year 7 and it has been very special to witness The season began well with an exciting trip to us all grow, not only as individual players, Edinburgh with the Senior Lacrosse and Netball Yr 9 75m A Molly Hill 9S but as a team. We’d especially like to thank Squads. Over the course of the weekend, the B Amy Chicken 9B Mrs Heatherington who has been a dedicated girls played matches against Stonyhurst College, Yr7 100m A Olivia Matthews-Berry7G Edinburgh Thistle Lacrosse Club and Fettes B Grace Collins 7G coach and huge support to us over that past College, with two convincing victories for this Yr8 A Harriet Forster 8G season. The senior netball team have had a year’s strong Netball team. They also had the B Mia Monsen 8G successful season, winning a large proportion opportunity to discover and explore Scotland’s Yr 9 A Isabelle Catlow 9B of our games convincingly. This is due to our historic capital city and university buildings. & Claudia Barnes 9S hard work and communication as a team. I As always, a meal at The Hard Rock Café was B Beth Taylor 9D know that we speak on behalf of the whole Yr7 800m A Maya Croasdaile 7S thoroughly enjoyed by all. team when we say that school netball has B Amy Doyle 7C been an important part of our lives for the Yr7 200m A Lizzy Harkness 7S past 7 years, and it is something that we will B Xena Logan 7D Yr9 A Lydia Lycholat 9D all hugely miss once we leave. B Imane Nagi 9D Alex Duxbury & Georgina Owen Sports Day Results 2016 Field Events Yr 7 Long A Vanessa Wong 7G Jump & Phoebe Hurt 7D Lacrosse Captains Report B Ella Rose Parkin 7S This year we have thoroughly enjoyed being Yr 8 A Ella Harkness 8D lacrosse co-captains. It has been a privilege in B Willow McKain 8B our final year at school to be able to lead such Yr 9 A Maddie Kennedy 9C an enthusiastic and talented squad. We will B Lydia Lycholat 9D fondly remember the many trips we have been Yr 10 A Naadiyah Mohammed 10C on such as the Edinburgh tour and the yearly Yr 7 Shot A Millie Mercer 7D Individual Sports B Lucy Crabtree 7S trip to National Schools. We are very grateful Yr 8 A Jenny Taberner 8G for our teammates’ hard work and dedication Trophy Winners B Eve Birtwistle 8G as without this we would not have had such a JUNIOR VICTRIX LUDORUM Yr 9 A Amy Potter 9C successful season. We would like to especially Gabby Appleby, Sophie Brown, Eleanor Gibbons, B Ella Kaut-Howson 9C thank Miss Donaghy for being our coach Thea Simpson & Sam Woods Yr 10 A Sam Woods 10E throughout our school career and for making Yr 7 High A Helena Lintott 7G school lacrosse so fun and enjoyable. SENIOR VICTRIX LUDORUM Yr 8 Jump A Ella Wilson 8D Georgina Owen B Harriet Forster 8G Molly Dick & Louisa Brophy Yr 9 A Zoe Grainger 9G COLLINSON TROPHY FOR LACROSSE B Isabella Howe 9G Louisa Brophy & Molly Dick Yr 10 A Lauren Standen 10D Swimming Captain’s Report Yr 7 Discus A Imaan Ahmed 7C Serving for a second year as the swimming

SENIOR NETBALL TROPHY Yr 8 A Rubie Dey 8D Alex Duxbury captain has been a great honour and an B Lizzie Lees 8G amazing experience. I am so thankful to Yr 9 A Maddie Kennedy 9C my team for their unwavering enthusiasm B Lauren Wheeler 9S and to Mrs Duddle for entrusting me with Yr 10 A Jaya Guhathakurta 10G this responsibility for two years. What was Yr 7 Javelin A Chloe Ferguson 7B so special about this experience was the Yr 8 A Anna Phillips 8C B Honor Smith 8B amount of support from every member which Yr 9 A Bryony Meech 9C made me want to push myself as a swimmer B Robyn Lever 9B and their captain. All of this has resulted in Yr 10 A Gabby Appleby 10B competition success this year. From when I first joined the club in Year Overall Sports Day Winners: 7, the swimming captain has always been 7G, 8G, 9C, 10B someone I have looked up to as a role model and being captain has enabled me to assume that position. The sport as a whole has been Back row L-R: Georgina Owen, Louisa Inter-Form Winners something I’ve enjoyed doing so being captain Brophy & Molly Dick has meant a lot to me. The opportunity given Front row L-R: Alex Duxbury, Thea NETBALL to me has made a significant impact on my life Simpson, Eleanor Gibbons, 7G, 7D, 8C, 9B, 10B and I would like to thank Mrs Duddle again for Gabby Appleby, giving me the chance to represent the school Sam Woods. (Sophie Brown LACROSSE as their swimming captain. not on photo) 7B, 7D, 8S, 9G Priya Chevli

