Preparatory School
School Calendar Lent Term
Term Dates Lent Term 2018 Start of Term:
Monday 8th January – Boarders return by 6.00pm Tuesday 9th January – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 26th January (3.45pm after House Swimming Gala) – Sunday 28th January (Boarders return 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 9th February (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 18th February (Boarders return 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 9th March (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 11th March (Boarders return 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 23rd March (12.45pm after Chapel)
Trinity Term 2018 Start of Term:
Monday 16th April – Boarders return by 6.00pm Tuesday 17th April – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 4th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Monday 7th May (Boarders return 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 25th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 3rd June (Boarders return 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Saturday 30th June 1.00pm at the end of Speech Day
Michaelmas Term 2018 Start of Term:
Monday 3rd September – Boarders return by 6.00pm Tuesday 4th September – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 21st September (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 23rd September (Boarders return 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 19th October (1.00pm after House Cross-Country) – Sunday 4th November (Boarders return 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 23rd November (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 25th November (Boarders return 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 14th December (12.45pm after Carols by Candlelight)
Parents are invited to all events in bold (as applicable)
JANUARY WEEK 1 Monday 8th
9.00am-4.00pm Staff Inset Day Boarders return from 4.30pm Boarders' Parents Meeting 4.30-5.15pm in Centenary Hall
Tuesday 9th
Start of term Poetry Competition – Class rounds House Music Competition – Class rounds 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 9.00am Tutor and Form Time
Wednesday 10th Hockey Padfield Trophy – 1st XI Home 2.00pm Thursday 11th
8.30am House Assembly 5.30pm Schola Cantorum: First Evensong of the Term
Friday 12th
8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Bayley House 2.40pm Start of Term Chapel Service – Rev'd J. Ash Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm
Saturday 13th
Hockey Triangular v The Downs School, Wraxall and Cheltenham College – U9s Away 10.00am; U10s Home 10.15am 1.00-4.00pm Staff First Aid Training Netball Practice – all girls in Years 6 to 8 12.30-2.00pm Hockey Practice – all boys in Years 6 to 8 12.30-2.00pm Boarders' games night
Sunday 14th WEEK 2 Monday 15th
8.30am Gideon Visit for Year 7 1.15pm Poetry Competition Year 5 and Year 6 Semi-finals in CH3 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 16th
11+ Entry Exams for external candidates plus internal academic candidates 8.30am Assembly – Mr S. Cahill (Year 2 in Assembly) 1.15pm Poetry Competition Year 7 and Year 8 Semi-finals in CH3 4.30-5.15pm Kerry Bennett Talks@DCPS
Wednesday 17th 11+ Performing Arts Scholarship – Music Auditions 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in F9 1.15pm Poetry Competition Year 3 and Year 4 Semi-finals in CH3 Netball v Clifton College – U10A, U10B, U10C, U9A, U9B Away 2.15pm; U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B, U12C Home 2.30pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U11D Away 3.00pm; U12D Home 3.10pm Hockey v Millfield – U11A, U11B Away 2.15pm; 1st XI, 3rd XI Home 2.30pm; 5th XI Away 3.15pm; 2nd XI and 4th XI Home 3.30pm Thursday 18th
11+ Sport Scholarship Trials Year 7 Healthy Living Day 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 4.30–5.30pm Drama at Teatime in CH3 and CH4
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Friday 19th
'DCPS: A Magical Day' 11+ Performing Arts Scholarship – Drama Auditions 11+ Creative Arts Scholarship – DT and Art Trials 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs J. Sheldon 4.00-5.00pm Illusionist Richard Parsons in Atrium of Centenary Hall Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm 6.00pm DCPS and DCS Sibling Tea in Dean Close Preparatory Dining Room
Saturday 20th
Council of Members in Centenary Hall 9.00am-4.00pm Wilton Trip to Birmingham Sea Life Centre Netball v St Hugh's School – U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B, U11A, U11B Home 12.40pm Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U8s Away 9.15am Hockey v Kingswood – 1st XI and 3rd XI Home 12.40pm; 2nd XI and 4th XI Away 1.30pm
