DIARY Summer 2008
For last term's diary click here
APRIL
16 Wed
8.45 am Staff Inset Meetings
Cricket 1st XI Pre-Season Training
4.00 pm 3rd Form Parents’ Meeting (Theatre)
5.30 pm Lecture for Parents ‘Internet Safety’ (Theatre)
7.30 pm Term begins for boarders
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17 Thu
8.30 am Term begins for day pupils
1.45 - 4.15 pm GCSE English Literature Trial Run Exam
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18 Fri
8.50 am 4th Form Learning Strategies Briefing (Theatre)
3.50 pm School Photograph
4.45 pm 3rd Form Lecture ‘Internet Security’ (Theatre)
7.00 pm Senior Debating Society (Conference Centre)
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19 Sat
Cricket v Taunton Cricket Club
Home 2.00 pm: 1st
Sports team practices
2.00 pm Athletics v Blundell’s School (Away)
School Disco (Convent)
No weekend exeats
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20 Sun 5th Sunday after Easter
10.30 am College Eucharist
10.00 am Athletics at Yeovil
Orienteering (Cothelstone)
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21 Mon
A Level PE Practical Moderation
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22 Tue
Team Maths Challenge (Castle Cary)
7.00 pm House General Knowledge Round 1 (Woodard Room)
9.15 pm Oasis
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23 Wed St George
8.30 am Chapel: Commemoration of Benefactors service
6.1 Languages Day at UWE
Cricket v Budmouth Academy
Home 2.00 pm: 1st
Girls’ Tennis v Blundell’s School
Home 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
Away 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Boys’ Tennis v Blundell’s School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, U16
Away 2.00 pm: U15
5.00 pm Heads of Department’s Meeting (Conference Room)
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24 Thu
Intermediate Maths Kangaroo
1.30 pm 6.1 Briefing by Senior Tutors (Theatre)
4.30 pm Taunton School Athletics (Castle School)
4.30 pm Swimming v Wellington School (Home)
7.00 pm Junior Debating Society (Conference Centre)
7.00 pm Phoenix Society RR Biggs ‘The Rise and Fall of
Renaissance Man’ (Woodard Room)
followed by Dinner (Dining Hall)
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25 Fri St Mark
11.00 am GCSE PE Practical Moderation
4.30 pm 3rd Form Athletics
7.30 pm Chamber choir and strings - St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton
8.00 pm Jacobian Society
8.00 pm Keegan History Society
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26 Sat
10.30 am Athletics at Millfield School (Multi-Events)
Cricket v King’s School, Bruton
Home 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: 14A, 14C
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, 3rd, JCA, JCB
Cricket v Taunton School
Away 2.00 pm: 4th
Girls’ Tennis v Taunton School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Away 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
Boys’ Tennis v Clifton College
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd
Away 2.00 pm: U16, U15
Ten Tors Training - 35, 45 and 55 mile teams (Dartmoor)
8.00 pm Carpenter Ball ‘An Evening in Paris’ (Dining Hall)
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27 Sun 6th Sunday after Easter
10.30 am Athletics at Millfield School (Multi-Events)
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
7.00 pm School Play ‘The Crucible’ Technical Rehearsal
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28 Mon
Spanish Exchange - pupils from ‘Colegio Carlos Cano’ arrive
2.30 pm ‘Rain Forest Workshop’ at Maynard’s Junior School, Exeter
4.15 pm Primary Schools Cross-Country Race
7.00 pm School Play ‘The Crucible’ Dress Rehearsal
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29 Tue
8.50 am 5th Form Briefing on Exam Techniques (Theatre)
6.1 English Trip to Austen’s Bath
7.00 pm House General Knowledge Semi-Finals and Final (Woodard Room)
9.15 pm Oasis
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30 Wed
No College Eucharist
8.50 am Thursday Lesson 1
11.00 am 3rd Form Trip to Bath ‘Pygmalion’
Cricket v Yeovil College
Home 2.00 pm: 3rd
Cricket v Castle School
Away 2.45 pm: JCA
Boys’ Tennis v Wellington School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, U16
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, U15
3.00 pm Athletics: Taunton Area Schools Championships (Home)
7.00 pm School Play ‘The Crucible’ (Theatre)
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1 Thu Ascension Day
8.30 am College Eucharist (No Lesson 1)
8.50 am 4th Form Careers Experience 1 (Woodard Room)
2.15 pm 6.1 Study Skills 6 (Theatre)
6.00 pm OA Committee Meeting (Conference Room)
7.00 pm School Play ‘The Crucible’ (Theatre)
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2 Fri
