School Calendar

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JANUARY
Monday 4 10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
11.00am – 5.00pm  South Pacific Rehearsals in the Blake Theatre  
2.00pm  HMSSO Workshop  
4.00 ­9.00pm  All Boarders return  
Tuesday 5 8.40am  School resumes  
9.10 – 10.20am  Periods 1 & 2 Form Business  
4.15pm School Management meeting
6.30pm Cheese & Wine Reception for 2008/09 Year 13 in the Atrium
Wednesday 6 4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Full staff meeting
Thursday 7 1.40 – 2.00pm Eco School Committee meeting (all welcome)4.15pm
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Pastoral Committee meeting  
Friday 8 1.30pm Prefects meet with Headmistress  
5.30pm Year 11 GCSE Drama Theatre Trip  
Saturday 9 2.00pm Lacrosse: HMSG v Cheltenham Ladies (All Teams) Away  
Sunday 10 9.00am HMSSO Rehearsal
10.00am Lacrosse: Junior County U15 Tournament at Westonbirt
Monday 11 11+ Interviews (11 ­22 January)  
A2/AS/GCSE Exams (11 January ­3 February)  
8.50am  AS Exams  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
3.30pm  Netball: HMSG v Christ College Brecon (U15A & B) Away  
7.30pm  Friends of HMSG Committee meeting at the Old Gaol  
Tuesday 12 11+ Interviews (11 ­22 January)  
AS Exams  
2.15 – 3.25pm  9W ECDL External Exam  
4.15pm  World Challenge meeting  
4.15pm  Academic Policy Review Committee meeting  
Wednesday 13 11+ Interviews (11 ­22 January)  
AS Exams  
8.30am  Staff Briefing  
9.00am  Inglefield House Year 3 visit to St Fagans Cardiff  
11.55am – 1.05pm  9T ECDL External Exam  
4.15pm  South Pacific Rehearsal  
4.15pm  Netball: HMSG v Christ College Brecon (1st, 2nd) Home  
4.15pm  Health & Safety Committee meeting  
Thursday 14 11+ Interviews (11 - ­22 January)
AS Exams
8.50am Year 11 GCSE Exam ­Biology
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Assessment/Reporting/Recording Committee meeting  
Friday 15 11+ Interviews (11 - ­22 January)
A2/AS Exams
8.00am Inglefield House Year 5 visit to Aztec Exhibition British Museum London
10.35 – 11.45am 9C & 9P ECDL External Exam
 2.00 – 4.00pm Open Day – All Years  
Saturday 16 2.00pm  Lacrosse: HMSG v Westonbirt (All Teams) Away  
Sunday 17

8.00am D of E Silver Field Training Day Years 11 & 12 to the Forest of Dean

Monday 18 11+ Interviews (11 ­22 January)  
AS Exams  
8.50am  Year 11 GCSE Exam ­Chemistry  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
4.15pm  World Challenge Acclimatisation meeting ­team members only  
4.15pm  Heads of Departments meeting  
Tuesday 19 11+ Interviews (11 ­- 22 January)
A2/AS Exams
8.40am Year 11 History trip ­'Hitler on Trial' at the Redgrave Theatre
4.15pm Charities Committee meeting
5.00pm Year 9 Drama Trip ­'Arabian Nights' at the RSC  
Wednesday 20 11+ Interviews (11 - ­22 January)
A2/AS Exams
8.30am Staff Briefing
8.50am Year 11 GCSE Exam ­Physics
1.30pm Prefects meeting with Headmistress
2.00pm Netball: Inglefield House v Hereford Cathedral (U10A, B, C & U11A, B, C, D) Home
4.15pm Home Netball: HMSG v Old Swinford Hospital (1st, 2nd)
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.30pm Literary Quiz for Pupils in Years 8 & 9 v Monmouth School, HMSG Library  
Thursday 21 11+ Interviews (11 - ­22 January)
AS Exams
4.15pm Swimming: HMSG v Dean Close (Years 5, 6, 7, 8) Home
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
7pm Informal Concert in the Music Studio Year 10 ­- 13  
Friday 22 11+ Interviews (11 - ­22 January)
AS Exams
1.30pm School Council
4.30pm Year 12 Parents' Evening in the Atrium  
Saturday 23

9.30am Brian Gorst (Art) Workshop
10.00am  Year 10 Lacrosse: HMSG v Malvern St James & Uppingham (1st, 2nd, U15, U14, U13, U12) Away

