Bolton School Primary Division Junior Boys’ School Wednesday 3rd May
Spring Term, 2023 — WEEK A
Last Thursday, we held our annual Open Evening where we enjoyed welcoming many visitors and prospective families to Park Road. I should like to give a particular thanks to the Year 6 boys who were absolutely fantastic when showing families around school. Many of our visitors were very impressed by how knowledgeable and enthusiastic they were. Our final Patterdale Hall trips are about to take place, with Year 3 heading out tomorrow and returning at 6pm on Friday 5th May and our Year 6s heading out next Tuesday 9th May and returning on Friday 12th May. The boys who have been so far have had a fantastic time and created lasting memories.
Wednesday 3rd March Hulton Lecture, 5pm, GD Great Hall— all Y6 & Y5 AGT Cubs, 6.30pm Teenage Journey, 7pm, Leverhulme Suite Thursday 4th May Y3 to Patterdale Jujitsu, 4-5.30pm LAMDA, 4-5pm Cubs, 6.30pm Friday 5th May PA Coronation Breakfast Club, 8am Red, white & blue outfits U11 Cricket (in Sport lesson), 2pm After School Hockey, 4-5pm, LP Water Polo training, 4-5pm Y3 Return from Patterdale Hall 6pm
As the King has requested, we have pledged our help to volunteer at Bolton Hospice and will be preparing garden planters to bring joy to the patients, families and staff there. Tomorrow, a few of our boys from our Eco Committee will join other Primary Foundation students and head over to brighten the gardens of our local hospice. Today, as part of the Primary Foundation, our boys were filmed singing a special King’s Coronation song. The performance is part of our celebrations this week, which will culminate on Friday. We will have a Coronation- themed PA Breakfast Club at 8am on Friday 5th May, as well as a celebration and special assembly after lunch. I should like to remind you that boys can come to school dressed in red, white and blue on Friday as part of these celebrations. This evening sees our inaugural Hulton Lecture. Our guest speaker, Rob Dobson, has spent time in the Foundation, looking at the learning that takes place and getting a better understanding of our school. We hope to see many of you in attendance after school today. In collaboration with Bolton Together and Bolton Council, Fortalice is delivering workshops for children, young people (8 years to 11 years) and their parents/carers on how to keep safe online. The workshops are for children and parents/carers to attend together. Please see the flyer linked here for more detail.
SK
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