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YEAR 8 ATHLETICS Athletics 2015/16 Roxanne Asumu Arabella Barker-Smith Cross Country The weather wasn’t kind to us last summer and Eve Birtwhistle Ellie Bridge The weather was perfect in October for the 12 out of three inter-school fixtures scheduled, India Corlett-Moore Jessica Curtis-Walker girls in Year 7 & 8 who took part in the Bolton we were only able to host one which was our Rubie Dey Niamh Dolan Schools’ Cross Country championships held at throwing competition against Canon Slade. Abigail Duckworth Kate Dzioban Smithills School. Nevertheless, a committed core of girls from Isabella Forshaw Harriet Forster Congratulations to all the girls who took part but each year group trained hard throughout Rachel Funk Liberty Giggs special mention to the following who finished the season and were rewarded with some Ella Harkness Elspeth Harper in the top 15 of their respective races and were outstanding Personal Best Performances. Zakia Herez Charlotte Hughes nominated to represent the Bolton town team Particular mention to the Year 9 Athletics team Amber Kirkham Elizabeth Lees at the Greater Manchester Cross Country who were runners-up at their Bolton Town Willow McCain Mia Monsen championships. Championships, with some excellent individual Anna Phillips Ashley Sprott Year 7 - Lucy Dixon (2nd), Anna Wiggetts (8th), performances. Lydia Lycholat was runner-up in Olivia Stubbs Elizabeth Warburton Alicia Backhouse (12th). the 100m Final and was a member of the relay Ella Wilson Year 8 - Phoebe Hurt (7th), Lucy Pixton (9th) team who were also runners up, which included These girls went on to race at the Greater Imane Nagi, Jess Price and Beth Taylor. The Manchester schools Cross Country Championships Year 10 team also did very well to finish in a YEAR 9 ATHLETICS in February where in the Year 7 race Anna very creditable 3rd position overall. At the Junior Huma Azim Imogen Bootle Wiggetts finished in a very commendable 42nd competition, the Year 7 team finished in 4th Jessica Chae Amy Chicken place. In the Year 8 race, Lucy Pixton was placed place whilst the Year 8 were worthy runners up Lizzie Crowther Sharon Daniel 52nd whilst Maya Croasdaile finished just behind in their event. Congratulations to Ella Wilson on Amelia Doherty Molly Hill her in 53rd place. Commiserations to Phoebe becoming town High Jump champion. In addition Esmee Higgins Honey Higham Hurt who sustained an injury to her ankle whilst to athletics, a thriving run for fun club took place Mabel Horridge Isabella Howe running the very muddy Heaton Park course and on the running track on Thursdays and Fridays. Millie Hurt Jasmin Hussain was unable to complete the race. Rachel Jarvis Mariyah Karim YEAR 7 ATHLETICS YEAR 7 TEAM Ella Kaut-Howson Maddie Kennedy 3rd overall at Bolton Cross Country Comp Imaan Ahmed Jessica Bailey Cate Lord Lydia Lycholat Ellen Baines Poppy Blackhurst Lucy Dixon (2nd) Anna Wiggetts(8th) Rachel McGinty Bryony Meech Alicia Backhouse(12th) Caitlin Nuttall (29th) Lucy Connor Victoria Cook Sarah Mogg Imane Nagi Isabelle Corrigan Maya Croasdaile Bethany Shum (32nd) Beatrice Hughes (47th) Jessica Price Asmara Stubley Alesha Jiva (83rd) Safa Hasan (84th) Chloe Ferguson Eve Gould Imogen Swift Beth Taylor Gracie Grundy Lizzy Harkness Gabi Williamson Olivia Wright Bethan Hill Ruby Hill YEAR 8 TEAM Phoebe Hurt Summer Kay Phoebe Hurt (7th) Lucy Pixton (9th) Helena Lintott Celia Logan Gracie Grundy (30th) Isabelle Brennand (66th) Ellen Masterson Olivia Matthews-Berry YEAR 10 ATHLETICS Eloise McDermott Millie Mercer Gabriella Appleby Vanessa Azavedo Molly Morrow Rebecca Parkinson Natasha Barnes Ellen Bate Maya Peter Lucy Pixton Sophie Brown Rachael Crompton Mia Short Daisy Taylor Imogen MacDonald Thea Simpson Vanessa Wong Ella Smyth Samantha Woods Badminton Running Club YEAR 7 YEAR 7 Kelly Chae Alesha Jiva Mia Bennett Imaan Bhad Ayesha Jiva Beth McGuinness Lucy Connor Isabelle Corrigan Teja Reece Elly Fraser Madihah Jiva Ruby Hill Phoebe Hurt Xena Logan Charlotte Martin YEAR 9 Emily McGrail Dhruti Patel Alecia Anderson Maimoona Ghanchi Maya Peter Yasmin Rose Isha Iftikhar Zara Jiva Caitlin Smith Ariella Tanfield Olivia Kaute Haleemah Mohammed Daisy Taylor Olivia Travi Muminah Patel Zara Rattoo Fizaa Valli Year 7 Cross Country Team Nabilah Thagia Ella Thompson Sara Uddin YEAR 8 Abigail Duckworth

YEAR 9 Easha Aslam Naeema Bux Esmee Higgins Honey Higham Mariyah Karim Ella Kaut-Howson Maddie Kennedy Safa Patel Asmara Stubley Year 8 Cross Country Team

43 Bolton School Girls’ Division PE DEPARTMENT PE DEPARTMENT Tennis 2015/16 The Tennis Squad have competed in the local extremely strong Withington School, and in their YEAR 7 round of the AEGON Teams Tennis tournament final match against Manchester High won three Jessica Bailey Chloe Ferguson this season, with some close matches in both age sets of singles meaning that we needed one set Eve Gould Gracie Grundy groups. of the doubles to win the match. Eve Gould and Lizzy Harkness Phoebe Hurt Lizzy Harkness were successful winning by 6 The Under 15 team competed against Aliza Nirodi Lucy Pixton Withington and Manchester High School for girls. games to 4. The girls were defeated by Manchester High, Therefore we were overall winners by 4 sets to but in the match against Withington the scores 1. We were then waiting for other matches to be YEAR 8 were even after the singles and doubles games. played to confirm whether we would go through Charlotte Hughes Vicky Kettle A championship shootout then had to be played to the Semi-finals, needing to top the group. Anna Phillips Elizabeth Warbuton with a tie-break of 10 points. The girls competed Unfortunately we finished in third position and well and after a number of nail biting shots, we therefore didn’t have enough points to progress YEAR 9 unfortunately lost by 10 points to 7. This meant to the next stage of the competition. Charleigh Adams Amy Chicken we finished third in the group and, in order to Girls in Year 8, 9 and 10 age groups played Mabel Horridge Bryony Meech progress through to the semi-final stages of the in friendly doubles matches against Kirkham competition, the girls needed to be in the top Grammar giving wins for the Year 8 and 9 teams. YEAR 10 two positions in the group. After totalling all of the games, we were overall Natasha Barnes Imogen MacDonald The Under 13 team played their matches against winners by 42 games to 30. Friendly matches Thea Simpson Zara Walsh Kirkham Grammar, Withington and Manchester against Bury Grammar and Westholme School Samantha Woods High. All girls who represented the school in this were unfortunately cancelled due to weather. age group played some excellent tennis in their Well done to all of the girls for their efforts and YEAR 11 games. The girls won against Kirkham by an commitments throughout the season! Kiran Cheema * Hannah Daley * impressive 5 sets to 1, were defeated against an Winter Running Club Football An enthusiastic group of girls have trained A small core of committed girls trained regularly regularly throughout the winter at the Tuesday with a Bolton Wanderers community coach on lunchtime running club, setting themselves a Monday lunchtime throughout the winter. targets for improvement in distance and time. They enjoyed competitions at the Premier fives tournament in October and again in April, hosted YEAR 7 at Bolton School. Particular congratulations to Maysun Cheema Lucy Dixon Lizzy Harkness and Eve Gould in Year 8 and Beatrice Hughes Bethany Shum Anna Phillips in Year 9 who were all selected to Scarlett Whittle represent Greater Manchester this season.

