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September   2009

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Tuesday  15th  Start of Year 7 Cognitive Ability tests
 Wednesday  16th  Year 7 Cognitive Ability Tests
 Thursday  17th  Year 7 Cognitive Ability Tests
 Friday  18th  My Personal Everest Black Combe walk for Year 10
 Sunday  20th  Barrow Festival Orchestra day in the Muse
 Tuesday  22nd  Greenpower Electric Car Challenge at Aintree
 Wednesday  23rd  Expressive Arts Unit 2 deadline
 Thursday  24th  HPV vaccinations for Year8, 10 and 11 girls.  Friends of Dowdales AGM, 7.15pm, School Hall
 Friday  25th  Music Centre lunchtime recitals
 Saturday  26th  European Day of Languages
 Wednesday  30th  Open Evening 6pm to 8pm

October  2009

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  DATE EVENT
 Thursday  1st  Visit to LIPA open day in Liverpool.  Start of BAE apprenticeship recruitment.
 Monday  5th  Open week.  Start of Year 10 induction week.
 Wednesday  7th  Nursing careers talk in school.
 Monday  12h  Year 11 parent's seminar.  Drama Part 1 deadline.
 Tuesday  13th  Year 11 parent's seminar.  Deadline for Year 11 GCSE music composition.
 Wednesday  14th  Army careers talk in school.
 Friday  16th  Dance trip to Kendal to see State Emergency Dance Company.
 Sunday  18th  Friends Dowdales sponsored walk, 8.45am from school.
 Tuesday  20th  Whole School photograph at 2pm.
 Wednesday  21st  Chamber Choir perform at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal.
 Thursday  22nd  Annual Prizegiving
 Friday  23rd  Last day of half term.  Year 11 assessment profile issued to parents.
 Sunday  25th  Geography field trip to Iceland departs.

November   2009

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Sunday  1st  Geography field trip to Iceland returns.
 Monday  2nd  First day of half term for pupils.  Year 11 homework diaries collected and inspected.  Drama second draft deadline.
 Thursday  5th  HPV vaccinations for Year 8, 10 and 11 girls.
 Saturday  7th  Weekend trip to the Sing for Pleasure conducting course in Bolton.
 Tuesday  10h  Year 11 careers convention at Forum 28.
 Wednesday  11h  ABSM music theory examinations in the school hall.
 Thursday  12th  Year 9 assessment profile issued to parents.
 Friday  13h  GCSE Maths examination.
 Monday  16h  Year 9 homework diaries collected and inspected.
 Tuesday  17th  Year 8 music recital.
 Wednesday  18th  Year 9 music recital.  BAE careers talk in school.
 Thursday  19th  Upper school music recitals.
 Sunday  22nd  Music trip to Ulverston Coronation Hall.
 Tuesday  24th

 Year 7 photographs in the morning.

 Wednesday  25th  Barrow School's cross country championships.
 Friday  27th  Year 10 Assessment Profile issued parents
 Sunday  29th  Dowdales choirs sing at the switching on of Dalton Christmas lights.

December  2009

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Wednesday  2nd  Year 11 GCSE Dance choreography assessment.  Expressive ARts Unit 3 deadline.
 Thursday  3rd  Year 7 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm.  DTP vaccinations for Year 10.
 Friday  4th  Music instrumental profiles issued to parents.
 Saturday  5th  Lower school Christmas trip and football.
 Tuesday  8th  A Level music concer, 7pm.
 Wednesday  9th  Year 7 carol service at Dalton St Mary's Church open to parents from 2pm to 3pm.
 Thursday  10th  Music Centre candlelit service at St. Mary's church, 7pm.
 Friday  11th  Year 11 Asdan Christmas buffet.  Year 11 GCSE Dance expanded programme note deadline.
 Saturday  12th  Furness Music Centre carol singing at Forum 28.
 Monday  14th  Christmas parties.  Year 7, 4pm to 6pm, Years 8 and 9, 6.45pm to 9pm.  Upper school disco.
 Tuesday  15th  Whole school core learning day 3.  Year 8 homework diaries collected and inspected.
 Wednesday  16th  Christmas at Dowdales and Friends of Dowdales Christmas Fayre.
 Friday

 18th

 Last day of the autumn term.
 Saturday  19th  ABRSM practical music exams in the Muse.
 Monday  21st  Dowdales Jazz, Christmas busking.

 January 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Monday  4th  Staff training day
 Tuesday  5th  First day of the spring term for pupils.  Year 9 Options programme starts.
 Thursday  14th  Science GCSE examination.
 Monday  18th  Science GCSE examination.
 Wednesday  20th  Science GCSE examination
 Thursday  21st  Dance at Forum 28
 Monday  25th  Music GCSE year 11 solo performance recordings.
 Tuesday  26th  Music GCSE year 11 solo performance recordings.
 Wednesday   27th  Year 9 Options fair.

