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Thursday, 18 March 2010
Bolton School has celebrated the 25th anniversary of
Sir Cameron Mackintosh's Les Miserables with its own stunning
performance of the legendary musical. Over 1,000 paying
guests will watch the production in the boys' Great Hall over 4
sold out ev...
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
On only her second visit to the UK, Bolton School was privileged
to host Kim Phuc, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for peace and
founder of the Kim Phuc Foundation. She is best known to the
world as the young Vietnamese girl photographed in 1972 fle...
Tuesday, 02 March 2010
When it came to fulfilling the Geography learning objective of
studying the effects of tourism on the Maasai tribe, Year 9 girls
at Bolton School cut to the chase and asked them direct.
Through a Skype link-up using a Vodafone USB dongle and ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
The Bolton School U15 Lacrosse team has beaten off tough
competition from schools in the North to become the U15 Northern
School Champions!
An emphatic semi final victory over Withington Girls' School
took the girls to the final of the Nor...
Tuesday, 09 February 2010
Bolton School Girls' Division has had outstanding success at the
Bolton Town Swimming Championships, with all three swim teams
taking away the title in their age groups.
The Senior and Intermediate teams set the trend with winning
performa...
Monday, 08 February 2010
A celebration dinner at Bolton School saw prizes and
certificates handed out to thirty eight Year 5 pupils as the
'SHINE: Serious Fun on Saturdays' programme came to a successful
conclusion. The pupils from state primary schools across
Bolto...
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
A league of Secondary Schools in the local area, published by
the Bolton News, has ranked Bolton School Girls' Division at the
top of the table for the Bolton region. The ranking has been
determined by how well pupils performed in their GCSEs...
Monday, 11 January 2010
Bolton School Girls' Division would seem an unlikely setting for
guide dog training but needs must in the cold snap! The
Greater Manchester Team of Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has
a constant need to train up dogs before handing them ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The girls' traditional carol service opened with the Chamber
Choir processing into the Great Hall by candlelight with an
evocative rendition ofthe plainsong
procession"Hodie". The Senior Choir then offered an
equally enchanting version of Be...
Wednesday, 09 December 2009
Bolton School Senior Girls' Swim Medley Team had record success
at the John Parry Swimming Relays, held at Bradford Grammar
School.
This was the first year Bolton School Girls' Divisionhas
been invited to take part in the event, which sees...
Monday, 30 November 2009
Sixth Form pupil Anna McCrory is set to represent the North West
in the final of the Historical Association's Debating Competition,
'The Great Debate' after winning her North West heat.
Anna represented the Girls' Division in the North West...
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Approximately 600 guests including Baroness Shirley Williams,
attended the Service of Celebration for the life of Margaret Dora
Higginson (1918-2009)held at Bolton School Girls'
Divisionon Saturday 28 November.
Miss Higginson was Headmistr...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
More than 70 girls from Bolton School and the surrounding area
are looking forward to the opportunity to learn from the very best
international netball players the country has ever produced, by
taking part in a one day roadshow.
The roadsh...
Monday, 16 November 2009
Former Bolton School girl Sian Pledger is getting closer to her
dream of International representation in athletics as she starred
in the national final of the street athletics sprint event,
narrowly missing out on first place in a photo finis...
Friday, 13 November 2009
It was success all round for Senior Girls' pupils at the
regional qualifying event of theBritish Schools' Biathlon
competition, held in Liverpool on Sunday 8th
November.
Girls in Year 7 completed a 500m run and 50m swimming event, and
Yea...
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Bolton School Girls' and Boys' Divisions combined for a musical
extravaganza, filling the Great Hall with rousing performances to
break through the chill of a dark Autumn evening.
The very best of Bolton School's talent was on show for this...
Saturday, 07 November 2009
State primary school pupils have been given a chance to shine at
Bolton School, one of the North's leading independent
schools. The Shine: Serious Fun on Saturdays programme
launched on 7 November and, over the course of eleven weeks, Year 5
...
Monday, 02 November 2009
Emma Saunders, a Year 11 pupil in the Girls' Division, will swim
for England in an International tournament next year against Wales,
Ireland and Scotland.
Emma has been chosen to swim for England after her recent
English Schools' record-br...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
21 girls from Bolton School lacrosse squads have been chosen to
represent the County at Lacrosse.
Over the last few weeks, a number of girls in the school squads
have attended Lancashire Lacrosse trials, and in the final
selection seven Bo...
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Girls from Years 11 to 13 of Bolton School were treated to an
insight into how to 'Bend it like Beckham' in a lecture on flight
by Manchester University lecturer, Dr Iain Dupere.
Dr Dupere is from the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civ...
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Bolton School Girls from Years 8 and 9 were transported back to
the age of the dinosaur with a hands-on workshop run by the Bolton
Museum and Archive Service.
Alex McLeman, the Formal Learning Manager from the museum,
visited the school an...
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Be proud of yourself and be the best that you can be! This
was the message from Janette McCormick, Chief Superintendent of
Trafford Police, to the girls of Bolton School at their Sixth Form
Presentation Evening.
