Calendar for October 2010

Friday 1st October 2010

13:00

EXEAT begins (lunch available if required)

Saturday 2nd October 2010

EXEAT

19:30

(Charity Ball , in Big School and Old Big School)

Sunday 3rd October 2010

Trinity 18

08:30

Holy Eucharist

14:00 - 18:00

School Play rehearsal , in the Theatre

16:00

CCF RN: Annual Expedition (until 6th) , in the Brecon Beacons

21:15

EXEAT ends for Boarders

Monday 4th October 2010

WEEK 5

Road Crossing Duty week: Sc

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

08:35

2nd Year House time

16:30

Health & Safety meeting , in the Boardroom

19:15 - 21:00

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

Tuesday 5th October 2010

Football: ISFA Round 2 (until 7th)

Football v Charterhouse: Away: A, B, C, U16 (no early departure)

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Modern Artistic Masterpieces, a talk by Anthony Slinn of the Slinn Foundation , in the CLT

14:00

Morrisby Testing: Psychometric testing for most of the 3rd Year , in BS

14:00

Rugby: U15 and U14 Leagues 2

14:00 - 18:00

SAT Training , in the Careers Library

14:00

Golf v Brighton College: Away , at East Brighton GC

16:30

Housemasters' meeting , in the Boardroom

17:00

CCF Field Day: boys on overnight exercise must be able to depart by 1700

17:30

Piano Octagon Concert

18:00

Interim Reports available to parents of 2nd Year and Lower Sixth on the Parents' Portal

19:30

“Mindfulness” Evening Classes with Michael Chaskalson

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Mindfulness Evening Class , in Classroom D4

21:00

Interim Reports deadline for 3rd Year and Upper Sixth (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 6th October 2010

Field Day (no lessons for Novi & 2nd Year)

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time (CH Novi Orchard Centre Tour)

18:30

House Play dress rehearsal

18:45

Jewellery Evening Classes with Julie Tucker-Williams

18:45

Parents' Arts Society: Jewellery Evening Class , in the Vere Hodge Centre

Thursday 7th October 2010

Tonbridge Professional Development: Green (Eco) Conference

National Poetry Day

Rackets v Rugby: Home

10:30

An Autumn Walk for Novi Parents

10:30

Parents' Arts Society: An Autumn Walk for Novi Parents

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: Girls and Boys are different, a talk by Alex Fryer , in the Theatre

14:00

Mock Aptitude Tests (& BMAT) for some Oxbridge candidates , in BS

14:00 - 17:00

Prep Schools' Swimming Gala , in the TSC

14:00

Golf v Ardingly (HMC 2nd round): Away , at Haywards Heath GC

16:30

Creative Writing Society , in Dry Hill House

16:30

Heads of Departments meeting , in D4

Friday 8th October 2010

09:00 - 18:00

Art trip for 2nd Year and Upper Sixth to the Tate Galleries (provisional)

10:00

English AS/A2 trip to The Cheltenham Festival of Literature (until 10th)

10:15

A visit to The Tower of London

10:15

Parents' Arts Society: A visit to The Tower of London

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Christopher Davis , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:00

PS sports evening with Guldeford House, Benenden School , at the TSC

Saturday 9th October 2010

Rugby v Radley: Home: 1st, 2nd XV, U16A, B, C, D, U15A, B, C, D, E Away: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th XV, U14A, B, C, D, E, F, G (early departure Pd 3, 4, 5 to be missed)  

Football v Ardingly: Away: A, B, C, U16 (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

10:15

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

14:30

Fencing v Harrow: Home

17:00

Novi Camp: Sc, MH, JH, FH (until 10th) , at Arena Pursuits

19:30
Polar Bear

Polar Bear

Location
E. M. Forster Theatre
Ticket price
£15 (£12 concessions)
19:30

The Polar Bear Jazz Band

Polar Bear are part of the revival in British jazz that has seen young people identify with this genre of music once again. Their emphasis on playful spontaneity has won the group a diverse audience with exuberant music that opens out into moments of freewheeling abstraction. According to The Observer 'This is dream jazz', so do come and join us in the E.M. Forster Theatre.

Contact the Box Office for further details.

19:30 - 22:00

Polar Bear Jazz Band , in the EM Forster Theatre

19:30

Headmaster's Detention

20:00 - 22:30

(Tonbridge Music Club Concert - rehearsal at 1500 - in Big School)

Sunday 10th October 2010

Trinity 19

08:30

Holy Eucharist

14:00

SAT Training Lesson One , in the Careers Library

14:00 - 18:00

School Play rehearsal , in the Theatre

16:30

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

Choral Evensong: MH parents and Friends & Patrons of the Chapel invited

Monday 11th October 2010

WEEK 6

Road Crossing Duty week: CH

08:35

2nd Year Assembly (followed by PSHE) , in the CLT

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

11:30 - 12:45

Institute of Physics: Powering the Future: A talk by Dr Melanie Windridge at 1130 and 1400. , in the EM Foster Theatre

16:00

F&GPC Meeting , in the Boardroom

16:30

Meeting of Heads of En, Hi, Gg, Di , in H2

16:30

Sixth Form Working Party , in Ec4

18:30

“Don Giovanni” : Glyndebourne

18:30

Parents' Arts Society: Don Giovanni , at Glyndebourne

Tuesday 12th October 2010

11:35

3rd Year Seminar: Plenary Session: Art

14:00

Rugby: U16, U15, U14 Leagues 3

14:15

Golf v Charterhouse: Home , at Wildernesse GC

16:30 - 17:30

Physics Olympiad Paper 1 (Sixth Formers) , in OBS

17:30

Clarinet Octagon Concert

18:00

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

19:00

Athena Society meeting   , in Skinners' Library

19:30

“Mindfulness” Evening Classes with Michael Chaskalson

19:30

Parents' Arts Society: Mindfulness Evening Class , in Classroom D4

20:00

Harpsichord or Piano, What’s the difference?

