School Diary

Thursday 23 February 2012

08:45 House Meetings for all Senior School Houses
08:45 4W Form Assembly
16:00 Wirral Schools Cross Country: U10, U11, Higher Bebington
16:15 Boys' Hockey v St Anselm's College: U13/14 (H)

Deadline for applications for Sixth Form Scholarships
19:30 Two Rivers Festival: Patricia Routledge & Piers Lane Admission: One Shilling, The story of Dame Myra Hess and her wartime concerts, Followed by the unveiling of a plaque by Patricia Routledge marking the completed refurbishment of Bushell Hall

08:30 CCF: Shooting Practice, Sealand Ranges
09:00 Boys' Hockey v Rydal Penrhos School: U15/16 (H)
10:00 Rugby v Wirral Grammar School: 1st XV, U14, U13A&B (H); 2nd XV, U15, U12A&B (A)
19:30 Welcome Back Dinner for the classes of 68, 69, 78 & 79

18:30 Choral Evensong, Preacher: The Chaplain

14:00 Football v Arnold School: U11 AJIS Cup (H)

12:00 Year 9 Theatre Visit: Macbeth, Octagon Theatre, Bolton
16:00 Boys' Hockey v Neston High School: U13/14 (H)
16:15 Lacrosse v The Queen's School, Chester: U13 (A)
16:15 Netball v Wirral Grammar School: 1st VII, U15 (A)
19:30 Drama Production: Peter Shaffer Black Comedy, Bushell Hall
19:30 Choral Society Rehearsal, Chapel

12:00 Rugby: Rossall School Sevens: U11 (A)
13:00 Junior Schools' Challenge Quiz, Bury Grammar School.
14:30 Netball: Merseyside County Tournaments, U14 & U15(A) at Woodchurch High School
16:00 CCF: Birkenhead School (ends 6pm)
16:00 First Aid training for the Cubs, Meeting Room
19:30 Drama Production: Peter Shaffer Black Comedy, Bushell Hall

World Book Day
08:35 Student Council Meeting, McAllester Building
08:45 4B Form Assembly
11:00 AJIS Girls' Hockey: King Edward's and Queen Mary's School, Lytham U11 (A)
11:20 Sixth Form Beyond the Curriculum Business Group visit to the Mitchell Group
16:00 Football v Christ The King Primary School: U11 Houlihan Cup (A)
16:00 Boys' Hockey v Bolton Grammar School: U13/14 (H)
17:00 ABRSM Theory exam, Music School (provisional)
19:30 Drama Production: Peter Shaffer Black Comedy, Bushell Hall

09:00 Prep Football Tour to London
09:15 Year 1 Visit to Candle Factory and Ice Cream Farm

Girls' Hockey: County Tournament preliminary rounds; U14 (A)
09:00 Boys' Hockey v Rossall School: U13/14, U15/16 (10:15am) (A)
09:00 Duke of Edinburgh Award: Training Day
10:00 Orienteering: Arrowe Park
19:30 Jazz Night in aid of World Challenge Expedition, Bushell Hall

Rugby: North of England, U18 Sevens, Birkenhead Park
18:30 Choral Evensong, Preacher: The Revd Keith Addenbrooke, Vicar of St Paul with St Luke, Tranmere

13:30 GCSE maths resit module, paper 1
18:15 Governors' Finance & General Purposes Committee Meeting, Meeting Room

09:00 L6 History Students: Lectures at Manchester University
09:00 Year 11 PSHE Workshop: Alcohol Awareness, Sexual Health, Smoking (am only)
09:30 Years 3-6 Visit to Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool - Schools Concert
12:40 Winter Sports Photographs (1)
13:30 Sixth Form PSHE: QUIT SMOKING (ends 2:30pm), Bushell Hall
16:05 Heads of Year Meeting, Meeting Room
16:05 Housemasters' Meeting, The Lodge
19:30 Choral Society Rehearsal, Bushell Hall

Deadline for Year 11 AS subject choices and Year 9 GCSE subject choices
08:30 GCSE maths resit module, paper 2
12:00 Rugby: Birkenhead School U18 Sevens
12:40 Winter Sports Photographs (2)
14:00 Boys' Hockey v Bolton Grammar School: 1st Xl, 2nd Xl (15:15pm) (H)
14:00 Schools' Challenge Quiz, Merchant Taylors' School
16:00 CCF: Upton Hall School (ends 6pm)

