Summer Term Calendar 2021
This is a print-friendly edition of our planned summer term calendar. The electronic calendar on the web- site/ParentPortal will remain the ‘live’ and up-to-date version of plans, but I hope that this print-friendly version is helpful for pupils and parents in seeing a provisional overview of the months ahead. Our plans aspire to a return for some “intra-School” Saturday sport in the first half of term, and then a gradual evolution of fixtures and trips (local and regional) in the second half of term. Whilst we have tried to plan events in accordance with the Prime Minister’s provisional roadmap out of lockdown, there may well be further changes as national Covid advice and DfE guidance continues to evolve. We will update the website/portal calendar as required and flag any significant changes in the Friday newsletters next term.
The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021
Easter Holidays: 27 March – 13 April Wednesday 07 April 19:30 Perse Book Club – ONLINE
Saturday 10 April Zoom Christel House Bake-off event - ONLINE
The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 14 April – 18 April Wednesday 14 08.35 Summer Term starts (normal timetabled day) Thursday 15 Y11 French GCSE speaking endorsements – until 16 April Saturday 17 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Cricket - Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Tennis - Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021
Week A: 19 April – 25 April Monday 19 L6 Geography Fieldwork (Lecture Theatre) – until 20 April 11:30 Y7, Y11 and U6 School photos Tuesday 20 Y11 French GCSE speaking endorsements Individual and Class Photographs (Main Hall) 16:15 HoDs meeting 19:00 Parents’ Prayer Group - ONLINE Wednesday 21 John Stuart Mill cup competition (Debating and Philosophy) - ONLINE U6 Mini Assessments – until 23 April 13:30 New Prefect Training (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 17:30 Y8 Parents' Evening (Forms G, L, M) - ONLINE Thursday 22 Friday 23 World Book Night - ONLINE Saturday 24 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Tennis - Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11, Y12, Y13 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Cricket - Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10 House Music Marathon weekend stream – ONLINE – until 25 April 08:00 PPA Second Hand Uniform Sale (Marquee) The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 26 April – 02 May Monday 26 Deadline for ABRSM/Trinity face-to-face exam entries Y11 Mini Assessments – until 30 April 16:15 L6 Careers Tea and Mentoring – ONLINE 19:30 PPA Committee Meeting (Margaret Stubbs Downstairs) Tuesday 27 16:15 L6 Careers Tea and Mentoring – ONLINE Wednesday 28 16:15 L6 Careers Tea and Mentoring – ONLINE 17:30 Y8 Parents' Evening (Forms N, R, T) - ONLINE Thursday 29 Y9 Meningitis ACWY/DTP Vaccinations 16:15 Music in the Marquee: Afternoon 1 (Café Marquee/Margaret Stubbs) 16:15 L6 Careers Tea and Mentoring – ONLINE Friday 30 13:15 Middle School Drama Company performance 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: House Music Marathon Highlights Part 1 - ONLINE 16:15 L6 Careers Tea and Mentoring – ONLINE Saturday 01 International Competition for Young Debaters PES Summit 10 – Day 1 (Thetford) Sunday 02 PES Summit 10 – Day 2 (Thetford) The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week A: 03 May – 09 May Monday 03 Bank Holiday Monday - no school today Tuesday 04 U6 Mini Assessments – until 06 May Sign-up deadline for ABRSM/Trinity June digital exam recordings Wednesday 05 Non-School Uniform Day 17:30 Y7 Parents' Evening (Forms G, L, M) - ONLINE 19:30 Perse Book Club - ONLINE Thursday 06 14:00 House Music Marathon Winners' Concert - recording afternoon (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Friday 07 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: House Music Marathon Highlights Part 2 - ONLINE Saturday 08 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Cricket - Y7, Y8 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Tennis - Y7, Y8 The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 10 May – 16 May Monday 10 Y11 Mini Assessments – until 14 May 14:30 Y7 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon - ONLINE 16:15 Music in the Marquee: Afternoon 2 (Café Marquee/Margaret Stubbs) Tuesday 11 08:30 Lower School Research Feedback Fair (Classrooms) 13:20 U6 Talk by Patrick Foster on Gambling Addiction and Mental Health (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 15:00 Y9 PSHE education talk - Managing Online Risk (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 17:30 Y7 Parents' Evening (Forms N, R, T) - ONLINE Wednesday 