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	October SATURDAY 4th OCTOBER. ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY. ENDELLION STRING QUARTET. 20.00hrs FRIDAY 31st OCTOBER. ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY. WHERE RIVERS MEET 20.00hrs November MONDAY 3rd NOVEMBER. ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY. THE SONG COMPANY. 20.00 hrs WEDNESDAY 12th NOVEMBER. ABBOTSHOLME ARTS SOCIETY. HENSCHEL QUARTET. 20.00 hrs

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Autumn 2008
Week	Date	Time	Event

	Mon 1 Sep	09.00hrs	Staff training day
	Tue 2 Sep	09.00hrs 17.00hrs	Staff training day New boarders & Lower Sixth Form boarders arrive
	Wed 3 Sep	09.00hrs 18.00hrs	All new pupils, all Lower Sixth Form and all Junior Department return Boarders return
	Thu 4 Sep	08.20hrs	All pupils return
	Fri 5 Sep	15.45hrs 16.30hrs	Lower Sixth Form induction course Headmaster’s Afternoon Tea
	Sat 6 Sep	09.00hrs	U15 Rugby training weekend Lower Sixth Form induction
	Sun 7 Sep	10.00hrs	Full boarders trip to Alton Towers U15 Rugby training weekend

	Mon 8 Sep
	Tue 9 Sep
	Wed 10 Sep	13.30hrs 14.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM OPRO mouth guard fitting Girls’ Hockey 1st & U15 v Abbots Bromley Girls’ Hockey U13 training Boys’ Rugby 1st & U15 training v Thomas Alleynes Boys’ Rugby U13 training
	Thu 11 Sep
	Fri 12 Sep	18.00hrs	Sea Kayaking weekend (RS)
	Sat 13 Sep	09.00hrs	Year 7 Adventure weekend (JRH)
	Sun 14 Sep	17.00hrs 14.00hrs	Sea Kayaking trip returns Year 7 Adventure weekend returns

	Mon 15 Sep
	Tue 16 Sep
	Wed 17 Sep	14.30hrs 16.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Boys’ Rugby U13 v SIGS Home Girls’ Hockey 1 st & U15 v Ockbrook Away
	Thu 18 Sep
	Fri 19 Sep	18.00hrs 18.00hrs	Year 9 Night on Bare Mountain (DI) Year 8 Adventure weekend (ARW)
	Sat 20 Sep	09.00hrs	Orienteering Event Black Rocks (TEP)
	Sun 21 Sep	16.00hrs 16.00hrs	Year 9 Night on a Bare Mountain return Year 8 Adventure weekend return

	Mon 22 Sep	15.45hrs	Hikes kit check for all
	Tue 23 Sep	09.10hrs	Young Enterprise Launch day at JCB
	Wed 24 Sep	14.30hrs 14.30hrs 16.15hrs 16.15hrs 16.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Girls’ Hockey 1st v Wolves Grammar Away Girls’ Hockey U13 v St Anselms Away Girls’ Hockey U15 v QEGS Away Boys’ Rugby 1st v QEGS Home Boys’ Rugby U15 & U13 v QEGS Away
	Thu 25 Sep	17.30hrs	ISCO Careers Interviews for Upper Sixth Form New senior pupils Parents’ Evening to meet Tutor
	Fri 26 Sep
	Sat 27 Sep		Round Square Conference departs
	Sun 28 Sep	09.00hrs	Yorkshire Sculpture Park trip (PJ)

	Mon 29 Sep
	Tue 30 Sep	08.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Founder’s Day Service
	Wed 1 Oct	08.30hrs	Hikes depart
	Thu 2 Oct
	Fri 3 Oct		Hikes return
	Sat 4 Oct	20.00hrs	Arts Society
	Sun 5 Oct	14.00hrs	Cinema trip (EAM)

	Mon 6 Oct
	Tue 7 Oct
	Wed 8 Oct	08.30hrs 14.00hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 16.15hrs 19.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Carin 120 Boys’ Rugby Daily Mail Cup Girls’ Hockey U15 v Denstone away Boys’ Rugby U15 v Denstone away Boys’ Rugby U13 v St Anselms home Girls’ Hockey U13 v QEGS away Founder’s Day Formal Dinner
	Thu 9 Oct	18.20hrs	Sixth Form Theatre trip
	Fri 10 Oct		Round Square Conference returns
	Sat 11 Oct	09.00hrs 09.00hrs 14.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Open Morning British Orienteering Championships (JRH) OA Rugby Match
	Sun 12 Oct

	Mon 13 Oct
	Tue 14 Oct
	Wed 15 Oct	14.15hrs 14.30hrs 14.45hrs 15.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Girls’ Hockey 1st v Ratcliffe College away Girls’ Hockey U13 v St Anselms home Boys’ Rugby 1st & U15 v Wolves Grammar home Girls’ Hockey U15 v Ratcliffe College away
	Thu 16 Oct	13.00hrs 17.00hrs	Informal Concert in Chapel Associated Board Music Theory exams
	Fri 17 Oct
	Sat 18 Oct		Derwent River trip (RS) Ludlow & Ironbridge trip (JP & TJM) Electric Car National Final Goodwood (JM)
	Sun 19 Oct

