Calendar Tower House School Calendar Autumn Term 2019 188 Sheen Lane East Sheen London SW14 8LF School Tel: 020 8876 3323 Sports Line: 020 8392 4846 Email: [email protected] Website: www.thsboys.org.uk Future Term Dates Spring Term 2020 Term starts Tuesday 7 January Half term begins Monday 17 February Half term ends Friday 21 February Term ends Friday 27 March Summer Term 2020 Term starts Tuesday 21 April Half term begins Monday 25 May Half term ends Friday 29 May Term ends Friday 3 July First May Day Bank Holiday Friday 8 May (Governmental Change) Autumn Term 2020 Term starts Thursday 3 September Half term begins Monday 19 October Half term ends Friday 30 October Term ends Friday 11 December 1 SEPTEMBER 2019 “Can you see the sunset real good on the west side? You can see it from the east side too.” S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders Monday 2nd Staff Inset Day Tuesday 3rd Staff Inset Day Wednesday 4th Start of Term Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 5th FOTH second hand uniform sale – 8.15am (hall) Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm Friday 6th Reception half day – 9.00am-12.00pm Saturday 7th Sunday 8th 3 SEPTEMBER 2019 “I hear and forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” - Confucius Monday 9th Junior and Senior Clubs start Reception – 9.00am-1.00pm (collect after lunch) Tuesday 10th Reception – 9.00am-1.00pm (collect after lunch) Junior school group parents’ meetings (Years 1-3). 8.20am coffee in the hall followed by meetings in classrooms at 8.50am Senior school group parents’ meetings in classrooms with Heads of Year followed by FOTH drinks in the hall – 6.00pm Wednesday 11th Reception start full days – junior school door opens at 8.20am. 3.30pm collection Class, individual and sibling photographs, all day 4 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 12th Friday 13th Saturday 14th The Great River Race Sunday 15th 5 SEPTEMBER 2019 “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?”. – Percy Shelley Monday 16th Tuesday 17th Wednesday 18th 1st/2nd/3rd v The Hall (H) – 2.30pm 6 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 19th Friday 20th Open Morning for prospective parents – 9.15am U10 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm Saturday 21st The Mall U13 5-a-side – 9.00am Sunday 22nd 7 SEPTEMBER 2019 “By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” – Charles Wadsworth Monday 23rd Literacy Morning for Reception Parents – 9.00am Safeguarding Workshops for Years 3-8 Years 3-8 Parental Safeguarding Workshop – 6.00pm (hall) Tuesday 24th Wednesday 25th O-PRO mouth guard dentist fitting – 8.30am 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Kingswood (H) – 2.30pm U11 A, B, C v Kingswood (A) – 2.30pm 8 SEPTEMBER 2019 Thursday 26th Flu Vaccinations for Years R-Year 6 Friday 27th U10 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Surbiton (H) – 2.30pm Saturday 28th Sunday 29th 9 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 “He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.” ― Cicero Monday 30th Harvest Festival – 10.30am U11 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm Tuesday 1st U10 A/B/C v Eaton House (H) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Eaton House (A) – 2.30pm Wednesday 2nd 1st/2nd/3rd v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm 10 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 3rd Year 4 Parent Forum – 6.00pm Friday 4th Saturday 5th U11 Surbiton 5-a-side Football Tournament – 9.00am Sunday 6th 11 OCTOBER 2019 “For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else.” ― Sir Winston Churchill Monday 7th Tuesday 8th U9 A/B/C v The Mall (H) – 2.30pm Wednesday 9th 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Eaton House (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v St Philips (A) – 2.30pm 12 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 10th U8 A/B/C/D v Kingswood (A) – 2.30pm Friday 11th U10 A/B/C v The Mall (A) – 2.30pm Saturday 12th Sunday 13th 13 OCTOBER 2019 “Determine never to be idle…it is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” ― Thomas Jefferson Monday 14th Bullying Awareness Week 1st/2nd/3rd/4th v Ibstock (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Willington (A) – 2.30pm Junior School Parents’ Evening – 4.30pm Tuesday 15th U10 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm U9 A/B/C v Ibstock (H) – 3.00pm Junior School Parents’ Evening – 4.30pm Wednesday 16th U11 A/B/C v Eaton House (A) – 2.30pm 14 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 17th Friday 18th Saxophone and Clarinet Concert (Hall) – 9.00am Break up for half term (normal collection times) Saturday 19th Sunday 20th 15 OCTOBER 2019 Monday 21st Half term Tuesday 22nd Half term Wednesday 23rd Half term 16 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 24th Half term Friday 25th Half term Saturday 26th Sunday 27th 17 OCTOBER 2019 Monday 28th Half term Tuesday 29th Half term Wednesday 30th Half term 18 OCTOBER 2019 Thursday 31st Half term Friday 1st Half term Saturday 2nd Sunday 3rd 19 NOVEMBER 2019 “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”― Groucho Marx Monday 4th Tuesday 5th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch Wednesday 