PENYRHEOL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL CALENDAR 2015/16 WEEK DATE DAY EVENTS September Induction 1 st Tuesday INSET Day: Preparation for Academic Year 2 nd Wednesday INSET Day: Restorative Practice 3 rd Thursday Autumn Term Starts for Pupils 4 th Friday Year 7 All Wales Reading Test (Lessons 1 2) 5 th Saturday 6 th Sunday Week 1 7 th Monday Year 10 YELLIS Test (This Week) Year 7 and Year 10 Photographs (Lessons 1 4) Year and School Council Elections Week Head of Department / Head of Year / 8 th Tuesday 9 th Wednesday ICT Induction for New Staff (3.10 p.m. 4.10 p.m.) 10 th Thursday Full Governing Body Business Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 11 th Friday 12 th Saturday 13 th Sunday Week 2 14 th Monday 15 th Tuesday 16 th Wednesday 17 th Thursday Year 10 Open Evening (5.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m.) 18 th Friday 19 th Saturday 20 th Sunday Week 1 21 st Monday Year 7 MIDYIS Test (This Week) 22 nd Tuesday Year 11 Gower College Assembly 23 rd Wednesday Health and Safety Committee Meeting 24 th Thursday Year 10 GCSE Art Trip Year 7 Enterprise Activity (M D) (Lessons 1 4) 25 th Friday Year 7 Enterprise Activity (R S) (Lessons 1 4) 26 th Saturday European Day of Languages 27 th Sunday Week 2 28 th Monday Year Council Meetings (This Week) Year 11 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 29 th Tuesday 30 th Wednesday October 1 st Thursday Year 7 Gideon s Assembly Year 8 Techniquest Workshops (Lessons 2 4) Transition Management Group Meeting (1.30 p.m.) Performance Management Period Starts for Teaching Staff
October continued 2 nd Friday Year 8 Techniquest Workshops (Lessons 2 4) Target Setting Deadline for Years 8, 9 and 11 3 rd Saturday 4 th Sunday Week 1 5 th Monday Heads of Department / Heads of Year / School Council Meeting with Llwchwr Town Council (7.00 p.m.) 6 th Tuesday Year 7 Geography/History Trip (MED) 7 th Wednesday Year 11 Gower College Class Talks (Lesson 1) Year 7 Geography/History Trip (RUS) Transition: Assessment Coordinators (9.00 a.m. 12.00 p.m.) ICT Workshop Staff Training (3.10 p.m.) Governors Community and Property Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 8 th Thursday PSE Day (Including Careers Fair: Open 3.00 4.00 p.m. for Pupils and Parents) National Poetry Day School Council Meeting with Gorseinon Town Council (7.00 p.m.) 9 th Friday 10 th Saturday School Production Rehearsals 11 th Sunday School Production Rehearsals Week 2 12 th Monday Year 7 Parents Evening with Form Tutors (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 13 th Tuesday Year 11 GCSE English Oral Moderation Event Wider Leadership Team Meeting 14 th Wednesday Year 11 GCSE English Oral Moderation Event Transition Council Meeting Governors Curriculum Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 15 th Thursday School Production Rehearsals 16 th Friday School Production Rehearsals 17 th Saturday School Production Rehearsals 18 th Sunday School Production Rehearsals Week 1 19 th Monday Year 11 Geography Fieldwork (Two Half Days This Week) School Production (Matinee and 7.00 p.m.) 20 th Tuesday School Production (7.00 p.m.) 21 st Wednesday Report Writing Induction for New Staff School Production (7.00 p.m.) 22 nd Thursday School Production (7.00 p.m.) 23 rd Friday INSET Day: Assessment 24 th Saturday 25 th Sunday 26 th Monday Half Term 27 th Tuesday Half Term 28 th Wednesday Half Term 29 th Thursday Half Term 30 th Friday Half Term