YEAR 7 Anna Phillips, Eve Gould and Lizzy Harkness YEAR 8 Imogen Howarth Teja Reece have all represented Greater Manchester at Mia Bennett Isabelle Brennand Lucy Sackfield Henna Sorwar Football this year. Two of the girls have since Xena Logan Millie Mercer signed professional contracts: Anna with Isabella Moss YEAR 8 Manchester City and Lizzy with Everton. Isabelle Brennand Isabelle Corrigan YEAR 8 Chloe Ferguson Gracie Grundy Fatimah Naeem Sarah Walker Lizzy Harkness Sophie Smith

YEAR 10 Ananya Darshan Ella Kaut-Howson Bryony Meech

Girls training at Football Club

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NORTH UNDER 14 Lacrosse Following on from their success at County level, Arabella Barker-Smith Eve Birtwhistle Throughout the year, the lacrosse teams the following girls were selected to represent the Ellie Bridge (Captain) Freya Dando have competed in a number of matches and U19 North of England Squads at the Territorial Rubie Dey Abigail Duckworth tournaments across the North of England, and Tournament, which took place on Sunday 19th Kate Dziobon Isabella Forshaw also further afield at Surrey Sports Park at March at Warwick University. Liberty Giggs Abigail Hughes the National Schools Championships. Thank Charlotte Hughes Zakia Herez ‘A’ SQUAD you to all the players for their hard work and Amber Kirkham Elizabeth Lees Louisa Brophy Georgina Owen (C) commitment this year. Mia Monsen Anna Phillips This year, many pupils have also played lacrosse Olivia Stubbs at representative level for their County and ‘B’ SQUAD Territory. The following girls were selected to Ellie Bridge Maddie Kennedy represent the U18, U15 and U13 Lancashire NATIONAL SCHOOLS LACROSSE County Lacrosse squads: During the Spring Term, the 1st Team competed LANCASHIRE COUNTY LACROSSE in the National Schools’ Championships at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. The girls played U18 ‘A’ SQUAD over 2 days, qualifying for Division 1 for the Ellie Bridge Louisa Brophy second stage of the tournament. They played Molly Dick Alisha Maini some excellent lacrosse, beating a number of Georgina Owen schools including Malvern St James, Sherborne, Coloma and Shrewsbury. Congratulations to all UNDER 13 U18 ‘B’ SQUAD the players for reaching the quarter-final stages Imaan Ahmed Isabelle Corrigan Maisie Camm Eleanor Gibbons of the Division 1 tournament. Chloe Ferguson (C) Eve Gould Mabel Horridge Millie Hurt NORTHERN SCHOOLS LACROSSE Gracie Grundy Lizzy Harkness Rachel Jarvis Maddie Kennedy Throughout the year, the lacrosse squads have Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Amie Murray Asmara Stubley competed in the Northern Schools’ Tournaments Phoebe Hurt Summer Kay in Yorkshire and Shropshire. The younger age Charlotte Martin Emily McGrail U15 ‘A’ SQUAD groups played very well, with the U12 team Molly Morrow Amelia Myall Ellie Bridge Mabel Horridge finishing as runners up to Moreton Hall School. Isha Nunkoo Lucy Pixton Abigail Hughes Millie Hurt The U15 team also had an excellent tournament, Rachel Roscoe Isabella Silvano Phoebe Hurt Maddie Kennedy finishing in a very close 2nd place to the overall Sophie Smith Genevieve Storey Asmara Stubley winners, Harrogate Ladies College. Well done to Hannah Welsby Katie Wild all the players for representing the school. Vanessa Wong U15 ‘B’ SQUAD SENIOR SQUAD Arabella Barker-Smith Imogen Bootle Millie Adamson + Hannah Al-Saidi Amy Chicken Chloe Ferguson Gabriella Appleby * Aaliyah Ascroft * Eve Gould Esmee Higgins Louisa Brophy + (C) Sophie Brown * Rachel Jarvis Rachel Roscoe Maisie Camm Rachael Crompton * Reserve:Isabelle Corrigan Molly Dick + (C) Eleanor Gibbons * Alisa Grundy * Jaya Guhathakurta * U13 ‘A’ SQUAD Priya Guhathakurta Alisha Maini + Isabelle Corrigan Chloe Ferguson Amie Murray Georgina Owen + Eve Gould Lizzy Harkness Hannah Saad Alice Sandford * Phoebe Hurt Vanessa Wong Charlotte Winrow + UNDER 12 Hollie Asquith Maddy Brooks U13 ‘B’ SQUAD Amelia Charova Faye Clarkson Ella Brophy Martha Halford Jessica Crompton Jasmine Curtis-Walker Ruby Hill Alice Leary Francesca Williams-Denton Sacha Doyle Olivia Maguire Amelia Myall Amelie Duncalf Martha Halford Rachel Roscoe Charlotte Jones Megan Jones Mia Kitching Alice Leary Olivia Maguire Anika Maini ENGLAND LACROSSE ACADEMY UNDER 15 Tisha Matsika Georgia McGinty Martha Morrow Eva Murphy England Lacrosse runs talent development Imogen Bootle Amy Chicken Esmee Higgins Mabel Horridge Caitlin Nuttall Shriya Pindoria programmes for girls through an Academy Millie Price Anna Wiggetts system. The system plays an important role in Millie Hurt Rachel Jarvis raising the performance of junior players and Maddie Kennedy Bryony Meech contributing to the success of the National Asmara Stubley Olivia Wright teams at U19 and Senior levels. Congratulations to the following girls who are currently enrolled in the Academy:

