St Margaret’s School

TERM DIARY

A SPRING TERM 201611th January to 24th March

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St Margaret’s SchoolIndependent Day and Boarding School for girls aged 4 to 18

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BOARD OF GOVERNORSChairman of Governors: Miss M. RudlandMr D. Clout, Mr B. Coulshed, Ms J. Fenn, The Rev W. Gibbs, Mr J. Hill,Mrs R. Hodgson, Ms A. Mathias, Ms N. Singarayer, Mr P. Walton

HEADMISTRESSMrs R. Hardy MA (Oxon) MEd FRSA(PA to Headmistress: Ms J. Avery)

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAMBursar: Dr K. Young ARSM DIC(PA to Bursar: Mrs J. Curran)Academic Deputy: Mrs G. Erdil BSc (Hons) FRGSPastoral Deputy and Head of Boarding: Miss J. Chatkiewicz BA (Hons)Head of Preparatory School: Mrs C. Aisthorpe BEd (Hons) LRAM(PA to Head of Prep: Mrs S. Daws)Director of Studies: Mr S. Moore CEng MA (Cantab)

EXTENDED SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAMHead of Sixth Form: Miss C. Harrison BA (Hons) MASenior Teacher & Examinations Officer: Mr R. Aniolkowski BSc (Hons)Senior Teacher & Head of Modern Foreign Languages: Ms A. Corbach MA

ADMINISTRATIONAdmissions Secretary: Ms G. MorrisFinance Manager: Mrs D. RiordanIT Manager: Mr M. GraverRegistrar and School Office Manager: Mrs S. Angell

BOARDINGSenior Housemistress: Miss R. PriceHousemistresses: Miss H. Mackay and Mrs J. Robb

SCHOOL NURSESister T. Eales RGN

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RECEPTIONMiss D. KingTeaching Assistants: Mrs J. Tabor Mrs S. Hilton

YEAR 1Mrs R. CarterMrs H. DealeyTeaching Assistant: Mrs T. Evans

YEAR 2Miss C. ParesTeaching Assistant: Mrs J. Newall

YEAR 3Mrs L. Franklin

YEAR 4Miss M. Smith

YEAR 5Mrs D. Jolley

YEAR 6Miss A. CaherUpper PrepTeaching Assistants: Miss A. Newall Mrs P. Parekh Mrs J. Thomson

YEAR 7Head of Year: Mrs B. Rixon7K Miss C. Kerton7L Mrs J. LarkinForm Helper: Mrs J. Collier

YEAR 8Head of Year: Mrs A. Hammond8L Mr M. Lovewell8T Mrs S. Thompson8V Mrs A. VadherForm Helper: Mr M. Hammond

FORM TUTORS 2015/16YEAR 9Head of Year: Miss S. Letchet9C Miss M. Claridge9CH Miss E. Chaudhri9S Mrs L. StewartForm Helper: Mrs L. Anderson

YEAR 10Head of Year: Mrs K. O’Hanlon10M Mrs P. Metcalfe10P Mrs D. Pimlott10S Mrs D. SoulsbyForm Helper: Mrs A. Winslett

YEAR 11Head of Year: Mr D. Larkin11C Mrs E. Clark11H Miss K. Hustwitt11S Mrs J. ShahForm Helper: Mrs J. Otlet

SIXTH FORMHead of Sixth: Miss C. HarrisonDeputy Head of Sixth: Mr D. Anderson12/13A Mr D. Anderson12/13C Miss A. Corbach12/13H Dr M. Hooper (Thursday cover Mrs C. Hooper)12/13J Mrs C. Jessop12/13L Mr A. Lewis12/13R Miss A. Ribton12/13RO Miss K. Roberts

HEAD GIRLSenior School: Emily Hill(Deputies: Olivia Cawthorne & Priyanka Modi)Prep School: Ami Lakhani(Deputies: Bryony Hallett & Kalyani Panchmatia)

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Reception - Year 6 Preparatory School Entrance Examinations 09:15 - 12:30

Boarders return 18:00

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Years 10 & 11 School Examinations 09:00 - 16:00 Years 5 - 7 Performance Poetry workshop (Performing Arts Studio) 09:30 - 12:30

Boarders’ trip to Le Corsaire 12:00 - 18:00 Polo Taster session at Greenpoint Polo in High Wycombe 13:00 - 15:30

Term begins 08:30Years 9 - 13 School Examinations 09:00 - 16:00

Years 9 - 13 School Examinations 09:00 - 16:00 Preparatory School Staff Meeting 16:15 - 17:15

Years 9 - 13 School Examinations 09:00 - 16:00

Years 9 - 11 School Examinations 09:00 - 16:00 Year 2 visit to St Paul’s Cathedral and The National Portrait Gallery 09:30 - 15:30

