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Tower House School
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Autumn Term 2019
188 Sheen Lane East Sheen London SW14 8LF
School Tel: 020 8876 3323 Sports Line: 020 8392 4846 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thsboys.org.uk
Future Term Dates
Spring Term 2020 Term starts Tuesday 7 January Half term begins Monday 17 February Half term ends Friday 21 February Term ends Friday 27 March
Summer Term 2020 Term starts Tuesday 21 April Half term begins Monday 25 May Half term ends Friday 29 May Term ends Friday 3 July First May Day Bank Holiday Friday 8 May (Governmental Change)
Autumn Term 2020 Term starts Thursday 3 September Half term begins Monday 19 October Half term ends Friday 30 October Term ends Friday 11 December
1 SEPTEMBER 2019 “Can you see the sunset real good on the west side? You can see it from the east side too.” S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders Monday 2nd Staff Inset Day
Tuesday 3rd Staff Inset Day
Wednesday 4th Start of Term Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm
2 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 5th FOTH second hand uniform sale – 8.15am (hall) Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm
Friday 6th Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th
3 SEPTEMBER 2019 “I hear and forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” - Confucius Monday 9th Junior and Senior Clubs start Reception – 9.00am-1.00pm (collect after lunch)
Tuesday 10th Reception – 9.00am-1.00pm (collect after lunch) Junior school group parents’ meetings (Years 1-3). 8.20am coffee in the hall followed by meetings in classrooms at 8.50am Senior school group parents’ meetings in classrooms with Heads of Year followed by FOTH drinks in the hall – 6.00pm
Wednesday 11th Reception start full days – junior school door opens at 8.20am. 3.30pm collection Class, individual and sibling photographs, all day
4 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 12th
Friday 13th
Saturday 14th The Great River Race
Sunday 15th
5 SEPTEMBER 2019 “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”. – Percy Shelley Monday 16th
Tuesday 17th
Wednesday 18th 1st/2nd/3rd v The Hall (H) – 2.30pm
6 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 19th
Friday 20th Open Morning for prospective parents – 9.15am U10 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm
Saturday 21st The Mall U13 5-a-side – 9.00am
Sunday 22nd
7 SEPTEMBER 2019 “By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth Monday 23rd Literacy Morning for Reception Parents – 9.00am Safeguarding Workshops for Years 3-8 Years 3-8 Parental Safeguarding Workshop – 6.00pm (hall)
Tuesday 24th
Wednesday 25th O-PRO mouth guard dentist fitting – 8.30am 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Kingswood (H) – 2.30pm U11 A, B, C v Kingswood (A) – 2.30pm
8 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 26th Flu Vaccinations for Years R-Year 6
Friday 27th U10 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Surbiton (H) – 2.30pm
Saturday 28th
Sunday 29th
9 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 “He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.” ― Cicero Monday 30th Harvest Festival – 10.30am U11 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm
Tuesday 1st U10 A/B/C v Eaton House (H) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Eaton House (A) – 2.30pm
Wednesday 2nd 1st/2nd/3rd v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm
10 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 3rd Year 4 Parent Forum – 6.00pm
Friday 4th
Saturday 5th U11 Surbiton 5-a-side Football Tournament – 9.00am
Sunday 6th
11 OCTOBER 2019 “For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.” ― Sir Winston Churchill Monday 7th
Tuesday 8th U9 A/B/C v The Mall (H) – 2.30pm
Wednesday 9th 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Eaton House (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm
12 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 10th U8 A/B/C/D v Kingswood (A) – 2.30pm
