Calendar – Dowdales School

September 2011

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	6	Inset Day
Wednesday	7	First day for all pupils
Saturday	10	Furness Music Centre starts
Wednesday	14	Furness Music Centre Awards Evening at The Coot, Urswick Year 7 Parents Seminar Dowdales Youth Dance Auditions
Thursday	15	Shakespeare for Schools Festival Cast Workshop at The Forum Arts Award Celebration Evening
Saturday	17	Dowdales Community Dance classes begin
Monday	19	Year 7 CATS tests begin
Wednesday	21	School Photographs for Years 7 & 10. GCSE and A Level Dance Trip to see Rambert Dance Company at the Lowry
Thursday	22	Year 7 Friends of Dowdales and Performing Arts Evening
Wednesday	28	Opening Evening 6-8pm
Thursday	29	Rambert Dance Workshop
Friday	30	Year 11 Assessment Profile issued to parents. Rambert Dance Workshop

October 2011

	DATE	EVENT
Monday	3	Open Week of tours during the school day
Tuesday	4	Friends of Dowdals AGM
Wednesday	5	Year 11 Parents Evening
Saturday	8	Friends of Dowdales Craft Fayre, Drill Hall, Dalton 11am - 3pm
Monday	10	Year 10 GCSE Music Grade 1 workbook due
Tuesday	11	Year 11 Interview Practice
Friday	14	Year 9 Assessment Profile issued to parents. A Reunion, fundraising event for Innovation & Skills Centre, Chequers Hotel
Sunday	16	Friends of Dowales Sponsored Walk
Monday	17	Year 11 GCSE Music Grade composition recordings due
Wednesday	19	Iceland visit parents information evening
Thursday	20	Annual Prizegiving
Friday	21	Last day of half term
Tuesday	25	Choral Concert at St Mary's Church, Dalton
Monday	31	First day of half term. Year 10 GCSE Music Grade 2 workbook due. Year 11 GCSE Music Performance Assessment

November 2011

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Wednesday	2	ABRSM Music theory examinations Music Showcase Recital
Friday	4	Shakespeare for Schools Festival rehearsal and performance at Forum 28 Year 10 Assessment Profile isused to parents
Wednesday	9	GCSE Mathematics resit examination for Year 11
Monday	14	Year 10 Music GCSE performance assessment. GCSE Mathematics resit examination for Year 11
Tuesday	15	Junior Orchestra Concert
Wednesday	16	Year 10 Parents Evening
Friday	18	Year 7 Assessment Profile issued to parents
Monday	21	Drama performance "Off by Heart Shakespeare"
Wednesday	23	Primary Dance Concert at Dowdales
Thursday	24	Primary Dance Concert at Dowdales
Monday	28	Music Department recitals week. Year 11 GCSE Maths solo performances due. Year 10 and 11 seminars week

December 2011

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	1	BEP funded Young Engineers STEM challenge day GCSE Dance Choreography Assessment
Friday	2	Year 8 Assessment Profile issued to parents
Saturday	3	Community Dance Sharing
Tuesday	6	A Level Music Concert at 7pm at Barrow 6th Form College
Wednesay	7	Year 10 Dance Performance Assessment
Thursday	8	Furness Music Centre Candlelit Service at 7pm
Friday	9	Year 7 Carol Service at 2pm, St Mary's, Dalton
Saturday	10	Furness Music Centre Carols at Forum 28
Monday	12	Christmas Parties. Year 10 GCSE Music Grade 3 workbook due
Wednesday	14	Christmas at Dowdales
Friday	16	Last day of term
Saturday	17	ABRSM Music practical exams