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WEEK THREE

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Exeat Weekend begins 16:10No after school Supervised Study provision - Preparatory After School Club and After School Activities will run as normal

Exeat Weekend Year 13 Düsseldorf German Exchange visitors arrive 13:45

Exeat Weekend ends 20:00

NO LESSONS in Senior School Preparatory School Open as normalSenior School Entrance Examination Day 08:00 - 13:00 Senior School Staff Meeting 15:00 - 16:30Years 5 & 6 Netball v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

Year 11 School Examinations 09:00 - 13:00 Sixth Form Scholarship Examinations 14:00 - 16:05 Years 9 & 10 Netball v Aldenham (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Year 11 & Senior Netball v Aldenham (Away) 16:15 - 17:30

Year 13 Classics visit to Cambridge 09:00 - 16:00 Year 11 trip to Top Golf in Watford 12:00 - 16:00 Year 7A and 9B Netball v Reachfree (Home) 16:15 - 17:50

Years 7 - 10 Swimming Gala v Haberdashers’ Aske’s Girls School (Away) 16:15 - 18:00 Years 12 & 13 Parents’ Evening (School Hall) 18:30 - 20:30

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25th - 31st January

Year 12 History of Art gallery visit to London 09:00 - 16:00 Boarders’ Storytelling Session 19:00 - 20:00

Boarders’ trip to the Harry Potter Studios 08:15 - 14:00

Year 11 Home Economics Practical Controlled Assessment Day 09:00 - 16:00 Years 7 - 10 Swimming Gala v Bushey Meads (Home) 16:15 - 17:15 Year 11 Netball v Queens (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

U15 & Senior Badminton v Immanuel & Bushey Meads (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Years 9 & 10 Netball v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

Years 9 - 13 School Examination Grades Published 14:00Year 7 A & B Netball v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Year 8 A & B Netball v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

Year 10 Netball Tournament at Parmiters School 13:10 - 17:00

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WEEK FIVE

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Chinese New Year Celebration 18:00 - 21:00

Boarders’ trip to Bounce Trampoline Centre

Year 9 Latin visit to Verulamium Museum 09:00 - 14:50 Years 3 - 6 Swimming Gala v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:20U13 Football v Reachfree (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 World Challenge Meet the Leader Evening (School Hall) 16:15 - 19:30

Year 13 Düsseldorf German Exchange visitors depart 08:15UK Linguistics Olympiad (Resources Room) 14:00 - 16:00 Senior Netball v Haberdashers’ Aske’s Girls School (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Years 7B 8B & 9B Netball v Parmiters (Away) 16:15 - 18:00Heads of Department Meeting (Resources Room) 16:15 - 17:30

Years 7 & 8 Holy Communion Service (Chapel) 08:40 - 09:20 Year 12 Art gallery visit to London 09:00 - 16:00 Year 7 A & B and 8 A & B Netball v Queens (Away) 16:15 - 18:00

Years 9 - 11 UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge (School Hall) 09:00 - 10:15 Year 9A Netball v Immanuel (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Preparatory School Spring Concert (School Hall) 17:00 - 18:00 Years 8 - 9 Chateau Warsy Parents’ Information Evening (Performing Arts Studio) 18:30 - 19:30

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WEEK SIX

8th - 14th February

Years 10 - 12 visit to Russia departs 04:30Preparatory School Mufti Day Half Term begins 16:10No after school Supervised Study provision - Preparatory After School Club only will run as usual

Wellness Week Year 12 Interviews: Future Plans 09:00 - 16:00 Preparatory School Lunchtime Concert (Upper Prep Hall) 13:00 - 13:30 Years 7 - 10 Swimming gala v Northwood College (Home) 16:15 - 17:20

Safer Internet Day Year 11 Learning to Learn - Ace Your Exams (Performing Arts Studio) 09:00 - 10:15 Years 12 & 13 Learning to Learn Workshop (School Hall) 11:10 - 12:25 U13 Football v Westfield (Away) 16:15 - 18:00 Year 11 Parents’ Evening (School Hall) 18:30 - 20:30

Year 12 Interviews: Future Plans 09:00 - 16:00 Year 9 RS visit to Bushey Synagogue 12:15 - 15:50 Year 10 Maths Feast 2016 13:30 - 16:30 Year 7 Football v Immanuel (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Years 9A 10 & 11 Netball v Parmiters (Away) 16:15 - 17:40

Year 8 Earth Science work at the Natural History Museum 08:45 - 16:00 Lower Prep Valentines Disco (Upper Prep Hall) 15:30 - 16:45 Year 9 Football v Immanuel (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Upper Prep Valentines Disco (Upper Prep Hall) 17:00 - 18:15

