PRESDALES SCHOOL CALENDAR 2014-2015
PRESDALES SCHOOL CALENDAR School Term and Holiday Dates (for students) 2014-16 Autumn Term 2014 To begin on Wednesday 3 rd September To end on Friday 19 th December Half-term: Monday 27 th to Friday 31 st (inclusive) Spring Term 2015 To begin on Monday 5 th January To end on Thursday 2 nd April Half-term: Monday 16 th to Friday 20 th February (inclusive) Summer Term 2015 To begin on Monday 20 th April To end on Friday 17 th July Half-term: Monday 25 th to Friday 29 th May (inclusive) May Day Holiday: Monday 4 th May Autumn Term 2015 To begin on Wednesday 2 nd September (for Years 7 and 12) To begin on Thursday 3 rd September (for everyone) To end on Friday 18 th December Half-term: Monday 26 th to Friday 30 th (inclusive) Spring Term 2016 To begin on Monday 4 th January To end on Thursday 24 th March Half-term: Monday 15 th to Friday 19 th February (inclusive) Summer Term 2016 To begin on Monday 18 th April To end on Friday 22 nd July Half-term: Monday 30 th May to Friday 3 rd June (inclusive) May Day Holiday: Monday 3 rd May 2(a) INSET days 2014-2016 (training days for staff when students stay at home) (a) Monday 1 st September 2014 (b) Tuesday 2 nd September 2014 (c) Tuesday 21 st 2014 (d) Monday 20 th July 2015 (disaggregated) (e) Tuesday 21 st July 2015 (disaggregated) (f) Tuesday 1 st September 2015 (g) Tuesday 20 th 2015 (h) Tuesday 29 th March 2016 (disaggregated) (i) Wednesday 30 th March 2016 (disaggregated) (j) Thursday 31 st March 2016 (disaggregated) 2(b) Occasional Days 2014-2016 Wednesday 22 nd July 2015 Friday 1 st April 2016
3. Dates of Parents' Consultation Meetings/Examinations/School Events September 2014 Wednesday 3 rd September : Term begins for both Year 7 and new Year 12 students at 8.50am Thursday 4 th September : Term begins for the whole school Thursday 11 th September : Information Evening for Year 12 parents, 7.30pm Friday 12 th September to Friday : Departmental baseline testing period for Year 7 14 th November Tuesday 16 th September : Parenting Evening for Year 7 parents, 7.30pm Wednesday 17 th September : Individual School Photographs 9.30am-3.50pm Thursday 18 th September : Senior Leadership Group Training Day : Year 13 Biology Fieldwork Day in Epping Forest Thursday 18 th and Friday 19 th : Year 9 Geography River Study Days September Friday 19 th September : Departmental KS4 (Year 11) and KS5 (Years 12 & 13) evaluations due in 9.00am Monday 22 nd to Friday 26 th : European Week of Languages September " " : CAT tests for Year 7 Wednesday 24 th September : Year 11 Make it Yours talk, am (Hall) Friday 26 th September : Year 12 Politics visit to Parliament Tuesday 30 th September and Wednesday 1 st : Team Building at Cuffley Camp 2014 Thursday 2 nd : Year 7 English Author Afternoon Thursday 2 nd to Thursday 9 th : Year 10 Italian trip to Urbania Friday 3 rd : Shakespeare Schools Festival Cast Workshop : Preliminary alert assessments due for Years 8, 12 and 13 Friday 3 rd to Saturday 4 th : World Challenge Training Expedition Monday 6 th : Harvest Thanksgiving, periods 1 and 2 Tuesday 7 th : Year 12 Art & Design visit to the Curwen Studios : Presdales Association AGM, 7.30pm Tuesday 7 th and Wednesday 8 th : Year 11 Drama Performance Days Thursday 9 th : Year 11 Textiles visit to the Alexandra Palace Knitting and Stitch Show Friday 10 th : Preliminary 'alert' assessments due for Years 9 and 11 Monday 13 th to Wednesday 15 th : Year 12 Geography Field Trip to Norfolk Thursday 16 th : Year 11 Expressive Arts Performance Afternoon Friday 17 th : Sixth Form Conference for Years 12 and 13 Monday 20 th and Tuesday 21 st : Secondary Transfer Open Evenings (20 th : 7.00-9.30pm, 21 st : 4.30-7.00pm) Wednesday 22 nd : Shakespeare Schools Festival performance Wednesday 22 nd to : Japan Cultural Trip Saturday 1 st November Friday 24 th : Charity Day (1) " " : Preliminary 'alert' assessments due for Year 7 Friday 24 th to Thursday 30 th : Sixth Form Trip to Washington and New York
