Preparatory School
School Calendar Lent Term
Term Dates Lent Term 2019 Start of Term:
Monday 7th January – Boarders return by 6.00pm
Exeat:
Friday 25th January (4.00pm after House Swimming Gala) – Sunday 27th January Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 15th February (4.15pm after Tewkesbury Abbey Whole School Service) – Sunday 24th February (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 8th March (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 10th March (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 29th March (12.45pm after Chapel)
Tuesday 8th January – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Trinity Term 2019 Start of Term:
Tuesday 23rd April – Boarders return by 6.00pm Wednesday 24th April – Day pupils return by 8.15am
Exeat:
Friday 3rd May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Monday 6th May (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 24th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 2nd June (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Saturday 29th June (at the end of Speech Day Events)
Michaelmas Term 2019 Start of Term:
Monday 2nd September – Boarders return by 6.00pm
Exeat:
Friday 27th September (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 29th September (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Half Term:
Friday 18th October (1.00pm after House Cross-Country) – Sunday 3rd November (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
Exeat:
Friday 22nd November (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 24th November (Boarders return by 6.00pm)
End of Term:
Friday 13th December (12.45pm after Carols by Candlelight)
Tuesday 3rd September
Parents are invited to all events in bold (as applicable)
JANUARY WEEK 1 Monday 7th
9.00am-4.00pm Staff Inset Day 4.30pm Boarders return 4.30-5.15pm Boarding Parents' Meeting (with teachers as requested) in Centenary Hall
Tuesday 8th
Start of Term Poetry Competition – Class rounds House Music Competition – Class rounds 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 9.00am Tutor and Form Time
Wednesday 9th
Hockey – Padfield Trophy at Dean Close 2.00pm 3.30-4.30pm Netball Inset – all girls' games staff
Thursday 10th
Korg Music Technology Workshops for Year 7 and Year 8 8.30am House Assembly 5.30pm Schola Cantorum First Service of the Term
Friday 11th
1.10pm Poetry Competition Year 5 and Year 6 Semi-finals in CH3 Korg Music Technology Workshops for Year 7 and Year 8 2.40pm Start of Term Chapel Service – Rev'd J. Ash 4.00pm Korg Music Technology Workshop for parents Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm
Saturday 12th
8.00am Prefects' Meeting with the Headmaster Hockey Triangular at Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9A and U9B 10.15am Hockey Triangular at Dean Close – U10A, U10B, U10C 10.15am 12.30-2.00pm Hockey Practice – all boys in Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Netball v Royal Grammar School Worcester – U13A, U13B, U13C, U12A, U12B, U12C Away 1.30pm
Sunday 13th
Boarders' Trip to a Trampoline Park
WEEK 2 Monday 14th
8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in CH1 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.00pm Schola Cantorum sing Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral (out all day) 5.15pm Senior Christian Union 6.30pm Community Link Year 8 boarders support Family Space Event
Tuesday 15th
8.30am Assembly – Mr J. Gould 1.10pm Poetry Competition Year 7 and Year 8 Semi-finals in CH3 2.00pm Anita Corbin Photography Workshop 4.30-5.15pm Anita Corbin Talks@DCPS: Gender and Diversity Talk (All Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 to attend)
