Week before the start of term
MONDAY 15 APRIL
TUESDAY 16 APRIL
WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
Week before the start of term
THURSDAY 18 APRIL Horse Riding: NSEA County Championships Show Jumping (Bury Farm) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Wellington College (H)
FRIDAY 19 APRIL GOOD FRIDAY Horse Riding: NSEA County Championships Show Jumping (Bury Farm) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Hampshire Academy (H)
SATURDAY 20 APRIL EASTER SATURDAY Horse Riding: NSEA County Championships Show Jumping (Bury Farm)
SUNDAY 21 APRIL EASTER SUNDAY BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Week 1 Duty Team: A
MONDAY 22 APRIL EASTER MONDAY 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v St Paul’s School (H) 12.30 pm Cricket: U14A v Pure Academy (H)
TUESDAY 23 APRIL ST GEORGE'S DAY 8.45 am Medical Centre opens STAFF INSET (see separate programme) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Abingdon (A) 11.30 am Cricket: U15A & U15B v Abingdon (H) 8.00 pm Term begins
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL SUMMER ROUTINE LVI TRIAL EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (OLD GYM) 8.30 am Faulkner’s and Shell Stevens Scholars’ Enrichment Morning (Warden’s Room) 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 6.30 pm Scholars’ Showcase Concert: Dress Rehearsal (Music School) 7.30 pm Whole School Service and Handshaking: Headmaster/Chaplain (Greek Theatre)
Week 1 Duty Team: A
THURSDAY 25 APRIL ANZAC DAY 2.00 pm Golf: Inter-House Tournament (H) 4.15 pm Girls’ Athletics: Reading & District Schools (Palmer Park) 4.30 pm SMT Meeting (Q2) 6.00 pm House-on-the-Hill G Upper Sixth Leavers’ Event (off site) 7.00 pm House Music Reps Meeting (MUE) 8.00 pm Palmer House Upper Sixth Leaver’s Event (off site)
FRIDAY 26 APRIL IBDP Teacher Workshop for English Language and Literature (Warden’s Room) (all day) 8.10 am Shell and Fifth Form Assembly (Chapel): Headmaster 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Stevens House (SCR Bar) 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: The Revd Jules Gadsby, Rector of Bradfield (D, G, H, J & K) (no LVI) 7.30 pm Scholars’ Showcase Concert (Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford) (leave out 12 noon)
SATURDAY 27 APRIL IBDP Teacher Workshop for English Language and Literature (H4) (all day) 8.10 am Upper Sixth Assembly (Chapel): Headmaster 10.00 am Tours for Prospective Faulkner’s Pupils 11.15am UVI and LVI Athena Lecture: Sarah Miles (Music School) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Stowe (A) Cricket: 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U14A, B, C & D v Stowe (H) Cricket: U16A & B, U15A, B & C v Stowe (A) Boys’ Tennis: 2nd VI, U16B & C, U15B & C, U14B & C v Wellington College (A) Boys’ Tennis: ISL Seniors v Eton College (A) Boys’ Tennis: ISL Juniors (H) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U16A, U14A, B & C v Wellington College (H) Girls’ Tennis: U15A, B & C v Wellington College (A) Girls’ Athletics: Marlborough College (A) Golf: Bradfield College Girls v Berkshire Girls (H) Shooting: Sawyer Cup (Bisley) 2.00 pm CCF: Army Section Training Weekend begins (selected Cadets only) (Bradfield College) 7.30 pm Armstrong House Dinner (Warden's Room and Dining Hall) SUNDAY 28 APRIL 9.00 am UVI Biology Mathematics Skills Revision Day (Science 11) 9.30 am Bradfield Society: Give It Your Max Tennis (Clay Courts) 10.30 am Cricket: 1st XI HMC T20 (H) 2.00 pm Bradfield Society: Family Foursomes Golf (Bradfield College Golf Course) 6.00 pm CCF: Army Section Training Weekend ends (selected Cadets only) (Bradfield College)
Week 2 Duty Team: B
MONDAY 29 APRIL ‘Attitude to Learning’ Week – Think Creatively Music Award Holders’ Review Week 8.10 am Faulkner's Assembly (Chapel): Charlie Ward (UVI – I House): The Environment 10.30 am IBDP UVI Pupil Examination Briefing (compulsory) (Warden’s Room) 12.55 pm Stem@lunch (Science 9) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Loyd House; House-on-the-Hill D; The Close (SCR Dining Room); Stanley House 3.30 pm Health & Safety Executive Committee Meeting (College Office) 4.30 pm E-Safety Meeting (Warden’s Room) 4.30 pm Academic Committee Meeting (Q2)
