TERM EVENTS
(Pre-Prep. Department events are denoted by *)

JANUARY
Wed 4 8.30 am SMT Meeting
9.45 am Staff Games Inset
11.30 am Health & Safety Committee Meeting
11.30 am Curriculum Committee Meeting
1.30 pm HoDs’ Meeting
2.45 pm English Department Meeting
4.00 pm HMMS Meeting
Thu 5 9.00 am - 4.00 pm Rugby Course for Pupils
9.00 am Staff Inset: ICT
11.00 am Staff Inset – Doug Muirhead Esq.
3.15 pm Maths Department Meeting
Fri 6 9.00 am Staff Meeting
1.45 pm Science Department Meeting
3.00 pm Years 3 and 4 Staff Meeting
4.00 pm Swimming Course for Staff
Sat 7 9.00 am - 4.00 pm Rugby Course for Pupils
Sun 8 Term begins for Boarders who are return to school by 5.30 pm

WEEK ONE
Mon 9 8.30 am Term begins for Day Pupils
*8.45 am Pre-Prep Department: Term begins
10.30 am New Pupils arrive
Tue 10 Music, and Speech and Drama lessons begin
Wed 11 2.00 pm Hockey v Great Walstead and Hurstpierpoint (Triangular): U9, U8 (A) (Hurstpierpoint)
2.00 pm Netball v Great Walstead and Hurstpierpoint (Triangular): 1st, 2nd, 3rd (H)
2.00 pm Netball v Great Walstead and Hurstpierpoint (Great Walstead): U10A, U10B
2.00 pm Netball v Great Walstead and Hurstpierpoint (Triangular): U11A, U11B (A) (Hurstpierpoint)
2.30 pm Rugby v Great Walstead:
1st XV, Colts A, Colts C, U9A (H);
2nd, Colts B, U9B/U8 tag (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Hurstpierpoint: 4th (A)
Thu 12 Ballet, Dance, Carpentry and Trampolining lessons begin
Fri 13 1.30 pm Brambletye Chess Tournament
1.30 pm ICT Steering Group Meeting
1.55 pm Rugby Coaching Session: Fraser Waters, Esq. (London Wasps & England)
*2.50 pm Pre-Prep Department: Year 2 Parent Assembly
Fencing begins
Sat 14 Full Brambletye Weekend
11.15 am Year 4 Parent/Teacher Meeting
2.30 pm Rugby v Cottesmore:
1st, Colts B (H); 2nd, Colts A, U9A (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Cottesmore:
1st, 2nd, 3rd (A); U10, U9 (H)
2.30 pm Hockey v Cottesmore: U11 (H)
6.45 pm Talk: ‘Driving Chrissy Home’ – Colin Javens, Esq.
Sun 15 9.00 am Swimming Course for Staff
10.15 am Play Rehearsal
6.30 pm  Evensong. Preacher: The Headmaster

WEEK TWO
Mon 16 Common Entrance 11+ Examinations begin
Townsend-Warner History Prize Paper 1
Chess and Taekwondo begin
Tue 17 Benenden Sport Scholarship
Common Entrance 11+ Examinations
9.45 am Year 8 talk: The British Wildlife Trust
10.00 am School Photography Company (New Pupils)
1.00 pm Lancing College Swimming Gala: U13, U11
2.30 pm Rugby v Dorset House: U9A, U9B/U8 tag (H)
2.45 pm Netball v Dorset House: U9, U8 (H)
Wed 18 Benenden Art Scholarship
2.00 pm Netball v Ardingly and St Aubyns (Triangular): 1st, U8 (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v St Andrews: 1st XV (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v Dorset House:
2nd (H); Colts A, Colts B (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v Tavistock & Summerhill: Colts C (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Ardingly: 2nd, 3rd (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Ardingly: U11A, U11B, U10B, U9 (A)
2.30 pm Netball v St Aubyns: U10 (A)
Thu 19 Worth School All Rounder Scholarship
8.30 am Marketing Committee Meeting
Oxford Group Conference
2.45 pm Netball v Lingfield Notre Dame:
U10A, U10B (H)
Fri 20 Home Clothes Day in aid of The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
2.40 pm Year 5 Parent/Teacher Meeting
WEEKEND EXEAT
2.45 pm Pupils free to leave
Train arrives 4.00 pm Victoria Station
6.00 pm ‘Draw the Line’: Brambletye Art Exhibition opens at The Chequer Mead Theatre & Arts Centre, East Grinstead (until 1st February)
7.00 pm Staff Guest Night
Sat 21 Worth School Entrance Tests
Sun 22 Pupils return by bedtimes
Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

