JANUARY

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WEEK TWO

8.30 am Term begins for Day Pupils

8.45 am Term begins for Pre-Prep. Department

Townsend-Warner History Prize Paper 1

IAPS Geography Meeting at Leamington Spa

Music Lessons begin

Speech & Drama begins

9.00 am 3D Geography Outing

1^st XV, Colts A v. Great Walstead (H)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U9 v. Great Walstead (A)

Netball: 1^st v. Hurstpierpoint (H)

2^nd, 3^rd Triangular (H)

U11, U9, U8 v. Great Walstead (A)

Hockey: U10 v. Great Walstead (A)

8.30 am Theatre: ‘Forres Activity Holidays’ - James Stileman Esq.

Dance, Trampolining & Carpentry begin

6.15 pm Fencing begins

1.30 pm Brambletye Chess Tournament

6.00 pm ‘Futurism’: Brambletye Art Exhibition at The Chequer Mead Theatre & Arts Centre, East Grinstead (until 26^th January)

6.15 pm Fencing

Full Brambletye Weekend

11.15 am Year 4 Parent/Teacher Meeting

1^st XV, 3^rd IX, Colts A v. Cottesmore (H)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U9 v. Cottesmore (A)

Netball: 1^st v. Cottesmore (H)

Hockey: U11 v. Cottesmore (H)

U10/9 v. Cottesmore (A)

6.30 pm Talk by André Zlattinger Esq., (OB): ‘Climbing Everest’

6.30 pm Evensong. Preacher: Father David Lawrence-March, The Chaplain, Ardingly College

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WEEK THREE

Chess begins

Brighton College Art Scholarship

2.00 pm Swimming Gala at Lancing College

9.00 am 3D Geography Outing

1^st XV, Colts A, U9 v. Hurstpierpoint (H)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U8 A & B v. Hurstpierpoint (A)

Netball: 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd v. Ardingly (A)

U11A, U11B, U10B v. Ardingly (H)

U9A, U9B v. Ardingly (A)

3.10 pm U8A, U8B v. Ardingly (A)

6.15 pm Fencing

9.00 am Year 7 Outing to Science and Natural History Museums

3.00 pm Pre-Prep. Department Year 2 Parent Assembly

Worth School Entrance Tests

11.15 am Year 3 Parent/Teacher Meeting

1^st XV, Colts A & B v. St Aubyns (H)

2^nd XII, U9 v. St Aubyns (A)

Netball: U13B, U12B, U12A v. Windlesham (A)

U11 & U10 v. Windlesham (H)

U9 v. Cumnor (A)

10.30am Matins. Preacher: The Headmaster

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WEEK FOUR

2.30 pm Swimming Triangular at Ashdown House

6.00 pm Squash Av. Ardingly (A)

Benenden School Art Scholarship (and 27^th)

7.00 pm Fixtures Meeting at Hurstpierpoint

9.00 am 3D Geography Outing

1^st XV, Colts A, U8 A & B v. Ardingly (A)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U9 v. Ardingly (H)

Netball : 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, U8 v. Cumnor House (A)

U11 v. Cumnor House (H)

Hockey: U10 v. Cumnor House (A)

U9 v. Cumnor House (H)

St Bede’s Art & DT Scholarships

8.30 am Chapel: The Gideons

10.30 am Curriculum Committee Meeting

Home Clothes Day for Charity

St Bede’s Art & DT Scholarships

Benenden School Academic Scholarship (and 30^th )

9.30 am Year 5: ‘Respect for Property’ - PC Kemp

10.45 am Staff Meeting

WEEKEND EXEAT

2.40 pm Year 5 Parent/Teacher Meeting

2.45 pm Pupils free to leave

Train arrives 4.00 pm at Victoria Station

7pm Staff Guest Night

Fencing: Scorpion Training

Pupils return by bedtimes

Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

FEBRUARY

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WEEK FIVE

Tonbridge Art & DT Scholarships

6.15 pm Squash A v. Cottesmore (H)

IAPS District 3 Meeting at Hurstpierpoint

Lancing Squash Tournament: 1^st & Colts

Wycombe Abbey Academic Scholarship (and 4^th)

Millfield & Stowe Art Scholarships

Bryanston DT Scholarship

9.00 am 3D Geography Outing

1^st XV v. Lingfield Notre Dame (A)

2^nd XII, U9, U8 v. Tavistock  & Summerhill (H)

Colts A & C v. Tavistock & Summerhill (A)

Colts B v. Fonthill (H)

Netball: 1^st, 2^nd, U11 v. Copthorne (H)

