Calendar of Events
September 2023
Thursday 31 Staff Compliance Training
Friday 1 Staff Compliance Training
Sunday 3 New joiners’ BBQ
Monday 4 Senior Staff Strategy & Planning Day
Tuesday 5 Inset
Wednesday 6 Inset Start of Term for Reception
Thursday 7 Start of Autumn Term Wise Up Team Building Y13 Parent Information Evening Main Hall 6-7pm
Friday 8 House Activity Day Sixth Form Dorset Trip Friends Steering Group 8 45am
Saturday 9 Sixth Form Dorset Trip
Sunday 10 Sixth Form Dorset Trip
Monday 11 Baseline tests week Y11 Parents Information Evening Main Hall 6-7pm
Tuesday 12 Baseline tests week Prep Photo Day Y8 & Y1 Parents Information Evening Main Hall and LC 6-7pm
Wednesday 13 Baseline tests week Senior Photo Day Y6 & Y2 Parents Information Evening Main Hall and LC 6-7pm
Thursday 14 Baseline tests week Y7 & Y3 Parents Information Evening (Main Hall and G5 6-7pm)
Friday 15 Baseline tests week
Monday 18 Baseline tests week Y10 & Y4 Parents Information Evening Main Hall and Conservatory 6-7pm
Tuesday 19 Baseline tests week Y5, Y12 PreN & N Parents Information Evening Main Hall and LC 6-7pm
Wednesday 20 Baseline tests week Y9 & R Parents Information Evening Main Hall and LC 6-7pm
Thursday 21 Baseline tests week
Meet the Friends Wine & Cheese Evening, 6 - 9pm
Friday 22 Baseline tests week Camp HCH
Saturday 23 Camp HCH
Sunday 24 Yom Kippur
Monday 25 Yom Kippur
Friday 29 Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
Calendar of Events 2023 - 2024
Calendar of Events
October 2023
Sunday 1 Black History Month
Monday 2 Y10 & Y11 Football Fixture vs KGS - Ditton Field
RWI Reception Parent Workshop Sixth Form Open Evening (Y11 & Prospective) Main Hall
Tuesday 3 Y7 & Y12 Parents’ Evening, 6 - 7pm
Wednesday 4 Y7 & Y8 Football Fixture vs KGS - Ditton Field Parent Reps Evening Conservatory
Thursday 5 Y5 Globe Theatre trip
Y8 & Y9 Football Fixture vs KGS - Ditton Field Evening Club
Friday 6 Y6 ISA London South 5-a-side Football Tournament 11am-3pm Lingfield College, RH7 6PH
Monday 9 Reception Baseline Assessments
Tuesday 10 Hello Yellow Day
Friends of HCH Book and Clothes Sale
Reception Baseline Assessments
World Mental Health Day
Wednesday 11 Reception Baseline Assessments
Y9 & Y10 Netball Fixture vs Hollyfield, 4pm FLAM Community Soirée
Thursday 12
Nasal Flu vaccination
Reception Baseline Assessments
Evening Club Y13 Subject Information Evening
Friday 13 Y5 & Y6 Football Fixture vs Weston Green Reception Baseline Assessments
Sunday 15 Oxbridge Medicine and Veterinary Application Deadline
Monday 16 Staff Bake Off Reports deadline
Florence Art Trip departs National Baking Week
Tuesday 17 Florence Art Trip
Wednesday 18 Uni Entrance Tests
Florence Art Trip
Thursday 19 Uni Entrance Tests
Pompeii Trip departs
Florence Art Trip returns
Evening Club
Friday 20 Celebration Assembly 8 40 - 12pm
Spooky Festival
Friends of HCH Bake Sale
Pompeii Trip
Internal Sixth Form Application Deadline
Reports go out
Saturday 21
Monday 23
Pompeii Trip returns
Half-term break begins
Calendar of Events 2023 - 2024
Calendar of Events
November 2023
Sunday 5 Half-term
Whole School Firework Display and BBQ!
