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News for March 2019
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Children Prepare Mother's Day Treats
Bolton School’s Nursery Class children have produced some beautiful handmade canvases for their mums for Mother’s Day, this...
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Army Activities Build Soft Skills
Activities organised and run by the Army North West Outreach Team helped pupils in Year 10 to develop their teamwork,...
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Holly Looks Set to Follow in Father's Golfing Footsteps
Y7 pupil at Bolton School Girls’ Division Holly Durnian looks set to follow in her father’s golfing footsteps, having won the...
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Spanish Spelling Bee Success
Three pupils in Year 7 competed at the Regional Final of the Spanish Spelling Bee. Adifah Haffeji, Olivia Melling and Du’a Qedwai...
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School Celebrates Books and Reading
The Boys’ Division held its own celebration of books and reading following World Book Day 2019. The English Department held a...
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Individual Award at Top of the Bench
A team of four pupils from Bolton School Girls’ Division competed at the Royal Society of Chemistry’s national Top of the Bench...
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Bolton School Fills Bridgewater Hall with Music
The Joint Gala Concert at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall brought together musical talent from across the Bolton School Foundation...
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Medals for Acrobatic Gymnast
Poppy Donohue in Year 9 has recently competed in two acrobatic gymnastics competitions. She achieved a silver medal at the...
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Girls Make the Lancashire Lacrosse Cut
Over the last few Friday evenings at Timperley Lacrosse Club, girls from Year 7 and 8 at Bolton School have been attending U13...
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Pupil Takes Part in Act of Remembrance
Year 9 pupil Halimah Natha was chosen by Bolton’s Faith Leaders Forum to speak at the vigil held on Saturday 23rd March to...
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An Astrophysicist Returns
Dr Becky Smethurst returned to Bolton School as a Junior Research Fellow in Astrophysics at Christ Church College, Oxford...
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Pulsars and Dark Matter Learning at Café Scientifique
Bolton School girls from across several year groups learnt about pulsars and dark matter in the latest Café Scientifique...
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Conference Makes Philosophy Real
A trio of fascinating speakers and over 100 delegates from five schools in the north-west joined students from the Boys’ and...
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Y10 Fundraiser for Rossendale Special Ski Club
Girls in Y10 at Bolton School have raised an impressive £1,307.32 for Rossendale Special Ski Club. Race Coordinator Mrs Jenni...
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Am I too Sensitive for Science?
Am I too sensitive for Science? A question that Dr Emily Grossman has considered on a number of occasions throughout her life. Dr...
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Survivor’s Experience of the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Iby Knill visited the Boys’ Division to speak about her experiences prior to and during the Second World War....
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U12s Are Town Netball Champions
Bolton School Girls’ Division U12 netball team was crowned town champions after an outstanding performance which saw them...
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U13s Continue Netball Winning Streak
The Girls’ Division team won their section at the recent U13s Bolton Schools’ Netball Tournament, scoring 42 goals and conceding...
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International Representation at Water Polo
Three Bolton School boys have been selected to represent the England U16 water polo team at the weekend. Daniel Bentham from Y11,...
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Tim Bouverie to Discuss WW2 Appeasement
Bolton School will host a free talk from author and political journalist Tim Bouverie based on his new book, Appeasing Hitler:...
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A Celebration of Technicians!
From 4th-8th March, schools across the UK took part in #TECHOGNITION week to celebrate the work that school technicians do on a...
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Girls Selected for North-East Super Counties Lax Squad
Seven girls were selected for the North-East Super Counties Lacrosse Squad, which competed against the North West, South East and...
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Writers Explore Creativity at Patterdale Hall
This year’s February half term Writing Retreat expanded to twice the number of pupils. Thirty-two young writers from Years 5 to...
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Red Noses for Comic Relief
Children at Bolton School have been helping to raise money for Comic Relief. Nursery children were invited to wear red...
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Exciting Experiments for Science Week
The Girls’ Division commemorated Science Week 2019 with a session organised by Dr Christie, one of the School’s physics teachers....
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School Hosts PE Conference for Local Primaries
Bolton School hosted this year’s Bolton School Games PE Conference which focused heavily on inclusion. School Games organisers...
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Ocean Currents and Climate Change
Sixth Form students had the opportunity to learn more about climate change and the physics of the oceans from Old Boy Meric...
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A Life of Crime?
Former pupil Lindsy Slamon returned to Bolton School to deliver a fascinating insight into the working life of a Senior Crime...
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Young Musician Competition Showcases Outstanding Musical Talent
Bolton School Boys’ Division’s fifteenth Young Musician of the Year competition showcased the school’s outstanding range of...
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Lacrosse Champions of the North
Last Saturday, the U12 and U13 lacrosse teams travelled to Queen Margaret’s School in York, to compete in the Northern Schools...
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Girls Benefit from a Wealth of Career and Life Advice
As part of International Women’s Day, pupils at Bolton School Girls’ Division were given a wealth of advice from twenty...
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Children Enjoy a Brilliant World Book Day
Children in Bolton School’s Nursery Class dressed in a variety of costumes from Little Miss Sunshine and Peter Rabbit, to The...
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Pupils Share Love of Books
Colourful costumes were in evidence throughout Bolton School as pupils dressed up as their favourite fictional characters to...
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Workshops Help Uncover Medieval History
Pupils in Year 5 at the Junior Girls’ School have been finding out about Vikings and Anglo-Saxons as part of their Learning...
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Free Talk Will Challenge Science Stereotypes
Bolton School will host a free, public talk from Dr Emily Grossman entitled ‘Too Sensitive For Science? Emotion, The Secret Asset...
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How to Get into Oxford University
Matthew Schaffel, a Sixth Form student at Bolton School Boys’ Division, explains how he successfully applied to read Classics at...
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Oxbridge Candidate’s Application Experience
Emily Manock is one of the Bolton School Sixth Form students who has successfully applied to the Universities of Oxford or...
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Barrister Discusses Career in Law
Barrister Sophie Cartwright visited Bolton School to speak about her career in law as part of the Girls’ Division’s series of...
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U14s are Town Champions
The U14 Netball Team have been crowned very worthy winners of the Bolton Schools’ Tournament. They were winners of their section...
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Boys Enjoy Electro City Creative Building Workshop
Over the course of two days, all boys at Park Road, Bolton School’s Junior Boys’ School, enjoyed the delights of creative...
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U18s Successfully Defend their National Water Polo Title
Bolton School Boys’ Division U18 water polo team successfully defended their English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) title on...
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Y2 Visit The Lowry
Year 2 children at Bolton School enjoyed a day of learning and discovery at The Lowry art gallery at Media City, Manchester. The...
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School's Value to the Local Economy
A recent report by Oxford Economics has found that in the last financial year Bolton School, which employs 460 staff and has...
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Celebrating St David’s Day
Bolton School’s Nursery celebrated St David’s Day by filling every room with daffodils! The children dressed in yellow to match...
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Early Years at Bolton School are Outstanding
Bolton School’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) provision has, once again, been found to be ‘outstanding’ in all categories...
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