The Hall
Calendar
Summer Term
2015
Senior School
23 Crossfield Road NW3 4NU
Telephone
School Office 020 7722 1700
Matron 020 7449 4344
PE Office 020 7449 4346
Bursar 020 7449 4349
Music School 020 7449 4351
Fax 020 7483 0181
E-mail
[email protected]
[email protected]
Junior School
69 Belsize Park, NW3 4EH
Office 020 7722 5456
Fax 020 7722 0583
[email protected]
April 2015
Monday 20th April
ISA Independent Schools Ski slalom race at the Hemel Snow Dome
SLT meeting in HM study 8.00am
Staff meetings and staff training, all day
Staff lunch at 12.45pm
Tuesday 21st April
TERM BEGINS
Assembly theme – Beliefs
MS/SS House meetings
Individual music lessons and groups resume from 10.00am
Wednesday 22nd April
Safeguarding Committee meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Thursday 23rd April
St George’s Day lunch
Barnet Chess U9 Jamboree 1.00-5.00pm
Master Class with Colin Baldy – Chapel Choir 5.15-6.15pm
Friday 24th April
MS Art Enrichment day
JS Geography Day
SLT – Level 2 Safeguarding training, all day
Saturday 25th April
BISS indoor league ski race at Hemel Snow Dome
Monday 27th April
Supervised prep and activities start
SLT meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Year 4 Sayers Croft Parents’ information meeting in Cooper Hall 4.10pm
Tuesday 28th April
Eton King’s Scholarship
Westminster Challenge
Year 6 Normandy trip Parents’ information meeting in Cooper Hall 4.00pm
Year 5 Information Evening in MS Hall 6.45pm
Wednesday 29th April
Eton King’s Scholarship
Westminster Challenge
Year 7 Activity Week Parents’ information meeting MS Hall 4.10pm
Thursday 30th April
Eton King’s Scholarship
Westminster Challenge
HSPA sale of second-hand uniform in JS Hall 2.30-4.00pm
Governors’ Pastoral Committee meeting in HM study 4.15pm
May 2015
Friday 1st May
Eton King’s Scholarship
MS/SS Mufti Day for BAFTA winners
Junior Maths Challenge
Monday 4th May
BANK HOLIDAY
St Paul’s School Scholarship
Tuesday 5th May
St Paul’s School Scholarship
SLT meeting in HM study 7.30am
Cricket U9 4 teams v Northbridge House School (A) 2.00pm
Cricket U9 2 teams v Hereward House School (H) 2.30pm
Open Evening (1) for Prospective Parents in MS Hall 6.45pm
Wednesday 6th May
St Paul’s School Scholarship
HSPA Parent reps’ meeting (JS) ICT room 8.00am
Cricket 1st XI & Colts A v Orley Farm School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket 2nd XI, Colts B & Colts C v Orley Farm School (H) 2.30pm
ABRSM exam entries deadline 4.00pm
ICT Strategy meeting 4.10pm
Pupils’ Informal Concert in Cooper Hall 4.15pm
Thursday 7th May
Cricket U10 2 teams v Northbridge House School (A) 2.00pm
Cricket U9 all play v Highgate School (H) 2.15pm
Open Evening (2) for Prospective Parents in MS Hall 6.45pm
Friday 8th May
Walk to School Day
Saturday 9th May
North London Festival Chamber Music Competition
Monday 11th May
SATIPS Indoor Prep School Ski Championships at the Hemel Snow Dome
CE Mathematics Mental Arithmetic exam in Cooper Hall 8.50-9.25am
Cricket 2nd XI v Westminster Under School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket 1st XI & 3rd XI v Westminster Under School (H) 3.00pm
SLT Strategy meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Tuesday 12th May
3H Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
CE French Listening exam in Cooper Hall 9.25-9.50am
Open Evening (3) for Prospective Parents in MS Hall 6.45pm
Wednesday 13th May
3G Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
Cricket 1st XI & 2nd XI v Arnold House School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket U13 2 teams v Northbridge House School (Regent’s Park) 2.30pm
Tennis U13 v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
HoDs meeting in MS Hall 4.10pm
Pupils’ Informal Concert in Cooper Hall 4.15pm
Thursday 14th May