Wednesday 16th 8.15am Year 3 and Year 4 Parents' Coffee Morning in Centenary Atrium 12.45pm Poetry Competition Year 3 and Year 4 Semi-finals in CH3 Hockey v Millfield Preparatory School – 1st XI Away 2.15pm; 3rd XI and 5th XI Home 2.30pm; U11A and U11B Away 3.15pm; 2nd XI and 4th XI Home 3.30pm Netball v Clifton College Preparatory School – U13C, U13D, U12C, U12D Away 2.15pm; U13A, U13B, U12A, U12B Away 3.10pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U10A, U10B, U9A Home 2.15pm; U9B Home 2.45pm
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Thursday 17th
Year 7 Healthy Living Day 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Swimming Gala v Cheltenham Ladies' College – Year 7 and Year 8 Away 4.45pm
Friday 18th
1.00pm Year 8 Music Scholars Concert at Chapel Arts, Cheltenham 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr G. Wadsworth 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 19th
9.00am Wilton Trip to Oxford University's Museum of Natural History Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U8 Away 9.15am Hockey v Kingswood School – 1st XI and 3rd XI Home 12.30pm; 2nd XI and 4th XI Away 1.30pm Netball v The Dragon School – U13A, U13B, U13C, U13D, U12A, U12B, U12C, U12D, U12E Away 2.15pm Boarders' Indoor Games Night
Sunday 20th WEEK 3 Monday 21st
Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 InCAS Testing 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in CH1 8.30-3.30pm Year 7 History Trip to Warwick Castle 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 22nd
8.30am Assembly – Miss X. Huang 2.55-4.20pm DCPS Poetry Competition Finals in Centenary Hall, Adjudicator Mrs R. Frett, Headmistress St. John's on-the-Hill
Wednesday 23rd Year 5 Parents' Coffee Morning in Centenary Atrium Hockey v Clifton Preparatory School – 1st VII, 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII, 6th VII Away 2.00pm Hockey Festival at Dean Close – U11A and U11B Home 2.00pm Hockey Festival at Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U10A and U10B Away 2.00pm Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U11C, U10C and U10D Away 1.00pm Severnside Netball Tournaments – U13A Away (Clifton); U13B Away (Wycliffe); U12A Home; U11A Away (Cheltenham College) 2.00pm Thursday 24th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 4.30-5.30pm Drama at Teatime in Drama Suite CH3 and CH4 Swimming Gala v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Home 4.45pm 5.00-8.00pm Schola Cantorum Recording Session
Friday 25th
12.00pm Chapel Service – Mr T. Wilding 2.00pm House Swimming Gala Exeat begins after House Swimming Gala 4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset
Saturday 26th
Exeat 10.00am Council of Members in Centenary Hall
Sunday 27th
Exeat Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
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WEEK 4 Monday 28th
Chaplaincy 'Think Big' Week Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 CAT4 Testing 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 29th
LAMDA Examinations 8.30am Assembly – Rev'd J. Ash 4.35pm Interhouse Quiz Yeaman v Boarders in CH2
Wednesday 30th 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 Hockey v Magdalen College School – U11A and U11C Away 2.00pm; U1B Away 2.45pm Hockey v The Dragon School – U10A and U10C Away 2.00pm; U10B and U10D Away 2.45pm Netball v Cheltenham Ladies' College – U13A, U13B, U13C, U13D Home 2.45pm; U12A, U12B, U12C, U12D, U12E Away 2.45pm Netball v St Edward's Preparatory School – U11A, U11B, U10A, U10B, U10C Away 2.45pm Thursday 31st
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 1.30pm Performance Platform in Centenary Hall 4.35pm Interhouse Quiz Oaksey v Deacon CH2
Friday 1st
Swimming – IAPS Regional Finals at The Dragon School 2.30pm Hall Service – Mr E. Harris Hockey v The Richard Pate School – U9A and U9B Away 3.30pm Late games session for Boys' Hockey – 1st XI, 2nd XI and 3rd XI Pick up 5.30pm
Saturday 2nd
9.30am Year 2 Information Morning in Centenary Hall Hockey Festival at Clifton College Preparatory School – U9A, U9B and U8 Away 10.00am Hockey v Magdalen College School – 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII and 6th VII Home 12.30pm Boarders' Roller Disco Night
