Calendar for Parents Academic Year 2018/2019 Start of term 03-Sep Mon External 6th form induction Yr 7 start 04-Sep Tue 6th Form timetabling day Yrs 8-11 return Yr 12 induction 05-Sep Wed Yr UCAS preparation 6th Form lessons begin 06-Sep Thu Yr 12 Photos 07-Sep Fri 08-Sep Sat 09-Sep Sun 10-Sep Mon Alis Testing Yr12 11-Sep Tue 12-Sep Wed -Sep Thu 14-Sep Fri 15-Sep Sat 16-Sep Sun 17-Sep Mon 18-Sep Tue 19-Sep Wed 20-Sep Thu 21-Sep Fri 22-Sep Sat 23-Sep Sun 24-Sep Mon 25-Sep Tue 26-Sep Wed 27-Sep Thu 28-Sep Fri 29-Sep Sat 30-Sep Sun Yr 7 Induction Whole School Photo Alis Testing Yr12 Clubs begin Geography Yr Swanage Trip Departs Geography Yr Swanage Trip Returns Women in Economics Yr Yr 11 Photos Year 7 Picnic Othello Yr 12 & Friends of SJL Welcome Yr 12 evening Yr 11 Study Skills 01-Oct Mon 02-Oct Tue Send my Friend to School Trip 03-Oct Wed Secondary Transfer : School closes at 12.30pm Animal Conservation Whipsnade Visit tbc 04-Oct Thu 05-Oct Fri 06-Oct Sat 07-Oct Sun 08-Oct Mon District Netball Yr 11 09-Oct Tue 10-Oct Wed Yr 7 Individual Photos Battlefields Yr 6
Knitting & Stitching Show Yrs 9- Trampette & Tumble All Years 11-Oct Thu 12-Oct Fri -Oct Sat 14-Oct Sun 15-Oct Mon 16-Oct Tue 17-Oct Wed 18-Oct Thu 19-Oct Fri 20-Oct Sat 21-Oct Sun 22-Oct Mon Faculty Review TBC Twilight INSET: School closes at 12.30pm Geography St Albans Visit Yr 11 Senior Mock Trial Visit Yrs 10 & 12 English Battlefields Visit Yr Departs English Battlefields Visit Yr Returns Eco Schools Gardening Day Bring Your Parents to School & Yr 7Kingswood Trip information Have You Met.. Your Teacher? 23-Oct Tue 24-Oct Wed 25-Oct Thu 26-Oct Fri History Normandy Visit Departs Yr9 Drama Theatre Visit Yr 11 USA Exchange departs Yr JLT History Normandy Visit returns Yr 9 27th October 29 October - 2 November - half term USA Exchange returns Yr 4th November Yr 10 05-Nov Mon 06-Nov Tue 07-Nov Wed 08-Nov Thu 09-Nov Fri 10-Nov Sat 11-Nov Sun 12-Nov Mon English GCSE resits am French Yrs 9,10,11 Period 5 Senior Maths Challenge Yrs 12- Maths GCSE resits am English GCSE resits am St Albans Abbey Conference Yr 12 Maths GCSE resits am Maths GCSE resits am Digital Day Year 9 -Nov Tue 14-Nov Wed RS Mosque Visit Yr 10 15-Nov Thu 16-Nov Fri 17-Nov Sat 18-Nov Sun Kingswood Trip Yr 7 Learning to Learn Week Reading Week Enrichment Day: Learning to Learn and Academic Mentoring 7 E-Safety Parents' Friends of SJL Quiz Night Lower School Music Showcase
19-Nov Mon 20-Nov Tue 21-Nov Wed 22-Nov Thu 23-Nov Fri 24-Nov Sat 25-Nov Sun 26-Nov Mon 27-Nov Tue 28-Nov Wed 30-Nov Fri 01-Dec Sat 02-Dec Sun 03-Dec Mon 04-Dec Tue Drama Devising Rehearsal Yr & 11 Occasional Day: School closed 29-Nov Thu History A level Lecture Yr HPV 1 Injections Yrs 8 and 9 Girls 05-Dec Wed 06-Dec Thu 07-Dec Fri 08-Dec Sat 09-Dec Sun 10-Dec Mon 11-Dec Tue 12-Dec Wed -Dec Thu 14-Dec Fri 15-Dec Sat 16-Dec Sun 17-Dec Mon 18-Dec Tue 19-Dec Wed 20-Dec Thu 21-Dec Fri Year 11 Mock Year 11 Mock Exams Exams Chemistry Yr 11 & MFL Oral Mocks Anti-Bullying Week Individual JLT Yr 11 Mock Exams start (study leave begins) Have You Met.? Ski Trip Equipment Drama Devising Showcase Yr & Yr 11 Yr 7 Parents' Oxfam Strictly Come Dancing Upper School Upper School Upper School Yr Parents' St Albans Cathedral Charity Carol Concert (Chamber Choir) Awards Christmas Concert Rehearsal Senior Citizens Concert End of term: School closes at 12.30pm Carol Singing Yr Christmas Holiday: 22 December to 6 January Christmas Concert 07-Jan Mon 08-Jan Tue 09-Jan Wed 10-Jan Thu 11-Jan Fri 12-Jan Sat Start of term: Joint INSET Day 8 Yr 12 Parents'
