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Academic Calendar

*The following 2009/2010 Academic Calendar is subject to approval from KHDA.

Term Dates

Autumn Term 2009Academic Calendar
Sunday 30th August Staff Inset Day Boarders return by 8:30pm
Monday 31st August Term begins, 7:45am
Sunday 20th September - Tuesday 22nd September Eid-Al-Fitr Holiday - School closed
Thursday 15th October Half Term begins - 2:05pm
Saturday 24th October Boarders return by 8:30pm
Sunday 25th October Term resumes, 7:45am
Thursday 26th November Arafat Day - School closed
Sunday 29th November - Monday 30th November Eid-Al-Adha Holiday - School closed
Tuesday 1st December - Thursday 3rd December National Day Holiday - School closed
Thursday 17th December Hijri New Year - School closed
Tuesday 22nd December Term ends - 2:05pm
Spring Term 2010 Academic Calendar
Saturday 9th January Staff Inset Day Boarders return by 8:30pm
Sunday, 10th January Term Starts 7.45am
Thursday 18th February Half Term begins 2:05pm
Saturday, 27th February Boarders return by 8:30pm
Sunday, 28th February Term Resumes 7.45am
Thursday, 1stApril Term Ends 2:05pm
Summer Term 2010 Academic Calendar
Saturday 17th April Boarders return by 8:30pm Staff Inset Day
Sunday, 18th April Term begins, 7:45am
Thursday 20th May Half Term begins 2:05pm
Monday 24th May Boarders return by 8:30pm
Tuesday 25th May Term Resumes 7.45am
Thursday 1st July

