JANUARY 2017

2 Monday

3 Tuesday

4 Wednesday

JANUARY 2017

5 Thursday

Staff INSET

6 Friday

Staff INSET

7 Saturday

8 Sunday

JANUARY 2017

9 Monday

Staff INSET

10.00am Year 8 Art Scholars' Workshop and Portfolio

Preparation Day

2.00pm Boarding Houses open for Cast of Winnie-the-Pooh

2.30pm Winne-the-Pooh Full Cast Rehearsal

4.00pm Boarding Houses open

5.30pm Mid-Winter Feast

6.30pm Year 5 - Cookery Session

Year 6 - OPS Challenge Night Line

Years 7 and 8 Boys – Pre-season Floodlit Hockey

Years 7 and 8 Girls – Pre-season Netball

7.00pm Term begins (Boarders)

10 Tuesday

8.00am Term begins (Day Pupils)

7.00pm Orangery Lecture: Physics and the Electric Guitar

(Nicholas Weaver, Headmaster, Ipswich School)

11 Wednesday

12.20pm Games Committee Meeting

JANUARY 2017

12 Thursday

Cross Country: Suffolk Schools' 'B' Race at Woodbridge School

13 Friday

8.20am Friends of Orwell Park Reps’ Meeting

14 Saturday

10.00am Senior Schools’ Fair

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: Senior Boys' and Colts' House Matches 2.00pm Netball: U13 and U11 House Matches

6.00pm Boarders' Cinema Trip

15 Sunday

10.00am Boarders' Trip to Bury St Edmunds

JANUARY 2017

16 Monday

4.30pm Squash: U11 vs Martlesham SC (H) 4.30pm Health and Safety Committee Meeting

17 Tuesday

11.15am HSMs’ Meeting 3.45pm Talk for Years 3 to Year 6 pupils: Time and Tide wait

for no-one (Alexandra Rickham, Double Paralympic Bronze Medallist)

7.00pm Orangery Lecture: Time and Tide wait for no-one (Alexandra Rickham, Double Paralympic Bronze Medallist)

18 Wednesday

2.00pm Girls' Hockey: U9A, B & C vs Barnardiston (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 2nd vs Barnardiston (A) 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & B vs Barnardiston (H)

2:30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts C & D vs OBH (A)

2.30pm Netball: U11A & B vs Barnardiston (H) 2.30pm Netball: U13A & B vs Barnardiston (A)

2.30pm Netball: U13C & D vs St Felix (A) 2.30pm Rugby: U9A vs Barnardiston (A)

2.30pm Rugby: U9B vs Framlingham Prep (H)

2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A vs Barnardiston (A) 2.30pm Tag Rugby: 8B vs Framlingham Prep (H) 3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 5th & 6th vs Woodbridge (A) 6.00pm Year 5 Parents' Meeting

JANUARY 2017

19 Thursday

Year 3 History Trip to West Stow

1.30pm Pupils' Catering Committee Meeting (Senior Library)

5.00pm ICT Committee Meeting 7.00pm Orangery Recital: Years 7 and 8

20 Friday

8.20am Parents’ Coffee Morning (North Hall)

9.00am Deadline for Young Art Competition Entries Years 3- 6 21 Saturday

Year 4 Scholarships for Year 5, 2017 2.00pm Red Lions’ Winter Fête

3.45pm Hockey: Staff vs Parents

6.00pm Boarders' Cookery Event

22 Sunday

10.00am Boarders' Visit to Laser Tag

JANUARY 2017

23 Monday

24 Tuesday

Year 4 History Trip to Ipswich Museum 1.00pm Middle School Staff Meeting

1.30pm Pupils' Academic Focus Group 7.00pm Orangery Lecture: Should I consider Medicine? A

career suitable for all sorts (Dr Jeremy Halfhide)

25 Wednesday

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: 5th & 6th vs Finborough (H) 2.00pm Girls' Hockey: U9C vs Framlingham Prep (H) 2.00pm Netball: U13C vs Finborough (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th vs South Lee (A) 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts C & D vs Town Close (at

Harleston)

2.30pm Girls' Hockey: U9A & B vs South Lee (H) 2.30pm Netball: U11A & B vs Littlegarth & South Lee (at

South Lee) 2.30pm Netball: U11C vs Littlegarth (at South Lee)