-Jan Sun 14-Jan Mon Yr Study Leave begins 15-Jan Tue 16-Jan Wed 17-Jan Thu 18-Jan Fri 19-Jan Sat 20-Jan Sun 21-Jan Mon 22-Jan Tue 23-Jan Wed 24-Jan Thu 25-Jan Fri 26-Jan Sat 27-Jan Sun 28-Jan Mon 29-Jan Tue 30-Jan Wed Music Showcase Yr 9 DTP MENACWY Injections Yr 9 Post 16 Spirit of the Wild Year 9 Animal Studies Joint Trust Anti-Bullying Conference RS Short Course Mock Exam 31-Jan Thu GCSE Art Gallery Visit Yrs 10 & 01-Feb Fri 11 02-Feb Sat Annual Governance Away Day 03-Feb Sun Scholars Trust Concert all day 04-Feb Mon rehearsal 05-Feb Tue MASt trip to Cambridge Yr 10 06-Feb Wed Intermediate Maths Challenge (Yrs 9-11) 07-Feb Thu JLT German Exchange Yrs 8,10,12 08-Feb Fri Departs 09-Feb Sat 10-Feb Sun Gym and Dance Rehearsal Yrs 11-Feb Mon 7-12-Feb Tue -Feb Wed 14-Feb Thu 15-Feb Fri Yr Mock Exams Yr Mock Exams Life Skills Review Week Yr 7 Pastoral Review LGBT+ Awareness Week German Exchange Yrs 8,10,12 Returns Junior Mock Trial Visit Yrs 8 & 9 History Berlin Trip Departs Yr 10 returning 18 February Ski Trip departs Yrs 8- returning 23 February 18-22 February - half term 9 Yr 11 Target Group Yr 9 Options Ski Trip Yr 11 Parents' FoSJL Beer, Bubbles & Banter Pub Night Scholars Trust Concert Yr 9 Parents' Friends of SJL Social Gym and Dance Display Gym and Dance Display
25-Feb Mon 26-Feb Tue 27-Feb Wed 28-Feb Thu 01-Mar Fri 02-Mar Sat 03-Mar Sun 04-Mar Mon 05-Mar Tue 06-Mar Wed 07-Mar Thu 08-Mar Fri 09-Mar Sat 10-Mar Sun 11-Mar Mon 12-Mar Tue German Yrs 9,10,11 Period 2 Denbigh High School Exchange visitors at SJL Peer Review - Trust Peer Review - Trust Further Maths Yr Oxford SJL Forum - One World District Netball Yr 10 INSET Day: - No children in school Eco Schools Gardening Day District Netball Yr 7 -Mar Wed 14-Mar Thu Big Bang Science Visit Yr 8 Chemistry Spectroscopy in a 15-Mar Fri Suitcase Workshop Yr 12 16-Mar Sat 17-Mar Sun French Visit Departs Yr 10 18-Mar Mon 19-Mar Tue 20-Mar Wed 21-Mar Thu 22-Mar Fri Work Scrutiny Window Science & engineering Week District Netball Yr 8 Denbigh High School Exchange visitors at Denbigh Harpenden Schools Music Rehearsal JLT German Exchange visitors arrive at SJL Yr 8 Options Iceland Yr 10 Yr 8 Parents' Higher Apprenticeship Harpenden Schools Music Concert D of E Yr 9 23-Mar Sat French Visit Returns Yr 10 Night at the Races 24-Mar Sun 25-Mar Mon District Netball Yr 9 26-Mar Tue Geography Year 10 Southend trip Life Skills Cancer Awareness Talk Yr 11 27-Mar Wed Spanish Yrs 9,10,11 Period 5 Yr 9 Drama Showcase 28-Mar Thu International Enrichment Day/Careers Day German Exchange visitors depart SJL 29-Mar Fri Drama Exam Yr 30-Mar Sat Barcelona Spanish/Art Trip Yrs 9 & 12 Departs 31-Mar Sun 01-Apr Mon Spring Concert Rehearsal Spring Concert 02-Apr Tue Barcelona Spanish/Art Trip Yrs 9 & 12 Returns 10 SEND Faculty Review
