KEARSNEY COLLEGE Term 1 Calendar 2019 All dayboy compulsory activities indicated with an (*) JANUARY Monday 7 Cricket 1st XI departs for Independent Schools Festival (Bishops) Tuesday 8 Cricket 1st XI Independent Schools Festival (Bishops) 13h30 Housemasters Workshop (Baynesfield) Wednesday 9 Cricket 1st XI Independent Schools Festival (Bishops) Basketball Pre-season camp (All age groups) 09h00 Swimming/Water Polo pre-season training camp 12h00 Housemasters return from workshop 18h00 New Staff and Interns Supper (Ke Lapeng) Thursday 10 07h30 Full Management Meeting Cricket 1st XI return Basketball pre-season camp (A Teams) Swimming/Water Polo pre-season training camp 18h30 Management Supper (Ke Lapeng) Friday 11 08h00 Operational Management Meeting 09h00 Basketball pre-season camp (1st Team only) 09h00 Swimming/Water Polo pre-season training camp 09h30 HODs Meeting (Staffroom) 10h30 New Staff and Interns Orientation 14h30 Prefects Seminar Saturday 12 07h30 Prefects Seminar Swimming/Water Polo pre-season training camp 08h30 Squash pre-season training camp 19h00 Board Dinner (Greyhound) Sunday 13 Grade 8s arrive 08h30 Squash pre-season training camp 13h00 New families lunch Monday 14 07h00 Grade Heads Meeting 08h00 Staff Meeting (Long Room) 09h00 New Boys Orientation Grades 9 11 15h00 Grade 11 Programme (Long Room) 20h00 Boarders Return 2 Tuesday 15 07h30 SCHOOL STARTS (Chapel) 10h00 Assembly Academic Awards, Prefects and KCC Induction 11h30 Photographs - individual and groups (boys and staff) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 1 3 Wednesday 16 10h40 Honour Code Presentation (boys only) 4 Thursday 17 Clubs and Culture Assembly 13h45 Imbizo Meeting (Sir Liege Hulett Room) 5 Friday 18 Haley Orientation Day Grade 8s out of class 15h00 Basketball Zonal trials (U16 and U18) (Kearsney) 18h00 Cocktail Party Senior Houses Saturday 19 Haley House closed weekend IEB Regional User Group Conferences (KZN) 09h30 Cricket vs DHS (1st XI Away) Basketball vs DHS (Away) Water Polo vs DHS (Away) Canoeing Drak Challenge (Day 1)
Sunday 20 Weekend Duty: Finningley Canoeing Drak Challenge (Day 2) Haley House closed weekend 05h30 Grade 8, New Boys and Prefects Alverstone Hike 06h00 Kearsney Striders Half-marathon 6 Monday 21 14h00 Golf Trials (Cotswold Downs) 14h15 2018 Outgoing Exchange Boys debriefing meeting 7 Tuesday 22 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 2 8 Wednesday 23 09h00 Cricket Momentum Friendship Cup (U15 and 1st XI) (Kearsney) 10h40 Chapel Finningley 14h00 Inclusion Committee Meeting 15h00 Swimming - Hilton Gala 17h30 Wellness Forum Meeting 9 Thursday 24 10h50 House Assembly 13h45 KCC Meeting (Sir Liege Hulett Room) 10 Friday 25 13h50 Food Committee Meeting (Sir Liege Hulett Room) 15h00 Tennis vs Clifton (Home) 15h00 Squash Pre-season Tournament 18h00 Grade 11 Mentors meet Grade 8 Parents (Houses)* 18h30 Haley Cocktail Party (Greyhound) Saturday 26 09h30 Cricket vs Clifton (1st XI Home) Basketball vs Clifton (Home) Water Polo vs Clifton (Home) Canoeing Dash and Crash race Sunday 27 Weekend Duty: Gillingham 08h00 Squash Pre-season Tournament 1 Monday 28 14h00 Golf 1st vs Glenwood (Cotswold Downs) 2nd vs Westville 3rd (Kloof CC) 18h00 Information Evening for 2020 Grade 8s 2 Tuesday 29 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors) 18h00 Parents Society AGM (Greyhound) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 3 3 Wednesday 30 10h40 Chapel Gillingham 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Juniors) 15h30 Swimming Dimont Gala (A and B Teams) (Pmb) 18h00 19h00 International Exchange 2018 boys report back (Greyhound) 4 Thursday 31 10h50 Grade Assembly 14h00 First Aid Level 1 Course 18h00 Johannesburg Information Evening (Bryanston CC) FEBRUARY 5 Friday 1 IEB National User Group Conferences (JHB) T20 Cricket 1st XI (KZNCU) Basketball U14 Tournament (Westville) 14h00 First Aid Level 1 Course 15h00 Tennis vs Westville (Home) 15h00 Squash vs Westville (Home) 15h00 Basketball regional trials (U16 and U18 Westville) 18h00 Johannesburg Information Evening (Houghton Golf Club) Saturday 2 IEB National User Group Conferences (JHB) 09h30 Cricket vs Westville (1st XI Home) Basketball vs Westville (Home) Basketball U14 Tournament (Westville)
