Calendar for March 2010

Friday 26th February 2010

18:30
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(until 12 March 2010)

Monday 1st March 2010

St David

Road Crossing Duty week: HS

08:35

2nd Year Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

16:30

Housemasters' meeting , in the Boardroom

16:30 - 17:30

GCSE Art exam: Session 1 , in the Art Dept

20:00

Parents' Prayer Support Group , in the Ante Room

20:45

Lent Address: Canon Stuart Taylor , in the Chapel

Tuesday 2nd March 2010

Football v King's, Canterbury: Home: 5th, 6th XI Away: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th XI  (no early departure)

Cross Country: Ardingly Relay: 1st and 2nd VI (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

Rackets v Winchester: Home

08:55

A2 Music Performance Exams , in the Recital Room

10:15

The Garrick Club and the Swiss Church

10:15

Parents' Arts Society: A visit to the Garrick Club and the Swiss Church , London

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Plenary: Class Discussions

14:00

Communications Group meeting , in Ec7

14:00

Chapel Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

14:30

Squash v Sevenoaks: Home: U16 V

16:30

Sixth Form Working Party

17:30

Flute Octagon Concert

19:00 - 21:30

(Haydens Residents' AGM , in the CLT)

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

19:30

Basketball v Iroquois: Away: U16 (departure at 1815)

19:30

Fives: Home: 1st IV v OTs

20:45

Lent Address: Canon Stuart Taylor , in the Chapel

Wednesday 3rd March 2010

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

08:45 - 09:30

School Eucharist in the Chapel and Alternative Assemblies: Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim meetings in Sc House, L5, MH and P3 (no Period 1)

19:00

HS Play: Godspell (dress rehearsal) , in the Theatre

19:30

"The icing on the cake", a talk on inspirational plants by Graham Gough, Marchants Special Plants

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: The icing on the cake, a talk on inspirational plants by Graham Gough , in the CLT

Thursday 4th March 2010

Water Polo: U14 Schools League

09:00

GCSE Music Composition Recordings , in the Recital Room

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: Chris Henshall shares his passion for rock climbing with us , in the CLT

14:00

Fencing v Charterhouse and Eton Away (at Charterhouse)

15:00

Fives v Bradfield: Home: 2nd IV v U16A, U15A, U14A

16:30

Arts Committee , in the Boardroom

19:30 - 22:00

HS Play: Godspell , in the Theatre

Friday 5th March 2010

10:30

A Day in Docklands

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: A Day in Docklands , London

14:00 - 17:00

Art GCSE exam: Session 2 (3 hours) , in the Art Dept

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Nick Howard , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:30 - 22:00

HS Play: Godspell , in the Theatre

Saturday 6th March 2010

EXEAT starts after Games

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

Fives v St. Paul's: Home: Gentlemen's VIII, U16A, U16B Away: U15A, U15B, U15C

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

Cross Country: Bruinvels' Trophy (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed) , at Harrow School

Hockey v Reed's: Home: 4th XI, U16C, U14F, G

07:00 - 18:00

Lower Sixth Art Trip to Paris (until 7th)

10:15

OPEN MORNING for prospective parents , in Big School & Old Big School

14:15

Squash v Old Tonbridgians: Home: 1st VIII

Sunday 7th March 2010

Lent 3

Rugby: U18 Sussex Sevens and U16 RGS Guildford Sevens

08:30

Holy Eucharist

21:15

EXEAT ends for Boarders

Monday 8th March 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: WH

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

2nd Year House time

09:30

Support Staff Council meeting , in the Boardroom

16:30

Heads of Departments' meeting , in D4

19:30

Careers Evening: Law , in the CLT

Tuesday 9th March 2010

Hockey v Sevenoaks: Away: 3rd XI

Football: Futsal Tournament at Sevenoaks (no early departure)

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Organ Donors, a talk by Chris Rudge, National Clinical Director of the Dept of Health's Transplantation Unit , in the CLT

13:00

Organ Recital given by Ryan Drucker (SH) and Daniel Webb (SH) , at St Lawrence Jewry, London

