Calendar
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Username = parent, Password = portal
| AUGUST | ||
| Th | 19 | AS/A2/AEA/STEP/FSMQ/PreU Results |
| Tu | 24 | GCSE Results |
| W | 25 | Daily Mail Rugby Competition |
| F | 27 | Geography Trip to Iceland (until 31/08/10) |
| M | 30 | BANK HOLIDAY |
| Tu | 31 | 10:00 Pre Season Rugby Training (Years 8,10,11 & 6th form) |
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| W | 1 | 10:00 U12 boys and girls pre-season hockey training (Year 7) |
| 12:00 U18 girls pre-season hockey training (Sixth Form) | ||
| 14:00 U14 boys and girls pre-season hockey training (Year 9) | ||
| Th | 2 | Staff Inset and Pupil Induction Day(Years 7 & 9, Lower Sixth) |
| 13:30 ISCO Tests - supplementary session | ||
| F | 3 | Staff Inset Day (no pupils required) |
| Sa | 4 | 11:00 Second-Hand Uniform Shop (Foyer between Hall and Barry Room) |
| Girls Hockey v Pangbourne College (Sixth Form) | ||
| Rugby v St Faiths School (Year 8) | ||
| Rugby v Mill Hill School (1st XV) | ||
| Rugby v Warwick School (Year 10) | ||
| 1st Week - WEEK A | ||
| M | 6 | Michaelmas Term begins WEEK A |
| 09:00 School Photographs | ||
| 10:30 U6 UCAS Briefing | ||
| W | 8 | 18:30 Head's Drinks Reception for new Year 7 parents (Main Hall) |
| 19:30 Parents Reading Group | ||
| Th | 9 | 16:00 Second-Hand Uniform Shop (Foyer between Hall and Barry Room) |
| 18:30 Head's Drinks Reception for new Year 9 & L6 parents (Main Hall) | ||
| F | 10 | Year 8 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) |
| Sa | 11 | 08:30 Wind Band 1 Rehearsal |
| 11:15 Wind Band 2 Rehearsal | ||
| Rugby v Magdalen College School | ||
| 2nd Week - WEEK B | ||
| M | 13 | Deadline for enquiries on results & return of scripts to Examinations Office |
| 13:10 Clubs and Societies Fair (Sports Hall) | ||
| Tu | 14 | Boys Hockey v Saffron Walden CHS |
| Girls Hockey v The King's School, Ely | ||
| W | 15 | 10:00 Year 7 Parents' Coffee Morning (The Orchard, Grantchester) |
| Girls Hockey v Wymondham College | ||
| Rugby - Daily Mail competition | ||
| Rugby v Wymondham College | ||
| 16:15 Staff Inset - Twilight Training | ||
| F | 17 | Year 7 Fieldtrip to Norfolk Coast |
| 10:00 Year 11 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waterstones) | ||
| 10:00 Upper Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Scotsdales) | ||
| Sa | 18 | Boys Hockey v Oundle School |
| Girls Hockey v The King's School, Ely | ||
| Rugby v St Joseph's College | ||
| 18:00 Old Persean Dinner (Main Hall) | ||
| 3rd Week - WEEK A | ||
| Tu | 21 | 13:20 The 42 : Midsummer Cattle (Lecture Theatre) |
| Football v Kimbolton School | ||
| 19:30 Sixth Form Forum - Supporting University Applications (Main Hall) | ||
| W | 22 | European Languages event (until 25/09/10) |
| 08:40 Physics at Work Trip to Cavendish Laboratory (Year 10) | ||
| 13:20 Year 9 Tutors' Meeting (Barry Room) | ||
| Boys and Girls Hockey v Newport Free Grammar School | ||
| Th | 23 | 11:00 Gap Year Scholarship Presentation (Upper Sixth Form) |
| 16:35 Sixth Form Tutors Meeting (for staff) | ||
| 19:00 Communicating in Families - Talk by Bruce Kinsey (SFC) | ||
| F | 24 | German exchange in Cambridge |
| Deadline for BMAT & ELAT registration to Examinations Office | ||
| 10:00 Year 10 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) | ||
| 10:00 Lower Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning ( Waterstones) | ||
| 10:00 Upper Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Scotsdales) | ||
