Woodbridge School Date Day Title Description Start Programme Lent Term 2018
TERM DATES Trinity Term 2018 Inset Day Term begins Half-term Term recommences Term ends at 1.00pm Monday 16 April Tuesday 17 April Friday 25 May Monday 4 June Friday 6 July Michaelmas Term 2018(draft) Inset Day SMT/staff meetings Induction day for Senior School pupils Term begins Half-term Term recommences Term ends at 1.00pm Friday 31 st August Monday 3 September Tuesday 4 September Wednesday 5 September Friday 19 October Monday 5 November Wednesday 19 December Lent Term 2019 (draft) Inset day Term begins Half-term begins Term recommences Term ends Friday 4 January Monday 7 January Friday 8 February Monday 18 February Friday 29 March Trinity Term 2019 (draft) Inset Day Term begins Half-term Term recommences Term ends Tuesday 23 April Wednesday 24 April Friday 24 May Monday 3 June Friday 5 July
Headmaster E-mail: hm@woodbridgeschool.org.uk Postal address: Woodbridge School Burkitt Road Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 4JH Michaelmas Lent Term Term 2018 2017 Telephone: School: 01394 615000 Fax: School: 01394 380944 E-mail: admissions@woodbridgeschool.org.uk office@woodbridgeschool.org.uk hmsec@woodbridgeschool.org.uk Website: www.woodbridgeschool.org.uk Head Boy Head Girl Jamie Saul Emily Barker
Date Day Title Description Start 03-Jan Wed 8.45am 04-Jan Thu 05-Jan 06-Jan 07-Jan 08-Jan 09-Jan 10-Jan Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Staff INSET WEEK 1 Term Begins at 8.40am Whole School Assembly Y13 Mock Exams Y11 French orals Y9 - Y11 French Exchange Clermont Ferrand Meeting Y13 Mock Exams Y11 French orals Ski Team training The EPIPHANY OF THE LORD The BAPTISM OF THE LORD The Sound of Music rehearsal WEEK 2 Y13 Mock Exams Mathematics IGCSE resits English Literature IGCSE resits Y11 German orals House Meetings Netball v Westbourne U15B Netball v Copleston U13A, U16B Y13 Mock Exams Y11 Spanish orals Y13 Mock Exams Netball v Copleston High U12A The Dome pm only am only Suffolk Ski Centre Abbey Hall Y7 Tuckwell, A Dome, B Houserooms, S SLT, W Chapel dep. 2.15pm League, dep. am only am only dep. 10.35am 6pm 10.35am 11am 3pm 3.15pm 8pm 6.30pm
10-Jan Wed Eastern Angles matinee performance 3.30pm Netball v Hadleigh High League, School U14B 4.20pm 11-Jan Thu Y11 Mock Exams Cross Country Abbey Boys,, County Girls, Inters Y10/11 Boys, Competition Girls, Junior Y8/9 Boys, Girls, Minors Y6/7 Boys, Girls Hockey Boys U18 12-Jan 14-Jan 15-Jan 16-Jan Fri Sun Mon Tue Y11 Mock Exams RAF Section flying Y6 & Y7 interactive Spanish performance Don Quijote Ski Team training Second Sunday of Epiphany The Sound of Music rehearsal WEEK 1 Whole School Assembly English Language IGCSE resits Y11 Mock Exams Netball v Northgate High U15A Netball v Chantry High U15B Netball v East Bergholt High U14A, B Long Term Calendar Meeting Y11 Mock Exams Mathematics IGCSE resits Y13 year group meeting Health & Safety wash up County Cup, Away dep. 3.30pm for Framlingham am only RAF Wittering The Abbey Suffolk Ski Centre Abbey Hall The Dome League, dep. League, T13 am only 4.45pm 9am 2pm 10.35am 3pm 3.15pm 9.30am 1.15pm 7pm 3pm 6.30pm Netball v East Bergholt High U16A dep. 1.20pm
