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What’s happening at Hutchesons’

Hutchesons’ has a very busy social and academic calendar across all our schools.

The calendar below displays all our planned events for 2019 – events with tickets or requiring payment can be booked online by selecting a specific calendar item and following the prompts.

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November 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				1 S6 / S1 Pancake Morning S6 "Talking Points": Douglas Kinnaird, Scotland's Top Headhunter TED Talk Auditions	2 Secondary School Open Morning	3 Suzuki Violin/Viola/Piano Lessons (Auditorium, classrooms, dining room).
4 Australian Exchange (pupils to visit HGS) November 2019 S5: Week 2 Barclays Gateway Centre MOD UN Festival Band Rehearsal S6 (Tutor) Parents' Evening	5	6 NASA: School Trip Meeting 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) P4 Show at Kingarth Street	7 S1, 2, 3 Remembrance Service AH Modern Studies Trip to HMP Greenock Legacy Lunch Archive Talk for Legacy Society Woodwind Recital	8 Nursery & Pre-School: Stay & Play S6: Economics Conference (Institute of Economic Affairs) at Loretto School, Edinburgh S4, 5, 6 Remembrance Service S6 "Talking Points": Police Scotland, Safe Driving	9 Showdowns: Drama Studios	10 Remembrance Sunday Spotlight Dance Competition Festival Band Rehearsal
11 S5: Week 1 HGSA	12 S3 Business Studies trip to the Amazon Factory Nat 5 Modern Languages Assignment Visit to Cotton Print Factory (Twilight) Pollokshields Heritage Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	13 House Challenge S6: Strathclyde University (Sleep Seminar) S6: Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) S5 Parents' Evening Powertalk Pollokshields	14 MVP Training (S5) Trinity Exams (External) Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	15 Scout Gang Show 15th - 17th November P7: Children In Need Fundraising Day George & Thomas Hutchesons Award G&T Awards Lunch - Georgeson Room Development Hub: Panel Discussion with our G&T Winners Festival Band Rehearsal Newlands Global Events: Yuanfan Yang In Concert	16 Scout Gang Show Scottish Athletics: Coach Education Course Lets Play The Piano	17 Scout Gang Show Festival Band Rehearsal
18 S5: Week 2 Hutchie X rehearsal Twilight CPD: Difficult Conversations About Race Choral Society Rehearsal (Staging)	19 Kingarth Street: P3 trip to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Trinity Exams Nat 5 Modern Languages Assignment Brass & Percussion Recital	20 Open Doors at Beaton Road	21 Flu Vaccinations at Kingarth Street S3 Parents' Evening	22 Primary School: Book Week Dress Up Day (Mystery Character) S6 "Talking Points": Rachel Hannan, Sports Psychologist Trainee. Festival Wind Band Rehearsal Choral Society Rehearsal	23 Nitte Trip Friday 23rd November - Sunday 1st December 2019 Brethren Assembly	24 Operating Theatre Live Choral Society rehearsal (1.30pm) Choral Society Concert
25 S5: Week 1 Hutchie X	26 P6: Scotland Street Museum Visit S4 Parents' Evening	27 Theatre Trip: Frankenstein Powertalk Pollokshields	28 Rotary: Public Speaking Final	29 S6 "Talking Points": John Bowers, Criminal Justice Christmas Fair	30 St Andrew's Day