03-Apr Wed Drama all day rehearsal Yr 11 04-Apr Thu Drama Exam Yr 11 RS Rome Trip departs Yrs 10 and 11End of term: school 05-Apr Fri closes at 3.30pm 5 April - end of term - new term begins 23 April RS Rome Trip Yr 10 and 11 (5th-9th April) USA Exchange visitors arrive 18th April (departing 28th April) 23-Apr Tue 24-Apr Wed Start of Term: INSET Day USA Exchange visitors in SJL 25-Apr Thu 26-Apr Fri 27-Apr Sat D of E Expedition departs Yr 10 28-Apr Sun D of E Expedition returns Yr 10 Mon Yr 12 Study Leave begins 29-Apr Drama Exams Yr 11 Junior Maths Challenge (Yrs 7-30-Apr Tue 8) 01-May Wed 02-May Thu 03-May Fri 04-May Sat 05-May Sun 06-May Mon 07-May Tue -May Mon 14-May Tue 15-May Wed Senior Athletics Championship JLT Animal Studies Cambridgeshire Visit Departs Yr 9 Animal Studies Cambridgeshire Visit Returns Yr 9 Bank Holiday - school closed 08-May Wed 09-May Thu Alton Towers Yr 11 (tbc) Year 11 Leavers Ceremony 10-May Fri Provisional 11-May Sat D of E Expedition departs Yr 10 12-May Sun D of E Expedition returns Yr 10 Study Leave Begins Yr 11 Wellbeing Group meeting 16-May Thu 17-May Fri 18-May Sat 19-May Sun 20-May Mon 21-May Tue 22-May Wed 23-May Thu MFL Orals (Yrs 11 and ) Yr 12 Internal Exams Yr 12 Internal Exams Public Exams begin Yrs 7-9 Internal Exams Yr 12 Work Experience Year Leavers Ceremony Provisional 11 Yr 12 UCAS Yr 10 Music Showcase Yr 10 Parents' Yr 12 Oxbridge Jazz Yr 11 Prom (tbc) A Level and GCSE Art Exhibition D&T and Art Exhibition
24-May Fri 27 May - 31 May - half term 03-Jun Mon 04-Jun Tues 05-Jun Wed 06-Jun Thurs HPV 2 Yrs 8 and 9 Girls 07-Jun Fri PE Sports Photos Yrs 7-10 Try an Instrument Day 08-Jun Sat D of E Expedition departs Yr 10 09-Jun Sun D of E Expedition returns Yr 10 10-Jun Mon 11-Jun Tue 12-Jun Wed All-Day District Athletics -Jun Thu Championships Yrs 7-10 14-Jun Fri French Visit Departs Yr 7 15-Jun Sat 16-Jun Sun Study Leave begins Yr 10 17-Jun Mon 18-Jun Tue 19-Jun Wed Have You Met..? French Visit Returns Yr 7 Twilight INSET: School closes at 12.30pm 20-Jun Thu Prefects' Conference 21-Jun Fri RS Neasden Temple Visit Yr 7 22-Jun Sat 23-Jun Sun 24-Jun Mon Germany Visit Departs Yr 8 25-Jun Tue 26-Jun Wed 27-Jun Thu 28-Jun Fri 01-Jul Mon Geography Yr 12 London trip UCAS Convention Yr 12 TBC German Visit Returns Yr 8 Public Exams end D of E Expedition departs Yr 10 29-Jun Sat 30-Jun Sun D of E Expedition returns Yr 10 Bully Free Form Assessment Yr 7 Yr 12 Internal Exam Retakes Yr 12 Taster Day (tbc) 02-Jul Tue 03-Jul Wed 04-Jul Thu 05-Jul Fri 06-Jul Sat 07-Jul Sun 08-Jul Mon 09-Jul Tue 10-Jul Wed Yr 10 Internal Exams Yr 10 Internal Exams Yr 10 Work Experience MFL Primary Project Visits een Week Yr 12 Internal Exam Retakes Oxbridge Learned Lunch Yr 12 Music Summer Prom Rehearsal Yrs 7- Yr 6 SEND Transition Visit Textiles trip Chidwickbury Art Fair Yr 9 D&T New Designers Trip Yr 12 Lower School Rehearsal Yr 6 Single Joiners Visit Lower School Matinee Sports Award Yr Leavers Dinner TBC Friends of SJLSummer Party Yr 6 Parents' Induction MASt and G&T Music Summer Prom Yrs 7- Lower School 12
Yr 6 Induction Day 11-Jul Thu 12-Jul Fri Sports Day -Jul Sat 14-Jul Sun Music Tour Departs Yrs 7-15-Jul Mon 16-Jul Tue Scholars' Trust AGM 17-Jul Wed Life Skills Tip of the Iceberg Workshop Yr 10 morning and Yr 18-Jul Thu 8 afternoon 19-Jul Fri Gre End of term: school closes at 12.30pm Music Tour Returns World Challenge Tanzania Departs Lower School Summer Holiday: starts 20 July