Monday 6 Term restarts
RWI Reception Parent Workshop
Wednesday 8 Y5 Parents’ Evening
Thursday 9 EY Rehearsal in Main Hall for concert
Y9 & Y10 Football Fixture vs Radnor, 4 – 6pm, Teddington Lock
Evening Club
Friday 10
Friends Steering Group, 8 45am
Y1 Parents’ Evening
Monday 13 Y10 Parents’ Evening, 6pm
Anti Bullying Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Tuesday 14 Y2 Parents’ Evening, 6pm
Anti Bullying Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Wednesday 15 Anti Bullying Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Thursday 16 EY Rehearsal in Main Hall for concert
DELF ceremony
Evening Club
Anti Bullying Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Friday 17 Anti Bullying Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Monday 20 Y11 & Y13 Mocks
Tuesday 21 Y11 & Y13 Mocks
Y11 GCSE Parent Catchup
Y6 & Y7 Football Fixture vs Radnor House, Teddington Cricket Club, 2 - 4pm
Wednesday 22 Y11 & Y13 Mocks
Anti Bullying Workshops (Y5-9)
Thursday 23 Y11 & Y13 Mocks
EY Rehearsal in Main Hall for concert
Y7 trip to Hounslow Arts Centre, 9am – 2pm Evening Club
Monday 27 Assessment Week
Tuesday 28 Assessment Week
Y10 & Y11 GCSE Drama trip
Y7 & Y8 Football Fixture vs Radnor House, 4 – 6pm, Teddington Lock
Y7 Netball vs Radnor, 2:30pm, Teddington Lock
Wednesday 29 Assessment Week
Thursday 30 Assessment Week
EY Christmas Show, 10 30am
Calendar of Events
December 2023
Friday 1 Y9 & Y10 Netball Fixture vs Chessington, 3 30pm
Monday 4 EY Parents Evening 1 Sixth Form Offers
Tuesday 5 Prep Christmas Concerts, 11am & 2 45pm EY Parents Evening 2
Wednesday 6 EY Santa’s Grotto EY Parents Evening 3
Y8 Netball Fixture vs Hollyfield, 3:20pm Junior Choir performance at Bridge Road Winter Wander, 5pm Sunset Serenades
Thursday 7 Yule Ball Y10 - 13 EY Parents Evening 4 Reports deadline
Friday 8 Y3 Drumming Concert, 3 30pm EY Parents Evening 5
Sunday 10 Friends of HCH Christmas Fayre, 12 - 4pm
Monday 11 Prep Pantomime Senior Ice Skating
Tuesday 12 Carols at Church Christmas Lunch
Thursday 14 Celebration Assembly End of Term, 12.05 Finish Reports go out HCH Christmas Staff Party
Monday 18 Ski Trip Departs
Saturday 23 Ski Trip Returns
Calendar of Events
January 2024
Thursday 4 Inset
Friday 5 Inset
Saturday 6 Epiphany
Monday 8 Start of Spring Term
Wednesday 10 7+ Assessments
Thursday 11 7+ Assessments RWI Reception Parent Workshop
Saturday 13 Y11 GCSE Fieldwork Trip to Battersea
Tuesday 16 Y5 & Y6 Young Voices Concert Y3 Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 17 Year 10 GCSE Drama trip to Blood Brothers
Thursday 18 Y6 Transition Day - A Taste of Year 7
Tuesday 23 EY Picnic in Kingston Y4 Parents’ Evening National Handwriting Day
Wednesday 24 Y3 & Y4 trip to Science Museum Y9 Parents’ & Options Evening, 6 - 8pm
Thursday 25 ISA U14 (Y9) Boys’ Football Tournament (NG7 2PS)
Friday 26 RSPB Bird Watch
Saturday 27 Holocaust Memorial Day
Monday 29 Storytelling Week, Prep Chinese Dragon Workshop
Tuesday 30 EY & Prep Storytelling Workshops with author Andy Copps Y11 Parents’ Evening Storytelling Week
Wednesday 31 Storytelling Week
Calendar of Events
February 2024
Thursday 1 Storytelling Week
School Bus Library Official Launch Event
Friday 2 Storytelling Week
Monday 5
Children's Mental Health Week
Y1 & Y2 Tower of London trip
Y6 Putting Young Minds to Work programme begins Reports deadline
