2018 Mercedes College Calendar
2018 Mercedes College Calendar
As at 13 April 2018
Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
JAN 1 New Year’s Day
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23 Executive Leadership
Team
24 Executive Leadership
Team and New Staff
25 Curriculum and Learning
Leadership Team, Year Level Coordinators and
New Staff
Late Student Induction (2.30pm)
26 Australia Day
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29 Staff PD Day
30 Staff PD Day
31 Staff PD Day
Induction for
Instrumental Tutors
Student Leadership Workshop (JS Hall, 1.00 –
2.30pm)
Inaugural Staff Mass (2.30pm)
FEB 1 START TERM 1
Parent Welcome Morning
Tea (Sunken Garden, 8.45 – 10.00am)
2 No Excursions, Tests or
Activities
Student and Staff ID Photos (JS Hall)
Year 12 Photos (Cohort,
Individual and Class)
MLC and ISP Orientation
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4
January / February | Term
1
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5 MLC and ISP Orientation
IB Principals Meeting (10.00am – 1.00pm)
Mercedes IB Programme
Coordinators meeting with Director of IB
Schools (1.30 – 3.00pm)
IB Diploma Awards Ceremony (Adelaide
Town Hall, 6.30-7.30pm)
6 MLC and ISP Orientation
House Meetings for Swimming Carnival (8.40
– 9.00am)
SACE Merit Ceremony (Government House,
10.00am – 12.00pm)
IB Schools Programme Coordinator Meeting
(11.00 – 1.00pm)
7 MLC and ISP Orientation
8 Year 7 Camp Briefing (Admin)
9 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
6-12 Swimming Carnival
(Marion Swimming Centre)
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11
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12 SMP Information Session
and Morning Tea (Parlour, 9:00am)
Class of 2017 First
Reunion (St Joseph’s Courtyard, 5.00 – 6.30pm)
MS Parent Information
Evening (6.00 – 8.00pm)
13 SS Parent information
Evening (6.00 - 7.00pm)
MPFA meeting (7.00 – 8.00pm)
14 Ash Wednesday
JS Ash Wednesday Class
Liturgies (Lessons 1-7)
MS and SS Ash Wednesday and Inaugural
School Mass (Gleeson Hall, 9.30 – 11.10am)
JS Parent Information
Evening (6.00 – 8.00pm)
SACSSGSA Swimming Carnival (SA Aquatics
Centre, 6.00 – 8.30pm)
15 Girls Waterpolo
Commences
16 Year 10 Camp Briefing
(Admin)
Laureate Assembly Morning Tea (JS Hall,
11.20am – 12.00pm)
Laureate Assembly (Years 10-12, Gleeson Hall, 12.05
– 1.20pm)
17 Girls Summer Sport
Commences
18 1st Sunday of Lent
January/February | Term 1 January/February | Term 1
February | Term 1
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19 Year 2-5 Swimming Lessons (Unley Swimming
Centre)
20 Year 2-5 Swimming Lessons (Unley Swimming
Centre)
IB Diploma Information Evening (Mercy Lecture
Theatre, 6.00 – 7.00pm)
21 Orientation Walk
Year 2-5 Swimming Lessons (Unley Swimming
Centre)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
22 Year 2-5 Swimming Lessons (Unley Swimming
Centre)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
23 JS Inaugural Mass (JS Hall, 10.00am)
Year 9 Camp Briefing
(Admin)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 10 BDO Career
Assessment (8.35 – 11.00am and 11.20am –
1.20pm)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Mercureans Cocktail Party (St Joseph’s Courtyard,
7.00 – 10.00pm)
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25 2nd Sunday of Lent
February | Term 1
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27 Catholic Co-ed Swimming Carnival (Adelaide
Aquatics Centre, Nth Adelaide, 6.00 – 9.15pm)
28 Year 8 Immunisations
Year 10 Elevate Education Seminar (12:30