| Girls Hockey v Bishop's Stortford College | ||
| Sa | 25 | 09:30 Open Morning (all pupils required until 12:30) |
| Girls Hockey v Framlingham College | ||
| Rugby v St John's College School | ||
| Rugby v Uppingham School | ||
| 4th Week - WEEK B | ||
| M | 27 | 10:00 Silver Duke of Edinburgh Pre-Expedition Training |
| Tu | 28 | Boys Hockey v Oundle School |
| Girls Hockey v Saffron Walden County High School | ||
| Girls Hockey v St Mary's School | ||
| 14:00 Year 9 parents' Coffee Afternoon (Waterstones) | ||
| W | 29 | 13:20 Year 10 Tutors' Meeting (staff )(Barry Room) |
| Girls Hockey v Chigwell School | ||
| Rugby v Bancroft School | ||
| Rugby v Saffron Walden County High School | ||
| 14:00 Anthea Bell - Translator - Year 9 (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| 16:35 HoD Meeting (Business) | ||
| 18:30 New York trip - meeting for parents (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Th | 30 | 13:20 The 42: The real Cambridge community |
| Rugby v Thomas Deacon Academy | ||
| 18:00 Head’s Evening Surgery for Parents | ||
| 19:00 Year 7 Tutorial Evening | ||
| OCTOBER | ||
| F | 1 | Small Ships Race |
| F | Deadline for completed Oxford, Cambridge, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry forms to JNG | |
| 10:00 Year 8 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) | ||
| Sa | 2 | 09:30 Senior Chorale Rehearsal |
| 11:15 Senior Orchestra String Sectionals / Brass Groups | ||
| Boys and Girls Hockey v Uppingham School | ||
| Rowing : Cambridge Small Boats Head | ||
| Rugby v Ipswich School | ||
| 5th Week - WEEK A | ||
| Tu | 5 | Football v The King's School, Ely |
| Girls Hockey v Ipswich School | ||
| Rugby v Royal Hospital School | ||
| 13:00 U14 Netball Tournament (hosted by Perse) | ||
| W | 6 | Girls Hockey v King's College School |
| Rugby v Norwich School | ||
| ISCO Careers Clinic | ||
| 13:20 The 42: Eastern Philosophy (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| 13:20 Year 11 Tutors' Meeting (staff) (Barry Room) | ||
| 19:30 Parents Reading Group | ||
| Th | 7 | National Poetry Day |
| Girls Hockey v Perse Girls | ||
| 14:00 Marcus Sedgwick - Author Event (Lecture Theatre) (Year 9) | ||
| 19:00 Music Scholars' Concert (Music Department) | ||
| F | 8 | Field and Enrichment Day (suspended timetable) |
| Sa | 9 | 09:00 Wind Band 2 Rehearsal |
| Football v Felsted School | ||
| Boys Hockey v Stowe School | ||
| Rugby v Royal Hospital School | ||
| Su | 10 | 10:00 PPA Family Walk (Wimpole Hall) |
| 6th Week - WEEK B | ||
| M | 11 | Deadline for entries for January modules to Examinations Office |
| 14:10 Masai performance (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Tu | 12 | Boys Hockey v The Leys School |
| Boys Hockey v Uppingham School | ||
| Girls Hockey v St Mary's School | ||
| 19:00 L6 Tutorial Evening | ||
| W | 13 | Football v Wymondham College |
| Girls Hockey v St Mary's School | ||
| Rugby v Newport FGS | ||
| Rugby v Thomas Deacon Academy | ||
| Rugby v West Suffolk College | ||
| 19:00 Year 9 Tutorial Evening | ||
| Th | 14 | 19:00 First World War Battlefields Tour Meeting (Lecture Theatre) |
| 20:00 PPA AGM (Barry Room) | ||
| F | 15 | 13:20 The 42 : DrJulian Huppert OP, MP (Lecture Theatre) |
| 15:00 Official Opening of the New Block by Dr Julian Huppert OP, MP | ||
| Sa | 16 | 09:15 Full Choir / Friends of Perse Choir |
| Boys Hockey v Stamford School | ||
| Boys Hockey v Stowe School | ||
| Rowing : Cambridge Autumn Head | ||
| Rugby v Stamford School | ||
