PUPIL CALENDAR 2009-2010
| September | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday |
1st |
INSET DAY – School closed for pupils | |
| 2:15pm | Year 12 Registration in Hall | ||
| Wednesday | 2nd | INSET DAY – School closed for pupils | |
| 10:30am | Open Morning for Music/Art applicants | ||
| 2.15pm | Year 13 Course Registration in Department Rooms | ||
| Thursday | 3rd | PUPILS RETURN | |
| 8.35am | Year 7 Arrive and Induction | ||
| 10.00am | Year 8-13 Arrive | ||
| pm | Year 8-11 Start Lessons | ||
| Friday | 4th | Year 7 Induction | |
| Year 12 Induction | |||
| Year 13 Studying offsite | |||
| Monday | 7th | Year 7 Start Lessons | |
| Year 12 Start Lessons in ABS (Year 12 lessons in Partner Schools start on 9th Sept) |
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| Year 13 start lessons in ABS & Partner Schools | |||
| 7.00 pm | Friends of Archbishop Blanch School Meeting | ||
| Wednesday | 9th | Year 12 lessons start in Partner Schools | |
| Thursday | 10th | Year 11 Geography Field Trip | |
| 7.00pm | Year 7 Service of Blessing for Pupils & Parents | ||
| Friday | 11th | Year 11 Geography Field trip in Liverpool | |
| Monday | 14th | 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting |
| Monday | 21st | Week for Music/Art Assessments for 2010 Admission | |
| Year 7 CATs Test | |||
| Tuesday | 22nd | AM | Year 11 Drama Option 2 Unit Exam |
| Wednesday | 23rd | AM | Year 7 Photos |
| AM | Year 11 Drama Option 3 Unit 1 Exam | ||
| Year 13 Biology Reaseheath Fieldtrip | |||
| 7.00pm | Information Evening for Year 12 Parents | ||
| Thursday | 24th | Music Assessments for 2010 Admission | |
| 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Disco | ||
| Friday | 25th | Year 12 Geography Fieldtrip to River Alyn | |
| Wednesday | 30th | Year 12 Lakeside Residential | |
| 8.45am | School Council Meeting | ||
| October | |||
| Thursday | 1st | Year 12 Lakeside Residential | |
| 2:00pm | Open Afternoon for Faith & Medical/Social Applicants | ||
| Friday | 2nd | Year 12 Lakeside Residential | |
| Results out to Music/Art Applicants 2010 Admission | |||
| Monday | 5th | Youth Alpha begins this week | |
| 7:00pm | Parents’ Association AGM | ||
| Tuesday | 6th | Lesson 5 | Year 10 to receive their targets |
| 4:00pm | GCSE Information Evening for Year 10 Parents | ||
| Wednesday | 7th | Year 7 Lakeside Residential | |
| Thursday | 8th | Year 7 Lakeside Residential | |
| Friday | 9th | Year 7 Lakeside Residential | |
| Evening | FABS Blind Wine Tasting | ||
| Thursday | 15TH | until 22nd | Year 12 Subject Review meetings with Staff |
| Year 13 Interviews with tutors | |||
| Evening | A Level English students to Everyman Theatre | ||
| Parents Association Disco for Years 7-9 | |||
| Thursday | 22ND | Year 12 Interviews with tutors | |
| Evening | Theatre Trip to Lancaster for some Year11 | ||
| Monday | 26th | HALF TERM | |
| Wednesday | 28th | Paris Trip | |
| November | |||
| Monday | 2nd | All pupils return to school at normal time | |
| Music rehearsals in school | |||
| 7:00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting | ||
| Evening | Paris Trip return | ||
| Tuesday | 3rd | Music rehearsals in school | |
| Wednesday | 4th | am | Music rehearsals in the Cathedral |
| 7:00pm | Evening to Celebrate Achievement in the Cathedral | ||
| Friday | 6th | School closes at 12.30 (in lieu of attendance at Achievement Evening) | |
| Monday | 16th | 16th-26th Year 11 Mock Exams and | |
| Year 10 RE Mock (provisional) | |||
| Week for Year 13 Mock Interviews | |||
| Wednesday | 18th | 8.45am | School Council Meeting |
| Thursday | 19th | am | Year 10 GCSE Science Exam (provisional) |
| Year 12 Presentation Skills Workshop | |||
| Friday | 27th | 8.45-10.10am | Road Safety” Drama production for Years 7 & 8 |
| December | |||
| Wednesday | 2nd | 8.50-10.10 am | Year 12 Play |
| Thursday | 3rd | 3.15-6.00pm | Year 12 & 13 Parents’ Meeting |
| 7:00pm | Parents’ Association Disco | ||
| Monday | 7th | 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting |
| Thursday | 10th | Zoolab in school for Year 9 | |
| Year 12 Distribution of presents to Telford Court | |||
| Friday | 11th | Music Rehearsals in school | |
| Monday | Music Rehearsal in school | ||
| Tuesday | 15TH | am | Music Rehearsal in the Cathedral |
| School closes at 12.30 | |||
| 7:00pm | Carol Service in the Cathedral | ||
| Thursday | 17th | pm | Year 7 to the Library Theatre Manchester (provisional) |
| Friday | 18th | am | Talent Show |
| School Closes at 12.30 | |||
| Monday | 21ST | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS | |
| January 2010 | |||