– 1:20pm)
MAR 1 Year 7 Bike Education Sessions (11.30am-
3.15pm)
2 Autumn Ember Day
JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Year 7 Bike Education
Sessions (11.30am-3.15pm)
Mercedes 1st XI v
Mercedes Old Collegians Cricket and BBQ (Waite
Oval, 5.00 – 7.30pm)
Year 6-9 Family Welcome BBQ (JS Hall, 6.00 –
8.00pm)
City South Swimming Carnival (Marion Outdoor
Swimming Centre, 6.00 – 9.00pm)
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4 3rd Sunday of Lent
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5 Year 6 Retreat
Year 4-7 Adelaide Crows Female Football Clinic
(Maryvale Oval, 1.00 – 1.45pm)
6 SSSSA Boys Swimming Carnival (SA Aquatics
Centre, Marion)
7 Year 5 Camp (Victor Harbor)
SS Monty Prior Visit
(2.00-3.20pm)
8 Year 5 Camp (Victor Harbor)
Year 8/9 International
Women’s Day Activity (10.20 – 11.00am)
9 Year 5 Camp (Victor Harbor)
Year 8-12 Athletics
Carnival (SA Athletics Stadium)
MLC Interim Reports
Completed
10
11 4th Sunday of Lent
February / March | Term 1
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12 Adelaide Cup Day
13 Evacuation Practice (12.45 – 1.00pm)
Generations in Jazz and
Music Programme Parent Meeting (Drama Room,
6.30 – 7.30pm)
14 No Excursions, Tests or Activities
Summer Sports Photos
Catholic School Girls
Swimming Carnival (6.00 – 8.30pm, Marion
Aquatics Centre)
Managebac Parent Information Session
(Mercy Lecture Theatre, 6.00 – 7.00pm)
15 Year 12 Seminar Day – Sam Clear (Lecture
Theatre, Lessons 4-7)
16 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Year 8 Retreat
Year 9 Camp Menu
Lecture (GPS – Activity)
Year 11 Guest Speaker (GPS – Activity)
17 St Patrick’s Day
18 5th Sunday of Lent
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19 St Joseph’s Day
Year 7 Camp 1 (Woodhouse)
SACPSSA Swimming
Carnival (Burnside Swimming Centre)
MOSA AGM (Strathspey
Parlour, 7.00pm)
20 Year 7 Camp 1 (Woodhouse)
21
Year 7 Camps 1 and 2 (Woodhouse)
MASA School
Mathematics Competition (Year 8-12)
Year 11 Guest Speaker
(GPS – Activity)
22 Year 7 Camp 2 (Woodhouse)
SAPSASA Metro
Swimming Day (Marion Aquatics Centre)
Girls Waterpolo Play Offs
23 JS Swimming Carnival (Unley Swimming Centre)
Year 7 Camp 2
(Woodhouse)
Year 9 Camp Menu Planning 1 (GPS –
Activity)
Year 12 Mass (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 12.40 –
1.20pm)
24 Year 10-12 Mix and Mingle (7.30 – 10.30pm)
Class of 2013 5 Year
Reunion (The Feathers Hotel, 7.00 – 11.00pm)
Class of 1998 20 Year
Reunion (School Tour 4.30 – 6.30pm, The Unley
7.00 – 10.00pm)
25 Palm Sunday
9
26 Holy Week
Catholic Co-ed Athletics Carnival (SA Athletics
Stadium)
27 Holy Week
Year 10 Camp Student Briefing (Lessons 2 and 3)
R-5 Learning Reviews
(2.00 – 7.30pm)
28 Holy Week
Orientation Walk
R-5 Learning Reviews (4.00 – 6.00pm)
29 Holy Thursday
JS Class Liturgies (Lessons 1-5)
MS/SS Liturgy (Gleeson
Hall, 12.10pm)
Early Student Dismissal (1.20pm)
30 Good Friday
31 Holy Saturday
APR 1 Easter Sunday
March / April | Term 1
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2 Easter Monday
3 Easter PA Prayer (8.45am)
No Excursions, Tests or Activities
R-5 Class Photos and
Sibling Photos
4
Year 9 Camp Menu Planning 2 (GPS –
Activity)
5 Staff Flu Immunisations (12.00 – 2.00pm)
6 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Summer Sports Assembly
(Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
MLC Full Reports Completed
7 Girls Sport Play Offs (Final Round)
8 Divine Mercy Sunday
Mercedes College Community Day (11.00am
– 3.00pm)
11
9 Feast of the Annunciation