A PAS Michaelmas Term Lecture

Find out more

20:00

Parents' Arts Society: Harpsichord or Piano, What's the difference?, a lecture by David Williams , in the Recital Room

21:00

Interim Reports deadline for Novi (not in printed booklet)

Wednesday 13th October 2010

Edward the Confessor

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time (OH Novi Orchard Centre Tour)

10:00 - 16:00

UPASS Conference , in the CLT

11:00

A Guided Visit to Sheffield Park Garden

11:00

Parents' Arts Society: A Guided Visit to Sheffield Park Garden

18:00

House Music Competition Dress Rehearsal , in the Theatre

18:45

Jewellery Evening Classes with Julie Tucker-Williams

18:45

Parents' Arts Society: Jewellery Evening Class , in the Vere Hodge Centre

Thursday 14th October 2010

Rackets v Winchester: Away (priority over all other school sports)

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: The Mysteries of Crossword Puzzle Solving, a talk by Lindsay McDonald , in the CLT

13:30

Golf v King's, Canterbury: Away , at Royal Cinque Ports GC

14:00

Mock LNAT for law applicants , in L6

14:00

Rugby: Senior Leagues 3 and U16, U15 House Sevens

16:30

Creative Writing Society , in Dry Hill House

16:30

Upper and Lower School Council meetings , in D4 and L3

16:30

Calendar Committee meeting , in the Boardroom

19:00

“La Cenerentola” : Glyndebourne

19:00

Parents' Arts Society: La Cenerentola , at Glyndebourne

Friday 15th October 2010

Golf Tour to Bermuda departs (until 23rd)

18:00

Interim Reports available to parents of 1st Year on the Parents' Portal

18:30

Old Tonbridgian Art Exhibition

Location
The Tunnel Gallery
18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Mike Reich (OT) , in the Sixth Form Centre

19:30

House Music Competition (dress rehearsals as called from 1400) , in the Theatre

Saturday 16th October 2010

08:00 - 15:00

Social Sciences trip to China (until 27th)  

13:00

HALF TERM begins (lunch available if required)

19:30 - 22:00

Associates Dance (Tonbridge Arts Festival) , in the EM Forster Theatre

Sunday 17th October 2010

Trinity 20

HALF TERM

08:30

Holy Eucharist

Monday 18th October 2010

WEEK 7

HALF TERM

Tuesday 19th October 2010

HALF TERM

Wednesday 20th October 2010

HALF TERM

Thursday 21st October 2010

HALF TERM

19:30 - 22:00

(Hillview School Dance Platform , in the EM Forster Theatre)

Friday 22nd October 2010

HALF TERM

Saturday 23rd October 2010

HALF TERM

Classics Trip (until 30th) to Greece

French Revision Trip (until 30th) to Strasbourg

Sunday 24th October 2010

HALF TERM

Last Sunday after Trinity

07:00 - 17:00

(Lacemakers' Fair in BS, OBS, Lowry Suite)

08:30

Holy Eucharist

Monday 25th October 2010

WEEK 8

HALF TERM

Tuesday 26th October 2010

HALF TERM

Wednesday 27th October 2010

HALF TERM

Thursday 28th October 2010

HALF TERM

19:30
Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Location
E.M. Forster Theatre Studio
Ticket price
£10 (£9 concessions)
19:30 - 22:00

Drama: A Woman In Mind   , in the EM Forster Studio Theatre

Friday 29th October 2010

HALF TERM

19:30

Chocolat (12)

Location
E.M. Forster Theatre
Ticket price
£6 (£4 concessions)
19:30
Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Location
E.M. Forster Theatre Studio
Ticket price
£10 (£9 concessions)
19:30 - 21:30

Film: Chocolat , in the EM Forster Theatre

19:30 - 22:00

Drama: A Woman In Mind , in the EM Forster Studio Theatre

Saturday 30th October 2010

HALF TERM

19:30
Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Woman In Mind: Little Bridge

Location
E.M. Forster Theatre Studio
Ticket price
£10 (£9 concessions)
19:30 - 22:00

Drama: A Woman In Mind , in the EM Forster Studio Theatre

20:00 - 22:30

(Tonbridge Music Club Concert performed by The Sixteen , in the Chapel)

Sunday 31st October 2010

British Summer Time Ends

All Saints Day

08:30

Holy Eucharist

09:00 - 23:55

(Staff wedding , in the Chapel, BS & OBS)

10:00 - 18:00

School Play rehearsal , in the Theatre

21:15

HALF TERM ends for Boarders