Term Dates 2010/11

Autumn Term

3 September - TERM BEGINS for Years 7 and 12

6 September - Rest of school returns

25 - 29 October - HALF TERM

18 November - INSET

19 November - Occasional Day Holiday

17 December - END OF TERM

Spring Term

4 January 2011 - TERM BEGINS

21 - 25 February 2011 - HALF TERM

8 April 2011 - END OF TERM

Summer Term

26 April 2011 - TERM BEGINS

13 May 2011 - INSET

30 May - 3 June 2011 - HALF TERM

22 July 2011 - END OF TERM

Diary Dates:

Autumn Term 2009

September

2 Inset

3 Inset

4 Years 7 and 12 return to school

7 Remaining students return

12/13 Year 11 D of E expedition

14 Globe Theatre visit, Year 8 - POSTPONED

17 Years 10 and 11 dance trip to Peacock Theatre

17 Year 11 parents' meeting re Ypres trip, 5.30 pm

18 Year 8 Day Trip to France

21 German class for Year 8 parents, 6.30 pm

22 East Herts Youth Conference - 4 students attending

22 Parenting Club, 7-9 pm

24 Year 7 visit Science Museum

24 Full Governors' meeting

24-25 Year 11 to Ypres

25 European Day of Languages - various activities

28 CATs tests Year 7 PAJ

29 CATs tests Year 7 CSI

29 Welcome to Chauncy Evening, 6.30 - 8.30

30 Year 7 visit Essex Castles

October

1 Year 9 trip to 'Markus the Sadist', rap opera at the Arts Depot, North Finchley

1 School Drama/Music performance - evening - postponed

1 Year 7 Parenting Club

7 Year 11 drama trip to Watford Palace Theatre

12 Year 9 "Horrible Histories" theatre and museum trip

12 Years 12/13 drama trip 'Fastest Clock'

14 OPEN EVENING, 6.15 - 9.15

17 Thorpe Park trip for Year 8

19 Eight Week Tests this week for Years 12 and 13

20 University taster day at University of Herts for Year 9

20 Year 10 to BRE, Garston

21 Year 13 Media to Cineworld

22 Year 10 MFL students to French Film at Campus West

23 Year 7 Reviews home

26-30 HALF TERM HOLIDAY

November

2 Year 9 to Thorpe Park

3 Governors' Child Protection training, 7-9 pm

4 Year 9 'Opt for Learning' presentation

5 Senior UK Maths Challenge - Years 12 and 13

5 Year 12/13 to Tate Modern

6 Year 12 Geography trip to Norfolk

10 Parenting Club, 7-9 pm

11 SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING, 6.30 - 8.30

12 Ski Trip 2011 meeting in hall, 6 pm

12 Year 10 theatre trip 'Woman in Black'

12 Governors' R & D meeting, 6.15 pm

12 Year 7 Parenting, 7-9 pm

17 Governors' Resource meeting

18 ANTI-BULLYING DAY for Year 7

18 Years 12/13 to Highgate Cemetery

19 INSET

20 Occasional Day Holiday

22/23/24 Flatford Mill Geography Field trip

24 Healthy Eating Workshop, Year 8 - see letter

24 Full Governors' meeting

25 Year 12 Media trip to Movieum and IMAX Cinema

25 Year 12 Economics students at Enterprise Competion, University of Herts

26 AS Biology Conference, London

27 Year 9 to 'Science Live'

December

1 Parenting Club, 7-9 pm

2 Year 12/13 Parents' Evening

2 Year 8,9,10 G and T students to Cranfield University for Lego Tournament

3 St Elizabeth's Party

3 Year 13 Economics Conference, Holborn

4 Age Concern Party

4 Sixth Form skating trip to Somerset House

8 Clothes Show trip

8 Year 8/9 Gifted and Talented visit to Young Vic

9 Christmas Concert

10 Students' Christmas Dinner

14 Year 7 Carol Service at St Mary's Church

