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Monday, 06 July 2009
Mrs Kathryn Critchley said a sad goodbye to Bolton School after
35 years of service to the Girls' Division.
A ceremony was held to celebrate the much loved teacher's time
at the School and pupils performed songs and readings dedicated to
Mrs Critchley - highlights including a special 'Mrs Critchley'
version of 'Amarillo' put together and performed by Year 5 pupils
and a poem entitled 'Mrs Critchley' composed and recited by pupil,
Abigail Harrison.
Along with all the pupils and staff, parents and Year 7 pupils
from the Senior school who were taught by Mrs Critchley, also went
along to say their goodbyes. There were picnics in the Arts Centre,
which Mrs Critchley recalled was just a swimming pool when she
arrived at the school, and the afternoon ended with some patriotic
sing alongs and Union Jack flag-waving.
In her leaving speech Mrs Critchley thanked everybody and said
she was quite overwhelmed. When she began teaching at Bolton School
in 1974, she had only expected to be here for a couple of years!
She complimented, the girls saying: "The girls here are wonderful
girls with so many talents, and we have fantastic support from the
parents. We as teachers are lucky at Bolton School in that we get
the chance to see the Junior Girls progress through the Senior
School and to leave the Sixth Form as mature, intelligent students
ready to face the world."
Mrs Critchley finished the speech by asking the audience to give
themselves a big round of applause, before being presented with
leaving gifts, including a Radford Cutlery box set and a 'Memories
Book' to remind her of her happy years at Bolton School. Mrs
Critchley's 35 years was also celebrated later in the afternoon at
the Girls' Division Staff Tea Party, where a number of former
members of staff returned to see her honoured.
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