CE French Speaking exam in Music Department 8.30-12.30pm
School Council meeting in room 37 1.25pm
Janner Poetry competition in MS Hall 5.15pm
Friday 15th May
Parents’ ICT Forum in Cooper Hall 8.15am
3BC Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
Year 6 Life Skills – Roger Elgood: Living with blindness in MS Hall 9.00-10.00am
4D trip to Apsley House 11.10-3.50pm
Monday 18th May
Green House – Environmental week
Revision Week
Mosaic Project Hall 125th anniversary celebration event
Parent Q & A Forum with Louise Emanuel, School Counsellor in Cooper
Hall 8.40-9.45am
Cricket Colts B v Arnold House School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket Colts A v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
Tennis U11 v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
Year 5 PGL trip Parents’ information meeting in MS Hall 4.10pm
SLT meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Tuesday 19th May
Mosaic Project
JS Art Exhibition
Cricket U9 all play v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket U10 2 teams v Hereward House School (H) 2.30pm
JS Staff meeting 3.45pm
MS/SS Staff meeting in MS Hall 4.10pm
Senior School Concert in Wathen Hall 5.30pm (rehearsals during the day)
Wednesday 20th May
Mosaic Project
JS Art Exhibition
Iceland trip Boys’ information meeting in Cooper Hall 7.45am
Tennis U13 v St Anthony’s School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket 1st XI v Wetherby School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket 2nd XI & 3rd XI v Wetherby School (H) 2.30pm
Thursday 21st May
Mosaic Project
JS Art Exhibition
General Knowledge Quiz semi-final in Cooper Hall 2.00-3.00pm
Cricket U10 A, B & C v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
Tennis U10 v Arnold House (A) 2.30pm
Chapel Choir Choral Evensong at St Michael’s Highgate 5.30pm
Governors’ Finance Committee in HM study 5.30pm
Friday 22nd May
Mosaic Project
JS Special Assembly in MS Hall 8.45am
4F & 4R trip to Apsley House 11.10-3.50pm
JS Fete 1.30-3.00pm (Reception and Year 1 to go home at noon) Hall 125th
anniversary celebration event
Progress Reports published via parent portal from 5.00pm
Saturday 23rd May
BISS indoor league ski race at Hemel Snow Dome
Iceland trip departs
Monday 25th May
HALF TERM
Tuesday 26th May
Iceland trip returns
June 2015
Monday 1st June
CE and school exams
8B trip
Assembly theme – On a Journey
Cricket Colts A & C v St Anthony’s School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket Colts B v St Anthony’s School (A) 2.30pm
SLT meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Year 3 Parents’ meeting for Transfer to Year 4 in MS Hall 6.45pm
Tuesday 2nd June
CE and school exams
8B trip
Cricket U10 5 teams v Durston House School (H) 2.30pm
Wednesday 3rd June
CE and school exams
8B trip
Cricket Colts A & C v Lochinver House School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket Colts B v Lochinver House School (H) 2.30pm
Thursday 4th June
CE and school exams
8B trip
Governors’ Estate meeting in Cooper Hall 5.30pm
Friday 5th June
Year 8 day off
Saturday 6th June
BISS indoor league ski race at Hemel Snow Dome
Chess EPSCA semi-finals at Pontins Camber Sands
Sunday 7th June
Chess EPSCA semi-finals at Pontins Camber Sands
Monday 8th June
Activities’ Week
Year 4 residential trip to Sayers Croft
Year 5 residential trip to PGL Torquay
Year 6 trip to Bletchley Park
Year 7 residential trip to Galloway Activity Centre
Year 8 residential trip to Skern Lodge
Tuesday 9th June
Year 1 Concert (part 1) in JS Hall 8.45am
Year 4 residential trip to Sayers Croft
Year 5 residential trip to PGL Torquay
Year 6 trip to Duxford Air Base
Year 7 residential trip to Galloway Activity Centre
Year 8 residential trip to Skern Lodge
