TERM 1 PARENT CALENDAR JANUARY/FEBRUARY Sat 16 P&F Welcome Picnic, Senior School. JANUARY Week 1 Mon 25 Staff Day 1

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1 PARENT CALENDAR 2016 Dates in this calendar are subject to change. JANUARY/FEBRUARY Sat 16 P&F Welcome Picnic, Senior School Fri 22 TERM 1 New Staff Orientation JANUARY Week 1 Mon 25 Staff Day 1 Tue 26 AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Wed 27 Staff Day 2 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Term 1 Commences Students return New Parent Morning Tea, Wyvern Hall, 8.30am Wyvern Shop 2.30pm 3.30pm Kindergarten KB 8.30am Kindergarten KW 10.30am Kindy Morning Teas 8.30am and 10.30am Summer Sport Team Allocation FEBRUARY Week 2 Mon 1 Summer sport team allocation, 1.40pm Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Year 1 meet the teacher, Wyvern Library, 8.30am 9.00am Year 2 meet the teacher, Wyvern Library, 8.30am 9.00am, Wyvern Hall Year 3 & 5 Robert Allwell Testing (absentee makeup day) Summer sport team allocation, 1.40pm Fri 5 Years 1-6 Staff, Class and ID and Sibling Photos P & F Welcome Cocktail Party, Mary Andrews, 6.00pm 9.00pm Sat 6 Summer Sport Round 1 Sun 7 FEBRUARY Week 3 Mon 8 Tue 9 Kindy meet the teacher, 8.30am 9.00am, Classroom Kindy Parent Information Session with Ms Gray, Wyvern Library, 9.00am School Leaders Induction Chapel Service, Senior School Chapel, Years 4-6, 2.00pm and School Leaders Photos Wed 10 NCP Years 3-6 Inter-House Swimming Carnival, Ryde Aquatic Centre, 9.00am 2.30pm Thu 11 Fri 12 Year 1 Fire Brigade Visit Year 5 Camp out Sat 13 Summer Sport Round 2 Sun 14 FEBRUARY Week 4 Mon 15 Year Scholarship Testing, 9.00am 12.30pm THRASS Parents Course, 8.30am & 6.00pm, Library

2 Tue 16 P&F Executive Meeting FEBRUARY/MARCH Week 6 Mon 29 Wed 17 Year 6 Learning Showcase, Design and Make, 6.00pm Thu 18 Fri 19 Kindy Class and ID Photos, 9.00am Scots Invitational Swimming Carnival, tbc Tue 1 Wed 2 Year 4 Learning Showcase Year 4 pre camp talk for parents, 10.00am K-6 Individual Parent Teacher Meetings, including Specialists, 3.30pm 6.30pm IPSHA Swimming Carnival, SOPAC Sat 20 Summer Sport Round 3 Sun 21 FEBRUARY Week 5 Mon 22 Tue 23 Kindergarten Interviews 2017 Wed 24 Kindergarten Interviews 2017 Thu 25 Fri 26 Kindergarten Interviews 2017 Year 3 Sleepover Kindergarten Interviews 2017 Kindy Teddy Bear s Picnic Day South Harbour Invitational Swimming Carnival Sat 27 Summer Sport Round 4 Sun 28 Thu 3 Fri 4 Year 3 Instrumental Open Morning. 9.30am 10.15am K-6 Individual Parent Teacher Meetings, including Specialists, 3.30pm 6.30pm Year 3 Parent Information Session with Ms Gray, Wyvern Library, 8.45am Years 4-6 Parent Information Session with Mr Baker, Wyvern Library, 8.45am Sat 5 Summer Sport Round 5 Sun 6 MARCH Week 7 Mon 7 Tue 8 Wed 9 Thu10 Fri 11 Year 1 Excursion to Randwick Children s Hospital Paul Kelly Cup AFL, Queens Park (selected students) Year 3 Excursion to Taronga Zoo

3 WOW Dinner Wed 23 Year 3 Learning Showcase, 8.45am Winter sport team allocation, 1.40pm Sat 12 Sun 13 Summer Sport Round 6 (last round for Term 1) Thu 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Staff Day 3 - Pupil Free Day GOOD FRIDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY EASTER SATURDAY MARCH Week 8 Mon 14 Summer Sport Photos No sport training Tue 15 Wed 16 Prep Schools Inter-House Cross Country, Senior School Campus, 10.00am No sport Sun 27 EASTER SUNDAY MARCH/APRIL Week 10 Mon 28 EASTER MONDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tue 29 Students return from Easter Break Wed 30 Winter sport team allocation, 1.40pm Thu 17 Fri 18 Sat 19 P&F General Meeting, Think U Know, e- safety presentation, Wyvern Hall, 6.30pm 8.15pm Year 6 Maker Day and Maze Runner Simulation No Sport Wyvern Prep Tour for prospective parents, 11.30am 12.30pm Thu 31 Fri 1 Sat 2 Sun 3 Kindy Learning Showcase, 8.45am Year 5 Science Excursion, Homebush No Sport IPSHA Cross Country Carnival, Kings School Sun 20 APRIL Week 11 Mon 4 MARCH Week 9 Mon 21 World Poetry Day Year 6 Poetry Time Capsules, tbc Winter sport team allocation commences, 1.40pm Tue 22 Year 2 Learning Showcase and Strings Open Morning, 8.45am Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Year 6 to Point Wolstoncroft Years 3 & 4 Incursion Aboriginal Experience