4.30 pm 3rd Form Athletics
5th Form Parents’ Supper (Woodard Room and Dining Hall)
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3 Sat
10.00 am - 12.00 pm Open Morning
Cricket v Sherborne School
Home 11.00 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: JCA, JCB, 14A, 14B
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 14C
Girls’ Tennis v Wellington School
Home 1.30 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A
Away 1.30 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd 2.00 pm
Open Athletics at Millfield School (Juniors)
2.30 pm Swimming v Clifton College and Plymouth College (Home)
7.30 pm Bishop Fox House Courtyard Concert (Bishop Fox)
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4 Sun
7th Sunday after Easter
10.00 am Trip to Badminton Horse Trials
10.15 am 1st XI Twenty20 Cricket Tournament
Boys’ House Tennis Competition
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
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5 Mon
Spanish Exchange pupils depart
5.00 pm Athletics at Millfield School
7.00 pm Senior Debating Society Balloon Debate (Conference Centre)
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6 Tue
4.30 pm Swimming v Taunton School (Away)
8.00 pm Chamber Concert (Octagon)
9.15 pm Oasis
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7 Wed
Cricket v Filton College
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd
Cricket v Castle School
Home 2.45 pm: 3rd, 14A
Cricket v Exeter Cathedral School
Away 2.30 pm: 14B
Girls’ Tennis v West Buckland School
Away 3.15 pm: 2nd, 3rd
Boys’ Tennis v Richard Huish College
Home 1.45 pm: 1st
7.00 pm CCF Dinner (Dining Hall)
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8 Thu
1.30 pm 4th Form Careers Experience 2 (Theatre)
1.30 pm Cafeteria Committee Meeting
Boys’ Tennis v Taunton School
Away 4.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, U16
8.00 pm Phoenix Society (Conference Room)
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9 Fri
12.30 pm Ten Tors Teams Depart
4.00 pm 5th Form Interim Report Tutorial
4.30 pm 5th Form ‘World of Work’ Seminar (Theatre)
4.30 pm 3rd Form Athletics
Jazz Band Concert at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, South Petherton.
6.30 pm 6.1 Drama Trip to Theatre Royal, Bath ‘Equus’
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10 Sat
Ten Tors
10.00 am Athletics at Yeovil (Somerset Championships)
Cricket v Millfield
Away 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: 2nd, 4th, 14B, 14C
Away 2.00 pm: 3rd, JCA, JCB, 14A
Girls’ Tennis v Canford School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Away 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
Boys’ Tennis v King’s School, Bruton
Away 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, U16
2.30 pm Swimming v Clifton College, Sherborne School, and Blundell’s School (Home)
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11 Sun Pentecost
Ten Tors
1.30 pm Prep School Athletics Festival
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
7.00 pm 5th Form Exam Plays Rehearsal (Theatre)
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12 Mon
8.50 am 6.1 Interim Report
6.2 Business Studies Trip to Cotleigh Brewery
Cricket v Wellington School
Away 3.30 pm: JCA
7.00 pm 5th Form Exam Plays Technical Rehearsal (Theatre)
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13 Tue
GCSE Exams begin
Cricket v Wellington School
Home 3.45 pm: 14A
Boys’ Tennis v Castle School
Home 4.00 pm: U15
7.00 pm 5th Form Exam Plays Dress Rehearsal (Theatre)
9.15 pm Oasis
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14 Wed St Matthew
Girls’ Tennis v Millfield School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Away 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
Boys’ Tennis v Millfield School
Home 2.00 pm: U16, U15
Away 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd
4.00 pm Athletics English Schools Cup (Home)
5.00 pm Heads of Department’s Meeting (Conference Room)
7.00 pm 5th Form Exam Plays (Theatre) ‘Sling Blade’ and ‘Playing for Time’
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15 Thu
7.00 pm 5th Form Exam Plays (Theatre) ‘Sling Blade’ and ‘Playing for Time’
8.00 pm Jacobian Society
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16 Fri
Cricket v Royal Marines Twenty20
Home 4.00 pm: 1st
4.00 pm 3rd and 4th Form Interim Report Tutorial
4.30 pm 3rd Form Athletics
6.1 Parents’ Supper (Woodard Room and Dining Hall)
7.30 pm Jazz Band Concert at St Peter’s Church, Staple Fitzpaine
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17 Sat
11.00 am CCF Representatives at RFCA Centenary Parade
(Wells Cathedral)
Cricket v Queen’s College
Home 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: JCA, 14A, 14B
