Calendar
MICHAELMAS TERM 2008
Monday 1st September Staff INSET day
Tuesday 2nd September Induction day – Year 7 and Lower VI only
Wednesday 3rd September Term begins for all pupils
Wednesday 10th Sept

Yr 11 ISCO careers feedback (a.m.)
VIth Form Q & A session with former students
Parents' Association (SSA) meeting in Library 7:30 pm

Thursday 11th Sept Lower VI Welcome Evening
Uniform shop open 3 - 5 p.m.
Friday 12th Sept UVI University talk 11:45 - 12:45 in CMA
Disco (Uganda fund raising) Yrs 7 & 8
Tuesday 16th Sept Year 7 Welcome Evening 7:30 p.m. in CMA
Soanish Exchange meeting in CMR
Wednesday 17th Sept Author visit - Kat Colqhoun
Thursday 18th Sept D of E Silver Expedition (Exmoor) leave 4 pm
Uniform shop open 3 - 5 p.m.
Tuesday 23rd Sept Lower VI retreat day
Wednesday 24th Sept Our Lady of Mercy Feast Day
LVI Careers experience courses (p.m.)
Thursday 25th Sept Yr 10 Geography fieldwork in Cardiff
Friday 26th Sept European Day of Languages
Flamenco workshop
Monday 29th Sept Yr 7 Geog/Hist firld work in the Vale
Tuesday 30th Sept Yr 11 Geography fieldwork in Epping Forest
Uniform shop open 3 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday 1st Oct Yr 9 fund raising (mission) effort
Thursday 2nd Oct LVI Biologists to Harcourt Arboretum
Galapagos expedition meeting 7:30 pm
Saturday 4th Oct Model United Nations conference (Cheadle Hume)
Monday 6th Oct

Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
Spanish Exchange pupils in school all week.

Tuesday 7th Oct Yr 11 options evening for sixth form 7:30 pm
Wednesday 8th Oct Yr 10 fund raising (Mission) effort
Thursday 9th Oct National Poetry Day
Tuesday 14th Oct Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday 15th Oct Yr 11 taster day for sixth form
Friday 17th Oct No afternoon school - preparation for Open Morning
SATURDAY 18th OCT OPEN MORNING 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Tuesday 21st Oct Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
Thursday 23rd October to Friday 31st October inclusive Half term (Staff INSET day on 23rd)
Saturday 25th Oct Uniform shop 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Monday 3rd Nov Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday 5th Nov VIth Form safe driving course
Thursday 6th Nov Senior Maths Challenge
Yr 9 introductory meeting for D of E 7:30 pm
Friday 7th Oct VIth Form scholarship exams
Parents' Association (SSA) wine tasting
Monday 10th Nov Ski trip meeting - parents & pupils 7 pm
Staff/Parent prayer group 8 pm
Tuesday 11th Nov Kids Lit Quiz Oxford heat
Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
Wednesday 12th Nov VIth Form fund raising (Mission) effort
Thursday 13th Nov Yr 7 History field work at St Alban's Abbey
Friday 14th Nov Disco Yrs 7, 8, 9 (Nepal fund raising)
FRIDAY 21st NOV SENIOR PRIZE GIVING 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday 25th Nov Yr 11 parents' evening 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Thursday 27th Nov Uniform shop 3 - 5 p.m.
SATURDAY 29th NOV CHRISTMAS FAYRE 10 am to 2 pm
Monday 1st Dec Associated Board music exams all week
Wednesday 3rd Dec Yr 7 Theatre trip (p.m.)
Performance of The Crucible in CMA 7:30 pm
Thursday 4th Dec Performance of The Crucible in CMA 7:30 pm
Friday 5th Dec Performance of The Crucible in CMA 7:30 pm
Monday 8th Dec UVI parents' evening 6:00-8:30 pm
Tuesday 9th Dec Play writing competition
Wednesday 10th Dec LVI Biologists to Oxford University Natural History Museum
Thursday 11th Dec Yr 8 to Snowdome, Milton Keynes
Friday 12th Dec Term ends at 1:00 p.m.
HILARY TERM 2009
Monday 5th Jan Entrance examination
UVI Theatre trip to Hamlet in London 7:15 pm
Tuesday 6th Jan Term begins for all pupils
LVI Theatre trip to Hamlet in London 7:15 pm
Monday 12th Jan Staff/Parent prayer group 8 p.m.
Monday 19th Jan Yr 9 option evening for GCSE 7:30 pm
Wednesday 21st Jan Yr 7 fund raising (Mission) effort
Friday 21st Jan Disco Yrs 7, 8, 9 (Uganda fund raising)
Tuesday 27th Jan LVI Parents' Evening 6:00-8:30 pm
Monday 2nd Feb Year 10 Tests (until Wednesday 4th Jan)
Thursday 5th Feb Intermediate Maths Challenge (Yrs 9-11)
Yr 9 Parents' Evening 6:00-8:30 pm
Sunday 8th Feb Spanish exchange visit to Spain (one week)
Wednesday 11th Feb Yr 8 fund raising (Mission) effort
Friday 13th February to Friday 20th February inclusive Half Term (staff INSET day on 13th Feb)
Tuesday 24th Feb Concert trip to Birmingham (evening)
Wednesday 25th Feb Yr 10 Parents' Evening 6:00-8:30 pm
Thursday 26th Feb Author visit - Tim Bowler
Monday 2nd March Staff/Parent prayer group 8 p.m.
Wednesday 4th March World Maths Day
Thursday 5th March World Book Day
Monday 9th March Yr 8 Parents Evening 6:00-8:30 pm
National Science & Engineering Week starts
Friday 13th March Disco Yrs 7 & 8 (Nepal fund raising)
Thursday 19th March Spring Music Concert 7:30 pm
Friday 20th March Yr 7 Geog field work - Natural History Museum
Monday 23rd March Celebration of languages
Thursday 26th March Yr 8 visit to France - briefing meeting 7 p.m.
Friday 27th March Term ends - Ski trip departs till 4th April
TRINITY TERM 2009
Friday 17th Apr Staff INSET day
Monday 20th Apr Term begins
Wednesday 22nd Apr Yr 8 Geog field work in Bampton
Monday 27th April Staff/Parent prayer group 8 p.m.
Tuesday 28th April Yr 7 Parents' Evening 6:00-8:30 pm
Thursday 30th Apr Junior Maths Challenge (Yrs 7 & 8)
Monday 4th May Bank holiday
Friday 15th May Yr 8 visit to France (until Monday)
Monday 25th May to Friday 29th May inclusive Half term
Monday 1st June School exams all week (Yrs 7 to 10)
Monday 8th June Staff/Parent prayer group 8 p.m.
Thursday 11th June Yr 10 taster day in the sixth form
Friday 12th June Yr 7 French field work in Abingdon
Monday 15th June Associated Board music exams all week
Saturday 20th June Alumnae lunch
Tuesday 23rd June Yr 10 French & Spanish Fair in CMA
UCAS evening for LVI at 7:30 pm in the CMA
Wednesday 24th June Sunner Music Concert (tbc)
Friday 26th June Leavers' Mass
Friday 3rd July Lower School Prize Giving (a.m.)
Nepal expedition group leave (p.m.)
Term ends at 1:00 p.m.
MICHAELMAS TERM 2009
Tuesday 1st September Staff INSET day
Wednesday 2nd September Induction day – Year 7 and Lower VI only
Thursday 3rd September Term begins for all pupils