16-Jan Tue Netball v Westbourne U16B dep. 2pm 3pm League, 17-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan Wed Thu Fri Netball v Copleston High U13B Friends of Woodbridge School coffee and croissants English Literature IGCSE resits Y11 Mock Exams Hockey v Langley Jun 1, 2, 3 Eastern Angles matinee performance Hockey v Hadleigh High U14 County The Trial of Paris ; Y7/Y8 Classics Club play dress rehearsal Y11 & Y13 DT mock exams Safeguarding Board The Trial of Paris ; Y7/8 Classics Club play Y12 & 13 Drama Trip Y11 & Y13 DT mock exams Woodbridge School Drama award auditions The Trial of Paris ; Y7/Y8 Classics Club play Tuckwell Room Away, dep. 1.15pm for Harleston 3.30pm Training, Pastoral Hub presented to Abbey Y5 & Y6, London pm, Seckford Foyer, with Guest Judge Lord Marleford; presented to Y7 9.45am to 10.45am; with Guest Judge The Rt Hon Sir John Waite, former Lord Justice of Appeal; 8.30am 4.20pm 5pm 1.15pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 9.30am 8pm 8pm
19-Jan Fri presented to Y8 2.45pm to 3.45pm 20-Jan 21-Jan 22-Jan 23-Jan 24-Jan Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Ski Team training Netball v Aldenham 1st The Third Sunday of Epiphany RAF Section Air Squadron Trophy competition The Sound of Music rehearsal WEEK 2 Y12 testing week Y11 Art Trip Whole School Assembly Winter Cabaret evening Y12 testing week English Language IGCSE resits Health and Safety meeting Football v RHS 1st, 2nd Hockey v New Hall 2nd Netball v Ipswich High 1st, U16A, B Hockey v Rushmere U16 Friends of Woodbridge School meeting Hockey v RHS Jun 3, 4 Hockey v RHS Jun 1, 2 Netball v RHS U12A, B, C, D Netball v RHS U13A, B, C, D Hockey v Hadleigh High U15A Y9 Parents evening Suffolk Ski Centre RAF Honington Abbey Hall London, initial research for exam title The Dome Tuckwell Room 1.15pm Away dep. 1.20pm Away dep. 1.15pm dep. 2.45pm 3.45pm County Cup, Away dep. 3pm Queen s House 9am Away dep. 1.30pm Away dep. 1.45pm Training match, including introductory talk on GCSEs, 6.30pm followed by The Dome 7pm 7.30am 7am 10.35am 2.45pm 2.45pm 4.30pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 10.30am 9pm
25-Jan Thu The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle Y12 testing week Netball v Northgate High 2.45pm U14B, C dep. 2pm Hockey v Rushmere U14 County Cup, County Away dep. 3pm Netball v St Albans U15A U12B League, 4.20pm 26-Jan Fri Saints Timothy and Titus Y12 testing week RAF Section flying RAF Wittering 9pm Woodbridge School Art Award assessments Hockey v Framlingham Jun 1 27-Jan 28-Jan 29-Jan Sat Sun Mon Ski Team training Woodbridge School Chess Award assessments Y11 & Y13 mock resits The Sound of Music rehearsal Hockey v Norwich U14A Fourth Sunday of Epiphany The Sound of Music rehearsal WEEK 1 Woodbridge School Music Award assessments House Meetings Netball v Claydon High U15B Heads of Department meeting pm, School Hall County Cup, Away dep. 12.45pm for Framlingham Suffolk Ski Centre am, School Hall all day, School Hall Y7 Tuckwell, A Dome, B Houserooms, S SLT, W Chapel dep. 2.15pm L4 1.30pm 4.25pm 10.30am 10.35am 11am 3pm 7pm 6.30pm
