CALENDAR • autumn 2017 TERM DATES 2017/2018

AUTUMN TERM 2017

Staff Inset Monday 21st August & Tuesday 22nd August New Pupil Induction Wednesday 23rd August Boarders return Wednesday 23rd August by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Thursday 24th August (Optional) Friday 15th September at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 17th September by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 18th September Kilgraston Open Day Saturday 30th September Half Term Friday 6th October at 4.10pm Staff Inset Monday 23rd October Boarders return Monday 23rd October by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Tuesday 24th October Exeat (Optional) Friday 17th November at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 19th November by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 20th November End of Term Thursday 14th December at 12.30pm Staff Inset Friday 15th December

SPRING TERM 2018

Boarders return Wednesday 3rd January by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Thursday 4th January U5 Preliminary Examinations Wednesday 10th January – Wednesday 17th January Exeat (Optional) Friday 19th January at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 21st January by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 22nd January L6/U6 Preliminary Examinations thursday 25th January – Wednesday 31st January Kilgraston Open Day Saturday 3rd February Scholarship Day Friday 9th February Half Term Friday 9th February at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 18th February by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 19th February Exeat (Optional) Friday 9th March at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 11th March by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 12th March End of Term Wednesday 28th March at 4.10pm Easter Sunday Sunday 1st April

