Calendar for January 2010

Sunday 3rd January 2010

School Play rehearsals (all day) , in the Theatre

08:30

Holy Eucharist

Monday 4th January 2010

School Play rehearsals (pm) , in the Theatre

09:00 - 16:00

Professional Development for all staff: Tracy Luke (The Marsh Academy), in the CLT and carousel of choices

14:00

Common Room Committee meeting in the Common Room

14:15

Hockey Coaching Professional Development

16:00

Departmental meetings

Tuesday 5th January 2010

School Play rehearsals (pm) , in the Theatre

09:30

Housemasters' meeting , in D4

11:00

Common Room meeting (including First Aid refresher) , in the CLT

13:00

Football Coaches meeting (working lunch) in Ec6

14:00

Departmental meetings

16:00

Symphony Orchestra rehearsals , in the Recital Room

17:00

House Tutors' meetings in Houses

20:00

TERM BEGINS Boarders return

Wednesday 6th January 2010

Day boys return

Epiphany

Road Crossing Duty week: MH

09:00

Beginning of term Chapel Service

09:25

Administration period in House Year Group Coordinators' rooms

09:30

GCSE Mocks for 3rd Year and 2nd Year Latin (until 9th) , in BS & OBS

09:40

Period 2 and normal school begins (except for GCSE Mocks)

Thursday 7th January 2010

09:00

GCSE mock exams continue for 3rd Year , in BS & OBS

10:30

Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler - The British Museum

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler , at the British Museum

11:35 - 13:00

Lower Sixth Seminar: A talk by The Council for Arab British Understanding , in the CLT

13:45

Media Centre Group , in the Boardroom

Friday 8th January 2010

09:00

GCSE mock exams continue for 3rd Year , in BS & OBS

13:45

Oxbridge Panel meeting , in the Boardroom

18:30 - 20:30

AP: Art Exhibition: work by 2nd year students from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. CANCELLED ,in The Tunnel Gallery

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: George Gilbart-Smith , in the Sixth Form Centre

18:45

Fives: West of England Schools' Championships for 1st IV, U16A (until 10th) , at Sherborne

19:30 - 22:00

AP: Film Screening: Hamlet , in the Theatre

Saturday 9th January 2010

Football v Eastbourne: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th XI CANCELLED

No weekend leave

Fives: West of England Schools' Championships for 1st IV, U16A continues CANCELLED , at Sherborne

Hockey v Cranleigh: Home: U15A, B, C, D, E, U14A, B, C, D, E, F Away: 1st, 2nd*, 3rd*, 4th XI*, U16A, B, C (*early departure, Pds 4,5 to be missed) CANCELLED

Cross Country: Kent/Surrey Championships (individuals only) CANCELLED , at Detling/Croydon

Cross Country: Kent Schools League (no early departure) CANCELLED , at DYRMS

09:00

GCSE mock exams continue for 3rd Year , in BS & OBS

14:15

Squash v Jesters: Home: 1st, 2nd V (+ doubles matches)

19:00

Novi Disco CANCELLED , in the Gym and OC

19:00

2nd Year Disco CANCELLED , at Benenden School

19:30 - 21:30

AP: Film Screening: As You Like It , in the Theatre

Sunday 10th January 2010

Baptism of the Lord

Fives: West of England Schools' Championships for 1st IV, U16A continues , at Sherborne

08:30

Holy Eucharist

10:30

School Matins: Sermon: The Revd David Peters, Assistant Chaplain.WH/WW parents invited

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

Monday 11th January 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: OH

08:30

AS retakes begin (until 2nd Feb) for a limited number of students and OTs , in BS & OBS

08:35

2nd Year Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

08:55

GCSE lessons resume for 3rd Year

16:00

Joint Pay & Conditions Committee meeting (Support Staff) , in the Boardroom

16:30

Joint Pay & Conditions Committee meeting (Academic Staff) , in the Boardroom

19:30

La Bohème - The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: La Boheme , at the Royal Opera House

19:30

Frusta Frustra: Paul Shea (OT), Conservative candidate for East Ham - The future of the Conservative Party , in the CLT

Tuesday 12th January 2010

The CRAS (no other Games fixtures)

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Are we really free?, a talk by Mr Julian Dobson , in the CLT

13:00

Community Action Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

13:45 - 16:15

GCSE French Mock Oral Exams , in Old Judde

17:15

Composers' Octagon Concert given by A2 Music Students , in the Recital Room

19:30

How and why the United States went to the Moon – Guy Huntrods, OT

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: How and why the United States went to the Moon, a talk by Guy Huntrods (OT) , in the CLT

