Summer Calendar 2019 EASTER HOLIDAYS FRI 5 08:30 Tennis Tour Portugal (until 12th April) 10:00 PES Ascent Group Easter Camp (Chrishall Grange, until 8th April) SUN 7 Science Trip to Boston (until 15th April) WED 10 Y9 Battlefields Tour (until 12th April) 08:00 Duke of Edinburgh Qualifying Expeditions (until 14th April) 19:00 Sampson Orchestra Rehearsal (M4) MON 15 Easter Shutdown (until 22nd April) W1.B 22 - 28 APRIL 2019 TUE 23 Boys’ Cricket pre-season v New Hall School: 1st XI, U15 WED 24 Term Begins 08:30 U13 Rugby 7s Northampton Saints Finals Day (Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton) 19:30 Perse Book Club (Margaret Stubbs) THU 25 16:00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) 18:30 Perse Musician of the Year Final (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Boys’ Cricket v Bedford School: 1st XI FRI 26 King’s Lynn Shakespeare Festival – drama workshop (King’s Lynn) Pre-U Music Core Performing Exam (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 08:40 Y9 Study Skills (Lecture Theatre) 09:00 U6 Parents’ Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Café, CB22 5JT) 14:00 L6 Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (Scotsdales Café, CB22 5JT) SAT 27 Girls’ Cricket v Uppingham School: 1st XI, U15 Boys’ Cricket v Wellingborough School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v New Hall School: 1st VI, 2nd VI, U15, U14, U13, U12 SUN 28 08:00 Canoe Club Foundation (Lee Valley) Boys’ Cricket v Felsted School: 1st XI W2.A 29 APRIL - 05 MAY 2019 MON 29 Sustainability week (Whole School) 14:00 Prefect Training (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) 16:00 TATA Materials trip (Cambridge University Department of Materials Science) Boys’ Cricket v Kimbolton School: U12 TUE 30 08:00 Y8 PPQ Feedback Fair (Main Hall) 16:15 Y10 French exchange: parent briefing (S01) Boys’ Cricket v Bishop's Stortford High School: U14 Boys’ Cricket v Kimbolton School: U15 WED 01 11:30 U6 Prep Survivors Event (Perse Prep School) 13:15 Sustainability week talk: Hugo Rainey, ‘Wildlife Conservation in Africa’, Lecture Theatre Boys’ & Girls’ Cricket v St Faith's School: U12 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v St John's College School: U12 THU 02 IGCSE Biology exam (pm) – Y11 pupils on study leave all day 16:00 Student Council BBQ (Sixth Form Café) 17:30 Y8 (forms GLM) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys’ Cricket v Hills Road Sixth Form College: 1st XI FRI 03 Non-School Uniform Day Y9 Emmaus Sleepout (Upper School) 09:00 Y10 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 16:00 Young Enterprise Area Finals (Lecture Theatre) 18:30 Summer Gala Concert (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Boys’ & Girls’ Cricket County Tournament: U13 SAT 04 08:00 PES Summit 10 Expedition (Snowdonia National Park, until 6th May) 09:00 Outdoor Pursuits Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge (Yorkshire Dales, until 6th May) W3.B 06 - 12 MAY 2019 MON 06 May Bank Holiday – School Closed TUE 07 The 42: Nick Bacon, ‘Veterinary Surgery in the 21st Century – A New Frontier’ (Lecture 13:15 Theatre) 14:00 Y11 Parents' Association Coffee Afternoon (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 17:30 Y8 (forms NRT) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys’ Cricket v Hills Road Sixth Form College: 1st XI Boys’ Tennis v Bedford School: 1st VI, 2nd VI WED 08 L6 Geography Fieldtrip (Birmingham and Snowdonia, until 10th May) Theatre trip - New Views group (National Theatre, London) 09:00 Y8 Parents’ Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Café, CB22 5JT) 16:00 Y11 GCSE Study Leave begins after school Community lecture: Sir Shankar Balasubramanian ‘Reading your DNA: what can it tell us?’ 19:30 (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Boys’ Tennis v Bedford Preparatory School: U13 THU 09 Y7 Futuremind Study Skills Workshop (Lecture Theatre) 09:00 Y7 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Cambridge Cookery School Café, CB2 8EB) 16:30 Y7 Concert (Lecture Theatre) Boys’ Cricket v Bishop's Stortford College: U15 Girls’ Cricket v Bedford Modern School: U15 Athletics v St Faith's School: U12, U13 Girls’ Tennis v St Mary’s School, Cambridge: U14 FRI 10 Y10 French exchange trip to Saint-Jean-de-Luz (until 16th May) U6 Study Leave begins after lunch L6 Study Leave for completion of EPQ and Rouse projects 09:00 Y9 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) Boys’ Cricket v Bishop’s Stortford High School: U12 SAT 11 11:00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) Boys’ & Girls’ Cricket v Haileybury College: 1st XI, U15 Girls’ Cricket v Framlingham College: U15, U14 Boys’ Cricket v Haileybury College: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14, U13, U12 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v The Leys School: 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, U15, U14 W4.A 13 - 19 MAY 2019 MON 13 HPQ Presentations (lunchtime presentations until 23rd May) 17:30 Y7 (forms GLM) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) TUE 14 13:00 Mithras Piano Trio masterclass (Music Department) The 42: Prof. Geoffrey Smith ‘How can viruses be genetically modified to treat cancer?’ 