ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
JANUARY 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
New Year's Day
World Day of Prayer
Mary Mother of God
4
Epiphany of the Lord
(Feast)
Rowing Camp
5
Rowing Camp
11
Baptism of the Lord
(Feast)
Cornwall Hill Festival
Rowing Camp
12
Staff on duty - Day 1
Staff Commencement Mass
(8:00)
Cornwall Hill Festival
18
Second Sunday of
Ordinary Time
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE
STARTS
19
U14 Interhouse Cricket
College Golf & Tennis
fixtures
JP Gr 1 Info Eve
JP Gr 3 Info Eve
25
Third Sunday of Ordinary
Time
SBC Invitational Tennis
Tournament
6
EXCO Meeting (7:40)
26
Prep Boardroom
IEB Principals Meeting
College Tennis fixtures
Rehearsals for Houseplays
commence
PREP FIRST MERIT WEEK
7
Rowing Camp
13
Staff on duty
Day 2 (8:30 - 13:30)
Boarders return
Gr 8 Boarding Parents
Meeting
Rowing Camp
Term 1 starts
Boys return
7:30 College Assembly
Gr 8 Camp departs after
school
20
New Staff Orientation Day
New Staff Welcome
Prep Interhouse Gala
U16 Interhouse Cricket
27
Prep Sports Committee
Meeting (SJC @ 14:00)
Extracurricular
21
Council Meeting
College Paper Collection
Full School Academic
Mass & Prep Leaders'
Induction (9:00 start)
Cricket vs Randburg (H/A)
Prep AGM and Info
Evenings
Marketing Meeting
28
RE Meeting (13:30)
PREP First Assembly
Prep Basketball vs St
John's (A)
College Cricket vs Affies
(H/A)
College A Gala @ St
David's
Junior Prep (Gr R & 2)
Info Evening
15
Gr 8 Camp
Gr 9 Summer Sports
Camps
Gr 10/11 Maths & Sci
Gr 12 IT PAT
SACS Tennis Match
Gr 4 & 5 Swimming Trials
22
JP Gr 2 Info Eve
Gr R Info Eve
3
SBC Exco Meeting
(8:30) - HL
Rowing Camp
Cornwall Hill Festival
9
10
Cornwall Hill Festival
Maintenance
16
Meeting
Gr 8 Camp
Gr 9 Summer Sports
Camps
Gr 10/11 Maths & Sci
Gr 12 IT PAT
SACS Tennis Match vs SJC
Grades 3, 6 and 7
Swimming Trials
College MANCOM
23
College Controlled
Assessment
SBC Invitational Tennis
Tournament
College Tennis fixtures
29
Gr 9 Mass
College Prizegiving
Junior Prep (Gr 1 & 3)
Info Evening
2
1st Friday
8
14
SATURDAY
Maintenance
30
Meeting
College Controlled
Assessment
Gr 7 Leaders' Camp
College Tennis Fixtures
17
Gr 8 Camp
Gr 8 Parents Meet @
Parnassus (10:30)
Gr 8 Mass (12:00)
Basketball, Cricket &
Waterpolo vs St John's
GSRF Senior Regatta
24
SBC Invitational Tennis
Tournament
Rock/Boat Regatta (A)
Cricket vs Randburg (A)
Basketball vs St Peter's
31
CSO AGM
VLC Regatta (Jnrs)
Cricket vs Affies (A)
Basketball vs St Alban's
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 2015
MONDAY
1
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
8
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Prep Gr 7 Leaders & Captains'
Camp
15
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
2
Presentation of the Lord (Feast)
Term 1 Blood Drive
Prep Maths Cluster @ HRS
Big Bennies Bash Committee
Meet (18:00)
College Golf & Tennis fixtures
EXCO Meeting
JP Boardroom (7:40)
Feast of Sts Blaise & Ansgar
Gr 12 Parents' Evening
9
College Tennis fixtures
CLAMOUR EDITION 1
SUBMISSIONS DUE
3
4
Gr 4 Paired Reading
Prep Basketball vs
St John's (H)
College Cricket vs Jeppe (H/A)
College A Gala @ St Stithians
College B Gala @ Parktown Boys
10
St Scholastica
Gr 9 Subject Choice Meeting
16
THURSDAY
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
Marketing
Meeting
17
RE Meeting (13:30)
SATURDAY
5
Gr 7 Mass (7:20)
11
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
World Day of the Sick
College Controlled Assessment (30
min)
Prep Staff Meeting
College Cricket vs Trinityhouse /
Development (H/A)
College A Gala @ PTA Boys
College B Gala @ SBC
Prep Basketball vs St Stithians (H)
ICT St Mary's 14:30
FRIDAY
First Friday Mass
Whole School Staff Meeting
(14:45 - 16:00)
College Tennis Fixtures
Bennies Social
Grade 7 Leaders Camp
12
Gr 10 Mass
Buffalo Regatta
CSO JHB Gr 11 Mass Planning
18
6
Maintenance
Meeting
Basketball, Cricket & Waterpolo vs
Jeppe (H)
Senior Regatta
Prep Gr 7 Leaders & Captains'
Camp
13
