SEPTEMBER Michaelmas Term 2019

Please refer to Clarion Call for up to date information on team selection, match cancellations and any other changes. After 11.30am, alterations to matches will be sent via SMS text message and email.

Key ‘P’ – Parents welcome to attend

SEPTEMBER 2019 Sunday 1st 5.00 pm Boarders may return

Monday 2nd Term Begins 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly P 5.40 pm Whole School & Parents BBQ

Tuesday 3rd 3.10 pm Elite Sports Coaching: Rugby Training Team

Wednesday 4th

Thursday 5th P 8.30 am New Parents’ Coffee Morning with Parent Buddies 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games & Performing Arts begins 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme begins

10 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk SEPTEMBER

Friday 6th 8.30 am House Meetings 12.00 Area Sport and Fixtures Meeting 3.10 pm House Tug of War

Saturday 7th Saturday School & Activity Afternoon Years 5-8 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme

Sunday 8th Weekend Boarding Programme

Monday 9th Whole School House Maths Challenge Week Music Lessons begin 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly P 6.00 pm Pre-Prep Curriculum Evening

Tuesday 10th P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group commences

Wednesday 11th P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st XII v School (H) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby 2nd XII v South Lee School & (H) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A and B v South Lee & Culford School (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st and 2nd VII v South Lee School and Moreton Hall School (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey U11A and B v South Lee School (A)

Thursday 12th 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games & Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme P 6.00 pm Curriculum Evening for Parents in Years 3-8 P 7.00 pm Parents’ Drinks Reception

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 11 SEPTEMBER

Friday 13th 8.30 am Celebration Assembly P 2.15 pm Boys U9 A, B and C Hockey v South Lee School (H) P 2.15 pm Girls’ U9 A and B v South Lee School (H) 3.30 pm Home Weekend begins P 3.45 pm Friends Dog Show & Cake Sale

Saturday 14th Home Weekend

Sunday 15th Home Weekend

Monday 16th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly

Tuesday 17th Uppingham Pre-test day P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group

Wednesday 18th P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st XII & 2nd XII v Holmwood House School (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A, U10A & B v Holmwood House School (A) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 2nd VII v Holmwood House School (H) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U11A v Holmwood House School (H) P 3.10 pm Girls’ Hockey U11B & C v Holmwood House School (H) P 3.10 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st VII v (H) 6.30 pm Visiting Concert Evening: The Leys

Thursday 19th 9.00 am Years 6 & 7 Author Visit: David Long 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games & Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme

12 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk SEPTEMBER

Friday 20th 8.30 am House Meetings 9.00 am All Year Groups: E-Safety Day with Karl Hopwood P 5.00 pm E –Safety Seminar for Parents P 2.00 pm U9 Boys’ Hockey U9 A, B & C v The Abbey and Framlingham Prep School (H) P 2.00 pm U9 Girls’ House Matches

Saturday 21st P 9.00 am Senior School Surgery: – Andrew Shedden Registrar Saturday School & Activity Afternoon Years 5-8 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme

Sunday 22nd Weekend Boarding Programme

Monday 23rd Internal Lesson Observation Week begins. 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly 2.00-4.00 pm Elite Sports Coaching: Darrel Cassidy – Head of Hockey at The Leys

Tuesday 24th Reception BIG DAY IN! P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group

Wednesday 25th 9.00 am Nursery trip to Hollow Trees Farm P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v (A) P 1.45 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 Tournament at (A) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey U11B & C v St Felix School (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st XII & 2nd XII v The Leys School (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11 A & B & U10A & B v Langley Prep School at Taverham Hall School (A)

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 13 SEPTEMBER

Thursday 26th 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games and Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme

Friday 27th 8.30 am Celebration Assembly P 2.30 pm Pre-Prep Macmillan Coffee Afternoon P 2.00 pm Boys’ Hockey U9 A, B & C v Framlingham Prep School (A) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Netball U9 A, B & C v Framlingham Prep School (A) 3.30 pm Whole School Exeat begins

Saturday 28th Whole School Exeat

Sunday 29th Whole School Exeat 7.00 pm Boarders may return

Monday 30th P 8.30 am Huddl Parent Talk: Friendship Groups & Bullying 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly P 1.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U13 County Hockey finals at Rushmere Sports Centre (A)

14 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk OCTOBER

OCTOBER 2019

Tuesday 1st P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group 9.00 am Year 4 History Trip to Colchester Castle 6.30 pm Headmaster’s Supper: Group 1

Wednesday 2nd P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U12 v Framlingham Prep School (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A & B v Framlingham Prep School (A) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U10A & B v Framlingham Prep & Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School (A) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v Framlingham Prep School (A) P 2.30 pm U11A, B & C Girls’ Hockey v Prep School (A)

Thursday 3rd 8.45 am Years 1 & 2 Layer Marney Towers Visit 3.10 pm Years 3-8 Inter House Cross Country (H)

