Bishop Vaughan Catholic School
SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR PARENTS
2010-2011
Headmaster: Mr. J. Blackburn M.A. (Oxon), B.Th. (Hons.), Adv. Dip. Ed. Mynydd Garnllwyd Road, Morriston, Swansea. SA6 7QG. Tel: (01792) 772006/771589 Fax: (01792) 790565 Email: bishop.vaughan.school@swansea-edunet.gov.uk Web site: www.bishopvaughan.swansea.sch.uk
TERM & HOLIDAY DATES 2010/2011
Term Autumn 2010 Spring 2011 Summer 2011
Term begins Wednesday 1st September Tuesday 4th January Tuesday 3rd May
HALF TERM HOLIDAYS Begins Ends Monday Friday th th 25 October 29 October Monday Friday st th 21 February 25 February Monday Friday th 30 May 3rd June
Term ends Friday th 17 December Friday 15th April Thursday 21st July
INSET DAYS Wednesday 1st September 2010 Thursday 21st October 2010 Friday 22nd October 2010 Friday 15th April 2011 Monday 27th June 2011
PARENTS’ EVENINGS Year 7 Year 8
Thursday 4th November 2010 Thursday 10th February 2011
Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Sixth Form
Thursday 10th March 2011 Thursday 7th April 2011 Thursday 3rd February 2011 Thursday 9th December 2010
Please note the following: •
External examination weeks have been highlighted in shaded blocks for January, May and June 2011
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SEPTEMBER 2010 W T
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School Council meeting this week All Wales Reading Test (Year 7) this week Welcome masses for Brynach, Cadog and Dyfrig Houses Pilgrimage to Rome departs Welcome masses for Mabyn, Non and Teilo Houses
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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INSET DAY Years 7, 10 & 12 pupils start Induction day for Year 12 Year 13 interviews All pupils in school Year 8 and Year 9 enrichment – carousel starts this week Sixth Form Enrichment Fair
Pilgrimage to Rome returns Year 12 Induction day at Margam
Assessing for Access Arrangements this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Liturgy at lunchtime Year 12 Information Evening at Morriston Comprehensive
Liturgy at lunchtime Presentation Evening: 7.00 – 10.00pm Deadline for Year 12 option changes UCAS Applications deadline
SLT interviews with Year 11 begin this week CATS for Year 7 this week SEN Survey (Years 8 and 9) this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Year 12 RE Day Liturgy at lunchtime
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Sixth Form CCLD trip to Olympia (awaiting approval) Welsh Debating Championships (awaiting approval)
SLT interviews with Year 11 pupils continue SEN Survey (Year 7) this week Year 13 CCLD Professional Practice Week Year 11 Mock Interviews Year 11 Mock Interviews Liturgy at lunchtime Year 11 Mock Interviews Welcome Social for Yr. 7 pupils & parents: 7.00–8.30pm Year 8 HPV vaccinations
Eco-Committee meeting this week Year 12 CCLD Professional Practice Week Liturgy at lunchtime Year 6 Open Evening: 7.00–9.30pm
Year 11 Work Experience this week Taster day for Primary Schools Sixth Form retreat to Kintbury departs Taster day for Primary Schools Liturgy at lunchtime Year 10 Careers Day INSET DAY Sixth Form retreat to Kintbury returns INSET DAY Monitoring forms (Years 12 & 13) posted to parents
HALF TERM HOLIDAY
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Liturgy at lunchtime Year 7 Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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Year 8 HPV vaccinations
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6 SLT interviews with Year 12 & 13 students continue School Council meeting this week
13 SLT interviews with Year 12 & 13 students continue Eco-Committee meeting this week Years 8 and 9 enrichment – carousel changes this week Liturgy at lunchtime
20 School exams for Years 7-9 start this week Year 12 RE Day Liturgy at lunchtime
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ALL SAINTS DAY SLT interviews with Years 12 & 13 students start this week Year 11 parents’ interviews by invitation with SLT begin this week Form group meetings with Year 11 and letters home begin this week Eco-Committee meeting this week ALL SOULS DAY
FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT School exams for Years 7-9 continue this week School exams for Years 10 & 11 start this week Launch of collection for SVP hampers Eco-Committee meeting this week No Year 12 lessons at Morriston Comprehensive
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DECEMBER 2010 W
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SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT
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School exams for Years 10 & 11 continue this week
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT
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Rehearsals for Carol Service Eco-Committee meeting this week Advent Assemblies
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Advent Assemblies
Advent liturgy at lunchtime Governors’ annual mtg. with parents: 7.00pm Morriston Comprehensive Sixth Form History trip to Imperial War Museum
Advent liturgy at lunchtime Sixth Form Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm Reward Trips Day
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Issue interim assessments for Years 7, 8 and 9 END OF TERM FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT
CHRISTMAS DAY
CAROL SERVICE: 7.00pm
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JANUARY 2011 S S M T W T F S S M T W T
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EPIPHANY All pupils/students return to school Liturgy at lunchtime
Eco-Committee meeting this week Liturgy at lunchtime RS 1/2 AS Examination (am) Year 10 H&SC Childrens’ Centre visit Issue Year 10 interim assessments
Liturgy at lunchtime Deadline for applications from Year 12 for senior prefect posts
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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Monitoring forms posted to parents Sixth Form taster lessons for Year 11 Issue reports for Year 11
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Interviews for senior prefects this week Launch of Eisteddfod competitions IEP reviews begin this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Year 12 CCLD Professional Practice Week Morriston Comprehensive Sixth Form Information Evening: 7.00pm-9.30pm Sixth Form Information Evening: 7.00pm-9.30pm
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FEBRUARY 2011 T
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SLT discussions with groups of Year 11 pupils start this week Year 12 RE Day Year 13 CCLD Professional Practice Week Liturgy at lunchtime
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Option forms returned from Year 11 pupils
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Year 11 Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm
6 SLT interviews with Year 10 pupils start this week Year 8 and Year 9 enrichmentcarousel changes this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Liturgy at lunchtime Year 8 Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm Letters home to Year 11 pupils and parents confirming Sixth Form offers