December 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
						1 First Sunday in Advent
2 S5: Week 2 Orchestral rehearsal Art Department: Open Studios Event	3 NASA: School Trip Meeting Choral rehearsal Choral & Orchestral Concert: The Armed Man Glasgow Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal	4 Higher History Assignment 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Glasgow Symphony Orchestra Concert	5 S1 Parents' Evening	6 S6 "Talking Points": Carol Smillie, TV Presenter & Entrepreneur	7 1957 Group, Ladies' Afternoon Tea, 2-5pm Merchant Voices Choir Showdowns: Drama Studios	8
9 S5: Week 1 String Recital	10 House Challenge S3/S4 Christmas Dance	11 Powertalk Pollokshields Kingarth Street Winter Concert (at Beaton Road) Graduate Women Scotland	12 S1 / S2 Christmas Dance	13 Jazz Band at Kingarth Street S6 "Talking Points": Canine Partners Kingarth Street Winter Fair for Pupils and Parents	14	15 Spotlight Dance Competition
16 S5: Week 2 P7 Music Heats: Kingarth Street Class of 2019 Christmas Catch Up P7 Christmas Dance	17 Nursery & Pre-school Presentation Senior School: Music Competition Heats S1: Pinnocchio Theatre Trip (Tramway) 10.30am P1 Dress rehearsal of Nativity	18 P1 Nativity Play Nursery, Pre-school & P1 Party (& Santa)	19 S3 Visit to the Scottish Parliament S5 / S6 Christmas Dance	20 School closes for Christmas Holiday (12.10pm - primary & 12.30pm - secondary)	21	22
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January 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		1	2	3	4	5
6 Pupils return for Spring Term Prelims: S4-S6; Monday 6th January to Wednesday 22nd January. Pupils return on Thursday 23rd January 2020. S5: Week 1	7	8	9	10	11 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre)	12
13 S5: Week 2 HGSA	14 P6 Scottish Opera Day at Beaton Road (Fotheringay Auditorium) Pollokshields Heritage	15	16 Kingarth Street: P5 Science Centre (Clyde in the Classroom) Former Staff Get Together - The Bungo, followed by coffee in the staff room Hutchesons' Former Pupils' AGM	17 Entrance Exam Test Day - Beaton Road	18	19
20 S5: Week 1	21 S2 Parents' Evening	22	23 Immunisations: HPV S1 Female & Male, S2 Female Only	24 P1 Ceilidh Presentation S6 "Talking Points": Tamara Schlesinger, Music Business Lecturer	25 Chinese New Year	26
27 Holocaust Memorial Day S5: Week 2 S4 into S5 Parents' Evening	28	29 HMC Scottish Division Headmasters' Meeting	30 DoE: S3 Pupil Information Meeting London Event: Burns Supper @ Caledonian Club	31

February 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					1	2 HGS: Open Swiss Pairs
3 S5: Week 1 S1 / S2 Junior Show (Matinee at 4.30pm)	4 Kingarth Street : Photography. Expressions - Pre-school, P1 & P7; Primary Sports Teams; Platinum P5 and P6 Junior Show	5 Kingarth Street : Photography. P2, P3, P4, Platinum Class Groups Higher Modern Languages: Assignment Writing 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Junior Show	6 S5 Parents' Evening	7 Half Term: School closes at 3.10pm (Primary) and 3.30pm (Secondary) Acquire (7th - 9th February) S6 "Talking Points": Dr Pooky Knightsmith, Life Beyond the School Gates Scots Song & Verse Competition: Kingarth Street	8 Scottish Bridge Union (8th & 9th February)	9 STEM trip to Johnston Space Centre, USA. 9th - 15th February 2020
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17 School Returns for Spring Term S5: Week 2 S6 Parents' Evening	18 Pollokshields Heritage DoE: Parents' Information Meeting	19 Higher Modern Languages: Assignment Writing DoE: S5 Pupil Information Meeting S5 into S6 Parents' Evening	20 Senior School Music Competition	21 S6 "Talking Points": Suhit Amin, Founder & CEO of Saulderson Media P2 Katie Morag Show at Kingarth Street 1.30pm-3pm	22	23
24 S5: Week 1 HGSA	25 Photography: Sports Teams (Beaton Road) S2 into S3 Parents' Evening	26 Guitar Recitals	27 Kingarth Street: Music Ambassador Recital	28	29

