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Calendar 2009-10

Autumn Term 2009

August 

“Be generous to one another, sympathetic, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ”.
Ephesians 4 v 32            

Mon 31 August Bank Holiday

September

“Holiness consists in doing the will of God with a smile.”  Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Tues 1 - START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR, L6 Enrolment
Wed 2 - Enrolment
Thurs 3 - Enrolment
Fri 4 

Sat/Sun

Mon 7 - L6 Initial Assessments, St Bernadette’s Centre Enrolment 3.00 - 7.00pm, Adult Centre Advice & Enrolment Evening 6.00pm - 8.00pm
Tues 8 - L6 Initial Assessments, H&S Committee 1.05pm
Wed 9 - L6 students start
Thurs 10 - U6 students start
Friday 11 - Normal timetable 
  
Sat/Sun
 
Mon 14 - All Adult Centre courses begin, Healthy Colleges Meeting 4.00pm
Tues 15 
Wed 16 
Thurs 17 
Fri 18 - Welcome Assemblies, Last date to receive applications for re-marks/enquiries about results
  
Sat 19 - Rosh Hashanah – Jewish Festival
Sun 20 
 
Mon 21 - Eid-al-Fitr – Islamic Festival, Ramadan ends
Tues 22 
Wed 23 
Thurs 24 - Tutorial 2 Day, Upper Sixth Consultation Evening (Group Tutors) 6.30 - 8.30pm
Fri 25 - College deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine applications

Sat/Sun

Mon 28 - Day of Atonement – Jewish Festival, U6 Geology Field Trip depart to Anglesey, Alpha Course begins (9 Monday meetings)  
Tues 29 
Wed 30 
  
October

“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words”   St. Francis of Assisi

Thurs 1 
Fri  2 - Last date to receive requests for original script return (Summer 2009)

Sat  3 - Tabernacles, First day of (Succoth) – Jewish Festival
Sun  4

Mon  5 
Tues  6 
Wed  7 
Thurs  8 - Open Evening 6.30pm onwards 
Fri  9 - Last date for resit fees at original price for Jan 2010 exams

Sat/Sun 

Mon 12 
Tues 13  
Wed 14 - Open Evening 6.30pm onwards 
Thurs 15 - UCAS deadline for Oxford, Cambridge, Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary.  Medicine applications.  L6 Geography Field Trip - Yorkshire Dales
Fri 16 - L6 Geography Field Trip - Yorkshire Dales

Sat 17 - Diwali – Hindu Festival
Sun

Mon 19   
Tues 20   
Wed 21 - Equality and Diversity Meeting 4.00pm
Thurs 22 - Aquinas students depart for Romania.  Students and staff finish for October half-term
Fri 23 
 
Sat/Sun

Mon 26 
Tues 27
Wed 28
Thurs 29 - Aquinas students return from Romania

Fri 30

Sat 31

November

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination”     Nelson Mandela


Sun  1 - Feast of All Saints

Mon  2 - Return after half-term
Tues  3 - Chaplaincy Team 4.00pm  
Wed  4   
Thurs  5 - GCSE November exams start (provisional).  Senior Maths Challenge
Fri  6

Sat/Sun   

Mon  9 
Tues 10 
Wed 11 
Thurs 12 
Fri 13
 
Sat/Sun

Mon 16 - Healthy Colleges Meeting 4.00pm
 
Tues 17 
Wed 18 
Thurs 19 
Fri 20 - GCSE November exams finish (provisional)

Sat/Sun

Mon 23 
Tues 24 
Wed 25 
Thurs 26  
Fri 27 

Sat 28 - Eid-al-Adha – Islamic Festival
Sun 29 - First Sunday of Advent

Mon 30 - Feast of St Andrew – Patron of Scotland.  Maths Inspiration Lectures 1.00pm.  Adult Centre Users Forum
 
December

“Aspire not to have more but to be more” Archbishop Oscar Romero

Tues 1 - College deadline for UCAS Applications.  H&S Committee 1.05pm.  Equality and Diversity Meeting 4.00pm.  Adult Centre Users Forum  
Wed 2 
Thurs 3 
Fri 4 
 
Sat 5 - Telephone Application Day
Sun  6   
 
Mon 7 - Art, Design and Technology students to The Clothes Show, NEC.  Last Monday Adult Centre evening classes before Christmas
Tues 8 - Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  Last Tuesday Adult Centre evening classes before Christmas
Wed 9 - Upper Sixth Consultation Evening 5.30 - 8.00pm
Thurs 10 - Upper Sixth Consultation Evening 6.00 - 8.30pm
Fri 11 