November 2014 Tuesday 4 th to Tuesday 11 th : French exchange group to France November Thursday 6 th November : Senior Mathematics Challenge " " : Sixth Form Forum for prospective Year 12 students for September 2015 and their parents, 7.00pm Friday 7 th November : School starts at 9.45am " " : Preliminary 'alert' assessments due for Year 10 Monday 10 th November : Year 7 Parents' Consultation Meeting (1), 4.15-7.15pm Thursday 13 th November : Year 12 Geography Study Visit to the Olympic Park Friday 14 th November : Music Department trip to the Royal Ballet : Internal assessment point (i) Monday 17 th November : Business for Entrepreneurs Conference for Year 12 Business students Wednesday 19 th November : Sixth Form Learn 2 Live Conference, periods 2, 3 and 4 Thursday 20 th November : Autumn Concert (i), 7.30pm Friday 21 st November : Year 8 Geography trip to the Living Rainforests Exhibition Profiling Day for Year 13 Wednesday 26 th November : Autumn Concert (ii), 7.30pm Thursday 27 th to Friday 28 th : Year 12 Travel and Tourism visit to York November Friday 28 th November : Presdales Association Christmas Fayre, 4.30pm : Year 13 main reports out December 2014 Monday 1 st December : Profiling Day for Year 8 " " : Year 13 Parents' Consultation Meeting (1), 4.30-6.30pm Wednesday 3 rd December : Year 12 Photography Dark Room Workshop Thursday 4 th to Saturday 6 th : Year 9 trip to Düsseldorf December Thursday 4 th and Friday 5 th : Year 11 Art & Design GCSE Mock Examination December Thursday 4 th to Thursday 11 th : German exchange group to Germany December Monday 8 th December : Year 8 main reports out Tuesday 9 th December : Profiling Day for Year 12 Wednesday 10 th December : Charity Cabaret and Carols at Great Hadham Golf Club, 8.00pm Thursday 11 th December : Year 8 Parents' Consultation Meeting, 4.15-7.15pm Thursday 11 th to Saturday 13 th : Upper School Physics trip to CERN December Friday 12 th December : Year 12 Photography AS mock examinations Monday 15 th December : Christmas Assembly, periods 3 and 4 Tuesday 16 th December : Charity Day (2) " " : Sixth Form Revue " " : Christmas Lunch Wednesday 17 th December : Year 13 Activity Day Thursday 18 th December : Speech Day, pm Friday 19 th December : Year 12 main reports out " " : Term ends January 2015 Monday 5 th January : Term begins Monday 5 th to Friday 16 th : Departmental mock examinations for Year 13 (in normal
January timetable time) Monday 5 th, Tuesday 6 th and : Study leave for Year 11 Wednesday 7 th January Tuesday 6 th January : Year 12 Art & Design AS Mock Examination " " : Year 12 Parents' Consultation Meeting, 4.30-6.30pm Wednesday 7 th January : Year 8 Science Day Thursday 8 th to Wednesday : Year 11 mock examinations 21 st January Tuesday 13 th January : Senior Leadership Group Conference Friday 16 th January : Internal assessment point (ii) Wednesday 21 st Thursday 22 nd and Friday 23 rd January : Year 13 Art & Design and Photography A2 Mock Examinations Wednesday 28 th January : Profiling Day for Year 9 February 2015 Monday 2 nd and Tuesday 3 rd : ABRSM Music Examinations February Wednesday 4 th February : Year 11 Expressive Arts Performance Day Thursday 5 th February : Intermediate Mathematics Challenge Friday 6 th February : Year 9 main reports out Monday 9 th February : Year 11 Drama Performance Day Tuesday 10 th February : Year 9 Parents' Consultation Meeting, 4.15-7.15pm Wednesday 11 th February : Year 12 Languages Cultural Day Friday 13 th February : Charity Day (3) Friday 13 th to Saturday 21 st : Ski trip to Switzerland February Thursday 26 th,friday 27 th and : Main School Production, 7.30pm Saturday 28 th February Friday 27 th February : Departmental KS4 (Year 11 mocks) evaluations due in 9.00am " " : Profiling Day for Year 11 March 2015 Monday 2 nd and Tuesday 3 rd : Year 10 Art & Design Examination March Wednesday 4 th to Friday 6 th : Year 7 Mathematics trip to the Isle of Wight March Friday 6 th March : Interim 'alert' assessments due for Years 8, 12 and 13 : Internal assessment point (iii) " " : Year 11 main reports out Monday 9 th March : Profiling Day for Year 13 Monday 9 th to Friday 13 th : I GCSE French Oral Examination Week March Tuesday 10 th March : Spring Concert (1), 7.30pm Thursday 12 th March : Year 11 Parents' Consultation Meeting, 4.15-7.15pm Friday 13 th March : Year 10 Art & Design Printing Workshop : Year 13 spring reports out Monday 16 th March : Year 12 Art & Design AS Examination Tuesday 17 th March : Profiling Day for Year 10 " " : Year 13 Parents' Consultation Meeting (2), 4.30-6.30pm Wednesday 18 th March : Profiling Day for Year 12 Wednesday 18 th to : French exchange group here Wednesday 25 th March Thursday 19 th March : Spring Concert (2), 7.30pm Friday 20 th March : Year 12 Photography AS Examination