U15 REGIONAL ACADEMY: Ellie Bridge Millie Hurt Maddie Kennedy Asmara Stubley

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UNDER 12 Netball Hollie Asquith Martha Brennan The 2016-17 season was as busy as ever. At the County Tournaments held in March the Maddy Brooks Summer Burke Particular highlights include selection at County Under 14 team performed especially well to Amelia Charova Jessica Crompton level of Georgina Owen (Y13) and Cate Lord reach the semi-final of their competition. Rose Crowther Jasmin Curtis-Walker (Y10). Cate was also selected for the U19 Thank you to all girls who have committed Poppy Donohue Martha Halford Development squad of Manchester Thunder. their time to training and representing school Charlotte Jones Alice Leary throughout the season. Thank you also to Mrs Olivia Maguire Anika Maini The U14 Team enjoyed success at the GSA Heatherington, Mrs Duddle and Mr Owen for Georgia McGinty Kiana Murray tournament finishing as Runners-up. The U18 their continued support of the netball teams Caitlin Nuttall Millie Price Team had a particularly rewarding season after and without whom none of the above would Jasmin Shum Karenna Singh reaching the semi-final stages of the County have been possible. Anna Wiggetts round of the national Schools Competition and becoming the highest scoring team of the UNDER 15 season breaking the 60 goal barrier in their Neha Bagewadi Imogen Bootle match v Bury Grammar in December. Isabelle Catlow Amy Chicken Esmee Higgins Molly Hill In addition to Saturday and midweek league Mabel Horridge Isabella Howe fixtures, the Under 15, Under 14 and Under 12 Millie Hurt Maddie Kennedy teams were all successful at their respective Robyn Lever Cate Lord Bolton School Tournaments held in October and Sarah Mogg Lauren-Rae McGann March respectively whilst the Under 16 team Lucy Nuttall Jessica Price NETBALL CLUB were runners up in their competition. Olivia Wright YEAR 7 UNDER 18 Amaani Adam Ananya Ajit Millie Adamson + Hannah Al-Saidi Molly Bell Ruby Broughton Louisa Brophy + Molly Dick + Lauren Bunting Kelly Chae Caitlin Duckett + Alex Duxbury + Amelia Coll Aisha Darsot Amber Farrington + Fiona Hazlitt + Sacha Doyle Isabelle Du Plessis Alisha Maini + Amelia Myatt + Isabella Grainger Carol Habib Georgina Owen + Charlotte Winrow + Molly Holt Kheshayna Jadwa Mia Kitching Maryam Maka UNDER 14 Katy Malley Jessica Martin Arabella Barker-Smith Ellie Bridge Zena Miller Buphista Mistry Jessica Curtis-Walker Ruby Dey Isabella Morgan Mia Neill Isabella Forshaw Harriet Forster Khamillah Rafai Elizabeth Rogers Charlotte Hughes Amber Kirkham Saba Salim Hamna Shafiq Elizabeth Lees Eleanor Murray Emilie Sham Bethany Shum Anna Philips Olivia Stubbs Indira Tailor Scarlett Whittle Jennifer Taberner Sarah Walker Ella Worsley Aisha Yaqoob Elizabeth Warburton Francesca Williams-Denton

UNDER 17 YEAR 8 Imaan Ahmed Ellen Baines Zoe Ashworth Caroline Blair Olivia Berry Amy Doyle Hannah Daley Isabelle Devine Caitlin Foster Gracie Grundy Priya Guhathakurta * Rachel Ibberson Amerleen Hundle Madihah Jiva Rebecca Lees Molly Marshall Mia Langtree Eloise McDermott Amie Murray Tilly Rodriguez UNDER 13 Millie Mercer Feryal Miraz Jessica Bailey Poppy Blackhurst Molly Morrow Amelia Morton UNDER 16 Lucy Connor Isabelle Corrigan Isabella Moss Isha Nunko Katie Riggs Alice Ryder Gabriella Appleby Katherine Astbury Chloe Ferguson Elly Fraser Fabeha Shafaat Caitlin Smith Eve Gould Lizzy Harkness Vanessa Azavedo Ella Bolton Sophie Smith Rhianna Taylor-Birch Sophie Brown Eleanor Gibbons Bethan Hill Ruby Hill Amaia Taylor Olivia Travi Emily Hunt Imogen MacDonald Phoebe Hurt Summer Kay Fizaa Valli Connie Williamson Naadiya Mohammed Thea Simpson Kaitlyn Paton Emma Payne Ella Smyth Samantha Woods Lucy Pixton Rachel Roscoe Ani Sastry Isabella Silvano Genevive Storey Ariella Tanfield YEAR 9 Katie Wild Layli Alikhasi Alecia Anderson Eve Birtwhistle India Corlet-moore Freya Dando Niamh Dolan Abby Duckworth Rachel Funk Ella Harkness Elspeth Harper Zakia Herez Alice Higginbottom Zara Jiva Mia Monsen Sara Salim Aisha Umar Ella Wilson

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My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we had to My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I represented the design new flavours of sandwich in Year 3. I thought we were just school in the AJIS Football Tournament. – Krupa Patel, 6P doing an imaginary sandwich but we weren’t and I had to make a sandwich with lots of crazy toppings like fish fingers, chips and coleslaw! – Aaminah Ali, 6P One of my special memories of Hesketh House is when I met my friends and we made our friendship group. – Ila Stephenson, 6P

One of my favourite memories is when we went on a school trip to the Imperial War Museum North because it was fascinating and exciting. – Amelia Cordwell, 6P Some of my favourite memories are when we did the flash mob for Mrs Brierley’s retirement in Year 5 and when I got picked for the Sports Hall Athletics Team. – Malaika Zaidi, 6P

Two of my favourites memories are doing the ESB in Year 6 and being a part of the Football Team and getting into the quarter My favourite memory is being presented a chess trophy in finals of the competition we were in. – Ruby Hurt, 6P assembly by the High Sherriff of Greater Manchester. – Astha Patel, 6P

I remember the joy of getting the role of Peter Pan in the Summer Concert in Year 5 as I had been determined to get the part! – Safa Karim, 6P

The Sports Hall Athletics competition in Year 4 was great fun. As was the picnic in Queen’s Park in Year 3 and Drama Day in Year 6 when I got to play the pantomime cow! – Vlada Kozak, 6P

I particularly enjoyed the Year 6 Drama Day that we did in the Senior School. I played the part of Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk but unfortunately I was losing my voice so it was difficult to hear me! – Charlotte Lowe, 6P

I will always remember when I got the Progress Trophy in Year 3 because it was such a surprise to me and it helped me to develop more confidence in myself. – Ai Makino, 6P

The most memorable moment for me is when I met my friends on the playground on the first day in Year 3. – Esha Mishra, 6P

One of the most memorable occasions I have had in Hesketh House is the first time I came into school in Year 3 and didn’t cry because I wanted my mum. – Olivia Myall, 6P

One of my most memorable moments is when I got picked to enter the AJIS Art Competition and had to draw a person I admire. – Holly Nicholson, 6P

My favourite memory is when we did Bikeability and we got to ride My favourite memory is of me and my friend writing our poem for our bikes with our friends. – Anisha Pahade, 6P the John Muir Award because I love writing. – Felicity Field, 6P