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 7
Friday 9
Children's Mental Health Week
Y5, Y6 & Y8 Theatre trip, Rose Theatre Kingston Y8 & Y13 Parents’ Evening, 6 - 7pm
Chinese New Year Assembly
Y5 & Y6 Football Fixture v THS
Children's Mental Health Week
Inside Out Day
Friends of HCH Après Ski and Booksale, 3 30 - 4 30pm Reports go out
Saturday 10 Lunar New Year
Monday 12 Half-term break begins
Monday 19 Term restarts
Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
RWI Reception Parent Workshop
Tuesday 20 Y8 Football Fixture vs Hollyfield, 2 00 - 4 30pm at Somerset Ave Playing Fields Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Wednesday 21 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Thursday 22 Y1 & Y2 Trip to Hampton Court Palace Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Friday 23 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2 Friends Steering Group
Monday 26 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Tuesday 27 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Class Reps’ Evening
Wednesday 28 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Thursday 29 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
KS3 Wimbledon Goals Football Fixture at Canbury School, 1 00 - 4 00pm
Calendar of Events
March 2024
Friday 1 Y11 & Y13 Mocks 2
Y10 Football Fixture vs Hollyfield, 2 00 - 4 30pm at Somerset Ave Playing Fields
Monday 4 LC Parents’ Evening 1
Senior Showcase Rehearsal, 1 35 - 4pm
Wednesday 6 Y2 Parents’ Evening
Y10 & Y11 Challenge of China virtual event
Senior Showcase, 6pm
Thursday 7
World Book Day - EY & Prep Storytelling Workshops with author Andy Copps and Dress Up Day
LC Parents’ Evening 2
Y12 & Y13 Maths in Action workshop
Y9 - Y13 Spanish trip to Granada departs
Friday 8 LC Parents’ Evening 3
Prep Parent Music Morning, 9am - 12 noon
Sunday 10 Y9 - Y13 Spanish trip to Granada returns
Monday 11 Science Week
EY Mothers’ Day Celebration
Y4 Songwriting Music Workshop
Senior Vocal Improv Workshop
Pick-Up Concert with Martha Tilston, 4pm
Y9 DTP & Men ACWY vaccinations
Tuesday 12
WonderDome Planetarium at HCH in Theatre
Y5 residential trip to Paris departs
Y9 Football Fixture vs Hollyfield, 2 00 - 4 30pm at Somerset Ave Playing Fields
Y10 & Y11 Mandarin trip to Buddhist Temple and Uni Fair
Y6 Parents’ Evening
Wednesday 13 Junior Choir Performance at Richmond Festival
Thursday 14 Y9 Netball fixture vs The Kingston Academy, 3:30pm
Y10 & Y11 English trip to Rose Theatre Kingston
Y1 Parents’ Evening
Friday 15 Y5 residential trip to Paris returns
Sunday 17 Red Nose Day
Monday 18 A Morning with Fintan O’Regan: Supporting Children with ADHD and ASD
Proposed: Y1 Duck hatching eggs
Y11 Drama Exam: Rehearsals all day, Performance at 5 30pm
Tuesday 19 ISA U15 Boys National Football Tournament, 9 30am - 4 00pm, LVS Ascot
Wednesday 20 Francophone Day
Reports deadline
Thursday 21 Spring Music Recitals
Y7 Netball Fixture vs Hollyfield
Y9 & Y10 Boys’ Basketball fixture vs Hollyfield, 3:30pm
Friday 22 Arctic Expedition Trip departs
Saturday 23 World Maths Day
Sunday 24 Arctic Expedition Trip
Monday 25 Arctic Expedition Trip
Tuesday 26 Friends of HCH Easter Egg Hunt, 10 - 11am Arctic Expedition Trip
Wednesday 27 Arctic Expedition Trip Celebration Assembly End of Term (12.05 Finish) Reports go out
Sunday 31 Arctic Expedition Trip returns Easter Break