31 st Saturday November 1 st Sunday Week 2 2 nd Monday Interim Assessments Week for Years 8, 9 and 11 3 rd Tuesday 4 th Wednesday GCSE Child Development CAT (Until 6/11) Open Evening for Year 6 Pupils / Parents (6.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m.) 5 th Thursday Transition: English Collaborative Planning (9.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m.) 6 th Friday Year 9 Imperial War Museum Trip (RE Department) Year 7 Welsh Awareness Day 7 th Saturday 8 th Sunday Week 1 9 th Monday Charity Week SEN Review Week School Improvement Group Meetings 10 th Tuesday Transition: Maths Collaborative Planning (9.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m.) 11 th Wednesday Governors Personnel Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m. 12 th Thursday 13 th Friday Non-Uniform Day for Children in Need Leadership Team Conference (from 4.30 p.m.) 14 th Saturday Leadership Team Conference 15 th Sunday Week 2 16 th Monday Whole School Monitoring Week: Lesson Observations Interim Assessments Week for Year 10 Heads of Department / Heads of Year / 17 th Tuesday 18 th Wednesday Governors Finance Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 19 th Thursday Year 11 GCSE Drama Unit 1 Devised Performance Assessment (From 3.00 p.m.) Years 8, 9 and 11 Interim Reports Issued 20 th Friday Target Setting Deadline for Year 10 21 st Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Support Staff Supervisors Course 22 nd Sunday Duke of Edinburgh Support Staff Practical Navigation Day Week 1 23 rd Monday Year Council Meetings (This Week) 24 th Tuesday Wider Leadership Team Meeting 25 th Wednesday 26 th Thursday Transition: Science Collaborative Planning (9.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m.) Awards Evening (7.00 p.m. 9.00 p.m.) 27 th Friday Year 10 Interim Reports Issued Performance Management Period Ends for Teaching Staff Internal Deadline for Threshold Applications 28 th Saturday 29 th Sunday
Week 2 30 th Monday Interim Assessments Week for Year 7 Year 10 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) December 1 st Tuesday 2 nd Wednesday Transition: Welsh Collaborative Planning (12.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m.) ICT Workshop Staff Training (3.10 p.m.) 3 rd Thursday Full Governing Body Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 4 th Friday Target Setting Deadline for Year 7 5 th Saturday 6 th Sunday Week 1 7 th Monday Christmas Dinner in the Canteen 8 th Tuesday Year 11 GCSE Mock Examinations Start (Until 16/12) 9 th Wednesday 10 th Thursday Year 7 Interim Reports Issued Transition Management Group Meeting (1.30 p.m.) 11 th Friday 12 th Saturday 13 th Sunday Week 2 14 th Monday Staff Meeting 15 th Tuesday 16 th Wednesday Year 11 GCSE Mock Examinations End Autumn Term Newsletter Published Online 17 th Thursday Christmas Jumper Day! Carol Concert at St. Catherine s Church (7.00 p.m. 9.00 p.m.) 18 th Friday Autumn Term Ends: School Closes at 1.30 p.m. 19 th Saturday 20 th Sunday 21 st Monday Christmas Holiday 22 nd Tuesday Christmas Holiday 23 rd Wednesday Christmas Holiday 24 th Thursday Christmas Holiday 25 th Friday Christmas Holiday 26 th Saturday 27 th Sunday 28 th Monday Christmas Holiday 29 th Tuesday Christmas Holiday 30 th Wednesday Christmas Holiday 31 st Thursday Christmas Holiday January 2016 1 st Friday Christmas Holiday 2 nd Saturday 3 rd Sunday Week 1 4 th Monday Spring Term Starts Year 9 Option Programme Starts Heads of Department / Heads of Year /
