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Michaelmas Term 2010

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Week 1: 6-10th Sep

Week 6:11-15th Oct   Week 11: 15-19th Nov
Week 2: 13-17th Sep Week 7:18-22nd Oct   Week 12: 22-26th Nov
Week 3: 20-24th Sep Week 8:25-29th Oct Week 13: 29th Nov-3rd Dec
Week 4: 27th Sep-1st Oct Week 9:1-5th Nov Week 14: 6-10th Dec
Week 5: 4-8th Oct Week 10:8-12th Nov Week 15: 13-17th Dec

 

SEPTEMBER Week 1

Monday 6th
9.30am Management Meeting
2.30pm Lodgeparents meeting
7.00pm Staff Buffet Supper
  
Tuesday 7th
10.00am Full Staff Meeting (Macmillan Hall)
11.30am Staff INSET
2.30pm   Heads of Department Meeting
5.00pm   Music Staff Meeting
  
Wednesday 8th
9.30am Staff INSET
4.00pm Second-Hand Shop opens
6.00pm Michaelmas Term begins (boarders - not 1st Forms)
6.10pm Form Masters' Period

 

Thursday 9th
8.45am   Day Boys arrive (2nd Forms & above)
10.30am Mynors boys arrive
11.30am 1st Form Boarders arrive
12 noon  1st Form Day Boys arrive

 

Friday 10th
 
Saturday 11th

Closed Weekend
League Matches
6.40pm Lecture: 'MERLIN and the Frontline of Humanitarian Relief', Nicholas Mellor Esq.
 
Sunday 12th
8.30am   Holy Communion
9.45am   Beginning-of-Term Mattins: The Chaplain (no parents, please)
10.45am Marston Cup Golf
12.30pm New Boys' Barbecue and Activities
4.00pm   Play Rehearsal


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SEPTEMBER Week 2

Monday 13th

 

Tuesday 14th

 

Wednesday 15th

2.30pm Football v. Moulsford
 home: 1st, 3rd, 5th, Colts A & C, JCC, JCD & JCE
 away: 2nd, 4th, Colts B, Colts D, JCA & JCB
 

Thursday 16th

5.00pm BH Golf v. Radley (a)
 

Friday 17th

 

Saturday 18th

Double Credit Weekend
2.30pm Football v. Eton U14
 away: 1st & 2nd
 Football v. Caldicott
 home: 5th, 6th, Colts C, JCC & JCD
 away: 7th & Colts D

3.30pm Meeting for Parents of 1st Years (Macmillan Hall)
Adventure Quest weekend away
 

Sunday 19th

8.30am Holy Communion
Adventure Quest continues
4.00pm Recorder Concert, Holywell Music Room, Oxford
6.30pm Evensong: The Rev'd Ralph Williamson, Chaplain of Christ Church College, Oxford


 
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SEPTEMBER Week 3

Monday 20th

2.15pm Football v. Magdalen College School
 home: U9A, U9B & U8

 

Tuesday 21st

6.30pm BH Hockey v. Radley (a)

 

Wednesday 22nd

2.30pm Football v. Lockers Park
 home: 3rd
 away: 1st
 Football v. New College
 home: 2nd
 away: 5th
 Football v. Magdalen College School
 home: JCC & JCD
 away: JCA & JCB

 

Thursday 23rd

6.40pm Debating Society (Senior)

 

Friday 24th

1st Orders
8.30am Academic Staff Meeting

 

Saturday 25th

Double Credit Weekend
10.45am Open Morning for 2011 Entry
2.30pm   Football v. Horris Hill:
 home: 1st, Colts C, U9A & U9B
 away: 2nd, Colts A & Colts B
Adventure Quest: Bushcraft & Camping
6.00pm First Year Activity Weekend begins

 

Sunday 26th

8.30am    Holy Communion
Adventure Quest continues

11.15am First Year Activity Weekend continues
6.30pm   Evensong: The Rev'd Jan Rushton, Priest in Charge, St. Michael & All Angels, Summertown
 