| Su | 17 | U12 Mixed Hockey Tournament |
| 10:00 Upper Sixth Play - dress rehearsal | ||
| 7th Week - WEEK A | ||
| M | 18 | 13:20 The 42: censorship (Lecture Theatre) |
| 16:15 Staff Meeting | ||
| 19:00 Upper Sixth Play - 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Tu | 19 | 13:20 Middle School Council (Barry Room) |
| Girls Hockey v The Leys School | ||
| 14:00 GP Taylor - Author Event (Lecture Theatre) (Year 8) | ||
| 14:00 Year 9 Parents' Coffee Afternoon (Waterstones) | ||
| 19:00 Junior Chamber Concert (Main Hall) | ||
| W | 20 | Boys and Girls Hockey v Saffron Walden CHS |
| Debating Matters competition | ||
| 10:00 Year 7 Parents' Coffee Morning (The Orchard) | ||
| 10:00 Lower Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Waterstones) | ||
| 14:00 Governors' Upper Education Committee (Barry Room) | ||
| 19:00 Upper Sixth Play - 'The Fall of the House of Usher' (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| 19:30 ISCO Seminar for Year 11 pupils and parents (Main Hall) | ||
| Th | 21 | Rugby v Newport FGS |
| ISCO Interviews for sixth form pupils | ||
| 18:00 Head’s Evening Surgery for Parents | ||
| F | 22 | English trip to New York venture (until 26/10/10) |
| Scouts - Winter Camp (until 26/10/10) | ||
| ISCO Interviews for sixth form pupils | ||
| 10:00 Year 10 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) | ||
| Sa | 23 | First World war Battlefields Tour (until 27/10/10) |
| M 25 -F 29 | HALF TERM | |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| 8th Week - WEEK B | ||
| M | 1 | 20:00 PPA Meeting (Barry Room) |
| Tu | 2 | ISCO Interviews (year 11) (until 24/11/10) |
| Girls Hockey v The Leys School | ||
| 17:00 Governors' Audit Committee (Barry Room) | ||
| W | 3 | 09:00 BMAT, ELAT, HAT etc examinations |
| Football v St Albans School | ||
| 16:35 HoD Meeting (Training Professional Development) | ||
| 19:30 Parents Reading Group | ||
| Th | 4 | Senior Maths Challenge |
| 16:35 Sixth Form Tutors Staff Meeting | ||
| 19:00 Year 8 Tutorial Evening | ||
| F | 5 | 10:00 Year 8 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) |
| 13:00 Medical Forum and Mock Interview Afternoon | ||
| Girls Hockey v Moulton House | ||
| Rugby v Moulton House | ||
| Rugby v Newport FGS | ||
| Sa | 6 | 08:30 Taster Morning for prospective Year 7 and Year 9 pupils |
| 09:00 Senior String Orchestra Rehearsal | ||
| 10:15 Senior Orchestra Rehearsal | ||
| Rugby v Framlingham College | ||
| Football v Greshams School | ||
| 9th Week - WEEK A | ||
| M | 8 | Girls Hockey v The Perse Girls |
| 19:00 Sixth Form Open Evening (all sixth formers required to attend) | ||
| Tu | 9 | 11:00 Governors' Prep & Pelican Education Committee (The Pelican) |
| 13:20 Year 9 Tutors' Meeting (Barry Room) | ||
| Girls Hockey v Wellingborough School | ||
| W | 10 | Boys Hockey v Haileybury College |
| Girls Hockey v Oundle School | ||
| Rugby v Saffron Walden CHS | ||
| 14:00 Rehearsals for Choral/Chamber Concert | ||
| 19:00 Choral and Senior Chamber Concert (Emmanuel United Reformed Church) | ||
| Th | 11 | 14:10 Year 11 Play (Dress Rehearsal) |
| 18:30 10 M & R Parents Evening | ||
| F | 12 | Rugby Tour to Newcastle (until 14/11/10) |
| Girls Hockey Tour to Leatherhead (until 14/11/10) | ||
| 19:00 Year 11 Play (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Sa | 13 | 09:00 Wind Band 1 Rehearsal |
| Boys Hockey v Ipswich School | ||
| Boys Hockey v Stamford School | ||
| Rugby v Bishop's Stortford College | ||