47 Bolton School Girls’ Division HESKETH HOUSE HESKETH HOUSE Melodious Music Music Festival From the Winter Warmer to choral singing at Congratulations to all of the pupils who the Spring Fair to the Summer Concert, and performed at the Music Festival, from novices lots of assembly performances in between, to accomplished musicians. The adjudicators, the Junior Girls’ year has been punctuated Jonathan Middleton and Stephen Martin, were by marvellous music. The String Quartet and both impressed by the terrific standard of Hesketh House Choir competed at Ramsbottom playing and presentation! Music Festival, giving excellent performances Old Boy Jason Appleton, Station full of poise and confidence: the Choir earned Piano Commander of RAF Shawbury in Shropshire, third place, and the instrumentalists were Year 6: 1st Ai Makino visited School in his helicopter and spoke marginally beaten by the Senior School Quartet. 2nd Angelie Chitre to children from Nursery to the Senior A smaller Junior Choir sang at the AJIS Music 3rd Janani Velayutham Schools. The Junior Girls and Boys were the Festival. The adjudicators at both events Year 5: 1st Nyah Pomian first to greet him on his arrival! were full of praise for the musicians. The AJIS 2nd Rhea Sudhakar Proms also offered a few top musicians the 3rd Grace Houghton “My best memory of Hesketh House was opportunity to join a combined AJIS orchestra Year 4: 1st Sofia Riaz when the helicopter came and I was chosen for the day, culminating in a performance. 2nd Imaan Rashid to go inside.” – Uma Patel, 6L 3rd Hana Turnbull Year 3: 1st Nikita Luhar 2nd Tilly McCann 3rd Marissa Hollinghurst Instrumentalists and Ensembles Vocal: 1st Sophie Swift 2nd Eva Hurst The Choir singing at the Spring Fair 3rd Dinburgh Ai Beginners: 1st Nyah Pomian 2nd Hannah Faulkner 3rd Paavana Sugumar Woodwind, Brass and Drums: I have really enjoyed the MFL days that we 1st Pip Nuttall have done at Hesketh House as I like to 2nd Esha Mishra learn new languages. – Batool Tabani, 6P 3rd Janani Velayutham Strings: The Flute Choir perform at the Winter Warmer 1st Uma Patel 2nd Anoushka Sharma 3rd Dinburgh Ai Small Ensemble: 1st Piano Duet: Anna Brennand & Alexia Howarth Ensemble: 1st String Quartet: Anoushka Sharma, Molly Grimshaw, Francesca Dewhurst & Uma Patel The Junior Girls meet their sponsored police Pianist Sofia Riaz at the Music Festival horse, Bumble, and his partner Maxwell.

One of my favourite Hesketh House memories is when we did the virtual reality Google Expedition to Borneo. – Music Festival Ensemble Prizewinners: the String Quartet (Anoushka Sharma, Molly Grimshaw, Janani Velayutham playing the Clarinet at the Imogen Masheter, 6P Francesca Dewhurst and Uma Patel) Music Festival

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HESKETH HOUSE Art Attack! Sporting Successes The AJIS Biathlon saw the team win 1st place overall, with individual medals for Charlotte Harris (gold) and Pip Nuttall (silver). At the AJIS Sportshall Athletics, the girls enjoyed their most successful year with 12 medals collected overall. Pupils picked up 7 gold medals in the 3 Lap, Speedbounce, Standing Triple Jump, Standing Long Jump (also setting a new record), Vertical Jump and 6 Lap Paarlauf Relay, where the team also won silver! Further individual Stone Age style cave painting by Scarlett Oil pastel observational drawings by Ellie Hood (3H), Nora Oesterle (3H) and Nia Raja (3J), linked to the successes were achieved at the AJIS Tennis: Bowie and Carrie-Anne Warbrick (3J) Science topic ‘How Does Your Garden Grow?’. Alina Halim and Vlada Kozak won all their group stage games to compete in the semi-finals with Vlada progressing to be crowned champion. The Junior Girls and Junior Boys jointly won the Bolton Schools Cross Country League, and the team additionally earned 2nd place in the Girls’ competition. The Year 5 and Year 6 teams did well in the AJIS Cross Country, both finishing 8th overall, and Charlotte Harris earned an individual 2nd place. Pupils earned the right to represent Bolton at the Greater Manchester Games after coming in 2nd place at the Bolton Year 4 were asked to create illustrations Inspired by Japanese artist Hokusai. The 2D nets will Schools High-5 Netball Tournament. for The Iron Man by Ted Hughes using be assembled to make 3D pyramid boxes to display Word, Insert and Shapes. pupils’ interpretations of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’.

The AJIS Biathlon Team with their medals

Aztec headdress designs by (clockwise from top Rainforest trees, looking at pattern and left) Emilie Graham, Amelia Quinton Taylor, Freya colour in nature, by Zara McCann and Wood and Emma Taylor-Beardsworth (all in 5H). Tilly Watkinson (both in 5M).

Joint Winners of the Bolton School Cross Country League

High-5 Netball Tournament Team

6L Blitz Hannah Adamopoulos Some of my favourite memories of Hesketh House are being part of the My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we learned about World War Two in Year 6 Sports Hall Athletics Team and the Cross and we made model victory gardens with Anderson shelters in them. – Charlotte Duffy, 6P Country Team because this makes me proud. – Ruby Hassall, 6P

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HESKETH HOUSE HESKETH HOUSE Patterdale Memories:

My favourite memory of my time at Hesketh House is the very My favourite memories at Hesketh House are when we went first night we stayed in Patterdale because it was like a big on the ski trip and had fun at Patterdale in Year 6. – Janani sleepover with all my friends. – Angelie Chitre, 6P Velayutham, 6L

My favourite memory of my time at Hesketh House is gorge My best memory of Hesketh House is the first time we went to walking in Patterdale because everyone was laughing and having Patterdale Hall in Year 4 because it brought me and my friends fun. – Phoebe Chuck, 6P closer together. – Kimberley Short, 6P

One of my favourite memories of Hesketh House is when we went My best memory at Hesketh House is when we went gorge gorge walking in Patterdale. – Lola Grundy, 6P walking up a waterfall at Patterdale. – Helena Ormerod, 6L

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when I went to A special memory of mine from my time at Hesketh House was Patterdale Hall in Year 5 and me and my friend, Fliss, had such a when I did the ‘Big Mama Bear Jump’ into the gorge at Patterdale. – laugh! – Georgie Sykes, 6P Emma Seddon, 6L

My favourite memory of Hesketh House is when we went to My best memory at Hesketh House has to be when we went to Patterdale and put our heads under the waterfall. – Cloe Ramirez, 6L Patterdale and walked up to Aira Force. – Harriet Dickens, 6L

My favourite and funniest memory of my time at Hesketh House One of my most memorable times at Hesketh House was when is when my wellies sank to the bottom of the lake at Patterdale. – the Patterdale instructors came to us in Year 3 and there was a Hanna Adamopoulos, 6L picture of me doing archery in the newspaper. – Tanya Thakrar, 6L