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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER Week 4

Monday 27th

CAT3 Tests

 

Tuesday 28th

2.15pm Harrow Entry Test

 

Wednesday 29th

2.30pm Football v. Cheam
 home: 2nd, 4th, Colts B, JCA, JCB & JCC
 away: 1st, 3rd, 5th, Colts A, U9A, U9B, U9C, U9D & U9E
6.40pm Lecture: 'Cycling Home from Siberia', Rob Lilwall

 

Thursday 30th

Start of First Short Leave
10.30am Junior Harvest Festival (2nd Years & below)
11.00am 3rd Years and below depart
12.30pm Removes & 5th Years depart

 

Friday 1st

Short Leave

 

Saturday 2nd

Short Leave

 

Sunday 3rd

End of First Short Leave
6.00pm 3rd Years, Removes & 5th Years return
6.30pm Harvest Festival (3rd Years & above): The Chaplain
7.00pm 1st & 2nd Years return straight to Lodges
8.15pm Rem B, Rem E & Rem N depart for France

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OCTOBER Week 5

Monday 4th

9.00am   Academic Challenge Day (Year 6), St. Edward's School
10.30am Harvest Produce Sale in New Room

 

Tuesday 5th

 

Wednesday 6th

2.30pm Football v. Chandlings Manor:
 home: Colts A, JCC & JCD
 away:  Colts B, JCA & JCB

 

Thursday 7th

1.45pm Summer Fields U8 Football Festival

 

Friday 8th

MidYIS Tests (3rd Years)
5.00pm OPRO visit (mouthguards)

 

Saturday 9th

Double Credit Weekend
10.45am Open Morning for Prospective Parents
2.30pm   U13 IAPS Regional 6-a-side Football Tournament at Elstree
League Matches (Junior)

 

Sunday 10th

8.30am   Holy Communion
10.00am First Year trip to Blenheim Palace Park
10.45am Parents & Sons Golf Competition
6.30pm   Evensong: P.R.Cheater Esq. (Senior Master)


 
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OCTOBER Week 6

Monday 11th

 

Tuesday 12th

Eton List Test
Rem B, Rem E & Rem N return from France

 

Wednesday 13th

2.30pm Football v. Crosfields:
 home: 1st, 6th, 9th, Colts A, Colts C, Colts D,  JCC, JCD & JCE
 away: 2nd, 4th, Colts B, JCA & JCB

 

Thursday 14th

3.00pm Fives v. Eton U14 (h)

 

Friday 15th

4.15pm Fencing v. Moulsford (a)

 

Saturday 16th

2.30pm Football v. Elstree
 home: 1st, 3rd, 6th, Colts A, Colts D, JCA, JCC, U9A & U9B
 away: 2nd, 5th, 8th, Colts B, U9C & U9D
6.40pm Debating Society (Senior)

 

Sunday 17th

8.30am   Holy Communion
9.45am   Mattins: R.B. Lagden Esq.
10.45am Fifth Year Coffee Concert in Macmillan Hall
Adventure Quest: Outposts Team-building Day
2.00pm  Golf with Cothill and Ludgrove (at Cothill)
3.00pm  Junior Treasure Hunt

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OCTOBER Week 7

Monday 18th

2nd Orders
10.25am  Academic Staff Meeting
3.15pm   Maths Show for 3rd Years & below (Macmillan Hall)
4.00pm   F & GPC Meeting

 

Tuesday 19th

 

Wednesday 20th

2.30pm Football v. Magdalen College School
 home: Colts A & Colts C
 away: Colts B
 Football v. Cothill
 home: 7th, JCA, JCB, U9B & U9C
 away: 6th, 8th, JCC & JCD

 

Thursday 21st

 

Friday 22nd

Start of Long Leave
11.00am 3rd Years & below depart
11.15am Parents’ Reception for 2B & 2P (New Room)
12.30pm Removes & 5th Years depart
2.00pm   BH Golf v. Dragon

 

Saturday 23rd

Long Leave

 

Sunday 24th

Long Leave

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OCTOBER Week 8

There is not much happening in school this week, so, for your interest, here are a few random anniversaries. 

