Calendar – Dowdales School

Dowdales School

September 2008

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	16th	Start of Year 7 Cognitive Ability tests
Wednesday	17th	Year 7 Cognitive Ability Tests
Thursday	18th	Year 7 Cognitive Ability Tests
Tuesday	23rd	Friends of Dowdales AGM, 7.15pm in the school hall
Wednesday	24th	Open Evening 6pm to 8pm
Thursday	25th	GCSE Dance visit to see the Rambert dance company at the Lowry Theatre, Salford
Monday	29th	Year 6 Open Week

October 2008

	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	2nd	HPV vaccinations for Year 8 girls
Saturday	4th	Dance visit to see Jasmin Vardimon Dance Company
Monday	6th	Start of Year 10 induction week
Monday	13th	Year 11 parent's seminar
Tuesday	14th	Year 11 parent's seminar
Friday	17th	Whole school core learning day 1. EMI music and Rambert dance workshops in the Muse
Sunday	19th	Friends of Dowdales sponsored walk, 8.45am from school
Tuesday	21st	GCSE Year 11 music composition 1 deadline
Thursday	23rd	Annual Prizegiving
Friday	24th	Last day of half term. Year 11 Assessment Profiles issued

November 2008

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Monday	3rd	First day of half term for pupils. Year 11 homework diaries collected and inspected
Wednesday	5th	Religious studies overnight visit to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Scotland departs
Friday	7th	English touring opera workshops in the hall
Monday	10th	Whole school core learning day 2
Tuesday	11th	Year 11 Careers Convention at Forum 28. Religious studies overnight visit to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Scotland returns
Wednesday	12th	Boys Singers concert
Thursday	13th	Engineering visit to the Airbus factory. Dowdales host Furness Radio in Ashburner House. Maths deadline module 1, handing data
Friday	14th	Year 9 Assessment Profile issued to parents
Monday	17th	Year 9 homework diaries collected and inspected. Start of Music department instrumental pupils lunch time recitals week.
Tuesday	18th	Friends of Dowdales Christmas Hamper Bingo, 7pm in the school hall.
Wednesday	19th	ACE dance workshops 4pm to 6.30pm
Thursday	20th	ACE dance and music at Forum 28, 7.30pm
Friday	21st	Royal Shakespeare workshop for staff
Saturday	22nd	Sing for Pleasure north boys singing day in the school hall. Dance trip to see Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands and Christmas shopping in Manchester
Wednesday	26th	Barrow School's cross country championships. Instrumental pupils recital in The Muse. Start of the book Fair in the Gardner Library
Friday	28th	Year 10 Assessment Profile issued parents

December 2008

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	2nd	Year 7 Parents Evening 4pm to 6.30pm
Thursday	4th	Year 11 music recitals 7.30pm
Friday	5th	GCSE Dance coursework deadline 'choreography' Year 11 music recitals 7.30pm
Saturday	6th	Lower school Christmas trip and football
Tuesday	9th	A level music concert
Thursday	11th	Music Centre candlelit service at St Mary's church
Friday	12th	Year 7 carol service at Dalton St Mary's church open to parents from 2pm to 3pm. Year 11 Asdan Christmas buffet. Year 8 Assessment Profiles issued to parents
Saturday	13th	Furness Music Centre carol singing at Forum 28
Monday	15th	Christmas parties - Year 7, 4pm to 6pm, Year 8 and 9, 6.45pm to 9pm. Upper school disco at The Nines.
Tuesday	16th	Whole school core learning day 3. Year 8 homework diaries collected and inspected.
Wednesday	17th	Christmas at Dowdales and Friends of Dowdales Christmas Fayre
Friday	19th	Last day of the autumn term. School closes at 2pm

January 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Tuesday	6th	Staff training day
Wednesday	7th	First day of the spring term for pupils. Year 9 Options programme starts
Wednesday	14th	Music centre recital evening 7.30pm
Friday	16th	Year 11 Dance GCSE expanded note deadline. Whole school core learning day 4.