One of my best moments at Hesketh House was sailing in Lake Ullswater at Patterdale. – Nicola Shaw, 6L

SPIRIT 2017 50 STAFF LEAVERS Fond Farewells... Mrs Julia Reina Mr Eric Morgan Music Teacher Science Technician This summer we say goodbye to Mrs Reina, who has has taught at Mr Morgan is retiring after working in the Science Department Bolton School since September 2011. This was her first post as a for the past 11 years. qualified teacher. I have only been at Bolton School since 2006. I started part-time What are you doing next? I also teach at a small independent Christian school in Liverpool, where I as a cover for technicians who were off sick. The Headmistress at live, so I will be devoting more time to that school, teaching piano, guitar, the time, Gill Richards, asked me to take a full-time contract so I and GCSE Music. handed my notice in at Thornleigh Salesian College and started my What has been the highlight of teaching at Bolton School? permanent job here in January 2007. There are so many amazing events and activities going on in this school, As the KS3 technician I could indulge my childish thoughts and especially in Music, so I have to mention the concerts. Bridgewater Hall of course stands out in the memory, but one of my favourites was conducting I have really enjoyed welcoming year 5 and 6 pupils for Primary the Year 7 Concert when we did songs from The Lion King! Liaison sessions in the Science department. Hopefully I have made an What will you miss about BSGD? impression on some of them to want to do science at Bolton School. Above all, it is the people. I have taught hundreds of great students, worked I brought many skills from my previous career as a Telephone with talented young musicians, and I have had fantastic colleagues to work Engineer and when I retire I will miss using them. I have been able with, especially in Team Music! Oh, and I will definitely miss school lunches when I have to make my own each morning... to perform miracles in my other role as A/V technician for several departments and I have gained a lot of satisfaction. Do you have any advice for pupils? Just simply to make the most of all the opportunities on offer at Bolton My future will be taken up with looking after my disabled wife and School. I have never known a place with so many clubs, trips and events enjoying the freedom of not working. I will be able to spend a bit to be involved in! Try new things, find what you enjoy and give it your more time bell ringing and researching my local church, dating back all. Don’t miss out because you feel unsure, or your friends are doing to before Henry VIII. something else, or you’re hungry and just want to go to lunch... Are there any other memories you would like to share? What I will really miss is the team of technicians, other support staff I admit that I had no idea what Christmas Post was actually about for the and many of the teachers I have come into contact with over the past first two or three years of being at Bolton School! 11 years.

51 Bolton School Girls’ Division STAFF LEAVERS ALUMNI Alumni Events ‘7’ Class Reunion Over 200 Old Boys, Old Girls and former staff gathered at School in May for a trip down memory lane. For many it was the first time they had returned since leaving and there were some emotional reunions with former classmates. After catching up with old friends and enjoying a traditional school dinner there was an opportunity to take a tour round School to see what had changed - and what hadn’t!

Bristol Dinner Oxford Dinner Cambridge Dinner The Grand Hotel – Friday 30th September 2016 Balliol College – Friday 18th November 2016 Jesus College – Friday 3rd February 2017 ‘A lovely pause in hectic Oxford life to catch up with friendly faces.’ Alex Hopkinson (2002-2016)

Pat Priestley (née Oxley, 1945-1953) Sarah Richards, Natasha Hall, Sohail Daniel, Margaret Southgate (née Close, 1960-1967) Than Dar (all Class of 2015) Christine Watson (née West, 1958-1965) ‘Very enjoyable. My first experience - but not my last!’ Alex Hopkinson (2002-2016) Audrey Hollingsworth Lucy Nolan (1996-20101) ‘A wonderful opportunity to Duncan Leary catch up on Bolton School ‘Such a lovely evening and news.’ Margaret Southgate lovely to see and hear what everyone is doing.’ Lucy Nolan (1996-2010) Holly Holt (2007-2014), Emily Bodger (2007- 2014), Izzy Sabini (1999-2013), Charlotte Wardle (Class of 2013)

Alan Hardy (1946-1954) Yvonne Lowe (née Conroy, 1947-1955) Audrey Hollingsworth (née Ashworth, 1947-1954) Vanessa Mitchell, Peter Reed David Lowe (1944-1954) Jane Reed (née Hall, Class of 1971) Andrew Mitchell (1962-1967) ‘As usual, a most enjoyable get-together.’ Yvonne and David Lowe ‘So lovely to be here in such Susan Gillard (née Brewis-Levie), amazing company.’ Maxine Robbins (née Raffle), Sylvia Hutchinson, Jane Irving (all Class of 1985) Heather Walker (1993-2000)

SPIRIT 2017 52 ALUMNI Inspirational Alumni Old Girl Returns as Manchester High Sheriff Inspiration from

Lady Smith of Leigh (1953-1961), the High largely ceremonial and symbolic as a keeper WAGGGS Chair Sheriff of Greater Manchester, returned to of the Queen’s peace. One of her jobs is to Old Girl Nicola Grinstead returned to Bolton School to deliver an engaging address to the entertain high court judges and she also has School to speak to Sixth Form students about girls during morning assembly. After recalling the pleasure of meeting royalty when they visit her experiences and career. She currently has how she had sat in the very same hall as a pupil, the area. Her role also involves supporting the two jobs: she is the Deputy Chief Executive for she spoke about the history and duties of the emergency services, the police and the armed Great Ormond St Hospital (GOSH) and also High Sheriff’s office. forces, and she particularly enjoys visiting the Chair of the World Board for the World She explained that the term ‘Sheriff’ was people working in the voluntary sector. Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts first coined in Saxon times and is the oldest Lady Smith also visited Hesketh House where (WAGGGS). She spoke passionately about both continuous secular office under The Crown. she talked to pupils about what her role as High of these roles, talking the Sixth Formers through There are several references in the Magna Carta Sheriff involves and recounted some fascinating a ‘typical day’ at GOSH and WAGGGS and also about measures designed to cut the power of anecdotes about her time as a Bolton School touching on the important work that both of the High Sheriffs – Lady Smith said if she had pupil before presenting the Junior Girls’ chess these organisations do. She gave an overview of been in office during King John’s time she would team with certificates and a trophy they had her ‘defining moments’ and closed her talk with have had tax collecting duties and would have won the previous evening at a Bolton League some great lessons and advice inspired by her been very powerful! However, the role is now match. career so far. She ended with the message that the girls should not underestimate themselves The High Sheriff of and the contribution they can make. Greater Manchester with the Deputy Head Girls, L-R: Vasudha Marthi, Victoria Jolley, Alisha Maini, Rebecca Dixon, Sreya Coomer

