AUTUMN TERM 2015 Autumn Term begins on Sunday 30th August 2015 at 7.45am Sunday 30th August 2015 Term begins, 7.45am Tuesday 22nd September & Arafat Day & Eid Al Adha (Government & Wednesday 23rd September 2015 Islamic Holiday, school closed) Wednesday 14th October 2015 Hijri New Year (Government & Islamic Holiday, school closed) Tuesday 27th October 2015 Half term commences, normal inish times Monday 2nd November 2015 Term resumes, 7.45am Wednesday 2nd December & National Day (Government & Thursday 3rd December 2015 Islamic Holiday, school closed) Thursday 17th December 2015 Term ends, 12.20pm SPRING TERM 2016 Spring Term begins on Sunday 3rd January 2016 at 7.45am Sunday 3rd January 2016 Term begins, 7.45am Wednesday 10th February 2016 Half term commences, normal inish times Monday 15th February 2016 Term resumes, 7.45am SUMMER TERM 2016 Summer Term begins on Sunday 10th April 2016 at 7.45am Sunday 10th April 2016 Term begins, 7.45am Wednesday 4th May 2016 Israa & Miriaj (Government & Islamic Holiday, school closed) Thursday 30th June 2016 Term ends, 12.20pm Please note that dates of some religious festivals are approximate as they are reliant on phases of the moon.
CONTACT DETAILS School Address: Website: Head of Junior School s PA Repton School Nad Al Sheba 3 PO Box: 300331 Dubai, U.A.E www.reptondubai.org juniorpa@reptondubai.org Telephone numbers: Reception: 04 426 9393 Head of Junior School s PA: 04 440 3433 Fax: 04 422 7294 Junior School: 04 426 9341 Senior School Reception: 04 426 9330 Bus Service: 04 426 9322 Medical Centre: 04 426 9353 Finance Department: 04 426 9307 / 321 Admissions: 04 426 9393 Security Manager: 04 426 9373
Junior School Management Team Mr. Jonathan Hughes-D Aeth Headmaster headmasterspa@reptondubai.org Mrs. Kila Barber Head of Junior School juniorpa@reptondubai.org Mr. Mark Walters Junior School Deputy Head (Academic) mark.walters@reptondubai.org Mrs. Naomi Williams Junior School Deputy Head (Curriculum) naomi.williams@reptondubai.org Mrs. Susan Marsden Junior School Deputy Head (Pastoral) susan.marsden@reptondubai.org Miss. Shiobhain Brady Head of Foundation Department shiobhain.brady@reptondubai.org Mrs. Zoe Woolley Head of Infant Department zoe.woolley@reptondubai.org Mrs. Lucy Pederick Head of Pre-Prep Department lucy.pederick@reptondubai.org Mr. Jason Brown Head of Prep Department jason.brown@reptondubai.org To contact teaching staff in the Junior School, please email via juniorschoolsecretary@reptondubai.org
School Bus Timings (Academic Year 2015-2016) Sunday 3.00pm (1st trip) 4.30pm (2nd trip) Monday 3.00pm (1st trip) 4.30pm (2nd trip) Tuesday 3.00pm (one trip only) Wednesday 3.00pm (1st trip) 4.30pm (2nd trip) Thursday 1.00pm (one trip only) (School inishes at 12.50pm)
Parents are invited to attend the events that appear in bold in the calendar August 2015 27 Th Induction for New Pupils WEEK 1 30 S Term Begins, 7.45am No ECAs or Prep this week Prep: Year 5 & 6, Head of Prep Assembly 31 M Infants: Year 1, Curriculum Presentation for New Parents, 8.15am, Dining Hall September 2015 1 Tu ECA Booklet Released & Sign Up Open Infants: Year 2, Curriculum Presentation for New Parents, 8.15am, Dining Hall 2 W Pre-Prep: Year 3, Curriculum Presentation for New Parents, 8.15am, Dining Hall 3 Th Pre-Prep: Year 4, Curriculum Presentation for New Parents, 8.15am, Dining Hall Prep: Year 5 & 6, Year Group Assembly WEEK 2 6 S No ECAs or Prep this week Pre-Prep: Year 3, Boys Football Trials, 2.45pm 7 M Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Open Classrooms, 7.15am Pre-Prep: Year 4, Boys Football Trials, 2.45pm Prep: Year 5 & 6, Girls Football Trials, 2.45pm