30-Jan Tue Y11-13 Music trip Royal Opera House, London, times tbc Friends of Woodbridge School meeting The Abbey 9am Football v Ipswich 1st Netball v Ipswich U16A, 1st 31-Jan Wed 01-Feb Thu 02-Feb Fri Hockey v Framlingham 1st, 2nd Netball v Farlingaye High U14A Hockey v Framlingham U15A Y8 & Y9 girls parents HPV talk Woodbridge School Sport Award assessments Hockey v Norwich Jun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Netball v Farlingaye High U12A Y9-Y11 French exchange at WBS Woodbridge School Internal Entrance assessments for Abbey Y6 Y9-Y11 Intermediate Maths Challenge Hockey v Framlingham U14A, B School Committee Netball v Farlingaye 1st, U16A Y11 parents evening Candlemas The Presentation of Christ in the Temple CCF Eastern Area Leadership Training Level 1 External Entrance assessments Ski Team training Away dep. 1.30pm League (1st), Away dep. 2pm Away dep. 3.15pm League, all day, School Hall Away, dep. 1.15pm for Harleston League, Students from Clermont Ferrand all day, School Hall The Dome Away dep. 3pm League, The Dome RAF Wittering School Hall Suffolk Ski Centre 2.45pm 4.20pm 4.30pm 7pm 4.20pm 9am 4.10pm 4.20pm 7pm 8pm 11am 9pm 6.30pm
03-Feb Sat The Sound of Music rehearsal Friends of Woodbridge School Burns Night Abbey Hall 7pm 04-Feb Sun The 5th Sunday of the Year The Sound of Music rehearsal 05-Feb Mon WEEK 2 Y12 & 13 Art trip London, dep. tbc The Sound of Music dress 8.50am rehearsal (private) and School Hall Whole School Assembly The Dome 10.35am Academic Board 06-Feb Tue Y13 year group meeting 07-Feb Wed 08-Feb Thu 09-Feb Fri 11-Feb Sun 13-Feb Tue 14-Feb Wed 17-Feb Sat The Sound of Music performance Netball v St Joseph s U14A, U16B The Sound of Music performance Hockey v Langley U14A The Sound of Music performance Y8 & Y9 girls HPV vaccination The Sound of Music performance The Sound of Music performance Half term commences The 6th Sunday of the Year Choral Society Public Workshop Y10 & Y11 Religious Studies trip ASH WEDNESDAY Y12 German exchange visit Old Woodbridgians Lunch and School Hall League, and School Hall and School Hall School Hall, am and School Hall and School Hall Music School & School Hall Krakow, until 16 Feb Hamburg, until 19 Feb Tuckwell Room, time tbc 9.30am 4.30pm 3pm 8pm 11pm 5pm 9.30pm 9.30pm 9.30pm 5pm 10pm
18-Feb Sun LENT 1 Y11 Drama exam rehearsal 19-Feb Mon WEEK 1 Term recommences 8.40am Whole School Assembly 10.35am Netball v Ipswich High U15A, B, C 20-Feb Tue 21-Feb Wed 22-Feb Thu 23-Feb Fri 25-Feb 26-Feb Sun Mon Y11 Drama exam technical/ dress rehearsal Netball v Kesgrave High U13A, U16B Staff INSET Football v Ipswich 1st Hockey v Langley 1st Netball v Ipswich High U12A, B Y10 Photography trip Hockey v Felsted Prep Jun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Netball v Westbourne U13A, B Governors meeting Netball v St Joseph s 1st, 2nd, U16A Y11 Drama exam performance Netball v Ipswich High U14B, C Careers Lunch Ski Team training Music dinner LENT 2 WEEK 2 Y13 Psychology unit 3 conference Whole School Assembly The Dome League U15A U15B, Away dep. 2.45pm League, Away, dep. 1.15pm for Harleston dep. 3.30pm Old Jet, Rendlesham Air Base Away dep 1.15pm Away dep. 2pm Away dep. 2.45pm School Hall Suffolk Ski Centre Tuckwell Room & Music School London The Dome 3.45pm 4.10pm 4.30pm 3pm 3.45pm 1 7am 10.35am 10pm 9.30pm 1.45pm 6.30pm 9.30pm 9pm