 February 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Wednesday  3rd  Year 11 GCSE Dance group performance assessment.
 Thursday  4th  Intermediate Maths challenge for Year 10.
 Monday  8th  Year 11 RoA issued to parents.
 Tuesday  9th  Lower school music recital evening.
 Wednesday  10th  Upper school music recital evening.
 Thursday  11th  Year 11 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm.
 Friday  12th  Last day of half term.  Year 11 GCSE Dance group performance.
 Saturday  13th  MFL Year 8 trip to Spain.
 Monday  22nd  First day of new half term.
 Wednesday  24th  Year 10 GCSE Geography field trip to Grasmere.

 March 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Monday  1st  Year 11 preliminary examinations start.
 Tuesday  2nd  Maths GCSE examination.
 Wednesday  10th  Year 11 GCSE set study assessment.
 Friday  12th  Year 11 preliminary examinations end.
 Monday  15th  Year 10 work experience week and Year 5 Dowdales experience days.
 Tuesday  16th  Year 7 homework diaries collected and inspected.
 Wednesday  17th  Music centre spring concert.
 Friday  19th  Sports tour weekend for Years 7, 8 and 9 departs.
 Saturday  20th  Music Centre London weekend.
 Sunday  21st  Sports tour weekend for Years 7, 8 and 9 returns.
 Monday  22nd  Year 9 RoA issued to parents.
 Tuesday  23rd  Year 9 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm.
 Thursday  25th  Year 9 options forms returned.  HPV vaccinations for Year 8, 10 and 11 girls.
 Friday  26th  Last day of the spring term.  Ski trip to Saalbach, Austria departs.

 April 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Monday  5th  Classical Civilization trip to Pompee departs
 Thursday  8th  Classical Civilization trip to Pompee departs
 Monday  12th  First day of summer term.
 Saturday  17th  English Year 11 visit to see Blood Brothers in Liverpool.
 Friday  23rd  Music Centre lunchtime concert at Dalton Castle.
 Saturday  24th  Boys singers Sing for Pleasure and Blackpool pleasure beach day.
 Monday  26th  Dance production technical rehearsal in the hall at 3.30pm.
 Tuesday  27th  Dance production dress rehearsal in the hall at 3.30pm.
 Wednesday  28th  Dance production in the Hall at 7pm
 Thursday

 29th

 Dance production in Hall at 7pm.  UK Junior Maths challenge, Year 8.

May 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Monday  3rd

 May bank holiday.  School closed.

 Thursday  6th  Year 10 RoA issued to parents.
 Tuesday  11th  Year 10 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm
 Monday  17th  GCSE written exams start.
 Monday  24th  Year 9 sports day, 2pm.
 Wednesday  26th  Year 10 sports day, 11am.  Year 8 sports day, 2pm.
 Thursday  27th  Year 7 sports day.
 Friday  28th  Last day of half term.

 June 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Friday  4th  Ulverston International Music Festival Choral Concert.
 Monday  7th  First day of half term.
 Tuesday  8th  Year 8 RoA issued to parents.
 Thursday  10th  Year 8 Parents Evening from 4pm to 6.30pm.
 Friday  18th  Barrow school athletics championships pm.
 Friday  25th  GCSE written exams end.
 Tuesday  22nd  Dance production dress rehearsal.  GCSE maths deadline, module 2, number and algebra.
 Monday  28th  Year 11 Leavers' assembly and prom.  Year 10 GCSE Music Concert.
 Tuesday  29th  Year 6 induction day.
 Wednesday  30th  School, inter house sports day finals.  Music Centre summer community pops concert.

  July 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Thursday  1st  Music vocal workshops.  Primary sports link festival for the New Intake children.
 Friday  2nd  Music vocal workshops.
 Monday  5th  Year 10 GCSE music concert.
 Tuesday  6th  Year 7 RoA issued to parents.
 Thursday  8th  Year 7 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm.  Year 10 GCSE Dance composition deadline.
 Friday  9th  Year 8 Manor Adventure weekend leaves.
 Saturday  10th  Music Centre Wales tour departs.
 Sunday  11th  Year 8 Germany trip and Year 9/10 Germany trip departs.
 Monday  12th  Enrichment activity week.  GCSE PE Sports Science University visit.
 Tuesday  13th  Art Department trip to the Tate Gallery in Liverpool.  GCSE PE Sports Science University visit.
 Wednesday  14th  French, German and Music centre trips return.
 Friday  15th  Last day of term.

  August 2010

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DAY DATE EVENT
 Thursday  24th  Results day for GCSE examinations.
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