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Friday, 12 December 2008
As Christmas approaches, the festive holidays aren't the only
thing being celebrated at Bolton School. On Friday 12 December, a
special event was held to mark the laying of the foundation stone
at the new state-of-the-art Infant School which is being built by
Bolton based contractors, G&J Seddon.
Sir Alan Cockshaw, a world-renowned civil engineer and recently
retired Chairman of Governors at the School, was a special guest at
the celebratory occasion and was invited to lay the first stone;
marking the start of external stonework at the £5.2m project.
Hilary Crawforth, Head of the Infants' School said: "This is a
very exciting stage in the development of our new infant school,
which will give children room to develop their skills in attractive
accommodation with excellent facilities. Our best traditions and
our high standards of care and achievement will be maintained as we
look forward to an exciting future."
Sir Alan Cockshaw added: "It is a huge honour to be involved
with today's event and see how work is progressing on the site. But
we must remember that it isn't just about the buildings but more
importantly about the investment that is being made in education
for future generations."
Work began on the new school in Spring 2008 and already all
internal steelwork and the majority of the roof have been
completed. The external stone and brickwork is now underway with
completion expected in Spring of next year. On handover, the new
Infant School will provide a state-of-the-art facility with large
classrooms utilising the very latest in technological
equipment.
The Infant School is part of a wider building project which sees
Bolton School make a £12million investment into the education and
futures of young people in the borough. Current work also includes
extensions and alterations to the existing Boys Division Junior
School on Park Road, converting temporary buildings into permanent
structures.
The expansion plan will see the Girls' Division Junior School
move to its own purpose built centre on the current Beech House
Infants' site, which will free up more classroom space for the
senior years.
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