WEEK THREE
Mon 23 5.00 pm Swimming v Handcross Park: Seniors (A)
Tue 24 House Music Competition Heats (Internal)
7.00 pm Fixtures Meeting at Copthorne
Wed 25 2.30 pm Rugby v Ardingly:
1st XV, U9A, U9B (H); 2nd/3rd, Colts A, Colts B (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v St Christopher’s: Colts C (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Imberhorne: U12A (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Great Walstead: U10A (H) U10B (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Sackville: U12B (H)
Thu 26 8.20 am School Assembly & Chapel with The Rev’d. N. Lamb
10.45 am Staff Meeting
Fri 27 Effort Grades
8.45 am Year 7 Outing to Natural History Museum
*2.50 pm Pre-Prep Department: Year 1 Parent Assembly
6.00 pm Private Viewing: ‘Draw the Line’: at The Chequer Mead Theatre & Arts Centre, East Grinstead
Sat 28 2.00 pm Hockey v Windlesham: U11, U10 (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v Windlesham:
1st XV, 3rd Colts B, Colts C (A);
2nd, Colts A, U9A, U9B (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Windlesham:
1st, 2nd, 3rd (H); U11B, U9 (A)
6.45 pm Talk: ‘Born Free Foundation’ – Simon Allen, Esq. Operations Director
Sun 29 Stowe Sport Entry Examinations and Assessment Day
10.15 am Play Rehearsal
6.30 pm Evensong. Preacher: The Rev’d. T. W. G. Novis, Esq., Chaplain, Wellington College

WEEK FOUR
Mon 30 Tonbridge and Winchester Music Scholarships
8.35 am School Assembly: Theatre Français
6.15 pm Squash: Seniors v Cottesmore (H)
Tue 31 Eastbourne Art Scholarship
Lancing Squash Tournament: 1st and Colts
IAPS District 3 Meeting at Hurstpierpoint College
Year 6 Maths Challenge at Eagle House School

FEBRUARY
Wed 1 Wycombe Abbey Academic Scholarship begins
Millfield and Stowe Art Scholarships
1.45 pm Hockey v Lingfield Notre Dame:
U11A, U11B (H)
2.00 pm Netball Tournament: U10A (at Cumnor House)
2.30 pm Rugby v St Christopher’s: 1st XV, Colts B (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v Handcross Park: 2nd, Colts A (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v St Christopher’s and Tavistock (Triangular): U9A (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v Tavistock and Summerhill: U9B/U8 tag (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v Great Walstead: 3rd (H); Colts C (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Copthorne: 1st, 2nd, U9 (A); U10B (H)
2.30 pm Hockey v Copthorne: U8A, U8B (A)
Thu 2 UK Intermediate Maths Challenge
SATIPS Challenge
8.25 am  Chapel: The Gideons International
2.00 pm Cross Country v Great Walstead: U13, U11, U9 (A)
Fri 3 2.40 pm Year 6 Parent/Teacher Meeting
WEEKEND EXEAT
2.45 pm Pupils free to leave
Train arrives 4.00 pm Victoria Station
Sat 4
Sun 5 Pupils return by bedtimes
Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

WEEK FIVE
Mon 6 9.00 am Year 5: ‘Respect of Property’ – PC Kemp
2.30 pm Cross Country at Ashdown House: ‘The Grim Challenge’ U13, U12, U11 (A)
Tue 7
Wed 8 2.30 pm Rugby v Vinehall:
1st, Colts A, U9B tag (A); 2nd, Colts B, U9A (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v Handcross Park: 3rd, Colts C (H)
2.30 pm Hockey v Rose Hill: U11, U10 (A)
2.30 pm Netball v St Christopher’s:
1st, 2nd (H); U9, U8 (A)
Thu 9 2.15 pm Squash v Westbourne House: 1st V (H)
Fri 10 *2.50 pm Pre-Prep Department: Music Extravaganza
Sat 11 10.00 am Year 3 Parent/Teacher Meeting
2.00 pm Netball v Ashdown House and Cumnor House (Triangular): U11A (H)
2.00 pm Netball v Ashdown House and Cumnor House (Triangular): U10 (A) at Cumnor House
2.30 pm Rugby v Ashdown House:
1st XV, Colts A (H); 2nd XV, Colts B, U9A (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v Cumnor House: U9B (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Ashdown House:
1st, 2nd (A); 3rd, U11B (H)
2.30 pm Hockey v Cumnor House: U9 (A)
6.45 pm Scottish Dancing
Sun 12 10.15 am Play Rehearsal
6.30 pm Evensong. Preacher: The Rev’d. Canon Julia Peaty, Curate, St Swithun’s Church, East Grinstead

