Calendar Cambridge Lent 2018 CB2 8QF
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The Perse Upper School Hills Road Calendar Cambridge Lent 2018 CB2 8QF Telephone: 01223 403800 Email: schooloffi[email protected] Web: perse.co.uk @ThePerseSchool ThePerseSchool Term Dates Summer Term 2018 Monday 16 April – Term Begins Monday 7 May – Early May Bank Holiday (school closed) Monday 28 May – Friday 1 June – Half Term Thursday 5 July – End of Term (lunchtime) Michaelmas Term 2018 Tuesday 4 September – induction for Y7/Y9/L6 pupils Wednesday 5 September – Term Begins Friday 19 October – Monday 29 October inclusive – Half Term Wednesday 12 December – End of Term Lent Term 2019 Thursday 3 January - Term Begins Monday 18 February – Friday 22 February - Half Term Thursday 4 April - End of Term PERSE ONLINE SERVICES Online calendar available on our website perse.co.uk Perse Portal (including PersePost) The Perse Portal provides easy access to information about the school and your child(ren) including all of your PersePost newsletters and other communications. The Perse Portal and PersePost share common log-in details. ParentPay Online payments parentpay.com Sports Kit This can be ordered via links within the Perse Portal. Help with Perse Online Services IT support: [email protected] Pupil Services Use the pupils and staff sign in link on our website perse.co.uk to access your email, SharePoint, Schoology and PersePost. PUPIL WELL-BEING Helping pupils stay healthy and well in mind and body is our top priority. The tutor is usually the first point of contact for any questions or concerns pupils or their parents may have. Here are the other members of staff with specific well-being responsibilities. Deputy Head (Pupils) Overall responsibility for the welfare of Mr Ed Wiseman pupils. Responsible for Child Protection alongside the Assistant Head - Welfare and [email protected] Admissions. Assistant Head Offers guidance and support to individual (Welfare and Admissions) pupils in all year groups. Responsible for Mrs Gail Hague Child Protection alongside the Deputy [email protected] Head (Pupils). Senior Tutors Supporting the well-being programme and Miss Hannah Warner providing one-to-one support for pupils [email protected] Mr Gareth Machin [email protected] School Counsellors Provide confidential support for pupils who might not want to approach a teacher. Miss Laura Martin and Mrs Susan Wilson [email protected] School Nurses Provide medical care throughout the Mrs Penny Elbourn, school day and during sports fixtures. Mrs Katy Clark, Mrs Maria Brightwell [email protected] Pupil Voice Co-ordinator Works with the School Council to give Mrs Beth Gladwell pupils an insight and input into the running [email protected] of the School. Chaplain Provides confidential support, advice and Mrs Emma Rothwell guidan ce to pupils, parents and staff. [email protected] W1.B 01-07 JANUARY THU 4 GCSE Mock Exams (until 12 January) SAT 6 11.00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) Boys' Hockey v Kimbolton School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15 Netball Tour: U18 (until 7 January) Netball Tournament: U15, U14, U13 W2.A 08-14 JANUARY MON 8 U6 Lecture: John Hoskinson, Professional Golfer and Author 08.35 "Inside " 18.00 Y8 Disneyland Trip Information Evening (Lecture Theatre) TUES 9 13.15 STEM: Dr Lawrence Barrett, Unilever (P5, Physics) WED 10 08.30 L6 Rouse Protein Data Bank Europe Visit (PDBE Hinxton) 19.30 Perse Book Club (Margaret Stubbs) THU 11 Yr 7, 8, 9 Junior Youth Speaks competition (Rotary) 16.30 U6 Pre-U Recitals (Music Department) 18.30 Scholars' Concert (Music Department) FRI 12 Y10 Art Workshop ABRSM exam entry parent deadline Y8 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Cambridge 09.00 Cookery School) L6 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Garden 09.00 Centre Café) The 42: Joshua Simons (OP), Kennedy Scholar, Harvard 13.15 University Department of Government National Schools' Indoor Hockey Finals, pending qualification (until 14 March) SAT 13 Upper Entrance Test Day Netball v King's Ely Pre Season Tournament: U15, U14 SUN 14 Cambridgeshire Cross Country Trials at King's Ely Netball Perse Invitational Tournament: 1st VII W3.B 15 - 21 JANUARY MON 15 PMOTY Brass Preliminaries (until 19 January, Music Department) The 42: Dr Ed Turner, University of Cambridge, Department 13.15 of Zoology: "Insect conservation: conserving the little things that run the world" 13.20 Debussy Preludes Piano Masterclass with Paul Roberts (M4) 14.00 Chemistry Olympiad (Sports Studio) 16.15 Informal Concert (M2) 18.00 Ski Trip Parents' Information Evening (Lecture Theatre) TUE 16 Y7 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Shelford 09.00 Delicatessen) Y10 Parents' Association Coffee Afternoon (The Gog Farm 14.00 Shop Café) 18.00 Y9 (forms GHJL) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys' Hockey v Oundle School: U16, U15 Netball v King's Ely: U15 WED 17 Y9 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm 09.00 Shop Café) Y11 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Shelford 11.00 Delicatessen) 16.15 Chamber Music Masterclass (Music Department) Community Lecture: Henry Marsh CBE, Author and 19.30 Neurosurgeon "What are your thoughts made of?" (Main Hall) THU 18 U6 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm 11.00 Shop Café) The 42: Dr Miles Pattenden (OP), University of Oxford - 13.15 Early Modern History, "The Life of a Conclave in Sixteenth- Century Rome" (Lecture Theatre) Seminar with Dr Miles Pattenden (University of Oxford) for 14.00 Y12 History RRR students (Margaret Stubbs) 16.00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) Boys' Hockey County Round: U14 SAT 20 Football v Bancroft's School: 1st XI, 2nd XI Boys' Hockey v St Albans School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, U16, U15 Boys' Hockey v St Albans School/New Hall School: U13, U12 Netball v Kimbolton School: 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Rugby v Oundle School: U14 SUN 21 10.00 Perse Players rehearsal W4.A 22 - 28 JANUARY MON 22 Piano Festival (until 28 January) PMOTY Guitar Preliminaries (until 26 January) (Music Department) 18.30 Complete Debussy Piano Preludes (Main Hall) TUE 23 The 42: Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz - Chair of Cancer 13.15 Research UK and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, "Healthcare - where will it be in 30 years?" Lucy Parham and Henry Goodman recital: Reverie "The Life 19.30 and Loves of Claude Debussy" (Main Hall) Boys' Hockey County Cup: U16 Netball v King's Ely: U14 Rugby v Comberton Village College: U14 WED 24 ESU Public Speaking competition (Parkside Community 16.45 College) 18.00 Y9 (forms MNRT) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys' Hockey v Bedford School: U13, U12 THU 25 16.15 PMOTY Keyboard Final (Main Hall) 19.00 Perse Precor Prayer Meeting (Margaret Stubbs) Boys' Hockey v Oundle School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI Netball v Stephen Perse Foundation: 1st VII FRI 26 Non-School Uniform Day 18.30 Outdoor Pursuits Annual Dinner (Main Hall) SAT 27 Boys' Hockey v Ipswich School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U16, U15, U13, U12 Football v King's Ely: 1st XI, 2nd XI Netball v Culford School/Uppingham: 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, U16, U15, U14 Rugby v Stamford School: U14 W5.B 29 JANUARY - 4 FEBRUARY TUE 30 13.15 STEM: Simon Galbraith, Redgate (P5, Physics) 16.15 PMOTY Brass Final (Music Department) 18.00 Y11 (forms GHJL) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys' Hockey v Bishop's Stortford College: U16, U15 Netball v King's Ely: U16 WED 31 Percussion masterclass and performance with Eddy Hackett 16.15 (M4) Boys' Hockey v Bishop's Stortford College: U13 Netball v Finborough School: U13 THU 1 Pro Corda qualifying rounds (Music Department) The 42 talk by Tom Miller (OP), BAFTA-winning TV 13.15 producer ('Water and Power Productions') "From The Perse to TV production: a career in the media" 18.00 L6 Higher Education Evening (Main Hall) FRI 2 Intermediate Maths Challenge: Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11 SAT 3 11.00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) 19.30 Charity Cabaret (Main Hall) Boys' Hockey v Whitgift School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U16, U15, U13, U12 Football v Uppingham: 1st XI, 2nd XI Netball v Royal Hospital School: 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Rugby v Queen Elizabeth Barnet: U14 SUN 4 National Youth Music Theatre auditions (hosted at Upper School) 10.00 Middle School Drama Company rehearsal 10.00 Perse Players rehearsal W6.A 5 -11 FEBRUARY MON 5 U6 Mock French Speaking Exams Piano and Voice Masterclass with Joseph Middleton (Main 16.15 Hall) Netball v The Leys School: U14 TUE 6 Y9 and L6 French Exchange Partners in Cambridge 10.00 Maths Fest Trip for Lower 6th (London) 13.15 Medsoc - Professor Marciniak (Loft) 18.00 Y11 (forms MNRT) Parents' Evening Boys' Hockey East Round (pending qualification): U16 Netball v The Leys School: U14 Rugby v The Leys School: U14 WED 7 Y10 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm 08.30 Shop Café) 16.15 PMOTY Guitar Final (Lecture Theatre) 16.30 Inter School MFL Debating Competitions (South Building) 19.00 Middle School Drama Company Performance 19.30 Perse Book Club (Margaret Stubbs) Boys' Hockey v Stephen Perse Foundation: U12 Netball v Oundle School: U13, U12 THU 8 Y9 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm 09.00 Shop Café) L6 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Garden 09.00 Centre Café) 19.00 Middle School Drama Company Performance Boys' Hockey v Bedford School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI Boys' Hockey East Round (pending qualification): U16 Boys' Hockey (pending qualification): U14 FRI 9 Y7 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm 09.00 Shop Café) 13.20 Double Bass concert - Christopher Xuereb (M2) Half Term (until 19 February) SAT 10 Dublin trip (until Tue 13 February) School Ski