SUMMER TERM 2018

Staff Inset Tuesday 17th April Boarders return Tuesday 17th April by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Wednesday 18th April Exeat (Optional) Friday 4th May at 4.10pm Boarders return Sunday 6th May by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Monday 7th May Kilgraston Spring Fair Sunday 13th May U3-L5 Examinations Week monday 14th to Friday 18th May Half Term Friday 25th May at 4.10pm Boarders return Wednesday 30th May by 6.00pm Day Pupils return Thursday 31st May End of Term and Prize Giving saturday 23rd June CALENDAR notes august Mon 21st New Staff Induction Day/Staff Inset Day Staff Barbecue 16.30 Tues 22nd Staff Inset Day Reception for U6 Parents and Students 18.00 U6 Boarders return to Boarding by 8pm Wed 23rd u6 Briefing for Induction 11.00 New Pupil Induction 14.00 Kilgraston Parents’ Association Welcome 15.30 to New Parents Pre-season Hockey Training Junior 16.30 (U2 upwards and Senior ) Boarders return by 6pm Thur 24th Day Pupils return Whole School Assembly 08.55 Pre-season Hockey Training Junior 16.30 (U2 Upwards and Senior School) Fri 25th mass for Start of School Year 10.00 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition Departs 11.00 Welcome Party for the Sixth Form 20.00 (Day & Boarding) Sat 26th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey Practice: All age groups 08.45 Boarders’ Welcome Party 19.30 Sun 27th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition Returns 16.00 Mon 28th Whole School Assembly 08.55 Tues 29th senior House and All Senior School Sports 10.55 Captains Meeting Wed 30th Assembly: New Girls 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Bridge of Earn Dentist Visit for Gumshields 13.00 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 31st Assembly: Head Girls 08.55 notes September Fri 1st ski Team Trials 16.30 Sat 2nd Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v St Margaret’s School U3, L4 and U4 (A) 07.45 Hockey v St Margaret’s School 1st XI; 09.00 L5 Teams (H) Sun 3rd Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Glenalmond Invitational Hockey Tournament (A) 13.00 Mon 4th Visit from Ann Miller, Sacred Heart Ambassador (until Friday 8th September) Whole School Assembly 08.55 Midland U16 and U18 Hockey Trials at Strathallan 17.00 Junior Years Parents’ Welcome 18.00 Tues 5th Photographer in School (Marketing) Art & Design Gallery Trip 09.00 Wed 6th Photographer in School (Marketing) Whole School Photograph 08.30 Coffee Morning for New Pupils and New 10.55 Staff hosted by Sixth Form Hockey v George Heriot’s U3/L3 A and B (H) 13.45 Thur 7th Assembly: Upper 6th 08.55 U6 Futurewise Early Application Interviews 09.00 L2/U2/L3 School Trip 09.00 Hockey v Dollar Senior A and B 16.15 (minus trialists) (H) Netball L5 v High School of Dundee (A) 16.15 Midland U16 and U18 Hockey Trials at HSD 17.00 Board of Governors’ Meet & Greet with Parents 18.00 Board of Governors’, Trustees & SLT Dinner 19.30 Fri 8th Whole School Integration Day National Youth Pilgrimage to Iona (8th - 10th September) Inter House Speech Making 16.30 notes Ski Training 16.30 L6 Social at Merchiston 16.30 L5 Social at Kilgraston 19.15 Sat 9th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v Morrison’s Academy 08.00 L5, U4, L4 and U3/L3Team (A) Hockey v Morrison’s Academy 08.45 1st XI and 2nd XI Seniors (H) Sun 10th Unison World School Exchange Group Arrive Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Mon 11th Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior Inter House Hockey 16.30 Tues 12th midland L5 Outdoor Hockey Tournament 13.00 at High School of Dundee (A) Finance Committee Meeting 18.00 Wed 13th Junior Years Hockey Tour to Glasgow 08.00 Departs (U3 and L3) Assembly: UWS Teachers 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Diocese of Dunkeld Sixth Form Conference 09.00 Hockey v Belhaven Hill U13 12.30 (2 teams (H)) Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 14th Assembly: Lower 6th 08.55 U3 St. Andrews Trip 09.05 Hockey v Glenalmond Senior A 16:15 5.30 pm and B 4.30 pm (H) Fri 15th Higher Geography Assignment Data Collection Trip 09.00 Kinnoull Hot Chocolate Morning 10.55 Exeat (Optional) begins at 4.10pm Junior Years Hockey Tour to Glasgow Returns 18.00 Sat 16th Exeat (Optional) Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Training 09.30 Expedition Departs Mass 10.00 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Training 16.00 notes Expedition Returns Sun 17th Exeat (Optional) Boarders Return by 6pm Mon 18th Whole School Assembly 08.55 Tues 19th Governance Sub Committee Meeting 19.00 Wed 20th Assembly: UWS Girls 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Hockey v St Mary’s Melrose U13A and U11 (A) 12:30 Staff Meeting 16:15 Thur 21st Assembly: Farewell to UWS 08.55 L5 Geography Assignment Data Collection Trip 09.00 Swimming Gala GSA at Mary Erskine (A) 13:00 Fri 22nd Kilgraston ‘Old Girls’ Reunion in Glasgow Futurewise Launch 09:15 Junior Years ‘My Family’ Morning 10.00 Arran Coffee Morning 10:55 Ski Training 16.30 U5 Movie Night 17.30 U4 Social at Kilgraston 19.00 Sat 23rd Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v St Leonards 2nd XI 08:10 9.30am and L5 Teams 10.30am (A) Hockey v High School Dundee U4, 08:45 L4 and U3 Teams (H) Dundee and Edinburgh Open Days 09:00 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Assessment 09.30 Expedition Departs Sun 24th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Concert at Holy Name Church, Oakley 14.00 Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Assessment 16.00 Expedition Returns Mon 25th Unison World School Exchange Group Depart Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior Indoor Hockey Training 13:05 notes Tues 26th European Day of Languages Wed 27th Assembly 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08:55 Rec/L1/U1 Class Trip 09:30 Hockey U12 v St Leonards and 13:45 Craigclowan plus U11B v St Leonards only (H) Staff Meeting 16:15 Thur 28th Assembly: Arran House 08.55 Health & Safety Meeting 13:00 Whole School Cross Country Event 16:45 Fri 29th Visit by GB Olympian, Stephanie Inglis U5 Futurewise Profiling 09.00 Inchcolm Coffee Morning 10.55 L4 Curriculum Evening 16.30 Ski Training 16.30 U6 Social at Merchiston 18.30 U5 Social at Kilgraston 19.15 Sat 30th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Scottish Hockey U16 and U18 08.00 Inter District Competition in Glasgow Hockey v St George’s School L4 08.45 and U3 x 2 Teams (H) Kilgraston Open Day 11.00 october Sun 1st Boarders’ Weekend Activities Scottish Hockey U16 and U18 08.00