Sat 12 - Chanukah – Jewish Festival of Lights
Sun

Mon 14
Tues 15 - Christmas Dinner 12.10pm - 2.00pm
Wed 16 - Christmas Dinner 12.10pm - 2.00pm
Thurs 17 - Certificate Evening - 7.30pm - Stockport Town Hall
Fri 18 - Al Hijra - Islamic New Year.  Finish for Christmas
  
Sat/Sun

Mon 21 - INSET Day (in lieu)
Tues 22  
Wed 23 
Thurs 24 
Fri 25 - Christmas Day

Sat 26 - Boxing Day
Sun 27 - Ashura – Islamic Festival

Mon 28
Tues 29
Wed 30
Thurs 31


January 2010

“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off”   Saint Thomas Aquinas

Fri 1 - New Year’s Day.  Solemnity of Our Lady

Sat/Sun

Mon 4 - Return after Christmas
Tues 5   
Wed 6 - Feast of the Epiphany
Thurs 7 
Fri 8 

Sat/Sun 
 
Mon 11 - January exams start
Tues 12 
Wed 13 
Thurs 14 - GCSE November results published (provisional)
 
Fri 15

Sat/Sun

Mon 18 - Healthy Colleges Meeting 4.00pm
Tues 19 - Chaplaincy Team 4.00pm
Wed 20 
Thurs 21   
Fri 22 

Sat/Sun

Mon 25
Tues 26 
Wed 27 - Lower Sixth Consultation Evening 5.30 - 8.00pm
Thurs 28 - Feast Day of St Thomas Aquinas.  Lower Sixth Consultation Evening 6.00 - 8.30pm
Fri 29 - Romania Exchange students arrive
 
Sat 30 - Media Studies students depart for New York
Sun 31

February

“Care of water resources and attention to climate change are matters of grave importance for the entire human family.”  Pope Benedict XVI

Mon 1 - Equality and Diversity Week.  History department students depart for Poland
Tues 2 - January exams finish
Wed 3 

Thurs 4 - Equality and Diversity Meeting 4.00pm.  Media Studies students return from New York
Fri 5

Sat 6
Sun 7 - Romanian Exchange students leave

Mon 8 - History department students return from Poland
 
Tues 9 - Students and staff depart for India (evening)
Wed 10 - 1st International Aquamaths Lecture 12.10pm 
Thurs 11 
Fri 12 - Maha Shiv Ratri – Hindu Festival.  Finish for half-term
  
Sat/Sun

Mon 15
Tues 16   
Wed 17 - Ash Wednesday – Lent begins
Thurs 18
Fri 19

Sat 20
Sun 21 - Students and staff return from India

Mon 22   
Tues 23 - Students return after half-term
Wed 24 
Thurs 25 
Fri 26 - Milad al-Nabi (Prophet’s Birthday) – Islamic Festival

Sat 27
Sun 28 - Purim – Jewish Festival

March

“Gwnewch y pethau bychain” Dewi Sant (“Do the little things” St David)
      
Mon 1 - Feast of St David - Patron of Wales
Tues 2 - H&S Committee 1.05pm
Wed 3 - Aquinas French students depart for exchange to Adernos
Thurs 4 
Fri 5 

Sat/Sun  

Mon 8 
 
Tues 9 
Wed 10 - Aquinas French students return from Adernos
Thurs 11 - January examination results issued in registration (provisional)
Fri 12 - L6 Applied Business Trip to Chester Zoo

Sat/Sun

Mon 15 - Healthy Colleges Meeting 4.00pm
Tues 16 
Wed 17 - Feast of St Patrick - Patron of Ireland.  Last date for resit fees at original price for Summer 2010 exams
Thurs 18 
Fri 19 - Feast of St Joseph

Sat
Sun 21 - Politics students depart for New York

Mon 22 - History students depart for Rome and Pompeii.  Last Monday Adult Centre evening class before Easter
Tues 23 - Last Tuesday Adult Centre evening class before Easter
Wed 24 
Thurs 25 
Fri 26 - Lenten/End of Term Assembly.  Finish for Easter

Sat 27 - Politics students return from New York.  History students return from Rome and Pompeii
Sun 28 - Palm Sunday – Holy Week begins

Mon 29  
Tues 30 - Passover, First day of (Pesach) – Jewish Festival 
Wed 31  

April

“Greater love has no-one than this that one lays down his life for his friends” John 15 v13