Friday 11th U10 A/B/C v The Mall (A) – 2.30pm
Saturday 12th
Sunday 13th
13 OCTOBER 2019 “Determine never to be idle…it is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” ― Thomas Jefferson Monday 14th Bullying Awareness Week 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Ibstock (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Willington (A) – 2.30pm Junior School Parents’ Evening – 4.30pm
Tuesday 15th U10 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm U9 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm Junior School Parents’ Evening – 4.30pm
Wednesday 16th U11 A/B/C v Eaton House (A) – 2.30pm
14 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 17th
Friday 18th Saxophone and Clarinet Concert (Hall) – 9.00am Break up for half term (normal collection times)
Saturday 19th
Sunday 20th
15 OCTOBER 2019 Monday 21st Half term
Tuesday 22nd Half term
Wednesday 23rd Half term
16 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 24th Half term
Friday 25th Half term
Saturday 26th
Sunday 27th
17 OCTOBER 2019 Monday 28th Half term
Tuesday 29th Half term
Wednesday 30th Half term
18 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 31st Half term
Friday 1st Half term
Saturday 2nd
Sunday 3rd
19 NOVEMBER 2019 “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”― Groucho Marx Monday 4th
Tuesday 5th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch
Wednesday 6th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch Choir (Years 4-7) to sing at Bank of England Cancer Research Fair – 7.00pm
20 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 7th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch
Friday 8th Normal school lunch resumes U9 A/B/C v Willington (A) – 2.30pm
Saturday 9th
Sunday 10th
21 NOVEMBER 2019 "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - e e Cummings Monday 11th
Tuesday 12th Year 3 History Stone Age Workshop U10 A/B/C v Hornsby (A) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm
Wednesday 13th 1st/2nd/3rd v Falcons (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Hornsby (A) – 2.30pm
22 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 14th
Friday 15th
Saturday 16th
Sunday 17th
23 NOVEMBER 2019 "A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top." - Unknown Monday 18th Book Week. Theme – Historical Heroes and Heroines 1st/2nd/3rd v Willington (H) – 2.30pm
Tuesday 19th U9 A/B/C v Wetherby (A) – 2.30pm
Wednesday 20th U11 A/B/C v Surbiton (A) – 2.30pm
24 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 21st U8 A/B/C/D v The Mall (A) – 2.30pm Book Week – Alligator’s Mouth Book Shop Sale – 3.15pm FOTH Autumn Term Event – Staff Play
Friday 22nd Dress up character day – dress as your favourite historical hero or heroine U10 A/B/C v The Mall (H) – 2.30pm FOTH Autumn Term Event – Staff Play
Saturday 23rd
Sunday 24th
25 NOVEMBER 2019 "The saying ‘Getting there is half the fun’ became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines." - Henry J. Tillman Monday 25th Year 5 Parents’ Evening – 5.30pm
Tuesday 26th
Wednesday 27th School Council Meeting – 10.40am Year 6, 7, 8 House Match Football – 2.30pm
26 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 28th Year 2 & 3 House Match Football – 2.30pm Christmas Soloists Concert (Hall) – 6.00pm
Friday 29th Years 4 & 5 House Match Football – 2.30pm ABRSM Exams
Saturday 30th ABRSM Exams
Sunday 1st
27 DECEMBER 2019 "A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep." - H. Auden Monday 2nd Last week of clubs Rugby begins for Senior School in games Year 7 Parents’ Evening – 5.30pm
Tuesday 3rd
Wednesday 4th
28 DECEMBER 2019 Thursday 5th Junior School Nativity Dress Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2pm Senior school boys to watch. Boys will be brought back to school for the FOTH Christmas Fair
Friday 6th Junior School Nativity, Christ Church – 3.00pm Boys will be dismissed from Church
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th
29 DECEMBER 2019 "Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." - Terry Pratchett Monday 9th No clubs