Inter District Competition in Glasgow Interschool Hunter Equestrian Trials 09.00 Mass 10.00 Mon 2nd Whole School Assembly 08.55 WOSPS Hockey Trials at Kilgraston 13.00 Senior Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Rec-U3 Parents’ Evening 16.30 Tues 3rd Rec-U3 Parents’ Evening 16.30 Wed 4th Assembly 08.55 notes Junior Years Harvest Festival Service 09.00 Hockey v Loretto U13 13.45 Staff Meeting 16.15 Music Trip to ‘Hairspray’, Glasgow 17.00 Thur 5th Tempest Photographer In School Assembly: Upper 5th 09.05 Hockey v Strathallan 1st XI and 2nd XI (A) 16.15 Hockey v Strathallan U14 and U15 (H) 16.15 Fri 6th Cultural Tour to and Peloponnese Departs Half term begins at 4.10pm 16.10 Mon 9th Kilgraston Exchange Group to Unison World School, India Departs Fri 13th Cultural Tour to Athens and Peloponnese Returns Sat 14th Hockey tour to Amsterdam, Holland Departs 04.00 Tues 17th Hockey tour to Amsterdam, Holland Returns 16.40 Sun 22nd Kilgraston Exchange Group to Unison World School, India Returns Mon 23rd Staff Inset Day L6/U6 Parents’ Evening 16.30 Boarders return by 6pm Tues 24th Day Pupils return Whole School Assembly 08.55 Board of Trustees & Governors’ AGM 18.00 Board of Governors’ Meeting 19.00 Wed 25th Assembly 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 26th Assembly: Lower 5th 08.55 Drama Theatre Trip to Theatre, Edinburgh 18.00 Fri 27th WOW Schools’ Day 09.00 Ski Training 16.30 L5 Social at Merchiston 18.30 Sixth Form Society Evening at Kilgraston 19.00 notes Sat 28th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v High School of Dundee 1st XI 9.30am 08.15 and 2nd XI 10.30am and L5 game 11.30am (A) Sun 29th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Mon 30th U5 Futurewise Feedback Interviews Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Tues 31st U5 Futurewise Feedback Interviews Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 November Wed 1st U5 Futurewise Feedback Interviews Assembly: India Group 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Mass for Feast of All Saints 10.00 Fettes Hockey Tournament U13 (A) 11.30 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 2nd U5 Futurewise Feedback Interviews Assembly: Upper 4th 8.55 Health & Safety Meeting 13.00 U13 and U11 Invitational Swimming Gala (H) 14.00 Hockey v Glenalmond U15 16.10 6.00pm and U14 5.00pm (A) International Evening 17.00 Fri 3rd ski Training 16.30 Highland Ball Practice at Merchiston (U5) 18.30 L6/U6 Social at Merchiston 18.30 Sat 4th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v St George’s School L5, U4 07.45 and L4 8 a-side (Edinburgh 9.00,10.00 and 11.00am) Hockey v St George’s School 1st XI and 2nd XI 08.45 (at Kilgraston 9.30am and 10.30am) Sun 5th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Mon 6th Whole School Assembly 08.55 notes Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Tues 7th UKMT Senior Maths Challenge Midland Senior Hockey Tournament 13.00 at Strathallan (A) Heath & Safety Meeting 13.05 Wed 8th Remembrance Assembly 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Hockey v St Leonards Junior School 13.15 U12 and U10 (A) Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 9th Assembly: Lower 4th 08.55 Staff v Pupils Hockey Match 16.30 Highland Ball Practice at Merchiston (U5) 18.30 Fri 10th Remembrance Service 10.50 St Cecilia’s Concert 19.00 Sat 11th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Senior Hockey Practice L4-U6 09.00 Hockey v Compass School U3 and L3A 09.45 and B (H) 10.30am Sun 12th Remembrance Sunday Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Mon 13th Assembly for Anti-Bullying Week 08.55 Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Wed 15th Assembly: Lily Procession 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Hockey v Cargilfield Under 11A and B 13.15 6 a-side (A) Hockey v Cargilfield Under 13A