Senior Girls' Latest News

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Thursday, 2 February 2012

Sannah Takes National Karate Title

Sannah Ali

Bolton School Girls' Division year 8 pupil Sannah Ali is the UK National under 5ft 4 champion of Karate!  Sannah took up karate three years ago and has worked her way up to a purple with white belt. She attends the Shorai Martial Arts and Kara...
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012

Science and Maths Day Inspires Year 4 Girls

Girls' Science and Maths Day

Over 90 girls from 24 local primary schools visited Bolton School for a science and maths event in the very first Just4Girls Science and Maths Day. The experience provided Year 4 girls with an opportunity to enjoy a range of traditionally 'mal...
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Monday, 30 January 2012

Pupils Learn from World Renowned Scientists

GCSE Live Science

Fourteen Year 10 pupils from Bolton School Boys' and Girls' Divisions had the chance to learn from world-renowned scientists when they attended GCSE Live at the Bridgewater Hall. GCSE Live days are Science days specifically for GCSE Science student...
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Friday, 27 January 2012

Girls Selected for Cross Country Championships

Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships

Six Bolton School girls have been selected to represent Bolton at the Greater Manchester Cross Country Championships on Saturday 4th February. Year 10 girls Jessica Melling and Aimee Smith, and Year 7 girls Louisa Brophy, Jessica Stiles, Hannah Ste...
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Thursday, 26 January 2012

School in National Top 20

GCSE students jump for joy

In the latest government ranking of schools by performance in the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) qualification, Bolton School has captured two of only three places in the top 20 taken by Northern schools with Bolton School Girls' Divis...
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Launch of New Fylde Bus Route

A new Fylde coach service

We are delighted to announce that from September of this year we will be offering a new coach route from Blackpool and Kirkham to Bolton School.  As a result of increased demand, the new route will bring pupils into Bolton School from the Fyld...
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Monday, 16 January 2012

Good ICT Teachers Already Way Ahead of Curriculum

Year 8 girls use graphic tablets to design their own house

Welcoming Michael Gove's plans to overhaul the school ICT curriculum, the new president of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) has said that any decent ICT teacher is already way ahead of the ICT curriculum in terms of day to day classroom pra...
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Thursday, 12 January 2012

Nalisha is Potential Cricketer of the Future

Nalisha Patel

Year 9 pupil Nalisha Patel has done exceptionally well to have been identified as a potential player of the future by the Lancashire Cricket Board in the 2012 Levels of Excellence. She has been chosen for the EPP (Emerging Players Programme), a sch...
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Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Choirs Bring Joy in The Bleak Mid-Winter

Bolton School choir

Bolton School Girls' Division's Ceremony of Carols offered a joyous and festive evening as the bleak mid-winter rattled against the windows of the School's Great Hall. The girls of the Chamber Choir opened the concert as they processed into the hal...
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Monday, 12 December 2011

Science and Technology Success for Katie and Emma

Science and Technology girls

Two Bolton School girls, Katie Nightingale, aged 14 and Emma Hussain, aged 13, have achieved a highly commendable third place in the North-West Science and Technology Challenge Final, organised by MCS Projects Ltd.  The challenge days for mixed...
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