	Mon 20 Oct		Electric Car team return
	Tue 21 Oct
	Wed 22 Oct	08.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 15.00hrs 16.15hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Harvest Service Girls’ Hockey U15 v Tettenhall home Girls’ Hockey U13 v Smallwood away Boys’ Rugby 1st & U15 v Tettenhall home Girls’ Hockey 1st v QEGS away
	Thu 23 Oct	08.30hrs 13.00hrs 17.00hrs	Lower Sixth Form ISCO Future Wise training Junior Department visit to Continental Market Derby Poetry Evening
	Fri 24 Oct	15.30hrs 16.00hrs	HALF TERM Chair of Governors Address, all parents welcome
	Sat 25 Oct
	Sun 26 Oct

	Mon 27 Oct
	Tue 28 Oct
	Wed 29 Oct
	Thu 30 Oct
	Fri 31 Oct	20.00hrs	Arts Society
	Sat 1 Nov
	Sun 2 Nov	10.00hrs 20.00hrs	Dovedale Dash (CC) Boarders return

	Mon 3 Nov	08.20hrs 20.00hrs	All pupils return Arts Society
	Tue 4 Nov
	Wed 5 Nov	08.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 16.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Vicar of Rocester Service Boys’ Rugby 1st & U15 v SIGS away Boys’ Rugby U13 v Grace Dieu away Girls’ Hockey U13 v Grace Dieu home Girls’ Hockey 1st & U15 v Ockbrook away
	Thu 6 Nov	19.00hrs	UKMT Senior Maths Challenge (JP) Year 7 & 8 visiting author Sixth Form Lecture Captain Peters
	Fri 7 Nov	18.30hrs	Bonfire Night
	Sat 8 Nov	09.00hrs	Habitat for Humanity Day Liverpool (SK) BELA training weekend (RS)
	Sun 9 Nov	09.00hrs 13.00hrs	Cave Day (ARW) Harris Trophy CBSO Concert, Dr Who (JJW) BELA training return

	Mon 10 Nov
	Tue 11 Nov	10.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Remembrance Service
	Wed 12 Nov	14.30hrs 14.30hrs 15.00hrs 16.00hrs 20.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Boys’ Rugby U15 & U13 v Lichfield home Girls’ Hockey U13 v Trent College home Girls’ Hockey 1st v SIGS away Girls’ Hockey U15 v SIGS away Arts Society Concert
	Thu 13 Nov	13.00hrs 14.00hrs 18.30hrs	Informal Concert in Chapel Ben Appleby Music workshop Ben Appleby Concert
	Fri 14 Nov		Flanders trip departs (TW)
	Sat 15 Nov	10.00hrs	School Play rehearsal
	Sun 16 Nov	10.00hrs	Full boarders trip paintball & Splash Landings

	Mon 17 Nov	18.00hrs 18.00hrs	Start of Junior Department Book Week Flanders trip returns
	Tue 18 Nov		Internal exams Year 7-10 begin
	Wed 19 Nov	14.30hrs 15.00hrs 15.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Girls’ Hockey U15 & U13 v Lichfield away Boys’ Rugby 1st, U15 & U13 v Tettenhall away Girls’ Hockey 1st v Thomas Alleynes away
	Thu 20 Nov
	Fri 21 Nov	18.00hrs	Junior Department dress as a book character Whitewater Kayak & Canoe weekend (RS)
	Sat 22 Nov
	Sun 23 Nov	10.00hrs	School Play rehearsal

	Mon 24 Nov	17.30hrs	School Play technical rehearsal
	Tue 25 Nov	15.30hrs	School Play dress rehearsal & technical rehearsal
	Wed 26 Nov	08.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 15.30hrs 15.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Flower Service Boys’ Rugby 1st v Wolves Grammar away Boys’ Rugby U13 v Trent College away Girls’ Hockey 1st v Tettenhall away Girls’ Hockey U15 v Thomas Alleynes away Girls’ Hockey U13 v Grace Dieu away
	Thu 27 Nov	19.00hrs	School Play
	Fri 28 Nov	19.00hrs	School Play
	Sat 29 Nov	14.00hrs 19.00hrs	School Play Matinee School Play
	Sun 30 Nov	09.00hrs	Meadowhall shopping trip

	Mon 1 Dec
	Tue 2 Dec	13.45hrs	Denstone Tuesday Club
	Wed 3 Dec	08.30hrs 14.00hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs 14.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Vicar of Rocester Service Girls’ Hockey 1st v Denstone away Boys’ Rugby 1st v Derby Grammar away Boys’ Rugby U15 & U13 Denstone home Girls’ Hockey U15 v Lichfield home
	Thu 4 Dec	13.00hrs	Informal Concert in Chapel
	Fri 5 Dec	12.00hrs 18.00hrs	French Christmas Market trip (EAM) Rally weekend (RS)
	Sat 6 Dec
	Sun 7 Dec	18.00hrs 21.00hrs	Rally weekend return French trip return

	Mon 8 Dec
	Tue 9 Dec
	Wed 10 Dec	14.00hrs 18.30hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Community Carol Concert Senior Christmas party
	Thu 11 Dec	15.00hrs	Junior Department Christmas Service
	Fri 12 Dec	11.00hrs 14.00hrs 15.30hrs 16.00hrs	FORMAL UNIFORM Year 7, 8, 9 Christmas Service Year 10 – Upper Sixth Form Christmas Service END OF TERM Drama trip to London departs (DB)
	Sat 13 Dec
	Sun 14 Dec

	Wed 17 Dec		Drama trip returns

	Mon 5 Jan	09.00hrs 20.00hrs	Staff training day Boarders return
	Tue 6 Jan	08.20hrs	All pupils return

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