January 2016 continued 5 th Tuesday 6 th Wednesday Health and Safety Committee Meeting 7 th Thursday Year 11 GCSE Science: Biology 2 (Triple Science) 8 th Friday 9 th Saturday 10 th Sunday Week 2 11 th Monday Year 11 Reports: Subject Comments Completed 12 th Tuesday Year 11 GCSE English Language Unit 2 Year 11 GCSE Science: Chemistry 2 (Triple and Additional Science) 13 th Wednesday 14 th Thursday Year 11 GCSE Science: Physics 2 (Triple Science) Year 10 GCSE Science: Physics 1 (All Pupils Except Triple Science) 15 th Friday 16 th Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Support Staff First Aid Course 17 th Sunday Duke of Edinburgh Support Staff First Aid Course Week 1 18 th Monday 19 th Tuesday 20 th Wednesday Year 11 Reports: Head of Year and Form Tutor Comments Completed Reports to Resources Governors Community and Property Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 21 st Thursday Year 9 Options Fair (2.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m.) and Presentation (4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m.) 22 nd Friday Year 11 Reports Issued Year 8 Llangrannog Trip (Welsh Department) (Provisional) 23 rd Saturday Year 8 Llangrannog Trip (Welsh Department) (Provisional) 24 th Sunday Year 8 Llangrannog Trip (Welsh Department) (Provisional) Week 2 25 th Monday Year Council Meetings (This Week) Year 11 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 26 th Tuesday Year 11 Progress Interviews (This Week) 27 th Wednesday Holocaust Memorial Day Year 11 WBQ Enterprise Day 28 th Thursday 29 th Friday Year 9 Initial Options Deadline 30 th Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Expedition Training Day 1 31 st Sunday February Week 1 1 st Monday Whole School Monitoring Week: Lesson Observations School Improvement Group Meetings 2 nd Tuesday Wider Leadership Team Meeting
February continued 3 rd Wednesday ICT Workshop Staff Training (3.10 p.m. 4.10 p.m.) Governors Curriculum Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 4 th Thursday Year 8 Enterprise Activity (MED) (Lessons 1 4) 5 th Friday Year 8 Enterprise Activity (RUS) (Lessons 1 4) 6 th Saturday 7 th Sunday Week 2 8 th Monday Interim Assessments Week for Years 7, 8 and 10 Whole School Monitoring: Work Sampling Heads of Department / Heads of Year / 9 th Tuesday 10 th Wednesday 11 th Thursday 12 th Friday INSET Day: GCSE and KS3 Moderation / Departmental Performance Management Period Starts for Associate and Support Staff 13 th Saturday 14 th Sunday 15 th Monday Half Term 16 th Tuesday Half Term 17 th Wednesday Half Term 18 th Thursday Half Term 19 th Friday Half Term 20 th Saturday 21 st Sunday Week 1 22 nd Monday Year 9 Exams Week Year 10 WBQ Enterprise Pitches (This Week) 23 rd Tuesday 24 th Wednesday Governors Personnel Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 25 th Thursday Interim Reports Issued for Years 7, 8 and 10 26 th Friday 27 th Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Expedition Training Day 2 28 th Sunday Week 2 29 th Monday Year 11 Geography Fieldwork (Half Day This Week) Year 10 Progress Interviews Week March 1 st Tuesday Non-Uniform Day for Charity Year 7/8 St. David s Day Eisteddfod (Lessons 1 4) 2 nd Wednesday Year 11 Music Showcase (6.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m.) 3 rd Thursday World Book Day Transition Management Group Meeting (1.30 p.m.) Eurodisney Trip Departs (Until 6/3) (MFL/Welsh Departments)