Thurs 1 - Maundy Thursday
Fri 2 - Good Friday

Sat 3 - Holy Saturday
Sun 4 - Easter Sunday

Mon 5 - Easter Monday
Tues 6
Wed 7
 
Thurs 8
Fri 9

Sat/Sun

Summer Term 2010

Mon 12 - Return after Easter.  Adult Centre classes restart
Tues 13 
Wed 14 - AS Environmental Studies Field Trip (until Saturday 17th April)
Thurs 15 
Fri 16 

Sat/Sun  

Mon 19 
Tues 20 
Wed 21 
Thurs 22   
Fri 23 - Feast of St George – Patron of England

Sat/Sun

Mon 26 
Tues 27 - Chaplaincy Team 4.00pm
Wed 28   
Thurs 29  
Fri 30   

Sat/Sun

May

“We must become the change we want to see” Mahatma Gandhi

Mon 3 - May Day Bank Holiday
Tues 4 
Wed 5 - Sports Presentation Evening
Thurs 6 - Higher Education Information Evening for Parents 7.30pm
Fri 7 

Sat/Sun
 
Mon 10 - Summer 2010 exams begin (provisional)
Tues 11 
Wed 12 
Thurs 13 
Fri 14 - L6 study leave begins

Sat 15
Sun 16 - Feast of the Ascension

Mon 17
Tues 18 
Wed 19 - Quality Leaders Meeting 11.15am - 12.10pm
Thurs 20 - Art, Design and Technology Dept Exhibition 7.00pm
Fri 21 - U6 finish

Sat 22
Sun 23 - Pentecost - Whit Sunday   

Mon 24
Tues 25 
Wed 26  
Thurs 27 - Wesak (Buddha Day) Buddhist Festival
Fri 28 - Finish for half-term

Sat 29
Sun 30 - Trinity Sunday

Mon 31 - Bank Holiday

June

“I give you a new commandment: love one another; you must love one another just as I have loved you”
John 13 v34

Tues 1   
Wed 2
Thurs 3 - Feast of Corpus Christi
Fri 4

Sat/Sun 

Mon 7 
Tues 8 
Wed 9 
Thurs 10 
Fri  11 

Sat/Sun

Mon 14 - L6 return from study leave
Tues 15 
Wed 16 - Aquinas Spanish students depart for study trip to Spain
Thurs 17 
Fri 18

Sat/Sun 

Mon 21 - Aquinas Spanish students return from Spain
Tues 22 - Geography Field Trip to Liverpool
Wed 23 - Equality and Diversity Meeting 4.00pm
Thurs 24 
Fri 25

Sat/Sun

Mon 28 
Tues 29 - Feast of Ss Peter and Paul
Wed 30 - Summer exams finish (provisional)

July

“Be kind whenever possible.  It is always possible”.  The 13th Dalai Lama

Thurs 1 - Summer Fair (provisional)
Fri 2   

Sat/Sun

Mon 5 - Work Shadowing Week.  Induction Day for students enrolling in September.  Information Evening for parents of new students 7.30pm.  Last Adult Centre Monday classes
Tues 6 - Induction Day for students enrolling in September.  Information Evening for parents of new students 7.30pm.  Last Adult Centre Tuesday classes
Wed 7 
Thurs 8 
Fri 9 - Lailat al-Isra wal Miraj – Islamic festival
  
Sat/Sun

Mon 12 
Tues 13   
Wed 14 
Thurs 15 - End of Year Assembly
Fri 16 - End Of College Year

Sat/Sun

Mon 19
Tues 20
Wed 21
Thurs 22
Fri 23

Sat/Sun

Mon 26 - Dhamma Day – Buddhist Festival
Tues 27
Wed 28
Thurs 29
Fri 30

Sat/Sun

August 
 
“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well”
 Lady Julian of Norwich
Mon 2
Tues 3
Wed 4
Thurs 5
Fri 6

Sat/Sun

Mon 9
Tues 10
Wed 11
Thurs 12
Fri 13

Sat/Sun

Mon 16
Tues 17
Wed 18
Thurs 19 - A2/AS Results
Fri 20

Sat/Sun

Mon 23 - Progression Week
Tues 24 - GCSE/Level 2 Results
Wed 25
Thurs 26 
Fri 27

Sat/Sun

Mon 30 - Bank Holiday
Tues 31 - Start of Academic Year 2010 - 2011


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