January 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	3	Inset day
Wednesday	4	First day of terms for pupils Year 11 preliminary examinations begin
Saturday	7	Furness Music Centre Spring Term begins Community Dance Spring Term begins
Friday	13	Year 11 preliminary examinations end
Monday	16	GCSE Citizenship examination for Year 10
Friday	20	Year 10 ROA issued to parents
Tuesday	24	GCSE Biology resit examination for Year 11
Wednesday	25	Year 10 Parents Evening
Thursday	26	GCSE Chemistry resit examination for Year 11
Saturday	28	Dance trip to see Birmingham's Royal Ballet performing Beauty & the Beast at The Lowry
Monday	30	Year 11 GCSE Music Ensemble Performances due GCSE Physics resit examination for Year 11 Early Music Week

February 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Wednesday	1	Music Department Harpsichord Recital
Thursday	2	Intermediate Maths Challenge for Year 10 Year 11 GCSE Dance set dance assessment
Monday	6	School Show technical dress rehearsal
Tuesday	7	School Show
Wednesday	8	School Show Year 11 GCSE Dance set dance assessment
Thursday	9	School Show
Friday	10	Last day of half term. Year 11 ROA issued to parents
Monday	20	First day of half term. Year 9 Option Programme begins
Friday	24	Drama Moderation
Wednesday	29	A Level Music Recital Year 9 Options Fair

March 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	1	GCSE Drama Performance Evening
Friday	2	Year 9 ROA issued to parents
Sunday	4	Furness Music Centre Chamber Music weekend
Monday	5	Shakespeare Performance Week Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11
Tuesday	6	Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11
Wednesday	7	GCSE Mathematics examination for all Year 10 Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11
Friday	9-18	National Science & Engineering Week
Monday	12	Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11
Tuesday	13	Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11
Wednesday	14	Year 7 Showcase Recital Year 9 Parents Evening Final GCSE Art examination for Year 11 BAE Systems Future Engineers (25 Year 9 all day at BAE, Barrow)
Friday	16	Year 9 Option forms returned
Monday	19	Year 10 GCSE Music performance assessment
Thursday	22	Year 11 GCSE Dance performance assessment
Sunday	25	Furness Music Centre Spring Concert
Thursday	29	GCSE & A Level Dance Performance Evening
Friday	30	Last day of term

April 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Monday	2	Classical Civilisation trip to Pompeii departs
Tuesday	3	ABRSM practical music examinations
Friday	6	Classical Civilisation trip to Pompeii returns
Monday	16	First day of Summer Term. Year 10 composition due Performance at the County Music Concert in Carlisle
Wednesday	18	GCSE Geography Field Trip to Grasmere
Saturday	21	Furness Music Centre Summer Term begins
Thursday	26	Year 8 Junior Maths Challenge

May 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	3	Arts Award Moderation for Year 9
Saturday	5	Music Department Blackpool Trip & Singing Day
Monday	7	May Day Bank Holiday
Monday	14	Start of GCSE written examinations
Saturday	26	Joint concert with UVHS at the Coronation Hall - Last Night of the Proms

June 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Friday	1	Last day of half term
Monday	11	First day of half term
Friday	15	Year 8 ROA issued to parents Year 7 Sports Day at 2pm
Monday	18	Year 7 Residential Experience Week Year 8 Sports Day at 11am
Tueday	19	Year 9 Sports Day at 2pm
Wednesday	20	Year 8 Parents Evening
Friday	22	Year 10 Sports Day at 2pm
Wednesday	27	Provisional last day of GCSE written examinations
Friday	29	Year 7 ROA issued to parents

July 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	3	Year 6 Induction Day
Wednesday	4	Furness Music Centre Summer Concert Sports Day Finals. Year 10 GCSE Dance Solo Competition controlled assessment
Thursday	5	Year 7 & 8 Music Vocal Workshops Year 6 Primary Sports Link Festival
Friday	6	Year 9 Music Vocal Workshop
Monday	9	Year 10 GCSE Music Composition 2 due
Wednesday	11	Year 7 Parents Evening
Saturday	14	Music Chamber Choir four day trip to France
Monday	16	Activities Week
Thursday	19	Last day of term

August 2012

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	23	GCSE Examinations Day

Dates are subject to change.

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