Water Polo vs Westville (Home) Canoeing K1 Marathon (Camps Drift) Sunday 3 Weekend Duty: Haley T20 Cricket 1st XI (KZNCU) 09h00 First Aid Level 1 Course Basketball U14 Tournament (Westville) Golf KZN Southern Coastal Trials (Round 1) Swimming Regional Trials (Kings Park) 6 Monday 4 14h00 Golf 1st and 2nd vs Clifton (Durban CC) Concussion Impact Testing (Room 11) 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Juniors) 7 Tuesday 5 Concussion Impact Testing (Room 11) 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 4 8 Wednesday 6 10h30 Social media talk: Craig Blewitt Concussion Impact Testing (Room 11) 9 Thursday 7 10h00 Squash 1st Team departs for St Andrew s Festival 10h50 House Assembly 13h50 ekco Committee Meeting Concussion Impact Testing (Room 11) 14h00 First Aid Level 3 Course 18h00 Information Evening for 2020 Grade 8s 10 Friday 8 14h00 First Aid Level 3 Course 14h30 Tennis vs Hilton (Away) 15h00 Basketball KZN Trials (Kearsney) 18h00 Swimming Westville Invitational Gala Saturday 9 09h00 Swimming Alan Burt Gala (Kings Park) 09h30 Cricket vs Hilton (1st XI Away) Basketball vs Hilton (Away) Canoeing Schools Sprints (Shongweni) Sunday 10 Weekend Duty: Pembroke 08h00 MIDMAR MILE 09h00 First Aid Level 3 Course 20h00 Squash 1st Team returns 1 Monday 11 07h00 Golf Nomads Team Championships (Royal Durban) 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Juniors) 2 Tuesday 12 15h00 Inter-house Cricket (Seniors) 17h00 KERF Staff Meeting (Staffroom) 18h00 Parents Society Meeting (Greyhound) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 5 3 Wednesday 13 Blood Donation Tennis 1st Team departs for Paul Roos Festival 10h40 Chapel Sheffield 14h15 Employee Forum Meeting (Committee Room) 15h30 Swimming Independent Schools Gala (Hilton) 19h00 Inter-house Plays * 4 Thursday 14 Basketball U16 Team departs for St Stithians (JHB) 06h00 Canoeing Dusi Marathon - Day 1 12h00 HALF TERM 14h00 Choir Camp 5 Friday 15 HALF TERM 06h00 Canoeing Dusi Marathon - Day 2 Choir camp Cricket 1st XI vs Wellington College (UK) (Home)
Squash KZN Open Saturday 16 HALF TERM 06h00 Canoeing Dusi Marathon - Day 3 IEB National User Group Conference (JHB) Choir camp ends Basketball U15 Tournament (Grace College) Squash KZN Open 20h00 Tennis 1st Team returns Sunday 17 HALF TERM Basketball U16 Team returns Basketball KZN Practices (Kearsney) Squash KZN Open Monday 18 HALF TERM 19h00 Grade 12 Information Evening (Parents and boys)* 20h00 Boarders return (optional) 7 Tuesday 19 Community Service Week starts 07h30 Communion 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 6 8 Wednesday 20 Cricket 1st XI team departs for St Alban s Festival 10h40 Chapel Finningley 14h00 Heritage Committee Meeting 18h00 Swimming Top Schools Gala (Crawford La Lucia) 9 Thursday 21 Basketball 1st Team departs for St John s (JHB) 10h50 House Assembly 10 Friday 22 Squash vs Maritzburg College (Home) 18h00 Inter-house Gala Saturday 23 09h30 Cricket vs Maritzburg College (Home) (except 1st XI) Basketball vs Maritzburg College (Home) (except 1st Team) Water Polo vs Maritzburg College (Home) Sunday 24 Weekend Duty: Sheffield Basketball and Cricket 1st teams return 1 Monday 25 14h00 Golf 1st vs Westville 2nd (Kloof