Calendar for January 2012

Sunday 1st January 2012

09:00 - 14:10

Sixth Form Skiing trip (until 8th) , to La Plagne, France

Monday 2nd January 2012

09:00 - 18:00

SH Ski trip (until 9th) , to Hotel Les Flocons, Les Deux Alpes

Saturday 7th January 2012

Fives: West of England Schools' Championships (until 8th): Away: 1st IV, U16

Sunday 8th January 2012

08:30

Holy Eucharist

Monday 9th January 2012

Football v Eastbourne: Home: 1st, 2nd XI

10:00

Common Room meeting , in the CLT

11:30

Common Room meeting continued: ICT issues , in the CLT

12:00

Housemasters' meeting , in N2

12:00

Common Room Committee meeting

14:15

Hockey Coaching Professional Development

14:15

Football Coaches' meeting

16:00

Optional Departmental Meeting time

Tuesday 10th January 2012

05:45 - 09:30

International students collected from Heathrow

09:00 - 12:30

Academic Professional Development (Teaching & Learning), in the CLT

12:15

Fire Safety , in the Pavilion

12:30

First Aid Annual Refresher

14:00

House Tutor meetings

15:00

Departmental meetings

16:00

Symphony Orchestra rehearsals

20:00

TERM BEGINS Boarders return

Wednesday 11th January 2012

Day boys return

Duty House: OH

09:00

Beginning of Term Chapel service

09:15

Administration Period (after Chapel)

09:30

GCSE Mocks for 3rd Year (until 14th) , in BS and OBS

09:40

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

14:00

Normal Wednesday Afternoon Activities and afternoon school

Thursday 12th January 2012

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: Mr Henshall will be speaking about Rock Climbing. , in the CLT

16:00

GCSE Latin mock (ET start at 1530) , in BS

Friday 13th January 2012

13:30

Oxbridge Panel meeting , in HM's Dining Room

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Sam Brewster , in N1

19:00

FH Novi Social with Benenden School

Saturday 14th January 2012

No weekend leave

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

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

Hockey v Felsted: Home: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th XI, U14A, B Away: U16A, B, U15A, B, C, U14C (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

Squash v Jesters: Home: 1st, 2nd V

Fives v RFA: Home: 1st IV

08:55

GCSE Mocks for 3rd Year continue

09:40

3rd Year lessons recommence (except GCSE Drama candidates)

19:10 - 23:00

Second Year Disco , at Benenden School

20:00 - 22:15

Hope HIV Novi Charity Disco , in BS & OBS

Sunday 15th January 2012

08:30

Holy Eucharist

10:30

School Matins: Preacher: The Revd David Peters, Senior Chaplain. WH/SH parents invited

16:00

Extra Work class , in H3

17:15

English Dept: T S Eliot Prize Poetry Reading , at South Bank Centre

Monday 16th January 2012

Duty House: Sc

08:35

2nd Year House time

08:35

Novi Assembly , in the CLT

16:00

Joint Pay & Conditions Committee Meeting (Support Staff) , in HM's Dining Room

16:30

Joint Pay & Conditions Committee Meeting (Academic Staff) , in HM's Dining Room

19:30 - 20:30
Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis

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

Romeo & Juliet

19:30

Pilates Evening Classes

19:30 - 21:00

Drama: Scene Productions: Metamorphosis , in the EM Forster Theatre

Tuesday 17th January 2012

St Antony, Abbot

11:35

Third Year Seminar: A talk by Mr Paul Turner on "Sustainability in Business". , in the CLT

13:45

IGCSE French mock orals , in Old Judde

17:00

Basketball v Christ's Hospital: Home: U19

17:30

A2 Composers' Octagon , in the Recital Room

19:30

Death and the Maiden

We very much regret that the run of “Death and the Maiden” has been reduced in length, and one of the cancellations is the night the Parents’ Arts Society has got tickets.  As a result tickets for this production are sadly no longer available.