Chief Superintendent McCorm...
Wednesday, 09 September 2009
Miss Margaret Higginson, Headmistress of Bolton School Girls'
Division from 1954-1979, has died peacefully at the age of 90.
Born in Surrey, Miss Higginson was educated at Sutton High
School and Somerville College, Oxford, where she obtaine...
Monday, 07 September 2009
The Girls' Division of Bolton School has been placed in the top
100 UK Independent schools for both A Level and GCSE results!
At A Level, the Girls' Division record breaking pass rate placed
it at 93rd in the Associated Press national table...
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Boys' Division: 67% of Entries A* or A.
Once again students of Bolton School Boys' Division have
performed outstandingly well in their GCSEs. Just over 67% of all
grades were either A* or A and an impressive 33.8% of all papers
were graded...
Monday, 20 July 2009
The Old Girls' Association of Bolton School raised over £500 for
charity through a musical evening entitled 'Love's Sweet Song'.
Old Girl Marjorie Sims and her friends performed a wonderful
evening with an extensive programme of songs and r...
Friday, 03 July 2009
A grand sum of £1,500 was raised for the Meningitis Trust at the
Bolton School Fashion Show. The show, where models from Years 7 to
13 exhibited, ran in December 2008 andmoney raised went to
the Meningitis Trust and to The Watoto Children's P...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Sixth Form students from both the Girls' Division and the Boys'
Division of Bolton School attended a talk aimed at giving them a
better understanding of the negotiation skills needed to cope in a
hostage situation. The talk, given by Chartere...
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Bolton School is delighted to announce the building of a new
school for Junior Girls, aged 7 to 11 years. The School's Governing
Body has officially given the go ahead for the project, which it is
expected will cost in the region of £5 millio...
Monday, 29 June 2009
Sixth Form students from the both the Girls' and Boys' Divisions
saw their A Level art work exhibited at the University of Bolton,
in a showcase exhibition called "Bolton's Got Talent".
The exhibition was held in the Innovation Factory of t...
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
"Bolton School is about so much more than just an education and
a fantastic performance like tonight's brings home what an amazing
place this is! Bolton School is a community and events like this,
involving so many people, show us at our very...
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Primary schools were back at Bolton School this week for a
Science Festival aimed at inspiring young minds. Last week many of
the same pupils had attended a workshop with Sir Harry Kroto, a
Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry and Old Boy of the S...
Friday, 19 June 2009
Year 9 girls at Bolton School really did bring the curriculum to
life as five groups of 24 students came together to work on
cross-curricular projects over a period of two and a half days. The
intention was that pupils should learn how curric...
Monday, 15 June 2009
Bolton School Senior Girls' Division opened its doors to Year 5
girls, their parents and friends for a hugely successful 2009
Discovery Day.
Year 5 pupils from across the region turned out in large numbers
to the event, where they undertoo...
Monday, 01 June 2009
Seven boys and eight girls from Bolton School's Year 12 took
part in the Key 103 Challenge. Working in two mixed groups, the
students spent two hours in the morning producing an advertisement
and two hours in the afternoon producing a twenty ...
Monday, 01 June 2009
Four lucky Year 9 Bolton School pupils will be ambassadors for
the School and representatives for the North-West as they fly out
to South Africa to coach in townships and watch the Second Test
Match between The British and Irish Lions and Sou...
Monday, 01 June 2009
The June sun shone on nine Year 8 girls as they became the first
pupils from Bolton School Girls' Division to enjoy sailing on
Tenacity of Bolton, the boat built by the school's own pupils.
Pupils congregated at the boat on Sunday 31 May an...
Friday, 01 May 2009
Whilst many schools are cutting back on their modern foreign
languages teaching, Bolton School is expanding its provision in a
whole variety of ways.
In the next academic year, the School will hold a Languages
Festival, which will be open ...
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Rachel Flanders, who last year became the youngest person ever
to row the Atlantic, now has her sights firmly set on rowing for
Great Britain in the Olympic Games.
Rachel was one of the Atlantic Angels, a four woman crew that
took part in ...
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Keen Beanz Mean Business!
Keen Beanz, a team of six Year 12 girls from Bolton School, has
won this year's Bolton's Young Enterprise Competition. The team won
the best trade stand section as well as being overall winners. Azra
Makkan, the t...
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Imagine, through a couple of clicks, having the exact
ingredients delivered to your door in order for you to execute the
perfect dinner party! This was Easychef's winning proposition at
this year's Langtree Homes Enterprise Trophy for Sixth F...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Students from Bolton School are doing their bit for the
environment.
"As part of the eco-schools initiative we have formed a green
action team to help make the difference to the environment in our
school" says Anna McCrory, a Sixth Form st...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Bolton School girls recorded a clean sweep in this year's Bolton
Knock Out Netball competition, which took place on 23 March. The
Under 12s, Under 13s, Under 14s, Under 15s and Under 16s teams all
won their year group tournaments.