TUESDAY 30 APRIL ‘Attitude to Learning’ Week – Help Yourself LVI TRIAL EXAMINATIONS END Geography: UVI A Level Geographers Revision Trip to South Coast (all day) GCSE Art Examination (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: House-on-the-Hill D (C, D, I & M) 8.30 am Estates Committee Meeting (Warden's Room) 1.00 pm A Level French and Spanish Mock Orals (Cheltenham College) 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Palmer House (SCR Dining Room) 2.00 pm English GCSE Coursework Moderation 2.15 pm Cricket: House Colts Round 1 3.00 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI, 2nd XI v Marlborough College (A) 4.00 pm Boys’ Tennis: LTA National Schools Competition (Wellington College & Reading Blue Coat School Triangular) (H) 4.15 pm Boys’ Athletics: Reading & District Schools (Palmer Park) 8.00 pm Pastoral Visit: Faulkner’s Boys 8.30 pm Debating: Plate Final (Music School)
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY ‘Attitude to Learning’ Week – Reflect and Respond GCSE Art Examination (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Stevens House (A, E, F & K) 10.45 am Matron Fire Training (Warden’s Room) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Stone House; Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 4.30 pm HoCC Committee Meeting (New Dining Room) 7.30 pm Co-Curricular Lecture: ‘The Saracen’s Way’ by Mr Will Fraser (Music School)
Week 2 Duty Team: B
THURSDAY 2 MAY IBDP EXAMINATIONS BEGIN (see separate notice) GCSE Design and Photography Examinations (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (G, H & J) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Butterflies (H) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Army House (SCR Bar) 2.15 pm Cricket: Girls’ U15A County Cup (H) 2.15 pm Golf: Juniors v Daneshill School & Lord Wandsworth College (H) 3.00 pm Cricket: U15A & U14A v Harrow (A) 4.15 pm Girls’ Athletics: Reading & District Schools (Palmer Park) 6.00 pm Chess Match: SCR v Pupils (Warden’s Room) 7.15 pm Minerva Lecture (Geography): “Development in Africa” by Mr Simon Harford (Music School) 8.15 pm Bradfield College Dance Show (Big School) FRIDAY 3 MAY ‘Attitude to Learning’ Week – Review GCSE Design and Photography Examinations (all day) 8.10 am Shell and Fifth Form Assembly (Chapel): Charlie Ward (UVI – I House): The Environment 8.30 am A Level PE Moderation 8.30 am Spanish: A Level Oral Examinations (MFL) 12.30 pm SMT Meeting (Headmaster’s Office) 2.00 pm DSL Meeting (Pastoral Office) 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: Rev Neil Jeffers, Chaplain Pangbourne College (A, C, E, F, I & M) (no Fifth Form) 7.30 pm Stone House Upper Sixth Leavers’ Event (off site) 7.30 pm Armstrong House Upper Sixth Leaver’s Event (off site) 8.15 pm Bradfield College Dance Show (Big School) 8.30 pm Debating Society Dinner (Warden’s Room) SATURDAY 4 MAY 8.10 am Sixth Form Assembly (Chapel): Charlie Ward (UVI – I House): The Environment 10.00 am Tours for Prospective Faulkner’s Pupils Cricket: 1st XI, 3rd XI, U15A, B & C, U14C v St Edward’s Oxford (H) Cricket: 2nd XI, U16A & B, U14A, B & D v St Edward’s Oxford (A) Cricket: Girls’ U15A v St Edward’s Oxford (H) Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A & B, U14A & B v Cranleigh (H) Boys’ Tennis: U16A & B v Magdalen College School (H) Boys’ Tennis: U15C & U14C v Dulwich (H) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A & B, U14A & B v Cranleigh (A) Girls’ Tennis: U16B, U15C, U14C (2 pairs) v Churcher’s College (A) Shooting: LMRA Cadet Championships (Bisley) 7.30 pm House-on-the-Hill G Dinner (Warden's Room and Dining Hall) SUNDAY 5 MAY 2.00 pm Film Afternoon (Stunt Pavilion)
Week 3 Duty Team: C
MONDAY 6 MAY BANK HOLIDAY (NORMAL SUNDAY ROUTINE) RAMADAN begins 8.00 pm All pupils return to College
TUESDAY 7 MAY 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr A A Logan (C, D, I & M) 8.30 am French: A Level Oral Examinations (MFL) 1.30 pm GCSE PE Moderation (Sports Hall & Pitches) 1.30 pm Lunchtime Concert (Music School) 1.45 pm Admissions Interviews for Faulkner’s Entry 2021 (Stunt Pavilion) 2.00 pm Boys and Girls’ Tennis: Inter-House Tennis Tournament (H) 2.15 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI & U15A v Wellington College (H) 2.15 pm Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Training at Palmer Park 2.15 pm Golf: 1st v Winchester College (Hockley G.C.) 2.30 pm Golf: Bradfield College Girls v the Club (H) 2.30 pm Pupil Welfare Committee Meeting (Warden’s Room) 3.00 pm Cricket: U17A v Worth (A) 3.45 pm LVI English Literature Trip to “Ibsen” (Duke of York Theatre, London) (return 11.45pm) 4.15 pm Boys’ Athletics: Reading & District Schools (Palmer Park) 4.30 pm HoDs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 5.30 pm LVI Stevens Scholars: ‘Escape Room’ Scenario (H1)
WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr A A Logan (A, E, F & K) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Q2 & Q3) 4.30 pm Shell Examination Card and UVI Leavers' Portrait Photographs (Warden's Room) 4.30 pm Chapel Choir, Music Group and UVI Leavers' Group Photograph (Quad and Music School) followed by Bradfield Society UVI Leavers' Reception (Quad) 4.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: LTA National Schools Competition v Downe House (H) 4.45 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Downe House (H) 6.00 pm IBDP LVI Pupil Forum (Stunt Pavilion) 8.30 pm Debating: Inter-House Speed Debate (Music School) Week 3 Duty Team: C
THURSDAY 9 MAY 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr A A Logan (G, H & J) 2.15 pm Golf: 1st v Radley College (Frilford Heath G.C.) 2.15 pm Golf: Juniors v Marlborough College & Winchester College (H) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Charterhouse (H) 2.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v St John’s Leatherhead (A) 3.00 pm Cricket: 1st XI, U15A, B & C, U14A & B v Winchester College (H) 3.00 pm Cricket: 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U16A & B, U14C & D v Winchester College (A) 4.15 pm Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Reading & District Schools Finals (Palmer Park) 8.30 pm Open Book Society (Stunt Pavilion) FRIDAY 10 MAY Deadline: Entries for Blackie, Denning and Richard Adams Prizes 8.10 am Shell and Fifth Form Assembly (Chapel): Mr C M Best 10.00 am Boys and Girls’ Athletics: U17 & U15 District Championships (Palmer Park) 12.30 pm SMT Meeting (Q2) 4.30 pm Girls’ Swimming: Inter-House Swimming Competition 6.00 pm Jazz Band Performance at Ashampstead Garden Party 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: Rev Stephen Pullin (D, G, H, J & K) (no Fifth Form) 7.30 pm Army House Upper Sixth Leavers' Dinner (Warden's Room) SATURDAY 11 MAY Palmer House Fifth Form Academic Weekend Royal Windsor Horse Show 2019 8.10 am Sixth Form Assembly (Chapel): Mr C M Best 9.00 am Confirmation Retreat (Douai Abbey) (all Confirmands) 10.00 am Tours for Prospective Faulkner’s Pupils 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Magdalen College School (A) Cricket: 2nd, U16A, U15A, B & C v Magdalen College School (H) Cricket: 3rd XI, U14A & B v Magdalen College School (A) Cricket: Girls’ U15A v Downe House (H) Boys’ Tennis: 2nd & 3rd VI, U15B & C, U14B & C v Magdalen College School (A) Boys’ Tennis: ISL Seniors (venue TBC) Boys’ Tennis: ISL Juniors (venue TBC) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C v Queen Anne’s School (H) Girls’ Tennis: U14A, B & C v Queen Anne’s School (A) Shooting: Surrey RA Cadet Championships (Bisley) 7.30 pm The Close House Dinner (Warden's Room and Dining Hall) SUNDAY 12 MAY BUDDHA DAY Palmer House Fifth Form Academic Weekend Restless Development: Charity Triathlon (Bradfield College) Geography: LVI A Level Geographers Fieldwork Data Collection (Reading & Chichester) (all day) Shooting: Berkshire County RA & College Championships (Bisley) (all day) 2.00 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st VI v PSOBLTC (H) 7.00 pm Headmaster’s Drinks Reception for UVI Parents (Crossways) 8.00 pm Palmer House Show (Music School) 8.30 pm Stanley House Evening of Entertainment (Stunt Pavilion) Week 4 Duty Team: A
MONDAY 13 MAY GCSE EXAMINATIONS BEGIN Mental Health Awareness Week A Level Art, Design and Photography Examinations (all day) Geography: LVI A Level Geographers Fieldwork Data Collection (Reading & Chichester) (all day) 8.10 am Faulkner’s Assembly (Chapel): Mrs V T Rae: Mental Health Awareness 1.30 pm Tutor Meeting: House-on-the-Hill G (SCR Dining Room) 4.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: LTA National Schools Competition v Queen Anne’s School (A) 7.30 pm English: Poetry Reading with Natalie Whittaker (IBDP and A Level pupils only) (Warden’s Room)
TUESDAY 14 MAY A Level Art, Design and Photography Examinations (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr C A Carlier (C, D, I & M) 8.30 am Bradfield Diploma: Shell Introduction to Research (all morning – see separate notice) (Music School) 10.30 am Matrons Meeting (Warden’s Room) 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Faulkner’s Girls 1.45 pm Admissions Interviews for Faulkner’s Entry 2021 (Stunt Pavilion) 2.00 pm Education Committee Meeting (Warden's Room) 2.15 pm Cricket: House Colts Round 2 2.15 pm Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Training at Palmer Park 3.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: LTA National Schools Competition (St Bartholomew’s School & Denefield School Triangular) (H) 4.30 pm Bradfield Horizons: Oxbridge Talk (LVI) (Q4) 5.00 pm IBDP Teachers’ Meeting: LVI Extended Essay Supervision (H1) 7.30 pm Minerva Lecture (German & Economics): Julia Gross (Deputy Head of Mission from the German Embassy) (Music School) 8.30 pm NESKA Society (Stunt Pavilion)