No Excursions, Tests or Activities
Year 6 – 11 Class Photos
10 Year 12 IB SL English Oral Examinations
Year 12 Learning Reviews
(4.00 – 9.00pm)
11 Year 4-7 Athletics Carnival (Mercedes
College)
12 SSSSA A1 Athletics Carnival (SA Athletics
Stadium)
13 Caritas Day
Year 9 Camp Menu Planning 3 (GPS –
Activity)
END TERM 1 (3.20pm [JS], 3.25pm [MS/SS]
dismissal)
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25 Anzac Day
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30 Staff PD Day
MAY 1 START TERM 2
Year 10 Camp Gear Collection
MLC and ISP New
Student Orientation
2 Year 10 Camps
Year 12 Retreats
MLC and ISP New Student Orientation
3 Year 10 Camps
Year 12 Retreats
MLC and ISP New Student Orientation
4 Year 9 Camp Menu Planning 4 (GPS –
Activity)
Year 10 Camps
Year 12 Retreats
MLC and ISP New Student Orientation
Generations In Jazz
Festival (Mount Gambier)
5 Generations In Jazz Festival (Mount Gambier)
6 Generations In Jazz Festival (Mount Gambier)
April / May | Term 1
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7 Year 10 Camp Gear Return
Year 10 ATL Skills
Workshop (Gleeson Hall, 1.45 – 3.15pm)
8 Early Dismissal for students (1.00pm)
R-5 ICAS Digital
Technologies Competition
Year 7 Humanities Performance - Ask
Hatshepsut (11.30am-12.30pm)
SA Knockout Athletics
Carnival (SA Athletics Stadium)
Year 6-11 Learning
Reviews (Gleeson Hall, 2.00-7.00pm)
9 Orientation Walk
Year 10 Personal Project Focus Workshops
Staff Flu Immunisation
Catch-up (1.00 – 2.00pm)
10
Year 11 IB TOK Study Day
Year 12 IB Italian ab initio
Examination
11 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
City South X-Country
Carnival (Belair National Park, 11.25am – 2.45pm)
Year 6 and 7 Brainstorm
Productions (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 9 Camp Student
Preparation Day
Year 11 Mass (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 12.40 –
1.20pm)
Year 6-9 Mix and Mingle (The TA Hotel, 7.30 –
10.30pm)
12 Girls Winter Sport Commences
13 The Ascension of the Lord
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14 Catholic Education Week
6-11 Learning Reviews
(Gleeson Hall, 4.00 – 7.00pm)
15 NAPLAN Testing
Catholic Education Week
MPFA meeting (7.00 –
8.00pm)
16 NAPLAN Testing
Catholic Education Week
17 NAPLAN Testing
Catholic Education Week
18 NAPLAN Catch Up
Catholic Education Week
50km Relay (Linear Park)
Year 8 and 9 Brainstorm
Productions (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 11 Elevate
Education Seminar (12:30 – 1:20pm)
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20 Pentecost Sunday
May | Term 2
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21 Year 9 Camp AA Walks Depart (Grampians)
Year 12 IB HL English
Oral Examinations
Year 12 ISPAcademic Intervention
22 Year 9 Camps A-D Walks Depart (Grampians)
Year 12 IB HL English
Oral Examinations
Year 12 ISPAcademic Intervention
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Year 9 Camps (Grampians)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Year 12 IB HL English
Oral Examinations
Year 12 ISPAcademic Intervention
IB Speaker Series (Mercy
Lecture Theatre, 6.30 – 9.00pm)
24 Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians
Year 9 Camps
(Grampians)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Year 12 IB HL English Oral Examinations
Year 12 ISPAcademic
Intervention
25 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Year 9 Camps
(Grampians)
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Year 12 IB HL English Oral Examinations
Year 12 ISPAcademic