March continued 4 th Friday 5 th Saturday 6 th Sunday Eurodisney Trip Returns Week 1 7 th Monday Year 8 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 8 th Tuesday PSE Day 9 th Wednesday Governors Finance Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 10 th Thursday Year 9 Reports: Subject Comments Completed 11 th Friday Year 11 Photographs (Lessons 1 2) Activity Day Booklet Issued Transition Council Meeting 12 th Saturday 13 th Sunday Week 2 14 th Monday Year 11 Entry Level English Exam Year 11 GCSE Drama Unit 2 Practical Exam (This Week) Year 9 Geography Fieldwork (This Week) Year Council Meetings (This Week) Staff Meeting 15 th Tuesday Year 8/9 HPV Vaccinations (Lessons 1 2) Wider Leadership Team Meeting 16 th Wednesday Year 9 Reports: Head of Year and Form Tutor Comments Completed Reports to Resources 17 th Thursday 18 th Friday Year 11 Entry Level Maths Exam Year 9 Reports Issued 19 th Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Expedition Training Day 3 (Sponsored Walk) 20 th Sunday Week 1 21 st Monday Year 9 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 22 nd Tuesday Year 11 GCSE Art Exam KS3 Music Showcase (6.30 p.m. 8.00 p.m.) 23 rd Wednesday Year 11 GCSE Art Exam Year 9 Final Options Deadline Spring Term Newsletter Published Online Spring Term Ends for Pupils ICT Workshop Staff Training 24 th Thursday INSET Day: GCSE and KS3 Moderation / Departmental Performance Management Period Ends for Associate and Support Staff Full Governing Body Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 25 th Friday Easter Holiday: Good Friday 26 th Saturday 27 th Sunday 28 th Monday Easter Holiday: Easter Bank Holiday 29 th Tuesday Easter Holiday
30 th Wednesday Easter Holiday 31 st Thursday Easter Holiday April 1 st Friday Easter Holiday 2 nd Saturday 3 rd Sunday 4 th Monday Easter Holiday 5 th Tuesday Easter Holiday 6 th Wednesday Easter Holiday 7 th Thursday Easter Holiday 8 th Friday Easter Holiday 9 th Saturday 10 th Sunday Week 2 11 th Monday Summer Term Starts Year 10 GCSE Mock Examinations Week* Heads of Department / Heads of Year / 12 th Tuesday Year 9 DTP/MenC Vaccinations 13 th Wednesday 14 th Thursday 15 th Friday 16 th Saturday 17 th Sunday Week 1 18 th Monday Year 7 Parents Evening (3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.) 19 th Tuesday 20 th Wednesday County Athletics (tbc) Governors Finance Committee Meeting 21 st Thursday Transition Management Group Meeting (1.30 p.m.) 22 nd Friday Transition: English Moderation/Standardisation (12.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m.) Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Expedition Training (Overnight) 23 rd Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Expedition Training Day 4 24 th Sunday Week 2 25 th Monday SEN Review Week 26 th Tuesday 27 th Wednesday Year 7/8/9 National Reading and Numeracy Tests (Until 10/5) 28 th Thursday Transition: Maths Moderation/Standardisation (12.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m.) 29 th Friday 30 th Saturday May 1 st Sunday Week 1 2 nd Monday May Day Bank Holiday 3 rd Tuesday Year 10 Prefect Elections (This Week)
May continued 4 th Wednesday ICT Workshop Staff Training 5 th Thursday Transition: Science Moderation/Standardisation (12.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m.) 6 th Friday 7 th Saturday 8 th Sunday Week 2 9 th Monday Year Council Meetings (This Week) School Improvement Group Meetings 10 th Tuesday Wider Leadership Team Meeting 11 th Wednesday 12 th Thursday Transition: Welsh Moderation/Standardisation (9.00 a.m. 3.00 p.m.) 13 th Friday Year 11 GCSE Examinations Start (Until 21/6) 14 th Saturday 15 th Sunday Week 1 16 th Monday Year 10 Prefects Start Heads of Department / Heads of Year / 17 th Tuesday 18 th Wednesday Transition Council Meeting Governors Community and