 

Monday 25th

Long Leave

1760 Death of George II

 

Tuesday 26th

Long Leave
1965 The Beatles presented with OBEs by HM the Queen

 

Wednesday 27th

Long Leave
1466 Birth of Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian

 

Thursday 28th

Long Leave

Feast of St. Jude, patron saint of 'hopeless cases'

 

Friday 29th

Long Leave
1618 Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for treason 

 

Saturday 30th

Long Leave
1960 Birth of Diego 'Hand of God' Maradona

 

Sunday 31st

Long Leave
1940 End of Battle of Britain

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NOVEMBER Week 9

Monday 1st

From 6.00pm - End of Long Leave
6.45pm School Fireworks Display
8.15pm Upper Rem & Rem L depart for France

 

Tuesday 2nd

11.00am OPRO visit (mouthguards)

 

Wednesday 3rd

2.30pm Football v. Ludgrove
 home: 2nd, 5th, 6th, Colts B, JCA, JCB, U9C & U9D
 away: 1st, 3rd, 4th, Colts A, Colts C, JCC, JCD, U9A & U9B

 

Thursday 4th

 

Friday 5th

 

Saturday 6th

Double Credit Weekend
2.30pm Football v. Cothill
 home: 2nd, 3rd, 6th, Colts A, Colts C, JCC, JCD, U9A & U9B
 away:  1st, 4th, 5th, Colts B, JCA, JCB, U9C

 

Sunday 7th

8.30am   Holy Communion
10.15am Fives v. Highgate (away)
11.15am First Years "Forty-Forty"
2.15pm   OSS Football Matches (h)
6.30pm   Evensong: Andrew Reekes Esq., Sub-Warden, Radley College

 

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NOVEMBER Week 10

Monday 8th

Primary Mathematics Challenge

 

Tuesday 9th

2.00pm Football v. New College
 home: Colts A & Colts B

 

Wednesday 10th

2.30pm Football v. New College
 home: 5th
 away 2nd
 Football v. Chandlings Manor
 home: U9C, U9D & U8
 away: U9A & U9B
3.30pm Upper Rem and Rem L return from France
6.40pm Forres Holiday Camps presentation, James Stileman Esq.

 

Thursday 11th

Armistice Day
2.30pm Fives v. Sunningdale (a)
3.30pm Swimming v. Dragon (h): U10-U13
4.30pm Squash  v. Caldicott (a): 1st V

 

Friday 12th

 

Saturday 13th

2.30pm Football v. Papplewick
 home: 2nd, 4th, 5th, Colts B, JCA, JCC U9A & U9B
 away:  1st, 3rd, Colts A, Colts C & JCB
6.40pm Debating Society (Junior)

 

Sunday 14th

8.30am   Holy Communion
10.40am Service of Remembrance: The Chaplain
2.00pm   Eton Fives: Jesters v. Oxbridge Past & Present
3.00pm   First Year Far-Field Fun

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NOVEMBER Week 11

Monday 15th

6.45pm Dress Rehearsal
Play Feast

 

Tuesday 16th

3rd Orders
10.25am Academic Staff Meeting
7.00pm  First Performance: 'Cucklet Delf'

 

Wednesday 17th

2.30pm League Matches
7.00pm Second Performance: 'Cucklet Delf'

 

Thursday 18th

Start of Second Short Leave
10.00am Parents' Prayer Group Meeting in Chapel Annexe
10.30am 3rd Years' Coffee Concert (Macmillan Hall)
11.00am 3rd Years & below depart
11.15am Parents’ Reception for RB & 2S (New Room)
12.30pm Removes & 5th Years depart
1.30pm   Trinity Guildhall Music Exams

 

Friday 19th

Short Leave
9.30am Trinity Guildhall Music Exams

 