Friday 4th 8.30 am House Meetings

Saturday 5th Saturday School & Activity afternoon Years 5-8 10.00 am Open Morning P 12.00 noon OBH 7’S Hockey & Rugby 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme

Sunday 6th Weekend Boarding Programme

Monday 7th 9.00 am Year 5-8 Anglian Water Challenge at OBH P 1.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 County Hockey finals at Rushmere Sports Centre (A) 6.30 pm World of Work - Tamara Hunt: Design, Communication & Business Development – Co-founder of Fanny’s Your Aunt

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 15 OCTOBER

Tuesday 8th Oakham School Prep Schools’ Music Day P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group 9.00 am Years 5-8 Anglian Water Challenge at OBH 6.30 pm Headmaster’s Supper: Group 2

Wednesday 9th P 2.00 pm Girls’ U11A Hockey Festival at Culford School (A) P 2.00 pm Boys’ U11A & B v St John’s School (H) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st XII v Barnardiston Hall & St Felix School (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School (A)

Thursday 10th P 10.00 am U13 & U12 Cross Country team at 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games and Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme P 5.00 pm Year 5 Form Teacher Parents’ Meeting

Friday 11th P 8.30 am Pre-Prep Harvest Festival for Whole School: Britten Hall with Rev. Donna Gibbs P 1.45 pm Boys’ Hockey U9 A & B at Framlingham Prep School (A) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Hockey U9 C Hockey v and Framlingham Prep School (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Netball U9 A, B & C v Orwell Park School (H) P 3.30 pm Informal Concert: Old Gym 4.15 pm Academic staff meeting 3.30 pm Home Weekend begins

Saturday 12th Home Weekend

Sunday 13th Home Weekend

16 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk OCTOBER

Monday 14th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly 12.45 pm School Council Meeting 6.30 pm Academic Enrichment Programme: Mike Thompson Head of Science

Tuesday 15th P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group P 4.00 pm Year 3 & 4 Parents’ Meetings

Wednesday 16th P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st & 2nd XII v Orwell Park School (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A & B &U10 A & B Rugby v Orwell Park School (A Quadrangular) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 2nd VII v Orwell Park School (H) P 1.00 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st VII at IAPS tournament at St Faith’s School Cambridge P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 A, B & C v Orwell Park School (A Quadrangular)

Thursday 17th 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games and Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme 6.00 pm Prefects Supper

Friday 18th Mars House Charity Day 8.30 am Celebration Assembly P 9.00 am -12 Noon Pre-Prep Drop-in Morning 3.30 pm HALF TERM BEGINS

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 17 NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 2019

Sunday 3rd 7.00 pm Boarders Return

Monday 4th Term begins Whole School House Maths Challenge Week 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly

Tuesday 5th P 10.00am Baby & Toddler Group

Wednesday 6th P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U11 A & B v Finborough School (A) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U10 A v Finborough School (A) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U10B v Brookes Cambridge (A) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 A & B v Finborough School (H) P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st & 2nd XII v (A) P 2.45 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v High School (H) 6.30 pm Visiting Music Programme: Uppingham School

Thursday 7th 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme

Friday 8th P 8.30 - 9.30 am Pre-Prep Parents’ Activity Morning 8.30 am House Meetings P 2.00 pm U9 Boys’ Hockey U9 A, B & C v The Abbey School (A) P 2.00 pm Girls’ U9 Hockey Training afternoon with St Felix (H) 3.30 pm Informal Concert: Old Gym

18 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk NOVEMBER

Saturday 9th Independent Schools Show Battersea Saturday School & Activity afternoon Years 5-8 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme P 6.00 pm Bonfire Night

Sunday 10th Weekend Boarding Programme Independent Schools Show Battersea

Monday 11th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly 9.30 am Year 5 Girls’ Inter-School STEM Olympiad at OBH P 11.00 am Remembrance Service at OBH P 3.50 pm - 5.30 pm Pre-Prep Parents’ Evening

Tuesday 12th Primary Maths Challenge Years 5 & 6 P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group 3.50 pm - 5.30 pm Pre-Prep Parents’ Evening

Wednesday 13th Year 5 Royal Hospital School - Sing Up Suffolk! (A) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A v Brookes Cambridge & Moreton Hall (A at Brookes) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11B & U10B v Framlingham Prep (A) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U10A v St Felix School (A) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 A, B & C v Framlingham Prep (A) P 2.45 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st XII 2nd VII & 3rd VII v St John’s College School Cambridge (H) P 2.45 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v St John’s College School Cambridge (H)

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 19 NOVEMBER

Thursday 14th 9.15 am Great Blakenham Recycling Centre: Year 7 3.10 pm Autumn Concert Rehearsals P 6.30 pm Autumn Concert - West End!