Calendar of Events
April 2024
Thursday 11 Easter Break
Y9 & Y10 Holland Football Trip departs
Friday 12 Easter Break
Y9 & Y10 Holland Football Trip
Saturday 13 Easter Break
Y9 & Y10 Holland Football Trip
Sunday 14 Easter Break
Y9 & Y10 Holland Football Trip returns
Monday 15 Staff Inset
Tuesday 16 Staff Inset
Wednesday 17 Start of Summer Term
Y12 end of year exams
Thursday 18 Y12 end of year exams
Friday 19 Y12 end of year exams
Monday 22 Y12 end of year exams
RWI Reception Parent Workshop
Y6 PGL Residential Parents talk, 4 15pm
Tuesday 23 Y12 end of year exams
St Georges Day
Wednesday 24 Y7 Parents’ Evening
Friday 26 Friends Steering Group
EY trip to Kew Gardens
Performing Arts fundraiser tea, 3 15pm Y7 - Y10 Netball Tour (Shrewsbury)
Saturday 27 Y7 - Y10 Netball Tour (Shrewsbury)
Sunday 28 Y7 - Y10 Netball Tour (Shrewsbury)
Tuesday 30 Y10 Drama exam prep
Calendar of Events
May 2024
Wednesday 1 May Day Celebration
Thursday 2 Y12 Parents Evening 2
Friday 3 Y6 Putting Young Minds to Work Enterprise Fair, Y1 - Y7 and Y6 parents invited Staff v Sixth Form Students Football Match, 4 30 - 6pm
Tuesday 7 Y6 Bikeability Week
Y10 Drama Exam, 5 30pm
GCSE & A Level Art exam starts
Wednesday 8 Y7 Geography trip to Epping Forest Parent Reps Evening
Thursday 9 Y9 Parents’ Evening
GCSE & A Level Art exam ends
Monday 13 Y5 & Y6 Performing Arts Week
Y7 English trip to the Globe Theatre
Tuesday 14 Y5 & Y6 Performing Arts Week
Wednesday 15 Reception - Y4 Number Fun workshops
Y10 History Trip to the Imperial War Museum
Y5 & Y6 Performing Arts Week
Y5 & Y6 Production: Oliver! 4 30pm, 7pm
Thursday 16 Y5 & Y6 Production: Oliver! 4 30pm, 7pm
Y9 & Y10 Duke of Edinburgh expedition departs
Friday 17 Summer Afternoon Tea
Saturday 18 Y9 & Y10 Duke of Edinburgh expedition returns
Monday 20 Francophone Week begins
Thursday 23 Friends of HCH Francophone Soirée, 7pm
Friday 24 Francophone Week ends Celebration Assembly
Monday 27 Half-term break begins
Calendar of Events
June 2024
Monday 3 Term restarts
Study leave begins (Y11 & Y13)
Tuesday 4 Y7 & Y8 Performing Arts Week
Y8 Boys rowing taster session, Molesey Boat Club EY & Prep Induction Day
Wednesday 5 Y7 & Y8 Production: Alice in Wonderland, 4.30pm & 7pm
Thursday 6 11+ Induction Day
Y7 & Y8 Production: Alice in Wonderland, 5pm
Monday 10 Y8 HPV vaccinations
Tuesday 11 HCH Careers Fair, 10am - 2pm
Prep Trip to Chessington Zoo
Y7 trip to British Museum Y8 trip to Thorpe Park
Thursday 13 13+ Induction Day
Monday 17 Whole school exam week begins
Tuesday 18 Y8 Girls’ Rowing Taster Session, 2 - 3.30pm, Molesey Boat Club
Wednesday 19 Community Garden and Little Courtyard Garden Tour, 3pm Drum recital, 4.30pm Sixth Form Open Evening Garden Party, 6pm
Friday 21 Whole school exam week ends
Monday 24 EY & Prep Sports Day
Tuesday 25 Senior Sports Day
Wednesday 26 Senior Environmental Day Y11 Prom
Y6 PGL Residential departs Y12 Geography fieldwork trip 1
Thursday 27 Summer Recitals, 4.30pm Y12 Geography fieldwork trip 2
Friday 28 Y6 PGL Residential returns Reports deadline
Sunday 30 Summer Fête
Calendar of Events
July 2024
Wednesday 3 Y13 Prom EY & Y1 - 4 Drama and Dance Showcase, Hampton Hill Theatre, 9am - 4pm
Thursday 4 Junior and Chamber Choirs at Evensong, Hampton Court Palace Chapel Royal, 4 30pm
Friday 5 Speech Day Prize Giving Ceremony End of Term, 12.05 finish Reports go out