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Bolton School Girls' Division's Under 15s Lacrosse team has
finished in the top eight in the country at the National Schools
Tournament. The competition, held at Imperial College, London on 6
and 7 March, attracted the best teams from England...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Three Bolton School girls, Nathasha Lomas, Lucy Harper and Emily
Harper, who play for Tyldesley (along with a fourth team member,
Abby Holt) have won the final of the North West Junior Girls 13 and
Under Winter Tennis League Competition, whic...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Actors from the Sixth Forms of the Girls' and Boys' Divisions
have delivered a stunning performance of Hamlet at Bolton School.
Mrs Sowerby, who directed the production, said: "The cast rehearsed
with incredible dedication and audiences were ...
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Nine pupils from the Girls' Division of Bolton School are to
have their artistic masterpieces published in the first School
Artists' Express Yourself Portfolio 2009. The girls' entries, which
came from pupils aged 11-18, were chosen from more...
Sunday, 01 February 2009
Aashia Mallu, a Year 10 pupil in the Girls' Division, is one of
ten winners, aged 13-19, of the YourFilm09 competition run by the
Daily Mirror, Mediabox and Bebo. The talented winners have all
received a £500 grant and the help of industry pr...
Sunday, 01 February 2009
The Girls' Division's Intermediate Swim Team, which comprises
Year 9 and 10 pupils, has won the Town Championships in their age
group. They won every race they took part in and comfortably won
the event overall. Emma Saunders broke the Bolton...
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Sir Peter Ogden and Tim Simmons, Chief Executive of the Ogden
Trust, made a flying visit, literally, to Bolton School to meet the
school's Ogden Scholars. The duo flew in by helicopter from the
Channel Islands via Cambridge and landed on the ...
Thursday, 15 January 2009
A league of independent schools in the North-West, published by
the Manchester Evening News, has ranked Bolton School at the top of
the table. The ranking, which covered Greater Manchester,
Lancashire and Cheshire, has been determined by how ...
Thursday, 01 January 2009
Seventeen students from Bolton School's Sixth Form have been
celebrating, having received offers to study at Oxford and
Cambridge Universities from Autumn 2009. Nine students from
the Boys' Division and eight students from the Girls' Division...
Thursday, 01 January 2009
Five Sixth Formers from Bolton School Girls' Division are to
take part in this year's Holocaust Memorial Day Service on Sunday
25 January at the Albert Halls in Bolton.
Emma Ainsworth, Charlotte Gilmartin, Catherine Hughes and Jenny
Morris...
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
The Girls' Division and Boys' Division combined talents to
hold a charity fashion show in memory of Daniel Whelan, who died
suddenly in the summer of Meningitis B, whilst holidaying in the
Spanish resort of Benalmadena after completing his A ...
Friday, 12 December 2008
Headmistress, Mrs Richards, welcomed a packed audience to Bolton
School Girls' Division's Great Hall for the annual Ceremony of
Carols. The Chamber Choir ushered in the evening with a
haunting rendition of "Hodie" and a rousing "Ding Dong Mer...
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Vicky Cull, a Year 11 pupil at Bolton School Girls'
Division, has been crowned one of six winners at the 2008 Make It
Break It Awards. There were three winners in the 14-16 age
group and three winners in the 17-19 age group. Vicky was the
yo...
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The Old Girls' Association of Bolton School got everyone into
the Yuletide spirit with this year's Christmas market,
whilstalso raising over £1,000 for charity.
The Arts Centre was packed with a diverse range of stalls,
tempting shoppers w...
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Bolton School Girls' Division's Intermediate Freestyle
Relay team haswon their Division 7 heatof the
National Secondary Schools' Team Relay Swimming Championships,
which gives them a chance of making the national final which will
be held at ...
Monday, 17 November 2008
Reena Ardeshana, who has just completed her GCSEs at
Bolton School Girls' Division, has been awarded an Arkwright
Scholarship. Some of the prizemoney goes directly to Reena
and some to the Design and Technology Department in the
School.
R...
Friday, 14 November 2008
Girls' Division Sergeant, Nigel Savage, has gone that little bit
further in his efforts to raise fundsfor Children in Need and
shaved off half of the hair on his head!
Mr Savage shaved half of his beard and half of his hairat
School on the...
Thursday, 16 October 2008
Bolton School's U16s Netball Team has won the Bolton Schools'
Tournament. Seventeen schools from across the region took
part in the competition which comprised of a number of short, 15
minute games.
The Bolton School girls won through thei...
Thursday, 09 October 2008
Three girls from Bolton School - Hanna Smith (Year 11), Katie
Lloyd (Year 10)and Sophie Brookes (Year 11)- have been
crowned as U15 North-West Girls' High School Squash
Champions. They overcame schools from West Kirkby, Altrincham
and Parrs ...
Thursday, 25 September 2008
The Under 14s team has won the Tennis Lancashire
competition making them county champions. They beat
Manchester High School for Girls in the final by four sets to
love.
The Under 13s team is also progressing well in the Nestle
Tournament....