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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Year 11 retreat to Kintbury returns Year 11 Sociology trip to London (awaiting approval)
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Ski trip departs
13 SLT interviews with Year 10 pupils continue Year 11 retreat to Kintbury departs
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HALF TERM HOLIDAY Ski trip returns
Year 12 Parents’ Evening (Morriston Comprehensive)
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EISTEDDFOD ST DAVID’S DAY School Council meeting this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Liturgy at lunchtime Year 12 UCAS Information Fair (provisional)
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FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT Eco-Committee meeting this week
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Oxford & Cambridge Regional Conference for Year 12 (awaiting confirmation) House fundraising competitions begin for Lent
ASH WEDNESDAY Year 12 Geography fieldwork day (Morriston Comprehensive) Year 9 Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm Year 12 RE Day
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SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
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Entry Level RE examination (pm) Year 9 retreat to Kintbury departs
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Lenten liturgy at lunchtime
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Year 11 and Year 13 Photographs Year 9 retreat to Kintbury returns
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THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
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Eco-Committee meeting this week
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Lenten liturgy at lunchtime
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THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Year 8 HPV vaccinations
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APRIL 2011 F
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FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
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Year 10 retreat to Kintbury departs
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School Council meeting this week Year 12 RE Day Lenten liturgy at lunchtime
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Year 10 retreat to Kintbury returns
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FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
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Eco-Committee meeting this week UCAS Regional Conference (awaiting confirmation)
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MAUNDY THURSDAY
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Lenten liturgy at lunchtime Year 12 Open Day at Cardiff University (provisional) INSET DAY END OF TERM PALM SUNDAY
EASTER DAY
Year 10 Parents’ Evening: 4.30-7.00pm
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Years 8 and 9 enrichment - carousel changes this week Eco-Committee meeting this week
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Sixth Form of Recollection and Leavers’ Mass
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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Year 11 Mass Formal study leave starts for Sixth Form
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Formal study leave starts for Year 11 Issue Sixth Form reports to parents
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School exams for Years 7-10 in lesson time start this week
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GCSE RE Religion and Life Issues examination (pm)
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School exams for Years 7-10 in lesson time continue this week Eco-Committee meeting this week GCSE RE Roman Catholicism 1 examination (am) RS AS Ethics and Philosophy examination (pm)
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Years 10 & 11 English Literature examination (am)
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Liturgy at lunchtime
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MAY DAY BANK HOLIDAY Liturgy at lunchtime Year 12 HE Fair (provisional)
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GCSE RE Religion and Human Experience examination (pm)
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JUNE 2011
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THE ASCENSION of THE LORD School Council meeting this week Year 7 retreats begin this week RS3 A2 Ethics examination (am) Liturgy at lunchtime RS4 A2 Religion & Human Experience examination (am) PENTECOST Year 12 students return from study leave IEP reviews begin this week Eco-Committee meeting this week Year 7 retreats continue this week GCSE RE Philosophy and Christian Ethics examination (am) Liturgy at lunchtime Year 12 UCAS registration workshops (provisional)
Liturgy at lunchtime
THE BODY and BLOOD of CHRIST INSET DAY Year 8 retreats begin this week Primary school Music tours Assessing for Access Arrangements this week Eco-Committee meeting this week SS PETER & PAUL Liturgy at lunchtime Primary school Music tours Year 7 Enterprise Day Year 12 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 8 Enterprise Day Consortium trip to Oxford Open Day (awaiting approval and confirmation)
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Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 9 Enterprise Day Year 10 Sociology trip to Cardiff Bay (awaiting approval) Year 12 Futures Day at Glamorgan University (provisional)
Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 11 prom at Manor Park Year 10 Enterprise Day 6.30 – 11.00pm Year 8 retreats continue this week Oxford ‘Outreach’ Classics lecture this month (date to be confirmed) Transition Day for Primary Schools Year 10 Enterprise Day Year 10 History/French trip to France departs (awaiting approval) Liturgy at lunchtime Transition Day for Primary Schools Year 12 Enterprise Day Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 10 History/French trip to France returns Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 12 Sociology & Psychology trip (awaiting approval)
Eco-Committee meeting this week Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 12 RE Day Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Pilgrimage to Santiago departs (awaiting approval) Liturgy at lunchtime Year 7 Biology Field Trip (awaiting approval) Year 7 Trip to Kidwelly and Pembrey (classes 7.1 – 7.4) (awaiting approval) Year 7 Trip to Kidwelly and Pembrey (classes 7.5 – 7.8) (awaiting approval)
Activities Week Years 11 and 12 Team Activities Day (provisional) SPORTS DAY In School Activities Day Issue of reports Years 7-10 Monitoring forms (Year 12) posted to parents END of TERM
Pilgrimage to Santiago returns (awaiting approval)
Year 6 Mass: 7.00pm
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THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
A2 & AS RESULTS
GCSE RESULTS
BANK HOLIDAY