8 Tu Infants: Year 1, Open Classrooms, 7.15am Pre-Prep: Year 4, Girls Football Trials, 2.45pm Prep: Year 5, Boys Football Trials, 2.45pm Prep: Year 5 & 6, Meet the Form Teacher, 2.20pm 9 W Infants: Year 2, Open Classrooms, 7.15am Prep: Year 6, Boys Football Trials, 2.45pm 10 Th Deadline for Submitting ECA Choices Year 3-6: Gymnastics Trials, 2.45pm Prep: Year 5 & 6, House Assembly WEEK 3 13 S No ECAs or Prep this week Happy Snappers After School Club Begins Pre-Prep: Year 3, Swimming Trials, 2.45pm 14 M Gulf Star ECA Sign Up, Atrium (D Block) Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Parent Rep Meeting, 8.00am, Dining Hall Pre-Prep: Year 4, Swimming Trials, 2.45pm 15 Tu Prep: Year 5, Parent Information Meeting, 8.15am, Dining Hall Prep: Year 5, Swimming Trials, 2.45pm 16 W Prep: Year 6, Parent Information Meeting, 8.15am, Dining Hall Prep: Year 6, Swimming Trials, 2.45pm 17 Th Year 3-6: Narrative Writing Competition Guidelines Released Prep: Head of Prep Assembly WEEK 4 20 S School Led ECAs and Prep Begin Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Parent Rep Meeting, 8.00am, Dining Hall
21 M International Peace Day Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Eid Celebration Infants: Year 1 & 2, Parent Rep Meeting, 8.00am, Dining Hall Prep: Year 5 & 6, Islamic Assembly, Hajj & Eid 22 Tu Arafat Day & Eid Al Adha (Government & Islamic Holiday, school closed) 23 W Arafat Day & Eid Al Adha (Government & Islamic Holiday, school closed) 24 Th Gulf Star ECAs Begin Prep: Year 5 & 6, Parent Rep Meeting, 8.00am, Dining Hall 27 S WEEK 5 28 M Foundation: Reception, Curriculum Meeting, 8.00am, Early Years Sports Hall Prep: Year 5 & 6, Parents Coffee Morning with Senior School Senior Management Team 29 Tu 30 W Foundation: Nursery Presentation, 8.00am, Community Room October 2015 1 Th 4 S 5 M 6 Tu Author Visit 7 W WEEK 6
8 Th Junior School Green Day 11 S WEEK 7 12 M Prep: Year 5, Concert, 4.00pm, Music School 13 Tu Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Islamic Assembly, Hijri New Year 14 W Hijri New Year (Government & Islamic Holiday, school closed) 15 Th WEEK 8 18 S No School Led ECAs or Prep this week. Junior School Individual & Sibling Photographs Infants: Year 1 & 2, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm Prep: Year 6, Repton World Cup Week (Girls Football & Boys Football) 19 M Junior School Individual & Sibling Photographs Infants: Year 1 & 2, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm Prep: Year 5, Repton World Cup Week (Girls Football & Boys Football) 20 Tu Junior School Individual & Sibling Photographs Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Parents Evening, 3.00pm-6.00pm Pre-Prep: Year 4, Repton World Cup Week (Girls Football & Boys Football) Prep: Year 5, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm 21 W Junior School Individual & Sibling Photographs Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Parents Evening, 3.00pm-6.00pm
