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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