The Kings Calendar 2018-2019 September 2018 Monday 3 Staff Training Day Academy closed to students Staff Training Day Academy closed to students Wednesday 5 First Day : All Years Return to Academy PTA Meeting, 6.30 pm, Conference Room Year 12 Parents Information Evening, 6.00 pm, School Hall School Production Auditions, 3.15-5.00 pm, Kings Theatre Thursday 13 Awards Evening, 7.00pm, Sports Hall Friday 14 Year 10 Achievement Project Launch Friday 14 Year 12 Peer Mentoring 7 Year 9 Fresher s Fayre Year 13 EPQ Presentations Friday Deadline for early UCAS applications Monday 24 to Thursday 27 Harvest Church Services Supporting Literacy, Parents Evening, 6.00 pm, School Hall Year 13 Spectroscopy in a Suitcase Chemistry Friday 28 Focus Day 1 October 2018 Kip on a Ship Parents Meeting, 6 pm, School Hall Online Safety Parents Evening, 6 pm, School Hall Year 9 Business Studies Enterprise Challenge Day Wednesday 3 Year 11 Food Preparation Science Practicals, 11B All day Thursday 4 Year 11 Food Preparation Science Practicals, 11C All day Staff Training Day Academy Closed to Students Year 11 Maths: Maths is fun event Year 12 Maths : Beyond A Level & Year 9 Maths: Investors Challenge Year 8 Open Evening, 5.30pm & 6.30 pm Sports Hall / Academy Thursday 11 Year 12/13 Business Studies Production Plant visit Year 12 Driving School Friday 12 Year 9 & 10 Art/Ph/Text Research Day, Bristol Docks 5 Year 9 Maths Foundation, Longleat Trip Tuesday 16 Year 9 DOE Parents Evening, 6.00 pm, Hall Tuesday 16 to Wednesday 17 Year 10 Kip on a Ship Trip Wednesday 17 Sixth Form Open Evening, 5.45pm, School Hall Friday 19 Deadline for UCAS applications Monday 22 Friday 26 Charities Week Monday 22 Year 12 & 13 Performing Arts Workshop Friday 26 MUFTI Day Saturday 27 to Wednesday 7 Autumn Half Term Holiday November
November 2018 Thursday 8 Return to School (Week A) Friday 9 Deadline for Year 11 Sixth Form Applications Friday 9 Art Trip returns from Barcelona (trip departed on 5 November) 2 to Friday 16 Remembrance Church Services 2 Year 13 History Hampton Palace Trip Tuesday 13 HE + Launch Event Tuesday 13 PTA Meeting, 6.30pm, Conference Room Wednesday 14 Operation Wallacea Parents Evening, 6.00 pm, Hall Thursday 15 Year 11 Preparation for Success Evening,5.45 pm, School Hall Friday 16 Computing Bletchley Park Trip 2 to Friday 23 Year 11 French Mock Speaking Exams 9 to Friday 30 Year 11 German Mock Speaking Exams 9 Year 13 A level Physics Science Trip 0 Year 11 Sixth Form Taster Day Thursday 22 Music Winter Concert, 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre Monday 26 Year 12 Assessment Week Wednesday 28 Year 9 Parents Evening, 4.00 7.00 pm, Hall & Cafe Thursday 29 Year 10 Hinckley Point visit Friday 30 Senior Maths Challenge December 2018 0 to Wednesday 19 Year 11 PPE s Wedmore by Lamplite, 5.15-7.00 pm 7 Music combined school Carol Concert at Wells Cathedral 7 to Thursday 20 Christmas Church Services Wednesday 19 Christmas Lunch Saturday 15 December Drum Jam s A Unique Performance Gig involving over 100 Drummers & Percussionists from across Somerset & Beyond School closes for students at 12.30 pm to Sunday 6 Jan Christmas Holidays January 2019 Tuesday 8 Return to School (Week B) Tuesday 8 to Wednesday 16 Year 13 PPEs Tuesday 8 Year 11 Art 7 Textiles GCSE Exam Prep Days Tuesday 8 Year 12 Unit 4 Performing Arts Evening, 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre Friday 11 Year 10 Bletchley Park Maths Trip Tuesday 15 Year 10 BTEC Performance Evening, Unit 2 (Matilda), 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre Thursday 17 Year 11 GCSE Art & Textiles Exam Prep Day Friday 18 BTEC Sport Anatomy & Physiology Exam Friday 18 Year 11 GCSE Art & Textiles Exam Prep Day 2 Year 13 Chemistry Live Trip Friday 25 Year 11 Poetry Live Bath Trip Monday 28 Year 10 GCSE Science Live Trip Monday 28 to Tuesday 5 Feb Year 11 Food Preparation & Nutrition, Cooking Practical assessments Wednesday 30 Year 11 Parents Evening, 4.00 7.00 pm, Hall & Cafe
