HESKETH HOUSE NEWSLETTER 10 MARCH 2023
A note from the Head…
The Giving Report
This week we celebrated International Women’s Day, and as part of this I spoke to the girls in assembly about Emmeline Pankhurst. Not many of them knew about her considerable fight for equal rights and they were quite stunned to hear about some of the injustices in the past, and some of the inequalities that still exist in some countries today. The fact that these things came as a surprise is in part a good thing, Hesketh House girls certainly see themselves as equal to boys and can’t see why anyone would think differently!
During the 2021-22 academic year, the Bolton School Foundation raised just over £1.8m for bursary and hardship funding. This exceptional total reveals the shared determination of supporters from across the School community to ensure Bolton School continues to act as a driver of social mobility in the local area, and we are honoured to have received such outstanding support from so many individuals during such a challenging and turbulent time for us all. To learn more about the transformational difference this generosity will make to the School, you can read the 2021-22 annual Giving Report in full here: https://issuu.com/boltonsch/docs/giving_repor t_2021-22
Next week we are looking forward to taking part in the Foundation Gala Concert at the Bridgewater Hall. It is going to be a very special event and a wonderful opportunity for our young musicians to perform in such a prestigious venue. If you still haven’t got tickets there is a link later in the Newsletter. Finally, with the change in the weather towards the end of the week it is perhaps timely to issue another reminder about our procedures in the event of heavy snow. A copy of the Severe Weather Arrangements can be found here. The key points are that information will be posted on the front page of the school website (www.boltonschool.org), usually by 7.00am, and we would be grateful if parents would use the website as the first port of call. You will also be sent an email, and news often first appears on School Twitter Accounts such as @Philip_Britton, @sfboltonschool, @BSPDJnrGirls. Mrs C Laverick Twitter Please follow us on twitter @BSPDJnrGirls
Bolton Schools’ Dance Festival Wednesday 8 March Dancers Tomasina Brenchley Lucy Byrom Selina de Carpentier Imogen Fallows Layya Hariff Chloe Hughes Lily McCairn Bindi Naran Georgia Nulty Hannah Smith
Millie Burrill Jessica Cramant Isabelle Ducker Jena Ghauri Ariana Hashemi Ciara Jethwa Holly Millhouse Diya Naran Victoria Piil Veda Taank
Our dancers enjoyed performing on stage at the Albert Halls earlier this week, as part of the Bolton Schools’ Dance Festival. They had been practising hard leading up to the show and were delighted with their final performance. Well done!