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School CalendarTrinity Term

Term Dates

Parents are invited to all events in bold (as applicable)

Trinity Term 2019

Start of Term: Tuesday 23rd April – Boarders return by 6.00pm

Wednesday 24th April – Day pupils return by 8.15am

Exeat: Friday 3rd May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Monday 6th May (Boarders return after 6.00pm)Half Term: Friday 24th May (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 2nd June (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

End of Term: Saturday 29th June at the end of Speech Day Events

Michaelmas Term 2019

Start of Term: Monday 2nd September – Boarders return by 6.00pm

Tuesday 3rd September – Day pupils return by 8.15am

Exeat: Friday 27th September (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 29th September (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

Half Term: Friday 18th October (1.00pm after House Cross-Country) – Sunday 3rd November (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

Exeat: Friday 22nd November (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 24th November (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

End of Term: Friday 13th December (12.45pm after Carols by Candlelight)

Lent Term 2020

Start of Term: Monday 6th January – Boarders return by 6.00pm

Tuesday 7th January – Day pupils return by 8.15am

Exeat: Friday 24th January (4.00pm after House Swimming Gala) – Sunday 26th January (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

Half Term: Friday 14th February (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 23rd February (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

Exeat: Friday 6th March (3.45pm after Chapel) – Sunday 8th March (Boarders return after 6.00pm)

End of Term: Friday 27th March (12.45pm after Chapel)

WEEK 1

Monday 22nd

Tuesday 23rd 9.00am-4.00pm Staff Inset Day

Boarders return from 4.30pm

3.30-5.00pm U13 Girls' Hockey Practice

Wednesday 24th Start of Term

Pupils may wear summer uniform (optional)

8.30am Headmaster's Assembly

12.15-1.15pm Tutor and Form Time

Thursday 25th 8.30am House Assembly

4.30pm Oaksey House Teatime Concert

5.30pm Schola Cantorum first Evensong of the Trinity Term

7.30pm Year 8 Information Evening in the Prince Michael Hall

Friday 26th 8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Dean Close House

2.30pm Start of Term Hall Service – Rev'd J. Ash

4.30pm Prefects' Afternoon Tea with the Warden in Dean Close House

Saturday 27th 8.00am Prefects' Meeting with the Headmaster in CH8

8.30am Year 6 Parents' Coffee Morning in Centenary Atrium

10.00am Wilton Trip to the Beach

Boys' Cricket v Monmouth School – 1st XI and 3rd XI Away 2.00pm;

2nd XI and 4th XI Home 2.00pm

12.20-2.00pm Boys' Cricket Practice – all Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8

12.20-2.00pm Girls' Tennis and Cricket Practices – all Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8

Boarders' Easter Treasure Hunt

Sunday 28th 12.45pm Swing Band sound check Dean Close House

2.00-4.00pm Swing Band perform at Dean Close Jazz in the Park

WEEK 2

Monday 29th 9.15am-4.00pm Year 3 Trip to Notgrove

7.40am-6.30pm Year 6 Trip to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

4.30pm Junior and Middle Christian Union

5.15pm Senior Christian Union

Tuesday 30th 8.30am Assembly – Mrs F. Knight

9.00-10.00am Junior Mathematical Challenge for Year 7 and Year 8

in the Centenary Hall

10.30am Music Scholars perform at Dalkeith Residential Care Home and Morris Court

11.00am Boarders v Oaksey Tug-of-War House Competition

2.15pm Music Scholars perform at Morris Court (depart 1.55pm)

5.30-7.15pm Year 6 Parents' Evening in the Centenary Hall

Hockey – U13 Girls' West Regional Finals at Millfield

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APRIL

Wednesday 1st 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in CH8

8.45am-12.15pm Year 6 RS Trip tp Churches

Boys' Cricket v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th, U10A, U10B

and U10C Away 2.15pm; 2nd XI, 4th XI, 6th, U11A, U11B and Colts Home 2.15pm

Girls' Tennis v Clifton College Preparatory School – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI and

4th VI Home 2.30pm; U11A IV, U11B IV, U10A IV and U10B IV Away 2.30pm

Girls' Cricket v St Hugh's Preparatory School – U13, U9A and U9B Home 2.30pm

7.00pm Celebration of Music Across Dean Close in the Centenary Hall

Thursday 2nd 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly

11.00am Oaksey v Yeaman Tug-of-War House Competition

1.00pm School Council Working Lunch in Dean Close House

5.30-7.15pm Year 7 Parents' Evening in Centenary Hall

Friday 3rd 2.45pm Chapel – Mr N. Strange

Exeat begins after Chapel

4.00-5.15pm Staff Inset

Exeat

Saturday 4th Exeat

Sunday 5th Exeat

WEEK 3

Monday 6th Bank Holiday Monday Exeat

Boarding Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders' return by 7.30pm

