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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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September 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
						1 Islamic New Year
2 S5: Week 1	3 Kingarth Street : Pre-School, Primary P1, P5 and Intermediate Entrants Individual Photographs & Staff Higher Geography Assignment: River Carron, Campsie Fells Meet the Teacher, P1-4 & P6 & P7 - 7pm. Intermediate Entrants - 6.30pm.	4 Anti-Bullying Ambassador Training DoE: S4 Silver A (Rugby Players) Meeting	5	6 S6 "Talking Points": Assembly Hall (Quiz) S6 Higher Photography - The Darkroom Experience	7	8
9 AH Modern Studies visit to Glasgow Sheriff Court HGSA	10	11 Quantum Technology School, University of Glasgow DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Briefing Meeting	12 Quantum Technology School, University of Glasgow Art & Design Hub (FP Careers Event) Theatre Trip: The Duchess of Malfi	13 S6 "Talking Points": Alice Thomson, Co-Founder of Social Bite Charity. Assembly Hall. S6 Higher Photography - The Darkroom Experience	14 DoE: S4 Silver B, Training Weekend, 14th - 15th September Showdowns: Drama Studios Laura Elliott Piano School	15
16 S5: Week 1 MOD UN Meeting	17 S6 Theatre Trip: Mack The Knife J8 Visit to Blackfriars Primary Vocal Recital	18 J8 Visit to Thornliebank Primary School DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Meeting Graduate Women Scotland	19 Meningitis Study (vaccination) for S6 Debating: Gordonstoun Dialogue Symposium	20 Acquire Singthrough 20th - 22nd September 2019 String Demonstration: Kingarth Street @ 10.30am S6 "Talking Points": Claire Jennings, Project Trust Benefits of a structured gap year Clubs & Societies Fair S3 Economics Workshop S6 Higher Photography - The Darkroom Experience	21 International Day of Peace Lets Play The Piano	22
23 S5: Week 2	24 Parent Evening for London Trip (S4); Dining Room @ Beaton Road	25 Product Design Talk 'Working for Dyson' (Sam Burrowes) Scottish Ballet: The Crucible	26 MacMillan Coffee Morning House Winner Event HGSA & 1957 Group AGM - Kingarth Street (6.30pm in the Library for 1957 Group, followed by HGSA in the main hall at Kingarth Street at 7pm)	27 September Holiday weekend 27th - 30th September 2019	28	29 Jewish Festival of Rosh Hashanah (evening)
30 September Holiday Monday 30 September 2019 S5: Week 1 Jewish Festival of Rosh Hashanah

October 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	1	2 1957 Group Uniform Sale NASA Parent Evening Powertalk Pollokshields	3 LUMNA Mod UN Conference (3rd - 6th October) Bay of Naples: Parent Evening	4 House Assemblies: S4-S6; Argyll - Auditorium; Lochiel - Drama 1; Montrose - Small Gym Hall; Stuart - Georgeson Mathematics : S3/4 Enterprising Maths Competition S6 "Talking Points": Interview Skills S6 Higher Photography - The Darkroom Experience Neil Wilson - Music Event	5 MUN Conference, St George's Girls School (5th-6th October) Advanced Higher Biology: Field Trip to Millport Primary School Open Morning Brethren Assembly Showdowns: Drama Studios	6
7 S5: Week 2 NASA: School Trip Meeting Hub Event HGSA	8 Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur (evening) Kingarth Street: P1 Visit to Pollok Park P1 Visit to Pollok Park S1 "Getting To Know You" Parents' Evening	9 Jewish Festival of Yom Kippur House Challenge Graduate Women Scotland	10 Board of Governors Paino Recital	11 Drama Trip to Moscow/St Petersburg (11th - 18th October 2019) Half Term Holiday Monday 14th - Friday 25th October 2019. School closes at 3.10pm (primary) and 3.30pm (secondary) on Friday 11th October 2019 House Assemblies: S1-S3; Argyll - Auditorium; Lochiel - Drama 1; Montrose - Small Gym Hall; Stuart - Georgeson Business Management visit to working factory (Nat 5) S6 "Talking Points": Interview Workshops	12	13 Jewish Festival of Tabernacles (evening) London S4 Economics & Business Management School Trip 13th October - 16th October 2019
14 Jewish Festival of Tabernacles (1st Day) S5: Week 1	15	16	17	18	19	20 FP Canadian Reunion: Granite Club, Toronto
21 S5: Week 2	22	23	24	25	26	27 Hindu Festival : Diwali (Festival of Lights)
28 School re-opens Monday 28th October 2019 S5: Week 1	29	30 Photography: S6 Group Photographs, Prefects, Groups for House & Sports Captains. Powertalk Pollokshields	31 Medical Mock Interviews with David Miller and David Wright