2.30pm Netball: U11D vs Framlingham Prep, OBH & Ipswich Prep (at Framlingham Prep)

2.30pm Netball: U13A & B vs South Lee (H)

2.30pm Netball: U13D vs Framlingham Prep (A)

2.30pm Rugby: U9A & B vs South Lee (A)

2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A & B vs South Lee (A) 3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & B vs South Lee (H)

JANUARY 2017 26 Thursday

6.30pm Digital Open Evening

27 Friday

Effort and Attainment (1)

10.00am Education Committee Meeting

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & Colts A Suffolk Schools' Tournament at Rushmere 3.30pm Long Weekend begins

6.00pm F&GP Meeting

28 Saturday

29 Sunday

JANUARY 2017

30 Monday

7.00pm Long Weekend ends (Boarders return) 31 Tuesday

Year 3 History Trip to Sutton Hoo

CE Mock French Orals and Listening Week

1.00pm Middle School E&A Meeting

5.00pm Staff Catering Committee Meeting

7.00pm Winnie-the-Pooh Play Rehearsal

FEBRUARY 2017

1 Wednesday

2.00pm Girls' Hockey: U9A, B & C vs Finborough (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 3rd vs Felsted (H) 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 5th vs Felsted (A)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A, C & E vs Felsted (A)

2.30pm Netball: U11A, B, C & D vs Felsted (A)

2.30pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs Felsted (H) 2.30pm Rugby: U9A & B vs Finborough (H) 2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A & B vs Finborough (H)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 4th vs Felsted (H) 3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 6th vs Felsted (A) 3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs Felsted (A) 6.00pm Year 7 Parents' Meeting

FEBRUARY 2017

2 Thursday

4.00pm Cross Country: Inter-House Race (all pupils Years 3 - 8)

5.00pm Pastoral Committee Meeting 3 Friday

7.00pm Friends of Orwell Park Quiz Night

4 Saturday

Cross Country: Anglian Schools’ Race in Northamptonshire 10.00am Open Morning

1.00pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs Ipswich School (H)

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A, B & C Ipswich Tournament (at Rushmere)

2.00pm Netball: U11A & B Ipswich Tournament (at Rushmere) 6.00pm Boarders' Bonfire Party

5 Sunday

10.00am Boarders' Trip to Duxford

FEBRUARY 2017

6 Monday

6.30pm Winnie-the-Pooh- Dress Rehearsal

7 Tuesday

Safer Internet Day

6.30pm Winnie-the-Pooh -Performance to School

8 Wednesday

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: 3rd & 6th vs Framlingham Prep (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

2.30pm Girls' Hockey: U9A & C vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

2.30pm Netball: U11A, B, C & D vs Framlingham Prep (H)

2.30pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs Framlingham Prep (A)

2.45pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 5th vs Framlingham Prep (H) 3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs Framlingham Prep (at

Framlingham College)

3.15pm Girls' Hockey: U9B vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

3.30pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 4th vs Framlingham Prep (H)

FEBRUARY 2017

9 Thursday

6.30pm Winnie-the-Pooh (followed by Cheese and Wine for Parents)

10 Friday

2.00pm Winnie-the-Pooh

3.30pm Half-term begins

11 Saturday

12 Sunday

13 Monday

14 Tuesday

15 Wednesday

16 Thursday

17 Friday

18 Saturday

19 Sunday

7.00pm Half-term ends (Boarders return)

FEBRUARY 2017

20 Monday

7.30pm Choral Society reconvenes

21 Tuesday

Pre-Prep Stomp Workshop

Year 8 Examinations (four days)

22 Wednesday

2.00pm Girls' Hockey: U9A & B vs Culford (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 3rd vs Culford (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 5th & 6th vs Town Close (at Harleston) 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs Culford (A)

2.30pm Netball: U11A, B, C & D vs Culford (H)

2.30pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs Culford (A) 2.30pm Rugby: U9A & B vs Culford (A)

2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A & B vs Culford (A)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 4th vs Culford (H)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs Culford (A)

FEBRUARY 2017

23 Thursday

Blue Book Deadline

3.30pm Team Photographs 6.15pm Orangery Recital: Years 5 and 6

24 Friday

Boys' Hockey: Colts A IAPS Regional Qualifier at Bishop's Stortford

25 Saturday

10.00am Governors' Meeting

1.45pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 5th vs OBH (H) 2.00pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs OBH (A)