January module examination results published
08:35 Student Council Meeting, McAllester Building
08:45 3M Form Assembly
14:30 Football v The King's School, Macclesfield: U10A&B (A)
16:00 Wirral Schools Cross Country U10, U11 at Leverhulme Playing Fields
16:15 Boys' Hockey v St Anselm's College: U13, 6-a-side (H)

Deadline for L6 A2 subject choices
14:50 Netball v Abbey Gate College, Chester: U11A (A)
14:50 Rugby v Abbey Gate College: U11 (A)
16:00 Voice Festival UK Youth Championships Final (returns Sunday)

08:30 RSC Young Analyst Competition for L6th, Liverpool University
09:30 Netball: Merseyside County Tournaments, U12 & U13 (A) at Wirral Grammar School for Girls
10:00 Rugby: Merchant Taylors' School Sevens: U16 (A)
10:00 AJIS Football Tournament: The King's School, Macclesfield U10 (A)
10:30 Rugby v Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn: 1st/2nd XV, U15, U12 (A)
12:00 Boys' Hockey v Sedbergh School: U13/14, U15/16 (13:30pm) (H)
19:30 Welcome Back Dinner for the classes of 70, 71, 80 & 81

18:30 Choral Evensong, Preacher: The Revd Lyndon Bannon, Deputy Headteacher, Woodchurch CE High School

09:15 Year 2 Visit to Albert Dock, Liverpool
12:00 Rugby: Birkenhead School U13 Sevens

13:00 Rugby: Wirral Grammar School Sevens: U14 (A)
16:15 Boys' Hockey v Liverpool College: U13/14 (A)
19:00 Choral Society Full Rehearsal, Bushell Hall

10:30 Football: U11 Six a-side Northern Finals at Huddersfield Football Club (A)
13:00 Rugby: Cheshire U18 Sevens
13:30 Sixth Form Scholarship Examination
14:00 Music Scholarship Auditions
14:00 Boys' Hockey v Wirral Grammar School: 1st Xl, 2nd X1 (15:15pm) (A)
16:00 Girls' Hockey v Wirral Grammar School U12 (H)
16:00 CCF: Birkenhead School (ends 6pm)
18:00 Lower Sixth Form Parents' Evening, Bushell Hall

Year 4 Tudor Workshop
08:35 Student Council Meeting, McAllester Building
08:45 3P Form Assembly
16:00 World Challenge Pre-Training Expedition Meeting, Meeting Room

08:00 L6 AS PE Lectures, University of Manchester
11:00 AJIS Netball v AJIS Schools: Stockport Grammar School U11 (A)
13:00 Rugby: Wirral Grammar School Sevens: U12 (A)

Girls' Hockey: County Finals U14 (A)
10:00 AJIS Football Tournament: Cheadle Hulme School U9 (A)
13:00 Choral Society Dress Rehearsal, Philharmonic Hall
19:30 Choral Society Concert, Karl Jenkin's The Armed Man, Elgar's Cello Concerto, Philharmonic Hall

08:30 CCF: Range Practice, RAF Sealand
18:30 Choral Evensong, Preacher: The Revd Peter Froggatt, Vicar of Barnston with Pensby

Deadline for Year 7 & 8 subject option choices
Subject Reports and predicted grades due for Year 11 and subject reports due for U6. Lent Subject Grades due for Prep
Prep Book Fair: Scholastic, all week in Prep
13:00 Rugby v AJIS Schools: The Grange School U11 (A)
16:00 Governors' Education Committee Meeting, Meeting Room (provisional)
18:00 Governors' Meeting, Meeting Room

13:00 Maths Inspiration Lectures, Liverpool Playhouse (some Year 11 students)
16:00 Boys' Hockey v Neston High School: U13/14 (A)
16:00 Staff Meeting (Senior School and Prep), Meeting Room

08:30 Rugby: Stonyhurst Sevens U18 & U16.
13:00 Year 9 Form Tutors' Meeting
15:00 Boys' Hockey v Neston High School: 1st XI (A)
16:00 CCF: Birkenhead School (ends 6pm)
16:30 Lacrosse v Withington Girls' School: U12/13 (H)
19:30 Learning Support Dyslexia evening, Meeting Room

Form Tutor reports due for Year 11 and U6
08:35 Student Council Meeting, McAllester Building
08:45 Year 9 Geography Fieldwork, Southport
08:45 5H Form Assembly
16:00 Boys' Hockey v Neston High School: U15/16 (A)
16:00 Wirral Schools Cross Country: The Arno U10, U11
19:00 House Music Competition, Bushell Hall

