There are a number of opportunities for parents to become
involved in the broader life of the school. These include attending
sporting events, drama productions and formal and informal
concerts. You can also become more actively involved, for example
by acting as hosts to your daughter's foreign exchange partners,
offering placements for work experience and work sampling, joining
the Parents' Choir and, of course, by joining the Parents'
Association.
The Association runs a number of events throughout the year such
as a social gathering for new parents held in the Arts Centre in
September and workshops relating to a number of Personal and Social
Education sessions which your daughter may be involved in during
the course of the year. The PA also welcomes offers of help with
stewarding for Consultation Evenings, an activity which helps the
smooth running of these important occasions.
The Association also awards scholarships to girls in Years 7-11
for individual ventures during the holidays and helps to fund
improvements within school such as the upgrading of the ICT suite
and the recent replacement of the chairs in the Great Hall. In
2003, the Association also ran a 125th Birthday Competition to
promote Art, Music and Creative Writing in the Junior and Senior
School.
The Chair of the Association for 2009-2010 is Laura
Henthorn. Read Laura's
views on Bolton School. A member of the Parents'
Association Committee also serves as Parent Governor. The current
holder of this post is Amanda Valentine.
Parents may find the GSA website mydaughter.co.uk a valuable source
of up-to-date information, expert opinion and useful advice on all
aspects of educating and raising girls.