2.30pm Netball: U13A & C vs OBH (A) 2.00pm Netball: U11A & B vs OBH (H)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 3rd & 6th vs OBH (H)

2.45pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs OBH (A)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 4th vs OBH (H)

6.00pm Boarders' Magic Workshop 26 Sunday

10.00am Boarders' Swimming and Climbing Trip

FEBRUARY 2017 27 Monday

Boys' Hockey: 1st IAPS Regional Qualifier at Bishop's Stortford

1.00pm Middle School Staff Meeting

3.45pm Squash: U11 House Matches 5.00pm Blue Book Meeting 5.00pm Revision Session for Year 7 Pupils and Parents

28 Tuesday

Year 3 History Trip to West Stow 1.00pm Heads of Department Meeting

4.30pm Squash: U13 vs Ipswich School (H)

7.00pm Orangery Lecture: Designing Buildings - what it means to be an Architect (Bryan Avery, MBE MA RIBA)

MARCH 2017 1 Wednesday

Boys' Hockey: Colts A In2Hockey Regional Finals at Gresham's

8.30am Ash Wednesday Service

1.45pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 4th vs Woodbridge (A)

1.45pm Girls' Hockey: U9B & C Framlingham Prep (H)

2.00pm Girls' Hockey: U9A Framlingham Prep Tournament (at Framlingham College)

2.00pm Rugby: U9A Framlingham Prep Tournament

2.00pm Rugby: U9B vs Framlingham Prep & South Lee (at Framlingham Prep)

2.00pm Tag Rugby: U8A & B vs Framlingham Prep & South Lee (at Framlingham Prep)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 5th vs Woodbridge (A)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A, C & E vs Ipswich Prep (H)

2.30pm Netball: U11A & B vs Ipswich Prep (at Rushmere)

MARCH 2017 2.30pm Netball: U11C & D vs Ipswich Prep & Framlingham Prep

(at Rushmere)

2.30pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs Woodbridge (H)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 3rd & 6th vs Woodbridge (A)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs Ipswich Prep (H)

5.00pm ABRSM Theory Exams 6.00pm Year 6 Parents’ Meeting

2 Thursday

World Book Day

Netball: U11A IAPS Regional Qualifier at Felsted 8.20am Year 5 Assembly to Parents (Orangery)

1.30pm Pupils’ Academic Focus Group 6.15pm Orangery Recital: Years 3 and 4

3 Friday

ATB 9 Deputy Heads’ Conference at Orwell Park

Netball: U13A IAPS Regional Qualifier at Felsted 4 Saturday

10.00am Year 3 Induction Morning for Year 2 Parents

1.30pm Boys' Hockey: 3rd & 6th vs RHS (A)

1.30pm Netball: U13A, B, C & D vs RHS (A)

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs New Hall (H)

2.00pm Netball: U11A, B, C & D vs New Hall (H) 2.15pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd & 5th vs RHS (A)

2.45pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs New Hall (H)

3.00pm Boys' Hockey: 1st & 4th vs RHS (A)

6.00pm Boarders' Movie Night 5 Sunday

Cross Country: East Anglian Prep Schools' Championships at Woodbridge School (Years 5 - 8)

8.30am Year 7 French Linguistic Trip to Normandy departs 10.00am Boarders' Bowling Trip

MARCH 2017

6 Monday

4.30pm Squash: U11 vs Ipswich Prep (A)

7 Tuesday

Effort and Attainment 2

11.15am HSMs’ Meeting 4.30pm Girls' Indoor Cricket: U13 vs Ipswich School (A)

8 Wednesday

Year 2 to Royal Gunpowder Mills

1.45pm Boys' Hockey: Colts E vs The Abbey (H)

2.15pm Netball: U11A & C vs The Abbey (A) 2.15pm Netball: U13 vs Mothers

2.15pm Tag Rugby: U8B vs Brookes Cambridge & Framlingham Prep (at Brookes)

2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs The Abbey (H) 2.30pm Girls' Hockey: U9A vs Holmwood (H)

2.30pm Rugby: U9A & B vs Holmwood (A)