Form Tutor Comments due 2pm for Prep Classes

World Challenge Training Weekend (returns Sunday)
09:00 Duke of Edinburgh Award: Training Day
10:00 North England Lacrosse Tournament; U13 (A)
10:30 Rugby v Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn: U14, U13(H)

18:30 Choral Evensong, Preacher: The Revd Dallas Ayling, Rector, Birkenhead Priory Parish

Head of Year reports due for Year 11 and U6
Effort and Achievement Grades and STC due 2pm for Year 10
09:00 GCSE Music Performing modules recording day
09:15 Year 2 Visit to Dinosaur Exhibition at World Museum, Liverpool
12:40 Year 10 & 11 Form Tutors' Meeting
19:30 Parents' Association Meeting, Meeting Room
19:30 Two Rivers Festival: Craig Ogden (guitar), Tom Doughty (lap-slide guitar, vocals), Spanish music, popular melodies, folk and blues, Bushell Hall

19:00 Sports Players' Dinner, Bushell Hall

Form Tutor Work Record Comments due 2pm for Year 10
08:45 3J Form Assembly
16:00 CCF: Birkenhead School (ends 6pm)

Year 3 Celt & Roman Workshop
Effort Grade and STC due 2pm for Years 7-9
08:30 Senior School Form Period for recording of House activities
14:30 Football v Stockport Grammar School: U10A&B (A)
19:00 Theatre Visit: She Stoops to Conquer, Liverpool

Reports for Years 11 & U6 and Work Records for Year 10 and Prep issued
11:45 End of Term for Prep
12:00 Senior School Passiontide Service, St Saviour’s
12:40 End of Term for Senior School
13:00 CCF: Easter Camp, Nesscliffe (returns Monday)
19:30 Sportsman’s Dinner, Bushell Hall

07:00 Duke of Edinburgh Gold Practice Expedition (Returns Monday evening)

08:30 Return to School

Form Tutor Work Record Comments due 2pm for Years 7 -9

09:00 L6 AS Geography Fieldwork River Alyn
14:00 Cricket v St Anselm's College: 1st XI (H)
14:00 Cricket v The King's School, Chester: 2nd XI (A)
19:30 Careers Conference, Bushell Hall

Heads of Year check of Work Record Comments due for Years 7 -9
09:00 Year 7 History Trip to Birkenhead Priory (all day)

Work Records issued to Years 7-9
13:00 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Practice Expedition (Returns Sunday evening)
19:30 Two Rivers Festival, Bushell Hall

11:30 Cricket v Manchester Grammar School: 1st XI (A); 2nd XI, U14, (H) 2:00pm; U15, U12 (A) 2:00pm
19:30 Welcome Back Dinner for the classes of 72, 73, 82 & 83

ABRSM Practical Music Examinations, Music School
18:00 Prep Parents' Evening

ABRSM Practical Music Examinations, Music School

Quiz Night, in aid of Hockey Tour to South Africa, Meeting Room
12:30 Rotary Lunch Presentation from Year 9 Youth Speaks Team
12:40 Summer Sports Photographs (Seniors)
13:30 Cricket v 40 Club: 1st XI (H)

UKMT Junior Maths Challenge for Year 7 & 8
08:00 U6 A2 PE Lectures, University of Manchester
12:40 Governors' Visitation
14:00 Cricket v The Bluecoat School: U14 (H)

08:30 Leavers & Prefects Photos
15:50 CCF: Military Skills Competition, Welbeck College (Returns Sunday)

10:00 Cricket v Arnold School: 1st XI (A) 10:30am; 2nd XI, U14 (H); U15, U13 (A)

Year 6 Adventure Holiday, (returns Friday)

15:30 Cricket v The Grange School: U12 (H)

11:00 HPV Vaccinations for Year 8 girls, Meeting Room

19:30 Drama Production, Peter Pan, Bushell Hall

19:30 Drama Production, Peter Pan, Bushell Hall

19:30 Drama Production, Peter Pan, Bushell Hall

Bank Holiday, School Closed

16:00 World Challenge: Challenger Meeting, Meeting Room
19:30 World Challenge: Parent's Meeting, Meeting Room

15:30 Cricket v The Grange School: 1st XI (A)
19:00 Summer Concert

AS & A2 Theatre Studies Practical Examinations

15:50 CCF: CLRA Target Rifle Competition, (Returns Sunday)
15:50 L6 examination leave begins, return to School on Monday 11th June
15:50 Year 11 examination leave begins.