Tuesday 7th All pupils should return to school in summer uniform

BSA Annual Conference in London

13+ Academic Scholarship Examinations at DCS

House Music Competition Popular Music and Ensemble Auditions this week

8.30am Assembly – Mr T. Wilding

Swimming – Cheltenham District Swimming Championships at

The Cheltenham Ladies' College

12.15-1.00pm Mastering Memory Workshop for the Science Scholars Year 7 and Year 8

2.00pm Berkhampstead and Airthrie Schools' Year 6 pupils,

Talks@DCPS 'Can you believe your brain?'

4.30-5.15pm Ginny Smith Talks@DCPS

'Can you believe your brain?' (All Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 to attend)

Wednesday 8th BSA Annual Conference in London


Boys' Cricket v Clifton College Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th, U10A,

U10B, U10C and U9A Home 2.15pm;

2nd XI, 4th XI, 6th, U11A, U11B and Colts Away 2.15pm

Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U8 Away 3.45pm

LTA Girls' Team Tennis v High School for Girls, Gloucester – 1st IV Away 3.40pm

Girls' Tennis v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI,

U11A IV and U11B IV Home 2.15pm;

6th VI, 7th VI, 8th VI, U10A IV and U10B IV Away 2.15pm

Girls' Cricket v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – U11 and U9 Away 2.15pm;

U10 Home 2.15pm; U8 Home 3.45pm

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MAY

Thursday 9th BSA Annual Conference in London



1.30-2.15pm Science Exhibition in Atrium

Swimming Gala v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – Year 6, Year 7 and

Year 8 Away 4.45pm

Friday 10th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Drama Section begins

8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in CH8

8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Dean Close House

8.30-9.15am Science Exhibition for Parents in Atrium

Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts DCPS Dance Groups 2.30pm

2.30pm Hall Service – Miss X. Huang

Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U9A and U9B Home 3.30pm

4.30pm DCPS and DCS Boarders' Sibling Teatime Concert in Centenary Hall

followed by tea in the DCPS Dining Room (6.00pm)

Saturday 11th 9.30-11.30am Open Morning

9.30am-12.00pm Schola Cantorum rehearsal in Chapel for BBC broadcast

Boys' Cricket v Magdalen College School – U10A and U10B Home 10.00am;

U11A Home 12.45pm

Boys' Cricket v RGS Worcester – 1st XI Home 2.00pm;

2nd XI, 3rd XI and 4th XI away 2.00pm

Athletics – Severnside Athletics at Beaudesert Preparatory School 1.00pm

Girls' Tennis v The Dragon – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI,

5th VI and 6th VI Away 2.15pm

Sunday 12th 8.10am Schola Cantorum live broadcast of Radio 4 Sunday Worship

from Dean Close School Chapel

Boarders' Trip to Drayton Manor

WEEK 4

Monday 13th Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing Week



Severnside Girls' Tennis – U13A IV, U11 pair and U10 pair Home 4.00pm

Tuesday 14th 8.30am Assembly – Rev'd J. Ash

1.30pm Performance Platform Centenary Hall

4.00pm Year 7 helping at Family Space Charity Event, with Tweedy the Clown

4.35pm Deacon v Yeaman Interhouse Quiz

Wednesday 15th Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 1st XI, 5th XI, U10A

and U10B Home 2.15pm;

2nd XI, 3rd XI, U11A, U11B, Colts and U9A and U9B Away 2.15pm

Girls' Tennis v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – 1st VI, 2nd VI,

3rd VI, 4th VI, U11A IV and U11B IV Home 2.30pm;

5th VI, 6th VI, 7th VI, 8th IV, U10A IV and U10B IV Away 2.30pm

Girls' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9A and

U9B Away 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm

5.00-8.00pm Year 3 Stay Late in Forest School

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Thursday 16th Effort Card 3 to Pupils


10.00-11.00am Year 4 Come and Join Us in Forest School

11.00am Yeaman v Deacon Tug-of-War House Competition

1.00pm A Team BBQ Lunch in Dean Close House

3.30-4.15pm Year 3 Come and Join Us in Forest School

4.30pm Alex Chalk Talks@ (Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7 to attend)

