Norwich School Calendar: Michaelmas Term 2005
Temporary edition for Scouts, pending hard copy coming out, and inclusion on the School's website. Apologies for the unfinished appearance!
SEPTEMBER
Monday 5th
9.00 Induction for new Sixth Formers
9.30 Linz Exchange: German
visitors’ trip to Cambridge
10.00 Staff Meeting (OMR)
11.45 Break (Refectory)
12.15 Health & Safety Briefing (OMR)
12.45 Lunch (Refectory)
2.00 Heads
of Department Meeting (P13)
2.45 Departmental Meetings
4.00 Tea
(Refectory)
4.15 Induction
Team Meeting (C9)
4.15 Housemasters’
Meeting (S3)
6.00 Drinks for new Sixth Formers & Parents
(Refectory)
Tuesday 6th
9.00 Brief Staff Meeting and ICT Briefing
9.30 House Tutors' Meeting
10.10 Year Tutors' Meeting
10.45 Coffee (Refectory)
11.15 Minor Games meeting (P2)
11.15 Rugby: Training
Meeting (Lower Close)
12.00 Departmental
Meetings (Drama, Philosophy, etc.)
12.45 Lunch (Refectory)
2.00 Induction for all members of L6 (OMR)
2.00 Lower School: New
Pupils' Induction
2.15 L4 New Boys' and Parents' Tea (Refectory)
2.15 U4, L5 & M5 New Boys' and Parents' Tea (BP)
4.15 Gateway Singers rehearsal,
ends 5.15 pm (MS)
5.30 Drinks Party for all staff (Refectory)
7.30 Scouts: Troop
leaders' meeting (No Troop meeting)
Wednesday 7th
• Duty
Staff: JHM
SAB
• Linz Exchange visitors in school
8.30 Term
Starts
8.30
Communion Service ( Chapel)
1.30 Housemasters’
& Music House Captains’
meeting (M7)
2.10 L6 Futures: Introduction
to the Programme (OMR)
4.00 Rugby: 1st
XV training (Lower Close)
4.00 Senior School: Homework
Club commences, ends 5.00 pm (Monday to Friday NB6)
4.10 L6 Tutors' meeting with CH
7.30 PTA Committee Meeting (16 The Close )
Thursday 8th
• Duty Staff:
RWP MGT
• Linz Exchange visitors in school
8.40 L4 Form Period
10.00 Heritage Open Day, ends 4.00 pm (Chapel)
6.50 Scouts: Induction
meeting for new members and PLs only
Friday 9th
• Linz Exchange visitors in school
10.00 Heritage Open Day, ends 1.00 pm (Chapel)
12.35 U6 Futures: UCAS
Pep Talk (OMR)
1.05 Mentors' Lunch
1.30 School Choral Society to meet (Chapel)
2.10 L6 ICT Induction, ends 4.00 pm (OMR)
4.15 Music: Chapel
Choir 1st Rehearsal (Chapel)
5.00 Linz Exchange visitors depart
Saturday 10th
9.00 Boat
Club: ARA Instructor’s Award, (DSC)
ends 5.00 pm, Taverham Hall Swimming Pool
5.00-8.00 pm
9.30 Prefects’
Training, ends 11.45 am (OMR)
10.00
PTA Clothing Store: closes 12.00
pm (Refectory Portacabin)
2.30 Rugby: 1st,
2nd, U16A&B v RHS (A) leave 12.15 pm return 6.00 pm
2.30 Rugby: U15A&B,
U14A&B v RHS (H) leave 1.30 pm return 4.30 pm
6.20 Scouts: Swimming
tests (Norwich High School)
Sunday 11th 16th Sunday after Trinity
9.00 Boat
Club: ARA Instructor’s Award, ends 5.00
pm (DSC)
9.15 Scouts: Sailing
(Wroxham & Salhouse)
10.00 Chapel: Morning
Service - L4 & U4 pupils new to Norwich School and their parents invited
Preacher: Dr C Adkins
10.00 Scouts: Orienteering
event (UEA)
Monday 12th
• Duty Staff:
AF DRS
11.35 JCR
Management Committee Meeting (P2)
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
1.05 Music: House
Songs 1st Rehearsal B,C,N
(not L4)
1.35 Music: House Songs 1st Rehearsal P,R,S,V (not L4)
6.30 Visiting Music
Teachers' Staff Meeting and supper (Music School)
Tuesday 13th
1.05 Heinemann Raintree Book
Display (John Baret Room)
4.15 Recreation Committee meeting (John Baret Room)