Away 2.00 pm: 3rd, 5th, JCB
Cricket v Wellington School
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, 4th
Girls’ Tennis Senior House Matches
2.00 pm Athletics at Millfield School
7.45 pm Meynell Dinner Dance (Dining Room)
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18 Sun Trinity Sunday
Junior Cricket visit to Lord’s (England v New Zealand)
BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition (St David’s Hall, Cardiff)
11.30 am CCF Field Day starts
5.30 pm Chapel Worship Carpenter House 6.2 Dinner Party (Carpenter House)
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19 Mon
CCF Field Day
Cricket v MCC
Home 11.30 am: 1st
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20 Tue
2.30 pm ‘Rain Forest Workshop’ at North Curry Primary School
4.00 pm Team Photographs
7.00 pm School Prefects’ Supper (Dining Hall)
8.40 pm Oasis
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21 Wed
4.00 pm School Sports Day
8.00 pm 6.2 OA Welcome Talk
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22 Thu
Cricket House Matches
Boys’ Tennis v Queen’s College
Home 4.15 pm: 1st, 2nd, U16
4.30 pm Girls’ Athletics at Wellington School
7.30 pm Guitar and Rock Concert (Theatre)
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23 Fri
12.30 pm Half Term begins
1.45 pm Cricket Pavilion Centenary Celebration
6-a-side Tournament, 1st, staff/parents, OAs
DOE Bronze Expedition Practice departs
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24 Sat
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25 Sun
Athletics at Exeter
DOE Bronze Expedition Practice returns
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26 Mon
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27 Tue
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28 Wed
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29 Thu
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30 Fri
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31 Sat
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1 Sun 2nd Sunday after Trinity
11.00 am Cricket OAs v Old Cranleighans
6.00 pm 6.1 ‘UCAS’ Parents’ Meeting (Theatre)
9.30 pm Boarders return
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2 Mon
Common Entrance Exams begin
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3 Tue
8.40 pm Oasis
2.15 pm 4th Form Careers Experience 3 (Theatre)
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4 Wed
A2 Exams begin
Cricket v XL Club
Home 1.30 pm: 1st
Girls’ Tennis v Millfield School
Home 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
7.00 pm 3rd Form Play Technical Rehearsal (Theatre)
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5 Thu
6.1 Normal Lessons Restart
4.00 pm Athletics Relays at Queen’s College
7.00 pm 3rd Form Play Dress Rehearsal (Theatre)
8.00 pm Phoenix Society (Conference Room)
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6 Fri
1.00 pm 3rd Form Beatrix Potter Play for Primary Schools (Theatre)
5.00 pm Swimming: Meade King Cup (Taunton School)
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7 Sat
Athletics at Taunton School
Cricket v Canford School
Away 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: 2nd, 3rd, 14B, 14C
Away 2.00 pm: JCA, JCB, 14A
Girls’ Tennis v Sherborne School
Home 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 15C
Away 2.00 pm: 14A, 14B, 14C
Boys’ Tennis v Sherborne School
Home 2.00 pm: U16, U15
Away 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd
7.00 pm Parents’ Association Dinner (Woodard Room)
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8 Sun 3rd Sunday after Trinity
Prefect Leadership Group 1
Athletics at Exeter
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
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9 Mon
Prefect Leadership Group 1
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10 Tue
6.1 Geography Coastal Coursework Field Trip
8.40 pm Oasis
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11 Wed St Barnabas
Prefect Leadership Group 2
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12 Thu
Prefect Leadership Group 2
7.00 pm Junior Debating Society (Conference Centre)
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13 Fri
5th Form Experience
Cricket U15 County Twenty20 Final
2.15 pm 6.1 Business Studies Lecture (Conference Room)
‘Careers in the City’ C Rew
8.00 pm Jacobian Society Pizza Evening
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14 Sat
5th Form Experience
10.30 am Athletics Somerset Schools Championships (Yeovil)
Cricket v Clifton College
Home 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: 3rd, JCA, JCB
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, 14A, 14B
Girls’ Tennis v Queen’s College
Home 2.00 pm: 15A, 15B, 14A, 14B
Away 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