February 2019 Friday 1 Year 13 A Level Art/Ph/Text exam prep Tuesday 5 Year 9 Big Pitch semi-finals, LRC Wednesday 6 Year 8 Parents Information Evening, 6.00 pm, School Hall Thursday 7 Intermediate Maths Challenge 1 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 Year 12 Careers Fair Parent Information Evening, 5.00 7.00 pm, School Hall Friday 15 Year 10 Achievement Project Presentations Saturday 16 to Sunday 24 Spring Half Term Holiday Monday 25 Return to School (Week B) Monday 25 to Friday 1 Year 10 RE Poland Trip Wednesday 27 Year 13 Parents Evening, 4.00 7.00 pm, Hall & Cafe Thursday 28 Year 11 Kinky Boots Trip, Bristol March 2019 Monday 4 Year 10 Challenge Plus visit to Oxford University (provisional) Tuesday 5 Year 11, Unit 3 Performance Exam Evening, 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre Thursday 7 Year 9 BS Big Pitch Finals, evening Friday 8 Year 12 Mock Interviews 1 Year 12/13 Art/Ph/Text Trip Tuesday 12 Year 12 Unit 2 Performance Evening, 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre Wednesday 13 Year 11 & 13 Photos Thursday 14 Intermediate Maths Challenge Wednesday 20 Year 13 Biology, Question of Taste, @ Bristol Thursday 21 Year 12 HE Parents Information Evening Monday 25 Year 13 Recital, 7.00 pm Wednesday 27 Year 12 Parents Evening, 4.00 7.00 pm, School Hall Thursday 28 Chamber Music Festival, 7.00 pm April 2019 Year 12 Bristol University Visit (Provisional Wednesday 3 FOCUS DAY 2 Ski Trip Saturday 6 Year 11 DOE Silver Canoe Training Day Saturday 6 Year 12/13 DOE Gold Canoe Water Based Training to Monday 22 Easter Holidays 3 Return to School (Week B) Wednesday 24 Year 10 Parents Evening, 4.00 7.00 pm, Hall & Cafe Thursday 25 Year 9 Business Studies, Cadbury World Trip Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 Year 9 DOE Bronze Walking Training Weekend Monday 29 Year 11 GCSE Art Exams begin Tuesday 30 Year 13 Unit Performance Assessment, 7.00 pm
May 2019 Thursday 2 Year 12 Unit 1 Performance Exam Monday 6 May Bank Holiday Academy Closed Tuesday 7 to Friday 10 Year 12 PPEs Start Tuesday 7 Year 12 Performing Arts Unit 1 Exam Wednesday 8 Year 9, 10 Matilda Trip, Bristol Thursday 9 Spring Concert, 7.00 pm, School Hall 3 GCSE Exams start Monday 20 Year 9 Assessment Week Friday 24 Year 13 Leavers Assembly and BBQ Saturday 25 to Sunday 2 June Summer Half Term Holiday June 2019 Monday 3 Return to School (Week A) Monday 3 to Year 10 Exams Year 10 Unit 1 Performance Evening PTA Meeting, 6.30pm, Conference Room Wednesday 5 New Year 9 Parents Information Evening, 7.00 pm, School Hall Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 Year 9 Bronze Assessment Weekend (provisional) 0 to Year 12 Geography Fieldwork & Residential Trip 0 Friday 14 Year 9 Paris Trip Year 12 Double Award Optional Unit Performance Evening, 7.00 pm, Kings Theatre 7 Summer Expressive Art Event, 7.00-9.00 pm 7 Year 13 Oxbridge Mock Interviews Tuesday 18 Year 12 Geography Coastal Fieldwork Trip Wednesday 19 to Year 11 DOE Silver Canoe practice Wednesday 19 Sixth Form Induction Day Year 9 Maths Higher, Eden Project Trip Monday 24 to Friday 27 Year 10 Work Experience Week 5 Year 11 Celebration Event 5 Year 11 Summer Ball, Rookery Manor to Thursday 27 Year 7 Taster Day Year 9 Bristol University Visit to Friday 28 Year 12 Biology Residential Pembrokeshire Trip Thursday 27 Year 9 Skirting Science
July 2019 Year 10 PA Unit 1 Presentation Exam to Wednesday 3 Year 11 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Walking Practice Weekend New Year 9 Parents Tutor Evening, School Hall Sports Day Wednesday 3 Year 8 Induction Day Thursday 4 FOCUS DAY 3 Swimming Gala Monday 8 to Friday 12 Year 12 Work Experience Week Monday 8 Year 10 Geography Data Collection, Bristol Tuesday 9 Year 10 Geography Data Collection, Bristol Tuesday 9 Year 9 Performance Evening Showcase, 7.00 pm Year 10 Geography Data Collection, Kilve Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 DOE Silver Walking Weekend Thursday 11 Year 10 Geography Data Collection, Kilve Thursday 11 to Friday 12 Year 12 HE+ Visit to Cambridge Friday 12 Year 10 Challenge Plus, Vivary Park visit From Friday 19 Summer Holidays commence from 12.30 pm Thursday 15 August AS/A2 Level Results Published Thursday 22 August GCSE Exam Results Published Thursday 29 to 1 September Year 12 DOE Gold Assessment