6.50 Scouts: First
meeting of term (Port Watch)
Wednesday 14th
2.10 L6 Futures: Young
Enterprise, Pat Hagan (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U13A&B
v Culford (H) leave normal games time, return 4.15 pm
4.00 Rugby: 1st
XV training (Lower Close)
4.15 Listening Skills - Brooke House (S3)
5.45 Adult Choral Society: 1st rehearsal (Chapel) followed by coffee (Refectory)
Thursday 15th
• Duty Staff: ST RNH
• Visit
of David Coates, Opportunity International UK
8.40 L4
Form Period
6.50 Scouts: First
meeting of term (Starboard Watch)
Friday 16th
• UCAS Deadline: all
Oxbridge, Medicine, Veterinary and Law UCAS forms to be submitted online
12.35 U6 Futures: Section
10 writing and Oxbridge Forms (OMR)
1.05 Mentors' Lunch
1.45 Music: House
Songs 2nd rehearsal, ends 2.30 pm
Saturday 17th
1.45 Hockey: 1st
v Culford (A) minibus leaves 12.00 pm, returns 4.15 pm
2.30 Rugby: 1st,
2nd, U16A v Wymondham (A) leave 1.00 pm, return 4.45 pm
2.30 Hockey: 2nd
v Culford (H) (Astro), leave 1.15 pm, return 4.30 pm
2.30 Rugby: U15A,
U14A, U13A v Wymondham (H) leave 1.15 pm, return 4.30 pm
Sunday 18th 17th
Sunday after Trinity
9.00 Scouts: Windsurfing
(Hickling Broad)
9.30 Scouts: Fast
track canoeing
10.00 Lord Mayor's Battle of Britain Service in the
Cathedral (use of John Baret Room and car parks)
6.30 Chapel: Evening
Service with Chapel Ensemble,
L5, M5 & L6
pupils new to Norwich School and their parents invited
Preacher: Head Master
Monday 19th
• Duty Staff:
RCG CAB
• Lower School: All
Lower School Music Groups begin this week
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
1.05 Music:
House Songs 3rd Rehearsal P,R,S,V (not U4)
1.35 Music: House Songs 3rd rehearsal B,C,N (not U4)
4.15 Heads
of Department Meetings (P13)
4.30 School House Concert (Chapel)
7.00 Lower School: New
Parents' Drinks
Tuesday 20th
• U6 BMAT application deadline (Oxford)
2.30 Scouts: Royal
Navy Inspections (Starts at Wroxham Broad, and moves to Scout HQ for the evening)
3.00 Football: 1st
XI v Felsted (H) leave normal games time return 5.30 pm
Wednesday 21st
2.10 L6 Futures: 3
week rotation with 28 September & 5 October (OMR)
3.00 Rugby: U13A&B
v Woodbridge (H) leave normal games time, return 4.45 pm
4.00 Rugby: 1st
XV training (Lower Close)
4.15 Listening Skills - Coke House (S3)
5.00 Executive
Committee Meeting (Seagrim Room)
Thursday 22nd
• Duty Staff:
DNF FLE
8.40 L4
Form Period
3.00 Rugby: U15A
v KES Bury St Edmunds (A) leave 1.00 pm, return 6.30 pm (leave lessons 12.45 pm)
6.50 Scouts: No
Troop meeting (Tuesday for all this week)
7.30 L6 English Theatre Visit, Norwich Playhouse
Friday 23rd
12.35 U6 Futures: My
Life at University, ON Guest Speaker (OMR)
1.05 Mentors' Lunch
1.45 Music: House
Songs 4th rehearsal, ends
2.30 pm
Saturday 24th
1.30 Rugby: U14A&B
v Kings Ely (A) leave 11.00 am, return 5.15 pm
2.00 Hockey: 1st
v Framlingham (A) minibus leaves 12.15 pm, returns 5.15 pm
2.30 Rugby: 1st
v The Leys (H) (Lower Close)
2.30 Rugby: 2nd,
U16A&B v The Leys (H) leave 1.15 pm, return 4.30 pm
2.30 Rugby: U15A&B
v The Leys (A) leave 12.00 pm, return 6.00 pm
6.00 Liechtenstein Exchange: visitors arrive at Norwich Station
7.30 Scouts: Steak
Barbecue dinner for parents and friends (Refectory lawn)
Sunday 25th 18th
Sunday after trinity
• No
Chapel Service
9.30 Scouts: Kayaking
at Horstead Mill