12 19:00 Community Lecture: Professor Liz Harper on Evolutionary Biology - ONLINE Thursday 13 14:00 Governors' Education Committee 16:00 EPQ Presentation Training for those working towards EPQ in the L6 Friday 14 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: Composition Competition Highlights - ONLINE Saturday 15 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Cricket - Y7, Y8 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Tennis - Y7, Y8 The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week A: 17 May – 23 May Monday 17 U6 Mini Assessments – until 19 May ABRSM/Trinity May digital Exam Recording week 1 (Music Block) – until 21 May 13:15 HPQ Presentations (Y10) – until 27 May Tuesday 18 Debating vs Heritage School - ONLINE 14:00 Y11 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (Flock Café, Burwash Manor) 16:00 Prefect Training (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 17:00 Governors' Nominations and Governance Committee (Barry Room) Wednesday 19 10:00 Y8 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Morning (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 13:45 Y9 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) Thursday 20 13:15 Ludi Scaenici (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 14:00 L6 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester)
Friday 21 14:00 U6 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: House Music Marathon Winners Concert - ONLINE 20:00 Y9 Charity Sleep-Out for Emmaus Saturday 22 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Cricket - Y7, Y8 Training/Intra Year Matches: Boys' and Girls' Tennis - Y7, Y8 The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 24 May – 30 May Monday 24 ABRSM/Trinity May digital exam recording week 2 – until 28 May Y11 Mini Assessments – until 28 May 14:00 L6 Enrichment visiting speaker Tuesday 25 16:15 Music in the Marquee: Afternoon 3 (Café Marquee/Margaret Stubbs) Wednesday 26 U6 Mini Assessments – until 28 May 14:00 Y10 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) Friday 28 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: Music in the Marquee - ONLINE 16:30 Student Council BBQ Saturday 29 11:00 Y10 Charity Colour Run (Milton Keynes)
Half Term: 31 May – 06 June Wednesday 02 19:30 Perse Book Club - ONLINE The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week A: 07 June – 13 June Monday 07 INSET DAY: no timetabled lessons for pupils; some Y11/13 may be required for completion of mini-assessments Tuesday 08 Y10 and L6 Exams Week – until 11 June Student Council Random Acts of Kindness Week – until 11 June ABRSM/Trinity June digital exam recordings week 1 – until 11 June 09:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7T) – return 12noon Wednesday 09 09:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7G) – return 12noon 19:00 Parents’ Prayer Group - ONLINE Thursday 10 Final Day for Y11 on Timetable. In the afternoon, Y11 students will be holding special events to remember Luke Hobson Friday 11 Final Day for U6 on Timetable 08:30 PES Base Camp - Activity Day (Abington) 09:00 Y8 Activities / Off-Timetable Morning (On site) 10:00 Y11 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Morning (Flock Café, Burwash Manor) 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: Ensemble Summer Showcase Part 1 - ONLINE Saturday 12 Fixture: Girls' Cricket v The Leys School - 1st XI, U15A Fixture: Girls' Tennis v Haileybury - U15A Girls' Tennis Perse Festival - U14A Fixture: Girls' Cricket v Wisbech Grammar - U13A, U13B, U14A Boys' Tennis Perse Festival - U14A Fixture: Boys' Tennis v Haileybury - U14B, U15A, U15B Fixture: Boys' Cricket v The Leys School - 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15A, U15B Fixture: Boys' Cricket v Stamford School - U12A, U12B, U13A, U13B Fixture: Girls' Tennis v Haileybury - U14B, U15B The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 14 June – 20 June Monday 14 Fixture: Boys' Cricket v MCC - 1st XI ABRSM/Trinity June digital exam recordings week 2 – until 18 June 08:30 STEP II exam (Margaret Stubbs Upstairs) 11.00 Prep Survivors’ Photo – for U6 Tuesday 15 Y8 HPV Vaccinations Non-School Uniform Day Charity Cabaret recording day (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 13:30 Pelican Survivors’ Photo – for U6 18:00 Charity Cabaret Evening (Rehearsals on Mon/Tues) (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Wednesday 16 09:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7L) – return 12noon 09:00 Y8 PowerHouse Games 14:00 L6 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 17:00 Y10 MFL (French/German/Spanish) debating competition - ONLINE Thursday 17 U6 Concerto Showcase recording