15 Sixth Form to Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells

18 End of Term, school finishes at 1.35 pm

Spring Term 2010

January

4 Term begins

7 Presentation Evening - Cancelled due to severe weather

11 Year 7/8 to Herts Sports Village to see netball

12 Parenting Club - Sibling Rivalry

12 Lads and Dads evening, 6-8 pm

13 Governors' R & D meeting, 6.15 pm

15 Year 12/13 Media students to Elstree Studios

18 Year 11 Reviews home

19 Year 9 GCSE Language exam preparation period 4

20 Year 9 GCSE Language exam preparation period 3

20 Year 11 Parents Evening

21 Berlin Trip meeting, 6pm

21 Sixth Form to 'Three Sisters' at Lyric Theatre

22 Year 9 GCSE Language exam in Hall period 1

23 Lego Competition final - G & T students, Years 8/9/10

25 INSET

26 Full Governors' meeting

27 Year 7 Reviews home

27 Year 12 Business students to London Toy Fair

28 Year 7 Parents Evening

28 The World's Wife theatre trip, year 12

29 Race Night - Association of Chauncy Friends

February

1 Lunchtime Concert at St Mary's Church

2 Parenting Club

2 Joint Chauncy and Presdales Rotary Club Music Concert at Presdales, 7 pm

3 Governors' R & D Committee meeting

4 Intermediate Maths Challenge (Years 9, 10, 11)

4 Some Year 11 students at Herts Regional College Open Day, 9 - 1.30

9 Year 11 Photographs, 1.30 pm onwards

9 Year 12 Media students to see film at Herts University

9 Year 8 Reviews home

10 Year 8 Parents Evening

11 Year 12 visit to McMullens Brewery

11-12 Year 10 German and history students visit to Berlin

15 - 19 HALF TERM HOLIDAY

21-23 Year 13 Economics students visit Brussels

24 Primary and Secondary Dance Festival, Castle Hall, Hertford

26 Year 11 Mock Interview Day

Spring Term 2010 (continued)

March

1 Mock exams begin for Years 12 and 13

1 Year 10 County Netball Tournament

2 Parenting Club

3 Year 9 Reviews home

3 and 8 D of E Orienteering Course

4 Years 12/13 Dance students to Sadlers Wells

4 Year 9 Options Evening

10 Year 9 Parents Evening

10 Year 12Media students to Cineworld, Alice in Wonderland

10 Sixth Form Art students to Essex coast

11 Exchange students from Cormeilles-en-Parisis in school

15 Year 10 Reviews home

16 Year 10 Parents Evening

17 Year 11 Maths Mock Paper 2 - period 1 in Hall

17 'Wicked' theatre trip for Year 8/9 G & T students

17 Music Workshop in Hall with Philip Henry, periods 3 and 4

18 Year 8 visit to Glaxo Smith Kline, first group 9 - 12 noon, second group 1 - 3.30 pm

18 Fire Audit, all day

18 Sports Relief Mile at lunch time/other PE activities all day

19 A Level Music recitals iin Drama Studio, periods 3,4,5

19 Staff v Sixth Form football match, 4 pm

19-21 PGL Netball Tournament at Torquay

21 Football Match Day Experience at Fulham - various years

22 Full Governors' meeting

23 Year 9 GCSE Language Exam Preparation period 4

23 Parenting Club

24 Year 9 GCSE Language Exam Preparation period 3

24 Years 7, 8 and 9 to see 'Oliver'

26 Year 9 GCSE Language Exam Preparation period 1

26 Junior School Music Concert, 1.30 in the Hall

26 Year 10 Dance students to 'Blaze' at Peacock Theatre

29 - 31 Various external exams taking place, including Art, Photography and Modern Language Orals