| 19:00 Year 11 Play (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Su | 14 | Rowing : Fours' Head, London |
| 10th Week - WEEK B | ||
| M | 15 | 17:00 Governors' Finance & General Purposes Committee |
| 19:00 6th Form Parents' Forum - Adapting to AS Level (SFC) | ||
| Tu | 16 | Boys Hockey v Uppingham School |
| Girls Hockey v Wellingborough School | ||
| 18:30 10 L, N & T Parents Evening | ||
| W | 17 | Girls Hockey v Thomas Deacon Academy |
| Girls Hockey v Chigwell School | ||
| 16:15 Staff Inset - Twilight Training | ||
| 19:00 Wind Band CD Launch Event (Main Hall) | ||
| Th | 18 | 13:20 Year 10 Tutors' Meeting (staff) (Barry Room) |
| Rugby v Bedford School | ||
| 19:00 Year 11 Tutorial and Careers Evening | ||
| F | 19 | Rugby v Thomas Deacon Academy |
| 10:00 Year 11 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waterstones) | ||
| 10:00 Upper Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Scotsdales) | ||
| Sa | 20 | Boys Hockey v Uppingham School |
| Football v Felsted School | ||
| Girls Hockey v Uppingham School | ||
| Rowing : Cambridge Winter Head | ||
| Rugby v Norwich School | ||
| 09:30 Senior Chorale Rehearsal | ||
| 11th Week - WEEK A | ||
| M | 22 | Boys and Girls Hockey v Thomas Deacon Academy |
| 19:00 Upper Ski Trip meeting (Years 8 - L6)(Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Tu | 23 | Football v The King's School, Ely |
| Football v The Leys School | ||
| Rugby v Bedford School | ||
| ISCO Interviews (year 11) (until 24/11/10) | ||
| 14:00 Year 9 Parents' Coffee Afternoon (Waterstones) | ||
| W | 24 | Deadline for Sixth Form entries - 4pm |
| 13:20 Year 11 Tutors' Meeting (Barry Room) | ||
| Girls Hockey v Newport FGS | ||
| Th | 25 | 18:00 Head’s Evening Surgery for Parents |
| 19:00 Lower School Arts Festival (Main Hall) | ||
| F | 26 | 9:00 Onatti Theatre Company - French Play - Year 8 (Lecture Theatre) |
| 10:00 Year 10 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) | ||
| 10:00 Lower Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Waterstones) | ||
| 10:00 Upper Sixth Parents' Coffee Morning (Scotsdales) | ||
| Rugby v St Faiths School | ||
| Boys Hockey - West Country Tour (until 28/11/10) | ||
| Sa | 27 | Boys Hockey v Ipswich School |
| Girls Hockey v Greshams School | ||
| Rugby v Wellingborough School | ||
| 12th Week - WEEK B | ||
| T | 30 | Boys Hockey v Oundle School |
| Girls Hockey v Bishop's Stortford College | ||
| 18:30 U6 Parents Evening A-L | ||
| DECEMBER | ||
| W | 1 | 11:00 Rehearsals for Junior Carol Service |
| 13:20 Middle School Council (Barry Room) | ||
| 14:30 Junior Carol Service for Years 7-9 (St John's Church, Hills Road) | ||
| 19:30 Parents Reading Group | ||
| Th | 2 | 09:20 British Maths Olympiad Round 1 |
| 13:20 The 42 : Social Anthropology meets Ethics (Lecture Theatre) | ||
| Rugby v Stamford School | ||
| F | 3 | Boys Hockey v Thomas Deacon Academy |
| Girls Hockey v Thomas Deacon Academy | ||
| 10:00 Year 8 Parents' Coffee Morning (Waitrose) | ||
| 19:00 School Concert in St John's, Smith Square London | ||
| Sa | 4 | Sixth Form Scholarship Day |
| Boys Hockey v Hitchin School | ||
| Girls Hockey v Oundle School | ||
| Rugby v Greshams School | ||
| Rugby v Stamford School | ||
Dates of School Terms 2010/2011
Lent Term: 5 January - 1 April
Staff INSET: Wednesday 5 January
Term Starts: Thursday 6 January
Half Term: 21 - 25 February
Summer Term: 26 April - 6 July (am)
Term Starts: Tuesday 26 April
May Bank Holiday: Monday 2 May
Half Term: 30 May - 3 June