February 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Monday	2nd	Year 11 GCSE music recitals
Monday	9th	Year 11 RoA issued to parents
Tuesday	10th	Year 11 diaries collected and inspected. Year 11 music composition 2 deadline
Thursday	12th	Year 11 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm
Friday	13th	Last day of half term. Year 11 GCSE Dance group performance.
Monday	23rd	First day of new half term
Tuesday	24th	Whole school core learning day 5
Wednesday	25th	Year 9 Options Fair

March 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Monday	2nd	Year 11 preliminary examinations start
Friday	13th	Year 11 preliminary examinations end. Year 11 GSCE Dance set study assessment. Year 7 Assessment Profiles issued to parents.
Saturday	14th	Fiery Furness Choral Concert at St Mary's Church, Dalton, 7pm.
Monday	16th	Year 10 work experience week and Year 5 Dowdales experience days. ACE Dance festival at Forum 28.
Tuesday	17th	Year 7 homework diaries collected and inspected.
Monday	23rd	Royal Shakespeare Company regional festival.
Tuesday	24th	Royal Shakespeare Company regional festival. Year 9 RoA issued to parents.
Thursday	26th	Year 9 Parents Evening 4pm to 6.30pm.
Friday	27th	Year 9 options forms returned
Monday	30th	Whole school core learning day 6. Year 9 Citizenship Holocaust Day. Year 9 homework diaries collected and inspected.

April 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Wednesday	1st	Music Centre James Bond and Rat Pack evening, 7pm.
Thursday	2nd	HPV vaccinations for year 8 girls.
Friday	3rd	Last day of the spring term.
Monday	20th	First day of the summer term.
Friday	24th	Religious Studies Year 11 weekend visit to Holy Island departs.
Thursday	30th	UK Junior Maths challenge, Year 8.

May 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Friday	1st	Year 10 review.
Monday	4th	May bank holiday. School closed.
Tuesday	5th	Year 9 KS3 tests begin.
Thursday	10th	Year 10 RoA issued to parents.
Friday	8th	Year 9 KS3 examinations end. Year 10 homework diaries collected and inspected.
Monday	11th	GCSE written examinations begin.
Tuesday	12th	Year 10 parents evening 4pm to 6.30pm.
Tuesday	19th	Year 8 sports day.
Wednesday	20th	Year 9 sports day.
Thursday	21st	Year 7 sports day.
Friday	22nd	Last day of half term. Year 10 sports day.

June 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Monday	1st	First day of half term.
Thursday	11th	Year 8 Parents Evening from 4pm to 6.30pm.
Friday	12th	Year 8 homework diaries collected and inspected.

Tuesday	16th	Year 7 and 8 core tests.
Wednesday	17th	Year 7 and 8 core tests. Year 8 Parents Evening, 4pm to 6.30pm.
Thursday	18th	Year 7 and 8 core tests. Barrow school athletics championships in the afternoon.
Monday	22nd	Year 11 Leavers Assembly and Prom.
Tuesday	23rd	Dance production dress rehearsal. GCSE maths deadline, module 2, number and algebra.
Wednesday	24th	School Dance production.
Thursday	25th	School Dance production.
Monday	29th	Year 10 GCSE Music Concert.
Tuesday	30th	Year 6 Induction Day.

July 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Wednesday	1st	School, inter house sports day finals. National Edge Hill University Maths challenge for Year 9. Music Centre summer community pops programme.
Thursday	2nd	Music vocal workshop. Primary sports link festival for the new intake children.
Friday	3rd	Music vocal workshops.
Monday	6th	Year 10 Geography GCSE field trip.
Tuesday	7th	Year 7 RoA issued to parents.
Wednesday	8th	Year 7 diaries collected and inspected.
Thursday	9th	Year 7 Parents Evening 4pm to 6.30pm. Year 10 GCSE music concert. Music centre tour leaves for Scotland.
Monday	13th	Enrichment activity week.
Thursday	16th	Last day of term. School closes at 2pm.

August 2009

DAY	DATE	EVENT
Thursday	27th	Results day for GCSE examinations.

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