Calendar
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- January 2009
Monday 12th
Term starts
Children arrive 8.45am for 9am
Activity and Swallow Clubs start
Friday 16th
Monday 19th
Nursery trip to Hillier's Garden Centre
Tuesday 20th
Year 1 trip: Southdowns Planatarium
Year 3 trip: Countryside Day
Friday 23rd
*DPA Afterschool Dance
4:00-5:30pm
Tuesday 27th
Y3 trip to V & A Museum, London
TBC
Wednesday 28th
Y3 girls & local schools- High Five Netball workshop, Bedale
- February 2009
Monday 2nd
Nursery trip to the Spinnaker Tower
In Portsmouth
*Maths presentation for parents
4:30pm-5:30pm
Tuesday 3rd
Year 2 trip Selborne
*Maths at Dunhurst presentation, Dunhurst
4:30pm-5:30pm
Wednesday 4th
*Year 3 Parents: Magdalen Farm presentation
9:00am-9:30am
Friday 6th
*Reception Class Parents' Assembly
9:00am
Tuesday 10th
*Parents' Evening to meet Instrumental staff
TBC
Wednesday 11th
*Year 1 Parents' Assembly
9:00am
Thursday 12th
Y3 trip to Winchester Cathedral
Monday 23rd
Y3 trip to the Mandir, London
TBC
- March 2009
Monday 2nd
Tuesday 3rd
Dunannie Arts Fortnight
Reception to Year 3 trip to Polka Theatre
To see
Wednesday 4th
Thursday 5th
Friday 6th
Saturday 7th
Sunday 8th
Monday 9th
Tuesday 10th
Dance/Drama workshop Day & Wednesday morning
Dunannie Arts Fortnight
Year 3 & Dunhurst
French Theatre visiting school
2:00pm
Wednesday 11th
Thursday 12th
Friday 13th
Dunannie Arts Fortnight
*Dunannie Production, Bedales Olivier Theatre
2:00pm
Monday 16th
Dunannie & Dunhurst-Oh la, la! French Day
Tuesday 17th
*Parents' Evening
6:30pm-8:30pm
Wednesday 18th
* Grandparents' Day
* Reception and Year 1 parents observe swimming
*Orchestra Assembly
Grandparents invited
9:00am
Thursday 19th
Y3 trip to Marwell Zoo TBC
*Parents' Evening
3:45pm-5:45pm
Friday 27th
- April 2009
Monday 20th
Term starts
Swallow club starts
After School Clubs start
Staggered start
8:30-9:00am
Tuesday 21st
New Afternoon
Nursery Tea Party
Friday 24th
Monday 27th
New Afternoon
Nursery Children Start
Wednesday 29th
- May 2009
Thursday 7th
Saturday 9th
Bedales Open Morning Reading Room
10:00-12:00pm
Monday 11th
Tuesday 12th
Year 2 to Alice Holt
Year 3 at Magdalen Farm
Wednesday 13th
Year 2 Parents observe swimming
Year 3 at Magdalen Farm
Reception Parent Assembly
9:00am
Thursday 14th
Friday 15th
Year 3 return from Magdalen Farm
Saturday 16th
Bedales Association
Bedales Parents' Association
10:00-12:30pm
Dunhurst Open Morning
10:45-12:45pm
Monday 18th
Book Week
Rec Year 3 Jumping Mouse Play at Bedales Olivier Theatre
2:00pm
Tuesday 19th
Wednesday 20th
Thursday 21st
Book Week
Year 3 Presentation to Parents
9:00-9:30am
Friday 22nd
Book Week
Fun Run
1:30-3:30pm
Saturday 23rd
Sunday 31st
- June 2009
Monday 1st
Thursday 4th
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th
Science Spectacular N-Yr3 Science Museum Outreach Team
Wednesday 17th
Year 2 Parent Assembly
9:00am
Thursday 18th
Newcomer's Morning
New children to arrive in the Dining Room at 8.25am.
8.25 - 12.00pm
Monday 22nd
Instruments for Concert Rehearsal in the Well
2:15pm
Tuesday 23rd
Dunannie Nursery Sports Morning
Meet at 10.45am in the Nursery and everyone walk together to the Memorial Pitch ready for 11.00am start.
11.00am
Summer Concert in the Well
2:15pm
Wednesday 24th
Year 1 Parent Assembly
9:00am
Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
Monday 29th
Last week of After School Clubs
Trinity Music Exams
Am
Year 1 Dance
3.20pm
Tuesday 30th
Maypole Dancing
2.15 - 2.30pm
Parents' Evening
6:30-8:30pm
- July 2009
Wednesday 1st
Group 1 Year 3 Swimming Gala
Parents invited
2:00pm
Thursday 2nd
Parents' Evening
3:45-5:45pm
Friday 3rd
Bedales and Dunhurst end of term
Monday 6th
Last week of Swallow Club
No Afternoon Nursery this week
No Activity Clubs or Music Lessons this week
Year 3 visit to Portsmouth Dockyard
Tuesday 7th
Sports Day
No Afternoon Nursery
1:30pm
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 9th
Year 3 Hike
Meeting at Johnson's family house.
