Calendar Autumn Term 2018 WEEK 1 - BE INVOLVED SEPTEMBER Monday 3 Staff Inset, 8.30am Governors and staff drinks and supper, 5.00pm Tuesday 4 Staff inset, 8.30am Reception Tea Party at the Pre Prep, 2.00pm - 4.00pm Nursery Tea Party at the Pre-School, 2.00pm - 4.00pm Boarders return from 5.30pm Wednesday 5 No Activities Term begins: Pre-School and Reception, 8.45am. Half day Year 1 and 2, 8.45am Years 3 to 8, 8.25am Upper School welcome evening, Theatre, 6.00pm Thursday 6 No Activities Half Day for Pre-School and Reception Lower School welcome evening, Theatre, 6.00pm Friday 7 Pre School coffee morning, Aldenham Golf Club, 8.30am Half Day for Pre-School and Reception ‘The Wheels on Debussy’ Concert, Years 1 and 2, Pre Prep Hall OPro mouthguard impressions, 2.00pm U11A Hockey training session and match with Rob Schilling, Olympic Park, 5pm - 8pm Ignite Challenge meeting, by invitation Saturday 8 Archery, Hertford Junior Fun Shoot at Haileybury College, 10.45am Pirates and Princesses Party for under 5s (prospective pupils), Pre Prep, 10am - 12pm Sunday 9 WEEK 2 - BE INVOLVED SEPTEMBER Monday 10 Reception coffee morning, Pre Prep Hall, 8.30am After-school activities begin Year 1 and 2 welcome evening, Pre Prep Hall, 7.00 - 8.00pm Tuesday 11 Year 7 Team Building and Bushcraft Residential, Hatfield Woods, depart 9.00am Lower School Firefly (School Intranet) parents’ workshop, IT room, 8.30am Middle School welcome evening, Theatre, 6.00pm Year 4 trip to Paradise Wildlife Centre, Broxbourne ▲ Wednesday 12 Year 7 Team Building and Bushcraft Residential, Hatfield Woods, return by 4.00pm Football Colts A, Haileybury College, U11 6-a-side tournament Football v Westbrook Hay, 1st, Colts E, Colts F, Colts G (H) 2nd, 3rd, Colts B, Colts C, Colts D (A) Football v Heath ount, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J (H) Hockey v Haileybury, U11 (A) Thursday 13 Individual photos, Reception to Year 8 ▲ Hockey v Chesham Prep, U9 (H), 3.30pm, U8 (A), 3pm Friday 14 Year 5 visit to Hampton Court ▲ Year 8 Team Building and Bushcraft, trip to Hatfield Woods, 9.00am - 4.00pm Boarding “Laser Tag” Activity Evening Official opening of the Edge Grove Professional Artist Series, Front Hall, 7.00pm Saturday 15 Gin Experience by ‘GinspireMe’, Library, 7.30pm Sunday 16 WEEK 3 - CREATIVITY SEPTEMBER Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Year 3 and 4 parents reading workshop, Theatre, 8.30am Year 7 Baccalaureate E-Cube workshop, Team Spirit, Chapel, 8.30am Wednesday 19 Pre-School individual and sibling photos, 9.30am ▲ Football v Lochinver House, 1st, 2nd, Colts A, Colts B, Colts C (H) 3rd, 4th, Colts D, Colts E, Colts F (A) Football v Aldwickbury and St Columba’s, Colts G, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J at Aldwickbury Hockey v Beechwood Park, U13, U11 (A) U10 (H) Thursday 20 Schoolbase Online parents’ workshop, IT room, 8.45am Football v Lochinver House, U9A, U9B, U9C, U9D, U9E (H) Hockey v Chesham Prep, U9 (A) 3pm Friday 21 Year 8 Baccalaureate E-Cube workshop, Stress Management, Chapel, 8.30am U13 Squash and Badminton v Lockers Park (A), 3.30pm Year 5 and 6 Swimming Gala v Westbrook Hay (A), 3.30pm Haileybury Prep Schools’ Singing Day, by invitation ▲ Saturday 22 Pre-School Open Morning for prospective parents, 10am - 12pm Sunday 23 WEEK 4 - CREATIVITY SEPTEMBER Monday 24 Lower School games open afternoon for parents, 1.45pm Rush hour concert, Theatre, 5.30pm Tuesday 25 Year 8 Geography trip to Cadbury World ▲ Reception parents’ curriculum workshop, Pre Prep Hall, 8.45am Lower School parent tutor evening, Theatre, 4.30pm Wednesday 26 Lower School maths workshop for parents, Theatre, 8.45am - 9.30am Year 4 Tesco Farm to Fork, 9.00am - 12.00pm ▲ Dance Performance, The Place London, 1.00pm, by invitation Football festival at Haileybury, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Football v St. Martin’s, Colts F, Colts G, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J (H) Colts A, Colts B, Colts C, Colts D, Colts E (A) Upper and Middle School inter-house hockey tournament Thursday 27 Middle School coffee morning, North Dorm, 8.30am Football v St Martin’s and Westbrook Hay, U9 (A) Friday 28 Macmillan coffee morning, Headmaster’s House, 8.30am Reception CREW Workshop, Pre Prep Hall ‘The Wheels on Debussy’ Concert, Lower School, Theatre Exeat School closes at 6.00pm Saturday 29 Exeat school closed Sunday 30 Exeat school closed Boarders return, 6.30pm WEEK 5 - BE A RISK TAKER OCTOBER Monday 1 Swimming Gala v Beechwood Park (A), 4.30pm Rush hour concert, Lower School, Theatre, 4.30pm Tuesday 2 Oakham, Prep Schools’ Music Day, by invitation, all day ▲ Pre Prep maths workshop for parents, Theatre, 8.45am - 9.30am Governing Body Education Committee Meeting, SB5, 5.00 pm U13 Basketball v Lockers Park (A), 5.15pm Wednesday 3 House Meetings Year 4 Tesco Farm to Fork, 9.00am - 12.00pm ▲ Football v Heath Mount, 1st, 3rd (A), 2nd, 4th (H) Football v Heath Mount and St Columba’s, Colts A, Colts B, Colts C, Colts D at Heath Mount, Colts E, Colts F, Colts G, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J at Edge Grove Hockey v Chesham Prep, U13 (A) Hockey v Orley Farm, U11(A) U10 (H) Thursday 4 Football Festival at Heath Mount, U9A, U9B Football Festival at Edge Grove, U9C U9D, U9E, U9F Friday 5 Flourish Parent Workshop, Chapel, 8.45am - 11.00am Year 1 ‘History off the Page’ Workshop, Pre Prep Hall Ignite Challenge meeting, 4.30pm ▲ Saturday 6 1st Team National Soccer 6-a-side Regional Finals, Chigwell, 9.00am - 1.00pm Open Morning at Edge Grove, 10.00am - 12.00pm (not Pre-School), Years 7 and 8 required ▲ Sunday 7 WEEK 6 - BE A RISK TAKER OCTOBER Monday 8 Barbados netball tour team training, Sports Hall, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Rush hour concert, Theatre, 5.30pm Tuesday 9 Upper School coffee morning, North Dorm, 8.30am Year 3 visit to Chiltern Open Air Museum Year 6, Art and Science visit to Kew Gardens Governing Body Estates Committee Meeting, 5.00pm Wednesday 10 Whole School Harvest Festival Assembly, Sports Hall, 10.00am ▲ Football v Kingshott, 1st, 2nd, Colts D, Colts E (H) 3rd, 4th, Colts A, Colts B, Colts C (A) Football v Aldwickbury and St Columba’s, Colts F, Colts G, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J (H) Hockey v Belmont, U13 (A) Hockey v Chesham Prep, U11 (H), U10 (A) Thursday 11 Year 6 trip to Paris departs, early morning Orchestral trip to Downe House, by invitation ▲ Year 2 ‘History off the Page’ Workshop, Pre Prep Hall Football v Beechwood Park, U9 (A) Football v Beechwood Park, U8 (H) Hockey v Heath Mount, U9 (A) Friday 12 4+ Assessment (for Reception entry in September 2019) – Reception closed all day Saturday 13 Year 6 trip to Paris returns, evening Sunday 14 Sunday 15 WEEK 7 - CONFIDENCE OCTOBER Monday 15 Year 7 Poetry Competition, Theatre, 2.00pm Rush hour concert, Lower School, Theatre, 4.30pm Tuesday 16 Pre Prep instrumental concert, Pre Prep Hall, 8.45am Individual instrumentalists recording, Theatre, 11.00am Table Tennis v Beechwood Park (H), 6.00pm Wednesday 17 Football v Aldwickbury, 2nd, 4th, Colts A, Colts B, Colts C, Colts D, Colts E, Colts F (H) 1st, 3rd, Colts G, Colts H, Colts I, Colts J (A) Hockey v Heath Mount, U13, U10 (A) U11 (H) Middle School tutor evening, Theatre, 5.30pm - 7.30pm Thursday 18 Football v Kingshott, U9 (H) Hockey v Chesham Prep, U9, U8 (H), 3.30pm Friday 19 Half Term. Please collect your children at the following times Pre-School and Pre Prep: 3.00pm Lower School: 3.30pm Middle and Upper School: 4.15pm If possible please collect older siblings at the time stated for younger siblings. Siblings will be supervised until they are collected. No after school activities. Saturday 20 Half Term Sunday 21 Half Term OCTOBER Monday 22 Barbados netball tour departs Tuesday 23 Wednesday 24 Thursday 25 Friday 26 Saturday 27 Sunday 28 Monday 29 Tuesday 30 Barbados netball tour returns Wednesday 31 NOVEMBER Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3 Sunday 4 Half term ends Boarders return, 6.30pm WEEK 8 - CONFIDENCE NOVEMBER Monday 5 Year 8 exams Community Remembrance crafts afternoon, Theatre, 2.00pm Tuesday 6 Year 6 and 8 exams Health and Safety Committee Meeting, Headmaster’s Study, 7.45 am Table Tennis v Beechwood Park (H), 6.00pm Year 4 Classical Civilisations workshop, Theatre Wednesday 7 Year 6 and 8 exams Year 3 Rocks and Fossils workshop, Theatre Football v Beechwood Park, 2nd, 4th (H), 1st, 3rd (A) Football v Radlett Prep, Colts A, Colts B, Colts C, Colts D, Colts E (H) Hockey v Belmont, U13 (A) Hockey v Broughton Manor, U11A and B (A) Hockey v Beechwood Park, U10 (H) Year 4 Girls, French poetry speaking competition, Queen Anne’s School, Caversham ▲ Thursday 8 Year 6 and 8 exams Football Festival, U9A, U9B, at Lockers Park Football Festival, U9C, U9D, U9E, U9F at Westbrook Hay Friday 9 Remembrance Day Service, Sports Hall, 10.45am ▲ An Evening of Remembrance, Sports Hall, 5.30pm ▲ Saturday 10 Bonfire Night 5.00pm, Fireworks at 6.00pm Sunday 11 Letchmore Heath Remembrance Service, 10.30am All welcome. Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head Girl will represent the school ▲ WEEK 9 - BE A GOOD LISTENER NOVEMBER Monday 12 Pre Prep consultation evening, Pre Prep, 5.00pm - 8.00pm Year 8 girls immunisation Tuesday 13 Lower School coffee morning, North Dorm, 8.30am Year 7 Baccalaureate E-Cube workshop, Effective Communication, Chapel, 8.30am Governing Body Finance Committee Meeting, 5.00pm Wednesday 14 House meetings Football v Orley Farm, 1st, 2nd , Colts D, Colts E (A) 3rd, 4th Colts A, Colts B, Colts C (H) Hockey v Kingshott, U13, U11 (A) U10 (H) Thursday 15 Middle School coffee morning, North Dorm, 8.30am Football Triangular v Heath Mount and Beechwood Park, U9 at Heath Mount, U8 at Beechwood Park Hockey v Kingshott, U8 (H), U9 (A) Table Tennis v Lockers