14:30

Swimming v King's Canterbury: Away

14:45

Squash v King's, Canterbury: Away: 1st V

16:30

Calendar Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

17:15

Singers Octagon Concert in the Recital Room

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Italian for Beginners Evening Class

21:00

End of Term Reports deadline for 1st and 3rd Yr (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 10th March 2010

Hockey: St George's 6-a-side Tournament

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

14:00

CCF Open Day: 150th Anniversary of the Cadet Force, Reviewing Officer Major General M Tennant, CB

17:30

CCF Open Day: Beating Retreat by the band of the Parachute Regiment

18:30

Combined Cadet Force Dinner, 150th Anniversary

18:30

CCF Charity Dinner with guest speaker Chief of Defence Staff, ACM Sir Jock Stirrup, GCB AFC ADC DSc , in the Orchard Centre

19:30

Sister Act - The London Palladium

19:30

GCSE Music Performances , in the Recital Room

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Sister Act , at the London Palladium

Thursday 11th March 2010

Hockey: Frank Mason U18 Tournament: Away: 1st XI

Rackets v St Paul's: Home

Basketball v West Kent B/C: Home: U18

Basketball v Hayesbrook: Home: U16

09:00

BBC Novi School Report: with whole school screening at 1400

10:00

Tonbridge Professional Development Conference: Mindfulness

11:35 - 13:00

Lower Sixth Seminar: The American and Russian Space Race of the 60s and 70s, a talk by Guy Huntrods (OT) , in the CLT

16:45

Film Society Screening: Safety Last , in the CLT

17:00

Voluntary Common Room meeting in Skinners' Library

19:00 - 22:00

A2 Theatre Studies Devised Open Dress Rehearsal , in the Studio Theatre

19:00 - 21:00

Athena Society , in Skinners' Library

19:00

FH Play dress rehearsal , in the Theatre

19:30

Frusta Frustra: Democracy in the UK, a talk by Sam Talbot-Rice, Research Director at the Centre for Policy Studies , in the CLT

Friday 12th March 2010

Hockey: Peter Firminger U15 Tournament: Away: U15A

08:45 - 16:50

2nd Yr Science GCSE Trip   to Westminster Central Hall

09:00

GCSE Music Performance Recordings , in the Recital Room

10:00 - 17:00

Swimming: Bath Cup and Otter Relays, 1st team , at Crystal Palace

10:30

The Glorious Childhood Home of Anne Boleyn; Guided Visit to Hever Castle Gardens

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: A Guided Visit to Hever Castle Gardens

15:35 - 16:35

Physics Challenge: British Olympiad Challenge for GCSE students (available to 3rd Year) , in OBS

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: The Revd David Peters, Assistant Chaplain , in the Sixth Form Centre

18:45 - 19:30

Novi Athena Society , in H3

19:00 - 22:00

A2 Theatre Studies Devised Performance , in the Studio Theatre

19:30 - 22:00

FH Play: Keeping an eye on Amelie , in the Theatre

20:00

English Society: The Poetry of Brian Jones: a celebration , in the CLT

Saturday 13th March 2010

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

Fives v St. Paul's: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Away: U14A, U14B, U14C

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

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

09:00

Sixth Form Entrance Examinations for entry in 2010

19:30 - 22:00

FH Play: Keeping an eye on Amelie , in the Theatre

19:30 - 21:30

Headmaster's Detention , in H3

20:00

Tonbridge Music Club

Location
Big School
Ticket price
£15 (£5 students)
20:00 - 22:00

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

Sunday 14th March 2010

Lent 4

Rugby: U18 Worth Sevens

07:00 - 21:00

Fencing Competition: Away: SE Section U18/U16 Foil Championships

08:30

Holy Eucharist

14:00

The Courtney Kenny Award Final

Location
Recital Room
Ticket price
Free
14:00 - 17:00

Courtney Kenny Award Final , in the Music Recital Room

15:00 - 18:00

Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal , in the Chapel

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

School Evensong: Sermon: The Revd Martin Beaumont, Senior Chaplain

Monday 15th March 2010

Sicily (6 days/5 nights)

