Calendar Summer 2016

Front cover artwork by Imogen Williamson, Year 6

Inside front cover artwork by Joshua Karat, Year 4

Morning & Lunchtime

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday12.25pm – 12.55pmPerse Prep Paper

7.50am – 8.15amYear 6 Indoor Racket and Bat Sports

7.50am – 8.15am Year 5 and 6 Running Club

7.50am – 8.15amYear 5 Indoor Racket and Bat Sports

12.30pm – 1pmYear 3 and 4 Yoga

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 4, 5 and 6 Country Dancing Club

12.30pm – 1pm & 1pm – 1.30pmJazz/Street Dance

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 5 and 6 Circus Skills

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 3 and 4 Countdown Club

12.45pm – 1.25pmYear 6 Tennis Club

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 6 Sports Club

12.55pm – 1.25pm Year 3 and 4 Science Club

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 5 and 6 Maths Countdown Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmYear 6 Open Technology Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmWoodwork Club

12.25pm – 12.55pmDebating Club

12.55pm – 1.25pm Chill-Out Club

12.25pm – 12.55pmYear 4 Drama Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmYear 3 Drama Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmItalian Club

12.25pm – 12.55pm & 12.55pm – 1.20pmTable Tennis Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmYear 3 Construction Club

12.45pm – 1.25pmYear 3 and 4 Tennis Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmChill-Out Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmFriday Disco

12.55pm – 1.25pmGardening Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmYear 3 and 4 French Booster Club

12.55pm – 1.25pmChill-Out Club

1pm – 1.30pmYear 5 and 6 Yoga

12.55pm – 1.25pm Writers’ Club

1pm – 1.25pmYear 6 French Film Club

12.55pm – 1.25pm Fun with Card

1pm – 1.25pm Year 3, 4 and 5French Cartoon Club

Summer termClubs and Activities

After School

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday3.45pm – 4.30pmYear 5 and 6 Library Club

3.40pm – 4.30pmHistory Club

3.35pm – 4.15pm Year 3 and 4 Wednesday Club

3.45pm – 4.45pm Film Club

3.45pm - 4.15pmYear 3 and 4 Mini Moves

3.45pm – 4.45pmTaekwondo Club

3.45pm – 4.30pm & 4.30pm – 5.30pmBallet Grade 1 3.45pm – 4.30pm Grade 2 4.30pm – 5.30pm

3.35pm – 4.45pmYear 4, 5 and 6 Art Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmCode Club

3.45pm – 4.45pm Year 5 Boys’ Invitational Cricket Club

3.45pm – 4.45pm Year 5 and 6 Cambridge Sword Fencing Club

3.45pm – 4.45pm Kung Fu

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 6 Boys’ Invitational Cricket Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 4 Girls’ and Boys’ Cricket Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 5 Girls’ Invitational Cricket Club

3.45pm – 5pmYear 5 Tennis Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 6 Drama Spotlight

3.45pm – 4.45pm Year 6 Girls’ Invitational Cricket Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmKnitting Club

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 3 and 4 Summer Sports Club

4pm –6.15pm18th /25th AprilYear 6 Prep Outdoor Pursuits (POP)

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 3 Cricket Club

3.45pm – 5pmYear 5 Centre Stage

3.45pm – 4.45pmKung Fu

3.45pm – 4.45pmYear 5 and 6 Summer Sports Club

3.50pm – 5pmChess Coaching

3.50pm – 5pm Chess Coaching

3.45pm – 4.45pmChinese Club

3.45pm – 5pmJudo

Clubs and Activities

Music Activities

MondayString Quartet 10.15am Hall Mr ThompsonString Ensemble 12.55pm Music Room 1 Mr Thompson

TuesdayCello Ensemble 8.15am Music Room Mrs GodfreyYear 5 and 6 Girls’ Choir 8.30am Drama Studio Mr SutcliffeYear 3 and 4 Choir 10.15am Drama Studio Mr SutcliffeTheory Club 10.15am 4 Alpha Mrs ApplinSenior Choir 10.15am Music Room 1 Mr HarrisDuet Club 12.55pm Teaching Room 2 Mrs ApplinJunior Guitar Ensemble 12.55pm Hall Mr EisnerJunior Cello String Quintet 12.55pm Music Room 1 Mrs Godfrey