 

CANCELLED

Wednesday 18th January 2012

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

14:15 - 16:00

BBC Visit to Media Centre: Talk to School Report Novi team , in Sports Centre Classroom

Thursday 19th January 2012

Rackets v Rugby: Away (priority over all other school sports) (early departure at 0945)

Hockey v Hurstpierpoint: Home: 1st, 2nd XI Away: U15A, U14A (no dearly departure)

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: 60s pop star and record producer, Mike Hurst, will be talking about the history of pop. , in BS

13:45

IGCSE French mock orals , in Old Judde

14:00

GCSE Prospects report available to Novi parents on the Parents' Portal

15:30

Fives v Christ's Hospital: Home: 1st, U16A Away: U15A,B

16:30

House Climbing Competition: Novi

18:30

Lower Sixth Oxbridge Evening

Friday 20th January 2012

10:30

A guided walk and tour of the BBC TV Centre

10:30

Parents' Arts Society; From Carnaby Street to the BBC, a guided walk

13:00

Arts Committee

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: Tim Dossor , in N1

19:00 - 23:45

Theatre Trip: Hamlet , at the Young Vic, London

19:00

FH 2nd Year Social with Benenden School

19:00

School Praes' Dinner with Benenden School , at Tonbridge

Saturday 21st January 2012

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

Hockey v Eastbourne: Home: U15D, E Away: U14E, F (early departure, Pds 4,5 to be missed)

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

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

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

St Agnes, Virgin Martyr

Hockey v Hurstpierpoint: Away: 4th XI v 3rd XI (no early departure)

Hockey v King's Canterbury: Away: 5th XI v 4th XI (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

13:30 - 20:00

Swimming: Kent Secondary Schools' U16 Championships , Gillingham

14:30

Fencing v Epsom: Away  (early departure, Pd 5 to be missed)

18:00

CCF Army: Exercise Winter Warrior 1 (until 22nd)

19:30

Headmaster's Detention , in H3

20:00 - 22:30

(Tonbridge Music Club concert in Big School)

Sunday 22nd January 2012

08:30

Holy Eucharist

12:00

Allan Bunney Concert

More information about this concert can be found here: http://www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/calendar/box_office/event/majestic-organ/

16:00

Extra Work Class , in H3

19:15

Choral Evensong: JH parents invited followed by a Soirée , in BS

20:15
The Majestic Organ

Allan Bunney Concert

Location
Chapel of St. Augustine
Ticket price
£5
20:15

Allan Bunney Concert: Organ Recital , in the Chapel

Monday 23rd January 2012

Duty House: CH

08:35

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

08:35

Novi Music Assembly , in the Recital Room

16:00

F&GPC Meeting , in HM's Dining Room

16:30

Junior House Debating: 1st Round , in Houses

16:30 - 18:30

Junior Play: His Dark Materials auditions , in the EM Forster Theatre

19:30

Pilates Evening Classes

19:30

Classical Greek Evening Classes

20:00

Parents' Prayer Support Group , in the Lowry Ante-Room

Tuesday 24th January 2012

Rackets v Charterhouse: Home

11:35

Third Year Seminar Art: What's it worth?, a talk by Mr Andrew Edwards , in the CLT

13:45

AS Chinese mock orals , in Old Judde

14:45

Basketball v Sevenoaks: Away: U19

17:30

Strings Octagon Concert

19:30

Evening Classes in Bee Keeping

19:30

“Cameron and Brown”, a talk by Dr Anthony Seldon

Wednesday 25th January 2012

Conversion of St Paul

08:10

School Detention , in G3

08:30

House Tutor time

08:35

Lower Sixth Assembly: Extended Projects , in the CLT

14:30

Sports Committee , in Ferox Hall

18:45

Jewellery Evening Classes with Julie Tucker-Williams

Thursday 26th January 2012

Rackets v Harrow: Home

Fives v Rugby: Away: 1st IV (early departure, at Break)

06:40 - 17:00

RAF Flying , at RAF Wyton

09:45

IAPS Heads of Science meeting

11:35

Lower Sixth Seminar: John Levy will be looking at the Middle East from an Israeli position. , in the CLT

