Isobel Garner continued the Girls' Division's series of evening enrichment lectures with a fascinating talk on 'Engineering the Building Blocks of Life'. She talked about her career as a Chartered Civil Engineer and her work as a career mentor. The lecture series will continue throughout this academic year: find out more about future events and speakers on the School website.
The Girls' Division recently hosted a performance of Antigone by the Actors of Dionysus. This spectacular production, which came to the School directly following two sold-out nights at The Lowry, offered pupils studying Classics and Theatre Studies a unique opportunity to see a modernised version of a timeless Greek tragedy in performance.
The Junior Boys and their families made a huge Harvest donation this year, filling the stage with tinned and packaged products which were given to local charity Urban Outreach. The boys were joined by the charity's CEO, Mr Dave Bagley, for their Harvest assembly and were reminded of the importance of contributing to charitable efforts.
Following the assembly, Mr Bagley collected a further Harvest gift for the charity from the generous families of children attending Beech House, Bolton School's Infant School. Year 2 led the assembly in school with a 'Harvest Rock and Roll'.
Pupils in the Junior Girls' School also made a large Harvest offering which further added to Urban Outreach's Winter Watch campaign. In their assembly, girls learned about the origins of the festival and how it has changed over the years, but the sentiment of helping those less fortunate is no different now.
The Senior Girls also donated a wealth of tinned and packaged products to Urban Outreach for Harvest.
Pupils at Beech House enjoyed a visit from the Travelling by Tuba duo, who took them on a musical tour around the world. They used music to evoke different landscapes and countries while also allowing pupils to learn about the origins of instruments. Some of the children were even able to join in with the music making!
The Girls' Division's U16s Netball Captain Cate has joined the Manchester Thunder U17s squad. Cate, who is in Year 11, was successful in her bid to join the team following trials.
The Senior Boys will once again collaborate with RoughHouse Theatre throughout the forthcoming academic year on a special theatre project as part of the theatre's School Residency Programme. This year's piece of verbatim theatre will be inspired by the Mass Observation Project, which began in Bolton in 1937. This will involve the voices and experiences of pupils, staff, and local people from across Bolton coming together to create a new piece of theatre to be performed.
Follow the Mass Observation theatre project's progress via the School's Noticeboard and social media platforms, particularly @BoltonSchool and @drama_bsbd on Twitter.
Over the summer holidays, Sixth Form student Alexandra took part in a medical skills residential at Liverpool Science Park. She was able to develop a host of practical skills for performing clinical tasks and lab work, which will no doubt be invaluable in her future career.
The Chamber Choir is entering the Barnardo's National Choral Competition. The choir has booked a recording session and has been hard at work, rehearsing the two pieces needed for entry into the competition. If successful, they will have the opportunity to perform in the final at London's Royal Festival Hall in March.
Boys' Division pupils raised money for Leukaemia CARE with a non-uniform day. All the boys wore at least one orange item to raise awareness of this illness, and also received wristbands after making their donation to promote further awareness.
Year 9 pupil Lizzie has been selected for the Football Association's Under 14s Regional Development Programme. This is a particularly great achievement for her, as she has only been playing with a Tier 1 Regional Talent Centre for six months.
Junior Girls' School pupil Dinburgh has been selected to join the British Gymnastics U12s squad! This follows her a bronze medal winning performance in June at her first national competition.
Old Boy Edward Hibbert attended Beech House and Park Road and, following a successful career in software development went on to become the Chairman of Freegle. He returned to Bolton School to give the Sixth Form boys an insight into why we should reuse items and extend their lifespan before recycling them or throwing them away. He also gave a valuable perspective on the importance of doing something for the benefit of the community.
Pupils quizzed Labour MP Sir David Crausby on a wide variety of topics when he visited the School. Girls' Division pupils from all year groups joined members of the Politics Club and A Level students from both Divisions studying Politics for this fascinating session. Pupils engaged with some complex political topics and asked for Sir David's thoughts on Trident and his opinion on Jeremy Corbyn
The Girls' Division Tennis Squad became Division 1 champions in the Year 8 AEGON Teams Tennis Competition during the summer term, and recently took part in the next stage of the competition. The Regional Knockout was closely contested, with the Bolton girls just losing out.
The Nursery Class for 3 and 4 Year Olds recently learned about the Hindu festival of diwali. They visited a local temple to enhance their learning further.
Year 12 student Thea has been selected for the GB U19 Women's Water Polo Squad! This year she will also undertake the prestigious Sporting Excellence Award by Swim England Waterpolo alongside her A Level studies.
The Junior Girls thoroughly enjoyed a visit from Travelling by Tuba. The girls loved learning about a variety of different instruments and where they are from in the world from this musical duo. A lucky few pupils were chosen to take part in the performance.
Year 13 pupil Morgan has been chosen to play rugby for Lancashire U18s in a match against Cumbria. As well as playing for the school team, he also plays for Bolton RUFC.
Sixty-five Girls' Division linguists were invited to take part in a morning focused on Modern Foreign Languages. They learned more about studying languages at university and the benefits and opportunities it can provide in the workplace, as well as hearing from Old Girl Izzy about the daunting thrills of the year abroad experience. They also got to experience a taster session in a new language: Mandarin, Arabic or Russian.
Two Boys' Division pupils and a Girls' Division pupil have played water polo for ESSA over the October half term break in the Malta Exiles International Water Polo Tournament. They helped the ESSA teams to success with the boys' team achieving silver medals and the girls winning gold.
On 3 December at 7pm, Bolton School will host a talk from BBC weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker. Earlier this year he was named the UK's favourite weather presenter, and he recently travelled to the US to report from the middle of Hurricane Irma, so he will certainly have some stories to tell from his television career. This free event is open to the public and is part of an ongoing series of Arts and Sciences Enrichment Events hosted by Bolton School Girls' Division.
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