FEBRUARY
Sunday 3rd WEEK 5 Monday 4th
E-safety Week 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 5th
House Music Competition Finals Day National Safer Internet Day 8.30am Assembly – Miss X. Huang Cross Country – Severnside Schools Cross Country at Wycliffe Preparatory School U11 and U13 Boys and Girls Races from 4.00pm
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Wednesday 6th
PSHCE Life Bus in School 7.30am Academic, Art, Drama, DT and Music Scholars' Trip to London Hockey v The Dragon Preparatory School – 1st VII and 3rd VII Away 2.15pm; 2nd XI Home 2.15pm Hockey v Hatherop Castle School – 4th XI, 5th XI Home 3.00pm Hockey v Clifton College Preparatory School – U11A, U11B and U11C Away 2.00pm Hockey v Magdalen College School – U10A and U10B Away 2.15pm; U10C and U10D Away 3.00pm Hockey v The Downs Wraxall – U9A and U9B Away 2.00pm Netball v St John's on-the-Hill – U13A, U12A, U12C, U9B Home 2.30pm; U11A, U11B, U10A, U10C Away 2.30pm Netball v Hatherop Castle School – U13B, U12B Away 2.30pm; U10B, U9A Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm
Thursday 7th
PSHCE Life Bus in School 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly IAPS District 10 Meeting at Pangbourne College
Friday 8th
PSHCE Life Bus in School U13 Boys' IAPS Hockey Regional finals – Cheltenham College Preparatory School Girls' Indoor Cricket – U13 Lady Taverners District Round at Dean Close 2.15pm 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs J. Sheldon
Saturday 9th
8.30-10.00am Parent Breakfast and Workshop Hockey v The Downs Wraxall – U10A and U10C Away 10.00am; U10B and U10D Away 10.45am; 2nd VII, 3rd VII, 4th VII and U11A Home 12.30pm; U11B Home 1.15pm Boarding House “Pic-n-Mix” Options Night
Sunday 10th WEEK 6 Monday 11th
9.00am-12.30pm 5SR Visit to Skillzone 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15-7.00pm Senior Christian Union (SCU) Trip
Tuesday 12th
8.30am Assembly – Mr P. Moss 9.00am-12.30pm 5AE and 5LB Visit to Skillzone 4.30pm Deacon House Teatime Concert
Wednesday 13th 8.30am Junior Form Time and Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Tutor Time Severnside Hockey Tournament at Clifton Preparatory School – 1st VII, 2nd VII, U11A, U11B, U9A and U9B Away 2.00pm Hockey v Clifton College Preparatory School – U10A, U10B, U10C and U10D Home 2.00pm; 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII and 6th VII Home 2.45pm Thursday 14th
8.30am Junior Form Time and Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 Tutor Time Effort Grade 2 to Pupils U11 District Cross Country – Race 3 at Cheltenham College Preparatory School 4.00pm 6.00pm February Music Festival 2019: Valentine's Special
Friday 15th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly Boys' Hockey – U11 and U12 In2Hockey County round Home 10.00am 2.45pm School Service at Tewkesbury Abbey – Rev'd J. Ash Half Term begins after Service
Sunday 24th
Half Term ends Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
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WEEK 7 Monday 25th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 10.00am George Thomas Art Workshop 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union 6.45pm Prefects' Dinner at Dean Close House
Tuesday 26th
8.30am Assembly – Mr T. Wilding 8.50am Shakespeare Workshop for Year 5 in Centenary Hall 1.30pm Performance Platform in Centenary Hall 2.15pm Shakespeare Workshop for Year 3 and Year 4 in Centenary Hall Swimming Gala v Beaudesert Park School – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Home 4.45pm
