Your Induction Days Boarding students

Your Induction Days Boarding students

Introduction Welcome to Sevenoaks School We are delighted to be welcoming new students and parents to Sevenoaks School, as well as welcoming many back. Here you will find times, venues and information to help you navigate through the first days and weeks of the new term. Some will be explained more fully in letters to come, but do make contact with us or take a look at the Parents section of the school website for further information, as explained in my accompanying letter. The first few days will be busy, perhaps daunting, and full of new faces, but it is good for students to stop and think on the first day and trust in the experience of so many who have gone before, that so many of those new faces will become firm friends in no time. When I meet Old Sennockians at our many events around the world, this is an overwhelmingly common message. Whether here for two, five or seven years our students, and their parents, make friendships for life. I hope to meet you all in, but in the meantime, have a lovely summer! Helen Tebay Deputy Head Pastoral 1

YEAR 7 LOWER SIXTH Thursday 31 August: Student Induction Day YEAR 9 12:30 Buffet lunch for students and parents in Lambardes 14:00 Lambardes students meet day students, Tutors and Divisional Head for induction, in school uniform, Claridge Lawn 16:00 Students return to Lambardes 16:30 Students introduced to email facilities, Computer Room, followed by supper 16:30 Talk for Year 7 boarding parents, Lambardes (Housemistress and Divisional Head) 17:00 Head s drinks for Year 7 boarding parents, Head s House 17:30 Parents depart Wednesday 30 August From 14:00 Year 9 boarders arrive at their boarding houses 15:30 Tea in boarding houses for students and parents 16:15 17:00 Head s Tea for parents of Year 9 boarders new to Sevenoaks, The Space Foyer. Parents then depart. 16:15-18:00 House activities 18:00-18:30 Boarders supper; possibly barbecue if weather is fine Thursday 31 August: Student Induction Day 10:30 Students meet in the Sackville Theatre, in PE kit Talks and activities to get to know key staff, useful information and one another 13:00 Lunch 13:45 Meet at Sennocke Centre for an introduction to PE & Games staff and sports facilities followed by a games session for all 15:30 Return to boarding houses Wednesday 30 August From 12:00 Lower Sixth boarders arrive at their boarding houses 16:00 Tea in boarding houses for students and parents 17:30-18:00 Presentation for boarding parents, Pamoja Hall Led by the Head, Head of Boarding and Head of Sixth Form 17:30-18:00 Boarders supper; possibly barbecue if weather is fine 18:00 18:30 Head s drinks for Lower Sixth Boarding parents, The Space Foyer With Deputy Heads and Heads of Sixth Form 18:30 Parents depart Thursday 31 August: Student Induction Day Students new to Sevenoaks: 09:00 Meet in Pamoja Hall in uniform suit 09:30 Address by the Head, followed by talks and activities to get to know key staff, useful information and one another 12:45 Lunch 14:00 Depart to boarding houses. (Except those with timetable queries; meet in the Modern Languages corridor.) Students not new to Sevenoaks: 09:30 Meet in Pamoja Hall in uniform suit, for address by the Head, followed by talks and activities to get to know key staff, useful information and one another 12:45 Lunch 14:00 Depart to boarding houses. (Except those with timetable queries; meet in the Modern Languages corridor.) 2 3

Upcoming Events for Parents A Boarding Student s day Year groups Date Time Event Venue Wake Up Call 07:00-07:30 Year 7 Thursday 7 19:15 Parents drinks with Tutors, followed by presentation by the Head and Head of Lower School. Dining Hall (drinks), The Space (talk) Breakfast 07:30-08:15 Registration/Assembly 08:30-09:00 Lessons begin 09:00 Year 9 Wednesday 13 19:15 Parents drinks with Tutors followed by presentation by the Head and Head of Middle School. Dining Hall (drinks), The Space (talk) Morning Break 10:50-11:15 Lunch Break 13:05-14:20 Lessons end 16:10 Co-curricular activities 16:15-17:45 FoS all years Thursday 14 19:00 New to Sevenoaks Drinks Recital Room Supper 17:45-18:15 Homework time 19:00-21:00 * FoS all years Thursday 21 19:45 New Parents Supper Dining Hall Free Time 21:00-bedtime * Boarding Houses may have slight variations on these timings. Lambardes has a shorter allocation. All years Parents and Staff Wednesday 4 October 19:00 PSHE Seminar Speaker: Jackie Cox, on The Teenage Brain The Space Bedtimes are as follows: Years 7 and 8 21:30 Year 9 22:00 Year 10 22:15 Year 11 22:30 Sixth Form 23:00 FoS Monday 9 October 19:00 FoS AGM Recital Room Opening Times FoS Uniform Shop Tuesday 29 August 10:00-13:00 FoS Uniform Shop Thursday 31 August 13:30-16:30 4 5

1. Claridge House 2. St Nicholas Church 3. Manor House 4. Girls International House 5. Temple House 6. Temple Classroom 7. Sennocke House 8. Biology laboratories 9. Talbot House 10. Lower School Common Room 11. Head s House 12. Health Centre 13. Cottage Block 14. Johnson Library 15. The Flat 16. The Space performing arts centre 17. Sackville Theatre 18. ML Block/Dining Hall 19. Science and Computing 20. Swanzy Block 21. Old School 22. Almshouses 23. Froy Gates 24. Pedestrian underpass 25. Duke s Meadow car park 26. Solefields Road car park 27. Design Technology 28. Estates Department 29. International Centre 30. Park Grange 31. Lambardes 32. School House 33. Johnsons Sports facilities 34. Athletics track 35. Sennocke Centre 36. Bailey Tennis Centre 37. Top Astro pitch 38. Lower Astro pitch 39. Post Office Tennis Courts 40. Duke s Meadow Courts DM. Duke s Meadow pitches PG. Park Grange pitches 34 DM1 16 Centre of school 17 40 DM4 DM2 35 DM3 36 24 25 DM5 DM7 DM6 28 N 26 37 27 Follow Solefields Road to Solefields pitches PG1 38 15 18 19 29 11 12 13 14 21 20 22 23 30 31 PG2 7 8 6 9 10 3 1 39 32 33 5 4 2

Who s Who Dr Katy Ricks (CLR) Miss Theresa Homewood (TMH) Miss Helen Tebay (HPT) Mr Tim Jones (TCJ) Dr Adrian Rainbow (APR) Dr Matt Edwards (MTE) Miss Rachel McQuillin (RLM) Mr Philip de May (PDM) Mrs Vanessa Fitzgerald (VSF) Mr Paul Harvey (PXH) Ms Lizzie Seetharaman (LUS) Mr Jim Grant (JWG) Mr Cameron Kiggell (LCK) Mr Alex Smith (ACS) Mrs Nichola Haworth (NJH) Mrs Caroline Dyer (CED) Mr Sébastien Coquelin (SAC) Mr Gareth Willis (GJW) Mrs Liz Bassett (EMB) Mrs Tara Edwards (TGE) Dr Steve Owen (SMO) Mrs Katie Schanche (KAS) Head Senior Deputy Head Deputy Head (Pastoral) Deputy Head (Academic) Deputy Head (Co-Curriculum) Head of Sixth Form Head of Middle School Head of Lower School Divisional Head of Sixth Form Divisional Head of Sixth Form Divisional Head of Sixth Form Divisional Head of Middle School Divisional Head of Middle School Divisional Head of Middle School Head of Boarding & Housemistress, Girls International House Housemistress, Lambardes Housemaster, Johnsons Housemaster, School House Housemistress, Park Grange Housemistress, Sennocke Housemaster, International Centre Senior Nurse 8

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