Monday 26th
• Duty Staff:
WHJC CM
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
2.00 House Music Festival - solo classes (Barbirolli
Room)
6.00 ON Executive Committee Meeting, ends 7.00 pm (John
Baret Room)
Tuesday 27th
• Visit
of Dr Colin White, Director of Trafalgar 200
8.40 House Assemblies
9.00 Cathedral
Assembly
9.10 House Music
Festival: solo classes, ensembles Barbirolli Room & Chapel
2.00 House Music Festival: House Songs (St Andrew's Hall)
Wednesday 28th
9.00 L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L44 departs
9.00 Lower School: Visit
to Imperial War Museum, Duxford
12.00 ON Liaison Committee Meeting
2.10 L6 Futures: 3
week rotation with 21 September & 5 October (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U13A,B&C
v Gresham's Prep (H) leave normal games time, return 4.15 pm
4.15 Listening Skills - Nelson House (S3)4.15 School Choral Society:
1st rehearsal (Chapel)
4.15 School Choral Society:
1st rehearsal (Chapel)
8.00 Scouts: Agenda Group
Thursday 29th
• Duty Staff:
GMD IRP
• L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L44
away
3.00 Rugby: U15A&B,
U14A&B v Woodbridge (H) leave normal games time, return 4.45 pm
Friday 30th
12.35 U6 Futures: 2
week rotation with 7 October (OMR)
1.30 Societies Fair (Blake Studio)
2.10 L6 Induction:
target setting and organisation in the Sixth Form (L6 Tutors)
2.30 Prefects’
Meeting (S8)
4.00 U6 BMAT application deadline (Cambridge)
4.00 L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L44
returns
4.15 Scouts: Minicruise
(ends Sunday evening) (Norfolk Broads)
4.15 House
Masters’ Meeting (S3)
4.15 Assessment Point 1
Saturday 1st
• Fixture free
9.00 Boat
Club: ARA Instructor’s Award, ends 5.00
pm (DSC)
10.00 Sailing: v
Uppingham School (Rutland Water) return 7.00 pm
Sunday 2nd 19th
Sunday after trinity
9.00 Boat
Club: ARA Instructor’s Award Assessments
11.00 Chapel Choir: Morning
Service at All Saints, Burnham Thorpe
Monday 3rd
• Duty Staff:
MDB ASC
• A2 German coursework written in doubles this week
• First Rehearsals for Gateway Singers, Gateway
Players, Junior Jazz Band, Training Band, Senior Jazz Band
11.35 JCR
Management Committee
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
Tuesday 4th
8.40 House Assemblies
1.00 Junior Guitar Group, Junior Percussion Group 1st
rehearsals
3.00 Rugby: 1st
& 2nd v Woodbridge (H) leave normal games time, return 5.00 pm
7.30 Scouts: Meeting
for new parents (No Troop meeting) (OMR)
Wednesday 5th
9.45 First Aid Training for Invigilators, ends 1.00 pm
1.30 Senior Percussion Group: 1st Rehearsal (BR)
2.00 Football: 1st
XI v Latymer Upper School, Boodles ISFA Cup (A) leave 9.30 am return 9.00 pm
2.10 L6 Futures: 3
week rotation with 21 & 28 September (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U13A,
U12A v Kings Ely (H) leave normal games time, return 4.15 pm
3.00 Rugby: U13B&C
v Kings Ely (A) leave 1.00 pm, return 6.30 pm (leave lessons 12.45 pm)
4.15 Health & Safety Committee Meeting (S3)
4.15 Listening Skills - Parker House (S3)
6.15 Washington
New York Trip: Information Evening for Parents
and Students (BP)
Thursday 6th
• Duty Staff:
ECD AJC
8.00 Liechtenstein Exchange: visitors depart from Norwich Station
8.00 U4 Geography Field Trip to North Norfolk,
return 4.00 pm
8.40 L4
Form Period
10.30 Visit of Trevor Chaplin, Norfolk Fire Brigade
