Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Thursday 29th June
Summer Term, 2023 — WEEK A
Moving up morning: we hope that your son came home from his moving up morning looking forward to the new academic year. The morning was an opportunity for the boys to meet their new form teacher and understand the expectations and opportunities ahead of them. For our Year 4 and Year 6 boys, it was also a chance to see who would be in their form next year.
Thursday 29th June Summer Drama Workshops Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm (last session) Water Polo Dinner, 5pm, Seniors Cubs, 6.30pm
Of course, all boys will react differently to the upcoming changes and it is important, as adults, to discuss these changes in a positive manner. Changes often bring many new opportunities: meet a new friend; have a fresh start; find a new hobby, passion or skill. We started our morning by discussing these changes with the boys. If your son expresses concerns, it is important that these are listened to and understood. However, it is equally important that you do not make promises to your son about changing classes and solving problems that he can, with support, solve for himself. Oliver!: we still have tickets available for our Year 6’s production of Oliver The Musical. Please see details in this newsletter on how to purchase your tickets. New coach route: from Autumn Term, we will be running a new coach route from Oldham – it will become our 23rd route. This route will pick up from TGI Friday’s in Prestwich, which may be a more convenient stop for pupils currently using one of our other coach routes. Please contact Mr Brad Gould if this is something that may be of interest (bdmgould@boltonschool.org.uk). Jump Xtreme Fundraiser: the Jump Xtreme fundraiser event took place last night, thank you to everyone who attended and helped raise much needed funds. Proceeds will go towards the Malawi Project which we have been raising for all year. We will let you know the grand total raised in due course. I would like to give an early reminder that next week, we finish at the slightly earlier time of 3.25pm. For those boys travelling by coach, this will mean an earlier arrival at their destination.
Friday 30th June AJIS Cricket Final vs Newcastle Under Lyne 2.30pm, Senior Levels Y5 & Y6 House Cricket Finals 2.30pm, Senior Levels After School Hockey, 4-5pm, Leverhulme Pavilion Water Polo Training, 4-5pm Monday 3rd July Year 6, Group 1 Bikeability (all day) 3B History Trip to Bolton Museum, 12.30
As we close in on our final week of the academic year, we hope the boys are feeling positive about the year ahead, as well as the year gone by and we wish all of our Muslim families a wonderful Eid!
Message from Mrs Faulkner- Head of Primary Division 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