Friday 15th Mercury House Charity Day - Children in Need 8.30 am Mercury House & Celebration Assembly 9.15 am Great Blakenham Recycling Centre: Year 7 3.30 pm Home Weekend

Saturday 16th Home Weekend

Sunday 17th Home Weekend

Monday 18th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly 6.30 pm World of Work: Terry Devine-King – The Music Industry

Tuesday 19th Year 8 Mock Common Entrance & Scholarship Exams P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group

Wednesday 20th Year 8 Mock Common Entrance & Scholarship Exams P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st and 2nd XII v Culford Prep School (A) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby U11 A & B & U10 A v Culford Prep School (H) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v Culford Prep School (A) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey U11 A & B v Culford Prep School & St John’s College School Cambridge (H)

Thursday 21st Year 8 Mock Common Entrance & Scholarship Exams 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme

20 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk NOVEMBER

Friday 22nd Year 8 Mock Common Entrance & Scholarship Exams 8.30 am House Meetings 9.00 am Governors Meeting 12.00 noon Year 8 Mock Common Entrance finishes P 2.00 pm Boys’ Hockey U9 A, B, & C v Culford School (A) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Netball U9 A, B & C v Culford School (A)

Saturday 23rd P 9.00 am Senior School Surgery: The Leys School Saturday School & Activity afternoon Years 5-8 P 3.30 pm Saturday Dance Group Performance – Dance Studio 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme

Sunday 24th 4.00 pm Weekend Boarding Programme

Monday 25th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly 6.30 pm Academic Enrichment Programme: Oundle School

Tuesday 26th P 10.00 am Baby & Toddler Group 3.10 pm Dress Rehearsal for Years 5 & 6 Production 6.30 pm Headmaster’s Supper: Group 1

Wednesday 27th 2.00 pm Year 3 visit Maynard Apples P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U11A & B & U10 A & B Rugby v Ipswich Prep (H) P 2.30 pm Boys’ Rugby 1st & 2nd XII v Finborough School (A) P 2.30 pm Girls’ Hockey 1st & 2nd VII v Woodbridge School (H) P 1.45 pm Girls’ Hockey U11A v Moreton Hall and St Felix School (H)

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 21 NOVEMBER

Thursday 28th 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme P 6.30 pm Years 5 & 6 Production

Friday 29th 8.30 am Celebration Assembly P 2.00 pm Boys’ Hockey U9 A, B & C v Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Netball U9 A, B & C v Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School (H) P 3.30 pm Informal Concert Old Gym 4.15 pm Academic staff meeting 3.30 pm Whole School Exeat begins

Saturday 30th P Cross Country Round 2 at Ipswich High School (if qualified) (A) Whole School Exeat

22 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk DECEMBER

DECEMBER 2019

Sunday 1st Whole School Exeat 7.00 pm Boarders may return

Monday 2nd 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly P 5.40 pm Lighting of the Christmas Tree with Carols P 6.30 pm Year 8 Parents’ Meeting

Tuesday 3rd 9.00 am Reception – Year 6 Flu immunisations, Suffolk Imms Team 6.30 pm Headmaster’s Supper: Group 2

Wednesday 4th 10.30 am Nursery Nativity Dress Rehearsal 2.00 pm Pre-Prep Visit to New Wolsey Studio for Arthur’s Dreamboat P 2.00 pm Boys’ Rugby U13 & U11 House Matches (H) P 2.00 pm Girls’ Hockey U13 &U11 House Matches (H)

Thursday 5th 10.30 am Pre-Prep Nativity Dress Rehearsal P 2.30 pm Nursery Nativity ‘Away in a Manger’ 3.10 pm Years 5-8 Alternative Games & Performing Arts 3.10 pm Years 3 & 4 Activity Programme

Friday 6th 8.30 am House Meetings P 1.30 pm Pre-Prep Nativity ‘Oh no it isn’t!’: Old Gym P 2.00 pm Friends Christmas Fair

OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk 23 DECEMBER

Saturday 7th Saturday School for Years 5-8 12 noon OBH Society lunch P 1.30 pm U13 & U11 Girls’ Hockey Pupils v Parents (H) P 1.30 pm U13 & U11 Boys’ Football v Parents (H) Open Boarding Weekend

Sunday 8th Open Boarding Weekend

Monday 9th 9.00 am Headmaster’s Assembly Individual School Photographs and Team Photos 6.00 pm Prefects Supper

Tuesday 10th 11.00 am The Suffolk Hunt 12.45 pm School Council Meeting P 2.30 pm Pre-Prep Christingle Service at Brettenham Church

Wednesday 11th 2.00 pm House Quiz Competition Years 3-8

Thursday 12th 9.00 am Carol Service Rehearsal 3.10 pm Years 3-8 House Merchant Men 6.00 pm Boarders’ Fireside Evening

Friday 13th 12 noon Final School Assembly 12.45 pm Whole School Christmas lunch P 4.00 pm Carol Service Lavenham Church End of Term

24 OLD BUCKENHAM HALL Tel: 01449 740252 | www.obh.co.uk