Tuesday 10th Carol Service Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2.00pm Boys performing to be collected from Christ Church at 4.00pm
Wednesday 11th Carol Service Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2.00pm Boys performing to be collected from Christ Church at 4.00pm Carol Service, Christ Church – 6.00pm Boys to be seated by 5.45pm
30 DECEMBER 2019 Thursday 12th Pantomime for the Junior School (Hall) – 9.00am
Friday 13th Whole School Final Assembly – 10.15am Term ends Juniors – 12.00pm Term ends Seniors – 12.15pm
Saturday 14th
Sunday 15th
31 School Clubs
• Parents should sign up for clubs using www.schoolinterviews.co.uk (the code will be in the final newsletter of the summer term) • Most clubs have a numbers cap on them so places are allocated on a first come, first served basis • Clubs marked with an * identify clubs for which there is a charge
Junior School Clubs
DAY CLUB TIME STAFF (& Year) MEMBER
Junior Choir Years 2 & 3 3.45pm-4.15pm MONDAY LW *Drama Years 2 & 3 3.30pm–4.15pm PG
Reading Booster Years 2 & 3 LB TUESDAY 8.00am-8.20am (by invitation only)
External *Touch Typing 4.15-5.00pm Tutor Y3 WEDNESDAY Handwriting Booster Years 2 & 3 8.00am-8.20am DH (by invitation only)
Football 4.00pm collection AW Y3 from school
Games Club 3.30pm-4.00pm LM THURSDAY Y1
Sewing 3.45pm-4.30pm FM/KH Y2 Reading Booster Years 2 & 3 8.00am-8.20am LB (by invitation only)
FRIDAY *Drama 3.30pm-4.00pm DR Y1 Spanish Club 3.45pm-4.15pm Mrs Years 2 & 3 (collect from Spears late class)
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Senior School Clubs
DAY CLUB TIME STAFF (& Year) MEMBER MONDAY *Woodwind Ensemble 8.00am-8.40am AM *Rock Band 1 8.10am-8.40am SS *Drama 4.15pm-5.00pm PG (Years 4 & 5) TUESDAY Running Club 7.30am-8.00am JM (Years 6-8) (Sheen Gate, 1st half term only Richmond Park) *Guitar Club 1.35pm-2.05pm IT (Years 6-8) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JR (Years 4-8) *Drama 4.15pm-5.00pm PG (Years 6-8) *Touch Typing 4.15pm-5.00pm External (Years 3-8) Tutor WEDNESDAY Senior Choir 8.00am-8.40am LW (Years 4-8) Art Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JW (Years 4 & 5) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm ClB (Years 4-8) Model Car 4.15pm-5.00pm TC Construction Club (Year 5) THURSDAY Fitness Club 7.30am-8.00am LM (Years 5-8) *String Ensemble 8.00am-8.40am AS Music Theory Club 8.00am-8.40am LW (by invitation only) Swing Band 1.35pm-2.05pm LW ICT Club 1.30pm-2.00pm Year 8 boys (Years 4-8) Games Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JM (Years 4-6) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm EO (Years 4-8) Orchestra 4.15pm-5.15pm LW *Rock Band 2 1.35pm-2.05pm AM FRIDAY Basketball Club 4.15pm-5.00pm AW (Years 7 & 8)
33 Code of Conduct
• Boys should be respectful, and obedient towards all adults. Boys should stand up when an adult enters their class unless the adult asks them not to do so. Boys should stand back on the stairs when an adult wishes to pass, should say ‘Good morning’ or ‘Good afternoon’ as appropriate and be ready to offer any help that may be required e.g carrying books and so forth.
• Boys should be reasonably quiet inside the school, especially when waiting for lessons, when they should be preparing the necessary books and beginning to read or work on their own.
• Boys should keep themselves clean and tidy, and observe good standards of personal hygiene. Boys should be reminded when they are not wearing correct school uniform and, if appropriate, a note sent to the parents.
• Boys should care for and respect all school property, as well as their own and other's personal belongings. No boy should go into the desk or locker of another boy.
• Older boys should be able to look after and be responsible for younger boys. Younger boys should respect the older boys. Older boys, especially prefects and house captains, should deserve the respect of younger boys.
• When boys speak to staff, they should use the appellation sir, miss, or the full name and title.
