Upper School UIV – UV Michaelmas Term 2019 Weekend Activities Programme
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Co-Curricular Upper School UIV – UV Michaelmas Term 2019 Weekend Activities Programme #GetInvolved Weekend Activities - Michaelmas Term 2019 DATE CHAPEL IMPORTANT/HOUSE EVENTS OPEN EVENT (FREE) C0-CURRICULAR EVENT SAT 7 SEP Beginning of Year Closed Weekend (R-UVI) DVD and Popcorn Chapel Service SUN 8 SEP Closed Weekend (R-UVI) House Teambuilding Day SAT 14 SEP Pamper Box Cinema Trip SUN 15 SEP House Prayers Bike and Bite Royal County of Cookery Workshop Berkshire Show Tree Runners SAT 21 SEP Presentation of Downe House House Bingo Sixth Form to UV SUN 22 SEP Evensong Cookery Workshop Up at the O2 Red Kangaroo Short Exeat Friday 27 September at 12.00noon – Sunday 29 September at 8.00pm SAT 5 OCT Closed Weekend (R-LVI) Bake Box Cinema Trip UIV Social with Radley SUN 6 OCT Harvest Festival Closed Weekend (R-LVI) Cookery Workshop Ten Pin Bowling House Drama Rehearsals Water Fun SAT 12 OCT Friendship Bracelet Making SUN 13 OCT House Prayers House Drama Competition Long Exeat Friday 18 October at 12.00noon – Tuesday 29 October at 8.00pm SAT 2 NOV Closed Weekend (R-UV) Drama Scholars’ Wellington Firework Social Display SUN 3 NOV House Prayers Closed Weekend (R-UV) Cookery Workshop Lush and Shopping at UV Language Oral Gong Bath Festival Place practise sessions DH Firework Display SAT 9 NOV AGN Charity Evening Pizza Box Cinema Trip LV Social at Radley SUN 10 NOV Remembrance Music Award Holders’ Dance Workshop Escape Room Service Recital Cookery Workshop Short Exeat Friday 15 November at 12.00noon – Monday 18 November at 8.00pm SAT 23 NOV Michaelmas Concert DVD, Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows SUN 24 NOV Evensong UIV Parcel Fund Cake Walk Sno Tubing Volunteering Cookery Workshop SAT 30 NOV UIV Parents Meeting Make your own Blenheim Lights UV Geography Trip Christmas Baubles SUN 1 DEC Evensong UV Geography Trip Christmas Crafts Sleeping Beauty Tedworth House Chapel Cookery Workshop Pantomime Cinema Trip SAT 7 DEC Closed Weekend (R-LVI) House Christmas Parties SUN 8 DEC Matins Closed Weekend (R-LVI) House Christmas Trips Junior Carol Service rehearsal All free events highlighted in orange will take place on Saturday and Sunday. See House notice boards for activities and events planned in House. Dear Parents We would like to introduce you to the programme of weekend activities planned for the Michaelmas Term for the Upper School. Looking back, the Summer Term was an incredibly busy one and highlights include clay pigeon shooting, a neon disco, learning to cook an array of different dishes as well as a great trip to Thorpe Park! We hope you enjoy seeing what the girls are up to on our social media and through our e-newsletters. We regularly meet with the girls in our student forums and together we have put together a diverse and engaging programme of events. I hope there is something for everyone, including a trip to the O2 Academy to climb the roof of the largest indoor venue in London, socials with other schools, the opportunity to relax with a gong bath and lots of activities to be enjoyed in House. As ever, we strive to keep the costs of activities to a minimum, however, as you will notice, a few of the key events cost more than £30 and we will seek your agreement in advance for these. Your daughter will be able to sign up for events costing £30 or less on a weekly basis in House. However, if you do not wish your daughter to have this option, please confirm this in section 4, ‘Opt Out of House Sign-Up’ on the online booking form. Please do always get in touch with any feedback. We would love to hear what you or your daughter are enjoying and if there is anything different that you would like to see added to the weekend programme. Looking forward to welcoming the girls both new and those returning, back for a busy, exciting and challenging term ahead! With best wishes Hannah Pilgrim Head of Co-Curricular Activities Email: [email protected] Tel: 01635 204669 SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER CLOSED WEEKEND VENUE: DOWNE HOUSE DVD AND POPCORN COST: FREE EVENT Enjoy a night relaxing with your friends in the comfort of your own Common Room with a TIME: 7.30pm - 10.00pm DVD and fresh bowl of warm popcorn. OTHER EVENTS • Closed Weekend (R - UVI) SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER CLOSED WEEKEND VENUE: VARIOUS HOUSE TEAMBUILDING COST: £35.00 A day full of fun teambuilding events held at various off-site locations. Enjoy taking part in an TIME: 9.00am - 6.00pm array of activities including climbing, jumping OTHER EVENTS and learning to ride the water on kayaks. • Closed Weekend (R - UVI) Others will be working as a team to complete obstacle courses which see them climbing over cargo nets and over vertical walls. A wonderful opportunity to catch up with your friends about your Summer break and to welcome your new housemates into their new home! To finish off your exciting day, there will be a delicious BBQ in the Cloisters. SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER VENUE: IN HOUSE PAMPER BOX COST: FREE EVENT After a busy week, come and let the worries melt away with a glorious evening of pampering TIME: ALL DAY and relaxation with your friends! Treat yourself to a face mask or a manicure….enjoy and relax, OTHER EVENTS you deserve it for all your hard work! The • Cinema Trip perfect opportunity to recharge and look after one another. VENUE: LOCAL CINEMA CINEMA TRIP COST: £20.00 Enjoy a night at the cinema seeing the latest release. With a choice of films on offer, an TIME: 6.30pm - 10.30pm entertaining evening is unavoidable! OTHER EVENTS • Pamper Box SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER VENUE: LOCAL AREA BIKE AND BITE COST: FREE EVENT Make the most of the great outdoors by taking a leisurely ride on our very own Downe House TIME: 11.00am – 1.30pm bikes. We will find a great spot to enjoy a delicious picnic too. OTHER EVENTS • Chapel: House Prayers • Cookery Workshop • The Royal County of Berkshire Show • Tree Runners VENUE: COOKERY ROOM COOKERY WORKSHOP COST: FREE EVENT OREO BROWNIE CAKES TIME: 3.30pm – 5.00pm Learn how to make these irresistible Oreo brownie cakes. They are fudgy, chocolatey and out of this world. Delicious! OTHER EVENTS • Chapel: House Prayers • Bike and Bite • The Royal County of Berkshire Show • Tree Runners SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER VENUE: NEWBURY THE ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE SHOWGROUND SHOW COST: £20.00 Be part of this nationally recognized county show packed with things to watch, do, smell 10.00am – 5.00pm TIME: and taste. OTHER EVENTS One of Britain’s top ten agricultural shows with • Chapel: House Prayers a unique shopping experience including fashion, crafts and a sumptuous food hall. • Bike and Bite • Cookery Workshop • Tree Runners VENUE: ANDOVER TREE RUNNERS COST: £45.00 Enjoy a giant obstacle course in the trees! From high wires to zip lines to mountain biking TIME: 10.00am – 2.30pm between trees!! It’s great safe fun for all ages! OTHER EVENTS • Chapel: House Prayers • Bike and Bite • The Royal County of Berkshire Show • Cookery Workshop SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER VENUE: IN HOUSE HOUSE BINGO COST: FREE EVENT Feel the thrill as you race your friends to a full house in the comfort of your pyjamas! TIME: 7.00pm – 9.00pm OTHER EVENTS • Presentation of Downe House Sixth Form to UV SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER VENUE: O2 ACADEMY, UP AT THE O2 LONDON Climb the roof of the largest indoor venue in London and take in the spectacular views COST: £60.00 across the capital. You will follow a guide along TIME: 10.00am – 5.30pm a fabric walkway stretching across the O2 towards the centre of the arena. There you can OTHER EVENTS pause, enjoy your accomplishment and behold • Chapel: Evensong the metropolis around you. • Cookery Workshop • Red Kangaroo SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER VENUE: COOKERY ROOM COOKERY WORKSHOP COST: FREE EVENT TUNA PASTA BAKE TIME: 3.30pm – 5.00pm Come and learn how to make a tasty and classic meal that everyone loves. The tuna pasta bake is made with mostly store-cupboard ingredients OTHER EVENTS and can be whipped up anytime. • Chapel: Evensong It is a great dish to have up your sleeve that will • Up at the O2 serve you for years to come. • Red Kangaroo VENUE: READING RED KANGAROO COST: £25.00 A trip to Red Kangaroo means there will be backflips and bounces aplenty. Push your limits TIME: 1.00pm – 5.00pm and have a giggle with friends with an afternoon OTHER EVENTS of trampolining. • Chapel: Evensong • Up at the O2 • Cookery Workshop SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER CLOSED WEEKEND VENUE: IN HOUSE BAKE BOX COST: FREE EVENT Is there anything more satisfying than eating TIME: 7.00pm – 10.00pm something you have prepared yourself? An in-House bake box takes the hard work out of baking and instead gives you more time to OTHER EVENTS decorate your wonderful creations with friends. • Closed Weekend (R - LVI) • UIV Social with Radley • Cinema Trip VENUE: DOWNE HOUSE SOCIAL WITH RADLEY (UIV) COST: £25.00 Always a popular evening socialising and making new friends with the boys at Radley TIME: 7.00pm – 9.30pm College. With a disco and delicious nibbles, this OTHER EVENTS is sure to be a very enjoyable evening. • Closed Weekend (R - LVI) • Bake Box • Cinema Trip SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER CLOSED WEEKEND VENUE: LOCAL CINEMA CINEMA TRIP COST: £20.00 Enjoy a night at the cinema seeing the latest release. With a choice of films on offer, an TIME: 6.30pm – 10.30pm entertaining evening is unavoidable.