Calendar for February 2010

Friday 29th January 2010

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)

Monday 1st February 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: PH

08:30

A level options: Provisional Choice Forms returned to Housemasters

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

2nd Year House time

08:55

Effective Reading Course for selected Novi , in OBS

09:00

Scholarship Examinations for Art, Cowdrey, Drama, Music and Technology (until 2nd)

09:00 - 16:00

Under 11 Prep Schools Hockey Day , on Rowans', Foundation Astro and TSC

16:30

Housemasters' meeting , in the Boardroom

Tuesday 2nd February 2010

08:55

Effective Reading Course for selected Novi , in OBS

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Net Security, a talk by Murray Leatham , in the CLT

14:00

A2 Geography exam for 33 boys , in BS

14:30

Interim Reports available to parents of 1st Yr and Lower Sixth on the Parents' Portal

15:00

Swimming v Eastbourne: Home: Senior, U16

16:00

AS retakes complete

16:00

Basketball v Sackville: Home: U15

16:30

Upper and Lower School Council meetings , in D4 and L3

17:00 - 23:00

Sixth Form French Trip: Moliere's Misanthrope , in London (provisional)

17:30

Violin Octagon Concert

19:30

Parents' Pastoral Evening , in the CLT

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

21:00

Interim Reports deadline for 2nd Yr and Upper Sixth (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 3rd February 2010

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

13:00

Green Committee , in the Boardroom

Thursday 4th February 2010

St Agatha

Fives v Radley: Away: 2nd IV, U14A

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

09:00

Intermediate Maths Challenge , in BS

11:35 - 13:00

Lower Sixth Phase 2 Exams , in BS

11:35 - 12:15

Lower Sixth Seminar: A talk by film critic and journalist, Kevin Jackson , in the CLT

14:00

Chemistry Olympiad , in BS

16:00

Governors' Pastoral Committee meeting   , in the Bursar's office

16:30

Creative Writing: Kevin Jackson: Film writing in Dry Hill House

16:45

Squash v Whitgift: Home: U16V

19:00

English Society: Bite! - Vampire Love, a talk by Kevin Jackson , in the CLT

19:30

Romeo and Juliet - The Royal Opera House

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Romeo and Juliet , at the Royal Opera House

Friday 5th February 2010

17:00

Basketball v Sevenoaks: Away: U19

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Iain Broomfield , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:00

Dinner at Skinners’ Hall

19:00

Parents' Arts Society: Dinner , at Skinners' Hall

19:30

Tonbridge Has Talent: Part Two, organised by pupils from Tonbridge and Weald of Kent with acts from  local schools , in BS and OBS

Saturday 6th February 2010

Football v Harrow: Home: 4th, 5th, 6th XI, U16A, B Away: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XI, U15A, B (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

Fives v Eastbourne: Home: U16A, U15A, U14A Away: 1st, 2nd

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

Cross Country: Wellington Relay (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

14:00

Fencing v Epsom: Home

19:30

Headmaster's Detention , in H3

Sunday 7th February 2010

The School Play: Technical rehearsals (all day) , in the Theatre

2nd before Lent

Fives v Pilgrims': Away: U14A, U14B (11am departure)

08:30

Holy Eucharist

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

School Choral Evensong: open to the public. JH parents invited

20:15

JH Soirée , in BS

Monday 8th February 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: JH

08:30

GCSE options: Provisional Choice Forms returned to Housemasters by Novi

08:35

2nd Year Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

08:55

Effective Reading Course for selected Novi , in OBS

09:00 - 16:00

Under 13 Prep Schools Hockey Day , on Rowans', Foundation Astro and TSC

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: Albertropolis - Prince Albert and the Museums of South Kensington

11:00

Albertropolis - Prince Albert and the Museums of South Kensington

16:30

Heads of Faculties and DoS to discuss A level Choices , in Ec7

18:30

The School Play: dress rehearsal , in the Theatre

19:30

An OT in Africa – Geoffrey Silver

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: An OT in Africa, a talk by Geoffrey Silver , in the CLT