Sunday 21st
Boarders' Trip to Swindon Oasis
WEEK 3 Monday 22nd
U13 Lady Taverners Girls' Indoor Cricket Competition – Away 2.00pm 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 4.30pm Parents' Society Meeting 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 23rd
11+ Academic Scholarship for invited candidates 8.30am Assembly – Mr M. Cooper 2.55-4.20pm DCPS Poetry Competition Finals in Centenary Hall; adjudicator Emma Taylor, Warden of the Dean Close Foundation
Wednesday 24th 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in F9 Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U11C and U10C Away 1.00pm Netball Severnside tournaments – U13A, U13B, U11A Away 2.00pm; U12A Home 2.00pm Hockey v Clifton College – 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII Away 2.00pm Hockey – U11A and U11B Festival at Dean Close 2.00pm Hockey – U10A and U10B Festival at Cheltenham College Preparatory School 2.00pm Thursday 25th
Swimming – IAPS Swimming Qualifier at Millfield 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 9.15am-5.30pm LAMDA Exams
Friday 26th
8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Bayley House 12.00pm Chapel Service – Miss K. Morgan 2.00pm House Swimming Gala Exeat begins after House Swimming Gala 4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset
Saturday 27th
Exeat
Sunday 28th
Exeat Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
WEEK 4 Monday 29th
'Swim Across the Moon Week' 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 4.35pm Prefects' Meeting with the Headmaster 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
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Tuesday 30th
8.30am Assembly – Mrs J. Cahill 6.15pm Schola Cantorum sing Evensong at Merton College, Oxford (departure after lunch)
Wednesday 31st Netball v Cheltenham Ladies' College – U13A, U13B, U13C Away 2.30pm; U12A, U12B, U12C, U12D Home 2.30pm Netball v St Edward's School – U11A, U11B, U11C, U10A, U10B Away 2.45pm Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 1st VII, 2nd VII Home 2.00pm; 3rd VII, 4th VII Away 2.00pm; 5th VII, 6th VII Home 3.00pm; 7th VII Away 3.00pm Hockey v The Dragon – U10A, U10C Away 2.00pm; U10B Away 2.45pm Hockey v Magdalen College – U11B, U11C Away 2.00pm; U11A Away 2.45pm
FEBRUARY Thursday 1st
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly House Music Competition Finals Day 5.00pm Music Scholars' Trip to Birmingham Symphony Hall Concert
Friday 2nd
8.30am Year 6 Trip to Houses of Parliament 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr E. Harris Netball v Berkhampstead – U8 Home 3.30pm Hockey v The Richard Pate School – U8s Away 3.30pm Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm
Saturday 3rd
9.30am Year 2 Information Morning in Centenary Hall Netball v Beaudesert Park – U9A, U9B Away 10.00am; U10A, U10B, U10C Home 10.15am; U11A, U11B, U11C Home 12.40pm; U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B, U12C Away 2.00pm Hockey v Magdalen College – 3rd XI, 5th XI Home 12.40pm; 4th XI, 6th XI Home 1.45pm Boarders' Swim and Doughnut evening
Sunday 4th WEEK 5 Monday 5th
E-safety Week DCS Netball and Hockey Skills Day 9.30-10.30am HPV Vaccinations for Year 8 girls 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 6th
8.30am Assembly – Mr M. Ede 1.30pm Performance Platform Centenary Hall Severnside Cross Country at Wycliffe – Away 2.30pm
Wednesday 7th
PSHCE Life Bus at Dean Close Preparatory School Hockey v The Dragon – 1st/2nd XI Home 2.00pm; 2nd/3rd VII Away 2.15pm Hockey v Clifton College – U11A, U11B, U11C, U11D Away 2.00pm Hockey v Magdalen College – U10A, U10B Home 2.15pm Hockey v The Downs School, Wraxall – U9A, U9B Away 2.15pm Hockey v Hatherop Castle – 4th/5th VII Home 3.00pm
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Thursday 8th
PSHCE Life Bus at Dean Close Preparatory School IAPS Regional Hockey Finals at Repton – 1st VII 8.30am Assessment 3 to pupils 6.00pm February Music Festival
Friday 9th
PSHCE Life Bus at Dean Close Preparatory School 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 2.45pm Chapel (Half Term begins after Chapel) – Mrs S. Davies
Sunday 18th
Half Term ends Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
WEEK 6 Monday 19th
Common Entrance French and Spanish Trial Orals this week 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 9.15am-1.00pm Year 5 Trip to Skillzone 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 20th