November 2019

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
				1 S6 "Talking Points": Douglas Kinnaird, Scotland's Top Headhunter	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	5 S6 (Tutor) Parents' Evening	6 NASA: School Trip Meeting 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) P4 Show at Kingarth Street	7 S1, 2, 3 Remembrance Service Woodwind Recital	8 S4, 5, 6 Remembrance Service S6 "Talking Points": Police Scotland, Safe Driving	9 Showdowns: Drama Studios	10 Remembrance Sunday Spotlight Dance Competition
11 S5: Week 1 HGSA	12 Nat 5 Modern Languages Assignment Pollokshields Heritage Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	13 House Challenge S6: Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) S5 Parents' Evening	14 Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	15 Scout Gang Show 15th - 17th November George & Thomas Hutchesons Award Neil Wilson - Music Event	16 Scout Gang Show Scottish Athletics: Coach Education Course Lets Play The Piano	17 Scout Gang Show
18 S5: Week 2 Choral Society Rehearsal (Staging)	19 Kingarth Street: P3 trip to Glasgow Museums Resource Centre Nat 5 Modern Languages Assignment Brass & Percussion Recital	20	21 Flu Vaccinations at Kingarth Street S3 Parents' Evening	22 S6 "Talking Points": Professor Edward Tobias, Genetic Medicine, University of Glasgow Choral Society Rehearsal	23 Brethren Assembly	24 Operating Theatre Live Choral Society rehearsal (1.45pm) Choral Society Concert
25 S5: Week 1	26 S4 Parents' Evening	27 Powertalk Pollokshields	28	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	3 NASA: School Trip Meeting Choral & Orchestral Concert Glasgow Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal	4 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 Showdowns: Drama Studios	8
9 S5: Week 1	10 S3/S4 Christmas Dance	11 House Challenge String Recital Powertalk Pollokshields Graduate Women Scotland	12 S1 / S2 Christmas Dance	13 Jazz Band at Kingarth Street & Airport Gig S6 "Talking Points": Canine Partners	14	15 Spotlight Dance Competition
16 S5: Week 2 P7 Music Heats: Kingarth Street Class of 2019 Christmas Catch Up P7 Christmas Dance	17 Senior School: Music Competition Heats S1: Pinnocchio Theatre Trip (Tramway) 10.30am P1 Dress rehearsal of Nativity	18 P1 Nativity Play P1 Party (& Santa) Kingarth Street Winter Concert (at Beaton Road)	19 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
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6 Pupils return for Spring Term S5: Week 1	7	8	9	10	11	12
13 S5: Week 2 HGSA	14 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	24 P1 Ceilidh Presentation S6 "Talking Points": Tamara Schlesinger, Music Business Lecturer	25 Chinese New Year Chinese New Year	26
27 Holocaust Memorial Day S5: Week 2 S4 into S5 Parents' Evening	28	29	30 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 4pm)	4 Kingarth Street : Photography. Expressions Pre-school, P1 & P7; Primary Sports Teams	5 Kingarth Street : Photography. P2, P3, P4, P5 & P6 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) 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	19 Higher Modern Languages: Assignment Writing 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 Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	4 DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Group, Briefing Meeting (Chemistry Lab 3) 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) S4 Careers Convention HGSA (4th year Careers' Convension)	5 World Book Day Primary Parent Evening, Kingarth Street	6 S6 "Talking Points": Dr Pooky Knightsmith, Life Beyond the School Gates	7 DoE: S6 Gold/Silver Training Weekend, 7th March - 8th March	8
9 S5: Week 1 Hutchie Live!	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 HGSA	17 DoE: S4 Silver B (Drama Group) Briefing Meeting	18	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 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	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 1957 Group Uniform Sale (Underground, Fotheringay Centre) Graduate Women Scotland	7 Kingarth Street Piano Recital Evening	8 May Day Holiday	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16 FP Reunion : Class of '85	17
18	19 Kingarth Street, Summer Evening of Music	20	21 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 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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