Intervention
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27 Trinity Sunday
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29 Year 4-9 ICAS Science Competition
30 Year 11/12 Sydney Art/Design Trip
31 Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Year 11/12 Sydney
Art/Design Trip
JUN 1 MS Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 11/12 Sydney
Art/Design Trip
Year 12 Mass (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 12.40 –
1.20pm)
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3 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
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4 Year 6 Lab on Legs
Year 11 SACE/IB Drama Production Week
MLC Orientation
5 Year 6 Lab on Legs
Year 11 SACE/IB Drama Production Week
MLC Orientation
Year 11 and 12
Meningococcal B Study
6 Year 6 Lab on Legs
Year 11 SACE/IB Drama Production Week
Year 12 Seminar Day -
Real Talk (Lecture Theatre)
MLC Orientation
7 SAPSASA Metro X-Country Day (Oakbank)
Year 11 SACE/IB Drama
Production Week
MLC Orientation
Year 11 and 12 Meningococcal B Study
8 Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Student Free Day
Senior School Social
(Burnside Town Hall, 7.00-10.30pm)
9 Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mercy
10
May / June | Term 2
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11 Queen’s Birthday Holiday
12 Lockdown Practice (10.55 – 11.10am)
13 R-5 ICAS Spelling Competition
14 R-5 ICAS Writing Competition
15 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
Year 12 Career Mentoring (TBC)
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18 SACPSSA Athletics Carnival (SA Athletics
Stadium)
Year 11 Exams
19 Year 11 Exams
MPFA meeting (7.00 – 8.00pm)
20 Orientation Walk
Year 6 Art/Languages IDU Excursion (Art
Gallery of South Australia)
Year 11 Exams
21 Mid-Year Reception Transition Visit (9.00 –
11.00am)
Year 7 Morialta Bushwalk
Year 10 Mathematics Exam
Year 11 Exams
Winter Concert (St
Michael’s Anglican Church, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
22 Year 8 Camp Briefing (Admin)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
Year 11 Exams
Mercedes Uncorked (Gleeson Hall, 7.00 –
10.00pm)
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24 STEP Trek Workshop (10.00am – 1.00pm)
June | Term 2
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25 Year 11 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Work Experience
Year 11 CAS Week
26 Year 6 Humanities Performance – The Lucky
Country (1.45-2.45pm)
Year 11 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Work Experience
Year 11 CAS Week
27 Being Boys and Break Free Camps
Year 11 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Work Experience
Year 11 CAS Week
Senior Soloist Concert 1
(Drama Room, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
28 Mid-Year Reception Transition Visit (9.00 –
11.00am)
Being Boys and Break Free Camps
Year 11 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Work Experience
Year 11 CAS Week
29 Feast of St Peter and St Paul
R-5 French Day
JS French Assembly (JS
Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Being Boys and Break Free Camps
Year 11 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Work Experience
Year 11 CAS Week
MLC Reports Completed
30
JUL 1
10
2 SS Paul Dillion Sessions
Year 11 SACE Research Project Introduction and
IB TOK Presentations
3 Year 10 Humanities Performance - Fighting
for it (9.30-10.30am)
Year 9 Humanities Performance – Figtn’ the
Kaiser (11.30am-12.30pm)