26-Feb Mon Netball v St Joseph s U15B, C dep. 3pm 7pm 27-Feb Tue 28-Feb Wed Y13 year group meeting 01-Mar Thu 02-Mar Fri Y12 parents & pupils UCAS evening Vitality Netball Superleague: Mavericks v Wasps Cantabile long rehearsal Football v St Felix 1st Netball v Westbourne U12B Y11 National Citizenship Scheme talk Y7 & Y8 recital Hockey v Culford Prep Jun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Netball v Ipswich High U13A, B Netball U15A Y13 parents evening St David, Patron of Wales World Book Day Y10 Art trip Chamber Choir long rehearsal Netball v Hadleigh High U14C Hockey v New Hall U14A, B Raising Teenagers : seminar on drugs Rugby v Brentwood U12A Junior Maths Team Challenge Ski Team training University of Essex dep.5.45pm Music School dep. Music Room 1 Away dep. 1.15pm League, Tournament, Away dep. for Northgate The Dome Not photography Music School dep. 2pm Away dep. 10.40am 3.30pm 9.30am 10.40am 1.40pm 3.15pm 3.30pm 7pm 1.35pm 3pm 9pm 9.45pm 11.40am 11.20am 2.20pm 3pm 6.30pm 8.30pm Sevens Tournament, Away dep. 11am Framlingham 1pm 10.15am 5pm 3pm Suffolk Ski Centre 6.30pm
02-Mar Fri 03-Mar Sat 04-Mar Sun 05-Mar Mon 06-Mar Tue 07-Mar Wed Festival of Voices Y12 Drama exam rehearsal Netball v Framlingham 1st, 2nd, U16A Netball v Framlingham U15A, B, C Netball v Norwich U14A, B, C LENT 3 Cross Country East Anglian Meet Abbey Boys, Girls, U12 Boys, Girls, U13 Boys, Girls Y12 Drama exam rehearsal WEEK 1 Y12 University of East Anglia visit House Meetings Hockey v Culford U15A, B Y12 Drama exam technical rehearsal House Chess Championships Football v RHS 1st, 2nd Hockey v Ipswich 2nd Hockey v Ipswich 1st Netball v Ipswich High U13A Y12 Drama exam dress rehearsal Hockey v St George s 1st Y9 & Y10 music recital St Michael s Church, Framlingham, rehearsals from 2pm; Triangular, Triangular, Away dep. 1pm Triangular, Away dep. 11.30am Competition, Norwich Y7 Tuckwell, A Dome, B Houserooms, S SLT, W Chapel Away dep. Room B1 Away dep. 1.30pm Tournament, Away dep. 2.30 Tournament, Away dep. 7am Music 1 2pm 2pm 2pm 9am 10.35am 4.10pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 2.45pm 3.30pm 4.10pm 1.40pm 9.30pm 2pm 10pm 10pm 2.20pm
07-Mar Wed Hockey v Orwell Park Jun 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Away dep. 1.15pm 1.45pm Netball v Orwell Park U12B, C, U13A, B, C 2pm Netball U12A 08-Mar Thu 09-Mar Fri 10-Mar Sat 11-Mar Sun Morocco expedition route planning Morocco expedition Parents information evening Y12 Drama exam performance Piano competition Hockey v Culford U14A, B Rugby v Wisbech Grammar U16 VII Y12 Drama exam performance Y11-13 Russia exchange students from Saint Petersburg Y12 & Y13 Spanish Film study day, El laberinto del fauno and Volver Spanish Language Play RAF Section flying Y9 T&E workshop Sixth Form Revue Ski Team training Netball v Ipswich U12A, B, C, U13A, B Netball v Ipswich U14A, B, C, U15A, B, C LENT 4 Suffolk Junior Chess Open Rugby v Queen Elizabeth Barnett U14A, U16 VII Suffolk Tournment, CCF School Hall, all day Away dep. Tournament, Away dep. 3pm Woodbridge School until 16 March London RAF Wittering With University of Essex, School Hall & Tuckwell Room, set up 1.30pm Suffolk Ski Centre dep. 8.30am dep. 9.45am The Dome Tournament, Away dep. 8am 3.30pm 7pm 6pm 9am 9am 1pm 7pm 9.30am 10.45am 8.30am 9.30pm 9.30pm 7pm 10pm 6.30pm 6pm