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Wednesday 10th June
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Thursday 11th June
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Friday 12th June
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Year 1 Concert (part 2) in JS Hall 8.45am
Year 4 residential trip to Sayers Croft return to JS at 3.00pm
Year 5 residential trip to PGL Torquay
Year 6 residential trip to Normandy
Year 7 residential trip to Galloway Activity Centre
Year 8 residential trip to Skern Lodge
Year 4 History off the Page in Cooper Hall
Year 5 residential trip to PGL Torquay
Year 6 residential trip to Normandy
Year 7 residential trip to Galloway Activity Centre
Year 8 residential trip to Skern Lodge
Year 4 activities in school followed by picnic at Primrose Hill
Year 5 residential trip to PGL Torquay
Year 6 residential trip to Normandy
Year 7 residential trip to Galloway Activity Centre
Year 8 residential trip to Skern Lodge
Sunday 14th June
London Schools Ski Race at Welwyn dry ski slope
Monday 15th June
Cricket 1st XI & 2nd XI v Hereward House School (H) 2.30pm
Tennis U13 v Westminster Under School (H) 3.00pm
SLT meeting in HM study 4.10pm
Tuesday 16th June
Whole school photograph 10.00am
Cricket U9 4 teams v Northbridge House School (A) 2.00pm
Cricket U9 4 teams v Wetherby School (H) 2.15pm
HSPA sale of second-hand uniform in JS Hall 2.30-4.00pm
MS/SS Visual Art and Design event drinks reception at Wilf Slack 6.45pm
Hall 125th anniversary celebration event
Wednesday 17th June
MS/SS Visual Art and Design event at Wilf Slack
Drugs Talk by Simon Leigh – Year 8 8.50-10.20am, Year 7 11.10-12.20pm
Portugal Day lunch
Cricket 2nd XI v Arnold House (A) 2.30pm
Cricket Colts B v Westminster Under School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket 1st XI v Colet Court/St Paul’s (A) 2.30pm
Cricket Colts A v Westminster Under School (A) 3.00pm
HoDs meeting in Cooper Hall 4.10pm
Thursday 18th June
MS/SS Visual Art and Design event at Wilf Slack
Middle School Sports Day at Wilf Slack 10.30am followed by picnic lunch 1.30-2.30pm HSPA
Parents v Staff golf match and dinner at Hampstead Golf Club 4.00pm
Friday 19th June
MS/SS Visual Art and Design event at Wilf Slack – morning only
Walk to School Day
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project morning only
HSPA Year Reps’ meeting for MS/SS in Cooper Hall 8.10am
4F & 4R Royal Courts of Justice trip 9.00-1.00pm
Street Party in the Yard 3.00pm Hall 125th anniversary celebration event
Saturday 20th June
Cricket 1st XI & 2nd XI v Beechwood Park School (H) 11.00am
Cricket Colts A, B and C v Beechwood Park School (A) 11.00am
Summer Ball at The Tower of London Hall 125th anniversary celebration event
Monday 22nd June
Year 6 and MS Class concerts in music classes all week
Senior School Sports Day at Wilf Slack 10.30am followed by picnic lunch 1.30-2.30pm
ICT Strategy meeting 4.10pm
Tuesday 23rd June
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project all day
SLT meeting in HM study 7.30am
2MS Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
Cricket U9 all play v Arnold House School (A) 2.30pm
Cricket U10 3 teams v Wetherby School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket U10 3 teams v Wetherby School (A) 2.30pm
Music Tour of South Africa (October 2016) information meeting in Cooper Hall 6.45pm
Wednesday 24th June
SLT – Level 2 Safeguarding training, all day
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project, morning only
2S Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
Reception parents feedback meeting following reports, in Reception classroom
12.00-3.00pm
Cricket U12 A & U13 B v Highgate School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket U13 A & U13 B v Highgate School (A) 2.30pm
