Thursday, 22 July 2010
Dominic Cork took time out from captaining Hampshire and the
commentator's box to visit Bolton School and offer his coaching
tips, enthusiasm and wisdom to boys and girls taking part in the
Andrew Flintoff Cricket Academy.
The 38 year old former...
Friday, 25 June 2010
Everton Captain and former England footballer Phil Neville and
his wife, Julie, made a flying visit to Bolton School Junior Boys'
School to thank pupils for taking part in a schools' fundraising
campaign in aid of the Royal Manchester Childre...
Friday, 25 June 2010
Bolton School Junior Boys took to the field dressed in an array
of colourful fancy dress outfits in order to raise money for Derian
House and Cancer Research through their annual Fun Run!
Rock stars, bananas, clowns and cowboys ran alongsid...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Bolton School Junior Boys' swim relay team narrowly missed out
on a place in the National finals of the ESSA 16th
National Swimming Championship at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
The school was represented by Joe Bailey, Oscar Swift, Harrison
B...
Thursday, 24 June 2010
Four Junior Boys' Chess teams competed in the EPSCA (English
Primary Schools Chess Association) regional semi-final of the
National Primary Schools Chess Team Championship 2010.
The teams played well and fought their way through six gruelli...
Friday, 14 May 2010
Junior Boys' PE teacher Mike Duxbury has been back in the
spotlight appearing in 'When the Floodlights Fade' on MUTV.
The former Manchester United defender made almost 300
appearances for United in the 80's and twice won the FA Cup, but
ha...
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Students at Bolton School Junior Boys' Division have entered the
Speaker's School Council Awards to recognise their achievements in
completing an exciting and successful project to improve their play
area.
The awards are run by Parliament'...
Friday, 23 April 2010
Bolton School Junior Boys have been busy raising money for Haiti
with a Bring and Buy sale.
The boys raised £121.30 for Care International UK who still have
over 50 workers based in Haiti where conditions remain difficult.
Alison Fielding ...
Friday, 26 March 2010
Bolton School Year 5 Junior boys have gained second place in the
national final of the British Schools' Biathlon Championship!
Harvey Haworth,Harrison Barker-Smith, and Guy Haworth made
up the Year 5 team, and each had to complete a 50m swi...
Saturday, 06 February 2010
All four Junior Boys' chess teams have made it through to the
Semi Finals of the EPSCA (English Primary Schools Chess
Association) National Primary Schools Chess Team Championship
2010.
The competition is for pupils aged 5 - 11 years and i...
Monday, 14 December 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys filled the Boys' Division Great Hall
with a host of festive music and song in their Annual Christmas
Carol Service.
The hall was packed withfamily and friendswho
enjoyed performances of 'Away in a Manger', 'Infant...
Wednesday, 02 December 2009
Pupils and staff at Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School
celebrated the completion of their £1.5million new look school,
with a Grand Opening Ceremony.
The official opening ceremony was attended by Bolton School
governors,Junior Boys...
Friday, 13 November 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys from Years 5 and 6 took part in the
British Schools Biathlon regional qualifiers, to compete for a
place in the national final in March.
The boys completed a 50m swim which they had to finish within
the 40 second ...
Wednesday, 07 October 2009
The Junior Boys' Hall was packed to the rafters for their annual
Harvest festival in aid of the Drop-in Centre at St Luke's Church
on Chorley Old Road.
The whole school, along with many parents, gathered in the hall
where Head Teacher, Mr ...
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys have raised £5,867.91 for Bolton
Hospice and in memory of Brian Stevens, who died there last
year. James Stevens, son of Brian, is a pupil in the Junior
School and he and his classmates undertook a
sponsored fancy ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Andrew Flintoff took time off from bowling out the Aussies to
visit his Cricket Academy at Bolton School.
The England all-rounder landed by helicopter on the School's
lacrosse pitch and quickly developed a bond with the school
children as ...
Wednesday, 01 July 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys and Junior Girls combined their
talents and gave an outstanding athletics performance despite the
thunderstorms, to become Bolton Schools' Athletics Champions for
the second year running.
The annual meeting was he...
Friday, 26 June 2009
Year 6 boys at Bolton School have been working hard rehearsing
for their drama production of hit youth musical Bugsy Malone. The
boys got into character as the all singing, all dancing gangsters
in preparation for their final performances. Th...
Friday, 26 June 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys' School is hoping to raise around
£6,000 for Bolton Hospice through their annual Fun Run in fancy
dress!
The event made for a very colourful scene as pupils in various
fancy dress outfits along with the Head of Ju...
