Academic year calendar 2023-24

Dorothy Stringer School Calendar 2023/24

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Staff Winner

By Clare Allen, Staff

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 INSET Day 2 3 WEEK 1 4 Year 7 first day of term (Y7 and Y10 peer mentors only) 5 All year groups first day of term 6 7 8 9 10 WEEK 2 11 Year 7 photos 12 13 14 15 16 17 WEEK 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 WEEK 2 25 New parents’ check-in appointments with form tutors 26 27 28 29 30 September

2023

Reception:

By Lola McDevitt, Year 8

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 1 WEEK 1 2 3 4 5 Open evening Early closure 12.10 6 Late start 9.40 7 8 WEEK 2 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 WEEK 1 16 17 Year 11 virtual parents’ evening 18 19 20 General knowledge quiz 21 22 HALF TERM 23 Half term 24 25 26 27 28 29 WEEK 2 30 INSET day 31 Students back to school October 2023

Autumn

Shapes and Structures

By Llouis Muir, Year 10

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November 2023

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 2 1 2 3 4 5 WEEK 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WEEK 2 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WEEK 1 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 WEEK 2 27 28 29 30

Black and White

By Rowan Bradley-Scott, Year 11

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December 2023 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 2 1 INSET day 2 3 WEEK 1 4 5 6 7 Year 10 parents’ evening 8 9 10 WEEK 2 11 12 13 14 Carol service 15 Last day of term Early closure 12.30 16 17 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS 18 Christmas holidays 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 Boxing Day 27 28 29 30 31

By Eva Weyman, Year 10

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 1 1 New Year’s Day 2 INSET day 3 First day of school for students - Spring term begins 4 5 6 7 WEEK 2 8 9 10 11 Year 11 parents’ evening 12 13 14 WEEK 1 15 16 17 18 Year 9 options evening 19 20 21 WEEK 2 22 23 24 25 Year 9 parents’ evening 26 27 28 WEEK 1 29 30 31 School production January 2024

Winter

Reception:

By Otis Teasley, Year 7

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February 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 1 1 School production 2 School production 3 School production 4 WEEK 2 5 6 Year 9 photos 7 8 9 Mastermind quiz 10 11 HALF TERM 12 Half term 13 14 15 16 17 18 WEEK 1 19 Back to school 20 21 22 23 24 25 WEEK 2 26 27 28 29

Colour

Animals

By Edith Fisher, Year 7

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 2 1 2 3 WEEK 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WEEK 2 11 12 Year 7 parents’ evening 13 14 15 16 17 WEEK 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 Dance show 24 WEEK 2 25 26 27 28 Last day of term 29 Good Friday 30 31 Easter Sunday March 2024

Spring

By Dotty Bridgwater, Year 8

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April 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday EASTER HOLIDAYS 1 Easter Monday 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WEEK 1 15 Back to school - Summer term begins 16 17 18 19 20 21 WEEK 2 22 23 24 25 Year 8 parents’ evening 26 27 28 WEEK 1 29 30

Brighton and Hove

By Noah Omran, Year 8

May 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 1 1 2 3 4 5 WEEK 2 6 Early May bank holiday 7 8 9 10 11 12 WEEK 1 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WEEK 2 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 HALF TERM 27 Half term Spring bank holiday 28 29 30 31

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Food and Drink

By Daisy Thornton, Year 9

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June 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday HALF TERM 1 2 WEEK 1 3 Back to school 4 5 6 7 8 9 WEEK 2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WEEK 1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 WEEK 2 24 25 26 27 28 INSET day 29 30

Summer by Max McKinnon, Year 8

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July 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday WEEK 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 WEEK 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 WEEK 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 WEEK 2 22 23 End of academic year Early closure 12.30 24 Summer holidays 25 26 27 28 SUMMER HOLIDAYS 29 30 31

Travel and Magical Places

By Elizabeth Thompson, Year 9

August 2024 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday SUMMER HOLIDAYS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 GCSE exam results 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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All photos used in this year’s calendar were the winning entries from the school photography competition. The competition was open to all year groups and each month had a particular theme for entries to follow. The theme for each month is detailed underneath each photo, along with the details of the winner.