10.00am
Friday 10th
Year 3 Final Parents' Assembly
END OF TERM
2:00pm
Saturday 11th
- September 2009
Sunday 6th
Monday 7th
START OF TERM
Arrive
8:30-9:00am
Friday 11th
DPA Welcome Drinks Party
7.00 - 8.30pm
Monday 14th
After School Clubs start
Individual music lessons start
Swallow club starts
Tuesday 15th
Reception curriculum information evening
6:30-8:00pm
Wednesday 16th
Year 1 Jos Murdoch visiting to tak about Osteopathy
Year 3 curriculum information evening
6:30-8:00pm
Thursday 17th
Nursery curriculum information evening
6:30-8:00pm
Tuesday 22nd
Presentation to Parents on Phonics
9:00-10:00am
Year 2 curriculum information evening
6:30-8:00pm
Thursday 24th
Year 1 curriculum information evening
Year 3 trip to Alton Gallery' Myths and Legends' Exhibition
Friday 25th
Dunannie Open Morning (Nursery - Year 3)
10.00 - 12.00pm
Tuesday 29th
- October 2009
Saturday 3rd
Badley Weekend
Bedales Open Morning
Thursday 8th
Year 3 trip to Alice Holt Forest, Native American Workshop
Saturday 10th
Bedales Parents' Association
Dunhurst Open Morning
10:45-1:15pm
Wednesday 14th
Harvest Celebration
Year 3 and DPA parents invited
Yr 3 to bring in fresh fruit and produce on 13th Oct.
Yr 2 and Yr 1 to bring in fresh fruit and produce on 14th Oct
10:30am
Friday 16th
Yr 2 and Yr 3 Parents to visit Dunhurst
8.45am
Monday 19th
Yr2 trip to Manor Farm, Bursledon
Wednesday 21st
Reception Class Parent Assembly
9.00am
Saturday 24th
Saturday 31st
- November 2009
Tuesday 3rd
Yr 2 trip to Milestones, Basingstoke
Friday 6th
Wednesday 11th
Nursery Open Morning
9.00 - 11.00am
Year 1 Parent Assembly
9.00am
Monday 16th
Philip Wells - the Fire Poet
Parents' Evening
3.45 - 5.45pm
Tuesday 17th
Parents' Evening
6:30-8:00pm
Saturday 28th
Dunhurst Open Morning
Bedales Open Morning
Monday 30th
Last week of After School Clubs
- December 2009
Wednesday 2nd
Christmas Concert in the Quad
TBC
Friday 4th
Monday 7th
Last week of Swallow Club
Friday 11th
Christmas Lunch
End of Term
2:00pm
Saturday 12th
- January 2010
Monday 4th
Tuesday 5th
School closure - Wed 6 Jan 2010
The weather forecast is for heavy snow and as a result we have decided to close Dunannie on Wednesday 6 January. If the weather is not as extreme as expected, the school will open on Wednesday at 10am. Dunannie will open for a normal timetable on Thursday morning. An update will be provided on the website by 11am on Wednesday 6 January.
Wednesday 6th
School closure
The extreme weather conditions overnight and forecast for the next few days mean that Dunannie will remain closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. A review and update will be posted on the website by Saturday 11 a.m.
Thursday 7th
School closure
The extreme weather conditions mean that Dunannie will remain closed on Thursday and Friday this week. A review and update will be posted on the website by Saturday 11 a.m.
Friday 8th
School closure
The extreme weather conditions mean that Dunannie will remain closed on Friday this week. A review and update will be posted on the website by Saturday 11 a.m.
Saturday 9th
School re-opens on Mon 11 Jan.
Given the likelihood of further adverse weather, Dunannie will be operating a compressed teaching day from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. until further notice. Pupils are of course, welcome to be dropped off from 8.30 a.m. as usual. Collection will be at 4 p.m. The drop off point is the Library.
See Latest News section for updates (next one by Sun 6 p.m.)
Sunday 10th
School re-opens on Mon 11 Jan.
Given the likelihood of further adverse weather, Dunannie will be operating a compressed teaching day from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. until further notice. Pupils are of course, welcome to be dropped off from 8.30 a.m. as usual. Collection will be at 4 p.m. The drop off point is the Library.
See Latest News section for updates (next one by Sun 6 p.m.)
Monday 11th
School re-opens
Access to the school is clear from Bell Hill and the A3. Dunannie is operating a compressed teaching day 10am – 4pm for today only. Children can be dropped off from 8.30am; collection is 4pm.
On Tuesday 12 January Dunannie will be open as normal.
Tuesday 12th
School opening hours
Dunannie is open as normal from Tuesday 12 January including Swallow Club and After School Clubs.
Wednesday 13th
School closure today
Dunhurst and Dunannie will close at 1pm today - following advice on weather and travel conditions. Childcare, for those that need it, will be provided until 3.30pm at both schools.