6th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch Choir (Years 4-7) to sing at Bank of England Cancer Research Fair – 7.00pm 20 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 7th Practice Mock Common Entrance Exams – Year 8 Whole School to bring packed lunch Friday 8th Normal school lunch resumes U9 A/B/C v Willington (A) – 2.30pm Saturday 9th Sunday 10th 21 NOVEMBER 2019 "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - e e Cummings Monday 11th Tuesday 12th Year 3 History Stone Age Workshop U10 A/B/C v Hornsby (A) – 2.30pm U9 A/B/C v Kew Green (H) – 2.30pm Wednesday 13th 1st/2nd/3rd v Falcons (H) – 2.30pm U11 A/B/C v Hornsby (A) – 2.30pm 22 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 14th Friday 15th Saturday 16th Sunday 17th 23 NOVEMBER 2019 "A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top." - Unknown Monday 18th Book Week. Theme – Historical Heroes and Heroines 1st/2nd/3rd v Willington (H) – 2.30pm Tuesday 19th U9 A/B/C v Wetherby (A) – 2.30pm Wednesday 20th U11 A/B/C v Surbiton (A) – 2.30pm 24 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 21st U8 A/B/C/D v The Mall (A) – 2.30pm Book Week – Alligator’s Mouth Book Shop Sale – 3.15pm FOTH Autumn Term Event – Staff Play Friday 22nd Dress up character day – dress as your favourite historical hero or heroine U10 A/B/C v The Mall (H) – 2.30pm FOTH Autumn Term Event – Staff Play Saturday 23rd Sunday 24th 25 NOVEMBER 2019 "The saying ‘Getting there is half the fun’ became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines." - Henry J. Tillman Monday 25th Year 5 Parents’ Evening – 5.30pm Tuesday 26th Wednesday 27th School Council Meeting – 10.40am Year 6, 7, 8 House Match Football – 2.30pm 26 NOVEMBER 2019 Thursday 28th Year 2 & 3 House Match Football – 2.30pm Christmas Soloists Concert (Hall) – 6.00pm Friday 29th Years 4 & 5 House Match Football – 2.30pm ABRSM Exams Saturday 30th ABRSM Exams Sunday 1st 27 DECEMBER 2019 "A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep." - H. Auden Monday 2nd Last week of clubs Rugby begins for Senior School in games Year 7 Parents’ Evening – 5.30pm Tuesday 3rd Wednesday 4th 28 DECEMBER 2019 Thursday 5th Junior School Nativity Dress Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2pm Senior school boys to watch. Boys will be brought back to school for the FOTH Christmas Fair Friday 6th Junior School Nativity, Christ Church – 3.00pm Boys will be dismissed from Church Saturday 7th Sunday 8th 29 DECEMBER 2019 "Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it." - Terry Pratchett Monday 9th No clubs Tuesday 10th Carol Service Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2.00pm Boys performing to be collected from Christ Church at 4.00pm Wednesday 11th Carol Service Rehearsal, Christ Church – 2.00pm Boys performing to be collected from Christ Church at 4.00pm Carol Service, Christ Church – 6.00pm Boys to be seated by 5.45pm 30 DECEMBER 2019 Thursday 12th Pantomime for the Junior School (Hall) – 9.00am Friday 13th Whole School Final Assembly – 10.15am Term ends Juniors – 12.00pm Term ends Seniors – 12.15pm Saturday 14th Sunday 15th 31 School Clubs • Parents should sign up for clubs using www.schoolinterviews.co.uk (the code will be in the final newsletter of the summer term) • Most clubs have a numbers cap on them so places are allocated on a first come, first served basis • Clubs marked with an * identify clubs for which there is a charge Junior School Clubs DAY CLUB TIME STAFF (& Year) MEMBER Junior Choir Years 2 & 3 3.45pm-4.15pm MONDAY LW *Drama Years 2 & 3 3.30pm–4.15pm PG Reading Booster Years 2 & 3 LB TUESDAY 8.00am-8.20am (by invitation only) External *Touch Typing 4.15-5.00pm Tutor Y3 WEDNESDAY Handwriting Booster Years 2 & 3 8.00am-8.20am DH (by invitation only) Football 4.00pm collection AW Y3 from school Games Club 3.30pm-4.00pm LM THURSDAY Y1 Sewing 3.45pm-4.30pm FM/KH Y2 Reading Booster Years 2 & 3 8.00am-8.20am LB (by invitation only) FRIDAY *Drama 3.30pm-4.00pm DR Y1 Spanish Club 3.45pm-4.15pm Mrs Years 2 & 3 (collect from Spears late class) 32 Senior School Clubs DAY CLUB TIME STAFF (& Year) MEMBER MONDAY *Woodwind Ensemble 8.00am-8.40am AM *Rock Band 1 8.10am-8.40am SS *Drama 4.15pm-5.00pm PG (Years 4 & 5) TUESDAY Running Club 7.30am-8.00am JM (Years 6-8) (Sheen Gate, 1st half term only Richmond Park) *Guitar Club 1.35pm-2.05pm IT (Years 6-8) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JR (Years 4-8) *Drama 4.15pm-5.00pm PG (Years 6-8) *Touch Typing 4.15pm-5.00pm External (Years 3-8) Tutor WEDNESDAY Senior Choir 8.00am-8.40am LW (Years 4-8) Art Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JW (Years 4 & 5) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm ClB (Years 4-8) Model Car 4.15pm-5.00pm TC Construction Club (Year 5) THURSDAY Fitness Club 7.30am-8.00am LM (Years 5-8) *String Ensemble 8.00am-8.40am AS Music Theory Club 8.00am-8.40am LW (by invitation only) Swing Band 1.35pm-2.05pm LW ICT Club 1.30pm-2.00pm Year 8 boys (Years 4-8) Games Club 4.15pm-5.00pm JM (Years 4-6) Homework Club 4.15pm-5.00pm EO (Years 4-8) Orchestra 4.15pm-5.15pm LW *Rock Band 2 1.35pm-2.05pm AM FRIDAY Basketball Club 4.15pm-5.00pm AW (Years 7 & 8) 33 Code of Conduct • Boys should be respectful, and obedient towards all adults.