Monday, 01 June 2009
Pupils and staff at Bolton School Boys' DivisionJunior
School on Park Road are now benefiting from their refurbished and
extended school.
Junior Boys' Head, Mr Stephen Whittaker, said:
Pupils and staff are really enjoying ournew facili...
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Four Year 6 boys at Bolton School Junior Boys have recorded
success at the North-West Swimming (Relay) Championship held at
Broughton Baths in Salford.
The boys, Jake Haslam, Matthew Martin, Thomas Mills and Thomas
Prayle finished second i...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Bolton School Junior Boys' Bad Tie Day on 13 March has raised
£293.45 for CLAPA, the organisation that offers support to those
with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate.
Sunday, 01 March 2009
On a real cross country evening of wind, rain and lots of mud,
the two Bolton School Junior Boys' teams performed admirably,
winning the Year 5/Year 6 race and coming second in the Year 3/Year
4 race in the Bolton Primary Schools' Cross Count...
Saturday, 01 November 2008
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School entered twelve pupils
in the North-West Qualifier for the Schools' Modern Biathlon
Championships.
In very cold conditions, the boys swam and ran extremely
well. The Year 6 team finished in first p...
Wednesday, 08 October 2008
Mr Stephen Whittaker, the new Head Teacher at Bolton School
Boys' Division Junior School, presided over a harvest festival in
aid of the Drop-in Centre at St Luke's Church on Chorley Old
Road.
The whole school gathered in the boys' hall an...
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Mr Michael Percik has retired as Head of Junior Boys at Bolton
School Boys' Division after 18 distinguished years. He leaves the
School in a very healthy state.
Looking back over his years at the Junior School, Mr Percik
believes that, in ...
Tuesday, 01 July 2008
Bolton School Junior Boys and Junior Girls' Schools combined
their athletic talents and have won this year's Bolton Primary
Schools' Athletic Championships.
It was an outstanding performance by the two schools to become
champions. Bolton S...
Monday, 30 June 2008
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior Department's Under 11
cricket team finished their season in spectacular style with a
"magic Monday" in Stockport.
In the morning they faced King's Macclesfield in the final of
the AJIS Cup. Having lost t...
Friday, 13 June 2008
Bolton School Junior Boys have raised a staggering £7,944.18 for
the Association of Spinae Bifida and Hydrocephalus. Pupils were
joined by the Head, Mr Michael Percik and the Deputy-Head, Mr Craig
Rashleigh as the whole school got into colour...
Friday, 06 June 2008
Pupils from both the senior and junior schools have had their
cars of the future designs buried in a time capsule in the
foundations of the new Williams BMW dealership in Bolton.
A competition was held with two age categories - Junior (7-11...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School has won the Bolton
Primary Schools' 7-a-side Football Cup Final. They overcame St
Mary's Deane 6-3 in a thrilling final.
Bolton School gained the early initiative and built up a
commanding half-ti...
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
The Boys' Junior Department of Bolton School has gone one stage
further than ever before in the English Chess Federation National
Schools' Championships, which is open to primary and secondary
schools.
Having finished runners up to Manches...
Tuesday, 01 April 2008
The Boys' Junior Department of Bolton School swept the board in
the Bolton Primary Schools' Cross Country competitions this
season.
They won the League and then both the Y3/Y4 and Y5/Y6
Championship races.
David Price was the individual...
Saturday, 01 March 2008
Mr Stephen Whittaker, the current Headteacher of St Peter's CE
Primary School in Chorley, has been appointed as the new Headmaster
of Bolton School Boys' Division's Junior School. Mr Whittaker has a
Bachelors of Education from the University ...
Friday, 01 February 2008
The Girls' Division and Boys' Division Junior School will be
taking part in aBad Tie Day on Friday 8 February. All pupils
wearing a tasteless and loud tie will have to make a minimum
donation of £1 to Bolton Hospice.
The Hospice needs to r...
Thursday, 06 December 2007
Junior boys have devoted a lot of time to Gymnastics during the
2007 Autumn Term. Each boy prepared a sequence and was graded on
it. The best twelve boys in Year 5 and 6 then went through to
compete in the Final which took place in front of t...
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School came third in the
annual AJIS Quiz Tournament. Fifteen schools from all over the
North-West entered this event and Bolton School performed very well
to claim third place. The team was made up of Henr...
Monday, 12 November 2007
Everton and England footballer Phil Neville made a flying
helicopter visit to Bolton School to thank pupils for taking part
in a schools' fundraising campaign in aid of The New Children's
Hospital Appeal.
