Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Wednesday 21st June
Summer Term, 2023 — WEEK B
Last week, we held our Year 3 concert and will repeat it this afternoon to Year 2 students from Beech House. It will be lovely for our boys to get a second chance to perform. Our Year 6 cricketers have made it through to the AJIS finals and will play Newcastle Under Lyme School at home before the end of term. Who needs The Ashes? On Thursday, it was our Year 3 boys’ chance to compete as they took part in the House Swimming competition. Our Year 4s had their competition on Monday and Year 5 and 6’s will take place later this week and next. On Friday, Year 5 and 6 will have their House Cricket competition during sport.
Wednesday 21st June Cubs, 6.30pm Thursday 22nd June ABRSM Music Exams Y5 House Swimming, 2.30 pm Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm Friday 23rd June LAMDA Exams, all day Y5 & Y6 House Cricket (in Sport) Hockey, 4-5pm, Leverhulme Pavilion Water Polo, 4-5pm Monday 26th June Y6 Play Full Dress Rehearsal, GD Theatre, all day ABRSM Music Exams Summer Drama Workshops Judo, 4-5pm
This is by far the most exciting term for our Year 6 boys, who are really working hard for their performance of “Oliver! Jr” but many will also be competing in the badminton and table tennis competitions. The badminton competition started on Tuesday and was fiercely contested with some thrilling rallies and nail-biting ties. This afternoon, the Year 6s have taken part in the Public Speaking competition and this will carry on into Thursday. A few of our boys will also have their ABRSM exams on Thursday. We wish them the best of luck with their final preparations and the exam itself. On Friday, another group of boys will take part in the LAMDA examinations. They have had additional rehearsals and will have their final practices in their ECA on Thursday: break a leg, boys! This term, we all start to look to the future and, on Tuesday, we held our New Parent Information Evening, to talk to parents about what life will be like at Park Road next year for their son. Going forward, on Tuesday 27th June, Year 6 has an Induction Day and will visit Senior School, find out their forms and meet the teachers and other pupils who will be in their class from September. On the same day, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 will spend the morning in their new classrooms. All of the new pupils, including the Year 2 boys from Beech House, will join us, too. The timings of the day will remain normal for the boys, though, of course, the timetable will change slightly. Some parents may have seen a notice in our Senior Boys’ newsletter regarding several serious incidents involving theft and knife crime in Queen's Park. None of these incidents has involved pupils from Bolton School and we do not believe many of our families use this route. However, we do advise using a different route if possible.
Message from Mrs Faulkner- Head of Primary Foundation There has been a notable increase in those seeking approval for additional days of holiday, very often immediately before or after the normal school holidays. We monitor all such absence in order to spot patterns and discern trends. It is timely to remind you that I cannot, by law, grant absence for holidays in term time unless in exceptional circumstances. The clear sense of the guidance is that ‘exceptional’ also means rare and certainly not due to the planning of flights and other logistical arrangements. Permission must be granted in advance, so a letter on the day of the absence or a call as a holiday is extended cannot be authorised. This is why such absence is recorded as ‘unauthorised’.
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 8.15 am — 4.15 pm 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