CC) 2nd vs Reddam 1st (MECC) 16h00 Calendar Meeting 2 Tuesday 26 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 7 18h30 Speakers Circle Dinner 3 Wednesday 27 Grade 8 Dr Breedt Presentation 10h40 Chapel Gillingham 13h45 HODs Meeting (Tennis Pavilion) 18h00 Swimming D&D Gala (DHS) 4 Thursday 28 Grade 8 Dr Breedt Presentation 10h50 Grade Assembly 14h30 Tennis KZN Schools Trials MARCH 5 Friday 1 Grade 8 Dr Breedt Presentation 08h00 Tennis KZN Schools Trials 14h00 Golden Hours 15h00 Squash vs Northwood (Home) Saturday 2 08h00 Tennis KZN Schools Trials 09h00 Swimming KZN High School Trials (Kings Park) 09h30 Cricket vs SCC / Northwood / Sunfoil (Quadrangular) Basketball vs St Charles / Northwood (Home) Water Polo vs St Charles (Home)
Sunday 3 Weekend Duty: Finningley Global Leadership Conference: choir performance 08h00 Tennis KZN Schools Trials 09h00 Swimming KZN High School Trials (Kings Park) 12h00 Rugby 1st team departs for Northern KZN tour 6 Monday 4 Global Leadership Conference: choir performance 14h00 Golf 1st vs Westville 1st (Cotswold Downs) 2nd vs Northwood 1st (Durban CC) 15h00 Winter Sports Practices begin 7 Tuesday 5 English Olympiad (Long Room) 18h30 Dale Carnegie Session 8 8 Wednesday 6 10h40 Chapel Pembroke 15h00 Inter-house Rugby (Juniors) 19h00 Music@Kearsney Ensemble Concert (Auditorium) 22h00 Rugby 1st Team returns 9 Thursday 7 10h50 House Assembly 15h00 Inter-house Rugby (Seniors) 10 Friday 8 MATRIC DANCE Saturday 9 09h30 Rugby and Hockey trials for all ages 18h00 Parents Society Ball Sunday 10 Weekend Duty: Gillingham 2 Tuesday 12 Mathematics Olympiad (Round 1) 18h00 Parents Society Meeting (Greyhound) 18h30 Culture@Kearsney Launch with Art Exhibition Opening 3 Wednesday 13 10h40 Chapel Sheffield 14h00 Kearsney Careers Expo (SportZone) 4 Thursday 14 10h50 Grade Assembly 5 Friday 15 Hockey U16 Team departs for Founders Festival (King Williams Town) 13h50 Food Committee Meeting (Sir Liege Hulett) Saturday 16 OPEN WEEKEND 2020 Grade 8s 09h00 Swimming KZN Level 1 Championships 09h30 Rugby vs Hilton (Home)* Hockey vs Hilton (Home)* Sunday 17 OPEN WEEKEND 2020 Grade 8s Weekend Duty: Haley 09h00 Swimming KZN Level 1 Championships 7 Tuesday 19 Hockey U16 Team returns 19h00 Open Stage Evening (Auditorium) 8 Wednesday 20 10h50 Chapel Finningley 9 Thursday 21 10h50 Human Rights Day Saturday 23 09h30 Rugby vs St Charles (Home)* Hockey vs St Charles (Home)* Canoeing SA Schools Sprints Sunday 24 Weekend Duty: Pembroke Canoeing SA Schools Sprints 2 Tuesday 26 18h30 Grade 8 Formal Dinner* 3 Wednesday 27 Grade 10 Life Sciences field trip 18h30 Inner Circle Dinner (Greyhound) 4 Thursday 28 Hockey 1st XI depart for Founders Festival (Northwood) 10h50 Grade Assembly 5 Friday 29 08h00 Grade 8 and 9 Parents Information Workshop (Grade 8 Chapel) 09h00 SCHOOL CLOSES
Holiday Activities Rugby 2 10 April 1st, 2nd and U16A Eastern Cape Tour 11 15 April U15A ISRF St Benedict s (JHB) 17 22 April U14A ISRF Uplands College (White River) 17 22 April Standard Bank Kearsney Easter Rugby Festival Hockey 28 31 March 1st XI Founders Festival (Northwood, Durban) 17 22 April 1st XI KES Easter Festival (JHB) 19 22 April U14 Founders Festival (JHB) Academic 2 April 14 April Kearsney International Academic Tour (USA) KIT AND CLOTHING Shop opens on the 05 January 2019 Shop Hours: Monday - Friday: 07h00 to 16h00 Saturday: 07h30 to 12h30 Shop closed 08 to 15 April 2019 KEARSNEY 2019 CALENDAR TERM START OF TERM CLOSE OF TERM HALF TERM (STARTS 12h00) 1 Tues 15 January Fri 29 March (09h00) Thurs 14 Feb Mon 18 Feb (incl) 2 Wed 24 April Fri 21 June (09h00) Thurs 23 May Mon 27 May (incl) 3 Tues 16 July Fri 27 Sept (12h00) Thurs 8 Aug Mon 12 Aug (incl) 4 Tues 8 Oct Fri 29 Nov Thurs 31 Oct Mon 4 Nov (incl)