Head of Bolton School Junior Girls passionate about oracy, creativity and music in schools.
North West England
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The development of oracy skills has had huge impact @BSPDJnrGirls Working with a fantastic team of staff we have placed oracy at the heart of the curriculum to see our girls grow into confident, articulate young women @GSAUK
"Oracy isn’t a bolt-on. It's at the core of everything we do"
😍 NEW BLOG - OUR FIRST OF 2022! 😍
A guest post by Helen Holt (@hrholti), Deputy Head
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Oracy for All? One school’s approach to integrating oracy across the curriculum
oracycambridge.org/oracy-for…
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Great to see the momentum building for government action on oracy.
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What a way to open up the Year 6 #charity day! Our amazing Cheer Dancers performed a fabulous dance 💃 before the stalls started! Thanks you for an incredible performance 👏
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Wonderful snippets of sound from our rehearsal yesterday. We can’t wait to share our Summer Concert this afternoon and evening.🎶
I loved every second of your routines- fantastic team work on display and some expert coaching from Miss Gent and Mrs Bass #collaboration
As part of House morning, Ullswater took part in an all star Cheerleading session. They focussed on level 1 stunts, jumps and dance. Well done girls for your brilliant collaboration and teamwork! @BSPDJnrGirls
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This is a hugely exciting development @BSPDJnrGirls
It was fantastic to see how much you enjoyed the process. I can’t wait to see how your portfolios develop through the year.@rethinkassessmt
Launch day of our digital portfolios at Hesketh House. We’ve begun the process of creating a document showcasing skills, personality and identity…an individual account of the strengths of all our pupils @LucasLearn @rethinkassessmt @_NaomiLord #BoltonCharacter #BSPDJnrGirls
Fantastic mindful art girls - I loved the gift boxes! #creativity
In our House Day today, Rydal were delighted to work with visiting artist, Val Maden, making cards from hand-made paper with uplifting messages, folding beautiful little gift boxes and chatterboxes and drawing mindful zentangle patterns. 💖
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BOOK GIVEAWAY: Out of the 50 or so anthologies that I've compiled, this is my absolute favourite. I found a spare copy that's looking for a good home. Follow, repost or both to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy. Ends Midnight Saturday 12th
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This is marvellous.
“King Alfred and the Ice Coffin” by #KevinCrossleyHolland and stunning illustrated @chrisriddell50. It’s a wonderful story about Alfred and how he valued the power of story, it’s also a thrilling adventure.
Absolutely top drawer! #PicturebookPage
Lots of excited girls discovering more about architecture. There were some brilliant questions!
Meet the Architect! Year 4 STEM club had lots of questions to ask an architect and we were inspired having looked at photos and models of his work. #STEM
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Wonderful! I’m definitely coming to your next lesson!
Year 5 are learning how to mosaic. They are cutting ceramic tiles to create their own designs based on initial pencil studies of the toucan - a beautiful species of bird found in the Amazon rainforest. Lots of resilience required, but they have made a great start!
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Brilliant work girls!
Y4/5 STEM club were investigating today how they could step through a piece of paper. Great investigative skills, girls! #BSPDJnrGirls #BoltonCuriosity
Absolutely love this @hannahleking beautiful story and melody - perfect for @BSPDJnrGirls who love 🎶
🎄 What do spiders have to do with Christmas?
🕸️ Composer @hannahleking introduces her piece, 'The Spider's Gift,' which tells the story of the origins of tinsel. Available to buy from CMP on Monday 16th September. Stay tuned for more updates! #NewMusic #TheSpidersGift
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Absolutely thrilled to have won a copy of this book. Thanks @rosBIGWRITING for sending!
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We are hiring! We are currently looking for a Head of Boys’ Junior School on a permanent basis.
Please click here to apply: bit.ly/4cXn6Qh
#hiring #boltonjobs #recruitment
What a fantastic opportunity for young singers! 🎶
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NEW BOOK GIVEAWAY: We have 3 copies to give away of my new book Oracy Is Not Just Speaking and Listening. Retweet and/or tag a colleague to enter. Closes 10pm Sunday. Find out more about the book on our website: roswilsoned.com/oracy
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Brilliant to see young emergent artists through to local leadership discussing all things arts and culture in Bolton in our youth-led space @Creatives_Now last night. Inspiring to see collaborations catalysing and the air full of potential.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for our HOME exhibition preview yesterday. What a glorious bunch of talented and excellent company you are.
The exhibition opens today - Saturday 7 September - and runs until the end of the month. Unit 16, Upper Ground floor @Market_PlaceSC
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There is significant new demand for entry to @BoltonSch in recent days, either immediately, for January or for later. It is encouraging parents value what we offer. There are a few places in each year group. Tomorrow we publish details of an additional assessment day next week