10:00 Orienteering: Northop

Main AS and GCSE examination period begins
14:45 Athletics v The King's School, Chester & Bolton Junior School: U1O & 11 (H)

09:00 Form Photographs: Pre-Prep - Year 6
19:00 New Pupils' & Parents' Welcome Evening, Meeting Room

05:30 Year 7 Trip to France (returns Saturday)

14:00 Two Rivers Festival, Bushell Hall

09:00 U6 students move to exam preparation timetable
13:50 Year 8 History workshop on Tudors & Stuarts

Ladies Evening, in aid of Hockey Tour to South Africa, MacAllester Pavillion

19:30 Welcome Back Dinner for the classes of 74, 75, 84 & 85

17:15 Birkenhead School Foundation Trust Meeting, Meeting Room
18:15 Governors' Finance & General Purposes Committee Meeting, Meeting Room

16:00 Health and Safety Committee Meeting, Bursar's Office

15:40 Prep half-term begins.
15:50 Half-term begins

09:00 Staff Training Day
19:15 Leavers' Ball, The Grange, Thornton Hough

08:30 Return to School (including L6 Students from Examination Leave)

12:40 Summer Sports Photographs (Juniors)

09:00 Salters Chemistry Festival, Liverpool John Moores University. (Four Year 8 students)

15:50 CCF: Military Skills Competition, St Bees College (Returns Sunday)

09:00 ABRSM Theory exam, Music School (provisional)
19:30 Welcome Back Dinner for the classes of 76, 77, 86 & 87

18:00 Governors' Meeting, Meeting Room

13:00 Infant Sports Day

12:00 Prep Sports Day

German Exchange students arrive (return Sunday 1st July)
09:00 Lower Sixth Visit to Manchester University

09:15 Y3 Visit to Port Sunlight

19:00 Senior School Prize-giving, Bushell Hall.

New Year 7 Pupils Induction Day
Prep Induction Day

19:00 Prep Year 6 Production ' Jungle Book'

14:00 Infant Summer Concert
16:00 Duke of Edinburgh Gold Additional Expedition (Returns Tuesday evening)
19:00 Prep Year 6 Production 'Jungle Book'

CCF: Army Section Annual Camp (returns Saturday)
14:30 Prep Year 6 Production 'Jungle Book'

06:00 Year 10 History Trip to WW1 Battlefields (returns Wednesday)

Cricket Festival v Abingdon School, University College School, London, and King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, hosted at King Edward V11 School (ends Wednesday)
07:00 Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition (Returns Wednesday evening)

19:00 Prep Prizegiving

11:45 Prep End of Term
12:40 End of Term for Senior School

13:00 World Challenge Expedition preparation day

08:00 World Challenge Expedition (returns 4th August) provisional dates
13:00 Duke of Edinburgh Gold Expedition (Returns Tuesday evening)

CCF: RAF Section Annual Camp (returns Saturday)

Hockey Tour to South Africa (Returns 8th August) provisional

Staff Training & Meetings Day

Staff Training & Meetings Day
08:45 Year 7 Pupils meet Form Tutors

08:30 Term Starts

09:00 Year 7 ,8, 9 and 10 Outdoor Pursuits Trips (returns Friday)

09:00 L6 Outdoor Pursuits Trip (returns Friday evening)

CCF Biennial Inspection

German Exchange to Tübingen (returns Sunday 28th)
12:40 Spanish Exchange to Colegio Santa Teresa, Pamplona (returns Sunday 28th)
15:40 Prep half-term begins.
15:50 Senior School Half-term begins

Classics Trip to Greece (returns 28th October) Provisional

08:30 Return to School

Spanish Exchange, Colegio Santa Teresa students visit to Birkenhead (return Monday 3rd)

19:30 Choral Society Gala Carol Concert, Philharmonic Hall provsional

11:45 Prep End of Term
12:40 Senior School End of Term

09:00 Staff Training Day

08:30 Return to School

15:40 Prep half-term begins.
15:50 Senior School Half-term begins.

08:30 Return to School

11:45 Prep End of Term
12:40 End of Term for Senior School

06:00 Year 7 Trip to France (returns Saturday)