Year 11 SACE Research Project Introduction and
IB TOK Presentations
4 Year 11 SACE Research Project Introduction and
IB TOK Presentations
JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
END TERM 2 (3.20pm
[JS], 3.25pm [MS/SS] dismissal)
5 Staff PD Day
STEP Trek Workshop
6 Staff PD Day
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10 IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
11 IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
12 IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
13 IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
14 Year 11 Ski Trip
IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
15 Year 11 Ski Trip
IB Leadership Suite Series Workshops
16 Year 11 Ski Trip
17 Year 11 Ski Trip
18 Year 11 Ski Trip
19 Year 11 Ski Trip
20 Year 11 Ski Trip
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June / July | Term 2
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23 START TERM 3
Year 12 Mid-Year Trial Examinations
MLC Orientation
24 Year 12 Mid-Year Trial Examinations
MLC Orientation
25 Year 12 Mid-Year Trial Examinations
26
Year 12 Mid-Year Trial Examinations
27 Year 12 Mid-Year Trial Examinations
MS Assembly (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
28
29 STEP Trek Workshop (10.00am – 1.00pm)
2
30 Year 6-10 Media Festival (Carmel Burke Library,
1.00 – 1.40pm)
31 R-5 ICAS English Competition
Year 9 Retreat
Year 6-10 Media Festival
(Carmel Burke Library, 1.00 – 1.40pm)
AUG 1 Orientation Walk
100km Relay (Oakbank)
Year 6-10 Media Festival (Carmel Burke Library,
1.20 – 2.00pm)
Year 10 Elevate Education Seminar (12:30
– 1:20pm)
2 Year 6-10 Media Festival (Carmel Burke Library,
1.20 – 2.00pm)
Year 11 Retreats
3 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Year 6-10 Media Festival
(Carmel Burke Library, 1.20 – 2.00pm)
Year 11 Retreats
Year 12 Elevate
Education Seminar (12:30 – 1:20pm)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
4
5 STEP Trek Workshop (10.00am – 1.00pm)
3
6 Transfiguration of the Lord
Year 10 MYP Personal
Project Due
Year 12 IB Extended Essay Due
Artist in Residence
Programme commences
7 Early Dismissal for Junior School students (1.00pm)
JS Learning Conferences
(JS Classrooms, 2.00 – 7.00pm)
Year 10 SACE/IB Parent
Information Evening (Lecture Theatre, 6.00 –
7.30pm)
MPFA meeting (7.00 – 8.00pm)
8 Feast of St Mary of the Cross Mackillop
9 SACPSSA X-Country Carnival (PAC Ovals)
AMT Australian
Mathematics Competition (Year 6-12)
10 MS Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 11 MOSA Career
Mentoring (TBC)
11
12 STEP Trek Workshop (10.00am – 1.00pm)
July / August | Term 3
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13 ISP Academic Intervention
6-12 Learning Reviews
(4.00 – 7.00pm)
14 R-5 ICAS Mathematics Competition
ISP Academic
Intervention
15 Feast of the Assumption (BVM)
ISP Academic
Intervention
Year 12 SACE 2019 Parent Information
Evening (Year 11 Parents, Lecture Theatre, 6.00 –
7.00pm)
16 ISP Academic Intervention
17 No Excursions, Tests or Activities
Winter Sports Photos
Year 12 Mass (Mercy
Lecture Theatre, 12.40 – 1.20pm)
ISP Academic
Intervention
18
19 STEP Trek Workshop (Bafa Bafa, 10.00am –
3.00pm)
5
20 CSMF Combined
Rehearsals (Gleeson Hall, 9.30am – 12.30pm)
Year 12 IB Language
Acquisition Oral Exams
21 CSMF Combined
Rehearsals (Gleeson Hall, 9.30am – 12.30pm)
Year 12 IB Language
Acquisition Oral Exams
22 Orientation Walk
City South Athletics
Carnival (SA Athletics Stadium)
CSMF Combined
Rehearsals (Gleeson Hall, 9.30am – 12.30pm)
Year 9 Shakespeare