WEDNESDAY 15 MAY A Level Art, Design and Photography Examinations (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr C A Carlier (A, E, F & K) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Stone House; Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 8.30 pm Debating: Inter-House Speed Debate (Music School)
Week 4 Duty Team: A
THURSDAY 16 MAY 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr C A Carlier (G, H & J) 9.00 am Bradfield College Enterprise Limited Meeting (Warden's Room) 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Faulkner’s Boys 1.30 pm GCSE Music: Shell Workshops (Music School) 2.30 pm Pastoral Committee Meeting (Warden's Room) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Radley College (A) 3.00 pm Cricket: 1st XI, 3rd XI, U14A, B, C & D v Wellington College (A) 3.00 pm Cricket: 2nd XI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C v Wellington College (H) 4.00 pm Golf: A Team v Pangbourne College (H) 4.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: U15A & U14A v St Helen’s & St Katherine’s (A) FRIDAY 17 MAY OSCAR Foundation Representatives visit (see separate programme) 8.10 am Shell and Fifth Form Assembly (Chapel): Mrs V T Rae: Mental Health Awareness 12.30 pm SMT Meeting (Headmaster’s Office) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Armstrong House (SCR Bar) 4.30 pm Boys’ Swimming: Inter-House Swimming Competition 5.00 pm Bradfield Braftas: Annual Film Production Awards (London) 5.00 pm Joint Evensong with Thorngrove Prep School (Chapel) 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: The Revd Graham Sykes (A, C, E, F, I & M) (no UVI) 7.30 pm Chapel Dinner with The Revd Graham Sykes: Talk on Hospice Care (Warden’s Room) SATURDAY 18 MAY Palmer House LVI Academic Weekend Bradfield Society: 1850 Club Day (Warden’s Room) 8.10 am Sixth Form Assembly (Chapel): Mrs V T Rae: Mental Health Awareness 10.00 am Tours for Prospective Faulkner’s Pupils 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Radley College (H) Cricket: 2nd XI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C v Radley College (A) Cricket: 3rd XI, U14A, B, C & D v Radley College (H) Cricket: Girls’ U15A & B v Lord Wandsworth College (H) Boys’ Tennis: 1st, 2nd & 3rd VI, U16A & B, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Eton College (A) Girls’ Tennis: ISGTL (H) Girls’ Tennis: 2nd VI, U16A, U16B v Pangbourne College (H) Girls’ Tennis: U15A, B & C v Pangbourne College (A) Girl’s Tennis: U14A v Cheam (H) Boys’ Athletics: Lord Wandsworth College (A) Girls’ Athletics: St Mary’s Ascot (A) Shooting: Clayton Challenge (Bisley) 7.30 pm Trinity Ball (LVI) (Warden’s Room and Dining Hall) SUNDAY 19 MAY Palmer House LVI Academic Weekend Prep Schools' Golf Tournament (Bradfield College Golf Course) 10.30 am Confirmation Service: The Rt Revd Steven Croft, The Lord Bishop of Oxford (Chapel) 6.30 pm LVI Parents' Presentation (A, E, F, H, I & K) (Music School) followed by Parents' Meeting at 7.00pm (Sports Centre) 7.00 pm LVI Parents' Presentation (C, D, G, J & M) (Music School) followed by Parents' Meeting at 7.30pm (Sports Centre) Week 5 Duty Team: B
MONDAY 20 MAY A LEVEL EXAMINATIONS BEGIN FIFTH FORM SUSPENDED TIMETABLE 8.10 am Faulkner's Assembly (Chapel): Headmaster 8.30 am Bradfield Horizons: Personal Statements with Jane Marshall (LVI) (P1) (Music School) 9.00 am Staff Youth Mental Health First Aid Course (2 day) (Warden’s Room) 9.15 am IBDP LVI Extended Essay Writing Day (pupils out of lessons P2 – P6) (Library) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Loyd House; House-on-the-Hill D; The Close (SCR Dining Room); Stanley House 3.30 pm Health & Safety Executive Committee Meeting (College Office) 4.30 pm Academic Committee Meeting (Q2) 6.00 pm Stanley House Upper Sixth Leaver’s Event (off site) 6.00 pm GCSE Drama (Shell): Technical Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School) TUESDAY 21 MAY Deadline: Bradfield Diploma Research Project: Proposed title and research plans to Tutors Geography: Shell Geography Fieldwork Trip to South Coast (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (C, D, I & M) 9.00 am Staff Youth Mental Health First Aid Course (2 day) (Warden’s Room) 12.45 pm LVI Chemistry Trip to BP/Castrol 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Palmer House (SCR