Wednesday 27th 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in CH1 Hockey v The Downs School Malvern College - 3rd VII and 4th VII Home 2.30pm; 2nd VII Away 2.15pm; 1st VII Away 3.15pm Hockey v The Dragon School – U11A and U11C Home 2.00pm; U11B Home 2.50pm Netball v Beaudesert Park School – U12A, U12B, U12D Away 2.00pm; U13A, U13B, U13C Away 2.45pm; U10B, U10C, U9B Home 2.00pm; U11A, U11B, U11C Home 2.45pm Severnside Netball Tournaments – U10A and U9A Away (Clifton) 2.00pm Thursday 28th
8.30am House Assembly Netball – U11 IAPS Regionals at Millfield Preparatory School 10.00am U11 District Cross Country – Race 3 at St. Edward's Preparatory School 4.00pm
Friday 1st
Chamber Choir attend DCS Choral Day Netball – U12 IAPS Regionals at Millfield Preparatory School 10.00am; U13 IAPS Regionals at King's Bruton 10.00am Hockey – U13 In2Hockey County round Home 10.00am 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs E. Matthews Netball v Berkhampstead School – U8 Home 3.30pm 4.15pm DCS Choral Day Service
Saturday 2nd
Year 6 Parents' Coffee Morning in Centenary Atrium Hockey Tournament at Millfield Preparatory School – U10A and U10B Away 9.30am Netball v Kingswood School – U13A, U13B, U13C Home 12.30pm; U12A, U12B, U12C Home 1.15pm Boarders' Big Movie Night
MARCH
Sunday 3rd WEEK 8 Monday 4th
Year 8 Trial Exams Netball and Hockey Skills Day 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in CH1 8.30-9.20am Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 Form Time; Year 6 and Year 7 Tutor Time go through Target Reports 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union
Tuesday 5th
House Charity Book Event 8.30am Assembly – Mr S. Cahill
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Wednesday 6th
8.45-10.45am Year 3 Synagogue Trip Hockey v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9A and U9B Home 1.30pm; 1st VII, 3rd VII, U11B and U11C Away 2.15pm; U10A, U10B, U10C and U10D Home 2.15pm; 2nd VII, 4th VII and 5th VII Away 3.15pm; 6th and 7th Home 3.15pm U11 Cricklade Manor Hockey Tournament – U11A Away 2.00pm 5.30pm Schola Cantorum sing Evensong for Ash Wednesday at Tewkesbury Abbey Netball v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – U13A, U13C, U12A, U12C, U12E Home 2.30pm; U11A, U11C, U10A, U10B, U9A Away 2.30pm; U9B Away 3.10pm; U8 Home 3.45pm
Thursday 7th
8.30am World Book Day Assembly 9.50am-1.15pm Year 8 Planetarium Session Swimming Gala v Cheltenham Ladies' College and Beaudesert Park School – Year 7 and Year 8 girls Away 4.45pm
Friday 8th
Target Reports for Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7 to Parents 10.00am-4.30pm Dance Examinations 2.45pm Chapel – Miss X. Huang Exeat begins after Chapel 4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset
Saturday 9th
Exeat U13 Rugby 7s – Millfield Away
Sunday 10th
Exeat Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm
WEEK 9 Monday 11th
4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union
Tuesday 12th
8.30am Assembly – Mr T. Wilding Year 3 Trip to Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 5.00-8.00pm Schola Cantorum CD Recording Session
Wednesday 13th MarKET and PET Speaking Exam 8.30-9.20am Year 8 Tutor Time go through Target Reports Hockey v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – 3rd VII, 4th VII, 5th VII and 6th VII Home 2.00pm; U11C, U10A, U10B and U10C Away 2.00pm; 1st VII, 2rd VII, U11A and U11B Away 3.00pm, 7th VII and 8th VII Home 3.00pm Netball v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U13A, U13B, U13D, U12A, U12D Home 2.15pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U10A, U10B Away 2.15pm; U9A and U9B Away 3.15pm; U8 Home 3.45pm Hockey v St John's on-the-Hill – U9B Away 2.00pm; U9C Away 2.40pm Thursday 14th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 4.30pm-6.00pm Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Parents' Evening 5.00-8.00pm Schola Cantorum CD Recording Session
Friday 15th
4.00am Year 6 French Trip Departure Year 8 Target Reports to parents Year 8 HPV Vaccination Programme 2.30pm Hall Service – Miss L. Ackroyd 4.30pm-6.00pm Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Parents' Evening 6.00pm DCPS and DCS Sibling Tea in Dean Close Preparatory Dining Room