LTA Year 7 and Year 8 Girls' Team Tennis v The Cheltenham Ladies' College 'A'

– 1st IV Away 4.45pm

Friday 17th 2.30pm Hall Service – The Headmaster

Popular Music and Ensemble Finals of House Music Competition

In2School Hockey National Finals U13 Boys and Girls

5.00-8.30pm Year 4 Supper in the Sticks (Forest School)

6.00pm Michael Lei (violin) Fridays @6 Recital in Prince Michael Hall

7.00-10.00pm DCPPS/DCPS Parents and Staff Strictly Quiz Night

featuring music from the DCPS Swing Band

Saturday 18th The Downs Malvern Aquathlon – U11 and U13 Away 10.00am

12.00-5.00pm JCU trip

Boys' Cricket v The Downs Wraxall Preparatory School – U10A, U10B and

U10C Home 10.00am; 2nd XI Home 1.45pm;

1st XI, 4th XI and U11A Away 1.45pm

Girls' Tennis v The Downs Wraxall Preparatory School – U13 VI Away 2.00pm

Girls' Cricket v The Downs Wraxall Preparatory School – U10A Home 10.00am;

U13 Away 2.00pm

Boarders' 'Taskmaster' Evening

Fortfield Campout (weather dependent)

Sunday 19th Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts Drama Section ends

WEEK 5

Monday 20th Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 End of Year Examination Week


4.35pm Prefects' Meeting with Headmaster in CH8


7.00pm Parent Workshop 'iParenting - How to raise emotionally healthy

children in a digital era' – Mrs M. Stanimeros

Tuesday 21st 8.30am Assembly – Mr T. Wilding

8.30-11.00am Pre-Prep Maths Morning

1.15pm Chamber Choir Lunchtime Recital at Bristol Cathedral

Girls' Athletics v The Cheltenham Ladies' College – U12 and U13 Away 5.00pm

4.30pm Year 2 Parents Question and Answer Tea

Wednesday 22nd 8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 6, Year 7 and Year 8 in CH8

Boys' Cricket v Abberley Hall Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th XI and

U11B Away 2.00pm; 2nd XI, 4th XI, U11A and U10A Home 2.30pm

Boys' Cricket v Berkhampstead School – U10B and U10C Home 2.30pm

Boys' Cricket v Hatherop Castle School – U9A and U9B Home 2.15pm

Girls' Tennis v The Cheltenham Ladies' College – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI and

4th VI Home 2.30pm; 5th VI, 6th VI, 7th VI and 8th VI Away 2.30pm

Girls' Cricket v St John's on-the-Hill Preparatory School – U13, U11 and

U10 Away 2.30pm; U9 Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm

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Thursday 23rd 11.00am Oaksey v Boarders Tug-of-War House Competition

4.35pm Oaksey v Boarders Interhouse Quiz

6.00-7.00pm Best of the Fest in the Centenary Hall

Friday 24th 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly

10.00am Council of Members in the DCS Prince Michael Hall

2.45pm Chapel – Miss K. Pellereau

Half Term begins after Chapel

Sunday 2nd Half Term ends. Houses open from 6.00pm – Boarders return by 7.30pm

WEEK 6

Monday 3rd Year 3 Rainforest Day


8.50am Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 Form Time

8.50am Year 6 and Year 7 Examinations



Tuesday 4th Year 6 and Year 7 End of Year Examinations

Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations

8.30am House Assembly

9.00am Year 3 to Cheltenham Science Festival

8.50am-4.20pm Year 4 Viking Day

5.00pm Joint Housemasters' Meeting in Pavilion

Wednesday 5th Year 6 and Year 7 End of Year Examinations

Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations

8.30am School Council Meeting – Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5 in CH8

Boys' Cricket v Beaudesert Preparatory School – 1st XI, 3rd XI, 5th X, 6th X,

U11A, U10B, U10C and Colts Away 2.15pm;

2nd XI, 4th XI, U11B, U10A, U9A and U9B Home 2.15pm

LTA Year 7 and Year 8 Girls' Team Tennis v The Cheltenham Ladies' College 'B'


Girls' Cricket v St Edward's Preparatory School – U11A and U11B Home 2.15pm

Girls' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U10A and U10B Away 2.30pm

Girls' Cricket v Hatherop Castle – U9 Away 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.45pm