29/30 Years 7,8,9 Inter house swimming and table tennis

29 Year 7 Writing Course at Wallace Collection, London

31 Year 12/13 Reviews home

April

1 End of Term, school finishes 1.35 pm

Summer Term 2010

19 Term begins

19 Year 12 and 13 PE students visit 'Go Ape' at Woburn

20 Trip to Henry Moore Foundation for Year 10/12 BTEC and Year 10 GCSE Art students - to be rescheduled

22 PRESENTATION EVENING ( rescheduled)

24-25 D of E Practice Expedition

26 Year 7 visit St Alban's Abbey

26 End of Year exams begin for Year 9

27 Parenting Club

27 Association of Chauncy Friends AGM, 7.30

26 - 30 Work Experience Week for Year 10

28 Year 10 History and A2 PE students to '1936' film

28 Careers Day/Army Day

29 Junior Maths Challenge

29 Film Club trip to Cineworld

30 Year 8 to Globe Theatre (rescheduled from September)

May

3 Bank Holiday

5 Year 7 re-cyclers visit Paper Mill at Hemel Hempstead

6 GCSE English students to 'Blood Brothers', Phoenix Theatre

6 Full Governors' meeting - Budget only

13 GCSE Drama exam, 9am

14- 15 INSET - Staff Conference

18 Year 10 Business students to Thorpe Park - cancelled

18 Parenting Club

18 PGL Parents' evening

21 Year 9 Reviews home

21 'Dancemyway' Dance Show, 7pm start

24 - 28 Year 9 Enterprise Week

25 Summer Concert, 7pm (see letter re tickets)

26 Year 8 visit to Black Country Museum

26 Year 12/13 Media students to Cambridge Arts Cinema

26 Governors' R & D Committee, 6.15 pm

27 Year 9 Achievement Assembly

28 Year 13 Leavers' celebration

28/30 Year 7 PGL trip to Caythorpe Court

31 - 4 June HALF TERM HOLIDAY

June

7 End of Year exams begin for rest of school

10 Year 8 - 10 textile students visit the Graduate Show

15 Full Governors' meeting

15 Parenting Club

18 School Sports Day - postponed to 9 July

22 HE Convention, Herts University, Year 12 students

23 Parents' meeting re Somme trip, 6pm in Hall

24 Year 10 geographers to Hengistbury Head

25 District Athletics meet - 100 students, all years

28 - 2 July Sixth Form Induction Week

28 Year 10 and 12 media students to BBC TV Centre

29 Wimbledon tennis visit

29 Year 7 Maths Day

29 Year 7 Achievement Assembly

30 Governors' R & D Committee meeting, 6.15 pm

30 (or 8 July) Year 13 Prom - cancelled

July

1 Year 13 Media students to Cambridge Arts Cinema

1-4 History trip to the Somme

2-4 Year 8 to Eurodisney and Paris - cancelled

2 Art Exhibition

2 Year 12 Economics students visit Premier Foods

2 Drama students to 'Mamma Mia!'

3 Chauncy musicians playing at the Priory - Ware Carnival

5 7P students visit to Paper Mill, Hemel Hempstead

6 Herts 'Megadrive' Day in school - Year 12 off timetable

6 Reviews handed out at Year 8 Achievement Assembly

6 Parenting Club

6 Year 11 Prom

6 e-Safety Talk for Parents, 6 - 7 pm in Hall

7 Duke of Edinburgh Award Evening

7 & 8 Year 12 Media students filming at Knebworth Park

8 Year 6 Induction Day and Parents Evening

9 School Sports Day

9 Year 10 Reviews home

10-11 Years 11, 12 and 13 to Silverstone F1 British Grand Prix - cancelled

12 Year 7 & 8 Drama Production, 7pm in Drama Studio

14 Nicky Morris Athletics at Wodson - 50 girls, all years

14 Governor Training, 7pm

15 Mask Workshop in school, 2-4 pm, selected students

16 Community Day, Art Exhibition 5 pm and Chauncy Rocks! 7pm

20 Steven Moore Athletics at Wodson - 50 boys, all years

20 Sports Awards Evening

21 Chauncy Golf Tournament

22 Film Club to Cineworld, Harlow, to see Toy Story 3

23 End of Term, school finishes 1.35 pm

Autumn Term 2010

September

2 INSET

3 Years 7 and 13 return

6 Rest of school return

17 Day trip to Boulogne, Year 8

17 Year 10 Dance students to 'Chicago' workshop and show

22 Year 13 to 'Pocket Dream' at Hampstead Theatre

24-26 D of E Silver Practice Expedition

28 Welcome to Chauncy evening - Year 7 and their parents

October

6 Essex Castles trip for Year 7

7 Year 7 Photographs, 2pm

13 OPEN EVENING, 6.15 to 9.15

15-22 French Exchange to Cormeilles, Year 8,9,10 students

20 Essex Castles visit, Year 7

22 Year 7 Reviews home

25-31 HALF TERM HOLIDAY

November

3 Aim Higher University Taster Day for Year 9 students at University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield (see letter sent out to current Year 8 students in June)

4 GCSE Drama students to see 'War Horse' at New London Theatre

8 All Year 11 taking GCSE English paper 1

9 SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING

10 Year 11 as above, paper 2

16 Music Lunchtime Concert at St Mary's Church

18 INSET

19 OCCASIONAL DAY HOLIDAY

26 'Science Live' Conference, Year 10

26 Year 8 and 10 Reviews home

30 Year 12 and 13 Reviews home

December

1 Year 12/13 Parents Evening

2 St Elizabeth's Party

3 Age Concern Party

7 Clothes Show, NEC Birmingham, various years

8 Christmas Concert

9 Students' Christmas Lunch

17 End of Term. School finishes at 1.35 pm

Spring Term 2011

February 2011

18-26 : Ski Trip, Years 10,11,12.13

March 2011

16-23 French Exchange students to Ware

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