Pupils’ Informal Concert in Cooper Hall 4.15pm
Thursday 25th June
Play rehearsal and Year 8 project all day
2B Concert in JS Hall 8.45am
School Council meeting in room 28 1.25pm
Cricket U10 4 teams v Northbridge House School (H) 2.30pm
Health and Safety meeting 4.10pm
Friday 26th June
4D trip to Paradise Wildlife Park 8.30-3.50pm
JS Expedition Day (no school for Reception and Year 1)
New 2015 Reception boys visit 10.00am
New 2015 Year 1 boys visit 1.30pm
Uniform supplier ‘Uniform4Kids’ in JS
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project, afternoon only
Set building
Saturday 27th June
Set building
HSPA Fathers and Sons sleepover at London Zoo (Years 3 to 6)
Monday 29th June
ABRSM exams all day
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project, morning only
Calendar meeting in room 28 4.10pm
Safeguarding committee meeting in HM study 5.00pm
Band Night in Middle School Hall 6.45pm
Tuesday 30th June
ABRSM exams all day
SLT meeting in HM study 7.30am
Chess EPSCA finals, Birmingham
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project all day
Cricket U9 4 teams v Hereward House School (H) 2.15pm
MS/SS Staff meeting in MS Hall 4.10pm
July 2015
Wednesday 1st July
ABRSM exams all day
Chess EPSCA finals, Birmingham
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project, morning only
Junior School Sports Day at Wilf Slack 10.30am followed by picnic lunch 12.30-1.30pm
Cricket 1st XI v St Anthony’s School (H) 2.30pm
Cricket U13 selection v St Anthony’s (A) 2.30pm
Thursday 2nd July
Chess ECF finals – Uppingham School
Play rehearsals and Year 8 project all day
Governors’ Meeting and ISI briefing update in Cooper Hall 4.00pm
HSPA Family BBQ, cricket and rounders match at Wilf Slack 6.00pm
Friday 3rd July
Credits and BAFTAs close
Year 5 Activity Day: Sketching and Glider Design at Primrose Hill
Bugsy Malone dress and technical rehearsal and Year 8 project all day
Year 3 Concert in MS Hall 9.00am
American Independence Day lunch
Saturday 4th July
BISS indoor league ski race at Hemel Snow Dome
School play Bugsy Malone in Wathen Hall 7.30pm
Sunday 5th July
School play Bugsy Malone in Wathen Hall 7.30pm
Monday 6th July
End of Year Service at St Peter’s Church, Belsize Square 9.00am
Reserve Sports Day
JS staff meeting 3.45pm
School play Bugsy Malone in Wathen Hall 7.30pm
Tuesday 7th July
MS/SS Final Assembly (part 1) in MS Hall 8.30am
Reception Concert in JS Hall 2.15pm
Year 8 Leavers’ Evening in MS Hall 6.45-8.15pm
Wednesday 8th July
JS Final Assembly in Wathen Hall 8.45am
MS/SS Final Assembly (part 2) in Wathen Hall 11.00am
TERM ENDS 12.15pm
Staff lunch 12.45pm
Reports published via parent portal from 5.00pm
If your son is absent from school please notify Matron in the first instance.
Please refer to our website (www.hallschool.co.uk) for daily updates and match information, including full match
venue details and maps for home and away fixtures.
Autumn Term 2015
Term starts: Thursday 3rd September
Half term: w/c Monday 26th October
Term ends: Thursday 10th December
Spring Term 2016
Term starts: Tuesday 5th January
Half term: w/c Monday 15th February
Term ends: Wednesday 23rd March
Summer Term 2016
Term starts: Wednesday 20th April
Half term: w/c Monday 30th May
Term ends: Friday 8th July
Term dates are published well in advance in order for parents to plan holidays outside school term time. It is school
policy that boys are expected to be in school for the entire term.
The following regular meetings take place throughout the term:
Monday
Wednesday
Friday
8.10am JS briefing
4.10pm SMT meeting
3.45pm JS staff meeting
7.45am SS/MS staff meeting
These are in addition to the twice termly longer staff meetings and Heads of Department meetings listed in the calendar.