Thursday 6th Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations

Year 3 Rainforest Day


8.30am Year 6 and Year 7 Tutor Time

11.00am Year 5 to Cheltenham Science Festival

11.00am-10.00pm 8L Scholars Outing

Friday 7th Year 8 Common Entrance Examinations


8.30am Year 6 and Year 7 Tutor Time

Boys' Cricket – U13A Severnside Six-a-side at Wycliffe Preparatory School 1.00pm

11.15am MCU Weekend departs

2.30pm Hall Service – The Warden, Mrs E. Taylor

Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U8 Home 3.30pm

6.00pm DCPS and DCS Sibling Tea in DCPS Dining Room

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JUNE

Saturday 8th 10.30am Battle of the Bands

Boys' Cricket v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – 1st XI and

U11B Away 1.30pm; 2nd XI and U11A Home 1.30pm

Girls' Tennis v Kingswood – 1st VI, 2nd VI, 3rd VI, 4th VI and 5th VI Home 12.30pm

Boarders' Crickley Hill Picnic (weather dependent)

Caldecote Campout (weather dependent)

Sunday 9th 11.00am Schola Cantorum sing Sung Eucharist at Tewkesbury Abbey

5.30pm MCU Weekend Away returns

WEEK 7

Monday 10th Year 8 Leavers' Trip to Devon departs



Tuesday 11th 8.30am Assembly (Year 2 in Assembly) – Mrs E. Matthews

4.30-6.15pm Senior Play Auditions

4.30-6.15pm Dance Show Rehearsal in the Centenary Hall – pupils required

Wednesday 12th Boys' Cricket v The Richard Pate School – U11B, U10A, U10B and

Colts Home 2.30pm

Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U9A and

U9B Home 2.30pm; U8 Home 3.30pm

Boys' Cricket v Sir Thomas Rich's School – U12A and U12B Away 4.00pm

Girls' Tennis v Bromsgrove – U12A VI, U12B VI, U12C VI and

U12D VI Away 2.30pm

Thursday 13th 8.30am Headmaster's Assembly

1.20pm Performance Platform including Junior Choir and

Junior Orchestra in the Centenary Hall

4.00-6.00pm Dance Show Technical Rehearsal in the Bacon Theatre

4.30-6.15pm Senior Play Auditions

Friday 14th National Prep Schools' Athletics South-West Regionals at Millfield

1.30pm Selected Musicians perform at Chapel Arts, Cheltenham

2.30pm Hall Service – Mr T. Wilding

2.30-5.30pm Dance Show Dress Rehearsal in Bacon Theatre

4.30-5.45pm Call-backs Senior Play Auditions

5.00pm Year 8 Leavers' Trip returns

6.00pm DCPPS, DCPS, DCS Dance Show in the Bacon Theatre

Saturday 15th 8.30-9.30am Parents' Prayer Fellowship in Dean Close House

9.30am Trustees' Meeting in the Dean Close Pre-Prep Hall

Boys' and Girls' Cricket v The Downs Wraxall Preparatory School – U9 and

U8 Away 10.00am

Boys' Cricket v The King's School Worcester – U12A Home 2.00pm;

U12B Away 2.00pm

Girls' Tennis v Bromsgrove Preparatory School – U11A IV, U11B IV, U10A IV and

U10B IV Home 12.30pm

Boarders' Outdoor Party Games

Wilton Campout (weather dependent)

Sunday 16th 6.30-8.30pm An Evening for Year 8 Leavers in Forest School (limited numbers)

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WEEK 8

Monday 17th ABRSM Music Exams this week

9.00am-4.35pm Expedition Day Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5



Tuesday 18th Year 7 Healthy Living Day

8.30am Assembly – Miss X. Huang

11.00am Oaksey v Deacon Tug-of-War House Competition

Boys' Cricket v Sir Thomas Rich School – 1st XI Home 4.00pm

Wednesday 19th Boys' Cricket v St John's on-the-Hill Preparatory School – 1st XI, U11A, U11B

and U9A Home 2.30pm; 5th XI and U9B Away 2.30pm

Boys' Cricket v Wycliffe College Preparatory School – 2nd XI and

4th XI Away 2.00pm; 3rd XI, 6th X Home 2.00pm

Boys' Cricket v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – U10A and

U10B Away 2.00pm

LTA Year 7 and Year 8 Girls' Team Tennis v Beaudesert Preparatory School


Girls' Tennis v Beaudesert Preparatory School – 2nd VI Away 2.30pm;

