This information should be read in conjunction with the other activities in this section particularly Sport, Community Service and Local Charity Work. 

• Sports Festival: this is an annual event held over two days.  In 2007 it involved over 360 pupils from 33 local primary schools.  There is a wide range of sporting activities and prizes are handed out by celebrities.  More details here
  
  
• Science Festival: this is an annual event and in 2007 thirty three local primary schools attended Bolton School for the day.  There are a number of practical activities designed to stretch and inspire gifted young pupils - click here for more details
  
  
• Science visits: senior students will visit up to 20 schools to help with science clubs
   
• The Crusader Cup: an annual Five-a-side Football Competition for local Junior Schools organised by the School's soccer coach and ex-professional, Mr Keith Brannigan.  Learn more about this competition by clicking here.  Mr Brannigan also visits local primary schools to teach soccer skills.
   
• Our Online Mathematics Challenge tests the KS2 knowledge of Year 5 and Year 6 pupils.  The quiz takes place online and pupils have their efforts marked by our Mathematics Department - click here for more details
  
  
• Local Primaries' Newspaper Challenge: six local primaries are tutored by our own pupils on how to produce and design a school newspaper - click here for details
  
  
• Art support - 2 staff/12 students to Our Lady of Lourdes
  
  
• Boys' Division - various individual events supporting primary schools eg 10 students visiting a school to help with an "Art Day"
   
• Junior Boys' joint concert – 2 schools per year in Great Hall
  
  
• Music workshops: one primary school per year joins a workshop with our Year 7 students
   
• visits to local schools to perform musical recitals
  
  
• Joint Concert: two schools per yer join with our own School ensembles for the Boys' Division Senior School Autumn Concert - click here for details
  
  
• Girls' Division Food Technology maintains links with local primary schools via a Year 7 Lunch scheme for Head teachers and teachers
  
  
• Sixth Form volunteers (Girls' Division) undertake work in three local primary schools