13:15 (Lecture Theatre) 16:30 Mithras Piano Trio Concert (Lecture Theatre) 19:00 Parents’ Prayer Group (Margaret Stubbs) Boys’ Tennis v Bedford School: U14 WED 15 14:00 L6 Parents' Association Coffee Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, CB3 9ND) 16:30 Y8 Concert (Gallery Studio) 17:30 Geographical Association Student Presentation (Lecture Theatre) 19:30 Perse Book Club (Margaret Stubbs) Boys’ Cricket v Bishop's Stortford College: U12 Boys’ Cricket v Thomas Deacon Academy: U14 THU 16 08:30 Y9 vaccinations (MG Pavilion) 14:30 Y8 Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (Balzano's, CB1 7AW) 17:30 Y7 (forms NRT) Parents' Evening (Main Hall) Boys’ Cricket v Kimbolton School: U15 FRI 17 19:30 Y8 Parents' Association Social Evening (The Station Tavern, CB1 2GA) Boys’ Cricket v Bishop's Stortford College: U13 Girls’ Cricket v Stephen Perse Foundation: U13 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v The Leys School: U13 SAT 18 Boys’ and Girls’ Cricket v Norwich School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14, U13, U12 W5.B 20 - 26 MAY 2019 MON 20 L6 school exams (until 7th June) 08:45 Y10 Assembly and Period 1: Entrepreneurship - talks (Hall) 09:00 Y10 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 18:30 Senior Chorale and St. John's Voices joint Evensong (St John's College Chapel) 19:30 PPA Committee Meeting (Margaret Stubbs Downstairs) Boys’ Cricket v New Hall School: U14 MON 21 18:30 PPA Talk: Presentation on County Lines with Sgt Priestley, Cambridgeshire Police WED 22 16:30 Y9 Concert (Lecture Theatre) Boys’ Cricket v Felsted School: U13 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v St John's College School: U13 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v St Faith's School: U13 THU 23 09:00 Y11 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 09:00 U6 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Café, CB22 5JT) 12:30 Wind Band 2 ACT Fundraising Concert (Addenbrooke's Chapel) 14:00 Ludi Scaenici (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Boys’ Tennis v Bedford School: U15 FRI 24 School exams start for Y7-10 pupils SAT 25 11:00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) HALF TERM SAT 01 Y10 Colour Obstacle Rush (Milton Keynes) W6 03 - 09 JUNE 2019 MON 03 School exams (until 7th June) TUE 04 09:00 Y6 Prep Science Day (Upper School) 14:30 Y8 Parents’ Association Coffee Afternoon (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 19:00 Parents’ Prayer Group (Margaret Stubbs) WED 05 09:00 U6 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (Scotsdales Café, CB22 5JT) 13:45 Y7 Parents' Association Tea & Cake Afternoon (The Orchard Tea Garden, CB3 9ND) 19:30 Perse Book Club (Margaret Stubbs) THU 06 09:00 Y5 Prep Academic Day (Upper School) 17:00 Art and Technology show (Art block and Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) FRI 07 09:00 Y9 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 10:00 Y10 Parents' Association Coffee Morning (The Orchard Tea Garden, CB3 9ND) 14:00 Y11 Parents' Association Coffee Afternoon (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) Y8 Power2Inspire Activity Day Athletics: Regional Athletics Meet: U12, U13 SAT 08 11:00 Second Hand Uniform Shop (MG Pavilion) Y7 Parents' Association Social Evening Summer Dinner (Provenance Kitchen, 19:30 Whittlesford, CB22 4AN) Girls’ Cricket v St Joseph's College, Ipswich: U15, U13 Girls’ Cricket v Stamford School: U13, U12 Boys’ Cricket v Bedford School: 1st XI, 2nd XI, U15, U14 Boys’ Cricket v Felsted Preparatory School: U13 Boys’ Cricket v Ipswich School: U13, U12A, U12 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v Haileybury College: 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, U15, U14 W7.A 10 - 16 JUNE 2019 TUE 11 13:15 The 42: Dr Rosanna Omitowoju – ‘Women in Ancient Literature’ (Lecture Theatre) EPQ Presentation Training with Eric Dixon (Gallery Studio, Peter Hall Performing Arts 16:00 Centre) 16:30 Recital Series: Informal Concert (Lecture Theatre) 18:30 Recital Series: Two Piano Concert (Peter Hall Performing Arts Centre) Boys’ and Girls’ Cricket v King's Ely: U14 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v King's Ely: U14 WED 12 18:30 PPA Talk - "Money Coaching" with Dennis Harhalakis (Lecture Theatre) Boys’ Cricket v New Hall School: U12 Girls’ Cricket v King's Ely: U12 Boys’ & Girls’ Tennis v St John's College School: U12 THU 13 Y8 Physics Trip to Greenwich 18:30 Prep Y5 Parents' Information Evening (Upper School) 19:00 L6 Parents' Association Social Evening (Red Lion, Grantchester, CB3 9NF) FRI 14 Non-School Uniform Day Spanish Exchange students visit to the Perse (until 21st June) 10:30 Y8 Parents’ Association Coffee Morning (The Gog Farm Shop, CB22 3AD) 13:15 Lower School Research Garden Party 13:15 Electric Guitar workshop with Adam Martin (Lecture Theatre) SAT 15 10:00 ABRSM Music Theory Exam (Sports Studio) 12:00 Benefactors' Reception (Main Hall) Girls’ Cricket v Wisbech Grammar School: 1st XI, U15, U14, U13 Boys’ Cricket v Ipswich School: 1st XI, U15, U14 Boys’