3rd VI, 4th VI, 5th VI, 6th VI, U11A IV and U10A IV Home 2.30pm

Girls' Cricket v Beaudesert Preparatory School – U13A, U13B, U11A and

U11B Away 2.30pm; U10A, U10B and U9 Home 2.30pm

Thursday 20th Year 8 Healthy Living Day


11.00am Boarders v Yeaman Tug-of-War House Competition

Tennis – U10 Mixed Tournament at St Edward's Preparatory School 10.00am

Athletics v Cheltenham College Preparatory School – Year 5 and

Year 6 Away 5.00pm

6.45pm Prefects' BBQ at Dean Close House

Friday 21st Extravaganza rehearsals begin

2.30pm Hall Service – Mr J. Gould

Boys' Cricket v Berkhampstead School – U9A and U9B Home 3.30pm

Girls' Cricket v Berkhampstead School – U9 and U8 Home 3.30pm

4.00pm Year 2 Information Tea

6.30pm Year 8 Leavers' Recital in the Centenary Hall

Saturday 22nd 10.00am-4.00pm Sports Day (all pupils to attend)

1.00pm Grand Final of House Tug-of War Competition

Sunday 23rd 5.15pm Year 7 Boarders' Round-the-Clock Event at DCS

Boarders' 'It's a Knockout' Event

Boarders' Review

WEEK 9

Monday 24th Year 7 Pupils' Round-the-Clock Event at DCS



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Tuesday 25th Extravaganza Rehearsal Week

8.30am Assembly – Mr S. Cahill

10.00am Tennis Tournament Finals

2.00-5.30pm Year 8 Cooking at Dean Close Cookery School

4.15pm DCS U6 Leavers' Tea Party on Wilton Lawn

5.30pm Schola Cantorum Final Evensong of the Year with

Valediction of Choristers

Wednesday 26th Extravaganza Rehearsal Week

6.30pm Year 8 Leavers' Dinner in the Dining Room

Boys' Cricket – Junior and Senior House matches 2.00pm

Girls' Tennis – Senior House matches 2.15pm

Girls' Cricket – Junior House matches 2.15pm

Thursday 27th Extravaganza Rehearsal Week

All rehearsals for Summer Extravaganza in Bacon Theatre until 5.15pm

Boys' Cricket v The Parents – 1st XI Home 6.00pm

Girls' Tennis v The Parents – 1st VI and 2nd VI Home 6.00pm

6.30-8.00pm Foundation Annual Report Presentation in the Centenary Hall

Friday 28th 9.00am Headmaster's End of Year Assembly

1.00pm All Performers to Bacon Theatre

2.15pm Extravaganza Dress Rehearsal (non-performers attend the dress rehearsal)

5.00pm The End of Year Extravaganza in the Bacon Theatre

Saturday 29th 7.50am Senior Choir and Schola arrive in Chapel for rehearsal

8.40am End of Year Leavers' Chapel Service (all pupils to attend) – Rev'd J. Ash

10.00am Speech Day Events Commence

11.15am Prize Giving and Speeches in the Marquee followed by

refreshments in Dean Close House Gardens

End of Term – Pupils may depart at the end of Speech Day Events

School Reports Issued

Useful Names and Numbers

School Office Mrs D. Smith 01242 512217 [email protected]

Chaplain Rev’d J. Ash 01242 258032 [email protected]

Admissions Mrs R. Chaplin 01242 258001 [email protected]

DCPS Health Centre Mrs R. Smith 01242 258080 or [email protected] 01242 258046

Bursar Mr A. Bowcher 01242 258086 [email protected]

School Shop Mrs K. Wood 01242 258016 [email protected]

PA to Headmaster Ms S. Clark 01242 512217 [email protected]

Houses House Parents House Number Duty Phone Email

CALDECOTE Mr and Mrs M. Cooper 01242 258014 07471 351192 [email protected]

WILTON Mr and Mrs D. Fraine 01242 258012 07471 351165 [email protected]

FORTFIELD Mr and Mrs J. Gould 01242 258030 07471 350553 [email protected]

DEACON Mrs R. Beecham 01242 258028 01242 258028 [email protected]

OAKSEY Mr E. Harris 01242 258083 07914 075795 [email protected]

YEAMAN Mr C. Standing 01242 258085 07816 150323 [email protected]

Dean Close Preparatory School

Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6QS

Email: [email protected] www.deanclose.org.uk

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