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Parents' Arts Society: Trip to Sicily (until 20th)

Road Crossing Duty week: PS

08:35

2nd Year Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

09:00 - 16:00

GCSE French Oral Exams , in Old Judde

11:00
Boxed Shakespeare

Introduction to Shakespeare (Age range: 11-13)

Ticket price
£8 (£6 concessions)
11:00 - 12:20

AP: Box Clever, Intro to Shakespeare: 50 min performances (for prep schools) , in the EM Forster Theatre

14:00
Boxed Shakespeare

Boxed Romeo & Juliet (Age range: 13-16)

Ticket price
£8 (£6 concessions)
14:00 - 15:10

AP: Box Clever: 50 min performance of Romeo and Juliet, followed by short workshop , in the EM Forster Theatre

16:30

Joint Voluntary Meeting of Housemasters, Heads of Departments and SMT (not in printed booklet) , in Skinners' Library

18:30
Boxed Shakespeare

Boxed Macbeth (Age range: 13-16)

Ticket price
£8 (£6 concessions)
18:30 - 20:00

AP: Box Clever: 50 min performance of Macbeth, followed by short workshop , in the EM Forster Theatre

Tuesday 16th March 2010

07:00 - 21:00

Fencing Competition: Public Schools' Fencing Championships (until 18th), at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

09:00 - 16:00

GCSE French Oral Exams , in Old Judde

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Plenary: Class Discussions

14:00 - 16:30

Sailing: Friendly Match against Eton College (1st and 2nd VI) , at Bough Beech Sailing Club

14:15

Squash v Wellesley: Home: U14 VI

16:30

Whole School Concert Rehearsal , in the Chapel

17:30

No Octagon Concert

18:00

GCSE Scripted Drama Open Dress Rehearsal , in the Studio Theatre

19:00

General Knowledge House Final , in the CLT (provisional)

21:00

End of Term Reports deadline for 2nd Yr and Upper Sixth (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 17th March 2010

St Patrick

Rugby: U18 Surrey Sevens

08:00

A Jane Austen inspired Private Tour and Day out in the Hampshire Countryside

08:00

Parents' Arts Society: A Jane Austen-inspired private tour and day out in the Hampshire countryside

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

13:00

Green Committee , in the Boardroom

14:00

Symphony Orchestra rehearsal   , in the Chapel

19:00

GCSE Scripted Drama Performance , in the Studio Theatre

Thursday 18th March 2010

Tonbridge Artists Charity Show


(until 24 March 2010)

Rackets v Eton: Home

11:35 - 12:15

Lower Sixth Seminar: An introduction to the UCAS process by Mrs Anna Rogers , in the CLT

18:30 - 20:00

AP: Tonbridge Artists Charity Exhibition: A sale of works of Art by Art Scholars and students. Proceeds donated to charity , in the Tunnel Gallery

19:30

Gala Charity Concerts

Location
Chapel of St. Augustine
Ticket price
£10
19:30

AP: Whole School Concert (Rehearsal: 1500-1800 - Symphony Orchestra, 1640-1800 PH, WW,Sc, MH, OH, CH) , in the Chapel

Friday 19th March 2010

Revised timetable: Games: 1400-1445; Pd 6: 1500-1535; Pd 7: 1540-1615

St Joseph

14:00 - 15:00

AS Physics Challenge: British Olympiad Challenge for AS Physics students , in OBS

17:00

Basketball v Sevenoaks: Home: U19

18:30 - 20:00

AP: Tonbridge Artists Charity: Exhibition: A sale of works of Art by Art Scholars and students. Proceeds donated to charity , in The Tunnel Gallery

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Dr Jeremy King , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:30

Gala Charity Concerts

Location
Chapel of St. Augustine
Ticket price
£10
19:30

AP: Whole School Concert (Rehearsal: 1630-1800 FH, PS, WH, HS, JH, SH) , in the Chapel