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Saturday 16th
KET and PET Speaking Exam 9.30am Trustees' Meeting at St John's-on-the-Hill Hockey Festival at Dean Close – U9 Home 10.00am Boarders' Basement Disco
Sunday 17th
Boarders' Year 8 Town Trip
WEEK 10 Monday 18th
ABRSM Music Examinations this week Junior Play Rehearsal Week 4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union 5.15pm Senior Christian Union 11.55pm Year 6 French Trip return
Tuesday 19th
Boys' Hockey - U13 IAPS National finals at Millfield Preparatory School 8.30am Assembly – Mrs J. Cahill Swimming Gala v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Home 4.45pm 4.30pm Yeaman House Teatime Concert 4.35pm No prep for Year 6
Wednesday 20th Schola Choristers attend CSA Sports and Evensong Day at Gloucester Cathedral (out all day) Boys' Hockey – U11 IAPS National finals at Rugby School Hockey v Beechen Cliff School – 2nd VII and 4th VII Home 2.15pm; 3rd VII and 5th VII Home 3.15pm Hockey v The Richard Pate School – U11B and U10A Home 2.30pm Netball v St Hugh's School – U13A, U13B, U13D, U12A, U12B Home 2.30pm; U11A, U11B, U11C, U10B, U9A, U9B Away 2.30pm Thursday 21st
U13 Boys' and Girls' West of England Hockey Finals – Millfield Preparatory School Netball – U11 IAPS National finals at Epsom 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly 5.30-7.15pm Year 8 Parents' Evening in Centenary Hall (pupils to attend)
Friday 22nd
Netball – U12 and U13 IAPS National finals at Epsom UKMT Team Maths Challenge at Earl Mortimer College and Sixth Form College 2.30pm Hall Service – Mrs R. Beecham Hockey v The Richard Pate School – U8 Away 3.30pm Netball v Berkhampstead School – U9B Home 3.30pm; U9A Home 4.00pm
Saturday 23rd
Year 7 and Year 8 Parents' Coffee Morning in Centenary Atrium Hockey Festival at The Downs Wraxall – U8 Away 10.00am
Sunday 24th
Boarders' trip to Swindon Oasis
WEEK 11 Monday 25th
Junior Play Rehearsal 8.30am Assembly – Mrs C. Salisbury Gymnastics – Private Schools Gymnastic Competition at Clifton College Preparatory School 12.00pm Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8
Tuesday 26th
9.00am-12.45pm Junior Play Technical Rehearsal 9.00am-12.45pm Junior Form Teachers' INSET U11 Boys' and Girls' West of England Hockey Finals at Millfield Preparatory School 9.30am
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Wednesday 27th 8.30am-12.45pm Junior Play Dress Rehearsal: (Pre-Prep, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 to attend) 2.15pm Senior and Junior House Hockey 2.15pm Netball House Matches – All Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 7.00pm Junior Play Performance Thursday 28th
8.30pm Congo 3.30pm U13 Rugby 7s squad depart for Rosslyn Park 7s 7.00pm Junior Play Performance and Cast Party
Friday 29th
8.30am Headmaster's Assembly U13 Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s – 10.00am 11.45am End of Term Chapel – Rev'd J. Ash 12.45pm End of Term: Pupils may depart after Chapel
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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
DCPS Health Centre
Mrs R. Smith
01242 258080 or 01242 258046
rasmith@deanclose.org.uk
Bursar
Mr A. Bowcher
01242 258086
apbowcher@deanclose.org.uk
School Shop
Mrs K. Wood
01242 258016
kwood@deanclose.org.uk
PA to Headmaster
Ms S. Clark
01242 512217
slclark@deanclose.org.uk
Houses
House Parents
House Number Duty Phone
CALDECOTE
Mr and Mrs M. Cooper
01242 258014
mgcooper@deanclose.org.uk
07471 351192
WILTON
Mr and Mrs D. Fraine
01242 258012
07471 351165
kjfraine@deanclose.org.uk
FORTFIELD
Mr and Mrs J. Gould
01242 258030
07471 350553
agould@deanclose.org.uk
DEACON
Mrs R. Beecham
01242 258028
01242 258028
rbeecham@deanclose.org.uk
OAKSEY
Mr E. Harris
01242 258083
07914 075795
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