Fifty schools across the North Wes...
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School entered eighteen
pupils in the North-West Qualifier for the Schools' Modern Biathlon
Championships. All the boys swam 50 metres in the morning and then
ran a kilometre in the afternoon.
The top th...
Thursday, 08 November 2007
The Junior Boys' team has won the Bolton Primary Schools'
5-a-side Football Shield for the second year in succession.
Victories over Chorley New Road, Masefield and Church Road saw
the team through the group stages. The Oaks were beaten 3-0...
Monday, 01 October 2007
Bolton School Junior Boys' won the third and final cross-country
race, meaning that they have retained the title of Bolton Primary
Schools' Cross Country League Champions.
Sunday, 17 June 2007
On Sunday 17 June Andrew Keat, who is a pupil at Bolton School
Boys' Division Junior School, came second in the International
World Biathlete Series (Juniors) in Folloncia near Pisa, Italy.
Earlier in the year, Andrew had won the British Sc...
Tuesday, 01 May 2007
The Head, Deputy-Head and all the Junior School boys got into
fancy dress for the School's annual Charity Day on Friday 18
May. £6,040.20 was raised for the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation, a charity represented by an ex-Junior School p...
Friday, 30 March 2007
The Big Bug Show was greatly enjoyed by several different year
groups over the course of the day. Each show lasted about 50-60
minutes and was an interactive session featuring creatures such as
snails, cockroaches, millipedes and spiders. Pup...
Thursday, 01 March 2007
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School has won both the
Bolton Primary Schools' Cross Country League and the cups for the
Year 3/Year 4 and the Year 5/Year 6 Championship races.
Andrew Keat was the Gold Medal winner in the Year 5/Year 6...
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Andrew Keat of Bolton School's Boys' Division Junior School has
become Year 6 British Schools Biathlon Champion. Andrew, who is
from Lostock and aged 11, swam 50 metres in 33.32 seconds and ran
1000 metres in 3 minutes 16.13 seconds. His swim...
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
As part of their Citizenship studies, Year 6 boys at Bolton
School enjoyed an afternoon at Bolton's Town Hall.
They received a guided tour of the Town Hall and were
entertained by the Mayor, Councillor Walter Hall and the Lady
Mayoress. In...
Monday, 26 February 2007
Bolton School's Under 11 and Under 9 chess teams qualified for
the Northern Semi-Final of the English Primary Schools' Chess
Association Championships which will be held at Pontins in
Prestatyn on 9 and 10 June. About 30 schools will compete ...
Monday, 01 January 2007
Bolton School Boys' Division has won the Pentangular Swimming
Gala and retained the shield that they have now won in nine of the
last ten years.
Begun in 1987, the Pentangular Swimming Gala between Bolton
School, Bury Grammar School, Hulme...
Sunday, 31 December 2006
Bolton School Boys' Division Junior School has received a
first-rate report by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The
school was found to be "a remarkable school's offering a high
quality and extensive education.
Much of the success cou...
Wednesday, 01 November 2006
Boys from Bolton School performed exceptionally well at the
North West Biathlon Championships, which took place at the Palatine
Leisure Centre, Blackpool on 12 November 2006. The gruelling test
of running and swimming stamina saw nine pupils ...
Wednesday, 01 November 2006
The 2006 Junior Boys' School's Readathon has raised £2,607.40
for two charities - Sargent Cancer Care for Children and the Roald
Dahl Foundation.
Parents monitored and encouraged their boys' reading as the
amount raised by each pupil was d...
Saturday, 01 July 2006
Bolton School Junior Boys' Division was the overall winner of
the Junior School Boys' title at this year's Sefton Triathlon
event.
The under 9s team winners were Lewis Daly, Sam Hart and Harrison
Keane, while the under 11s team comprised A...
Thursday, 01 June 2006
The boys' team has won the BEN Cup - the Bolton primary schools'
7-a-side football competition. The team put together a string of
excellent performances and managed to reach the final against St
Thomas of Canterbury. A 4-1 victory saw the tea...
Thursday, 01 June 2006
The past academic year has seen the Junior Boys' School maintain
its tradition of playing high standard chess.
The boys performed at the Association of Junior Independent
Schools' Championships and won the team trophy and the cups for the
...
Monday, 01 May 2006
Pupils at Bolton School Junior Boys have raised £5,096.46 for
the charity TB Alert, which works to eradicate tuberculosis
throughout the world. Every £20 raised will cure someone of
TB.
All the junior boys got into costume for a fancy dres...