Tuesday 9th February 2010

08:55

Effective Reading Course for selected Novi , in OBS

11:35 - 13:00

3rd Year Seminar: Plenary: Class Discussions

14:30

Interim Reports available to parents of 2nd Yr and Upper Sixth on the Parents' Portal

16:45 - 17:45

Overseas' Students' Committee meeting , in L5

17:30

Oboe Octagon Concert

19:30
The School Play: King Lear

The School Play: King Lear

The School Play – E.M.Forster Theatre

Tickets are free but please book through the Tonbridge School Box Office boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org, 01732 304241

19:30 - 22:00

The School Play: King Lear , in the Theatre

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

Wednesday 10th February 2010

St Scholastica

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

17:30 - 20:00

(RIBA meeting in the Vere Hodge Lecture Theatre)

19:30
The School Play: King Lear

The School Play: King Lear

The School Play – E.M.Forster Theatre

Tickets are free but please book through the Tonbridge School Box Office boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org, 01732 304241

19:30 - 22:00

The School Play: King Lear , in the Theatre

Thursday 11th February 2010

Football v Epsom: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th XI

Football v Colfe's: Home: U15A, B

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

Football v St Bede's: Away: U16B (no early departure)

10:00

Tonbridge Professional Development Conference: Developing Independent Learners

11:35 - 12:15

Lower Sixth Seminar: Photographing at the battlefront, a talk by former British Army photographer Giles Penfound , in the CLT

14:30

Swimming v Charterhouse: Away: Senior, U16, U15 (provisional)

16:00

Basketball v Sackville: Away: U17

16:45

Fives v Whitgift: Home: 2nd, U15A, U14A

17:30

English Dept Trip (Novi): Twelfth Night  (evening) , at the Duke of York's Theatre

19:30

Nation - The Olivier Theatre at the National

19:30
The School Play: King Lear

The School Play: King Lear

The School Play – E.M.Forster Theatre

Tickets are free but please book through the Tonbridge School Box Office boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org, 01732 304241

19:30 - 22:00

The School Play: King Lear , in the Theatre

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Nation , Olivier Theatre at The National

Friday 12th February 2010

Revised timetable: Pursuits: 1400-1445; Pd 6: 1450-1530; Pd 7: 1535-1615

14:00
The School Play: King Lear

The School Play: King Lear

The School Play – E.M.Forster Theatre

Tickets are free but please book through the Tonbridge School Box Office boxoffice@tonbridge-school.org, 01732 304241

14:00

The School Play: King Lear , in the Theatre

16:15

HALF TERM starts

17:30

Lower Sixth Form Parents' Evening , in BS, OBS & Library

Saturday 13th February 2010

Duke of Edinburgh Gold Practice (until 17th) , in Dartmoor

09:00 - 18:00

(Organ recording , in the Chapel)

20:00 - 22:00

(Tonbridge Music Club concert , in Big School and Old Big School)

Sunday 14th February 2010

Next before Lent

08:30

Holy Eucharist

09:00 - 18:00

(Organ recording , in the Chapel)

Monday 15th February 2010

HALF TERM

09:00 - 18:00

(Organ recording , in the Chapel)

Tuesday 16th February 2010

HALF TERM

09:00 - 18:00

(Organ recording , in the Chapel)

Wednesday 17th February 2010

ASH WEDNESDAY

HALF TERM

09:00 - 22:00

(Rehearsals by Surrey Opera , in the Theatre)

09:00 - 18:00

(Organ recording , in the Chapel)

Thursday 18th February 2010

HALF TERM

19:30 - 22:00

(Performance by Surrey Opera of My Fair Lady , in the Theatre)

Friday 19th February 2010

HALF TERM

19:30 - 22:00

(Performance by Surrey Opera of My Fair Lady , in the Theatre)

Saturday 20th February 2010

HALF TERM

19:30 - 22:00

(Performance by Surrey Opera of My Fair Lady , in the Theatre)