12-Mar Mon WEEK 2 Trinity Music Exams 13-Mar Tue 14-Mar Wed Y8 STEM trip Whole School Assembly Netball v Felixstowe U15C Chamber Orchestra long rehearsal Netball v RHS U14A, B, C Heads of Department meeting Friends of Woodbridge School coffee and croissants Trinity Music Exams KS4 girls only science trip LAMDA exams DofE Bronze expedition meeting Football v St Felix 1st Netball v RHS 1st, 2nd, U16A Hockey v Ipswich 1st Netball v Claydon High U16B Calendar meeting Trinity Music Exams LAMDA exams KS3 Science trip DofE Silver & Gold expedition meeting Y11 GCSE recital Music School, all day BT Martlesham The Dome Away Music School L4 Tuckwell Room Music School, all day British Science Week at BT, Adastral Park Hurdley & Pendal studios Away dep. 1.30pm Away dep. 1.30pm dep. 2pm T13 Music School, all day Hurdley & Pendal studios British Science Week at BT, Adastral Park Music 1 9am 10.35am 3.30pm 3.30pm 8.30am 9am 3pm 9.15am 10.40am 1.40pm 1pm 11am 5.50pm 9.30am 1pm 10.40am 11.05am 2.45pm 12noon 11.05am 2.20pm
14-Mar Wed Hockey v Orwell Park Jun 1 Tournament, Away dep. 1.15pm 2pm Hockey v New Hall Jun 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Netball v Kesgrave High U12A, B dep. 2.45pm 3.30pm Symphony Orchestra long rehearsal Music School 3.30pm Netball v Kesgrave High U15A Away dep. 4.30pm Reading Aloud: Y7-Y9 reading competition 15-Mar Thu History lecture trip 16-Mar Fri Y9-11 Intermediate Olympiad & Kangaroo KS5 Science trip LAMDA exams Hockey v Ipswich U14A Netball v Claydon High U14B, C Hockey v Culford 1st CCF Army, Exercise Combat Cadet STEM Enrichment Programme STEM Enrichment Programme London dep. 7.30am Conference room British Science Week, at BT, Adastral Park Hurdley & Pendal studios dep. 2pm Thetford training area Sirius Astronomy workshops, Session 1: Y7 Sirius Astronomy workshops, Session 2: Y10-Y13 9am 9am 3pm 4.30pm 8.50am 5.50pm 11am 1pm 10.40am 11.20am 1.10pm
16-Mar Fri Ski Team training 12noon Lent Showcase Concert, St Mary s Church 17-Mar Sat 18-Mar Sun 19-Mar Mon 20-Mar Tue St Patrick, Patron of Ireland Y13 Drama exam rehearsal Hockey v RHS U14A, U15A Hockey v RHS U14B, U15B Hockey v RHS 2nd Hockey v RHS 1st LENT 5 Y9-Y13 French study trip Choral Society Public Workshop Rugby v Wisbech Grammar U14A Y13 Drama exam rehearsal Week 1 St Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary ATCL performance diplomas ABRSM music exams Y12 & 13 Psychology student conference Rugby Sevens Tournament U16 VII Whole School Assembly Y7-Y10 Have Your Say languages competition preliminary round Y13 Drama exam technical rehearsal Academic Board ABRSM music exams Netball v Felsted 1st, 2nd, U16A, B Football v King s Ely 1st, 2nd Suffolk Ski Centre Woodbridge, rehearsals from 2pm Away dep. 1.15pm 2pm Away dep. 2pm 3pm 2pm 3.15pm Rouen until 24 Mar Music School & School Hall Sevens Tournament, Away dep. 7am Hurdley Room with Phil Zimbardo, London dep. 7am Rosslyn Park, dep. 5pm for matches on 20 March The Dome Copleston High School, Ipswich Away dep. 1.15pm 10.35am 3.30pm 4.10pm 2.45pm 6.30pm 9.30pm 11am 6.30pm 5.10pm
