Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Wednesday 15th May
Spring Term, 2024 - WEEK B
From Mrs. Faulkner This week feels like a much quieter one, with all year groups in school and of course Years 4 and 5 sitting their Summer Term assessments. Next week, Years 3 and 6 will have their assessments, while Years 4 and 5 head off on their respective visits to Patterdale. If you are helping your son to pack for Patterdale next week, do please add in a pair of long trousers—cargo or jogging pants, rather than jeans. The tics seem to be out in force around the Lake District, so long trousers would be good for some activities.
Wednesday 15th May Squad Development Swimming, 4-5 pm Cubs 6.30-7.45 pm Thursday 16th May LAMDA, 4 pm Jujitsu, 4 pm Cubs 6.30-7.45 pm Friday 17th May Y4/5 Pop Lacrosse, 10am, LP U11 AJIS Cricket, TBC Fencing 4-5 pm Hockey 4-5 pm Monday 20th May Y3 & 6 Exam Week Y5 to Patterdale Judo 4-5 pm Warhammer 4-5 pm Tuesday 21st May Pickleball 4-5 pm Chess (invitational), 4-5pm Angling Club 4-5:30 pm
Mr Grieve’s sports round up seems to be ever-growing and there have been a great variety of fixtures squeezed into the last few weeks. It is always great to hear the boys talk about their endeavours outside of normal sport lessons. The joy they get from representing school, and the sense of teamwork which is an inevitable element of that representation do make it all worthwhile. Thank you very much indeed to all of you as parents for supporting that aspect of school life, we work very hard to provide as many opportunities for the boys as possible, some even venturing into entirely new sports, such as this week’s Pop Lacrosse Festival. Lacrosse is not one of the sports that the boys usually play in school but is very popular as a boys’ game in clubs across the north-west and it has certainly proved popular with those boys who have tried it out. If your son is interested in trying out this new sport, then one of our local clubs, Brooklands, is keen to have new young members join; more details can be found at their website www.brooklands.co.uk. Still on the sporting front, particular congratulations should go to Gwilym in Year 6 who represented school at the AJIS Tennis Festival last week. This is always a hard fought contest and Gwilym and his teammate, Raees, played extremely well, with Gwilym eventually finishing in second place.
Details have been sent out this week about the Year 6 Bikeability programme which this year will operate in the final week of the school year for all Year 6 boys (Monday 1st to Friday 5th July). This is run by Bolton Council and is an excellent opportunity for the Year 6 boys to develop their proficiency in cycling and support them in being safer when out and about on their bikes. In the last few years, we have noticed an increase in the number of boys who find riding a bike much more difficult and are less experienced at doing so, so please do encourage your son to get out and practice a little over the half term break if you can. Finally, tickets have gone on sale for this year’s Year 6 production of Aladdin. I am sure it will be a very colourful extravaganza and I am enjoying watching the boys rehearsing their parts. Details of how to purchase tickets can be found below: The show will run for three nights, Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th June at 7pm, in the Girls’ Division Theatre. Refreshments will be available before each show and during the interval in the Art rooms across the corridor from the theatre. Each show will have a limited number of tickets, so please purchase early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are £5 per person and will be distributed via your son’s form teacher prior to the performance. Tickets are only available by making a payment on ParentPay (https://www.parentpay.com/).
Please do not attempt to order tickets via the School Office or to send any cash into school.
Contacting the School Office Park Road, BOLTON, BL1 4RD. t: (01204) 434735 , e: parkroad@boltonschool.org.uk. www.boltonschool.org The School Office is open from 8.15am - 4.15pm during term time. Please direct all enquiries to parkroad@boltonschool.org and always include your son’s first name and surname, as well as his form If your son is going to be absent from School, whether he be off sick or attending dental, medical or any other appointment, please email parkroad@boltonschool.org so that the registers may be marked accordingly. Please use this email address for all day-to-day enquiries relating to school matters to ensure that your enquiry may be dealt with in a timely manner. For all coach/transport enquiries: Logistics Co-ordinator: Mr B. Gould, t: (01204) 434711, e: bdmgould@boltonschool.org.uk