Term ends 2:05pm

Spring Term Calendar

Jan 2010 Week 1
9 Sat
 Boarders return by 8:30pm
10 Sun
 Day pupils return, 7.45am
House Assemblies, 8.00am, followed by Tutor Groups
Pd 2: Meeting for all Music Instrumentalists
Normal lessons start Pd 3
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Auditions for Yrs 7-10 School Play; 2.45 -3.45pm
11 Mon
 Auditions and casting meeting for Yrs 7-10 School Play, 2.45-3.45pm
HoDs Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
12 Tue School Assembly – Child Protection, 8.00am
Departmental Meetings, 2.45-3.45pm
13 Wed Whole-School Staff Evaluation, 2.45-3.45pm
14 Thur I.B. Maths IA Portfolio Submission (HL & SL)
16 Sat Boarders’ Trip: Mall of Emirates
Jan 2010
 Week 2
17 Sun
 Compulsory Prep and Activities Begin
Senior School photograph; House photographs
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
18 Mon
 Yr 11 Mock IGCSE Examinations start
19 Tue
 House Assemblies, 8.00am
Art Department trip to DIFC, 8.35am
Sixth Form Society Talk, Danny Quah, 5.00pm
20 Wed
 Opening of Art Exhibition: work by Miss K. Wilson and Yrs 7 & 8 students; the Arch Gallery
HoDs Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
21 Thur
 Uganda Quiz Evening; 7.30pm
22 Fri
 Duke of Edinburgh Repton Circle overnight camp practice
23 Sat
 Senior School Entrance Tests for Internal and External Candidates, 9.00am
Boarders’ Trip: Golf & Festival City                  
Duke of Edinburgh overnight camp ends
Jan 2010
 Week 3
24 Sun
 School Inspection by Dubai Inspection Bureau
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
I.B. English A1 Part 4 Oral Reports SL (till 28th Jan.)
25 Mon
 School Inspection by Dubai Inspection Bureau
26 Tue
 School Inspection by Dubai Inspection Bureau
School Assembly, 8.00am
Yr 11 Mock IGCSE Examinations end
27 Wed
 School Inspection by Dubai Inspection Bureau
House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
30 Sat Sports Scholarships Assessments
Boarders’ Trip: Green Turtle Adventure (water based activities)
31 Sun House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Feb 2010 Week 4
1 Mon
 I.B. English A1 Part 4 Oral Reports HL (till 7th Feb.)
2 Tue
 House Assemblies, 8.00am
Music Competitions: Prelims, 3.30pm
3 Wed
 Yrs 9 & 12 Teachers’ Mid-Term Assessments due
House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
HoFs Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Music Competitions: Prelims, 3.30pm
Yr 11 I.B. Diploma Options Evening, 5.15pm
4 Thur
 Yrs 8 & 11 Teachers’ Mid-Term Assessments due
Intermediate Maths Challenge – Years 9 & 10
6 Sat
 Boarders’ Trip: Bowling & Festival City
Feb 2010
 Week 5
7 Sun
 Yrs 7 & 10 Teachers’ Mid-Term Assessments due
House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Music Competitions: Prelims, 3.30pm
8 Mon
 Introduction to I.B. Extended Essay
Music Competitions: Prelims, 3.30pm
9 Tue
 Yrs 9 & 12 Tutors’ Mid-Term Assessments due
School Assembly, 8.00am
Sixth Form Society Talk, Walid Srouji, 5.00pm
10 Wed
 Yrs 8 & 11 Tutors’ Mid-Term Assessments due
House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
Visit from representatives from Canadian universities 3.30-5.30pm
11 Thur Yrs 7 & 10 Tutors’ Mid-Term Assessments due
Music Scholarships Assessments
Inter-House rugby & netball, 2.30pm
13 Sat Academic Scholarships Assessments
Boarders’ Trip: Paintballing
Feb 2010
 Week 6
14 Sun
 House Singing Practice, 12.20-12.45pm
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Music Competitions: Finals, 3.30pm
ISCO Introduction to parents 5.15pm
15 Mon
 ISCO Profiling Y11 and Y12 pupils only 8.00am-12.10pm
Music Competitions: Finals, 3.30pm
16 Tue
 House Assemblies, 8.00am
Music Competitions: Finals, 3.30pm
Yr 11 Parents Meeting, 5.15pm
17 Wed
 House Song & House Harmony Competitions, 2.40pm (no Pd9)
18 Thur
 Half term begins, 2.40pm
19 Fri
 IGCSE History Trip to Central and Eastern Europe departs
20 Sat Yrs 10-12 School Ski Trip to Switzerland departs
26 Fri IGCSE History trip returns
27 Sat Boarders return by 8.30pm
Yrs 10-12 School Ski Trip to Switzerland returns
28 Sun Day pupils return, 7.45am
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
March 2010
 Week 7
1 Mon
2 Tue
 School Assembly, 8.00am
I.B. Extended Essay proposal & contract to I.B. Coordinator
Sixth Form Society Talk, Brendan Mullan, 5.00pm
3 Wed
4 Thur
6 Sat
 Boarders’ Trip: Snorkelling
March 2010
 Week 8
7 Sun
 International Week
Music Scholarship Annual Reviews, 2.45-4.45pm
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Opening of Repton Writers Exhibition; Arch Gallery, 7.00pm
8 Mon
 International Week
Roald Dahl Workshops for Senior & Junior Schools
9 Tue
 International Week
House Assemblies, 8.00am
Roald Dahl Workshops for Senior & Junior Schools
10 Wed
 International Week
International Exhibition, 2.00pm (no Pd8)
11 Thur
 I.B. CAS Camp training in Oman starts
13 Sat
 All-day Rehearsal for Yrs 7-10 play 10.00am – 3.00pm
Repton UK Yr 10 Exchange pupils arrive
Boarders’ Trip: Karting and Lazer Tag
March 2010
 Week 9
14 Sun
 Yr 11 reports to Tutors
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
All-day Technical and Dress Rehearsal for Yrs 7-10 play until 4.45pm
I.B. CAS Camp training in Oman ends
15 Mon
 Yrs 7-10 Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 6.30pm, the Repton Circle
16 Tues
 Yrs 7 & 10 Teachers’ End-of-Term Assessments due
School Assembly, 8.00am
Yrs 7-10 Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 6.30pm, the Repton Circle
17 Wed Yr 8 Teachers’ End-of-Term Assessments due
Lunchtime Prom for ABRSM examination candidates; 12:35pm; Lecture Theatre
HoFs Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Yrs 7-10 Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 6.30pm, the Repton Circle
18 Thur Yrs 9 & 12 Teachers’ End-of-Term Assessments due
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition departs
19 Fri Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition to Hatta departs
20 Sat Boarders’ Trip: Hatta Pools
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze expedition returns
March 2010
 Week 10 and 11
21 Sun
 Yr 11 reports to Housemasters
Housemasters Meeting, 2.45-3.45pm
Duke of Edinburgh Silver Expedition returns
22 Mon
23 Tue
 Yrs 7 & 10 Tutors’ End-of-Term Assessments due
House Assemblies, 8.00am
Technical Rehearsal for Variety Concert, 3.30–4.45pm
Careers Fair 5.30-7.30pm
24 Wed
 Yr 8 Tutors’ End-of-Term Assessments due
Yr 11 reports to Headmaster
Compulsory Prep and Activities End
Dress Rehearsal for Variety Concert, 2.40-5.30pm (Tea Provided)
Yr 9 Parents Meeting, 5.00pm
Variety Concert, 6.30pm
25 Thur
 Yrs 9 & 12 Tutors’ End-of-Term Assessments due
I.B. Diploma Report 3 (Interim)
27 Sat Repton UK Yr 10 Exchange pupils depart
Boarders’ Trip: Dubai Mall
28 Sun MFL IGCSE orals
Inter-House athletics, 2.15pm
29 Mon MFL IGCSE orals
Instrumental Music Parents Meeting, 5.00pm. (Senior School)
30 Tue School Assembly, 8.00am 
MFL IGCSE orals 31 W MFL IGCSE orals
House outings, 12.20pm
April 2010
 Week 12
1 Thur
 Term Ends - 2:40pm
1st - 17th
 I.B. CAS Camp, Nepal
2nd - 9th
 Yr 9 & 10 Trip to Uganda
3rd - 10th
 Yrs 7-9 School Ski Trip, Austria
3rd - 12th
Yr 10 Geography Fieldtrip, Singapore/Malaysia