4.15 Review
Panel (Seagrim Room)
4.30 Maths
AS/A2 Norfolk Meeting (P9)
7.00 Scouts: Training
for young leaders (No Troop meetings this week)
Friday 7th
12.35 U6 Futures: 2
week rotation with 23 September (OMR)
1.30 Music: First
Band, Second Band, String Orchestra, Guitar Groups 1st Rehearsal
2.30 Rugby: U11A&B
v Taverham Hall (A) minibus leaves 1.00 pm, returns 4.30 pm
7.30 Boat Club: Ceilidh
(Refectory)
Saturday 8th
9.00 Brancaster Expedition:
L41 departs
9.00 Scouts: Windsurfing
(Hickling Broad)
11.30 Rugby: 1st,
2nd, U15A&B v Ipswich (H) leave 10.00 am, return 1.45 pm
11.30 Rugby: U16A&B,
U14A&B, U13A&B v Ipswich (A) leave 9.15 am, return 3.30 pm
Sunday 9th 20th
Sunday after trinity
• No
Chapel Service
9.30 Scouts: Day
hikes
10.00 Scouts: Kayaking
at Nene Whitewater Centre
Monday 10th
• Duty Staff:
LLB PM
• A2 German coursework written in doubles this week
• Poetry Writing Festival week
• Tutorial
Review : U6
8.30 L6 Art & Art History visit to London Galleries,
return 6.20 pm
11.35 JCR
Management Committee (P2)
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
3.00 Rugby: U13A,B&C
v Colchester RGS (H) leave normal games time, return 4.45 pm
4.00 L4 Brancaster Expedition: L41 returns and L42 departs
4.15 House Tutors' Meetings
6.30 U6/L6
Clinic Forum: by invitation or request only
(Refectory)
6.30
London Drinks Party for ONs (East India Club)
Tuesday 11th
• L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L42
away
3.00 Football: 1st
XI v Ipswich (H) leave normal games time return 5.30 pm
5.00 Executive Committee Meeting
(Seagrim Room)
8.30 Scouts: Investitures
at end of Troop meeting
Wednesday 12th
6.45 Choir departs for Dyers' Service, London
(returns 6.15
pm)
2.10 L6 Futures: Life
after Norwich School, ON Guest Speakers (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U12A
v Taverham Hall (A) minibus leaves 1.30 pm, returns 4.30 pm
4.00 L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L42 returns and L43
departs
4.15 Listening Skills - Repton House (S3)
Thursday 13th
• Duty Staff:
PJC NR
• L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L43
away
8.00 L6 Geography Field Trip to Brancaster, return 4.00
pm
8.30 Scouts: Investitures
at end of Troop meeting
Friday 14th
12.35 U6 Futures: Visiting
speaker (OMR)
1.05 Mentors' Lunch
2.50 Trafalgar
Day Choir rehearsal, ends 4.00 pm (C)
4.00 L4 Brancaster
Expedition: L43 returns
4.00 UCAS Deadline: all remaining UCAS Forms
to be submitted before Half Term
Saturday 15th
10.00 OPEN MORNING, ends 12.00 pm
10.00 PTA Clothing Store:
closes 12.00 pm (Refectory Portacabin)
10.30 Rugby: U11A v
Henstead (H) (Lower Close)
11.30 Rugby: 1st,
2nd & U14A v Colchester RGS (A) leave 8.45 am, return 3.30 pm
11.30 Rugby: U15A&B,
U14B v Colchester RGS (H) leave 10.30 am return 1.45 pm
9.15 Scouts: Down
river canoeing and kayaking trip
Sunday 16th 21st
Sunday after trinity
9.00 Scouts: Parents'
work-in (Scout HQ)
9.15 Scouts: Sailing
(Wroxham & Salhouse)
10.00 Chapel: Harvest Festival led by members of the
Lower School (pupils of the Lower School and their
parents invited)
Preacher: Chaplain
Monday 17th
• Duty Staff:
DPB DS
• A2 German coursework written in doubles
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
2.30 Rugby: U12A
v Town Close (H) (Lower Close)