WEEK SIX
Mon 13 *Pre-Prep Department: Book Week
Tue 14 Nigel Westlake, Esq., Headmaster Elect to visit (and 15th)
6.00 pm Drinks Reception
Wed 15 2.30 pm Rugby House Matches: Senior, Middle and Junior
Netball House Matches: Senior
Hockey House Matches: Junior
6.00 pm Executive Committee Meeting
Thu 16 *5.30 pm Pre-Prep Department: Cocoa Evening
Fri 17 Half Term Assessments
10.45 am Staff Meeting
*Pre-Prep Department: Book Character Day
HALF TERM
2.45 pm Pupils free to leave
Train arrives at 4.00 pm at Victoria Station
Sat 18
Sun 19

HALF TERM WEEK
Mon 20 Ardingly College and Sevenoaks Academic Scholarships begin
Tue 21 Swimming Course for Years 2, 3 and 4
Wed 22 Downside Art Scholarship
Swimming Course for Years 2, 3 and 4
Thu 23 Sevenoaks Art Scholarship
Fri 24
Sat 25
Sun 26 Pupils return by bedtimes
Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

WEEK SEVEN
Mon 27 Lancing College Art Scholarship
Townsend-Warner History Prize Paper 2
6.15 pm Squash: Juniors v. Cottesmore (H)
Tue 28 Hurstpierpoint College Art Scholarship
9.00 am - 5.00 pm Year 6 ICT Animation Workshop
Wed 29 Hurstpierpoint College DT Scholarship
1.30 pm Netball Festival: U8 (at Cumnor House)
2.30 pm Rugby v Cumnor House:
1st XV, 3rd, Colts A, Colts C (H);
2nd, Colts B, U9A, U9B, U8 tag (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Cumnor House:
1st, 2nd, 3rd (H); U11A, U10A, U11B (A)
2.30 pm Hockey v Cumnor House: U10B, U9A (A)

MARCH
Thu 1 The King’s School, Canterbury Art Scholarship
U11 Netball IAPS Regional at Roedean (all day)
1.00 pm Colts Rugby Sevens at Ashdown House
Fri 2 U13, U12 Netball IAPS at Roedean (all day)
*2.50 pm Pre-Prep Department: Reception and Nursery Parent Assembly
Sat 3 Foundation Bursary Day
2.30 pm Rugby v Dorset House: 1st, U9, U8 (A)
2.30 pm Rugby v Dorset House and Widford Lodge (Triangular): Colts A, Colts B (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Rose Hill: 2nd (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Widford Lodge: U11A, U11B (H)
6.45 pm Canoe Polo at The King’s Centre, East Grinstead
6.45 pm Talk: ‘An Afghan Evening’
Sun 4 10.30 am Matins. Preacher: Dr C. C. Stevens, Second Master and Deputy Head, Marlborough College
11.30 am School Council Meeting
2.15 pm Play Rehearsal

WEEK EIGHT
Mon 5 Years 8 & 7N School Examinations begin (until Thursday 8th March)
Tue 6 *Pre-Prep Department: French Day
9.00 am Cottesmore Chess Congress
2.30 pm Netball v Dorset House: U8, U9 (H)
Wed 7 2.00 pm Hockey v Handcross Park: U11, U9/10 (H)
2.30 pm Rugby v St Aubyns:
1st, Colts A (H); U9A, U9B/U8 tag (A)
2.30 pm Boys’ Hockey v Handcross Park:
3rd (H); Colts B, Colts C (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Handcross Park: 1st, 2nd, U8 (A)
2.30 pm Netball v Hurstpierpoint: 4th (H)
Thu 8 Wellington College Art and DT Scholarships
Fri 9 Ardingly College Art and DT Scholarships
10.00 am Bob Woolmer Cricket Shoe Fitting
2.40 pm Year 7 Parent/Teacher Meeting
WEEKEND EXEAT
2.45 pm Pupils free to leave
Train arrives 4.00 pm Victoria Station
Sat 10 Netball IAPS Finals Day at Roedean (all day)
Sun 11 Marlborough College Art & DT Scholarship
Pupils return by bedtimes
Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