Sunday 24 9.30am – 5.00pm HMSG Just Dance Rehearsal
Monday 25 A2 Exams  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
4.15pm  ICT Working Party meeting  
Tuesday 26 A2 Exams
5.30pm  Year 11 Parents' Evening in the Atrium
Wednesday 27 A2 Exams  
10.30am HMSG/MS Joint ICT Standing Group meeting at HMSG
2.30pm Netball: HMSG v Tockington (U13, U12, U10) Home
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Academic Policy Review Committee meeting  
Thursday 28 A2 Exams  
2.30pm Cross Country at Brecon
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Full Staff meeting
7.30pm  Classics Society Evening  
Friday 29 8.50am Year 11 GCSE Exam ­Geography
8.50am11+ Supplementary Date (Entrance Exam)
12.00pm Sixth Form Enrichment Lecture ­Mr R D Powell 'People Trafficking' at MS
Saturday 30 8.50am   11+ Entrance Test  
10.00am Lacrosse: HMSG v RGSAO (1st, 2nd, U15) Away
10.00am Netball: HMSG v RGSAO (U14, U13, U12) Away  
Sunday 31 11.00am South Pacific principals and band in the Music School
FEBRUARY
Monday 1 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
1.30pm  Prefects meet with Headmistress  
4.15pm  Assessment/Reporting/Recording Committee meeting  
Tuesday 2 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
1.40 – 2.00pm  Eco School Committee meeting (all welcome), Room 210  
4.15pm  Agincourt Society in Room 105  
7.00pm  Harris Society Lecture & Dinner  
Wednesday 3 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
8.30am  Staff Briefing  
1.30pm  A2 Exams  
2.00pm  Just Dance Rehearsal Years 7 & 8  
4.15pm  South Pacific Rehearsal  
4.15pm  Netball: HMSG v Hereford Cathedral (1st, 2nd) Home  
4.15pm  Joint Steering Committee meeting at HMSG  
Thursday 4 Monmouth's Got Talent  
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge Years 9, 10 & 11
8.00am Chinese New Year in the Library
8.50am  16+ Interviews  
8.50am 16+ Scholarship Entry Examinations
4.15pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm  Pastoral Committee meeting  
Friday 5 8.00am Chinese New Year in the Library
8.00am Inglefield House Year 6 visit to British Museum London
9.00am  16+ Interviews  
4.15pm Hockey: House Matches (Year 9+) Home
4.30 – 6.30pm Disco Years 7 & 8 (HMSG & MS)
6.00pm Year 11 Quiz (HMSG & MS)
7.00 – 9.00pm Year 11 Disco (HMSG & MS)  
Saturday 6 Rowing: Hampton Head
9.00am Lacrosse: West of England Rally (U15, U14)
9.00am – 6.00pm Classics Trip to Oxford  
Sunday 7 9.30am – 5.00pm Just Dance ­Full Rehearsal ­All Years
Monday 8 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
8.50am  Symphonic Winds play in HMSG Assembly  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
4.30pm  Just Dance ­Open Dress Rehearsal ­All Years  
6.30pm  Year 9 Options Evening  
Tuesday 9 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
4.30pm  Just Dance ­Open Performance ­All Years  
Wednesday 10 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
8.30am  Staff Briefing  
10.00am  Young Enterprise Training Event at County Hall Cwmbran  
12.00pm  Monmouth Science Initiative at Cardiff University  
4.15pm  South Pacific Rehearsal  
7.00pm  Just Dance Performance ­All Years  
Thursday 11 8.00am Chinese New Year in the Library
3.00pm South Pacific Rehearsal
7.00pm Just Dance Performance ­All Years  
Friday 12 8.00am  Chinese New Year in the Library  
8.45am  Year 10 German GCSE Study Day at Birmingham University  
10.00am  Governors’ Finance & Estates Committee meeting, PR Offices Monmouth  
4.00pm  Half Term Begins  
Saturday 13 Half Term
Sunday 14 Rowing: Henley's 4 Head
Tuesday 16 Half Term
Wednesday 17 Half Term
Thursday 18 Half-term
Friday 19 Half-term
Saturday 20 Half-term
Sunday 21

4.00pm Boarding House reopens

Monday 22 13+ Common Entrance Scholarships (22 ­24 February)  
7.00am  G & T Lecture Day: Year 12 in Oxford  
8.40am  School resumes  
9.00am  AS/A2 German Revision Course  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
Tuesday 23

13+ Common Entrance Scholarships (22 - ­24 February)
4.15pm History WW1 Battlefields trip meeting in Room 105
5.30pm Year 9 Parents' Evening in the Atrium
6.00pm   Joint Schools Council - ­Monmouth Question Time at Monmouth School