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15 Sun 4th Sunday after Trinity
6.1 Biology Trip to Scilly Isles departs
5th Form Activity Experience
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
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16 Mon
3rd and 4th Form Exams
5th Form Experience
12.00 pm Athletics English Schools Cup South West (Exeter)
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17 Tue
3rd and 4th Form Exams
9.15 pm Oasis
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18 Wed
3rd and 4th Form Exams
Cricket v Castle School
Home 2.45 pm: JCA
Away 2.45 pm: 14A
5.00 pm Heads of Department’s Meeting (Conference Room)
6.1 Biology Trip to Scilly Isles returns
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19 Thu
3rd and 4th Form Exams
3.30 pm Taunton Youth Orienteering
8.00 pm Phoenix Society (Conference Room)
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20 Fri
4th Form Exams
Cricket v KEVICCS Totnes
Home 2.00 pm: 1st
8.00 pm Keegan History Society
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21 Sat
10.30 am Schools Athletics at Exeter (South West Championships)
1.00 pm Millfield Open Athletics
Cricket v Taunton School
Away 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: 2nd, JCA, JCB, 14C
Away 2.00 pm: 3rd, 14A, 14B
Boys’ Tennis v Wells Cathedral School
Home 2.00 pm: 1st, 2nd, U16
7.30 pm 3rd / 4th Form Ball (Dining Hall)
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22 Sun 5th Sunday after Trinity
Riding JAS (Gillingham)
2.00 pm The Revue Rehearsal (Theatre)
2.00 pm Bishop Fox and Meynell ‘English Tea Party’
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
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23 Mon
5th Form Work Experience
4th Form Geography Coursework Fieldtrip
Cricket v Royal Marines CC
Home 11.30 am: 1st
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24 Tue St John the Baptist
5th Form Work Experience
4th Form Geography Coursework Field Trip
9.30 am New Pupils’ Induction Day
6.30 pm Athletics at Exeter
8.40 pm Oasis
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25 Wed
5th Form Work Experience
DOE Bronze Expedition departs
7.00 pm The Revue Technical Rehearsal (Theatre)
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26 Thu
5th Form Work Experience
Cricket v Far North Cricket Club - South Africa
Home 2.00 pm: 14A, 14B
7.00 pm The Revue Technical Rehearsal (Theatre)
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27 Fri
5th Form Work Experience
4.00 pm 3rd and 4th Form Exam Tutorial
DOE Bronze Expedition returns
7.00 pm The Revue Dress Rehearsal (Theatre)
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28 Sat
10.30 am Athletics at Yeovil (South West Multi-Events)
Cricket v Monmouth School
Home 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: JCA, 14A
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, JCB, 14B
Boys’ Tennis v Staff, OAs
Home 2.00 pm: 1st
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29 Sun 6th Sunday after Trinity
10.30 am Athletics at Yeovil (South West Multi-Events)
Riding Competition (Drakes Farm Riding Centre, Ilton)
5.30 pm Chapel Worship
8.00 pm Arts Week: The Revue (Theatre)
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30 Mon
4.15 pm Primary Schools Cross-Country Race
8.00 pm Arts Week: The Revue (Theatre)
JULY
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1 Tue
Cricket v Charterhouse School
Home 2.00 pm: 14A
2.15 pm 4th Form Science Lecture (Theatre)
7.00 pm Arts Week: 3rd Form Beatrix Potter Play for Parents (Theatre)
8.40 pm Oasis
9.00 pm 5th Form Boarders return
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2 Wed
8.50 am Meeting for 5th Form (Theatre)
5th Form Introduction to AS Levels
Cricket v Blundell’s School
Home 11.30 am: 1st
Home 2.00 pm: JCA, JCB
Away 2.00 pm: 2nd, 14A, 14B
8.00 pm Sports Clubs’ Barbecues
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3 Thu
5th Form Introduction to AS Levels
1.30 pm Setting up of Chindit Camp Marquee
2.00 pm All 6.2 return
5.00 pm Swimming Sports
6.30 pm Friends of King’s Reception
8.00 pm Arts Week: Summer Concert (Chapel and Marquee)
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4 Fri
2.00 pm Cricket House Match Finals
5.00 pm 6.2 Leavers’ Walkabout Service
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5 Sat Parents’ Day
Cricket v OA Invitation XI
Home 10.00 am: 1st
10.00 am Prize Giving
11.30 am End of Year Service
8.00 pm 6.2 Leavers’ Summer Ball
5 - 11 July CCF Summer Camp (Warcop)
6 - 13 July Chindit Camp (Exmoor)
10 - 12 July Athletics at Gateshead (English Schools Championships)
14 August A and AS Level results released
21 August GCSE results released
Rugby Tour
20 - 21 Sep English Schools Multi-Events (Birmingham)