4.15 Half-Term Grades into database
4.15 Junior
Orchestra ©
Tuesday 18th
8.00 Lower School: Form
3 depart for Derbyshire
11.30 L5 DT visit to Castle Museum, return 4.00 pm
2.00 Boat Club: Visit
of Peter Sheppard, Chief GB Junior Coach
5.00 Lower
School Prom Choir (includes some L4) rehearsal, ends 8.00 pm (Kings’ Centre)
Wednesday 19th
• L5/M5 French Exchange:
French visitors
arrive
8.30 U6 Art & Art History visit to London Galleries,
return 6.20 pm
10.00 Lower School: Nelson
Living History (Cathedral)
2.00 Nelson’s Sea Battle (Lower Close)
2.10 L6 Futures: Europe
and You (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U13A
v Taverham Hall (A) leave 1.30 pm, return 4.30 pm
4.15 Listening Skills - School House (S3)
7.00 Perpignan Exchange:
visitors arrive from Perpignan
Thursday 20th
• Duty Staff:
CMP APH
2.30 Rugby: U16A
v KES King's Lynn (H) (Lower Close)
9.00 U4 Geography Field Trip to North Norfolk Coast
4.15 Pupil Progress Meeting (OMR)
7.30 Drama Event: (Blake
Studio)
Friday 21st
9.15 Scouts: Depart
for hill walking in Snowdonia (Return Friday)
9.15 Trafalgar
Day Choir rehearsal (Cathedral)
10.00 Whole
School: Trafalgar
Day Service in Cathedral
Preacher: Lieutenant
Commander N Bailey RN
12.00 Whole School Sponsored
Walk (Mariott's Way)
4.00 Half Term starts
7.15 (for 8.00 pm) Trafalgar Dinner (Refectory)
9.00 Lower School: Form
3 return from Derbyshire
Saturday 22nd
9.00 Scouts: Windsurfing
(Hickling Broad)
10.00 Boat Club: Yare
Cup (Boat House, Trowse)
Sunday 23rd 22nd
Sunday after trinity
• Sixth Form New York/Washington Trip departs
9.15 Scouts: Sailing
(Wroxham & Salhouse)
Monday 24th
12.30 Rugby: 1st
XV Development Squad Tour to Edinburgh departs from Norwich Airport
Tuesday 25th
8.30 Perpignan Exchange:
visitors depart for day trip to Cambridge
Thursday 27th
L5/M5
French Exchange: visitors
depart
Friday 28th
9.00 Perpignan Exchange:
visitors depart.
12.05 Rugby: 1st
XV Development Squad Edinburgh Tour returns to Norwich Airport
4.30 Scouts: Return
from Snowdonia
Saturday 29th
• Sixth Form New York/Washington Trip returns
6.20 Scouts: Pool
canoeing (Norwich High School)
Sunday 30th 23rd Sunday after
trinity
Monday 31st
• Duty Staff: CJH CC
• Deadline for LNAT registration
• Tutorial
Review : L6
• Prefects’
Appraisal
11.35 JCR
Management Committee (P2)
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
Tuesday 1st
2.10 L6 Futures: Student
Life, Caroline Dimbleby (OMR)
2.30 Football: 1st
XI v Gresham's (A) leave 1.10 pm, return 5.00 pm
6.00 L4 Informal Parents'
Evening (Form Masters/Mistresses only) * Parents to attend either evening (Refectory)
5.00 Lower
School Prom Choir (includes some L4) rehearsal, ends 8.00 pm (Kings’ Centre)
7.30 Friends Committee Meeting (16 The Close)
Wednesday 2nd
9.00 Cambridge Biomedical
Admission Test
(BMAT) (BP)
9.00 Building
Bridges Choral Workshop, ends 5.00 pm (Kings’ Centre)
4.15 Listening Skills - Valpy House (S3)
4.15 Consultative
Committee Meeting (OMR)
Thursday 3rd
• Duty Staff: AMRH JCH
10.00 ISCTIP NQT Regional Meeting (OMR)
2.00 Lower School: House
Music Festival
3.45
Netball:
1st v Wymondham College (A) leave 3.00 pm return 6.15 pm
6.45 PTA Committee meeting (Lower School)
7.30 PTA AGM (Lower School)
Friday 4th
12.35 U6 Futures: Student
Life, Claire Callaghan (OMR)
1.05 Mentors' Lunch
2.30 Prefects’
Meeting (S8)