WEEK NINE
Mon 12 10.10 am Year 6 – ‘Criminal Damage’ – PC Kemp
2.00 pm Team Photographs
6.00 pm Squash: Doubles v Holmewood House and Colts (A)
Tue 13 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Year 5 ICT Workshop
5.00 pm Swimming v Holmewood House: Years 8 to 4 (A)
6.30 pm Governors’ Meeting
Wed 14 2.00 pm Netball v Copthorne: U13 (A) (Versatility Tournament)
2.30 pm Rugby v Copthorne:
1st, Colts A (A); 2nd, Colts B, U9A, U9B, U8 tag (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Holmewood House:
1st, 2nd, 3rd (H); U11A, U11B, U10A, U10B (A)
2.30 pm Hockey v Lingfield Notre Dame: U9, U8 (A)
Thu 15 ABRSM Exams (tbc)
2.30 pm Netball v Holmewood House: U9, U8 (H)
Fri 16 9.00 am School Play: Technical Rehearsal
1.30 pm Golf with The Ladies at RAFGC
2.00 pm Cross Country: Worth U13, U12
2.45 pm Rugby v Hornsby House: Colts A (H)
*2.50 pm Pre-Prep Department: Year 2 Parent Assembly
Sat 17 2.30 pm Rugby v Ashdown House:
1st, Colts A (A); 3rd, Colts B, U9A (H)
2.30 pm Hockey House Matches: Middle
Sun 18 10.30 am Matins. Preacher: The Rev’d. R. K. Harrison, Chaplain, Lancing College
11.30 am Play Rehearsal (until 4.00 pm)

WEEK TEN
Mon 19 2.15 pm Rugby: Ashdown House Sevens U13A, U13B
Tue 20 3.00 pm School Play: Dress Rehearsal
Wed 21 1.30 pm Rugby: Brambletye Sevens U13
1.30 pm Netball: Brambletye Tournament U13
2.30 pm Colts Rugby Tournament (at Cumnor House)
2.30 pm U9 Rugby Tournament (at Hurstpierpoint)
2.30 pm Hockey v Tavistock and Summerhill:
U11/U10/U9 (H)
2.30 pm Netball v Cumnor House: U8 (A)
6.30 pm School Play: ‘Canterbury Road’
Thu 22 *Pre-Prep Department: Reception Outing to Wakehurst Place
10.45 am Staff Meeting
7.00 pm School Play: ‘Canterbury Road’
Fri 23 Nigel Westlake, Esq., Headmaster Elect to visit (and 24th)
2.15 pm Primary Schools’ Cross Country
*6.00 pm Drinks Reception: Pre-Prep Department
Sat 24 Open Morning
Full Brambletye Weekend
2.00 pm Inter-House Cross Country Competition
6.00 pm School Play: ‘Canterbury Road’
Sun 25 British Summer Time begins
10.30 am Matins. Preacher: The Rev’d. N. Lamb, Holy Trinity Church, Forest Row
Squashathon in aid of The Sussex Snowdrop Trust
12 noon Chapel Choir Outing
7.15 pm Cast Party

WEEK ELEVEN
Mon 26 6.30 pm Squash: 1st V v The Bandits
Tue 27 8.50 am Packing of Trunks
6.45 pm Boarders’ End of Term Disco
Wed 28 8.30 am Years 5-8 Assessments
8.45 am Chapel
10.30 am Prize Giving
12 noon House Music Competition (Internal)
1.15 pm Lunch (Whole School)
2.00 pm House Meetings
*2.25 pm Pre-Prep Department: Easter Assembly
3.00 pm Term Ends

Parents are reminded that these dates should be adhered to, and so should book flights well in advance. If exceptional circumstances arise, a written application for permission to leave early or return late must be sent to the Headmaster.