Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Friday 1st March
Spring Term, 2024 — WEEK A
From Mrs. Faulkner
Friday 1st March Online Quiz Club Heat, 10am In2Hockey U11 NW Finals - Chester (return to PR 5.45pm) Fencing, 4-5pm (collection from Beech House) Water Polo, 4-5pm Saturday 2nd March EPSCA Chess, all day, PR Monday 4th March Judo, 4-5pm Indoor Cricket Nets (by invitation), 4-5.30pm
Tuesday 5th March Y4 Trip to Liverpool Philharmonic (am) Chess, 4-5pm Pickleball, 4-5pm
I do hope that you all enjoyed a restful half term break, You may well have noticed that this newsletter comes to you slightly later in the week than usual, as we get back into the swing of a busy half term. Whilst the dates list on the newsletter is helpful, it is always worth a check of the calendar on Parent Portal to look a little further ahead as, whilst this is a very short half term, there really is a great deal happening. Whilst you are on Parent Portal, it would also be useful if you could have a quick check that the contact details we hold for you and medical details we hold for your son are up to date, this should, of course, be done as part of the Patterdale Hall trip consent process you have been asked to complete recently but is always worth a quick look. Next week, we are very much looking forward to World Book Day on Thursday 7th March and you will have received details of our plans via email earlier this week and that is also included on the last page of this newsletter. Please don’t think that you need to rush out and buy a costume, with just a little creative though, it should be possible for your son to create an outfit that fits the brief, whilst not taking up too much time, though, of course, if you want to go to town on it, that’s fine too—my costume will be entirely made of things I already have in the house. The brief the boys have been given is to dress up as any book, character or topic from any genre of book for World Book Day. This could be their favourite non-fiction book all about fossils or space, a favourite poem or poet, their favourite fictional character from a story or maybe even their favourite object/theme from a story too. This half term has a very musical focus, next week Year 4 is going to Liverpool to watch the Philharmonic Orchestra perform, we also have the Year 5 Concert next Wednesday evening and then later in the term we have the Music Festival. Boys are encouraged to take part in this if they play an instrument, whether they have lessons in our outside of school and I always look forward to hearing them play, whether it is that first tentative effort or an accomplished performance worthy of any stage—watching the boys supporting and congratulating one another is fantastic. Do please encourage your son to be practising ahead of that. Finally, good luck to our Hockey team who head off to Chester today for the North-West finals of the In2Hockey competition, also to our two quiz teams taking part in the Online Quiz Club Heat this morning and all of our enthusiastic chess players looking forward to a good day of competition in school tomorrow. Please find linked here the schedule for extra curricular activities for this half term. Details of their endeavours will be included in next week’s newsletter, which will return to its usual slot of Wednesday.
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e: parkroad@boltonschool.org.uk. www.boltonschool.org The School Office is open from 8.15am — 4.15pm during term time. Please note that any texts sent by the Office cannot be replied to. Please direct all enquiries to parkroad@boltonschool.org and always include your son’s first name and surname, as well as his form. Please note that ParkRoadOffice email is no longer monitored. 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