Wednesday 13th January 2010

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

Thursday 14th January 2010

Rackets v Wellington: Away (priority over all other school sports) (early depature, Pds 4,5 to be missed)

09:40 - 19:30

RAF Flying Visit , to RAF Wyton

11:00

Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts - The Victoria and Albert Museum

11:00

Parents' Arts Society: Maharaja: the Splendour of India's Royal Courts , at the Victoria and Albert Museum

11:35 - 12:15

Lower Sixth Seminar: Documentary: John's Not Mad - living with Tourette syndrome , in the CLT

13:45 - 16:15

GCSE French Mock Oral Exams , in Old Judde

15:15

Squash v Holmewood House: Away: U14 VII

16:30 - 18:00

BBC School Report Novi Group

18:30

Lower Sixth Oxbridge Evening

Friday 15th January 2010

Rackets Professional Singles' Championships (until 17th)

11:00

Apsley House and Wellington Arch

11:00

Parents' Arts Society: Apsley House and Wellington Arch

14:15 - 19:30

Lower Sixth Politics Trip to The Houses of Parliament

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Harry Paget (OT) , in the Sixth Form Centre

18:45 - 19:30

Novi Athena Society , in H3

19:00

PS Lower Sixth Social with Guldeford House, Benenden School , in the ELT

19:00

Praes' Supper with Benenden School , at Tonbridge

19:30 - 21:30

AP: Film Screening: Richard III , in the Theatre

Saturday 16th January 2010

Football v Radley: Home: U16A, B, C, U15A, B Away: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th XI (early departure, Pds 3,4,5 to be missed)

Fives v Christ's Hospital: Home: U16A, U16B, U15A Away: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Hockey v Whitgift: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XI, U16A, B Away: U15A*, B*, C, D*, U14A, B, C, E* (*early departure, Pds 4, 5 to be missed)

Cross Country: Knole Run 1st VIII (no early departure) CANCELLED , Sevenoaks

Hockey v Reed's: Home: U14G Away: U14D, F (no early departure)

18:00

CCF Army Section Winter Warrior Exercise 1 (until 17th)

19:30

Headmaster's Detention , in H3

19:30 - 21:15

AP: Film Screening: Much Ado About Nothing , in the Theatre

19:30

Rackets Professionals' Dinner , in the Lowry Room

Sunday 17th January 2010

Epiphany 2

07:00 - 21:00

Fencing Competition: Away: Kent Schools' Championships:

08:30

Holy Eucharist

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

School Evensong: Sermon: Canon David Kitley, Bishop's Advisor for overseas links

20:15

AP: Allan Bunney Concert with Julian Thomas (Organ Recital) , in the Chapel

Monday 18th January 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: Sc

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

2nd Year House time

16:30

Sixth Form Working Party

16:30

Junior House Debating: 1st round in Houses

20:00

Parents' Prayer Support Group , in the Ante Room

Tuesday 19th January 2010

English Dept Trip (Sixth Formers): The Habit of Art by Alan Bennett (evening) , at the National Theatre

Hockey v King's Canterbury: Home: 1st XI Away: U15A (no early departure)

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Drug Awareness, a talk by Jonnie Leach , in the CLT

16:30

Arts Committee , in the Boardroom

17:30

Trombone Octagon Concert

19:30

Italian for beginners

19:30

The Science of Sexual Attraction – Dr Richard Brookes

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: The Science of Sexual Attraction, a talk by Dr Richard Brookes , in the CLT

21:00

Special Interim Reports deadline for 3rd Yr - Mocks & AS choices (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 20th January 2010

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

11:00

Army Liaison Officer ,in the Universities and Careers Library

18:05 - 20:00

AS Modern Languages AQA Presentation: all Lower Sixth taking a language at AS with AQA to attend , in the Lowry Room and CLT (provisional)

Thursday 21st January 2010

St Agnes

Rackets v Rugby: Away (priority over all other school sports) (early departure, Pds 3,4,5 to be missed)

11:35 - 13:00

Lower Sixth Seminar: The Ten Greatest Ideas in Science, a talk by Dr Mike Clugston , in the CLT

14:00 - 17:30

Inter-House Technology competition: Round 1 , in the Vere Hodge Centre

16:30

Calendar Committee meeting   , in the Boardroom

16:45

Film Society Screening: Princess Mononoke , in the CLT

19:00 - 21:00

Athena Society , in Skinners' Library

19:30

The Habit of Art - The Lyttleton Theatre

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: The Habit of Art, by Alan Bennett , at the Lyttleton Theatre

Friday 22nd January 2010

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Pete Portal (OT) , in the Sixth Form Centre