4 TERM 2 Year 6 return from Point Wolstoncroft Term 1 Concludes APRIL/MAY Week 1 Mon 25 ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tue 26 Term 2 Commences Students return K-2 Chapel Service Year 6 History Excursion, Senior School War Memorial and Archives, tbc 3-6 Anzac Day Chapel Service, 2.40pm Wed 27 Winter sport team allocation, 1.40pm Thu 28 Fri 29 Kindy Farm Visit, 11.00am 1.00pm Sat 30 Winter Sport Round 1 Sun 1 MAY Week 2 Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Year 6 Challenge Maths Camp (selected students only) Year 6 Challenge Maths Camp (selected students only) Mother s Day Gift Distribution Year 6 Challenge Maths Camp (selected students only) Mother s Day Gift Distribution FUTSAL, tbc Mother s Day Breakfast, 7.30am Kindy Pirate Day IPSHA Debating, Round 1, Years 5 & 6 Sat 7 Winter Sport Round 2 Sun 8 MAY Week 3 Mon 9 Tue 10 Years 3 & 5 NAPLAN Wed 11 Year 4 Kincumber Camp Years 3 & 5 NAPLAN Year 6 study skills/exam technique Thu 12 Fri 13 Year 4 Kincumber Camp Years 3 & 5 NAPLAN Year 6 study skills/exam technique Year 4 return from Kincumber Camp, 3.30pm tbc Sat 14 Winter Sport Round 3 Sun 15 MAY Week 4 Mon 16 Tue 17 FUTSAL backup date Wyvern Prep Tour, 9.00am 10.30am ICAS Digital Technologies Competition P&F Executive Meeting Wed 18

5 Thu 19 Fri 20 Year 5 Writers Incursion, tbc Report Writing, 3.45pm IPSHA Debating, Round 2, Years 5 & 6 Sat 21 Winter Sport Round 4 Prep Music Weekend Thu 2 Fri 3 Wyvern Music Showcase Rehearsals and Concert, 6.00pm, tbc IPSHA Debating, Round 3, Years 5 & 6 Sat 4 Winter Sport Round 6 Sun 22 Prep Music Weekend Sun 5 MAY Week 5 Mon 23 JUNE Week 7 Mon 6 Tue 24 Tue 7 Wed 25 National Simultaneous Storytime for Years K-2, 11.00am Thu 26 Fri 27 da Vinci Decathlon, Knox Grammar, Years 5 & 6 (selected students only) The Giant Wyvern Playdate, 3.00pm 4.30pm Sat 28 Winter Sport Round 5 Sun 29 MAY/JUNE Week 6 Mon 30 Year 6 Day trip to Canberra, tbc Wed 8 Thu 9 Shakespeare Festival PD, P&F General Meeting, Wyvern Hall, 7.00pm 8.15pm Fri 10 Staff Day 4 No students Sat 11 Sun 12 No Sport Queen s Birthday Weekend JUNE Week 8 Mon 13 QUEEN S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Tue 14 ICAS Writing Competition Tue 31 Wed 1 ICAS Science Competition Wyvern Music Showcase setup, tbc Wed 15 ICAS Spelling Competition Thu 16 Stage Meeting, 3.45pm Year 5 The Land of 100 Journeys