WednesdayWind Band 8.25am Music Room 1 Mr HarrisString Orchestra 8.25am Hall Mr ThompsonString Quintet 10.15am Drama Studio Mr WareString Quartet 10.15am Hall Mr ThompsonJunior Recorder Ensemble 10.15am Music Room 1 Miss RacineFlute Ensemble 12.55pm Music Room 1 Mrs Landymore

Thursday

Senior Choir 8.25am Music Room 1 Mr HarrisSaxophone Group 10.15am Drama Studio Mr LandymoreSenior Recorder Ensemble 10.15am Hall Miss RacineJunior Percussion Group 10.15am Music Room 1 Mr Addison-AtkinsonHymn Ensemble 10.15am Drama Studio Mr HarrisSenior Guitar Ensemble 12.55pm Drama Studio Mr EisnerSwing Band 12.55pm Music Room 1 Mr LandymoreYear 3 Choir 13.25pm Hall Mr Harris

Friday

Senior Clarinet Ensemble No 1 8.30am Music Room 1 Dr HaltonSenior Percussion Group No 1 10.15am Music Room 1 Mr Addison-AtkinsonClarinet Ensemble No 2 10.15am Drama Studio Dr HaltonSenior Percussion Group No 2 12.25pm Hall Mr Addison-AtkinsonSenior Brass Group 12.25pm Music Room 1 Mr TownendJunior Brass Group 12.55pm Music Room 1 Mr Townend

April400th Anniversary events in purple

Week 1: 11th—17th April

Wednesday 13thTerm starts

Clubs start

Friday 15thYear 5 Medieval History Day

Saturday 16th10am—2.30pm Year 6 Bikeability Course

WEEK 2: 18th—24th April

Monday 18th

9.15am—1.30pm Year 4 RE Trip (Group 1)

10.15am—2.30pm Year 4 RE Trip (Group 2)

4.15pm—6pm POP

Wednesday 20th

7.30pm PPP Committee Meeting, Red Lion, Grantchester

Thursday 21st10.30am—11.30am 5A Art Trip to Anthropology Museum

Friday 22nd8.30am Year 6 Trip to Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (Group A)

9.30am PPP Year 5 Coffee Morning, Gog Magog Farm Shop

10.30am—11.30am 5 Alpha Art Trip to Anthropology Museum

1.45pm—2.45pm 5 Aleph Art Trip to Anthropology Museum

April/May

Saturday 23rd

10am—2.30pm Year 6 Bikeability Course

7.30pm 400th Anniversary Fundraising Ball

April/May

WEEK 3: 25th April—1st May

Monday 25th9am PPP Year 3 Coffee Morning, Balzano’s Deli

9.20am—11.30am Year 1 Pelican Taster Morning

4.15pm—6pm POP

Thursday 28th8.30am PPP Year 4 Coffee Morning, Balzano’s Deli

Year 4 Saxon History Day

Friday 29th

8.30am Year 6 Trip to Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (Group B)

3.30pm U10 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v St John’s College School (H)

Sunday 1st8am—6pm U10 Rugby at Saracens, Allianz Arena

WEEK 4: 2nd—8th May Year 3 and 6 Assessment Week

Monday 2ndBank Holiday (School closed)

Tuesday 3rd3.45pm U10 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v St Faith’s (H)

Wednesday 4th11am Prep & Pelican Education Committee (for information only)

2.15pm U11 A/B/C Boys’ Cricket v St Faith’s (H)

2.30pm U11 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v St Faith’s (A)

7.30pm—9.30pm Anniversary Lecture by Ms Tori James, Upper

Thursday 5th9.30am PPP Year 6 Coffee Morning, Gog Magog Farm Shop

3.45pm—4.45pm Year 6 Parents’ Tea Party with Upper Staff, Dining Hall

4pm U9 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v St Faith’s (A)

4.15pm U9 A/B/C Boys’ Cricket v St Faith’s (H)

Friday 6th3.15pm U10 A/B Boys’ Cricket v St John’s College School (A)

3.15pm U10 C/D Boys’ Cricket v St John’s College School (H)

WEEK 5: 9th—15th May Year 3, 4 and 5 Assessment Week

Monday 9th

Year 7 Upper Pupils visiting Year 6

Tuesday 10th1.45pm – 2.45pm 6A Art Trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum

7.30pm Year 1 Pelican Parents’ Social Evening

Wednesday 11th

4.15pm U11 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v Stephen Perse Foundation (H)