U10B, U9, U8 v. Copthorne (A)

U10 Netball Tournament at Cumnor House

Charterhouse Art Scholarship

UK Intermediate Maths Challenge

SATIPS Quiz Challenge

H. D. Gammell Esq., Registrar at Charterhouse, to visit

8S & 7N: ‘Animal Research’ - Glyn Fisher Esq., St George’s University, London

9.30 am Marketing Committee Meeting

2.30 pm Cross Country v. Great Walstead (A)

2.45 pm Rugby: U8B V Beechwood (H)

Hockey: U9 v. Beechwood (H)

Netball: U8 v. Beechwood (H)

3.00 pm Pre-Prep. Department Year 1 Parent Assembly

7.00 pm Talk by Alastair Eykyn Esq.: ‘Insight into Sports Journalism’

11.15 am Year 3 Parent/Teacher Meeting

Netball: 1^st, 3^rd v. Ashdown House (A)

2^nd v. Ashdown House (H)

2.10 pm Hockey: v U11, U9/8 at East Grinstead Hockey Club

U10 v. Ashdown House (H)

10.00 am School Council Meeting

6.30 pm Evensong. Preacher: Father Andrew Wadsworth, St Wilfrid’s Church, Bognor Regis

WEEK SIX

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Pre-Prep. Department Book Week

1^st XV, Colts B v. Rosehill (H)

2^nd XII, Colts A & C v. Rosehill (A)

3^rd IX v. Ashdown House (A)

U9 v. Fonthill (A)

U8 v. Fonthill (H)

Netball: U13, U12 v. Rosehill (H)

U11/10 v. St Aubyns (A)

Hockey: U9/8 v. St Aubyns (H)

6.00 pm Pre-Prep. Department Cocoa Evening

6.15 pm Fencing

Half Term Assessments

10.15 am Staff Meeting

HALF TERM BEGINS

2.40 pm Year 6 Parent/Teacher Meeting

2.45 pm Pupils free to leave

Train arrives 4.00 pm at Victoria Station

South East Fencing Championships

WEEK SEVEN

HALF TERM WEEK

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Pupils return by bedtimes

Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

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WEEK EIGHT

Year 5 ICT Workshop

Townsend-Warner History Prize Paper 2

1.30 pm Brambletye Rugby Sevens

6.00 pm Executive Committee Meeting

W. M. A. Land Esq., Master in College, Winchester to visit

2.00 pm Netball: U12 & U11 Netball Tournament at Epsom College

U13 v. The Mothers (H)

U10A, U10B v. Holmewood House (H)

U9, U8A, U8B v. Holmewood House (A)

1^st XV, Colts A & C v. Solefield (A)

2^nd XII, Colts B v. Solefield (H)

U8 v. Ashdown House (H)

2.45 pm U9 v. Beechwood (H)

Netball: U9 v. Beechwood (H)

6.15 pm Fencing

9.30 pm Year 6 Talk by PC Kemp: ‘Criminal Damage’

3.00 pm Pre-Prep. Department Nursery & Reception Parent Assembly

6.15 pm Fencing

Brambletye Bursary & Scholarship Day

1^st XV, Colts B v. Yardley Court (H)

2^nd XII, Colts A, U9 v. Yardley Court (A)

Netball: 1st, U10A, U10B v. Rosehill (H)

U9 Netball Festival at Ardingly

6.45 pm Scottish Dancing

Marlborough Art Scholarship

10.30 am Matins. Preacher: Mrs Jane Ashton, The Chaplain, Benenden School

2.15 pm Squash & Chess v. Wellesley House (H) 

MARCH

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WEEK NINE

Lancing College Art Scholarship

8.30 am Year 8 & 7N French Oral Examinations

6.15 pm Squash: Colts v. Cottesmore (H)

Lancing College Ken Shearwood All Rounder Scholarship

Year 8 & 7N School Examinations begin

9.45 am Year 3 Outing

1^st XV, 3^rd IX, Colts A & C v. Cumnor House (H)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U9, U8A & B v. Cumnor House (A)

Netball: U13, U12, U13/12B v. Handcross Park (A)

U9A/B, U8A/B v. Handcross Park (H)

Hockey: U11 v. Handcross Park (H)

U10 v. Handcross Park (A)

The King’s School, Canterbury Art Scholarship

1.00 pm Colts Rugby Sevens at Ashdown House.