Dining Room) 1.30 pm Lunchtime Concert (Music School) 1.45 pm Admissions Interviews for Faulkner’s Entry 2021 (Stunt Pavilion) 2.15 pm Cricket: House Colts Round 3 2.15 pm Golf: Juniors v Radley College & Wellington College (Wellington College) 2.30 pm Cricket: U14A v Marlborough College (A) 3.00 pm Boys’ Tennis: LTA National Schools Competition v Charterhouse (A) 4.00 pm Charity Concert: Technical Rehearsal (Greek Theatre) 4.15 pm Golf: Juniors v Horris Hill & Pinewood (H) 6.00 pm GCSE Drama (Shell): Dress Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School) 8.00 pm Pastoral Visit: Palmer House WEDNESDAY 22 MAY Deadline: IBDP LVI Extended Essay Draft Submission (Firefly) Bradfield Horizons: Apprentice Challenge (Shell) “Wise Up” (Various Classrooms) (all day) Primary Schools’ KWIK Cricket Festival (Stunt Pavilion) (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (A, E, F & K) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 5.30 pm Shell: Post GCSE Information Session (Music School) 6.00 pm GCSE Drama (Shell): Dress Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School) 8.00 pm Spanish IBDP Film Viewing (Stunt Pavilion) 8.30 pm Debating: Inter-House Speed Debate (Music School) Week 5 Duty Team: B
THURSDAY 23 MAY Bradfield College Mental Health Awareness Day (see separate programme) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (G, H & J) 9.00 am Finance and General Purposes Committee Meeting (Warden's Room) 12.30 pm DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition departs (LVI) (Lake District) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Army House (SCR Bar) 1.30 pm Audit and Risk Committee Meeting (Warden's Room) 2.15 pm Cricket: 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U15A, B & C v Eton College (H) 2.15 pm Cricket: U16A & B, U14A, B, C & D v Eton College (A) 2.15 pm Golf: 1st v Charterhouse (Worplesdon G.C.) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U14A, B & C v Harrow (H) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: U15A, B & C v Harrow (A) 4.00 pm Cricket: 1st XI v Eton College (A) 4.00 pm Charity Concert: Dress Rehearsal (Greek Theatre) 4.30 pm SMT Meeting (Q2) 4.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: U16A & B v Magdalen College School (A) 4.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI v Magdalen College School (A) 6.00 pm GCSE Drama (Shell): Examination Performance (External Examiner) (Big School) 7.30 pm Charity Concert (Greek Theatre)
FRIDAY 24 MAY IBDP EXAMINATIONS END 9.00 am Whole School Service: Headmaster (Greek Theatre) Athletics Finals Day (see separate programme) 2.30 pm Faulkner’s depart 2.45 pm Shell and Fifth Form depart 3.00 pm Sixth Form depart 3.00 pm Buses depart 3.00 pm LONG LEAVE BEGINS 3.30 pm Medical Centre closes 6.00 pm SCR Picnic (Aldworth Cricket Club)
SATURDAY 25 MAY LONG LEAVE
SUNDAY 26 MAY LONG LEAVE Week 6 Duty Team:
MONDAY 27 MAY SPRING BANK HOLIDAY LONG LEAVE
TUESDAY 28 MAY LONG LEAVE 3pm DofE Gold Qualifying Expedition returns (Lake District)
WEDNESDAY 29 MAY LONG LEAVE
Week 6 Duty Team:
THURSDAY 30 MAY ASCENSION DAY LONG LEAVE
FRIDAY 31 MAY LONG LEAVE
SATURDAY 1 JUNE LONG LEAVE
SUNDAY 2 JUNE LONG LEAVE 3.00 pm Hillside OB Reunion (2005-2019) (Hillside Rux) 7.00 pm Medical Centre opens 7.00 pm Headmaster’s Drinks Reception for Fifth Form Parents (Crossways) 8.00 pm LONG LEAVE ENDS Week 7 Duty Team: C
MONDAY 3 JUNE UVI & FIFTH FORM STUDY LEAVE Deadline: Bradfield Diploma Research Project: First Draft to Tutors 8.10 am Faulkner’s Assembly (Chapel): Sixth Form 9.00 am Staff Youth Mental Health First Aid Course (2 day) (Warden’s Room) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: House-on-the-Hill D; Stanley House 4.30 pm Academic Committee Meeting (Q2) 6.00 pm LVI Drama: Technical Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School)
TUESDAY 4 JUNE 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr G C Stead (C, D, I, M & H) 9.00 am Staff Youth Mental Health First Aid Course (2 day) (Warden’s Room) 1.45 pm Admissions Interviews for Faulkner’s Entry 2021 (Stunt Pavilion) 2.00 pm GCSE PE Summer Sports Coursework Assessment 2.00 pm Golf: Juniors v St Andrew’s Pangbourne (H) 2.15 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI & U15A v Wellington College (A) 4.30 pm Bradfield Horizons: UES Essay Workshop (LVI & some Fifth Form) (Bloods) 5.30 pm IBDP Committee Meeting (SCR Dining Room) 6.00 pm LVI Drama: Dress Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School) 8.00 pm Pastoral Visit: Army House 8.30 pm NESKA Society (Stunt Pavilion)
WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE EID-UL-FITR 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr G C Stead (A, E, F, K, G & J) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Stone House; Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 3.30 pm CCF: Faulkner’s Practice Walk (Local Area) 4.00 pm “Jazz on a Summer’s Evening”: Rehearsal afternoon (MUL) 6.00 pm LVI Drama: Dress Rehearsal (External Examiner) (Big School) 8.30 pm Debating: Inter-House Public Speaking Competition (Music School)
Week 7 Duty Team: C
THURSDAY 6 JUNE CCF: RAF Station Visit (LVI RAF Cadets) (RAF Brize Norton) (all day) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Army House (SCR Bar) 2.00 pm DSL Meeting (Pastoral Office) 2.15 pm Cricket: House Colts Final 2.15 pm Golf: Juniors v Eton College (Eton College) 2.15 pm Golf: Bradfield College Girls v Marlborough College & Gordon’s School (H) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI v St Edward’s School, Oxford (H) 2.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v St Edward’s School, Oxford (H) 6.00 pm LVI Drama: Examination Performance (External Examiner) (Big School) FRIDAY 7 JUNE Deadline: Final entries to Michaelmas Term 2019 calendar Prep Schools' Tennis Competition (Bradfield College) New Staff Induction Day (see separate notice) 8.10 am Shell and Fifth Form Assembly (Chapel): Sixth Form 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v MCC (H) 12.30 pm SMT Meeting (College Office) 2.00 pm English: Romanticism Lecture (selected English Literature pupils) (The Royal Institution, London) 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: Mr Wayne Dixon (D, G, H, J & K) 7.30 pm Bradfield Horizons: Evening with recent OBs (LVI) (Warden’s Room and Big School) 7.45 pm English: Quantum Theatre Performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Faulkner’s & Drama Scholars) (Quad/Sunken Garden) SATURDAY 8 JUNE QUEEN'S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY Palmer House Shell Closed Weekend 8.10 am Sixth Form Assembly (Chapel): Sixth Form 10.30 am Admissions: Open House Event 2020 Entry (Marquee) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Cheltenham College (H) Cricket: 2nd XI, U16A, U14A, B, C & D v Cheltenham College (A) Cricket: 3rd XI, U15A, B & C v Cheltenham College (H) Cricket: Girls’ U15A v Ibstock Place (H) Boys’ Tennis: 1st VI, U15A, U14A v Sherborne (H) Boys’ Tennis: 2nd & 3rd VI, U15B, C & D v Epsom College (A) Boys’ Tennis: U14B, C & D v Epsom College (H) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A & B, U14A & B v Epsom College (A) Girls’ Tennis: U16B, U15C, U14C (2 pairs) v Churcher’s College (H) Boys and Girls’ Athletics: County Championships (Palmer Park) Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Marlborough College (A) SUNDAY 9 JUNE WHITSUNDAY PENTECOST Palmer House Shell Closed Weekend (including outing) Shooting: Kent County RA Championships (Bisley) (all day) CCF: RAF Cosford Air Show (selected RAF Cadets) (all day) 9.30 am Geography: LVI Geographers Field Trip to Manchester departs 12 noon Staff BBQ at Bradfield College (Stunt Pavilion) 7.00 pm Headmaster’s Drinks Reception for LVI Parents (Crossways) Week 8 Duty Team: A
MONDAY 10 JUNE Bradfield Diploma: Online Recording System closes for Fifth Form 8.10 am Faulkner's Assembly (Chapel): Mrs S R Davies 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Loyd House; The Close (SCR Dining Room); Armstrong House (SCR Bar) 4.30 pm E-Safety Meeting (Warden’s Room)
TUESDAY 11 JUNE 8.00 am CCF: Senior Cadet Training (LVI) (Bramley Training Area) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr M J Green (C, D, I, M & H) 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Faulkner’s Girls 1.30 pm Lunchtime Concert (Music School) 1.45 pm Admissions Interviews for Faulkner’s Entry 2021 (Stunt Pavilion) 2.00 pm “Jazz on a Summer’s Evening”: Rehearsal afternoon (MUL) 2.00 pm GCSE PE Summer Sports Coursework Assessment 2.00 pm Boy’s Tennis: Eton Pairs (A) 2.00 pm Golf: Juniors v Magdalen College School (H) 3.00 pm Cricket: 1st XI, U14A, B, C & D v Charterhouse (H) 3.00 pm Cricket: 2nd XI, U15A, B & C v Charterhouse (A) 3.00 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI & U15A v St Edward’s Oxford (A) 4.30 pm HoDs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 8.00 pm Pastoral Visit: Stevens House 10.30 pm Geography: LVI Geographers Field Trip to Manchester returns