21:00

End of Term Reports deadline for Lower Sixth (not in printed booklet)

Saturday 20th March 2010

Football v Sevenoaks: Home: 2nd, 4th XI, U16A, B Away: 1st, 3rd XI, U15A, B (no early departure)

Fives v Alleyn's: Home: U16A, U15A, U14A Away: 1st, 2nd

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

09:30 - 15:00

Tonbridge Society Seminar: The Cornerstones of Success , in the EM Forster Theatre & Big School

19:00

Novi Disco , at Benenden School

19:00

2nd Year Disco , in the Gym and OC

Sunday 21st March 2010

Rugby: U16 QE Barnet Sevens

Lent 5

Rackets: Public Schools' Doubles Championship (until 26th)

08:30

Holy Eucharist

16:00 - 18:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

Music and Readings for Passiontide , in the Chapel

Monday 22nd March 2010

Road Crossing Duty week: WW

Squash v Old Tonbridgians and Tonbridge town combined

08:35

Novi and 2nd Year Awards Assembly (running 10 minutes into Period 1) , in BS

09:30

Associated Board Music Exams , in the Music School

11:45

Arvon Poetry Course departs (until 27th)

16:45 - 18:00

Senior House Hockey Final , on the Foundation Astro

19:15

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

19:30

Football Club Dinner

Tuesday 23rd March 2010

Revised timetable: Pd 1: 8.35-9.15; Pd 2: 9.20-9.55; Pd 3: 10.00-10.35; Break. Pd4: 11.05-11.40; Pd 5: 11.45-12.20

Rugby: U18 Rosslyn Park Sevens

Fives v Christ's Hospital: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Away: U14A, U14B, U14C

09:30

Associated Board Music Exams , in the Music School

11:05

3rd Year Seminar: A life in the Police and in professional sport, a talk by James Pyemont , in the CLT

12:30

School Presentation Assembly , in the Chapel

17:30

No Octagon Concert

18:00

PS Theatre Trip: Avenue Q , at The Gielgud Theatre, London

Wednesday 24th March 2010

Revised timetable: Pd 1: 8.35-9.15; Pd 2: 9.20-9.55; Pd 3: 10.00-10.35; Break. Pd4: 11.05-11.40; Pd 5: 11.45-12.20

Rugby: U18 and U16 Rosslyn Park Sevens

08:10

School Detention , in G3

10:40

CR Meeting

12:30

Chapel service

13:00

END OF TERM (lunch available if required)

19:30
Ye-Ha!: Hilden Grange

Ye-Ha!: Hilden Grange

Ticket price
£7.50
19:30 - 22:00

(Hilden Grange School Play , in the EM Forster Theatre)

Thursday 25th March 2010

Novi Visit

Rugby: U16 Rosslyn Park Sevens

19:30
Ye-Ha!: Hilden Grange

Ye-Ha!: Hilden Grange

Ticket price
£7.50
19:30 - 22:00

(Hilden Grange School Play , in the EM Forster Theatre)

Friday 26th March 2010

Novi Visit

AS/A2 Biology Field Trip to North Cornwall (until 2nd April)

Saturday 27th March 2010

19:00 - 21:00

(Judith Wilson School of Dance , in the EM Forster Theatre)

19:30

St. Matthew Passion

Location
Chapel of St. Augustine
Ticket price
£12 (£10, £6 concessions)
19:30 - 22:30

(TPS Concert , in the Chapel)

Sunday 28th March 2010

Palm Sunday

14:30 - 17:00

(Judith Wilson School of Dance , in the EM Forster Theatre)

19:30 - 22:00

(Sevenoaks & Tonbridge Concert Band , in Big School & Old Big School)

Monday 29th March 2010

14:00
Magnificent Flying Machine

Magnificent Flying Machine

Ticket price
£6
14:00 - 15:00

AP: Magnificent Flying Machine: Puppet Theatre , in the EM Forster Theatre

Wednesday 31st March 2010

Father & Sons Golf Day at Royal St George's and Royal Cinque Ports (until 1st April)