12 June 2019

The 'mane' event at the end of the school year for Junior Boys was the Year 6 production of Disney's The Lion King. The stunning costumes and pupils' brilliant performances made this a very special occasion to bring the boys' time at Park Road to a close.

The Junior Girls also arranged a production for Year 6 pupils, which year year was Olivia. This feel-good musical is loosely based on Oliver by Charles Dickens and features cameos from a host of famous figures, both historical and fictional. The girls put on a fantastic show in both performances.

The guest speaker at this year's Prizegiving was Mr Michael Griffiths, who will retire from his post as Bolton School's Chairman of Governors at the end of December. In his address, he recalled his schooldays as a pupil in the Boys' Division, spoke of his career and offered sage advice to current students. Headmaster Philip Britton gave the traditional review of the academic year, which can be viewed in two parts here: Part 1 and Part 2.

Prizegiving also included a number of musical performances, some of which are available to watch again via the following links:

• 'Ave Maris Stella' written by Senior Young Composer of the Year Adam Whitmore, Year 12
• Introduction from Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (Victor Chow, Year 13)
• Gavotta from Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (Victor Chow, Year 13)

Unfortunately poor weather meant that Sports Day at Beech House Infant School was cancelled. However, Year 1 and Year 2 still held their races during lessons and had fun taking part in this friendly competition.

Girls' Division pupils in Years 7 and 8 whisked their teachers and parents on a journey across African at their Celebration Evening at the end of the year. Musical performances were scattered throughout the evening and girls were presented with various prizes and awards.

A number of performances from the year 7 and 8 Celebration Evening are available to watch via the following links:

• 'When You Believe' (The Prince of Egypt)
• 'Any Dream Will Do' (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat)
• 'Banaha' (Congolese traditional folk song)
• 'Jambo Bwana' (Kenyan traditional welcome song)
• The Lion King medley: 'Hakuna Matata', 'Can You Feel The Love Tonight', 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King, 'Circle of Life'

The Junior Girls ended the academic year with 'Tales of Hesketh House', a spectacular summer concert which focused on the variety and humour of school life. Combining songs, poetry recitals and snippets of narration about the history of education and life at Hesketh House, the performance remembered all members of the school community and celebrated the girls' potential.

Three Girls' Division pupils in Years 7 and 8 have been selected to join the U16 North West regional water polo academy! They will now play in a series of inter-regional matches.

Children in the Butterfly Room graduated from the Nursery ahead of going to 'big school' in September. A ceremony attended by parents and family members recapped an exciting year at the Nursery, followed by a balloon release which can be viewed here.

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