Wednesday 24 13+ Common Entrance Scholarships (22 - ­24 February)
8.30am Staff Briefing
8.30am Visit by Lynne Long from Birmingham University (Sixth Form Physics lessons)
2.30pm Netball: HMSG v St John's (U13A & B, U11A & B) Home
2.30pm Netball: HMSG v St John's (U10, U9) Away
4.00pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Heads of Departments meeting MS & HMSG
7.00pm  Higher Education Forum, HMSG Hall  
Thursday 25 1.30pm Prefects & USMs meet with Headmistress
1.40 – 2.00pm Eco School Committee meeting (all welcome), Room 210
4.00pm South Pacific Rehearsal
4.15pm Staff Development Committee meeting
7.00pm   Mayor's Charity Showcase  
Friday 26 7.00am G & T Lecture Day: Justice Law & Punishment Year 12 in Oxford
8.30am Inglefield House Eisteddfod
2.00pm Governors’ SEC meeting at HMSG
4.45pm Joint Governors’ meeting at MS
6.00pm  Year 7-­10 Joint MS/HMSG Event  
Saturday 27 10.00am – 4.30pm  Lacrosse: Junior South Wales Rally (U14, U13, U12)
Sunday 28 Rowing: Trent Head 11.00am South Pacific Rehearsal ­Full cast and band
MARCH
Monday 1 8.00am Years 11 & 12 Physics Challenge (during lessons)
8.00am Book Fair ­HMSG Library
8.50am – 12.30pm Dance ­Eisteddfod House Competition Year 7 ­13
9.00am Main School Eisteddfod
4.00pm South Pacific ­Technical Rehearsal
Tuesday 2 Inglefield House 7+ Assessments
8.00am Book Fair ­HMSG Library
4.00pm South Pacific ­Dress Rehearsal
4.15pm Agincourt Society in Room 105
4.15pm Full Staff meeting  
Wednesday 3 8.00am Book Fair ­HMSG Library
8.50am Year 10 GCSE Science Objective Tests ­All Year 10 (+ Year 11 re­sit candidates)
9.00am 13+ General Entry + Non C.E. Scholarships
1.00pm Netball: Junior Schools Netball Challenge Inglefield House (U11A & B, U12A & B) Home
4.15pm Magazine Committee meeting  
Thursday 4 Inglefield House 7+ Assessments
World Book Day ­activities in the library
8.00am Book Fair ­HMSG Library
4.15pm Pastoral Committee meeting
4.30pm Lacrosse: National Schools Tournament (1st, 2nd) Away
4.30pm Associated Board Theory Exams in the Hall 
7.30pm  South Pacific Production in the Blake Theatre  
Friday 5

8.00am Book Fair ­HMSG Library
9.00am Lacrosse: National Schools Tournament (1st, 2nd) Away
4.00pm Inglefield House Ceilidh run by Friends of HMSG, Main Hall
7.30pm South Pacific Production in the Blake Theatre

Saturday 6 7.30pm  South Pacific Production in the Blake Theatre
Sunday 7 8.00am D of E Bronze Field Day to the Wye Valley  
Monday 8 9.00am  LAMDA Examinations  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
4.30pm  Lacrosse: National Schools Tournament (U15) Away  
5.30pm  Year 7 Parents' Evening (+ Music Department Parents' Evening) in the Atrium  
Tuesday 9 Inglefield House 8+ Assessments  
9.00am  LAMDA Examinations  
4.15pm  CCF Field Day  
4.15pm  Netball: HMSG v Bishops of Hereford (U13A & B, U12A & B) Home  
4.15pm  Academic Policy Review Committee meeting  
4.30pm  Lacrosse: National Schools Tournament (U15) Away  
7.00pm  Classics Society Evening in the Hall  
Wednesday 10 CCF Field Day all day  
8.30am  Staff Briefing  
9.00am  LAMDA Examinations  
1.30pm  Prefects meet with Headmistress  
3.00pm  Swimming: HMSG v Clifton High School (All Ages) Away  
6.30pm  MS & HMSG Careers and Gap Convention, Blake Theatre & Red Lion Block
Thursday 11

Results Date for January 2010 examinations  
Inglefield House 9+ Assessments  
2010 National Science & Engineering Competition Finals Year 13 EESW Team in Manchester (11 – 13 February)  
8.00am  Rowing: Schools Head Putney  
9.00am  LAMDA Examinations  
9.00am  "An Inspector Calls" Year 11 English Trip to London  
4.15pm  Assessment/Reporting/Recording Committee meeting