Pupils face Grandmaster in simultaneous chess match

Old Boy and chess grandmaster Nigel Short fall shortly after and, by the time an hour and “Every chess player hopes to play a returned to School to meet the new crop a half had passed, Nigel had halved his pool grandmaster at least once in their of chess enthusiasts and to inspire the next of opponents. However, as two hours went lifetime but this is the second time generation of players. by, eleven boards remained active, including I’ve had the opportunity to play Nigel left Bolton School in 1981 and at that representatives from all four parts of the with Nigel Short. This is a wonderful time was already a chess prodigy, having tied School. experience that I will never forget. for first place at the British Championship in Ultimately the grandmaster’s wealth of I would like to thank Bolton School 1979 and become the youngest International experience proved too much for the next for organising this event which will Master at the time in 1979/80. He was awarded generation, and after two and a half hours of help to inspire the next generation the title of grandmaster at the age of 19, chess, the last Bolton School player, Year 10 of chess players.” becoming the youngest in the world at the time. pupil Sharon Daniel, was defeated. Sharon, He remains one of the most successful players who is Captain of the School chess team and Britain has ever produced. a member of the National Junior Chess Squad, His visit culminated in a simultaneous chess and has previously been crowned the British match against 23 Junior and Senior School under-11s and under-13s girls’ champion, said pupils, ranging in age from 8 to 18. As the “I was honoured to be playing a grandmaster match got underway, the Arts Centre fell because it’s not every day that you get to play silent and there was an atmosphere of intense one of the best players in the world, and to be concentration. At the hour mark, all pupils were the last player standing showed that I am able still playing. However, the first few began to to compete with players at a higher level.”

53 Bolton School Girls’ Division ALUMNI ALUMNI News of Young Old Girls

Helen Thaventhiran Holly Morton (2004-2009) Isobel Cotogni (2007-2014) (née Crawforth, 1994-2001) After completing a BA in English Literature at Isobel is in her final year at Durham University Helen is now a university lecturer in Literature University of Chester with a 2:1, Holly worked studying Classics and hopes to pursue a career from 1830 to the Present and is a fellow of for a brief spell at Graduate Prospects, and in the media after graduation. During her first Robinson College, Cambridge. She lives in is now studying for a Masters in Creative year at Durham, she joined The Tab, the largest Cambridge with her husband, James – an Writing at the University of Salford. She hopes student news provider in the UK, and began immunologist – and their two children: John, afterwards to study for a PGCE. to write articles for their Durham website. She who is four years old and Francis, who is 18 worked closely with the editors to develop Rosie Brown (2000-2010) months old. her news reporting and became Deputy Editor Rosie graduated from Cambridge in 2013, at the start of her second year. Several of the Alice Gregson (1992-2006) and chose to dedicate her degree to the late articles which Isobel has written for The Tab Having hated cross country at School and being Dr Brown of Bolton School’s RS department. have been picked up by national newspapers more of a swimmer than a runner, Alice is sure Having caught the musical theatre bug whilst such as The Sunday Times, The Daily Mail, The Mrs McCulloch and Miss Donaghy would be playing Fantine in Bolton School’s production of Sun and the Independent. With this invaluable shocked to hear that she is going to be running Les Misérables in 2010, Rosie went on to study experience down on her CV, she gained a the London Marathon on 23rd April for Children for a Masters at Mountview Academy of Theatre placement at BBC Breakfast last summer and With Cancer UK, a charity which does amazing Arts. However, after that she decided that she shadowing at ITV Tyne Tees. Isobel began work funding research into childhood cancer, hadn’t quite finished with theology, and so her final year in October as Editor of The Tab as well as supporting children with cancer and returned to Cambridge for an MPhil which she Durham and returned to ITV as a weekly intern. their families through welfare programmes and will be completing this year, and graduating Her advice is that industry experience is vital for awareness schemes. Anyone wishing to sponsor with the further Cambridge MA. Rosie is those wishing to enter a career in the media and Alice in this worth cause can visit her link: moving to China to work for Disney Education joining a student news network at university is https://goo.gl/ESTCgi Worldwide, before applying for PhDs in religious the most important first step in gaining further studies in the USA. Laura Grace (2002-2007) experience. Congratulations to Laura who has recently Tia Louden (2002-2011) Corin Greaves (2007-2014) graduated from Lancaster University with After graduating from Reading with a degree in Corin is studying History at Bath Spa University a PhD in Medicine. She has now stepped Politics and International Relations, Tia went on where she has recently been awarded the out of academia and is working in medical to do a Masters in HR at the Henley Business Bill Martin History scholarship in support of communications as a medical writer. School. She is now working as an incident her dissertation research on radical Civil War coordinator for Microsoft. pamphlets. She will be going on to study for Hannah Furey (Class of 2012) an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the John Rylands’ Institute at the University of Hannah graduated in December having achieved Manchester in September. a First Class Honours degree in Microbiology in Relation to Medicine from Leeds University during her intercalation year. Elizabeth Garretty (2006-2012) Lizzy studied at West Thames College, London (2014-2016) and achieved her qualification in Specialist Makeup (Theatre, TV, Film and Fashion). She graduated in June 2016 and is Thank you to all of those Old Girls currently employed as a Wig and Makeup who have given so freely of their artist for The Lion King, Wicked and Matilda in time, knowledge and expertise to London’s West End. help current pupils. If you would like to offer your assistance, please Forthcoming contact the Development Office. Events... Save the Date Friday 29th Sept 2017 Alumni Bristol Dinner, The Grand Hotel Friday 10th Nov 2017 Old Girls’ Lunch Rachel Thomas (Class of 2007) & Armistice Rachel recently got engaged to James Clarke Memorial, Arts (Boys’ Division, Class of 2005), the pair having Centre, Bolton first met whilst at School. Although being School good friends whilst at School, they did not get Friday 24th Nov 2017 Oxford Dinner, St together until five years ago when they found Anne’s College themselves both living in the Bolton area after completing university. Rachel and James are Further Ahead now in the midst of wedding planning – with Saturday 21st April 2018 ‘8’ Class Reunion, Bolton School a possible venue for the big Bolton School event!