Tuesday 24 th March : Year 12 spring reports out Wednesday 25 th to Saturday : Year 10 History trip to Berlin 28 th March Friday 27 th March : Year 10 main reports out Monday 30 st March : Easter Celebration, periods 1 and 2 " " : Year 10 Parents' Consultation Meeting, 4.15-7.15pm Tuesday 31 st March : Year 8 Careers Workshop, pm Tuesday 31 st March and Wednesday 1 st April : Year 11 Art & Design GCSE Examination April 2015 Thursday 2 nd April : Term ends Monday 20 th April Term begins : Dance Evening Technical Rehearsal Wednesday 22 nd to Friday 24 th : Year 10 Geography Field Study Visit to Dorset April Wednesday 22 nd to Saturday : Art & Design and Photography trip to Barcelona 25 th April Friday 24 th April : Internal assessment point (iv) Tuesday 28 th April : Dance Evening Dress Rehearsal, pm Wednesday 29 th and Thursday : Dance Evening, 7.30pm 30 th April Wednesday 29 th April to Friday : Year 13 Art & Design A2 Examination 1 st May Thursday 30 th April : Junior Mathematics Challenge May 2015 Friday 1 st May : Year 12 Biology AS Examination, am : Charity Day (4) Tuesday 5 th May : Profiling Day for Year 7 : Flute Concert, 6.30pm Tuesday 5 th, Wednesday 6 th : Year 13 Photography A2 Examination and Thursday 7 th May Wednesday 6 th May : Study leave for Year 11 begins, 12.30pm " " : Year 12 spring reports out Friday 8 th May : Study leave for Year 12 begins, 3.50pm : Year 13 Biology A2 Examination, am Monday 11 th May : Year 7 main reports out Monday 11 th to Friday 15 th : Art & Design Department Examination Assessment Week May Thursday 14 th May : School's 109 th Birthday : Year 7 Parents' Consultation Meeting (2), 4.15-7.15pm Friday 15 th and Saturday 16 th Year 9 History trip to the Battlefields May Thursday 21 st May : Year 13 Leavers' Tea, 4.15pm Friday 22 nd May : Study leave for Year 13 begins, 12.30pm June 2015 Monday 1 st to Friday 12 th June : School Examination fortnight Friday 5 th June : Year 7 "We're in Business" Day Monday 8 th to Friday 12 th June : Year 12 Work Shadowing Week Friday 12 th June : Year 9 Get Money Smart Day Monday 15 th to Friday 19 th : Year 10 Pathways to the Future Week (Hall) June Wednesday 17 th to Friday 19 th : Year 9 Archaeological Dig arranged by Cambridge
June University Monday 22 nd to Thursday 25 th : Year 8 French trip to the Opal Coast June Friday 26 th June : Year 11 Post Examination Celebration : Year 12 Biology trip to Whipsnade Zoo Monday 29 th June : Book return day for Year 11, period 7 Monday 29 th June to Wednesday 1 st July : Induction Course for new Year 12 in September 2015 : ABRSM Music Examinations Tuesday 30 th June to Friday : Year 9 Italian trip to Sorrento 3 rd July Tuesday 30 th June to Saturday 4 th July : Year 9 Spanish Trip to Cantabria July 2015 Thursday 2 nd July : String Concert, 6pm Friday 3 rd July : Departmental KS4 (Year 10 school examinations) evaluations due in 9.00am : Internal assessment point (v) " " : Year 10 Art & Design visit to Burghley Gardens Sculpture Park : Pastoral Away Day Saturday 4 th to Saturday 11 th : Year 12 French Work Experience Week July Monday 6 th July : Sports Day heats, am " " : Lunchtime recital at St Mary's Church, Ware by members of the Music Department " " : Interform Rounders, pm Tuesday 7 th July : Year 8 Enrichment Day : Year 9 Parenting Evening, 7.30pm Wednesday 8 th July : Year 12 Activity Day Thursday 9 th July : Induction Day for new Year 7, followed by new Year 7 Parents' Evening, 7.30pm Friday 10 th July : Sports Day, pm Saturday 11 th July to Saturday : World Challenge Expedition to Bolivia 8 th August Monday 13 th July : Swimming Gala " " : Summer Musical Event Tuesday 14 th July : Year 7 Intensive French Day Wednesday 15 th July : Profiling Day " " : 100 Length Swim Thursday 16 th July : Dramatic Arts Festival Friday 17 th July : Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 end of year reports out " " : Term ends Please note: new term begins for students Wednesday 2 nd September 2015 (for Years 7 & 12 students) & Thursday 3 rd September 2015 for everyone.