Netball: U11 IAPS Tournament at Roedean

Ardingly College & Hurstpierpoint College Art Scholarships

Netball: U13, U12 IAPS Tournament at Roedean

10.00 am Bob Woolmer Cricket Shop

WEEKEND EXEAT

2.40 pm Year 7 Parent/Teacher Meeting

2.45 pm Pupils free to leave

Train arrives 4.00 pm at Victoria Station

Fencing: Scorpion Training

Pupils return by bedtimes

Meet at Victoria Station at 6.10 pm for the train to East Grinstead

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WEEK TEN

Year 6 ICT Workshop

2.30 pm Junior Swimming Triangular at Copthorne

6.00 pm Squash: Doubles v. Holmewood House (A)

Pre-Prep. Department French Day

Cottesmore Chess Congress

7.00 pm Governors’ Meeting

1^st XV, Colts A, U9 v. Handcross Park (A)

2.45 pm 2^nd XII v. Beechwood (H)

3^rd IX Colts B & C v. Handcross Park (H)

U8A Triangular with Handcross Park and Cumnor House (H)

U8B Cumnor House (H)

Netball: 1^st, 2^nd, v. Beechwood(H)

U11 Netball Tournament at Lancing

Girls’ Tag Rugby: U10 Tournament at Great Walstead

1.30 pm Golf with The Ladies at RAFGC

2.00 pm IAPS District 3 Science Meeting at Brambletye

2.45 pm Hockey: U8 v. Rosehill (A)

6.15 pm Fencing

Pre-Prep. Department Reception Outing to Wakehurst Place

2.45 pm U8A & B v. Lingfield Notre Dame (H)

6.15 pm Fencing

10.00 am Open Morning

1^st XV, Colts A, U9 v. Ashdown House (A)

2^nd XII, 3rd IX, Colts B v. Ashdown House (H)

Netball: U13, U12, U11 IAPS Finals at Roedean

U12 Tournament at St Leonards-Mayfield

U13 v. The Mothers (H)

Hockey: U11 Tournament St Leonards-Mayfield

Girls Football: U10A & B v, Cumnor House (H)

Junior House Matches

6.15 pm Canoe Polo at East Grinstead

6.30 pm Evensong. Preacher: The Rev’d James Wesson, The Vicar, Church of the Holy Nativity, Brighton

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WEEK ELEVEN

9am School Play: Technical Rehearsal

Pre-Prep. Department Year 2 Outing to Penshurst Place: ‘The Armada Experience’

3.45pm School Play: Dress Rehearsal

1^st XV, Colts A, U8 v. Copthorne (A)

2^nd XII, Colts B, U9 v. Copthorne (H)

Netball: U13, U13 Versatility Triangular at Holmewood House

U11 v. Holmewood House (H)

U9/U8B v. Summerhill & Tavistock (H)

Hockey: U9/8v. St Aubyns (H)

6.30 pm School Play: ‘The Chrysalids’ by John Wyndham

10.45 am Staff Meeting

2.45 pm Junior Swimming v. Dormansland Primary School (H)

3.00 pm Hockey: U9 v. Rosehill (H)

Senior House Netball

6.15 pm Fencing: Junior Group

7.00 pm School Play: ‘The Chrysalids’ by John Wyndham

8.30 am 1^st XV Leave for Short Tour

12 noon 1^st XV v. Normans Court (A)

2.15 pm Primary Schools Cross Country

Middle House Hockey

2.30 pm Pre-Prep. Department Musical Extravaganza

6.15 pm Fencing

Full Brambletye Weekend

10.30 am 1^st XV v. Dorset House (A)

Middle House Rugby

Hockey: U11A v. Rosehill (H)

U11B v. Rosehill (H)

6.00 pm School Play: ‘The Chrysalids’ by John Wyndham

10.30 am Matins. Preacher: E. J. Reid Esq., Master of the Under School, Charterhouse

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WEEK TWELVE

2.30 pm Junior Swimming v. Tavistock & Summerhill (H)

Senior & Junior House Rugby

6.15 pm Squash: 1^st V v. The Bandits (H)

8.50 am Packing of trunks

11.15 am Prizegiving

6.45 pm Boarders’ End of Term Disco

8.30 am Year 5 to 8 Assessments

8.40 am Chapel

11.15 am House Music Competition (Internal)

2.00 pm House Meetings

2.15 pm Pre-Prep. Department Easter Parade

3.00 pm Term ends

HOLIDAY EVENTS

25^th - 26^th March:              Junior Swimming Course

29^th March - 1^st April:       IAPS Squash Tournament in East Anglia

13^th - 15^th April:                Holiday Cricket Course

17^th April:                         Holiday Rounders Course

11^th July:                           Old Brambletyean Day