Saturday 20th

Short Leave
9.30am Trinity Guildhall Music Exams

 

Sunday 21st

From 6.00pm - End of Second Short Leave
by 7.15pm 1st, 2nd & 3rd Years return straight to Lodges
by 8.15pm Removes & 5th Years return straight to Lodges

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NOVEMBER Week 12

Monday 22nd

Rugby season begins

 

Tuesday 23rd

School Exams
9.30am Trinity Guildhall Music Exams
3.15pm Fives v. Harrow U14 (h)

 

Wednesday 24th

School Exams
9.30am Trinity Guildhall Music Exams

 

Thursday 25th

School Exams
9.30am Trinity Guildhall Music Exams
6.40pm Magic Show: Ian Keable (Macmillan Hall)

 

Friday 26th

School Exams (5th Years only)
7.30pm Governors' Dinner

 

Saturday 27th

Double Credit Weekend
10.00am 172nd Meeting of Board of Governors

 

Sunday 28th

8.30am   Holy Communion
10.00am First Year Ramble, Shotover Country Park
10.30am Fives v. Wolverhampton School (h)
6.30pm   Carols by Candlelight: The Chaplain
(1st Year boarders included)

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER Week 13

Monday 29th

 

Tuesday 30th

 

Wednesday 1st

12.45pm Team Photographs (junior)
2.30pm   Rugby v. Dragon
 away: 1st
6.45pm   French Recitations

 

Thursday 2nd

4.15pm Fives v. Orley Farm (at Harrow)
7.00pm First Years' Christmas Play (Macmillan Hall)
7.45pm Start of Third Short Leave (First Years only)

 

Friday 3rd

Start of Third Short Leave
11.00am 3rd Years & below depart (except concert performers)
11.15am Informal Concert (Macmillan Hall)
12.30pm Removes & 5th Years depart

 

Saturday 4th

Short Leave

 

Sunday 5th

Short Leave

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DECEMBER Week 14

Monday 6th

St. Nicholas Day
From 6.00pm - End of Third Short Leave

7.00pm     Parents' Reception for Vth Form, 5H & RE (New Room)
by 7.15pm 1st, 2nd & 3rd Years return straight to Lodges
by 8.15pm Removes & 5th Years return straight to Lodges

 

Tuesday 7th

1.00pm Junior Choir to Age Concern

 

Wednesday 8th

12.45pm Team Photographs (senior)
4.00pm   "Christmas Cheer" (Dining Room)
6.45pm   Public Speaking Finals (Senior)

 

Thursday 9th

2.00pm 'Santas on the Run' for Helen and Douglas House
2.15pm Fives v. Eton, Ludgrove & Cranleigh Prep (at Eton)
6.40pm League Music Competition (Macmillan Hall)

 

Friday 10th

11.40am Public Speaking Finals (Junior)
1.15pm   Red Choir to Sir Michael Sobell House
7.30pm   Prefects' Dinner

 

Saturday 11th

2.00pm Rugby v. Dragon Boarders
 home:  Colts A

 

Sunday 12th

9.45am  School Eucharist: The Rev'd Canon Dr. Andrew Bunch, Vicar, St. Giles' Church, Oxford
2.30pm  "Bombers & Fighters"

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DECEMBER Week 15

Monday 13th

4th Orders
8.45am   School begins (half-hour lie-in)
10.15am Carol Service Rehearsal (St. Michael's Church)
1.00pm   Choir Practice (St. Michael's Church)
6.30pm   League Feast

 

Tuesday 14th

8.45am School begins (half-hour lie-in)
1.00pm Christmas Lunch (Juniors)
4.15pm End-of-term films
7.00pm Christmas Dinner (Seniors)

 

Wednesday 15th

9.15am   School begins (one-hour lie-in)
9.45am   Prize Giving
11.30am Carol Service
12.40pm End of Term

 

Thursday 16th

 

Friday 17th

 

Saturday 18th

 

Sunday 19th




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