1pm
Friday 15th
Sing-along film 'Mamma Mia' organised by Friends of Dunannie
POSTPONED (to 26 Feb)
Wednesday 27th
Assembly 'Guide Dogs for the Blind'
Thursday 28th
Y3 and Dunhurst Groups - French play
- February 2010
Thursday 4th
Yr 3 trip to National Portrait Gallery London
Friday 5th
Y3 Magdalen Farm presentation for parents
8.30 - 9.00am
Saturday 6th
Tuesday 9th
Parents' Evening: Music teachers
3.30 - 6.30pm
Wednesday 10th
Monday 15th
Half Term from 15/02/10 - 19/02/10
Monday 22nd
Preparation for Dunannie play begins
'Around the World in Eighty Days'
Friday 26th
Sing-along film 'Mamma Mia' organised by Friends of Dunannie
- March 2010
Thursday 11th
Dunannie performance
Around the World in Eighty Days'
2.00pm
Friday 12th
Dunannie Performance
'Around the World in Eighty Days'
10.00am
Monday 15th
Parents' Evening
3.45 - 5.30pm
Tuesday 16th
Parents' Evening
6.30 - 8.30pm
Wednesday 17th
Assembly for Grandparents
9.00 - 9.30am
Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th
Year 3 visit to Ramscote House, Petersfield
Thursday 25th
Friends of Dunannie 'Spring Fair'
Friday 26th
Monday 29th
Easter Break
29/03/10 - 16/04/10
- April 2010
Monday 19th
Wednesday 28th
Thursday 29th
- May 2010
Monday 3rd
Bank Holiday - School closed
Monday 10th
Group 3 Camp to Magdalen Farm departs
Tuesday 11th
Wednesday 12th
Thursday 13th
Friday 14th
Year 3 Camp to Magdalen Farm returns
Wednesday 19th
Reception Class Parent Assembly
9.00am
Thursday 20th
Felt Making and Weaving Workshop
LAMDA exams
Friday 21st
Felt Making and Weaving Workshop
Year 3 Magdalene Farm Parents Assembly
9.00am
Monday 24th
Year 2 and 3 Trip to Wisley
Book Week
Tuesday 25th
Wednesday 26th
Book Week
Year 1 Parents Assembly
9.00am
Thursday 27th
Friday 28th
Finding Alice
In the Olivier Theatre
Fun Run
1.30pm
- June 2010
Tuesday 8th
Year 3 and Year 2 Shakespeare Theatre Workshop
Wednesday 9th
Year 1 visit to Marden Farm
Tea Party for September Nursery Newcomers
2.00 - 3.00pm
Wednesday 16th
Yr 1-3 to watch Dress Rehearsal of 'Tigers in the Sun'
Dunhurst Play in the marquee on Dunhurst pitch
11.00am
Thursday 17th
Friday 18th
Monday 21st
Parent Evening
3.45 - 5.30pm
French Day
Children to come to school dressed in red, white and blue.
All day
Tuesday 22nd
Nursery Sports Day
11.00am
Parents Evening
Not Year 1.
6.30 - 8.30pm
Wednesday 23rd
Year 3/Group 1 Sports Event
Year 1 Ballet Class - Parents invited to watch
Yr 2 Parents Assembly
9.00am
Year 1 Parents Evening
Year 1
4.00 - 5.30pm
Thursday 24th
Judo Club - Parents invited to watch
4.15pm
Friday 25th
Tuesday 29th
Sports Afternoon
1.30pm
Parents Evening
Year 1
4.00 - 5.30pm
Wednesday 30th
- July 2010
Thursday 1st
Year 3 Trip to the Isle of Wight
Friends of Dunannie end of year party
Year 3 parents, all children and staff.
3.30pm
Friday 2nd
Year 3 Final Assembly
9.00am tbc
End of term
2.00pm
- September 2010
Monday 6th
Start of term
Arrive 8.30 - 9am
Friday 10th
Friends of Dunannie Drinks Party
7 - 8.30pm
Monday 13th
Swallow Club starts and After School Clubs start
Tuesday 14th
Individual pupil photos
Reception Class Curriculum Evening
7 - 8.15pm
Wednesday 15th
Individual pupil photos
Year 3 Curriculum Evening
7 - 8.15pm
Thursday 16th
Nursery Curriculum Evening
7 - 8.15pm
Wednesday 22nd
Year 2 Curriculum Evening
7 - 8.15pm
Year 1 Curriculum Evening
7 - 8.15pm
Saturday 25th
Badley weekend - whole school effort
Sunday 26th
Badley weekend - whole school effort
- October 2010
Thursday 7th
Tuesday 12th
Harvest Celebration
10.30am
Monday 25th
Friday 29th
- November 2010
Monday 22nd
Monday 29th
Swallow Club only this week
- December 2010
Monday 6th
Swallow Club only this week
Friday 10th
End of term
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2pm
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