Kearsney College Term calendar for Term 1 of 2021 ALL DAYBOY COMPULSORY ACTIVITIES INDICATED WITH AN (*) All activities are subject to COVID 19 regulations Updated 21/01/2021. Inter-school sports will not take place until at least after half term and have been deleted. Events crossed out are unfortunately cancelled. JANUARY Tuesday 12 08h30 Cricket T20 Centenary Festival Basketball Pre-season camp (All age groups) Wednesday 13 08h30 Cricket T20 Centenary Festival Basketball Pre-season camp (All age groups) 09h00 Aquatics Pre-season camp (All age groups) 10h30 New Staff and Interns’ Orientation 18h00 New Staff Supper (Ke lapeng) Thursday 14 07h30 Full Management Meeting 08h30 Cricket T20 Centenary Festival Basketball Pre-season camp (All age groups) 09h00 Aquatics Pre-season camp (All age groups) Friday 15 09h00 Aquatics Pre-season camp (All age groups) 08h00 Operational Management Meeting 09h30 HODs’ Meeting 16h00 Prefects’ Seminar Saturday 16 07h00 Prefects’ Seminar Sunday 17 08h00 Grade 8s arrive Grade 9 – 11 new boys arrive 07h30 Prefects’ Seminar Monday 18 07h00 Grade Heads’ Meeting 08h00 Staff Meeting (Long Room) 10h00 New Boys’ Orientation Grade 9 - 11 15h00 Grade 11 Induction Programme (Long Room) 20h00 Boarders return Delayed to 01 February 2 Tuesday 19 07h30 SCHOOL STARTS (Assembly) Delayed to 02 February 10h00 Assembly: Prefects and KCC Induction Delayed to 02 February 11h15 Photographs: Individual (boys and staff) 3 Wednesday 20 10h40 Headmaster’s Assembly (online) 14h30 Inclusion Committee meeting 14h30 IT Committee Meeting 15h00 Pre-gala event: 400m Freestyle 4 Thursday 21 07h40 Clubs and Culture Assembly Imbizo Introduction Honour Code Assembly (boys only) 14h15 New boys meeting (Grades 9 – 11) 15h00 Pre-gala event: 200m Freestyle 5 Friday 22 Haley Orientation Day – Grade 8s out of class 17h30 Senior House Boarder Parents’ gathering Saturday 23 Haley House closed weekend Sunday 24 Haley closed weekend 05h30 Grade 8, New Boys and Prefects Alverstone Hike Weekend duty: Finningley 6 Monday 25 10h30 Grade 8 Tie Ceremony (Medworth Stand) 7 Tuesday 26 14h15 eKCo Committee Meeting 18h00 Parents’ Society AGM (Greyhound Pavilion) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 1 8 Wednesday 27 10h40 Academic Assembly 17h30 Wellness Forum Meeting (Staff Room) 18h30 Cell Group Leader Training (Grade 10) (Sir Liege Hulett Room) 9 Thursday 28 14h15 Imbizo and KCC Meeting (AV Room) 18h00 Grade 8 2022 Information Evening 10 Friday 29 17h30 Grade 11 Boys meet Grade 8 Parents (Houses)* 18h00 Haley House Cocktail Party (Henderson Hall) Saturday 30 09h00 Canoeing: Drak Challenge Sunday 31 Weekend duty: Gillingham 08h00 Canoeing: Drak Challenge Programme for new families – direct communication sent FEBRUARY 1 Monday 20h00 Boarders return – Grades 9 to 12 (rescheduled return) 18h00 Grade 8 2022 Information Evening 2 Tuesday 2 10h00 Assembly: Prefects and KCC Induction (rescheduled event) Live streaming 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 2 3 Wednesday 3 10h40 Grade Assembly 14h30 IT Committee Meeting 18h00 Johannesburg Information Evening (Kyalami Country Club) 18h30 Cell Group Leader Training (Grade 10) 4 Thursday 4 18h00 Johannesburg Information Evening (Bryanston CC) 5 Friday 5 13h40 Food Committee Meeting (Sir Liege Hulett) 15h00 Basketball U16 and U18 Zonal Trials (Kearsney) 18h00 Johannesburg Information Evening (Houghton CC) Sunday 7 Weekend Duty: Haley 6 Monday 8 18h00 Grade 8 2022 Information Evening (Kearsney) 7 Tuesday 9 Centenary Bible Reading Marathon 15h00 Cricket KZN Trials (Kearsney) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 3 8 Wednesday 10 Blood Donation TBC Centenary Bible Reading Marathon House assembly 15h30 Swimming Co-Ed Gala (Michaelhouse) 9 Thursday 11 14h00 Employee Forum Meeting (Committee Room) 10 Friday 12 18h00 Swimming Nestor Pierides Invitational Gala (Westville) postponed Saturday 13 09h00 Swimming Alan Burt Gala (venue TBC) Sunday 14 Weekend duty: Pembroke Midmar Mile postponed to 13 and 14 March 1 Monday 15 14h00 Tennis eThekwini Trials 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors and Juniors) 2 Tuesday 16 14h00 Tennis eThekwini Trials 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors and Juniors) 17h30 IMM Presentation 18h00 History Quiz (Clifton) Top Schools Gala (Glenwood) KERF Launch - postponed indefinitely 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 4 3 Wednesday 17 Grade Assembly 