Saturday 5th
10.00 Prep.
Schools String Morning, ends 12.00 pm (Thorpe House School)
10.00 Boat Club: Norfolk
Long Distance Sculls
2.15 Rugby: 1st,
2nd, U15A&B v Framlingham (A) leave 12.00 pm, return 5.45 pm
2.15 Rugby: 3rd,
U16A, U14A&B v Framlingham (H) leave 1.15 pm, return 4.30 pm
2.30 Rugby: U13C,
U12A, U11A&B v Gresham's Prep (A) leave 12.45 pm, return 5.00 pm
Sunday 6th 24th
Sunday after trinity
• No
Chapel Service
8.00 Boat Club: Eastern
Region Sculling Training Day (Peterborough)
9.45 Scouts: Kayak
rolling (Bergh Apton)
Monday 7th
• Duty Staff:
TJWD MEL
8.00 Lower School Prom Choir (includes some L4) London, returns 2.00 am
11.35 JCR
Management Committee (P2)
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
1.00 Book Display: A & C Black Publishers (John Baret Room)
4.15 Counselling
& Child Protection Panels (Seagrim Room)
4.30 L4 Informal Parents' Evening (Form
Masters/Mistresses only) * Parents to attend either evening (Refectory)
Tuesday 8th
9.00 Senior Maths Challenge (BP)
4.00 Lower School: Parents'
Meeting
4.15 Heads of Department Meeting (P13)
Wednesday 9th
2.10 L6 Futures: ISCO
work courses, John Watson (OMR)
2.30 Rugby: U13A&B
v Town Close (A) leave 1.30 pm, return 4.30 pm
4.15 Listening Skills: Catch-up
session (S3)
8.00 Scouts: Agenda
Group
Thursday 10th
• Duty Staff:
BWM GSPC
4.00 Lower School: Parents'
Meeting
4.10 Senior School Informal Concert: Part 1 (BR)
Friday 11th
11.00 Remembrance Day Observance
11.35 Consultative
Committee Business Meeting (OMR)
12.35 U6 Futures: Fees
and loans explained (OMR)
4.15 Assessment
Point 2
Saturday 12th
9.15 Scouts: Cycling
(Thetford Forest)
10.00 Music
Morning, ends 12.00 pm (Music School)
2.00 Rugby: 1st
v Bishops Stortford (H) (Lower Close)
2.00 Rugby: 2nd,
3rd, U16A, U13A&B v Bishops Stortford (H) leave 12.45 pm, return 4.30 pm
2.00 Rugby: U11A
v Brandeston Hall (A) minibus leaves 12.00 pm, returns 5.00 pm
2.00 Rugby: U15A&B,
U14A&B, U12A&B v Bishops Stortford (A) leaves 11.00 am, return 6.30 pm
2.30 Hockey: 1st
v Gresham's (A) minibus leaves 12.00 pm, returns 5.00 pm
Sunday 13th remembrance
sunday
10.00 Chapel:
Remembrance Service
10.30 Lord Mayor's Remembrance Service in Cathedral (John
Baret Room and Car Parks)
Monday 14th
• Duty Staff:
JWW SAK
• L6
Tutorial Interviews
11.35 Senior
Prefects’ Meeting (S8)
4.15 Housemasters’
Meeting (S3)
6.00 ON Executive Committee Meeting (John Baret Room)
Tuesday 15th
4.00 Lower School: Informal
Concert
6.30 U6
Parents’ Evening (Refectory)
6.50 Scouts: No
troop meeting (Group Review and AGM on Thursday)