Friday 12 Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Immunisation (Year 8 + some Year 10 ­13)  
8.00am  Rowing: National Sculling Heat at Dorney, Eton  
9.00am  Retreat for Confirmation Candidates ­All Day  
7.30pm  Confirmation Service at St Mary’s Church  
Saturday 13 7.00am  Lacrosse: West of England (U13, U12) Away  
8.00am  Rowing: Women's Head Putney
Sunday 14 9.00am AS Drama Practical in the Hall
Monday 15 8.00am  HMSG/MS pupils visit to Haberdashers' Hall in London  
9.00am  Art External Exam A2  
9.00am  Music Exams ­Piano  
10.00am  Senior Management meeting  
1.30pm  Years 10 & 12 Physics (Selected Pupils) "Women can be fighter pilots too" at Monmouth  
Comprehensive School  
3.30pm  Netball: HMSG v Bishops of Hereford (U14A & B) Away  
4.00pm  AS Drama Practical in the Hall  
4.15pm  Lacrosse: House Matches (Years 7, 8) at HMSG  
6.30pm  Friends of HMSG Spring Lecture ­Mr Lewis Stempel writer of History Books
Tuesday 16 Inglefield House 10+ Assessments  
8.30am  AS Sixth Form Classics Trip to Birmingham  
9.00am  Art External Exam A2  
1.40 – 2.00pm  Eco School Committee meeting (all welcome), Room 210  
2.15 – 3.25pm  9W ECDL External Exam  
4.00pm  AS Drama Practical in the Hall  
4.15pm  Lacrosse: Senior House Matches (Year 9+)  
4.15pm  Joint Steering Committee meeting at MS  
Wednesday 17 8.00am  Art External Exam A2 & AS  
8.00am  Year 5 Residential Trip to London  
8.00am  Music Exams ­Brass  
8.30am  Staff Briefing  
11.55am – 1.05pm  9T ECDL External Exam  
2.00pm  Dance Workshop with St Johns on the Hill at HMSG (Years 7, 8)  
4.00pm  AS Drama Practical in the Hall  
4.15pm  School Management meeting  
Thursday 18 8.30am Year 13 Medical Physics visit to Velindre Hospital
9.00am GCSE External Exam ­Art & Ceramics  
1.30pm School Council
4.15pm Pastoral Committee meeting
7.00pm  Certificate Presentation Evening (Year 12) in the Hall  
Friday 19

9.00am  GCSE External Exam ­Art & Ceramics  
10.30am Cross Country: U13 & U16 Race at St John's Porthcawl
10.35 – 11.45am  9C & 9P ECDL External Exam  
5.00pm  Year 12 Geography Field Trip to North Somerset (19 - ­22 March)

Saturday 20 Year 12 Geography Field Trip to North Somerset (19 - ­22 March)
8.00am A2 Drama Practical  
8.30am Lacrosse: Bentley Trophy Haberdashers' (All Teams) Away (Elstree)
1.00pm D of E (Silver Practice) ­Year 11 to the Black Mountains (19 - ­21 March)  
Sunday 21 Year 12 Geography Field Trip to North Somerset (19 ­- 22 March)
9.00am A2 Drama Practical in the Hall
12.00pm HMSSO Rehearsal in the Music Studio
Monday 22 Year 12 Geography Field Trip to North Somerset (19 - ­22 March)
8.30am Year 12 EESW Awards & Presentation Day at Celtic Manor Resort Hotel
5.00pm A2 Drama Practical in the Hall
6.00pm Boarders' Trip to Cardiff CIA 'X Factor Live'
7.30pm Deputation Supper at MS
Tuesday 23

Deputation Visit
Haberdasher Bible presentation for Year 13
1.30pm Concert Rehearsals in St Mary's Church
2.00pm Young Enterprise Area Final ­Celebration Event Caerleon Campus UWN
3.00pm  A2 Drama Practical in the Hall
7.30pm Choral and Orchestral Concert in St Mary's Church

Wednesday 24 10.00am Governors’ Board meeting at MS
2.00pm A2 Drama Practical in the Hall
2.15pm Netball: House Matches (Years 7 & 8 A, B, C)
4.15pm  Full Staff meeting  
Thursday 25

A2 Drama Evaluation  
12.00pm Inglefield House Ballet pupils visit to Bristol to see Cinderella
1.30pm Prefects meet with Headmistress
4.15pm Nina Lückes Society ­Jane Hutt at HMSG
4.15pm Academic Policy Review Committee meeting
7.00pm Keynes Society lecture, given by Patrick Minford
7.30pm  World Challenge Ceilidh  

Friday 26 7.00am Year 10 History Trip to France & Berlin (26 -­29 March)
8.00am Monmouth School Sixth Form Trip to Greece
8.00am Year 8 Trip to Opal Coast (26 - ­29 March)
10.00am    Maximise Potential  
1.00pm Year 12/13 D of E Gold Practice/Test Expedition to the Peak District
4.00pm  Term Ends  
Saturday 27 Yr 11 Spanish Trip to Cantabria MS & HMSG (27 March ­1 April)
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