BSA Activities

Autumn Term 2012

Thursday 6th October - Beekeeping Evening

Parent David Bough will give us an informative talk about beekeeping on Thursday October 6th at 7.30pm in the Recital Room. There will be a demonstration hive and live bees although hopefully sleepy ones! You can also taste some of the honey taken from David's hives and there will be honey themed refreshments. This talk is free and open to all parents from both Senior and Junior schools. However if you intend to come, please could you let the BSA know your numbers so that we can ensure we can accommodate everybody comfortably? Please contact Louise Lewis at bsa@boothamschool.com

Thursday 10th November - Family Quiz

This is a fun quiz for all the family and the winning team will be awarded a 'trophy prize'.  Enjoy a pie and pea supper with your children at 6.30pm in the dining room, followed by the quiz at 7pm in the John Bright Library.  Numbers for pie and peas should be given in advance, by Monday 7th, by writing to the bsa@boothamschool.com.  The whole family is welcome.  Numbers need only be given for non-pupils as senior school pupils must leave their numbers for tea at reception during the week.

Puzzling over the Quiz!

Saturday 5th November – AGM
Our Annual General Meeting will takes place on Saturday 5th November, with coffee served at 11.30am with the meeting at 12 noon. This is your opportunity to hear what we have all been up to and to get more actively involved. 

Saturday 26th November – Grand Christmas Coffee Morning and Christmas Pudding Sale in aid of Bootham School Trust
Be prepared to bake and donate cakes and then buy them back while enjoying a hot berry drink, tea or coffee and a cake.

Sunday 11th December - Carols by Candlelight
Everyone is welcome to share in this uplifting carol service at 7.30 p.m. It is one of the highlights of the school year so do arrive early for a seat. No tickets are necessary and grandparents are welcome. Mince pies and coffee are served in the dining room afterwards. 

Sports Facilities

BSA members are entitled to use some of the excellent school sports facilities at selected times.

Badminton
A social badminton session is held in the main sports hall every Thursday evening during term time. 7pm - 8.30pm. All ages and abilities welcome. Just turn up!  Contact Nigel Stainforth nigel@stainf.demon.co.uk
Swimming
Swimming sessions are available twice a week on Tuesday and Friday mornings when the pool is not used by students. There is a trained lifeguard on duty. Open from 8.40am - 9.40am.
Tennis
Tennis courts are available during the summer term on Thursday evenings 6.30pm - 8.30pm. Please see the BSA notice board in the schoolyard and the school weekly newsletter for any updates or changes to session times.

Spring Term 2012

Mid-Year Mingle 1st March 2012 – For all parents who are new to school this year

Hopefully you are settled in and more familiar with the school; this is an opportunity to meet up with other parents and swap stories over drinks and nibbles. Invitations will come via the school mailing.

St Patrick's Day Ceilidh, Saturday 17th March 2012, 7 til 10 pm

The BSA are organising a St Patrick's Day Ceilidh this year instead of the Daffodil Dance to be held in the School Hall.  Our aim is to put on a social events that would be informal, fun(!) and good value for money.

There will be beef and guinness stew, mushroom stew, fruit punch and soft drinks, chocolate and guinness cake, the Bad Bargain Ceilidh band and caller.  There is no formal table plan and the food will be 'help yourself'!

Tickets are £15 per parent, £5 for accompanying students.  Click here for a ticket request form, or contact bonnare@btinternet.com or leave cheque and request for ticket numbers at reception.

Summer Term 2012

Midsummer Ball Saturday 30th June

The traditional end of year celebration for pupils of College One and Two, all parents and Bootham School staff. It will take place at York Racecourse where a three course dinner, dancing and live music make this the Black Tie event of the social calendar. The theme and menu are chosen by the Head Reeves. A cash bar for the purchase of drinks and wine is available.  Click here for more information and a ticket request form.

Midsummer Ball
 

Regular Activities throughout the Year

Coffee & Croissants

An informal gathering for coffee & croissants, on selected Saturday mornings from 8.30am. It is usually held in the Committee Room in the main building. All family members welcome, apart from Bootham students who should be in class! Just turn up – dates are published on the weekly newsletter and on the notice board.

Nearly New Shop

The BSA will be putting on two sales per year.  A March sale (to help with those needing sports kits fro the summer) and a sale in the second half of the summer term following on from the new parents' coffee morning.
Our next sale is on 24th March, Room B (English corridor, near reception) 12.30 til 1.30 pm.

The Book Club

The Book Club is run entirely by its members and meets in the school Committee Room. Everyone contributes to a reading list and all opinions, positive and negative are enthusiastically discussed over coffee and chocolate biscuits. New members are always welcome.
The latest book to be read and the date of the next meeting is usually displayed on the BSA notice board in the school yard and on the weekly newsletter. The dates and books for the 2011/2012 year are:

17th September: Neither here Nor there by Bill Bryson and The Interrogative Mood by Padgett Powell
12th November: Nansen by Roland Huntford
14th January: The Unicorn Road by Martin Davies
10th March: By Heart 101 Poems to Remember
5th May: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
23rd June: The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal