DECEMBER 2018/JANUARY 2019 WEEK 0

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 31st

Tue 1st

Wed 2nd

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 0

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 3rd

Fri 4th

Sat 5th

Sun 6th Term Starts

6.00pm – 9.00pm Boarders Return (Unless by agreement with HsM)

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 1

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 7th EPQ Mid-project Review with Supervisors to Take Place During Weeks 1 and 2 8.30am Day Pupils Return 8.45am Whole School Assembly (Priority) Big School

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room

4.45pm – 5.00pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.00pm Saints House Tutor Meetings 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Rehearsal Chapel

Tue 8th 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Lower School 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal Chapel

4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal Chapel

6.30pm – 8.30pm Choir Tour Rehearsal Chapel

Wed 9th

8.45am Saints House Meetings 8.45am Lower School Singing Practice: All tutors Chapel

2.15pm (Depart 1.15pm) Boys Hockey: U18 v William Brooks Away 3.00pm – 5.00pm (Depart 2.00pm) Netball: 2nd v Thomas Adams Away

4.15pm Cricket: Boys Indoor House semi-final Sports Hall Meynell v Woodard

4.30pm – 5.15pm Academic Scholars Meeting Years 9 – 13 Hollway Room

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 1

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 10th

8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel

4.15pm Cricket: Boys Indoor House semi-final Talbot Sports Hall v Wakeman – Lambart 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

6.30pm – 9.00pm Tour Rehearsal for Chapel Choir Chapel 7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

Fri 11th 8.45am Congregational Practice: All Houses, HsMs Chapel and Tutors 2.30pm (Depart) Swimming: City of Derby (Distance Sheffield Swimmers) 4.05pm (Depart) Swimming: City of Derby

1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir Chapel

4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

Sat 12th

10.00am (Depart 8.00am) Football:1st XI, U15, U13 v Abbeygate Away College 10.00am Football: U14, U12 v Abbeygate College Home 10.30am Boys Hockey: U18 v Rydal Penrhos Home

1.30pm (Depart 11.30am) Netball: 1st, 2nd, U15, U14, U12 v Bedstone Away College

All Day Swimming: City of Derby

Sun 13th

9.30pm (Return) Swimming: City of Derby

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 2

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 14th 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

1.15pm – 2.15pm (Depart Monduli Presentation to Rotarians Wynnstay Hotel, 12.45pm)

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room

4.45 – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time

4.45pm HoLMS PSHE Meeting DHP Study 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 5.30pm – 6.15pm Rotary Musician of the Year: Local Heat Big School 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Rehearsal Chapel

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

Tue 15th 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.00pm – 5.30pm (Depart Netball: U13, U12 v Thomas Adams Away 3.00pm) 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel

4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room

7.00pm House Debating: Juniors Semi Final Library

Wed 16th All Day Year 11 GCSE Music Controlled Assessment: Music Computer Composition Room 6.30am – 7.30pm British Schools Pistol Championships Finals Stoke Mandeville 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School KS3 Chapel

2.30pm Netball: U16B, U15B, U14 v Adcote Home 2.30pm Boys Hockey: U18 v Abbotsholme Home

4.15pm Basketball: Senior Boys House Sports Hall 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 2

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 17th

8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

4.15pm Cricket: Boys Indoor House Final Sports Hall 5.15pm Competitive HsMs Meeting Conference Room 5.35pm – 6.20pm E-safety information evening for Lower Top floor of School Parents with PC Crump Lower School 7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

Fri 18th 8.45am Chapel: Senior School – Woodard Chapel 9.15am Chapel Choir: Tour to Oxford, Windsor and

1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel

2.00pm (Depart) Swimming: Flanders Speedo Cup Flanders 3.30pm ECPS Meeting Conference Room 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

7.00pm House Debating: Seniors Semi Final Library

Sat 19th 7.30am(Depart) – 7.00pm Swimming: County Championships All Day Flanders Speedo Cup Flanders 10.00am (Depart 9.15am) Netball: 1st, U15, U13 v Oswestry Away 10.15am (Depart 8.00am) Football: 1st XI, U15, U13 v Oldham Hulme Away

10.15am Football: 2nd XI, U14, U12 v Oldham Hulme Home

Sun 20th

All Day Flanders Speedo Cup 10.50pm (Return) Chapel Choir Tour to Oxford, Windsor and London

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 3

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 21st 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

1.30pm – 2.15pm Year 9 Spotlight on GCSE Options Library 1.30pm Student Council Meeting Conference Room

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting History Room

2.00pm Food Committee Conference Room

4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time

5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre

5.30pm Academic Sub-Committee (Lower School) Conference Room

7.30pm (Return) Swimming: Flanders Speedo Cup 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Chapel

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

Tue 22nd 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School 1.30pm – 2.15pm Year 9 Spotlight on GCSE Options Library 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Chapel

4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 6.00pm Belize Trip Parents Information Evening Sports Hall

7.00pm – 9.30pm House Captains Dinner Common Room Dining Room

Wed 23rd 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School KS2 Chapel

1.30pm – 2.15pm Year 9 Spotlight on GCSE Options Library 2.15pm Badminton v School Home 2.30pm Football: 2nd XI v Wrekin Home 2.30pm Football: U14 v Thomas Adam’s, Home 2.30pm Netball: 1st, U15,U14 v Queens, Chester Home 2.30pm Boys Hockey: U18 v Queen Mary’s Grammar Home School 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

JANUARY 2019 WEEK 3

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 24th 8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time 9.15am – 12.30pm Year 8 Learning Performance Workshop Physics Labs 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 1.30pm – 2.15pm Year 9 Spotlight on GCSE Options Library 3.30pm (Depart 2.30pm) Football: U13, U12 v Thomas Adam’s, Wem Away

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

7.00pm House Debating: Junior and Senior Finals Library 9.05pm Candlelit Communion: Sixth Form Chapel

Fri 25th 8.45am Saints House Meeting

9.30am – 11.00pm (Return) Young Voices: Lower School Genting Arena, Birmingham 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.30pm – 2.15pm Year 9 Spotlight on GCSE Options Library 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir Chapel 4.25pm Senior School Evening Prayer (Priority)

5.30pm Year 9 Parents’ Meeting (Suits) & GCSE Big School Options Information

5.30pm College Transport Departs Exeat Begins

Sat 26th Exeat All day (Depart 10.00am) Exeat visit: Beatles Museum Liverpool 6.30am (Depart) – 7.00pm Swimming: County Championships Wolverhampton

7.00pm ECPS Burns’ Night Big School

Sun 27th Exeat

6.30am (Depart) – 7.00pm Swimming: County Championships Wolverhampton

8.30am – 5.30pm Regional Fencing Packwood Haugh Championships

Boarders Return by 9.00pm

JANUARY WEEK 4

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 28th Assessment Week (All Years) – please avoid activities that take pupils out of lessons during assessment week 8.55am Chapel: Senior School Chapel Eucharist (Periods: P1-9.50am; P2-10.20; Break-10.50am; P3-11.10am; P4-11.40am; P5-12.10pm; P6-12.40pm)

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room 3.00pm Netball: U11 v Adcote Home

4.45pm House Singing Rehearsal (1)(Priority) 5.00pm Pastoral Committee Conference Room 5.00pm – 10.00pm Rotary International Evening Wynnstay Hotel, Oswestry 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Chapel Tue 29th Assessment Week (All Years) – please avoid activities that take pupils out of lessons during assessment week 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses

12.30pm Primary Schools Indoor Athletics Sports Hall 1.45pm House Singing Rehearsal (2)(Priority) 3.45pm Netball: U13A, U13B v Kings Chester Home 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel

5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room

Wed 30th Assessment Week (All Years) – please avoid activities that take pupils out of lessons during assessment week 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Lower School Singing Practice: All Tutors Chapel

1.10pm – 5.00pm RAF Cadets Air Experience Flying RAF Cosford 1.30pm – 2.00pm Cricket: Girls Indoor House semi-final Old Sports Hall Meynell v Wakeman – Lambart

3.15pm Senior and Middle School House Cross Home Country 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel

JANUARY/EBRUARY 2019 WEEK 4

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 31st Assessment Week (All Years) – please avoid activities that take pupils out of lessons during assessment week

8.40am – 9.20pm Whole School Tutor Time

9.00am – 2.30pm Year 11 GCSE PE Practice Moderation Home 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 2.30pm Netball: U13, U12 v Queens, Chester Home

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir Rehearsal (Priority) Chapel

4.30pm E-Safety Committee Conference Room

7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

Fri 1st 8.45am Chapel: Senior School - Meynell Chapel 9.30am(8.00am Depart)–5.00pm Cricket: U13 Chance to Shine Indoor Boys Shrewsbury County Finals Sports Village

1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir Chapel 3.30pm Artsmark Meeting DHA Study 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

7.00pm Tanners Wine Tasting Event with the Old Arts Centre Ellesmerian Parents

Sat 2nd

6.30am (Depart)– 7.00pm Swimming: County Championships Wolverhampton 9.30am Lower School Entrance Examinations Lower School 10.00am Football: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U12 v Liverpool Home College

10.00am (Depart 8.00am) Football: U15, U14, U13 v Liverpool College Away 10.00am (Depart 8.30am) Netball: U13A, U13B, U12 v Wrekin College Away

2.00pm Fencing v Home 7.30pm A Mid Winter Concert – Songs from the Big School Shows

Sun 3rd 6.30am (Depart)– 7.00pm Swimming: County Championships Wolverhampton

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 5

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 4th 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel 12.00noon 3rd Period Grades (Closed) 1.00pm (12.15pm Depart) )– Cricket: U13 Lady Taverners Indoor Area 5.00pm Qualifier (North) 1.30pm – 2.00pm Cricket: Girls Indoor House Semi – Final Old Sports Hall Talbot v Woodard

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting History Room 2.15pm – 4.30pm German GCSE Speaking Exam (Mock) Library and Distance Learning Room 3.15pm – 5.00pm(Depart 2.50pm) Netball: U11 v Moreton Away

4.45pm House Singing Rehearsal (3)(Priority) 5.00pm Academic Sub-Committee (Sixth Form) Conference Room 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Rehearsal Chapel 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

Tue 5th All day Year 11 GCSE Music Controlled Assessment: Music Rooms Performance

8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School

8.45am Lower School Singing Practice: All Tutors Chapel 12.30pm Primary Schools Hockey Tournament Home (Astroturf) 1.45pm House Singing Rehearsal (4)(Priority) 3.00pm Netball: U13, U12 Adcote Home 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel

7.00pm Cre8 Arts Centre

Wed 6th 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School KS3 Chapel

2.00pm (Depart 1.15pm) Boys Hockey: U18 County Cup (Round 1) Lilleshall

2.30pm Football: 3rd XI v Birkenhead Home 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 4.15pm Basketball: Junior Girls House Match Sports Hall 4.30pm – 5.15pm Academic Scholars Forum Hollway Room 7.00pm The EDGE – Francesa Trotman (Love the Library Oceans, Founder and MD) “Plastics and the Planet – Your Part in Killing the Oceans”

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 5

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 7th 8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time (Period Grades)

9.15am – 11.30am Spanish GCSE Speaking Exam (Mock) Library and Distance Learning Room 12.00pm -1.10pm Year 9-11:UKMT Intermediate Maths Lower School Challenge 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel

2.00pm – 5.00pm Extended Afternoon: CCF only 3.00pm Netball: U9 High Five v Moreton Home

4.15pm Lower Sixth presentation on Universities in Library Europe and Beyond (A Star Future) 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir Rehearsal (Priority) Chapel

Fri 8th 9.00am – 3.00pm IET Regional Heat National Faraday Top Floor Competition Hosted by Lower School Year 8 Team with Visiting School Teams. 3rd Period Grades (Published) 8.45am Extra Tutor Time (Period Grades) 9.00am – 1.00pm North West Academies Teacher Training Big School Conference 9.30am(Depart 8.00am)–5.00pm Cricket: U15 Chance to Shine Indoor Boys Shrewsbury Sports County Finals Village 10.45am – 1.00pm French GCSE Speaking Exam (Mock) Library and Distance Learning Room 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.00pm Chapel Choir Chapel 3.30pm ECPS Meeting Conference Room 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

5.15pm Year 8 to 9 Presentation followed by: Arts Centre 5.30pm Year 8 Parents’ Meeting Big School

Sat 9th 9.30am (Depart 8.15am) Netball: U15, U14, U12 v Kings Chester Away

2.30pm (Depart 12.15pm) Football: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI v Denstone Away 2.30pm Football: U15 v Denstone Home 11.00am (Depart) – 8.00pm Coro Lux Singing Evensong Lichfield Cathedral

Sun 10th 10.00am Rugby: Ellesmere College Club Tens Festival Home

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 6

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE

Mon 11th All Day(Depart 8.45am –5.00pm GCSE Science Live Conferences Manchester 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room

4.30pm – 5.00pm Lower School Teatime Music Concert Lower School Hall 4.45pm House Singing Rehearsal (5)(Priority) 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre

5.15pm Health & Safety Committee Conference Room

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Rehearsal Chapel

Tue 12th

8.50am – 9.40am Lower School Eucharist (Priority Miss P1) Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses 1.00pm(12.15pm depart)–5.00pm Cricket: U15 Lady Taverners Indoor Area Oswestry School Qualifier (North) 1.45pm House Singing (6)(Priority) 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room

6.00pm (Depart 5.30pm) Year 8 Bowling Trip The Venue, Oswestry

Wed 13th 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel

1.00pm – 5.15pm (Depart Netball: U13 County Tournament William Brooke 12.00pm)

2.30pm (Depart 1.15pm) Netball: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U15A, U15B, U14 v Away Shrewsbury School 2.15pm (Depart 1.10pm) Boys Hockey: U18 v Wrekin Away

4.15pm Basketball: Junior Boys House Match Sports Hall 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel

7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 6

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 14th St. Valentine’s Day

8.40am Whole School Tutor Time 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 2.30pm Lower School House Cross Country Home

3.10pm House Singing Dress Rehearsal (Priority) Big School

5.30pm Lower School Buses 5.40pm Supper Timings: Lower School 5.45pm Supper Timings: Sixth Form 6.00pm Supper Timings: Middle School

6.40pm – 8.20pm House Singing Competition (Suits) Big School 8.30pm Senior School Buses

Fri 15th 8.45am Saints House Meeting Chapel

1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir Chapel 2.30pm (Depart) Swimming: Bath Meet Distance Bristol 4.05pm (Depart) Swimming: Bath Meet Bristol 4.25pm Senior School Evening Prayer (Priority) Chapel

4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

5.30pm College Transport Departs Half Term Begins Sat 16th HALF TERM

Sun 17th HALF TERM

10.00pm (Return) Swimming: Bath Meet

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 7

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 18th HALF TERM

Tue 19th HALF TERM

Wed 20th HALF TERM

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 7

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 21st HALF TERM

6.30pm CITY Drinks, London The Antelope, Belgravia

Fri 22nd HALF TERM

Sat 23rd HALF TERM

1.00pm Rugby: 1st VII Training Session Home 2.00pm Rugby: 1st VII Depart for Christ College Away Brecon Sevens

Sun 24th

All Day (Return 7.30pm) Rugby: 1st VII v Christ College Brecon Away Sevens

7.00pm – 9.00pm Boarders Return (Unless by agreement with 7.00pm – 9.00pm HsM)

FEBRUARY 2019 WEEK 8

DATE & TIME EVENT Mon 25th SOCS Sports Options Week EPQ End of Project Review to Take Place this Week

8.45am Congregational Practice: All Houses, HsMs Chapel and Tutors 9.10am – 4.05pm Lower Sixth ESB Examinations New Block 2,4,5 & 6

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room 5.00pm Saints’ Tutor Meetings 4.45pm – 5.00pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.00pm Academic Sub-Committee (Middle School) Conference Room

5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Rehearsal Chapel Tue 26th 9.10am – 4.05pm Lower Sixth ESB Examinations New Block 2,4,5 & 6 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Chapel 3.30pm (Depart 2.50pm) Netball: U13, U12 v Packwood Haugh Away 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room 7.00pm House Quiz Semi-Finals Arts Centre

Wed 27th 9.00am – 5.30pm Year 8 and 9 Spanish Cultural Event with Aston University, Routes into Languages. Birmingham All Day (Various departure times) Oswestry Music Festival Oswestry Churches (Holy Trinity, Methodist and Christchurch) 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Lower School Singing Practice: All Tutors Chapel

10.30am(Depart 8.15am)–5.30pm Rugby: 1st VII Solihull Sevens Away 1.00pm – 4.30pm Team Photographs and House Winners Big School

1.30pm – 2.00pm Cricket: Girls Indoor House Final Old Sports Hall 3.15pm Football: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI v Old Swinford Home Hospital 4.15pm Basketball: Senior Girls House Matches Sports Hall 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 4.30pm Library Committee Library 7.00pm – 8.30pm Sixth Form Wine Appreciation Sports Hall Classroom

FEBRUARY/ MARCH 2019 WEEK 8

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 28th All Day (Various departure times) Oswestry Music Festival Oswestry Churches (Holy Trinity, Methodist and Christchurch) 8.40am – 9.20am Lower Sixth Presentation (A Star Future) on Arts Centre Higher Education Opportunities Beyond the UK 8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time

10.30am (Depart 8.00am) Rugby: U14 Solihull Sevens Away

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 1.30pm Netball: North U12 Tournament Home 1.30pm Hockey:U14 North Shropshire 7-a-side Home Tournament

2.00pm (Depart 12 noon) GCSE Drama Theatre Trip – ‘Noughts and The Lowry Theatre, Crosses’ Manchester

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir Chapel

Fri 1st St David’s Day

Closing time for SOCS Sports Options All Day (Various departure times) Oswestry Music Festival Oswestry Churches

8.45am Chapel: Senior School - Talbot Chapel

1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel

4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir Rehearsal (Priority) LS Hall

5.30pm Year 10 Parents Meeting (Suits) Big School

Sat 2nd All Day (Various departure times) Oswestry Music Festival Oswestry Churches

9.00am – 9.00pm Shooting v Sedbergh Sedbergh 10.00am (Depart 8.45am) Football: U14, U12 v Oswestry Away 12.15pm (Depart 11.00am) Rugby: U13 Packwood Haugh Sevens Away 1.30pm Football: 1st XI v Old Ellesmerians Home

Sun 3rd 9.30am – 10.45pm Year 10 -13: Manchester Amateur Choral RNCM Manchester Competition 12.00pm – 4.00pm Netball: Ellesmere College U11 Tournament Home

MARCH 2019 WEEK 9

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 4th Year 11 GCSE and Upper Sixth A Level Rehearsal Examinations Commence(no calendar amendments against exam times)

8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Room 4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Chapel

Tue 5th Year 11 GCSE and Upper Sixth A Level Rehearsal Examinations Commence(no calendar amendments against exam times)

8.45am Assembly: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses

10.30am(Depart 8.30am)–5.30pm Rugby: U13 Solihull Sevens Away

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir (No Exam Classes) Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel

Wed 6th Year 11 GCSE & U6th A Level Rehearsal Examinations (no calendar amendments against exam times) 8.45am Saints House Meeting 8.50am – 9.50am Ash Wednesday – Lower School Eucharist (Priority – Miss P1)

2.00pm (Depart 1.15pm) Boys Hockey: U18 County Cup (Round 2) Lilleshall 2.30pm Football: 1st XI, 2nd XI v Adam’s Grammar Home 2.30pm Netball: 1st, 2nd, U15, U14 v NULS Home 3.30pm Hockey: North Shropshire U13 Girls and U13 Home Boys 7-a-side Tournaments

4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 4.15pm Lower School House Quiz Lower School

7.00pm Headmaster’s Lecture – Charles Flint QC – Arts Centre “Sports, Cheating, Drugs and You.”

MARCH 2019 WEEK 9

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 7th Year 11 GCSE & U6th A Level Rehearsal Examinations (no calendar amendments against exam times)

8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time 10.30am (Depart 8.00am) Rugby: U15 Solihull Sevens Away 1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 2.30pm Football: U13, U12 v Shrewsbury High Home 2.45pm Rugby: U11, U10 v Moreton Hall Home

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir Chapel 2.30pm (Depart 1.45pm) Netball: U8 High Five Netball Tournament Moreton Hall

7.45pm Voices of Eve – Llanymynech Amateur Arts Centre Dramatic Society

Fri 8th Year 11 GCSE & U6th A Level Rehearsal Examinations (no calendar amendments against exam times) 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir (No Exam Classes) Chapel 3.30pm Artsmark Meeting Deputy Head Academic study 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir Rehearsal (Priority) LS Hall

7.45pm “Voices of Eve” – Llanymynech Amateur Arts Centre Dramatic Society

Sat 9th

10.00am (Depart 8.00am) Netball: 1st, 2nd, U15, U14, U13, U12 v Away Shrewsbury High

10.30am (Depart 8.00am) Rugby: U16 Rydal Sevens Away

3.00pm Schulze Organ Recital by John Hosking Big School/Chapel

Sun 10th

10.00am – 7.30pm (Depart Rugby: 1st VII North of Sevens Birkenhead RFC 8.00am)

MARCH 2019

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 11th Assessment Week and Week 2 of Year 11 GCSE Rehearsal Examinations - No Calendar amendments against exam times 5.30pm Tabor Academy Exchange Group Arrive at Ellesmere Ellesmere 8.55am Eucharist: (Periods: P1-9.50am; P2-10.20; Break-10.50am; P3-11.10am; P4-11.40am; P5-12.10pm; P6-12.40pm) 9.10am – 9.50am Lower School Tutor Period

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting History Room 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

Tues 12th Assessment Week and Week 2 of Year 11 GCSE Rehearsal Examinations- No calendar amendments against exam times 8.45am Chapel: Lower School 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir (No Exam Classes) Chapel 3.00pm (Depart 2.20pm) Netball: U13A, U13B, U12A v Moreton Away 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) (No Exam Arts Centre Classes) 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir (No exam classes) Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel

5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room

Wed 13th Assessment Week and Week 2 of Year 11 GCSE Rehearsal Examinations - No calendar amendments against exam times

8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel

2.15pm (Depart 1.10pm) Badminton v Shrewsbury School Away 2.30pm Football: 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI v Codsall Home 2.30pm (Depart 1.15pm) Netball: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U15, U14 v Wrekin Away College 2.30pm (Depart 1.15pm) U18 Boys Hockey v Thomas Telford Away 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 7.00pm Tabor Academy: Lucky me Arts Centre

MARCH 2019 WEEK 10

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 14th Assessment Week and Week 2 of Year 11 GCSE Rehearsal Examinations - No calendar amendments against exam times 8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 2.30pm Rugby: U11, U10 v Shrewsbury High Home

4.15pm -5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

7.00pm House Quiz: Finals Arts Centre

9.05pm Candlelit Communion: Sixth Form Chapel

Fri 15th Senior School Tutor Time

9.30am(Depart 8.00am)–5.00pm Cricket: U13 Lady Taverners Indoor County Shrewsbury School Final Sports Village 10.00am Tabor Academy Exchange Group Leave Ellesmere Ellesmere 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir (No Exam Classes) Chapel

4.25pm Senior School Evening Prayer (Priority) Chapel 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

5.30pm College Transport Departs Exeat Begins 7.00pm Charity Valuation Evening with Trevanion and Arts Centre Dean

Sat 16th 9.00am (Depart) – 7.00pm Exeat Day Trip to visit Stratford Upon Avon 10.00am – 12.00pm Cricket for Girls – Lydia Greenway Sports Hall Masterclass

Sun 17th St Patrick’s Day

Exeat 1.00pm – 7.00pm (Depart Rugby: U15 Kings School Worcester Sevens Away 10.00am)

Boarders Return by 9.00pm

MARCH 2019 WEEK 11

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 18th Colours Nominations Week 7.30am – 6.00pm A Level German Revision Day Manchester

8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

12 noon 4th Period Grades (Closed)

1.20pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference

4.30pm – 5.00pm Lower School Teatime Music Concert Lower School Hall 4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre

Tue 19th

8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses

1.00pm (Depart 12.00pm) Netball: U12 County Tournament Away

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel

Wed 20th St Cuthbert’s Feast Day

8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel

2.00pm – 9.00pm(Depart Rugby: 1st VII Kings School Worcester Away 11.00am) Sevens 2.30pm Football: 2nd XI, 3rd XI v Concord College Home 2.30pm U18 Boys Hockey v Wrekin Home 2.30pm (Depart 1.15pm) Netball: 1st, 2nd, 3rd v King’s, Chester Away 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 5.30pm Closing Time for Colours Nominations – Activities 7.00pm – 9.30pm Woodard House Formal Dinner Dining Hall

MARCH 2019 WEEK 11

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 21st

8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time (Period Grades)

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel

2.00pm – 5.00pm Extended Afternoon CCF only

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel 7.00pm The EDGE: Catherine Wignall – Ellesmere To Arts Centre Hollywood

Fri 22nd Non – Uniform Day (£2 Monduli Green) 4th Period Grades (Published) College Mailing 8.45am Extended Tutor Time (Period Grades) 9.30am(Depart 8.00am)–5.00pm Cricket: U15 Lady Taverners Indoor County Shrewsbury School Final Sports Village 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.30pm (Depart) Swimming: Sunderland Open Meet (Distance Sunderland Swimmers) 4.05pm (Depart) Swimming: Sunderland Open Meet Sunderland 3.30pm ECPS Meeting Conference Room 4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall 5.30pm Closing Time for Colours Nominations - Houses

Sat 23rd All Day (9.00am – 5.30pm) Chester Speech and Drama Festival The King’s School, Chester All Day Swimming: Sunderland Open Meet Sunderland 10.00am Football: 2nd XI v Rydal Home 10.00am – 1.00pm Orchestra and Soloists Rehearsal Big School 10.00am (Depart 8.00am) Netball: 1st, 2nd, U15, U14, U13A, U13B, U12 Away v Wolverhampton Grammar 10.00am Football: 1st XI, U15, U12 v Abbeygate Home College 10.00am (Depart 8.45pm) Football: U14, U13 v Abbeygate College Away 2.00pm – 5.00pm Orchestra, Soloists and Choral Society Big School Rehearsal

7.30pm Concert: Handel’s Messiah Big School

Sun 24th 10.15pm (Return) Swimming: Sunderland Open Meet

MARCH 2019 WEEK 12

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 25th EPQ Presentations –Last Two Weeks of Term 8.00am – 6.00pm Golf: The Northern Open Fleetwood Golf Club 8.45am Chapel: Senior School Chapel

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting Conference Meeting

3.15pm Rugby: U11, U10 v Birchfield School Home 4.30pm Rugby: 1st VII Depart for Rosslyn Park Away Sevens 4.45pm Colours Committee Conference Room 4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre 5.30pm SMG Conference Room 7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Chapel

Tue 26th 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Sixth Form Arts Centre 8.50am Assembly: Middle School Big School 9.00am – 10.00pm Rugby: 1st VII Rosslyn Park Sevens Away (Return date is subject to qualifying) 10.45am – 5.15pm Senior School Production Dress Rehearsal Arts Centre

1.40pm – 2.10pm Chamber Choir Chapel 3.00pm Netball: U13, U12 v Thomas Telford Home 4.00pm Netball: 1st, 2nd v Thomas Telford Home 4.00pm Rugby: U16 VII Depart for Rosslyn Park Sevens 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 5.20pm – 6.20pm HoDs Forum Conference Room 7.00pm Senior School Production – Murdered to Arts Centre Death By Peter Gordon

Wed 27th 8.45am Assembly: Senior School Big School 8.45am Lower School Singing Practice: All Tutors Chapel 9.00am – 10.00pm Rugby: U16 VII Rosslyn Park Sevens Away (Return date is subject to qualifying) 2.00pm Football: Academy Showpiece Trials Home

2.30pm Boys Hockey: 1st XI v SA Touring side and Home Old Swinford Hospital 2.30pm Netball: U15, U14 v Moreton Hall Home 3.00pm (Depart 2.00pm) Netball: 1st, 2nd v Moreton Hall Away 4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel

4.30pm – 5.15pm Academic Scholars Forum Hollway Room 7.00pm Senior School Production: Murdered to Death Arts Centre By Peter Gordon

MARCH 2019 WEEK 12

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 28th

8.40am – 9.20am Whole School Tutor Time

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel

3.00pm (Depart 1.00pm) Rugby: U11,U10 v Abbey Gate Away

4.00pm Netball: 1st v Boys Home 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

7.00pm – 9.30am Meynell House Formal Dinner Dining Hall

Fri 29th Chapel: Senior School – Wakeman-Lambart 8.00am – 6.30pm A Level French Revision Day Manchester 8.30am – 5.30pm Year 13 Psychology Grade Booster Birmingham Workshop 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.30pm – 5.15pm A Level Music Recitals Chapel/Theatre

4.30pm – 5.15pm Lower School Choir (Priority) LS Hall

7.30pm Wakeman Lambart House Formal Dinner Dining Room

Sat 30th Lower School Open Morning

10.00am Football: 1st XI, U14, U12 v Wolverhampton Home Grammar 10.00am – 1.00pm (Depart Netball: 1st, 2nd, U15,U14, U13, U12 v Rydal Away 8.00am) Penrhos 10.00am ( Depart 8.00am) Football: U15, U13 v Wolverhampton Away Grammar 10.30am (Depart 9.00am) Hockey Boys: U18 v Rydal Penrhos Away

Sun 31st Mothering Sunday

APRIL 2019 WEEK 13

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Mon 1st 8.45am Congregational Practice: All Houses, HsMs and Tutors Chapel 9.15am – 4.40pm Year 11: GCSE Media Studies Revision Workshop with Library External Provider

1.40pm Prefects’ Meeting

4.45pm – 5.15pm Senior School Tutor Time 5.15pm – 6.15pm Senior Orchestra Arts Centre

7.15pm – 9.15pm Ellesmere Sinfonia Arts Centre 7.30pm – 9.00pm Choral Society Chapel

Tue 2nd

8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel 8.50am Assembly: Competitive Houses

4.15pm – 5.15pm Drama: Senior School (Priority) Arts Centre 4.15pm – 5.15pm Chamber Choir Chapel 4.30pm – 5.10pm Communion Club Lady Chapel 7.00pm Boys Hockey 1st XI Dinner Red Lion, Ellesmere 7.00pm Netball Dinner TBC

7.00pm Football 1st XI Dinner The Sun Inn, Welshampton

Wed 3rd 8.45am Senior School Tutor Time 8.45am Chapel: Lower School Chapel

1.30pm Netball: Senior House Festival Home

2.00pm Football: Senior House Festival Home (Parry’s)

4.15pm – 5.10pm Hot Chocolate and Holy Communion Lady Chapel 4.30pm – 6.00pm A Level/IB Geography Lecture: Sustainability Library 7.00pm – 9.30pm Talbot House Formal Dinner Dining Hall

APRIL 2019 WEEK 13

DATE & TIME EVENT VENUE Thu 4th (TBC) Ellesmere College Drama Exchange Group Depart for USA Tabor Academy (Return 13th April)

8.55am Eucharist (Priority): With Rites of Maundy Thursday Chapel (Periods: P1-9.50am; P2-10.20; Break-10.50am; P3- 11.10am; P4-11.40am; P5-12.10pm; P6-12.40pm) 9.10am – 9.50am Lower School Tutor Period

1.15pm – 1.35pm Staff Communion Lady Chapel 2.30pm Netball: Lower School House Festival Home 2.30pm Football: Lower School House Festival Home (Top pitch)

4.15pm Football: 1st XI v Ravens Home (Parry’s)

4.15pm – 5.15pm Chapel Choir (Priority) Chapel

Fri 5th 8.45am Whole School Assembly (Priority) Big School Normal Lessons Periods 1-7 1.15pm – 1.35pm Voluntary Communion Lady Chapel 1.40pm – 2.10pm Chapel Choir Rehearsal Chapel 2.30pm (Depart) Swimming: Derventio Open Meet (Distance Swimmers) Sheffield

4.05pm (Depart) Swimming: Derventio Open Meet Sheffield 2.50pm Lower School Last Chapel Chapel Senior School House Tidying 3.30pm Lower School Assembly 3.45pm Senior School Last Chapel (Priority): With Rites of Good Chapel Friday

4.30pm Upper Sixth Parents Meeting (Suits) Big School 4.30pm College Transport Departs End of Term

Sat 6th 9.00am CCF Easter Camp (Return Saturday 13th April at 3.00pm) Sun 7th

9.30pm (Return) Swimming: Derventio Open Meet Norwegian Lodge, Scotland

Next Term: Boarders Return on Monday 29th April 2019 between 5.00pm and 9.00pm (unless alternative arrangements made with their Housemaster/Housemistress) Day Pupils Return Tuesday 30th April 2019 Term ends on Saturday 6th July 2019.