Saturday 23rd January 2010

EXEAT starts after Games

Football v Wellington: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XI, U15A, B Away: 4th, 5th XI, U16A, B (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

British Schoolboys' International Ski Races (until 27th)

Fives v RFA: Home: 1st IV (provisional)

Hockey v RGS Guildford: Home: 3rd XI, U15B, C, U14A, B, C Away: 1st, 2nd XI, U16A, B, U15A (no early departure)

Cross Country: Kent Schools League (no early departure) , at Dover College

13:00 - 21:00

Swimming: Kent Schools' Swimming Championships U16 (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed) , at Gillingham

14:00

Basketball v Bromley: Home: U19

Sunday 24th January 2010

Epiphany 3

08:30

Holy Eucharist

21:15

EXEAT ends for Boarders

Monday 25th January 2010

Conversion of St Paul

Road Crossing Duty week: CH

08:35

2nd Year Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

08:45 - 18:00

(First Aid Course , in the Board Room)

13:45

Communications Group meeting , in the HM's dining room

16:00

F&GPC Meeting , in the HM's dining room

Tuesday 26th January 2010

Timothy and Titus

Rackets v Charterhouse: Home

08:45 - 18:00

(First Aid Course , in the Board Room)

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Plenary: Class Discussions

14:00 - 17:30

Inter-House Technology competition: Round 2 , in the Vere Hodge Centre

14:30

Interim Reports available to parents of 3rd Year on the Parents' Portal

16:00

Basketball v Sevenoaks: Home: U15/16

16:30

Heads of Departments' meeting , in D4

17:30

No Octagon Concert

19:30

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - The Palace Theatre

19:30

CSG Concert , in BS

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert , at the Palace Theatre

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

21:00

Special Interim Reports deadline for 1st Yr - GCSE provisional choices and Lower Sixth - Phase 1 marks (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 27th January 2010

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

08:45 - 18:00

(First Aid Course , in the Board Room)

14:30

Sports Committee , in FH

19:00 - 20:15

Senior Debating Competition Final in OBS with a Reception in Skinners' Library for parents, staff and team members from 1830 (provisional)

19:15

Frusta Frustra: Sixth Form Political Discussion Group , in the Ante Room

Thursday 28th January 2010

Thomas Aquinas

Rackets v Harrow: Home

11:00

A Guided walk through Chelsea

11:00

Parents' Arts Society: A Guided walk of Chelsea - Meet at Sloane Square

11:35 - 12:15

Lower Sixth Seminar: Internet Safety, a talk by Murray Letham , in the CLT

14:45

Basketball v Charterhouse: Away: U19

15:00

Squash v St Bede's: Away: 2nd, Novi V

18:30 - 22:30

WH 3rd Year Parents' Evening: Post-Parents' Evening drinks reception , in WH

18:45

3rd Year Parents' Evening , in BS, OBS & Library

Friday 29th January 2010

10:30

A Walk around ‘Legal London’ including lunch at the Middle Temple Hall (Novi parents only)

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: A walk around 'Legal London' including lunch at the Middle Temple Hall (for Novi parents)

18:30
Stepping Out - Drawings, Prints & Paintings by the 2nd Year Artists

2nd Year Art Exhibition

Showing in the Tunnel Gallery, January 29 – February 12, 2010

(until 12 February 2010)

18:30 - 20:00

Art Exhibition: Stepping Out , work by 2nd Year Art students at Tonbridge School , in The Tunnel Gallery

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Gary Townsend , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:30

2nd Year Scholars' Concert , in the Recital Room

Saturday 30th January 2010

Football v Dulwich: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th XI Away: U16A, B, U15A, B (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

Fives v St. Dunstan's: Home: U15A, U14A Away: 1st, 2nd

Hockey v Trinity: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XI, U16A, C, U14A E, F Away: U15A*, B*, C*, U14B, C (*early departure Pds 3,4,5 missed)

Hockey v Cranbrook: Home: U14D Away: U16B, U15D (no early departure)

Hockey v Sevenoaks: Away: 5th XI (no early departure)

Cross Country: Kent Schools League (no early departure) , at King's, Canterbury

13:00 - 21:00

Swimming: Kent Schools' Swimming Championships, U14 and Senior (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed) , at Gillingham

14:00

Fencing v Worth: Away (no early departure)

18:00

CCF Army Section Winter Warrior Exercise 2 (until 31st)

19:30 - 22:00

AP: Film Screening: Merchant of Venice , in the Theatre

Sunday 31st January 2010

English Dept Trip (Novi): Nation by Terry Pratchett (matinée) , at the National Theatre

The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , H3

19:15

School Eucharist

20:15

PH Soirée , in BS