WEDNESDAY 12 JUNE FAULKNER'S END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS BEGIN Bradfield Certificate in Coaching Football (Warden’s Room) (all day) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Mr M J Green (A, E, F, K, G & J) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (venue TBC) 4.30 pm HoCC Committee Meeting (New Dining Room) 5.30 pm ‘Farewell to Leavers’ (Linnell Room and Quad) 8.30 pm Debating: Inter-House Public Speaking Competition (Music School) 9.00 pm College Forum (Stunt Pavilion)
Week 8 Duty Team: A
THURSDAY 13 JUNE Film Studies: LVI A Level and IBDP Completion of their final Show Reel (Bournemouth) (all day) History of Art Study Day (Tate Britain and Van Gogh Exhibition, London) Bradfield Certificate in Coaching Football (Lead Coaches) (Warden’s Room) (all day) 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Faulkner’s Boys 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Stevens House (SCR Bar) 2.00 pm Primary School Science Afternoon (Blackburn Science Centre) 2.00 pm Staff Welfare Committee Meeting (Wellbeing 1) 2.00 pm Admissions: Sixth Form Open Afternoon (Music School and Stunt Pavilion) 2.00 pm Golf: Juniors v Abingdon & Cheam School (H) 2.00 pm Boys’ Tennis: St George’s Performance Fixture (A) 2.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Heathfield School (H) 4.30 pm SMT Meeting (Q2) 6.00 pm SCR Golf: Midsummer Madness (H) 8.30 pm Open Book Society (Stunt Pavilion) FRIDAY 14 JUNE Deadline: Bradfield Diploma Research Project: Full Final Version Deadline: IBDP LVI CAS Supervisor Interview II Bradfield Horizons: University Open Day Visits to Bristol University and Royal Holloway University (lessons as normal) (all day) 8.10 am Shell Assembly (Chapel): Mrs S R Davies 8.30 am HsMs Away Day (Wokefield Park) 6.00 pm CCF: BBQ (Staff and Sixth Form Cadets) 6.45 pm Evening Prayers: Rev Paul Bolton, Leader Iwerne Holidays (A, C, E, F, I & M) SATURDAY 15 JUNE FAULKNER'S END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS END 8.10 am Lower Sixth Assembly (Chapel): Headmaster 10.30 am Admissions: Open House Event 2020 Entry (Marquee) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Marlborough College (A) 12 noon Parents’ Prayer Group (SCR Dining Room) Cricket: 2nd XI, U16A, U15A, B & C v Marlborough College (H) Cricket: 3rd XI, U14B, C & D v Marlborough College (A) Cricket: U14A v Pure Academy (H) Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI v Cranleigh (A) Boys’ Tennis: U15A, B & C v U14A, B & C (H) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v St Mary’s Ascot (A) Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Marlborough College (A) 7.30 pm Faulkner's Dinner Dance (Warden's Room and Dining Hall) SUNDAY 16 JUNE TRINITY SUNDAY FATHER'S DAY Bradfield + commences (see separate programme) 2.00 pm “Jazz on a Summer’s Evening”: Technical and Dress Rehearsal (Marquee) 7.00 pm “Jazz on a Summer’s Evening 2019” (Marquee)
Week 9 Duty Team: B
MONDAY 17 JUNE Education for Life Talks Week (see separate programme) 8.10 am Faulkner’s Assembly (Chapel): Commendation Assembly 8.30 am Bradfield Horizons: Faulkner’s Career Explorer Day (lessons as normal) (Marquee) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: House-on-the-Hill D; Stanley House 1.30 pm Tutor Meeting: House-on-the-Hill G (SCR Dining Room) 3.30 pm Health & Safety Executive Committee Meeting (College Office) 4.30 pm Academic Committee Meeting (Q2) 8.30 pm Veritas Meeting (Stunt Pavilion)
TUESDAY 18 JUNE 8.00 am CCF: Faulkner’s CCF Expeditions depart 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Rev Lydia Morey (C, D, I, M & H) 12.45 pm LVI Science Trip to BP/Castrol 1.00 pm Tutor Meeting: Palmer House (SCR Dining Room) 1.00 pm Calendar Committee Meeting 1 (College Office) 3.00 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI v Marlborough College (H) 4.00 pm Boys and Girls’ Athletics: Bradfield Relays (H) 5.30 pm French Evening: ‘Diner et Petanque’ (LVI) (off site)
WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE Deadline: IBDP LVI Extended Essay Interim Reflection Design: Sixth Form Trip to London (all day) IBDP Science: Group 4 Project Day (most LVI IBDP pupils out of lessons all day) (Blackburn Science Centre) 7.00 am CCF: RAF Air Experience Flight (selected RAF Cadets) (RAF Benson) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Rev Lydia Morey (A, E, F, K, G & J) 9.30 am Boys’ Tennis: St George’s Pairs (A) 1.15 pm Tutor Meetings: Stone House; Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 8.00 pm ‘La Confrèrie’: UVI Wine Appreciation Society (off site)
Week 9 Duty Team: B