and B (H) 13.45 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 16th Assembly: Inchcolm House 08.55 Hockey v Glenalmond Senior A 6.00pm 16.15 and B 5.00pm (A) Fri 17th st Rose Philippine Duchesne Mass 10.00 notes Junior Years Pupil Led Parents’ Afternoon 14.30 Sixth Form Information Evening for 16.30 U5 with Inspiring Futures Exeat (Optional) begins at 4.10pm Sat 18th Exeat (Optional) Feast Day of St Rose Philippine Duchesne Sun 19th Exeat (Optional) Boarders return by 6pm Mon 20th Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Tues 21st Finance Committee Meeting 18.00 Wed 22nd Assembly: Hymn Practice for Lily Procession 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 WOSPS v Dandylions Hockey 11.00 Hockey v Fettes U13B and U11A (A) 13.00 Staff Meeting 16.15 Senior Inter House Netball 16.15 Thur 23rd Assembly: Upper 6th 08.55 Hockey v Craigclowan U11 (H) 16.15 Fri 24th Rec - U3 St Andrew’s Day Party 14.00 Ski Training 16.30 U3, L4 and U4 St Andrew’s Day Ceilidh 18.00 Sat 25th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Hockey v MES 1st XI (H) 08.45 Hockey v Dollar L5, U4 and L4 Teams (A) 09.00 (10.30am start requested) Merchiston Highland Ball 18.30 Sun 26th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Mon 27th Cambridge FCE Speaking Tests (Edinburgh) Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Tues 28th Cambridge FCE Exams (Edinburgh) Wed 29th sixth Form Society Careers Breakfast 07.45 Assembly: Hymn Practice for Lily Procession 08.55 notes Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Hockey v Ardvreck U13 and U11A (H) 13.45 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 30th Assembly: Lower 6th 08.55 Senior Indoor Hockey Training 16.30 December Fri 1st moncreiffe Hot Chocolate Morning 10.55 L5 Parents’ Evening 16.30 Ski Training 16.30 U4 Social at Merchiston 18.00 Sat 2nd Boarders’ Weekend Activities IELTS Exams Midland Senior Indoor Hockey Tournament at 08.00 High School of Dundee (A) Sun 3rd Boarders’ Weekend Activities Mass 10.00 Lily Procession 16.00 Mon 4th Whole School Assembly 08.55 Senior and U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 Invitational Netball Tournament (Perth Schools) 13.05 Tues 5th Foundation Meeting 17.00 Board of Governors’ Meeting 18.00 Wed 6th Assembly: Our Lady of Guadalupe 08.55 Junior Years Assembly 08.55 Staff Meeting 16.15 Thur 7th Kilgraston ‘Old Girls’ Reunion in London Assembly: Hymn Practice 08.55 Junior Years Outing to ‘The Arabian Nights’ 13.30 at the Lyceum Theatre Fri 8th midland Indoor Hockey Training - selection only 18.00 Kilgraston Christmas Concert 19.00 Sat 9th Boarders’ Weekend Activities Senior Indoor House Hockey 09.00 Sun 10th Boarders’ Weekend Activities notes Mass 10.00 Boarders’ Christmas Party 18.00 Mon 11th Assembly: Hymn Practice 08.55 Junior Years Christmas Lunch 12.00 U15 Indoor Hockey Training 13.05 U11 Interhouse Netball 14.15 Mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 15.00 L4 and U3 Interhouse Netball 16.30 Moncreiffe Winter Wonderland 17.00 Advent Service 19.00 Tues 12th Christmas Jumper Day Moncreiffe Care Home Nativity 09.30 Senior School Christmas Lunch 12.00 House Music Competition 14.15 House Art Competition 14.15 Christmas Wishing 19.15 Wed 13th Achievement Assembly 08.55 Year Group Outings 11.00 Thur 14th Junior Years Nativity and Carol Service 09.30 Senior School Carol Service 11.30 Christmas Holidays begin at 12.30pm Staff Inset Afternoon 13.30 Fri 15th Staff Inset Morning 09.30 Staff Christmas Drinks & Lunch 12.30

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LUNCH TIMES: Nursery: 12.30pm • Reception-U2: 12.55pm • L3: 1.00pm • U3-U6: 1.10pm Kilgraston, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire PH2 9BQ Tel: 01738 812257/812973. Fax: 01738 813410 email: [email protected] www.kilgraston.com

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