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WEEK SEVEN

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Years 10 - 12 visit to Russia returns 20:00

Half Term ends

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WEEK EIGHT

22nd - 28th February

Boarders’ trip to Arcelmittol Orbit and Westfield

Preparatory School Sponsored Spelling Week

Preparatory School Staff Meeting 16:15 - 17:15 Years 9A & 10 Netball v Bushey Academy (Home) 16:15 - 17:40

Year 7 - 10 Swimming Gala v Watford Grammar School for Girls (Home) 16:15 - 17:20 Year 9 GCSE Options Evening (School Hall) 18:30 - 20:30

School at Work Open Morning 09:30 - 12:00 U13 Football v Royal Masonic School (Home) 16:15 - 17:40

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WEEK NINE

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Preparatory School ‘Dress up as your favourite book character’ day Education Committee Meeting (Board Room) 10:30 - 12:30

Boarders’ Snowboarding and Sledging Trip Gym & Dance Display Rehearsal 09:00 - 13:00

Preparatory School World Book Week Year 6 visit to the Lincolnsfield Centre 09:30 - 15:00 U13 7-a-side Football v Bushey Meads (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Years 5 & 6 Netball v St Helens (Home) 16:15 - 17:20

Upper Prep Inter House Spelling Bee 13:30 - 14:00 Year 8 Football v Immanuel (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Senior Football v St Joan of Arc (Home) 16:15 - 17:40 Senior School Staff Meeting (Resources Room) 16:15 - 17:30Governance & Nominations Committee Meeting (Board Room) 17:30 - 19:30 Year 7 Parents’ evening (School Hall) 18:30 - 20:30

Years 10 - 13 Conference ‘Opening Doors Opening Minds’ 09:00 - 16:00 Year 8 A & B Netball v Immanuel (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 Finance & General Purposes Meeting (Board Room) 17:00 - 19:00

Senior School Mufti DayWorld Book Day Years 7 & 8 Creative Writing Workshop 09:00 - 12:30Year 5 visit to St Albans Abbey 09:30 - 15:00 Year 9 Netball Tournament (Away) 13:10 - 16:40 Year 9 & 10 Poetry Recital 14:00 - 16:00

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Exeat Weekend begins 16:10No after school Supervised Study provision - Preparatory After School Club and After School Activities will run as normal

Exeat Weekend

Exeat Weekend ends 20:00

U13 & U15 Football v St Joan of Arc (Home) 16:15 - 17:40 Years 5 & 6 Netball v St Hilda’s (Home) 16:15 - 17:20

Preparatory School Mothers’ Day Assembly (School Hall) 09:00 - 09:45

Years 9 - 13 Holy Communion Service (Chapel) 08:40 - 09:20 Year 3 visit to Verulamium 09:00 - 15:30 Year 8 Netball Tournament (Away - Parmiters School) 13:10 - 16:40 Heads of Department Meeting (Resources Room) 16:15 - 17:15 Year 9 Parents’ evening (School Hall) 18:00 - 20:30

BBC School News Report Day Lower Prep Environmental Day 08:30 - 15:30 Years 8A & 9B Netball v RMS (Home) 16:15 - 17:40

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Year 9 Boarding Taster WeekendPreparatory School LAMDA Examinations Senior School Mufti Day Gym & Dance Display Rehearsal 09:00 - 16:00 Model United Nations Conference at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys School 16:00 - 20:00

Year 9 Boarding Taster WeekendYear 10 D of E Bronze Practice Expedition departs (Chiltern Hills) 06:00Model United Nations Conference at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys School 09:00 - 17:00

Model United Nations Conference at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys School 09:00 - 17:00 Year 10 D of E Bronze Practice Expedition returns (Chiltern Hills) 20:00

Year 7 Netball Tournament (Away - Parmiters School) 13:10 - 16:40

Years 7 & 8 Concert Rehearsal 10:35 - 11:50 Spring Concert (School Hall) 19:00 - 21:15

Senior School LAMDA Examinations Year 4 Water Works visit 09:30 - 15:00 Year 8 A & B and Year 11 Netball v Watford Grammar School for Girls (Home) 16:15 - 17:30 U15 Football v Bushey Academy (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

Senior & Preparatory School LAMDA Examinations Year 10 visit to the Big Bang Fair 08:30 - 17:30 Lower Prep Watford Schools’ Trust Easter Assembly (Lower Prep Hall) 08:45 - 09:00 Year 7 visit to the Globe Theatre 09:00 - 17:00 Governors’ Meeting (Resources Room) 16:00 - 18:00 U13 Football v Bushey Academy (Home) 16:15 - 17:30