20-Mar Tue Y13 Drama exam dress rehearsal 4.10pm 21-Mar Wed ABRSM music exams Y9-11 French exchange 22-Mar Thu 23-Mar Fri 24-Mar Sat 25-Mar Sun Y13 year group meeting Y13 Elevate Y9 Intensive Spanish trip Y10 Elevate Y12 & 13 recital Netball v RHS U13C, D, U12D Netball v St Joseph s U12A, B Netball v Kesgrave High U13B, U14A Hockey v Ipswich U15A Y13 Drama exam performance Rugby Sevens Tournament U14A Netball v Felsted U14A, B, C RAF Centenary Dinner Y13 Drama exam performance CCF Army, Exercise Combat Cadet Term ends at 1pm DofE Silver & Gold expedition PALM SUNDAY Sixth Form visit to Bridge School Clermont Ferrand until 28 March Europa Centre, Essex Music 1 dep. 3pm Rosslyn Park, dep. 5pm for matches on 22 Mar Away Tuckwell Room, for 8pm Thetford training area, dep. 2pm until 25 March Lake District until 30 March Islington, London dep. 4.30pm until 28 March 9.30am 9.45am 9.45am 11.20am 1.40pm 3pm 4.30pm 10pm 9.45am 10.40am 5.15pm 12.15pm 2.20pm 9.30pm 9.30pm 9.30pm
26-Mar Mon RAF Section flying group RAF Wittering dep. 7am & 9am ret. 5pm & 7pm 7am Epsom 27-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar 01-Apr 04-Apr 08-Apr 09-Apr 11-Apr 15-Apr Tue Thu Fri Sat Sun Wed Sun Mon Wed Sun Oxbridge Conference MAUNDY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY Holy Saturday EASTER DAY Y12 RS trip to Florence 2nd Sunday of Easter ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD (transferred) Y10 History trip to Berlin 3rd Sunday of Easter Florence until 7 April Berlin until 14 April 7pm
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School Secondhand Shop Opening hours during term time are normally Wednesday 8.30am to 9.15 am and Friday 3pm to 4.45pm Chapel The Chapel is open during the school day for quiet and private prayer. Any prayer requests can be submitted to the Padre by e-mail: ncook@woodbridgeschool.org.uk
DAILY TIMETABLE The School s timetable operates on a two-weekly cycle. The timings below will not change from week to week however, what a pupil studies on Monday session 1, week 1, may not be the same as in week 2. Years 7 to 13: Mondays Fridays 8.40-8.45 am Registration for all pupils 8.50-9.45 am Session 1 9.45-10.40 am Session 2 10.40-11.00 am Session 3: Assembly, Chapel, House Meetings or Tutor Group 11.00-11.20 am Break 11.20-12.15 pm Session 4 12.15-1.10 pm Session 5 1.10-2.20 pm Lunch 2.20-3.15 pm Session 6 3.15-4.10 pm Session 7 4.10-6.00 pm work Club & Extra-curricular activities (optional) Some extra-curricular activities start before morning registration and others take place at lunch. Please check the published activities information on the School s website which is updated on a termly basis. Each Friday, sessions 6 & 7 are allocated to Games for Years 7 & 8 and Seckford Scheme for Years 9-13. Pupils should arrive at school to allow sufficient time to change their books and get ready for the day ahead. Registration will take place promptly at 8.40am when pupils meet with their Tutors. Sessions end at 4.10 pm except on Fridays when school may end slightly earlier after Friday afternoon activities. Pupils in Years 7-9 who are not being collected by car or catching coaches are not permitted to leave the School grounds before going home. There are plenty of school activities and supervised homework periods.
TIMETABLE WEEK 1 Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mon. Assembly Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri. Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor WEEK 2 Session 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mon. Assembly Tues. Weds. Thurs. Fri. Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor Chapel, House or Tutor