6 Fri 17 Presentation, 5.45pm for a 6.00pm start in class rooms. Book Presentations in hallway/foyer, 6.30pm 7.00pm, tbc Year 4 Maritime Museum Excursion, tbc Sat 18 Winter Sport Round 7 (last round of winter sport for Term 2) Robert Allwell Testing (absentee makeup day) Wed 20 Wyvernbald 2016 Year 6 Fizzics Education Chemistry Show, tbc Winter sport training, 2.40pm Sun 19 Thu 21 Wyvernbald 2016 JUNE Week 9 Mon Shakespeare Festival Years 4 & 2 Robert Allwell Testing House Comp Day, Round 1, 1.40pm Tue Shakespeare Festival Wed Shakespeare Festival - Performance The Unknown Soldier, Monkey Baa, Year 6, tbc House Comp Day, Round 2, 1.40pm Thu 23 Fri 24 TERM Shakespeare Festival Year 6 Shakespearean Feast with Parents, tbc, 6.00pm 2016 Shakespeare Festival Term 2 Concludes JULY Week 1 Mon 18 Term 3 Commences Students return Wyvernbald 2016 Tue 19 Wyvernbald 2016 Fri 22 Wyvernbald 2016 Sat 23 Winter Sport Round 8 Sun 24 JULY Week 2 Mon 25 Years 3 & Interviews Athletics Carnival House Meeting/school sport, 1.40pm Tue 26 Years 3 & Interviews Wed 27 Years 3 & Interviews NCP Inter-House Athletics Carnival, SOPAC Thu 28 Fri 29 Years 3 & Interviews Founders Concert, Centenary Hall, 7.00pm 9.00pm Years 3 & Interviews IPSHA Debating, Round 4, Years 5 & 6 Sat 30 Winter Sport Round 9

7 Sun 31 New Day formerly known as Back to Newington Day Sat 13 Sun 14 Newington Athletics Invitational SOPAC AUGUST Week 3 Mon 1 AUGUST Week 5 Mon 15 Poetry Competition Class Rounds House Comp Day, Round 3, 1.40pm Tue 2 Wed 3 Thu 4 Fri 5 ICAS English Competition K-6 Individual Parent Teacher Meetings, including Specialists, 3.30pm 6.30pm Year 5 Frida Khalo Exhibition at the AGNSW, tbc K-6 Individual Parent Teacher Meetings, including Specialists, 3.30pm 6.30pm Tue 16 Wyvern Prep Tour, 9.00am 10.30am ICAS Mathematics Competition Wed 17 House Comp Day, Round 4, 1.40pm Thu 18 Fri 19 Year Learning Profile Test, Senior School Campus, 8.30am 12.30pm Years 3 & 4 Author Visit Martin Chatterton, 9.30am Year K-2 Father & Son Camp, Yarramundi Sat 6 Sun 7 Winter Sport Round 10 (final round Winter Sport) Sat 20 Sun 21 South Harbour Athletics Invitational, SOPAC Year K-2 Father & Son Camp, Yarramundi Year K-2 Father & Son Camp, Yarramundi AUGUST Week 4 Mon 8 House Comp Day, Round 1, 1.40pm Tue 9 P&F Executive Meeting Wed 10 House Comp Day, Round 2, 1.40pm K-2 Athletics Carnival, 10.00am 12pm Thu 11 Fri 12 IPSHA Debating, Round 5, Years 5 & 6 AUGUST Week 6 Mon 22 BOOK WEEK Poetry Competition Final Rounds Winter Sport, Music and Co-curricular Photos Tue 23 BOOK WEEK Wed 24 BOOK WEEK Years 5 & 6 Slam Poet Luka Lesson, 9.30am 10.30am House Comp Day, Round 5, 1.40pm

8 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 BOOK WEEK BOOK WEEK IPSHA Debating, Round 6, Years 5 & 6 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER Week 7 Mon 29 Years 5 & 6 House Debating IPSHA Athletics Carnival (selected students only) House Comp Day, Round 6, 1.40pm Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Kindy Learning Showcase, 8.45am Year 5 Bathurst Camp Year 5 Bathurst Camp Summer sport training commences, 1.40pm IPSHA Debating, Round 7, Years 5 & 6 Newington Prep Inter-House Biathlon and Tennis Championships Tue 30 Year 4 Learning Showcase Years 5 & 6 House Debating Wed 31 Years 5 & 6 House Debating House Comp Day, Round 7, 1.40pm Father s Day gift distribution SEPTEMBER Week 9 Mon 12 Tue Chapel, Year 12 Wyvern students to attend Chapel, 2.40pm Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Year 3 Learning Showcase, 8.45am Years 5 & 6 House Debating Father s Day Breakfast, 7.30am Year 6 - Monkey Baa Theatre The Peasant Prince, tbc Poetry Competition Award Assembly, 2.00pm Father s Day Wed 14 Year 1 Excursion to Royal Botanic Gardens Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Year 5 Learning Showcase, 8.45am P&F General Meeting, Wyvern Hall, 7.00pm 8.15pm K-2 Music Showcase, 8.45am, Wyvern Hall Year 6 Multicultural Masterchef Challenge Newington Black & White Ball, 4 Points Sheraton, Darling Harbour SEPTEMBER Week 8 Mon 5 Year 5 Bathurst Camp House Comp make-up day, 1.40pm Tue 6 Sun 18 SEPTEMBER Week 10 Mon 19