• Boys in the senior school should have the appropriate books on the desks and be ready to start the lesson. At the beginning of the day, they should empty their bags and ensure that everything they are likely to need during the course of the day is in, or on their desks. Musical instruments should be stored tidily in the appropriate place in the music room.
• Boys should always ask permission to leave the classroom during and between lessons.
34 • Boys are not allowed to bring to school games and toys, or items of any value, and if they do, the school accepts no responsibility for their loss or damage. Mobile phones are not allowed to remain with boys during school time and must be left in the school office and collected at the end of the school day. The only money which boys should carry in school is for bus or train fares or for special events eg Book Week, charity or mufti days etc.
• Boys should know when they are allowed in the building and when they should be in the playground. Boys are not to hang back in classrooms and cloakrooms
• Boys are not allowed to bring sweets to school, but they may bring a healthy snack or piece of fruit and a drink (not fizzy) either fruit juice or water, for morning break.
What we would like of parents
Your role in the education of your child remains of crucial importance. The best learning is the result of home and school working together. We need your support: • To provide your son with the optimum conditions for learning by: • (i) Making certain that he comes to school prepared and arrives punctually. (ii) Ensuring that homework is completed. (iii) Avoiding time out of term unless essential. • To come and see us promptly if you are not happy with any school matters, rather than conveying your concern to your son. • To support us on school policy and in areas of behaviour and dress. • To let us know immediately if anything happens at home that might affect your son at school. • To try to help him understand that we have to consider everybody’s best interests and to cope with any disappointments positively. • thus building a partnership involving you, your son and the school.
35 Junior School
Dropping off and collection times The door opens at 8.20am and will close again at 8.35am. Boys should be in school by this time in order to settle and get organised for the day. There will be a member of staff on duty holding a book. Parents are asked to tell the person on duty if there are any special arrangements for their son that day i.e. if their son is staying on for late class, going home with another boy, being collected early to go to the dentist, or anything else you may want passed onto the class teacher.
The school day finishes at the following times:- Reception & Y1 3.30pm Year 2 & Year 3 3.45pm
Parents’ Evenings and Reports Autumn There will be a scheduled Parents’ Evening before half term in the autumn term to discuss settling in.
School reports will be written at the end of term, this will concentrate on Core Subjects (English, Maths, Science and a General Report).
Spring There will be a scheduled Parents’ Evening after half term to discuss progress
Summer School reports will be written after half term relating to all subjects taught. There will be a scheduled Parents’ Evening towards the end of term to discuss overall progress.
Sport Please refer to the Junior School New Parents’ Booklet for all information regarding the above.
36 Senior School
Dropping off and collection times The gate opens at 8.00am and will close again at 8.30am. Boys should be in school by 8.30am in order to line up and go to their classroom for registration.
The school day finishes at 4.15pm but boys may be doing a club which finishes later.
Parents’ Evenings The Senior School Parents’ Evenings take place in the Autumn and Spring Terms. Years 5 and 7 have their parents’ evening in the Autumn Term and Years 4, 6 and 8 have theirs in the Spring term.
Reports School reports are written in the Autumn term for boys whose parents have not had a Parent/Teacher evening i.e. Years 4, 6 and 8 and in the Spring term for Years 5 and 7. All boys have a report in the summer term.
Assessments The following assessments and examinations are taken in the Senior School: Cognitive Abilities Tests: Year 6 – Autumn Term Years 4 and 5 - Spring Term Spelling/reading tests Years 4-7 - Summer Term End of Year Exams Years 4-7 – Summer Term Practice Mock Common Entrance Year 8 – Autumn Term Mock Common Entrance Year 8 - Spring Term Common Entrance Year 8 - Summer Term
Sport Please refer to the intranet where all team sheets are posted. For match cancellations or changes a ClarionCall will be sent. Please check the newsletter for match reports and information about forthcoming fixtures.
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PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF THE FIRST MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY TO FRIDAY 8th MAY 2020
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