day (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Fixture: Boys' Cricket v Bedford School - U15A, U15B 08:30 STEP III exam (Margaret Stubbs Upstairs) 13:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7M) – return 1600 14:00 Y10 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 14:00 L6 UCAS Afternoon 16:30 U6 Leavers - Prefects’ BBQ Friday 18 Fixture: Girls' Tennis v St Faith's - U13A Fixture: Boys' Tennis v St Faith's - U13A Fixture: Boys' Cricket v Old Perseans - 1st XI 11:30 OP Cricket Match (Margaret Stubbs Downstairs) 13:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7N) – return 1600 14:00 U6 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 16:00 Friday Night Showcase: Ensemble Summer Showcase Part 2 - ONLINE Saturday 19 PES Summit 11 Expedition (Group 1) (Norfolk Broads) – until 23 June Fixture: Boys' Tennis v Oundle School - 1st VI, U14A, U15A Fixture: Boys' Cricket v New Hall School - U12A, U12B, U13A, U13B, U14A, U14B, U15A, U15B Fixture: Girls' Cricket v Stamford School - U12A, U12B, U13A, U13B, U14A, U14B, U15A Fixture: Girls' Tennis v Kimbolton School - 1st VI, U12A, U13A, U14A, U15A 10:00 Music Theory Exam - ONLINE Sunday 20 10:00 Lower School Play Technical Rehearsal (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week A: 21 June – 27 June Monday 21 ABRSM face-to-face exam week (Music block) – until 25 June 08:30 Y7 End of Year Awards Assembly (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 11:20 Y10 PSHE education talk Drug Awareness (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 13:45 L6 PSHE education talk (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 16:00 Lower School Play Dress Rehearsal (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 19:30 PPA Committee Meeting (Margaret Stubbs Downstairs) Tuesday 22 18:30 Lower School Play (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Wednesday 23 PES Summit 11 Expedition (Group 2) (Norfolk Broads) – until 27 June U12 Boys’ Cricket Festival (Abington) 09:00 11+ Move-up Day for new Year 7 pupils joining in September 2021 14:00 Y8 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 18:30 Lower School Play (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Thursday 24 Fixture: Boys' Cricket v Forest School - 1st XI Fixture: Boys' Cricket v Culford School - U 15C, U15A, U15B Fixture: Girls' Cricket v Culford School - U15A, U15B 08:30 Y8 End of Year Awards Assembly (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 09:00 Sixth Form Transition - External Joiners (provisional) 13:30 Y7 Local Studies Trip (7R) – return 1600 17:30 Y9 Parents' Evening - ONLINE Friday 25 Fixture: Boys' Cricket v The Stephen Perse School - U13B, U13C Fixture: Girls' Cricket v The Stephen Perse School - U13A, U13B, U13C 08:30 Y9 End of Year Awards Assembly (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 13:15 Lower School Research Garden Party (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 13:30 Y9 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 19:00 Friday Night Showcase: Charity Cabaret - ONLINE Saturday 26 09:00 Open Morning for Tours at Perse Upper Sunday 27 Boys' Cricket Liverpool Festival - 1st XI (until 1 July) 10:30 Old Persean Sports Festival The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Week B: 28 June – 04 July Monday 28 Trinity face-to-face exam week (Music Block) – until 02 July 17:30 L6 Parents' Evening - ONLINE Tuesday 29 13+ Move Up Day for new Year 9 pupils joining in September 2021 08:30 L6 End of Year Awards Assembly (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Wednesday 30 14:00 Preliminary Sports’ Day (1500m and field events) 14:15 Y7 Perse Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, Granchester) 18:00 U6 Leavers' Celebration Evening Thursday 01 08:30 Y10 End of Year Awards Assembly (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 10:50 Y9 End of Year Celebration 14:00 Y10 End of Year Celebration 18:00 U6 Ball (Rectory Farm) Friday 02 12:30 End of term - lunch not available today for pupils 19:00 Friday Night Showcase: Upper Sixth Concerto Showcase - ONLINE Saturday 03 08:30 PES Ascent Group- Summer Camp Advance Party (Isle of Wight) Sunday 04 08:30 PES Ascent Group- Summer Camp Main Party (Isle of Wight) – until 11 July The Perse School Calendar – Summer 2021 Summer Holidays: 03 July – 31 August Wednesday 07 July 19:30 Perse Book Club - ONLINE Friday 16 July DofE Silver Practice & Qualifying Expeditions – until 21 July Saturday 24 July PES Summit 12 Expedition (Norfolk Broads) – until 30 July Tuesday 10 August A level/I A level/Pre-U Results Thursday 12 August I/GCSE results Saturday 21 August DofE Gold Practice & Qualifying Expeditions – until 27 August