THURSDAY 20 JUNE CORPUS CHRISTI GCSE AND A LEVEL EXAMINATIONS END Fifth Form Post GCSE Enrichment Programme (see separate programme) Full Council Meeting (Bradfield College) (all day) Geography: IBDP LVI Geography IA Data Collection (all day) 9.15 am STEM Shell Trip to BP/Castrol 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Free Foresters CC (H) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Army House (SCR Bar) 2.30 pm Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Marlborough College (A) 2.30 pm Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Marlborough College (H) 7.00 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” Technical Rehearsal (Greek Theatre)
FRIDAY 21 JUNE Fifth Form Post GCSE Enrichment Programme (see separate programme) 8.10 am Shell Assembly (Chapel): Commendation Assembly 12.30 pm SMT Meeting (Headmaster’s Office) 5.00 pm CCF: Faulkner’s CCF Expeditions return 7.00 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” Dress Rehearsal (Greek Theatre)
SATURDAY 22 JUNE Shooting: Hampshire County RA Championships (Bisley) (all day) 8.10 am LVI Assembly (Chapel): Commendation Assembly 10.30 am Bradfield Diploma: Presentation to Faulkner’s Pupils (Music School) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Reading Blue Coat School (A) 2.00 pm Bradfield Society: Summer Reunion Event (Marquee) Cricket: 2nd XI, U14A, B, C & D v Reading Blue Coat School (H) Cricket: U15A, B & C v Reading Blue Coat School (A) Cricket: Girls’ U15A v Downe House (H) Boys’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI, U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v Abingdon (H) Girls’ Tennis: 1st & 2nd VI v St Mary’s Calne (A) Girls’ Tennis: U15A, B & C, U14A, B & C v St Mary’s Calne (H) 7.00 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” (Greek Theatre)
SUNDAY 23 JUNE 10.00 am New Faulkner's Pupils and Parents Induction Day (Marquee and Quad) 11.00 am CCF: CCF Central Camp departs (Crowborough) 2.00 pm Summer Play: “Blood Wedding” Dress and Technical Rehearsal (Sunken Garden)
Week 10 Duty Team: C
MONDAY 24 JUNE MIDSUMMER'S DAY Physics: Engineering in Action: Enrichment Day (LVI) (all day) (London) 8.10 am Faulkner's Assembly (Chapel): Mr M J Blackburn and Mrs F J Wall 3.00 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” (Greek Theatre) 4.00 pm & 7.30 pm Summer Play: “Blood Wedding” (Sunken Garden)
TUESDAY 25 JUNE GCSE EXAMINATIONS END 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (C, D, I, M & H) 8.30 am Bradfield Horizons: LVI Carousel (Big School & Beaumont Library) 11.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Malvern College (H) 12 noon Bradfield Horizons: Broaden Your Horizons Careers and HE Fair (Marquee) 1.00 pm Calendar Committee Meeting 2 (College Office) 2.15 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI v Ibstock Place Seniors (H) 4.00 pm & 7.30 pm Summer Play: “Blood Wedding” (Sunken Garden) 7.30 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” (Greek Theatre)
WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE Examination Contingency Day (all candidates must be available) 8.10 am Morning Prayers: Chaplain (A, E, F, K, G & J) 8.45 am Chemistry: LVI Spectroscopy Masterclass (Reading University) (all day) 10.30 am Cricket: 1st XI v Malvern College (H) 12 noon IBDP LVI CAS Volunteering Afternoon 1.00 pm Technical Rehearsal of "What The Ladybird Heard" Performance to Prep Schools and local Primary Schools (Quad) 1.15 pm Tutor Meeting: Hillside 3.30 pm HsMs Meeting (Warden’s Room) 4.00 pm & 7.30 pm Summer Play: “Blood Wedding” (Sunken Garden) 7.30 pm Greek Play: “Alcestis” (Greek Theatre)
Week 10 Duty Team: C
THURSDAY 27 JUNE Whole School Charity Walk (all day) 9.00 am Prep Schools' Performance of "What The Ladybird Heard" to Prep Schools and local Primary Schools (Quad) 2.00 pm Gala Concert: Technical Rehearsal (Greek Theatre) 2.15 pm Cricket: 1st XI v St Peter’s Adelaide (H) 7.30 pm Gala Concert (Greek Theatre) (Bradfield + ends)
FRIDAY 28 JUNE Late Breakfast (see separate notice) 10.30 am Whole School Service: Mr S P Williams (Greek Theatre) 12 noon Lunch (see separate notice) 12.30 pm JCR BBQ (Crossways) 2.00 pm House outings may depart 10.00 pm CCF: CCF Central Camp returns (Crowborough)
SATURDAY 29 JUNE COMMEMORATION (see separate programme) 9.00 am Boys and Girls’ Tennis: College Championships Finals (H) 2.00 pm Cricket: 1st XI v Bradfield Waifs (H) 2.00 pm Cricket: Girls’ 1st XI v Berkshire CCC (H) 4.00 pm End of the Academic Year: The College closes 6.30 pm Leavers' Service (Chapel) 7.00 pm Leavers' Ball (Marquee)
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 8.00 am Medical Centre closes Boys and Girls’ Tennis: ISTA (Youll Cup, Thomas Bowl, Asbury Bailey Cup) (A)