Performance (2.00 – 3.00pm)
Year 12 IB Language
Acquisition Oral Exams
Year 7 Canberra Parent Information Night (Mercy
Lecture Theatre, 6.00pm)
23 Year 7 Retreat
CSMF Combined
Rehearsals (Gleeson Hall, 9.30am – 12.30pm)
24 JS Book Week Assembly
(JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
2019 College Captain Speeches (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
25 Girls Winter Sport Play
Offs (Final Round)
26 STEP Trek Workshop
(9.00am – 3.00pm)
August | Term 3
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27 Year 12 SACE Drama Production Week
Year 12 IB TOK Essay
Due
MLC Orientation
28 Year 8 Immunisations
Year 12 SACE Drama Production Week
MLC Orientation
29 Year 6 Canberra Trip Parent Information Night
(Mercy Lecture Theatre, 6.00pm)
Year 11 and 12
Meningococcal B Study
Year 12 SACE Drama Production Week
MLC Orientation
30 Father’s Day Coffee Morning (Café MC, 7.45 –
8.30am)
Year 9 Science Activity – A Case of Identity
Year 11 and 12
Meningococcal B Study
Year 12 SACE Drama Production Week
Artist in Residence
Programme concludes
31 Student Free Day
Staff Reflection Day
MLC Reports Completed
SEP 1 2018 Intercolligate Games (Mercedes College)
2 STEP Trek Workshop (10.00am – 1.00pm)
7
3 Year 8 Camp 1
Arts Leader Applications
Open
4 Year 8 Camp 1
5 Year 8 Camp 1 and 2
6 Year 8 Camp 2
Converge Set Up
7
JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00
– 9.35am)
Year 8 Camp 2
Year 9 Elevate Education Session (12.40 – 1.20pm)
Converge Music Concert
(Gleeson Hall, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
8 Nativity of Mary
2018 STEP Trek
9 2018 STEP Trek
August / September | Term 3
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10 Year 10 ISP Workshop
2018 STEP Trek
Year 10 Work Experience
11 Year 10 ISP Workshop
2018 STEP Trek
Year 10 Work Experience
MPFA meeting (7.00 – 8.00pm)
12 Year 10 ISP Workshop
2018 STEP Trek
Year 10 Work Experience
13 Year 10 ISP Workshop
2018 STEP Trek
Year 10 Work Experience
14 Exultation of the Cross
Winter Sports Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 10 ISP Workshop
Year 11 Mass (Mercy
Lecture Theatre, 12.40 – 1.20pm)
2018 STEP Trek
Year 10 Work Experience
15 2018 STEP Trek
16 2018 STEP Trek
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17 Arts Leader Interviews
IB Art Exhibition Set Up (Mercy Lecture Theatre
18 SMP Mass (JS Hall, 9.30am)
19 Orientation Walk
Being Boys and Break Free Camps
IB Art Exhibition
Opening
Catholic Schools Music Festival
20 Being Boys and Break Free Camps
Catholic Schools Music
Festival
21 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Being Boys and Break
Free Camps
MLC Reports Completed
22 2018 STEP Trek (Alternative Dates)
23 2018 STEP Trek (Alternative Dates)
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24 Mercy Week
Mercedes Fun Run
2018 STEP Trek
(Alternative Dates)
Mercy Oration (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 7.30pm)
25 Mercy Week
SAPSASA Metro Athletics
Day (SA Athletics Stadium)
Year 12 SMP Mentor
Lunch (Strathspey Parlour, 1.00pm)
2018 STEP Trek
(Alternative Dates)
26 Mercy Week
2018 STEP Trek
(Alternative Dates)
Senior Soloist Concert (Drama Room, 7.00 –
9.00pm)
27 Mercy Week
Mercy Day Mass
Rehearsal (Lesson 6/7)
2018 STEP Trek (Alternative Dates)
28 Mercy Day
Our Lady of Mercy Mass
(9.40am start)
END OF TERM 3 (12.30pm dismissal)
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September | Terms 3 & 4
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15 START TERM 4