14:00

Two Temple Place

14:00

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

14:00

British Maths Olympiad Round 2 , in the Maths Department

14:30

Basketball v Charterhouse: Away: U19, U16

16:30

House Climbing Competition: 2nd Year

18:45

Novi Parents' Evening: GCSE Options , in BS, OBS & Library

19:00

Maths Society: Games and Algebra, a talk by Nick Lord , in the ELT

19:30

The Lion in Winter

Friday 27th January 2012

Songs of Spring 春之歌

Songs of Spring 春之歌

Location
The Tunnel Gallery
Ticket price
Free

(until 20 February 2012)

07:00 - 15:00

British Schoolboys' International Ski Races (until 1st Feb) , in Meiringen, Switzerland

11:00

A Morning Visit and Private Guided Tour of the Banqueting House

13:00 - 14:00

Green Committee , in the Boardroom

18:30 - 21:00
Songs of Spring 春之歌

Open Gallery

Location
The Tunnel Gallery
Ticket price
Free
18:30

Songs of Spring 春之歌

More information about this exhibition can be found here: http://www.tonbridge-school.co.uk/calendar/box_office/event/songs-spring/

18:30

Art: Chinese New Year Exhibition , in the Tunnel Gallery

18:30 - 19:30

Ruston Society: David Robins , in N1

19:00

Tonbridge Has Talent 2012: Preliminary Round , in the Theatre

19:30

Second Year Scholars’ Concert

Location
Recital Room
Ticket price
Free, no need to book in advance
19:30

2nd Year Scholars' Concert , in the Recital Room

Saturday 28th January 2012

SHORT EXEAT begins after Games

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

Hockey v Reed's: Home: 1st, 2nd, 4th XI, U15A, U14A, B, C, D, E, F Away: 3rd XI#, U16A, B*, C#, U15B*, C, D (early departures, *Pds 3,4,5 to be missed, # Pd 5 to be missed)

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

Fives v St Paul's: Home: U16A, B, U15A, B

St Thomas Aquinas, Priest

13:00 - 20:00

Swimming: Kent Secondary Schools' U18 and U14 Championships, Gillingham

Sunday 29th January 2012

08:30

Holy Eucharist

21:15

SHORT EXEAT ends for Boarders

Monday 30th January 2012

Duty House: PH

08:35

2nd Year House time

08:35

Novi Assembly, in the CLT

08:55

Effective Reading Course for selected Novi (until 31st), in OBS

09:00

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

14:00

Meeting for all TCA boys, in the CLT

14:00

Special Interim Report (GCSE Mocks and A level prospects) for boys in Year 3 available to parents on the Parents' Portal

16:30

Heads of Departments' meeting, in N2

19:00

Athena Society, in Skinners' Library

19:30 - 20:30
The Table

The Table

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

Pilates Evening Classes

19:30

Richard II

19:30 - 21:00

Drama: Blind Summit: The Table, in the EM Forster Theatre

Tuesday 31st January 2012

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

Football: Futsal Tournament, at Sevenoaks

09:00

Art GCSE Trip to the British Museum and Royal Academy of Art, London

11:15 - 17:00

Activenture Training Day, in the Studio Theatre

11:35

Third Year Seminar: The Olympics 2012, a talk by Mark Darbon., in the CLT

13:00

Community Action Committee meeting, in the Boardroom

14:00 - 17:30

Swimming: Weald and Downland Gala: Home

14:00

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

17:00

Novi Lead Teachers' meeting, in the Boardroom

17:30

Electric and Bass Guitar Octagon Concert

18:00

Italian Evening Classes

19:00

"The Making of the Frozen Planet”, a lecture by Alistair Fothergill

19:00

Tonbridge Community Action (TCA) Concert, in Big School

19:15 - 21:00

Frusta Frustra: Sixth Form political discussion group, in the Lowry Ante Room

19:30

Evening Classes in Bee Keeping

19:30

Italian Evening Classes