Thursday 12th

9am Year 3 PES Team Building Morning

1.45pm – 2.45pm 6 Alpha Art Trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum

4pm U11/U10/U9 Athletics, St Faith’s

Friday 13th1.45pm – 2.45pm 6 Aleph Art Trip to the Fitzwilliam Museum

3.45pm Year 4 PES Team Building Camp departs

Saturday 14thYear 6 POP Camp

8.00am Year 4 PES Team Building Camp finishes

Sunday 15thYear 6 POP Camp

May

WEEK 6: 16th—22nd May

Monday 16th9.30am—11.30am Pelican Nursery Trip to the Prep Science Garden

Wednesday 18th2pm U11 Girls’ County Kwik Cricket Festival, St Faith’s

7.30pm—9.30pm Anniversary Lecture

by Professor Sir Richard Evans Kt, the Upper

Thursday 19th Anniversary Sports House Matches

Friday 20th 1pm Year 6 West Runton Activity Weekend departs

3.15pm U10 A/B Boys’ Cricket v St John’s College School (H)3.15pm U10 C/D Boys’ Cricket v St John’s College School (A)

WEEK 7: 23—29th May

Monday 23rd4pm Year 6 West Runton trip returns

Tuesday 24th1pm U11 A Girls’ Kwik Cricket Tournament, Parker’s Piece

7.30pm—9pm New Parents’ Social Evening

Wednesday 25th 10.40am Visiting author — Pete Johnson

1.30pm U11 A Boys’ County Cricket Festival, St Faith’s

6pm Year 6 Soloist Concert

Thursday 26th Class Photographs

1.30pm Year 6 Maths Challenge, St Faith’s

4.15pm U9 A/B Boys’ Cricket v King’s College School (H)

4.15pm U9 C/D Boys’ Cricket v King’s College School (A)

Friday 27th 9.30am—12pm Prep Open Morning

3.15pm U10 A/B Boys’ Cricket v King’s College School (H)

3.30pm U10 A/B/C Girls’ Cricket v St John’s College School (A)

Half Term: Monday 30th May— Friday 3rd June 2016

June WEEK 8: 6th—12th June

Science Week

Monday 6th 8.40am—10.50am 7+ New Pupil visits

7.30pm E-Safety Talk for Parents by Jonathan Taylor

Tuesday 7th 8.40am—10.50am 7+ New Pupil visits

Year 6 Science Morning, the Upper

May/June

Wednesday 8th Design Technology Exhibition starts

8.40am—10.50am 7+ New Pupil visits

1.15pm—3.15pm Sports Day

Thursday 9thLife Bus visit for Year 3

Year 5 Academic Activity Day, the Upper

12pm—6.30pm U11 Athletics, Bedford International Stadium

3.15pm—5pm PPP Second Hand Uniform Sale, Dining Hall

Friday 10thLife Bus visit for Year 5

Year 4 Celtic Harmony Trip

7.45am—8.30am PPP Second Hand Uniform Sale, Dining Hall

9.30am PPP Year 6 Coffee Morning, Balzano’s Deli

Saturday 11th12pm—4pm Family Day, the Upper

WEEK 9: 13th —19th June

Monday 13th6pm Year 3 and 4 West Road Concert

Tuesday 14th

1pm U11 A Mixed Kwik Cricket Festival, Parker’s Piece

6pm Year 5 and 6 West Road Concert

Wednesday 15th

8.30am PPP Year 4 Coffee Morning, Shelford Deli

8.40am—11.50am 8+, 9+, 10+ New Pupil visits

2.15pm U11 A/C Boys’ Cricket v Felsted (A)2.15pm U11 B/D Boys’ Cricket v Felsted (H)7.30pm—9.30pm Anniversary Lecture by Rabbi Baroness

Julia Neuberger DBE, the Upper

Thursday 16th 8.40am Poetry Recital Final

9.30am - 2.30pm Year 3 Trip to Wicken Fen

Friday 17th 9.00am PPP Year 3 Coffee Morning, Gog Magog Farm Shop

2.30pm U10 A Boys’ Cricket v Kimbolton (H)