Sunday 21st February 2010

Lent 1

08:30

Holy Eucharist

21:15

HALF TERM ends for Boarders

Monday 22nd February 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: SH

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

2nd Year House time

09:00

Upper Sixth mocks - first A2 module (until 23rd) , in BS & OBS

16:30

Pay & Conditions Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

19:30

Careers Evening: Civil Service , in the CLT

Tuesday 23rd February 2010

09:00

Upper Sixth mocks continue , in BS & OBS

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Sustainability in Business, a talk by Paul Turner, Head of Sustainable Business, Lloyds Banking Group , in the CLT

14:00

Spanish GCSE Mock Oral Exams , in Old Judde

14:15

Squash v Christ's Hospital: Home: 1st, 2nd V

16:30

Health & Safety Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

17:30

Piano Octagon Concert

19:30

Trust - How we lost it and how to get it back: a talk by Anthony Seldon, OT

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: Trust - How we lost it and how to get it back, a talk by Professor Anthony Seldon , in the CLT

Wednesday 24th February 2010

Governors' Day

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

09:40

Upper Sixth Chemistry ISA Exam , in OBS

16:00

Governors' meeting , in the Boardroom

16:40

Lower Sixth Chemistry ISA Exam , in OBS

19:30

The Misanthrope - The Comedy Theatre

19:30

A Level Music Performances , in the Recital Room

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: The Misanthrope , at The Comedy Theatre

Thursday 25th February 2010

Rackets v Radley: Home

06:30 - 17:00

RAF Flying Visit to RAF Wyton

11:00

The Real Van Gogh - The Royal Academy of Arts

11:00

Parents' Arts Society: The Real Van Gogh , at the Royal Academy of Arts

11:35 - 13:00

Lower Sixth Seminar: A history of pop, a talk by Sixties pop star and record producer Mike Hurst , in the CLT

14:00

Spanish GCSE Mock Oral Exams , in Old Judde

14:30

Swimming v Hurstpierpoint: Home: Senior, U16, U15

16:30

Curriculum Review Group , in the Boardroom

16:30

Fives v Sutton Valence: Home: 3rd IV, U14A

16:45

Film Society Screening: Let The Right One In , in the CLT

19:30

Basketball v Iroquois: Home: U18

Friday 26th February 2010

Summer timetable begins: Pursuits: 1400-1445; Pd 6 & 7: 1450-1615; Games: 1645-1800

13:30

Oxbridge Panel meeting , in the Boardroom

18:30
Look again, look better

Look again, look better

(until 12 March 2010)

18:30 - 20:00

Art Exhibition: Look Again, Look Better: an exhibition of photographs by Mike Morrison , in The Tunnel Gallery

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Tim Dossor , in the Sixth Form Centre

18:45 - 19:30

Novi Athena Society , in H3

19:00

Floyd Reading Competition , in Skinners' Library

19:30
Moon Fool

Moon Fool

Location
EM Forster Theatre
Ticket price
£12 (£10 concessions)
19:30 - 20:45

AP: Trestle's Moonfool: Adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream combined with acrobatics and Balkan folk music , in the EM Forster Theatre

Saturday 27th February 2010

Fencing v Harrow & Rugby: Away (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

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

Fives v Winchester: Home: 1st, U14A, U14B Away: 2nd, U16A, U15A

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

Cross Country: Kent Schools League: Tonbridge Relay

19:30

Beethoven at the Barbican - Barbican Hall

19:30

Bacchus Wind Band

Location
Big School
Ticket price
£8 (£5 students)
19:30 - 22:30

Concert by Bacchus Wind Band , in Big School and Old Big School

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Beethoven , at the Barbican Hall

Sunday 28th February 2010

Lent 2

07:00 - 21:00

Fencing Competition: Away: SE Section U18/U16 Epee and Sabre Championships

08:30

Holy Eucharist

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

School Evensong: Sermon: Canon Stuart Taylor. MH parents invited

20:15

PS Soirée , in BS