2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A vs Culford & Framlingham Prep (at Culford)

3.00pm Netball: U11B & D vs The Abbey (A)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs The Abbey (H)

6.00pm Prefects’ Dinner

MARCH 2017

9 Thursday

Girls' Hockey: U13A In2Hockey Regional Finals at Redbridge

8.20am Year 3 Assembly to Parents (Orangery)

1.00pm Middle School E&A Staff Meeting 1.30pm Pupils' Catering Committee (Senior Library)

2.00pm Rugby: U9A Littlegarth Tournament

10 Friday

8.30am Pre-Prep Parents’ Coffee Morning (North Hall)

Young Art Exhibition - Peter Pears Gallery

Aldeburgh Digital Festival at Orwell Park 6.00pm Middle School Service

11 Saturday

Netball: U13A and U11A IAPS National Finals (TBC)

Young Art Exhibition - Peter Pears Gallery

Aldeburgh

2.15pm Boys' Hockey: U13 vs Fathers

5.45pm Year 7 French Linguistic Trip returns

6.00pm Boarders' Trip to Woodbridge

12 Sunday

Young Art Exhibition - Peter Pears Gallery

Aldeburgh

4.30am IAPS Ski Championship Trip departs

10.00am Boarders' Foreshore Walk

MARCH 2017

13 Monday

Associated Board Exams

Boys' Hockey: Colts A IAPS National Finals at Repton 1.00pm Senior School Tutors’ Meeting

4.30pm Squash: U11 vs Martlesham SC (A) 14 Tuesday

Boys' Hockey: 1st In2Hockey Regional Finals at Bedford SC

9.00am Reading Competition Finals: Years 3 and 4

2.00pm Pre-Prep Play

3.45pm Girls' Hockey: U9A, B & C vs OBH (H)

3.45pm Rugby: U9A & B vs OBH (H)

3.45pm Tag Rugby: U8A vs OBH (H) 6.00pm Reading Competition Finals: Years 5 and 6

7.00pm Reading Competition Finals: Years 7 and 8

15 Wednesday

1.45pm Girls' Hockey: U9C vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: 1st OPS Tournament

2.00pm Boys' Hockey: 2nd OBH Tournament

2.00pm Rugby: U9A OPS Festival 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: 3rd & 5th vs Framlingham Prep (at

Framlingham College) 2.30pm Boys' Hockey: Colts A & C vs Brandeston (at

Framlingham College)

2.30pm Netball: U11A & B vs Holmwood & Barnardiston (at Barnardiston)

2.30pm Netball: U11C vs Holmwood (H)

2.30pm Netball: U13A & B vs Holmwood & Barnardiston (at Holmwood)

2.30pm Netball: U13C & D vs Framlingham Prep (H)

MARCH 2017

2.30pm Rugby: U9B vs Framlingham Prep (H)

2.30pm Tag Rugby: U8A & B vs Framlingham Prep (H)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: 4th & 6th vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

3.15pm Boys' Hockey: Colts B & D vs Framlingham Prep (at Framlingham College)

16 Thursday

Games Changeover 8.20am Year 4 Assembly to Parents (Orangery)

2.00pm Pre-Prep Play

4.00pm Squash: U9 vs Dedham Primary (H)

17 Friday

5.30pm IAPS Ski Championship Trip returns 7.00pm Spring Concert (Orangery)

18 Saturday

Cross Country: ESAA National Championships, Norwich

10.00am Tag Rugby: U8A Holmwood Festival 2.00pm Orwell Park 10k and Fun Run

6.00pm Boarders' Easter Egg Trail

19 Sunday

10.00am Boarders' Trip to the Owl Sanctuary

MARCH 2017

20 Monday

Boys' Hockey: 1st IAPS National Finals at Millfield

4.30pm Squash: U9 vs Ipswich Prep (H) 6.30pm Girls' Indoor Cricket: U13 vs OBH (H)

21 Tuesday

1.30pm Primary Schools' Sports Afternoon

3.45pm Squash: U13 House Matches 7.00pm Orangery Lecture: Body Language (Julian Johnson-

Munday, Headmaster, Culford School)

22 Wednesday

9.00am Pre-Prep Internal Prize Giving

12.00pm Internal Prize Giving 2.00pm Middle School Easter Event

3.30pm Term ends