The Junior Boys' Fun Run was a very different affair this year. With schools still closed and the UK in lockdown, the Fun Run went virtual and the boys enthusiastically embraced a new challenge: to walk, cycle, run and hike enough miles to collectively circumnavigate the globe! They followed in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg but attempted to accomplish the feat in just 8 school days, rather than 80. Donations rolled in to JustGiving and by the end of the challenge, the boys had raised over £2,500 for Bolton Hospice.
Throughout the 2019-20 academic year, a small group of Junior Boys in Year 6 have been working on a project to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. At the start of the year, they interviewed Old Boy and veteran Kenneth Lee and used his experiences of the Second World War as their inspiration. 'Holding the Line' started out as a play but adapted to the restrictions of Lockdown to become an illustrated e-book and audiobook read by the boys themselves.
Listen to the audiobook and see the illustrations here or by pressing the play button below:
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