Key Dates
In this section you can find the upcoming key dates. Please note that dates added to the calendar since the start of term are in bold.
Lower School
January
6 January: New Spring Term Begins
6 January: Clubs restart
13 January: Years 1-6 Author Visit
14 January: Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
15 January: Year 6 & 7 Serre Chavalier Ski Trip Parents’ Meeting, 4pm-4.45pm, Senior School
15 January: PTA meeting, 7pm, Senior School
16 January: General Knowledge Quiz, New Hall School (selected girls)
22 January: Year 4 Public Speaking Workshop
22 January: U11 Netball v Littlegarth (away)
28 January: Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
28 January: Mini Movers session for 2-4 year olds, 10am-11am
28 January: Music Afternoon Tea performed to parents (Junior girls), 3.45pm-approx 4.30pm
29 January: Charity Coffee Morning for parents, 8.30am-9.30am
29 January: U11 Netball Match v Layer de la Haye (away)
February
4 February: Head Girls’ Lunch
5 February: Primary Maths Challenge Bonus Round
6 February: Kindergarten and Lower School Open Morning, 9.30am-11am
11 February Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
12 February Wellbeing Day
13-14 February: Inset Days for Lower School girls
17-21 February: Half Term
17-21 February: SMASH
24-28 February: Eco Waste Week
25 February: Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
25 February: Mini Movers session for 2-4 year olds, 10am-11am
25 February: Senior School Open Morning, 10.30am-12pm
26 February: PTA meeting, 7pm, Senior School
27 February: Familiarisation Session for September 2020 Prep admissions
March
W/C 2 March: Year 5 & 6 Isle of Wight Parents meeting (date TBC)
7 March: Kindergarten and Lower School Open Morning, 9.30am-11am
7 March: PTA Spring Ball, Moot Hall, 7pm-12am
9 March: Parents’ Evening, 4pm-6pm
9-13 March: Science & DT week
10 March: Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
10 March: Familiarisation Session for September 2020 Prep admissions
10 March: Music Afternoon Tea performed to parents (Junior girls), 3.45pm-approx 4.30pm
11 March: Mini Explorers session for 2-4 year olds, 10am-11am
11 March: Parents’ Evening, 5pm-7pm
12 March: Year 4 visit to Dawes Hall
13 March: Year 3 & 4 Swimming Gala, (parents invited to attend from 2pm)
14-20 March: Year 6 & 7 Ski Trip to Serre Chevalier, France
16-19 March: Book Fair, 8.15am-8.40am
17 March: Year 3 visit to Colchester Castle
17 March: Colchester Schools Music Festival (Singing Club girls) 7pm
20 March: Kindergarten and Infant Mothering Sunday Service for mums, 1.30pm-3pm
21 March: Senior School Open Morning, 10am-12pm
23 March: Year 2 visit to Hyde Hall
24 March: Book Swap, 8.30am-8.40am
25 March: Charity Coffee Morning for parents, 8.30am-9.30am
26 March: Year 6 visit to Alpaca Farm
26 March: Clubs finish
27 March: Easter Service at St Albrights Church
27 March: End of Spring Term, 2.30pm Finish
30 March-3 April: SMASH
30 March-3 April: Year 5 & 6 Bikeability, dates and times TBC
Senior School
January
6 January: New Spring Term Begins
6-7 January: Year 11 Art Mock Examinations
9 January: Round Square Visitors in School
9 January: Year 7 Parents Evening, 5pm-7pm
10 January: Year 11 Mock Examination Results
13 January: Year 9 Basketball v Stanway (A)
14 January: Year 11 Hospitality & Catering Students visit from Penny Smith, Pantry 61
14 January: Year 10 Basketball v Stanway (A)
14 January: Year 9 Team English Speaking Union Churchill Public Speaking Competition at Colchester County High School for Girls, 5pm
15 January: Sports Leaders helping with Indoor Athletics at University of Essex
15 January: Ski Serre Chevalier Parents’ Meeting, 4pm-4.45pm
15 January: Year 9 Basketball v PMS & Colne (A)
16 January: Year 11 visit to Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
16 January: Years 8 & 9 Netball v Thurstable (A)
21 January: Sports Leaders helping with Indoor Athletics at University of Essex
21 January: Years 8 & 10 Basketball v Colne (A)
22 January: Year 7 Netball v Philip Morant School (A)
23 January: Year 10 GCSE Art Students Workshop, Colchester Institute
23 January: Year 8 and Year 11 Netball v Colchester Academy (A)
27-31 January: Year 9 GCSE Options Week
28 January: Year 11 Parents Evening, 5pm-7pm
28 January: Year 7 3v3 Basketball v TLA (A)
29 January: Year 8 Basketball v St Helena (A)
29 January: Year 9 GCSE Options Event, 12.30pm-1.30pm
30 January: Year 10 Basketball v Gilberd (A)
February
4 February: Year 11 Netball v. Stanway (A)
4 February: Year 9 GCSE Options Evening, 6pm-8pm
5 February: Year 7 Netball Central Venue at Gilberd
5 February: Interhouse Quiz
6 February: Year 10 & 11 Art Students trip to Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
6 February: Year 9 & 10 Intermediate Maths Challenge
7 February: Science Experience Event for Year 4 & 5 students, 1pm-3pm
7 February: Deadline for Letters of Application for Head Girl to be submitted
10 February: Year 10 ESB Enrichment Exam
10 February: Textiles Experience Event for Year 4 & 5 students, 1pm-3pm
11 February: Deadline for GCSE Option choices
12 February: Year 9 Team Essex Final English Speaking Union Churchill Public Speaking Competition, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, 5pm
12 February: Years 8, 9 & 11 Netball v PMS (A)
12-17 February: Round Square Conference, Morocco
13-21st February: Half Term
25 February: Senior School Open Morning, 10.30am-12pm
27-28 February: Head Girl Hustings
March
1-2 March: Year 10 at Model United Nations Conference, Felsted School
2 March: Year 7 ESB Examinations
3 March: Head Girl Interviews
5 March Spanish Play for Year 8-11 students
5 March: Head Girls Announced
7 March: Year 9 Team East Region Final English Speaking Union Churchill Public
Speaking Competition, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 12.30pm
7 March: PTA Spring Ball, Moot Hall, 7pm-12am
9-13 March: Science Week
10 March: Year 9 Team Rotary Youth Speaks Event, Colchester Town Hall
12 March: Climate Change Conference, 6pm-8pm
12 March: Year 7 Netball Central Venue at Gilberd
14 March: Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Training Day, Fordham, 8.45am-4pm
14-20 March: Year 6 & 7 Ski Trip to Serre Chevalier, France
20 March: German Play for Year 8-11 students
21 March: Senior School Open Morning, 10am-12pm
24 March: Year 11 Hospitality and Catering Practical Exam
24 March: Years 7-9 parents MFL Information Afternoon, 4.30pm-5.30pm
26 March: Year 10 & 11 Hospitality & Catering Students lunch, Balkerne Restaurant
26-27 March: Year 9 trip to the Battlefields of 1st World War in Flounders and 2nd World War at Dunkirk
27 March: End of Spring Term