7.45am-6.00pm Selected Trumpet Players attend Trumpet Day at Wells Cathedral School 8.30am Assembly – Mr T. McVittie
Wednesday 21st Hockey – Severnside Tournaments at Clifton College – 1st VII, 2nd VII, U11A, U11B, U9A, U9B Away 2.00pm Hockey v Clifton College – U10A, U10B, U10C Home 2.00pm; 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII, 6th VII Home 2.45pm Netball v St John's-on-the-Hill – U13A, U12A, U12B, U12C, U11B Home 2.30pm; U10B, U9A, U9B Away 2.30pm Netball v Hatherop Castle – U11A, U11C Home 3.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Netball v The Richard Pate School – U10A Home 3.30pm Thursday 22nd
IAPS District meeting at St. Edward's School, Oxford AS Tracking Teacher Training in Centenary Hall – all day event 8.30am Form and Tutor Time 4.20pm Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Parents' Meetings in Junior Forms' Classrooms
Friday 23rd
Chamber Choir at DCS Choral Day U11 IAPS Hockey Qualifier at Clifton College 8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Bayley House U13 Boys' County Hockey Championship at Dean Close – 1st VII Home 10.00am 2.30pm Hall Service – Miss N. Woollatt Netball v Berkhampstead – U9A, U9B Home 3.30pm 4.20pm Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Parents' Meetings in Junior Forms' Classrooms
Saturday 24th
Hockey Festival at Clifton College – U9s and U8s Away 9.30am Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U10A, U10B, U10C Home 10.00am Hockey Triangular v The Downs School, Wraxall and Pinewood – 4th VII, 5th VII Home 12.30pm Hockey v The Downs School, Wraxall – 1st VII, 2nd VII Home 12.30pm; U11A, U11C Away 2.00pm; U11B Away 2.50pm Hockey v Pinewood – 3rd VII Away 1.45pm; 6th VII Away 2.30pm Netball v The Dragon – U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B, U12C, U12D Away 2.00pm Boarders' Roller Disco
Sunday 25th
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WEEK 7 Monday 26th
Year 8 Common Entrance and Scholarship Trials 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 27th
Year 8 Common Entrance and Scholarship Trials 8.30am House Assembly 9.00am Year 3 Trip to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Wednesday 28th Year 8 Common Entrance and Scholarship Trials Rugby 7s – Monmouth Tournament U12A 10.00am Netball – Cheltenham Ladies' College Tournament U13A, U12A Away 1.00pm Netball v Bromsgrove – U13B, U13C, U12B, U12C, U12D Home 2.30pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U11D Away 2.30pm Netball – Severnside Tournament at Clifton College U10A, U9A Away 2.00pm Hockey v The Dragon – U11A, U11C, Home 2.00pm; U11B, U10A Home 2.00pm
MARCH Thursday 1st
World Book Day Year 8 Common Entrance and Scholarship Trials Netball – U11 IAPS Regionals Away 10.00am U11 Cross Country Schools League at Cheltenham College Preparatory School
Friday 2nd
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Netball – U12 and U13 IAPS Regionals Away 10.00am Hockey – U11 County Championship at Dean Close Hockey v The Richard Pate School – U8s Away 3.30pm 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr J. Wragg-Smith Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm 6.30pm Prefects' Dinner at Dean Close House
Saturday 3rd
9.30-11.00am Open Morning Netball v Kingswood – U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B, U12C Home 12.40pm Netball – U10A Tournament at The Richard Pate School 10.00am Hockey – Millfield Tournament U10A, U10B Away 9.00am Hockey – Festival at The Downs School, Wraxall U8s Away 10.00am Boarders' CPA Party
Sunday 4th WEEK 8 Monday 5th
ABRSM Music Exams this week 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 6th
7+Scholarships in Pavilion AS Tracking Assessment 2 with pupils 8.30am Assembly – Mr J. Gould 2.30-4.30pm Year 3 Trip to Cheltenham Synagogue Swimming Gala v Wycliffe – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Home 4.45pm
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Wednesday 7th
8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in F9 Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9A, U9B, Home 1.30pm; 1st XI, U10A, U10B Home 2.15pm; 2nd XI Home 3.15pm; 3rd XI, U11B and U11C Away 2.15pm; 4th XI, 5th XI Away 3.15pm Hockey – Prior Park Tournament U11A Away 2.00pm Netball v Wycliffe – U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12C Away 2.30pm; U11A, U11C, U10A, U10B, U9A, U9B Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm
Thursday 8th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 9.50am-1.15pm Year 8 Planetarium Visit U11 Cross Country Schools League at St. Edward's Preparatory School Swimming Gala v Beaudesert Park – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Away 4.45pm 5.30-7.00pm Year 8 Parents' Meeting – Pupils to attend
Friday 9th
8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Bayley House U13 Girls' County Hockey Championship – Home 9.30am 1.30pm Rendcomb Rough Runner Challenge 2.45pm Chapel – Mrs C. Salisbury Exeat begins after Chapel 4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset
Saturday 10th
Exeat IAPS Netball National Finals Rugby 7s at Millfield – U13A U11 Cross Country County Championship – Qualifiers only at Newent Community School 10.30am
Sunday 11th
Exeat Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
WEEK 9 Monday 12th
Junior Play Rehearsal Week 1.30pm Performance Platform Centenary Hall 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 4.35pm Prefects' Meeting with the Headmaster 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 13th
Junior Play Rehearsal Week 8.30am Assembly – Mrs R. Chaplin 8.50-10.50am Tutor Meetings 4.30pm Oaksey Teatime Concert
Wednesday 14th Junior Play Rehearsal Week 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in F9 Netball v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B Away 2.30pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U10A, U10B, U9A Home 2.30pm; U9B Home 3.10pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Hockey v Bromsgrove – U10A, U10B, U10C, U11C Home 2.00pm; 1st VII, 3rd VII, U11A and U11B Home 3.00pm; 2nd VII, 4th VII, 6th VII, 8th VII Away 2.00pm; 5th VII, 7th VII Away 3.00pm Thursday 15th
Junior Play Rehearsal Week 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Swimming Gala v Beaudesert Park – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Home 4.45pm 4.30-6.00pm Drama at Teatime
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Friday 16th
Junior Play Rehearsal Week U13 Girls' County Hockey Championship – Home 9.30am (Reserve date) 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs O. Hamilton 6.00pm DCPS and DCS Sibling Tea in Dean Close Preparatory Dining Room
Saturday 17th
9.00am-4.00pm Cyber First Adventurers in Centenary Hall 9.30am Trustees' Meeting at St John's-on-the-Hill 10.00am Wilton Trip to Nature in Art Hockey – Festival at Dean Close U9s Home 10.00am Senior Hockey House Matches – 12.15pm
Sunday 18th
Boarders' Trip to Jumptastic
WEEK 10 Monday 19th
Junior Play rehearsals continue 8.30am Assessment 4 to pupils 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 20th
IAPS National Hockey Finals at Millfield – U13 8.30am Assembly – Mrs J. Moss 9.00am-12.45pm Junior Play Technical Rehearsal 9.00am-12.45pm Junior Form Teachers' INSET
Wednesday 21st IAPS National Hockey Finals at Tonbridge – U11 9.00am-12.45pm Junior Play Dress Rehearsal: (Pre-Prep, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 to attend) Junior and Senior Netball House Matches – 2.15pm Junior Hockey House Matches – 2.15pm 7.00pm Junior Play Performance Thursday 22nd
Year 6 French Trip departs 8.00am (returns Sunday 25th March at 7.00pm (approx.) U11 Boys' and U11 Girls' West of England Hockey Finals at Millfield Rugby – Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s depart 4.15pm 7.00pm Junior Play Performance and Cast Party
Fri 23rd Mar
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Rugby – Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s 11.45am End of Term Chapel – Rev'd J. Ash Pupils may depart after Chapel from 12.45pm
Saturday 24th
7.00pm Schola Cantorum perform Bach St John Passion at Tewkesbury Abbey
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Useful Names and Numbers School Office
Mrs D. Smith
01242 512217
dcpsoffice@deanclose.org.uk
Chaplain
Rev’d J. Ash
01242 258032
chaplain@deanclose.org.uk
Admissions
Mrs R. Chaplin
01242 258001
rchaplin@deanclose.org.uk
Health Centre
01242 258080 or 01242 258046
Bursar
Mr A. Bowcher
01242 258086
School Shop
Mrs K. Wood
01242 258016
Houses
House Parents
House Number Home Number Email
CALDECOTE
Mr and Mrs M. Cooper
01242 258014
01242 258064
mgcooper@deanclose.org.uk
WILTON
Mr and Mrs D. Fraine
01242 258012
07884 667310
kjfraine@deanclose.org.uk
FORTFIELD
Mr and Mrs J. Gould
01242 258030
01242 258013
agould@deanclose.org.uk
DEACON
Mrs R. Beecham
01242 258028
01242 258028
rbeecham@deanclose.org.uk
OAKSEY
Mr E. Harris
01242 258083
01242 691394
ejwharris@deanclose.org.uk
YEAMAN
Mr C. Standing
01242 258085
07816 150323
cjstanding@deanclose.org.uk
Dean Close Preparatory School Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6QS Email: dcpsoffice@deanclose.org.uk www.deanclose.org.uk