9 Tue 20 Sat 15 Summer Sport Round 7 (first round Term 4) Wed 21 Sun 16 Thu 22 Fri 23 Year 4 Hyde Barracks Excursion, tbc Winter Sports Award Assembly, Wyvern Hall, 2.00pm, Year 12 students to attend Term 3 Concludes OCTOBER Week 2 Mon 17 Kindergarten Orientation, 2 sessions 8.45am and 11.00am Years 1-6 Start Smart Financial Literacy Program TERM 4 OCTOBER Week 1 Mon 10 Term 4 Commences Students return Kindergarten Interviews 2018 siblings and old boys Tue 11 Kindergarten Interviews 2018 siblings and old boys Year 5 Bridge Building 101 Incursion PIPS Testing for Kindy Wed 12 Kindergarten Interviews 2018 siblings and old boys PIPS Testing for Kindy Thu 13 Aquatics Program Week 1 PIPS Testing for Kindy Year 5 Building 101 Incursion, tbc Year 3 Camp, Narrabeen tbc Tue 18 Years 1 6 Orientation, new students, 8.45am 10.30am P&F Executive Meeting Wed 19 STEM Festival 2016 Thu 20 Fri 21 STEM Festival 2016 Aquatics Program Week 2 STEM Festival 2016 Aquatics Program Week 2 IPSHA Debating, Round 8, Years 5 & 6 Sat 22 Summer Sport Round 8 Sun 23 OCTOBER Week 3 Mon 24 Tue 25 Fri 14 Aquatics Program Week 1 PIPS Testing for Kindy Year 3 Camp, Narrabeen tbc Wed 26 Year 6 Interrelate Parent Session, 6.00pm Thu 27 Aquatics Program Week 3 Parent Volunteers and Helpers Cocktail Party and P&F AGM, Wyvern Hall

10 Fri 28 Aquatics Program Week 3 Trinity Swimming Invitational, tbc Sat 29 Summer Sport Round 9 Sun 30 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Week 4 Mon 31 Tue 1 Wed 2 Thu 3 Fri 4 Year 2 to 3 Transition Evening, Wyvern Hall, 6.00pm Aquatics Program Week 4 St Pats Swimming Invitational, tbc Aquatics Program Week 4 IPSHA Debating, Round 9, Years 5 & 6 Sat 5 Summer Sport Round 10 Remembrance Day, 11.00am Sat 12 Summer Sport Round 11 Robert Allwell testing for new Year 3 & students, 8.30am 12.30pm Sun 13 NOVEMBER Week 6 Mon 14 Tue 15 Year 2 Strings Concert, Wyvern Hall, 3.30pm P&F Executive Meeting Wed 16 Year 5 Surf Day, Long Reef Beach, 10.00am 1.00pm Thu 17 Fri 18 Year 6 Surf Day, Long Reef Beach, 10.00am 1.00pm Melbourne Trinity Sport Matches for Year 6 (selected students) Sun 6 Sat 19 Summer Sport Round 12 (last round of summer sport) NOVEMBER Week 5 Mon 7 Tue Remembrance Day Chapel, 2.40pm Sun 20 NOVEMBER Week 7 Mon 21 Year Parent Info Night Wed 9 Thu 10 Fri 11 Aquatics Program Week 5 Year 3 Instrumental Concert, Wyvern Hall, 3.45pm Aquatics Program Week 5 Tue 22 Wed 23 Wilson Academy Clinic Sessions, 1.40pm Thu 24 Year 6 Learning Showcase, Evening of Eminence

11 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Summer Sports Awards Assembly, 2.00pm Year 6 Father & Son Camp, Narrabeen Year 6 Father & Son Camp, Narrabeen Year 6 Father & Son Camp, Narrabeen NOVEMBER/DECEMBER Week 8 Mon 28 Kindergarten Presentation Ceremony, 8.45am Year 6 Graduation Ceremony in Newington Chapel, followed by refreshments, 6.00pm 8.00pm Tue 29 Year 1 Presentation Ceremony, 8.45am Wed 30 Year 2 Presentation Ceremony, 8.45am Wilson Academy Clinic Sessions, 1.40pm Thu 1 Fri 2 One-Up Day, 8.00am 10.30am Year 4 Hands on Science, tbc Year 6 Service to Wyvern Day and Picnic Lunch, tbc Sat 3 Sun 4 DECEMBER Week 9 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Years 3-6 Prize Giving Rehearsal, Centenary Hall, 7.30am 11.00am Term 4 Concludes for K-2 Students Wyvern Annual 3-6 Prize Giving, 9.00am 10.30am Term 4 Concludes for Years 3-6 Students