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MAHA ABBASI University of Salford Law SENNIA AHMED University of Liverpool Medicine SADAF ALIKHASI University of Hertfordshire Extended Degree in Science ZAYNAB BADAT Apprenticeship with PWC Accountancy KATE BALL Apprenticeship with Siemens Accountancy EMILY BARNES Regent’s University London Fashion Design with Marketing with Integrated Foundation HANNAH BARNES (2015 Leaver) University of Liverpool Criminology NATASHA BECKETT Nottingham Trent University Spanish and European Studies SOPHIE BENNETT The University of York Linguistics with Spanish FAZILA BHUTA Gap Year CHARLIE BIDDULPH De Montfort University Accounting and Finance PHOEBE BIRCHALL Manchester Metropolitan University Philosophy CHARLOTTE BODGER University of Leeds Economics LUCIE BURLEY Lancaster University Law REBECCA BUTCHART Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Batchelor of Music and Performance SAAMIN CHEEMA University College London (2017) Biochemistry ESTHER COMPSTY (2015 Leaver) Instituto Marangoni, Italy Fashion Business FIONA COOPER University of Newcastle upon Tyne Medicine CHARLOTTE CROWE University of Sheffield Dentistry OLIVIA DALY (2015 Leaver) University of Central Lancashire Asia Pacific Studies – Korean AMY DYKINS York St John University Psychology CONNIE EYLES St Edmunds Hall, Oxford University German and Beginners’ Russian CHARLOTTE FIELDING University of Newcastle upon Tyne Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting CHLOE FISHER Southampton Solent University Yacht Design and Production SALLY FLETCHER Lancaster University Business Studies (Industry) NUALA FOWLER Manchester Metropolitan University Foundation Diploma in Art and Design ALYS GARTH University of Warwick Law EILIDH GIBSON Loughborough University Drama NICKY GILLIBRAND Lancaster University Law and Politics ISABELLA GREGORI (2015 Leaver) London Metropolitan University Quantity Surveying ANCHAL GUPTA (2015 Leaver) Sofia Medical School, Bulgaria Medicine AMY HADJINICOLAOU Durham University Economics EMMA HAILWOOD Gap Year LAURA HAINEY University of Nottingham History ELEANOR HARDING St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge (2017) Medicine ABIGAIL HARRISON University of Leeds Management with Marketing NATALIE HENDERSON University of Nottingham English MOLLY HERON University of the Arts London Fashion Marketing STEPHANIE HIGGINS Gap Year CHARLOTTE HOPKINS University of Leeds Criminal Justice and Criminology ALEXANDRA HOPKINSON St Anne’s College, Oxford University Classics AMELIA HOWE University of Chester Physical Education JODIE HUGHES University of Liverpool Politics ABBIE HUMPHREYS University of Nottingham English JESSICA HUNT Liverpool John Moores University Marketing EMMA HUSSAIN University of Exeter International Relations and Modern Languages SARAH IBBERSON Durham University History AMINA JAMEEL University of Manchester Dentistry NEHA JEYAM University of Leeds International Business and Spanish TARA JEYAM University of Liverpool Medicine ALLIYA JIVA University of Manchester Aerospace Engineering with Management OLYVIA JONES University of Nottingham Aerospace Engineering AMY KADODWALA University of Warwick Physics RIYA KALHAN Gap Year AMBA KARSONDAS University of Leeds French and Russian EMILY KAY University of Liverpool Law with Business Studies

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NICHOLE KAY (2015 Leaver) University of Newcastle upon Tyne Chemical Engineering (5 years) TAYYIBAH KHALID London School of Economics and Political Science Mathematics and Economics RABIA KHALIQ University of Liverpool Medicine FARHANA KOLI (2015 Leaver) University of Leeds Dental Surgery ALICIA LANGLEY (2015 Leaver) University of Manchester Law NATALIE LAWLER Birmingham City University Interior Design ANNA MARIE LINFITT University of Edinburgh Performance Costume ROBYN LOMAS (2015 Leaver) Employment OLIVIA LOWE Lancaster University Law AMY LYONS Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University Medicine AYESHA MAHMOOD-QURESHI Brunel University London Mathematics with Professional Practice MARIAM MAJID Buckinghamshire New University Stadium and Events Management GABRIELLA MARAGAKIS University of Leeds Psychology HANNAH MERCER University of Hertfordshire Marketing KHAMILLAH MOHAMMED (2015) Lancaster University Natural Sciences (Study Abroad) SERENA MOHTASHAM Birmingham City University Legal Studies CHARLOTTE MORLEY Gap Year RAEESA MULLA (2015 Leaver) University of Manchester Biochemistry AMY MUNSLOW University of Liverpool International Politics and Policy and History KHADIJA MUSA University of Manchester History MAUREEN NDAHIRO Queen Mary University of London English AAMINA NOORGAT University of Manchester Healthcare Science (Audiology) BETHANY O’DONNELL University of Liverpool Engineering Foundation RUTH OGDEN The University of Birmingham Philosophy IMAN ORTHS King’s College London (University of London) Mathematics EMMA PARKES University of Leeds Management with Marketing JAIMEE PATEL City University London Actuarial Science ISABELLE PEARCE University of Bristol Veterinary Science LISA QUINN (2015 Leaver) University of Liverpool Accounting and Finance with a Year in Industry AISHA QURESHI (2015 Leaver) University of Manchester Accounting and Finance ALICE-KATE RAMSBOTTOM (2015 Leaver) Durham University Geophysics with Geology OLIVIA RAMSDALE Keele University Politics EMMA RAYNER University of Bath Mathematics CHLOE ROBERTS Apprenticeship AMY RUDDLE University of Liverpool Psychology OLIVIA RUSSELL (2015 Leaver) University of Leeds Medicine RAHEEMA SATTAR Gap Year SOPHIA SECRETARY Gap Year MARIYAH SEEDAT Gap Year PARISA SHAH University of Liverpool Philosophy ELISE SKEELS-CALDWELL Bangor University Psychology ISABELLA SMITH Durham University (2017) Politics with Year Abroad ANIKA SWAMY Keele University Biochemistry AMBER TOBIN (2015 Leaver) University of Newcastle upon Tyne Politics and Economics BRIANNA TRUE The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts Theatre and Performance Design ELLIE TYSON University of Nottingham Psychology FAY WAN University College London Medicine HANNAH WATERS Lancaster University Politics and International Relations JO WATERWORTH Sheffield Hallam University Food and Nutrition GEORGIA WHITE University of Newcastle upon Tyne Combined Honours VICTORIA WHITEHEAD (2015 Leaver) Durham University Geography GINNY WHITESIDE Bangor University Psychology JESSICA WILLCOCK Keele University Music ALEX WOODHEAD University of Lincoln Criminology MAGGIE ZHOU University College London Economics

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