16 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing
(2.30 – 3.15pm)
17
18 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing
(2.30 – 3.15pm)
Girls Waterpolo Commences
19 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00
– 9.35am)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Ekiden Relay (Bonython
Park)
Year 12 IB Diploma Classes Conclude
Year 12 Graduation Mass
(Holy Cross Church, 7.00pm)
20 Girls Summer Sport
Commences
21 Class of 1993 25 Year
Reunion (School Tour 11.00am – 12.30pm,
Parkside Hotel 1.00 – 4.00pm)
2
22 Junior School Life Ed
Van
Year 7 Canberra Trip
Year 12 IB SWOT Vac
MOSA Week Mass/Lunch (Strathspey,
12.00 – 3.00pm)
23 Junior School Life Ed
Van
Year 7 Canberra Trip
Year 12 IB SWOT Vac
24 Junior School Life Ed
Van
Year 7 Canberra Trip
Year 12 IB SWOT Vac
MOSA Week Playdate (Peppertree Playground,
9.30 – 11.00am)
25 Junior School Life Ed
Van
Year 7 Canberra Trip
Year 12 IB SWOT Vac
Year 12 SACE Classes Conclude
Year 12 Graduation
Assembly Practice (Gleeson Hall, 3.30 –
4.30pm)
26 2019 Reception
Orientation Visit (9.00 – 11.00)
Junior School Life Ed
Van
Year 7 Canberra Trip
Year 12 Graduation Assembly (Gleeson Hall,
8.30am – 1.30pm)
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October | Term 4
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29 Year 6 Canberra Trip
Year 12 IB Exams Commence
Year 12 SACE SWOT
Vac
Staff Wellness Week Commences
30 Year 6 Canberra Trip
Year 12 SACE SWOT Vac
MPFA meeting (7.00 –
8.00pm)
31 Year 5 PYP Exhibition (JS Hall, 6.30pm)
Year 6 Canberra Trip
2019 Middle School
Leader Interviews
Year 12 SACE SWOT Vac
NOV 1 All Saints Day
JS Music Count Us In
Year 6 Canberra Trip
Year 7 Footsteps Dancing (2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 12 SACE SWOT
Vac
2 All Souls Day
JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
2019 Reception
Orientation Visit (9.00 – 11.00)
Year 6 Canberra Trip
Year 12 SACE SWOT
Vac
R-12 Art Exhibition Set Up
3 Mercedes College Cinema in the Rose Garden (Rose
Garden, 7.00 – 11.00pm)
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5 JS Mini Musos (JS Hall, 1.40 – 3.20pm)
Year 12 SACE Exams
Commence
R-12 Art Exhibition Set Up
6 Melbourne Cup Day
R-12 Art Exhibition Set Up
7 Orientation Walk
Year 6 All Saints Day Celebration
R-12 Art Exhibition
(Library Plaza and Dalton, 4.00 – 7.30pm)
8 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing (2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 10 Retreat
9 2019 Reception Orientation Visit (9.00 –
11.00)
Remembrance Day Ceremony (10.45am)
MS Assembly (Lesson 6,
Gleeson Hall)
JS Disco (JS Hall, 4.30 – 7.30pm)
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October / November | Term 4
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13 JS New Parent Information Evening (JS
Hall, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
14 Year 8 Mathematics Exam
Year 10 Mock Interviews (Carmel Burke Library,
5.00 – 8.30pm)
15 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing (2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 9 Mathematics Exam
16 2019 Induction Day
Induction Day Morning Tea (Sunken Garden, 8.30
– 10.30am)
Year 11 Mass (Mercy Lecture Theatre, 12.40 –
1.20pm)
Year 12 IB Diploma Exams Conclude
Year 12 Parent Drinks
(Sunken Garden, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
17 Girls Summer Sport Concludes (Years 10-12)
Class of 1993 25 Year
Reunion (Adelaide Bowling Club, TBA)
18
6
19 Year 8 Musical Week
Year 6-10 ISP Subject Selection
Year 10 STEP Camp
Year 11 Exams