Pre-Prep: Year 3, Repton World Cup Week (Girls Football & Boys Football) Prep: Year 5, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm 22 Th Junior School Individual & Sibling Photographs Year 3-6: Narrative Writing Competition Deadline Prep: Year 6, Dubai Inter School Girls and Boys Football Tournament (held at Repton) 25 S 26 M WEEK 9 27 Tu Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Spooky Day Infants: Year 1, Pirates Day Infants: Year 2, Famous People from the Past Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Spooky Day Prep: Year 5 & 6, History Greats Prep: Year 5 & 6, Inter House Tug of War Half Term Begins, normal inish times 28 W 29 Th November 2015 1 S Half Term Ends 2 M Term Resumes, 7.45am 3 Tu WEEK 10
4 W United Arab Emirates Flag Day Foundation: Reception, Reading Meeting, 8.00am, Early Years Sports Hall Pre-Prep: Year 3, Concert, 4.00pm, Music School 5 Th Year 3-6: Narrative Writing Winners Assembly WEEK 11 8 S Foundation: Nursery, Aquarium Trip 9 M Foundation: Nursery, Aquarium Trip Prep: Year 6, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm 10 Tu Foundation: Nursery, Aquarium Trip Prep: Year 6, Parents Evening, 3.00pm 6.30pm 11 W Armistice Day Foundation: Nursery, Aquarium Trip 12 Th Foundation: Nursery, Aquarium Trip WEEK 12 15 S Book Fair Foundation: Reception, Museum Trip Prep: Year 6, Concert, 4.00pm, Music School 16 M Book Fair Foundation: Reception, Museum Trip Infants: Year 2, Alice in Wonderland Trip 17 Tu Book Fair Foundation: Reception, Museum Trip 18 W Book Fair Foundation: Reception, Museum Trip
19 Th Book Fair Pre- Prep: Year 3, Dubai Inter School Boys Football Tournament (held at Repton) Pre- Prep: Year 4, Dubai Inter School Girls Football Tournament (held at Repton) 22 S WEEK 13 23 M Pre-Prep: Year 4, Concert, 4.00pm, Music School 24 Tu Foundation: Reception, Room on a Broom Theatre Trip 25 W 26 Th Prep: Year 5 & 6, Arabic Assembly WEEK 14 29 S Year 3-6: Winter Gymnastics Display Pre-Prep: Year 4, Trip to Alliance Française, 10.00am 12.30pm 30 M Pre-Prep: Year 3 & 4, Open Classrooms, 7.15am Pre-Prep: Year 4, Trip to Alliance Française, 10.00am 12.30pm December 2015 1 Tu Whole School: National Day Celebrations 2 W National Day (Government Holiday, school closed) 3 Th National Day (Government Holiday, school closed) WEEK 15 6 S Sports Team Photographs Pre-Prep: Year 3, Netball Trials, 2.45pm
7 M Pre-Prep: Year 4, Netball Trials, 2.45pm 8 Tu Pre-Prep: Year 4, End of Term Concert Prep: Year 5, Netball Trials, 2.45pm 9 W Pre-Prep: Year 3, End of Term Concert Prep: Year 6, Netball Trials, 2.45pm 10 Th Starry Starry Night, 5.30pm 8.00pm, Repton Circle WEEK 16 13 S No Prep, Gulf Star or School Led ECAs for the rest of term Pre-Prep: Year 3, Girls and Boys Inter House Football End of Term Winter Concert, 5.00pm, Atrium 14 M Foundation: Nursery & Reception, Seasonal Assembly Infants: Year 1 & 2, Winter Concert Pre-Prep: Year 4, Girls and Boys Inter House Football 15 Tu Infants: Year 1 & 2, Winter Concert Prep: Year 5, Girls and Boys Inter House Football Reports Distributed 16 W Foundation Nursery & Reception, Seasonal Party Day Prep: Year 6, Girls and Boys Inter House Football 17 Th Term ends, 12.20 pm