March 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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2	3 S5: Week 2 Higher Geography Assignment Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	4 Nursery & Pre-School: Stay & Play Medical Ethics Conference DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Group, Briefing Meeting (Chemistry Lab 3) 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) S4 Careers Convention HGSA (4th year Careers' Convention)	5 Immunisations: Teenage Booster, S3 pupils World Book Day Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street DoE: S3 Division into Expedition Groups	6 Nursery & Pre-School: Stay & Play DoE: Deadline for Gold Forms to be handed to Mr Macleod	7 DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Training Weekend, 7th March - 8th March	8
9 S5: Week 1	10 Hindu Festival - Holi	11 DoE: S4 Silver A (Rugby Players) Briefing Meeting DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Group Meeting (Chemistry Lab 3) Graduate Women Scotland	12 Kingarth Street Spring Concert at Beaton Road	13 S6 "Talking Points": The John Buchan Memorial Lecture, Ursula Buchan	14 DoE: S4 Silver A (Rugby Players); Training Weekend 14th March - 15th March Boys Brigade Piping Competition	15
16 S5 - Week 2 DoE: S5 Pupils Meeting for those who have registered for Gold Award HGSA	17 DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Briefing Meeting	18 Founders' Day	19 DoE: S4 Silver A (Rugby Players) Meeting Senior School Spring Concert	20	21 DoE: S4 Silver B, Training Weekend, 21st - 22nd March c1959 Reunion at Kingarth Street	22 Glasgow Highland Club: Piping Competition Mothering Sunday
23 S5 - Week 1	24	25 DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Meeting P7 Show (25th & 26th March)	26	27 S6 "Talking Points": Meet the Governors' Choral Society Rehearsal Choral Society Rehearsal	28	29 British Summer Time Begins Choral Society Concert
30 S5 - Week 2 Drama NC Production	31

April 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		1 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Drama NC Production	2 A Night At The Brits!	3 Geography & Classics Trip: Sorrento (3rd to 6th April 2020) School closes for Easter Break: 12.10pm (Primary) and 12.30pm (Secondary)	4	5
6	7	8	9 Jewish Festival of Passover	10 Good Friday	11	12 Easter Sunday
13 Easter Monday	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21 All Pupils return for Summer Term Pollokshields Heritage	22	23 S1/S2 Recital	24 Muslim Festival - Ramadan Begins(month of Fasting)	25 Brethren Assembly	26
27 HGSA	28	29	30

May 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
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4	5	6 P7 Classics Day 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Graduate Women Scotland	7 Kingarth Street Piano Recital Evening	8 May Day Holiday	9	10
11	12 P1-P3: Assembly for Parents	13	14	15	16 FP Reunion : Class of '85	17
18 S3A - S3D Activity Week (18th & 19th May). Willowgate Activity Centre, Perth.	19 Nursery & Pre-School: Stay & Plant Kingarth Street, Summer Evening of Music	20 S3E-S3H Activity Week (20th & 21st May). Willowgate Activity Centre, Perth.	21 Nursery & Pre-School: Stay & Plant P1 Lifecycles Show	22 Half Term Friday 22nd - Monday 25th May	23	24 Muslim Festival - Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadam)
25	26	27	28 P7 Leavers' Concert at Kingarth Street	29	30	31

June 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1 Senior Show Rehearsals 1st -12th June	2	3 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Senior Ambassadors Concert	4	5 DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Practice Weekend, 5th June - 7th June	6 DoE: S4 Silver A (Rugby Players); Practice Weekend, 6th June - 8th June Colorado Exchange Programme: 4 pupils to visit from Colorado Academy Primary Sports Day	7
8	9 P7: Trip to Newlands 9th - 12th June	10	11 P3 Show	12 DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Practice Weekend, 12th - 14th June	13	14
15	16 Senior School Show	17 Senior School Show	18 Senior School Show	19	20 DoE: S4 Silver A: (Rugby Players) Final Expedition 20 June - 22 June	21 DoE: S4 Silver B, Final Expedition 21st June - 23rd June Fathers Day
22	23	24 Summer Holiday: School closes at 12.10pm (Primary) and 12.30pm (Secondary)	25 Prizegiving and End of Session	26	27 DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Final Expedition, 27th June - 30th June	28
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July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1	2 Kingarth Street : Individial Photographs for all year groups and Kingarth Street Sibling Photographs.	3 Kingarth Street : Individial Photographs for all year groups and Kingarth Street Sibling Photographs.	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12 DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Training Weekend FP Reunion: Class of 2010	13
14	15	16	17	18	19 Jewish New Year Festival (Rosh Hashanah)	20
21	22	23	24	25 September Holiday weekend 25th - 28th September 2020	26	27
28 Jewish Festival - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)	29	30

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