20 JS Sports Day (Mercedes College Ovals)
Year 8 Musical Week
Year 6-10 ISP Subject
Selection
Year 10 STEP Camp
Year 11 Exams
MS New Parent Information Evening
(Mercy Lecture Theatre, 7.00 – 9.00pm)
21 Year 8 Musical Week
Year 6-10 ISP Subject Selection
Year 10 STEP Camp
Year 11 Exams
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Year 12 SACE Exams
Conclude
22 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing (2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 8 Musical
Performance
Year 11 Exams
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Past Staff Reunion (St. Jospeh’s Courtyard, 5.00 –
7.00pm)
23 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
Year 8 Musical Bump Out
Year 11 Exams
Staff Sevenhill Retreat
Year 12 Graduation Ball
(Convention Centre, 6.30 – 11.30pm)
24 Girls Summer Sport Concludes (Years 8-9)
Class of 1978 40 Year
Reunion (School Tour 2.30 – 4.00pm, The
Torrens Arms Hotel 4.00 – 7.00pm)
25 Feast of Christ the King
November | Term 4
2018 Mercedes College Calendar
Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
7
26 Year 10 SWOT Vac
Year 11 ISP Subject Selection
Year 11 into 12 Transition
Week
27 Year 10 Exams
Year 11 ISP Subject Selection
Year 11 into 12 Transition
Week
MPFA AGM meeting (7.00 – 8.00pm)
28 Orientation Walk
Year 7 Maker Day
Year 10 Exams
Year 11 ISP Subject Selection
Year 11 into 12 Transition
Week
Year 5 Graduation (Gleeson Hall, 6.30pm)
29 Year 7 Footsteps Dancing (2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 10 Exams
Year 11 into 12 Transition
Week
Year6 Canberra Exhibition Night
(Gleeson Hall, 6.30 – 7.30pm)
30 MS Assembly (Lesson 6, Gleeson Hall)
Year 10 into 11 Transition
Day
Year 11 into 12 Transition Week
DEC 1
2 1st Sunday of Advent
8
3 Year 6 End of Year Activity
Year 7 Footsteps Dancing
(2.30 – 3.15pm)
Year 9 into 10 Transition (Lesson 6 and 7)
Year 10 Student Free Day
Year 11 Special
Programmes and IB Group 4 Projects
1950’s and 60’s Old
Collegians Christmas Lunch (Scuzzi Café,
North Adelaide, TBA)
4 JS End of Year Mass (JS Hall, 10.00am)
Year 6 Breakfast (Admin)
Year 6 IB Group 4 Project
Judging (Lessons 2-4)
Year 8 End of Year Activity
Year 10 First Aid Session
A
Year 11 Special Programmes and IB
Group 4 Projects
Year 7 Social (JS Hall)
5 JS Picnic Day
Year 7 End of Year Activity
Year 9 End of Year
Activity
Year 10 First Aid Session B
Year 10 Personal Project
Exhibition (Science Labs, 3.30 – 5.30pm)
6 JS Music is Fun Band (JS Hall, 9.00 – 10.15am)
Year 10 Personal Project
Exhibition (Science Labs, 8.30 – 9.30am)
SS Academic Assembly
and MYP Graduation (Gleeson Hall, 9.30 –
11.00am)
7 JS Assembly (JS Hall, 9.00 – 9.35am)
MS End of Year
Presentation Assembly (Gleeson Hall, 8.45 –
10.30am)
MS/SS End of Year Mass (Gleeson Hall, 11.00am)
END TERM 4 (12.30pm
dismissal)
Class of 1988 30 Year Reunion (The Robin
Hood Hotel, TBA)
8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
9 2nd Sunday of Advent
Cambodia Trip Departs
November / December | Term 4
2018 Mercedes College Calendar
Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
10 Whole Staff PD Day
Cambodia Trip
11 Whole Staff PD Day
Cambodia Trip
12 Whole Staff PD Day
Staff End of Year Mass (Mercy Chapel, 1.00pm)
Cambodia Trip
13 Executive Leadership Team Meeting
Cambodia Trip
14
Cambodia Trip
15 Cambodia Trip
16 3rd Sunday of Advent
Cambodia Trip
17 Cambodia Trip
18 Cambodia Trip
19 Cambodia Trip Returns
20
21
22
23 4th Sunday of Advent
24 Christmas Eve
25 Christmas Day
26
27
28
29
30
31
JAN 1 2019 New Year’s Day
2
3
4
5
6
December | Term 4