Property Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 19 th Thursday 20 th Friday 21 st Saturday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Bronze Award Practice Expedition 22 nd Sunday Week 2 23 rd Monday Whole School Monitoring Week: Lesson Observations 24 th Tuesday Year 10 GCSE Geography Unit 1 25 th Wednesday 26 th Thursday 27 th Friday Whole School Monitoring: Work Sampling 28 th Saturday 29 th Sunday 30 th Monday Half Term: Whitsun Bank Holiday 31 st Tuesday Half Term June 1 st Wednesday Half Term 2 nd Thursday Half Term 3 rd Friday Half Term 4 th Saturday 5 th Sunday Week 1 6 th Monday Year 11 Study Leave Starts Transition: Year 5 Taster Morning
Deadline for End of KS3 Teacher Assessments June continued 7 th Tuesday Transition: Year 5 Taster Morning 8 th Wednesday Transition: Year 5 Taster Morning Governors Curriculum Committee Meeting 9 th Thursday Transition: Year 5 Taster Morning 10 th Friday Transition: Year 5 Taster Morning 11 th Saturday 12 th Sunday Week 2 13 th Monday Year 7/8 Exams Week Deadlines for Year 9 Effort Indicators School Improvement Group Meetings 14 th Tuesday Transition: Assessment Coordinators (9.00 a.m. 12.00 p.m.) 15 th Wednesday Year 10 GCSE Science: Biology 1 County Inter-Schools Athletics (tbc) Health and Safety Committee Meeting 16 th Thursday Transition Management Group Meeting 17 th Friday Year 10 GCSE Science: Chemistry 1 Year 9 Summative Report Issued 18 th Saturday 19 th Sunday Week 1 20 th Monday Year 10 School Exams Week Year 10 GCSE Science: Physics 1 (Triple Science and Re-sits) Heads of Department / Heads of Year / 21 st Tuesday Year 10 GCSE History Unit 3 Year 8 Brecon Beacons Trip (MED) 22 nd Wednesday Governors Personnel/Pay Review Committee Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 23 rd Thursday Year 8 Brecon Beacons Trip (RUS) 24 th Friday Year 11 Leavers Assembly 25 th Saturday 26 th Sunday Week 2 27 th Monday Year 10 Geography Fieldwork (2 Days This Week) Year Council Meetings (This Week) 28 th Tuesday Wider Leadership Team Meeting Year 11 Leavers Prom 29 th Wednesday Year 7/8 Swimming Gala (Lessons 1 4) Year 7 and 8 Reports: Subject Comments Completed 30 th Thursday July 1 st Friday
July continued 2 nd Saturday 3 rd Sunday Week 1 4 th Monday Year 10 Reports: Subject Comments Completed Transition: Year 6 Taster Day 5 th Tuesday Transition: Year 6 Taster Day Summer Concert (7.00 p.m. 9.00 p.m.) 6 th Wednesday PSE Day ICT Workshop Staff Training 7 th Thursday Year 9 Swansea Young Business Dragons (MED) Year 7 and 8 Reports: Heads of Year and Form Tutor Comments Completed Reports to Resources Full Governing Body Meeting (3.30 p.m.) 8 th Friday Year 9 Swansea Young Business Dragons (RUS) 9 th Saturday 10 th Sunday Week 2 11 th Monday Year 10 Work Experience Week Year 10 Reports: Head of Year and Form Tutor Comments Completed Reports to Resources Staff Meeting 12 th Tuesday Sports Day 13 th Wednesday Summer Term Newsletter Published Online 14 th Thursday Drop-In Afternoon for Year 6 Parents (2.00 p.m. 3.00 p.m.) 15 th Friday Non-Uniform Day Year 7 and 8 Reports Issued 16 th Saturday 17 th Sunday Week 1 18 th Monday Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Bronze Award Expedition 19 th Tuesday Activity Day Duke of Edinburgh Pupils Bronze Award Expedition 20 th Wednesday Year 10 Reports Issued Summer Term Ends: School Closes at 1.30 p.m. GCSE Results Day: Thursday 25 th August 2016. Year 11 from 9.00 a.m. Year 10 from 10.00 a.m. *The Year 10 GCSE Mock Examinations are only in the subjects that have an external GCSE module in May/June 2016.