Saturday 18th PPP Year 6 Parents’ Summer Dinner, The Rupert Brooke, Granchester

WEEK 10: 20th —26th June

Monday 20th

6pm—9pm Year 5 Prep Parents’ Transition Evening, the Upper

Tuesday 21st Year 6 Move Up Day, the Upper

Wednesday 22nd Design Technology Exhibition ends

Year 3 History Day—Ancient Greece

2.30pm U11 A/B Boys’ Cricket v King’s Ely (H)

2.30pm U11 C/D Boys’ Cricket v King’s Ely (A)

7.30pm PPP Committee Meeting

June/July

Thursday 23rd4pm U9 A/B Girls’ Cricket v Stephen Perse Foundation (A)

Friday 24th

PPP Year 4 Evening Drinks, Red Lion, Grantchester

Saturday 25th PPP Year 5 Summer Event

9.30am—12pm Year 1 Activity Morning

July

WEEK 11: 27th June—3rd July ABRSM Music Examinations Week

Wednesday 29th

6pm Year 5 Centre Stage Performance

Friday 1st Last day of externally run clubs

WEEK 12: 4th—10th July

Monday 4th

2.15pm Speech Day, the Upper

Tuesday 5th

6.30pm—9.30pm Year 6 Leavers’ Evening Event

Last day of internally run clubs

Wednesday 6th

12.15pm Term Ends for Years 3 & 4

12.30pm Term Ends for Years 5 & 6

No clubs or Late Stay running, but Minibuses to the Upper will be

running at 12.15pm (Years 3 & 4) and 12.30pm (Years 5 & 6) and to

Trumpington Park and Ride and the Station at 12.30pm

July

400th anniversary eventsAll parents are cordially invited but

tickets are limited. Please book via

Wisepay, which shows the events

that are open for booking and live

ticket availability. All events are at

the Upper, unless otherwise stated.

Summer term 2016

Saturday 23 April

Spring Ball

Wednesday 4 May, 7.30pm

Lecture - Tori James

Attitude and Altitude

Wednesday 18 May, 7.30pm

Lecture -

Professor Sir Richard Evans kt

The Battle of Waterloo

Thursday 19 May

House Sports Matches, at the Prep

Friday 20 May

Pelican Sports Day

Saturday 11 June, 12pm

Family Day

Wednesday 15 June

Lecture - Rabbi Baroness

Julia Neuberger DBE

What moral choices will the next

generation face, for themselves,

their parents, their children and

the wider world?

Saturday 18 June

Benefactors’ Reception at Gonville

& Caius College (by invitation)

Artwork by Henry Denny-Gouldson, Year 3

Forward LookMichaelmas Term

Tuesday 13 September7.30pm – 9pm Year 4 Introductory Parents’ Evening

7.30pm – 9.30pm Year 3 Introductory Parents’ Evening and

Social Evening

Thursday 15 September7.30pm – 9pm Year 5 and 6 Introductory Parents’ Evening

Saturday 8 October9.30am – 12pm Prep Open Morning

Friday 14 – Sunday 16 OctoberKings’ Chester Trip (Year 5 and 6 boys)

Monday 18 October4pm – 7.30pm Year 4 and 5 Parents’ Evening with Form Teachers

Tuesday 19 October4pm – 7.30pm Year 4 and 5 Parents’ Evening with Form Teachers

Wednesday 2 November4pm – 7.30pm Year 3 Parents’ Evening with Form Teachers

Thursday 3 November4pm – 7.30pm Year 3 Parents’ Evening with Form Teachers

Saturday 12 November 9.30am – 12pm Year 2 Taster Morning

Monday 14 November4pm – 7.30pm Year 6 Parents’ Evening with English/Maths Teachers

Future Term Dates

Michaelmas term 2016Monday 5 September – Term Begins

Friday 21 to Monday 31 October inclusive – Half Term

Thursday 15 December – Term Ends

3.25pm for Years 3 and 4, 3.35pm for Years 5 and 6

Lent term 2017Thursday 5 January – Term Begins

Monday 13 to Friday 17 February inclusive – Half Term

Friday 31 March – Term Ends

3.25pm for Years 3 and 4, 3.35pm for Years 5 and 6

Summer term 2017Wednesday 19 April – Term Begins

Monday 1 May – Bank Holiday

Monday 29 June to Friday 2 June inclusive – Half Term

Wednesday 5 July – Term Ends

The Perse Prep School

Trumpington Road

Cambridge

CB2 8EX

Telephone: 01223 403920

Email: prep@perse.co.uk

Web: www.perse.co.uk