| Friday | 1st | CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS | |
| Monday | 4th | 4TH | Pupils return to school at normal time |
| 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting | ||
| Friday | 8TH | KS4 Booklets out to Year 9 | |
| Monday | 11TH | Start of GCE Modular Exams until 3rd Feb | |
| Start of Year 9 Interviews | |||
| Thursday | 14th | 3.15-6.00pm | Year 11 Parents’ Meeting |
| Monday | 18TH | Study Leave for Year 12 & 13 until 22nd (provisional) | |
| Monday | 25TH | 3.15-6.00pm |
Week for year 12 Reviews with subject staff Year 10 Parents’ Meeting |
| Wednesday | 27TH | 8.45am 12.30 pm |
School Council Meeting Clergy Lunch |
| February | |||
| Monday | 1st | Week for Year13 Reviews with subject staff | |
| Year 8 to Trafford Centre (Geography) | |||
| 7:00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting | ||
| Wednesday | 3RD | 6.30-8.30pm | Prospective Sixth Form Evening for Year11 |
| Thursday | 4th | Year 12 Reviews with Form Tutors | |
| First Straw Poll for Sixth Form Subject choices (Yr11) | |||
| Tuesday | 9TH | Year 13 Drama Practical Exam | |
| Music rehearsals in school | |||
| Wednesday | 10th | Music rehearsals in school | |
| 7.00pm | Gala Musical Evening | ||
| Thursday | 11TH | Year 13 Reviews with Form Tutors | |
| Saturday | 13th-20th | SKI TRIP | |
| Monday 15th | Friday 19th | HALF TERM | |
| Monday | 22nd | Start of Year 10 Work Experience for 2 Weeks | |
| Wednesday | 24TH | 3.15-6.00pm | Year 7 Parents’ Meeting |
| March | |||
| Monday | 1st | 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting |
| Tuesday | 2nd | 3.15-6.00pm | Year 8 Parents’ Meeting |
| Wednesday | 3rd | am | Year 10 GCSE Science Exam (provisional) |
| Thursday | 4TH | Year 11 Taster Day (Sixth Form) | |
| Friday | 5TH | Second Year 11 Straw Poll (sixth form subject choice) | |
| Wednesday | 10th | 8.45am | Year 9 Parents Evening & School Council Meeting |
| Year 12 Drama Practical Exam | |||
| Saturday | 13th | Soroptomist Public Speaking Competition | |
| Thursday | 18TH | Deadline for applications to the Sixth Form | |
| Monday | 22ND | Week for Year 11 Interviews | |
| Start of Year 10 Internal exams (not subjects with external exams) till 1st April | |||
| Thursday | 25TH | Parents’ Association Disco | |
| Monday | 29TH | GCSE/AS Musical Practical Recording Day | |
| Week for Year 11 Interviews | |||
| Tuesday | 30TH | GCSE/AS Musical Practical Recording Day | |
| April | |||
| Thursday | 1ST | pm | Easter Service in School |
| Friday 2nd | Friday 16th | EASTER HOLIDAYS | |
| Monday | 19TH | INSET DAY – School Closed to Pupils | |
| Tuesday | 20TH | Pupils return to school at normal time | |
| Wednesday | 28th | Year 11 Drama Paper 2 Practical Exam (Tech/Dress) | |
| Thursday | Year 11 Drama Paper 2 Practical Exam | ||
| May | |||
| Monday | 3rd | Bank Holiday | |
| Wednesday | 5th | 8.45am | School Council Meeting |
| Monday | 10th | 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting |
| Thursday | 13TH | Year 11 Leaving Day (provisional) | |
| 7.00pm | Year 11 record of Achievement Evening (provisional) | ||
| Year 13 Leaving Day (provisional) | |||
| Start of External Exams until 30 June | |||
| Start of Internal Exams 7-9 (provisional | |||
| Year 10 GCSE RE Exam (provisional) | |||
| Year 10 GCSE RE Exam (provisional) | |||
| HALF TERM | |||
| June | |||
| Friday | 4th | HALF TERM | |
| Monday | 7TH | Year 7-10 return to school at normal time | |
| 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Meeting | ||
| Monday | 14th | Year 12 return to school | |
| Week for Year 7 Spoken English | |||
| Monday | 21ST | 21st – 25th | A Level Geography Field trip - Aberystwyth (provisional) |
| Wednesday | 23rd | 8.45 a.m | School Council Meeting |
| Thursday | 24th | 7.00pm | Parents’ Association Disco |
| Monday | 28TH | 28th -2nd July A Level Biology Residential to Betws-y-Coed | |
| am | Year 10 GCSE Science exam (provisional) | ||
| July | |||
| Thursday | 1st | New Intake Taster Day | |
| 7.00pm | New Intake Parents’ Evening | ||
| Friday | 2nc | Prospective Sixth Form to receive information re start of term | |
| Monday | 5th | 2.30 pm | School closes for pupils to prepare for Open Evening |
| 6-8.30 pm | Open Evening for 2011 Admission | ||
| Thursday | 8th | 1.30pm | Year 7 Spoken English Presentation |
| Friday | 9TH | Year 10 Geography Field Trip to Ambleside | |
| Monday | 12th | Week for Year12 Work Experience | |
| Tuesday | 20TH | LAST DAY OF SUMMER TERM | |
| 12.30pm | Pupils leave | ||
| August | |||
| Thursday | 19th | GCE Results | |
| Thursday | 24th | GCSE Results |