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WEEK TW

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Good Friday

Year 12 Geography field trip to Juniper Hall departs 09:00Gym & Dance Display Dress Rehearsal (Sports Hall) 16:15 - 18:30

Preparatory School Parents’ Evening for Reception - Year 6 15:30 - 20:00 Gym & Dance Display (Sports Hall) 17:00 - 18:30

Year 12 Geography field trip to Juniper Hall returns 16:00Upper Prep Watford Schools’ Trust Easter Assembly (Upper Prep Hall) 08:45 - 09:00

Preparatory School Mufti Day Years 8, 10 & 13 plus overseas boarders’ reports published 14:00Term ends 14:00

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Year 12 German Work Experience Exchange visit to Düsseldorf departs 08:30

Year 12 French Work Experience visit to Rouen returns

Bank Holiday Year 12 French Work Experience visit to Rouen departs

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4th - 10th April

Year 12 German Work Experience Exchange visit to Düsseldorf returns 14:30

Years 8 & 9 French trip to Chateau Warsy departs 08:00 - 20:00

Years 8 & 9 French trip to Chateau Warsy returns 08:00 - 20:00

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FUTURE DATES

SUMMER TERM 2016Staff Inset Day Boarders return TERM BEGINS Tuesday 12th AprilMay Day Bank Holiday Monday 2nd MayExeat Weekend Friday 29th April to Monday 2nd MayHALF TERM Friday 27th May to Sunday 5th JuneExeat Weekend Friday 17th June to Sunday 19th JunePrep School Speech Day and Prizegiving Thursday 30th JuneSenior School Speech Day and Prizegiving Friday 1st JulyTERM ENDS Friday 8th July, 14:00

AUTUMN TERM 2016Staff Inset Days Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd SeptemberNew Boarders arrive Friday 2nd September, 11:30Existing Boarders return Sunday 4th September, 18:00TERM BEGINS Monday 5th September, 08:00Public Open Day Saturday 24th September, 09:30-12:30Exeat Weekend Friday 30th September to Sunday 2nd OctoberHALF TERM Friday 14th October to Sunday 30th OctoberExeat Weekend Friday 18th to Sunday 20th NovemberTERM ENDS Wednesday 14th December, 14:00

Monday 11th April (boarders to return by 18:00)

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NOTES

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TIMING OF THE SCHOOL DAY TIME Lower Prep Upper Prep Years 7 - 9 Years 10 - 137:30 - 8:00 Breakfast Club

(Chargeable)Breakfast Club(Chargeable)

8:00 - 8:30 Girls arrive(Supervised)

Girls arrive(Supervised)

8:30 REGISTRATION REGISTRATION REGISTRATION REGISTRATION8:45 Assembly/Form Time Assembly/Form Time Assembly/Form Time Assembly/Form Time

9:00 – 9:35 1 1 1 1

9:40 – 10:15 2 2 2 2

10:15 – 10:35 Break Break Break Break

10:35 - 11:10 3 3 3 3

11:15- 11:50 4 4 4 4

11:55- 12:30 Lunch 5 5 5

12:3 Lunch Registration 13:00 Lunch Lunch 6a

13: – 13:30 5 Lunch / Clubs Lunch Lunch

13:30 – 14:05 6 6 6b Lunch

14:10 – 14:45 7 7 7 7

14:50 – 15:25 8 8 8 8

15:30 – 16:05 Girls - Home Time 9 End 16:00 9 9

16:05 – 16:10 Activities / After School ClubStarts 16:00 (Chargeable)

Activities (Chargeable) / After School Club

16:10 - 17:00 Activities / After School Club(Chargeable)

Activities (Chargeable) / After School Club

17:00 - 18:00 After School Club (Chargeable)

After School Club (Chargeable)

18:00 - 18.30

18.30 - 20.00

* For Senior School girls wishing to arrive from 07:30 or stay until 20:00, there is a standard a delicious three course dinner.

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Years 7 - 9 Years 10 - 137 Day Boarding*

(Chargeable)Day Boarding* (Chargeable)

Girls arrive (Supervised)

Girls arrive (Supervised)

REGISTRATION REGISTRATION8 Assembly/Form Time Assembly/Form Time

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1 Break Break

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1 Lunch 6a

1 Lunch Lunch

1 6b Lunch

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REGISTRATION REGISTRATION

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Supervised Study Supervised Study

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Supervised Study Supervised Study

1 Supervised Study Ends at 18:15 Supervised Study

1 Day Boarding* (Chargeable) Day Boarding* (Chargeable)

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charge of £12. This includes the provision of a hot and nutritious breakfast and/or

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