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors and Juniors) 19h00 Inter-house Plays * 4 Thursday 18 Basketball U16 Team departs for St Stithians (JHB) Squash 1st Team departs for St Andrew’s Festival Water Polo 1st Team departs for PBHS Tournament Water Polo U15 Festival (Michaelhouse) 06h00 Canoeing Dusi Marathon - Day 1 - Postponed to 18 to 20 March 12h00 HALF TERM Choir camp TBC Friday 19 HALF TERM Basketball U18 KZN Trials Saturday 20 HALF TERM Sunday 21 HALF TERM Monday 22 HALF TERM 19h00 Grade 12 Information Evening (1 Parent per boy and Gr 12 boys) * 20h00 Boarders return (optional) 7 Tuesday 23 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors and Juniors) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 4 8 Wednesday 24 Basketball 1st and U15A Team departs for St John’s (JHB) Tennis 1st Team departs for Paul Roos Festival Cricket 1st Team departs for ISCF (St Albans) Cricket U15A Team departs for ISCF (St Stithians) 10h40 House Assembly 14h30 IT Committee Meeting KERF Meeting 18h00 Swimming D and D Gala (TBC) 9 Thursday 25 14h00 Heritage Committee Meeting (Greyhound Pavilion) 10 Friday 26 Water Polo U15 Dallas Hutton Tournament (Northwood) TBC Basketball U16 KZN Trials TBC 14h30 Squash vs Clifton Saturday 27 09h30 Cricket vs Clifton Basketball vs Clifton (Home) Water Polo vs Clifton (Home) 20h00 Tennis 1st Team returns Sunday 28 Weekend duty: Sheffield Basketball 1st team returns Cricket U15A and 1st team returns Rugby 1st team departs for Northern KZN tour MARCH 1 Monday 1 COMMUNITY SERVICE WEEK 14h00 Golf 1st vs Glenwood (Cotswold Downs) TBC 2nd vs Westville 3rd (Cotswold Downs) TBC 15h00 Winter sports practices begin TBC 16h00 Calendar meeting 2 Tuesday 2 English Olympiad (Long Room) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 4 18h30 Speakers’ Circle Dinner (Greyhound Pavilion) 3 Wednesday 3 10h40 Grade Assembly 15h00 Inter-house Rugby (Juniors) 18h30 Pilgrim Award Meeting Rugby 1st Team returns 4 Thursday 4 15h00 Inter-house Rugby (Seniors) 14h15 Community service: Golden Hours and CROW 5 Friday 5 07h30 Tennis KZN Schools Trials Saturday 6 07h30 Tennis KZN Schools Trials 09h30 Rugby and Hockey Trials for all ages (TBC) Sunday 7 Weekend duty: Finningley 07h30 Tennis KZN Schools Trials 7 Tuesday 9 Centenary Bible Reading 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 5 8 Wednesday 10 Centenary Bible Reading 10h40 House Assembly 14h30 IT Committee Meeting 18h30 Pilgrim Award Meeting 19h00 Music@Kearsney Ensemble Concert (Auditorium) TBC Inner Circle Dinner (Greyhound Pavilion) 9 Thursday 11 Mathematics Olympiad (Round 1) 10 Friday 12 14h15 HODs meeting (N1) Saturday 13 09h30 Rugby vs Hilton (Home)* Hockey vs Hilton (Home)* Sunday 14 Weekend duty: Gillingham 2 Tuesday 16 18h00 Culture@Kearsney Launch with Art Exhibition Opening 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 6 3 Wednesday 17 Grade Assembly 14h15 Colours Committee Meeting 18h30 Pilgrim Award Meeting 4 Thursday 18 Choir soundcheck Saturday 20 OPEN WEEKEND 2022 Grade 8s TBC Rugby vs Michaelhouse (Home)* Hockey vs Michaelhouse (Home)* TBC Sunday 21 OPEN WEEKEND 2022 Grade 8s TBC Weekend duty: Haley Human Rights Day 6 Monday 22 Human Rights Assembly 7 Tuesday 23 Chapel: Communion 17h30 Grade 8 Formal Dinner* 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 6 8 Wednesday 24 10h40 House Assembly 14h30 IT Committee Meeting 18h30 Pilgrim Award Meeting 9 Thursday 25 19h00 Visiting production (Henderson Hall) TBC 10 Friday 26 08h00 Grade 8 and 9 Parents’ Information Workshop (Grade 8 – Chapel) (Grade 9 – Henderson Hall) 09h00 SCHOOL CLOSES – end of Term 1 Kit & Clothing Shop Shop opens on 06 January 2021 Shop hours: Monday - Friday: 07h00 to 16h00 Saturday: 07h30 to 12h30 Holiday Activities Rugby 26 to 29 March Felixton College Rugby Festival (2nd XV) 01 to 05 April Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival 05 to 10 April North-South Festival (1st, U16A, U15A and U14A) (HTS Drostdy) Hockey (all TBC) 31 March to 03 April U14 Founders Festival (Potch) 31 March to 05 April 1st XI KES Easter Festival (Jhb) 08 to 11 April U16 Founders Festival (SACS, Cape Town) 09 to 12 April 1st XI Founders Festival (Kearsney) Kearsney 2021 Calendar remaining Term Start of Term End of Term Half Term (Starts 12h00) 2 Tues 20 April Fri 18 June (09h00) Thurs 20– Mon 24 May (incl) 3 Tues 13 July Thurs 23 September Thurs 5– Mon 9 August (incl) 4 Tues 5 October Fri 3 December Thurs 28 October – Mon 1 November (incl) .