Selborne Sprints
College Tennis fixtures
Prep Choir Camp (Pns)
19
College MANCOM
7
14
Buffalo Regatta
HS Inter-Catholic Basketball
Festival
Basketball & Waterpolo vs St
David's
Cricket vs Tinityhouse /
Development
Prep Choir Camp (Pns)
20
21
H&S Meeting
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Prep Choir Camp (Pns)
Gr 12 Sci Portfolio Tasks Gr 6
Retreat (Bosco)
Prep Social Sciences Cluster @ St
David's
College Golf & Tennis fixtures
Gr 12 Sci Portfolio Tasks
Inter-Catholic Swimming Gala
Health & Safety Training
(14:00 - 17:00)
Health & Safety Training
(14:00 - 17:00)
22
First Sunday of Lent
Grade 11 Retreat
Exco Meeting
HL Lounge (7:40)
23
Grade 11 Retreat
Grade 11 Science Wshop College
Tennis Fixtures
Gr 4 Athletics Run-offs
Prep Concussion Testing
24
Ash Wednesday
College Mass: 7:20
Prep (Gr 1 - 7) Mass: 9:00
Gr R Service (11:00)
Gr 12 Sci Portfolio Tasks
College Cricket vs KES (H/A)
College A Gala @ SBC
College B Gala @ St David's
Prep Basketballl vs Sacred Heart (H)
Paul Roos Tennis Festival
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE ENDS
25
Gr 6 Mass
Gr 12 Sci Portfolio Tasks
Paul Roos Tennis Festival
CSO Principals' Meeting
SSC STRATEGIC PLANS
FOR SUBMIISSION
College Controlled Assessment
Prep Kid's Lit Quiz @
St John's (14:30 - 17:30)
Paul Roos Tennis Festival
U16 St John's Basketball Festival
26
27
Paul Roos Tennis Festival
Basketball, Cricket & Waterpolo vs
KES
St Stithian's Physical Theatre
Festival
28
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
Grade 11 Retreat
Gr 11 Maths Wshop
BOARD MEETING
CSO Choir Planning Meeting
Gr 6 Athletics Run-offs
Prep English Cluster - HRS
Grade 11 Retreat
Grade 11 Science Wshop
Interhigh Relay Gala (KES)
Gr 3 Athletics Run-offs
Prep Staff Meeting
Millennium Club Draw
Clamour Ed 1 published
Grade 11 Retreat
Grade 11 Maths Workshop
Gr 12 Combined Mass
Gr 7 Athletics Run-offs
12:00 Close
Prep Half Term reports issued
Prep Rugby Camp
Independent Schools Cricket
Festival (St Alban's) Submission of
Minutes of Meetings for
Sectional Steering Committees to
Executive Head
Midterm
Gr 12 Matric Entries to IEB
Prep Rugby Camp
Independent Schools Cricket
Festival (St Alban's)
St John's Basketball Festival (1st
Team)
Midterm
Prep Rugby Camp
Independent Schools Cricket
Festival (St Alban's)
St John's Basketball Festival (1st
Team)
Knysna Celtic Festival
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
MARCH 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
Second Sunday of Lent
Independent Schools Cricket
Festival (St Alban's)
St John's Basketball Festival
(1st Team)
8
Third Sunday of Lent
SA Rowing Champs
U15 Indigo Waterpolo
Festival (Parktown)
2
Midterm
St John's Basketball Festival
(1st Team)
EXCO Meeting (Prep
Boardroom) 7:40
Fourth Sunday of Lent
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
Sounds of Celebration
(Rehearsal at Theatre)
9:00 - 15:30
9
3
Prep Art Cluster Meeting
Prep Interhouse Athletics
Scholarship Information
Evening
17
Gr 4 Social Network Talk
(7:30)
Fifth Sunday of Lent
College Rugby Camps
23
College One-Act Plays
29
4
Marketing Meeting
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
24
Rugby - Warm up Game
College One-Act Plays
30
31
Gr 9 Retreat
SATURDAY
12
Gr 11 Mass
College Rugby - Practice
Game
26
Gr 5 Mass (7:20)
College One-Act Plays
Parktown U14A Rugby
Festival
College MANCOM
Maintenance
Meeting
13
20
College Controlled
Assessment
College Rugby Camps
Air Rifle Shooting League 1
College MANCOM
7
Prep Rugby Festival
Cricket vs Parktown (A)
SA Rowing Champs
U14 Ken Short Waterpolo
Festival (Jeppe)
U15 Indigo Waterpolo
Festival (Parktown)
Air Rifle Shooting
Interprovincial Trials
College Controlled
Assessment
Whole School Staff Meeting
(14:45 - 16:00)
KEPS Waterpolo Festival
19
25
6
1st Friday Mass
Prep Rugby Festival
SA Rowing Champs
U14 Ken Short Waterpolo
Festival (Jeppe)
U15 Indigo Waterpolo
Festival (Parktown)
Air Rifle Shooting
Interprovincial Trials
St Joseph, Husband of Mary
(Feast)
Gr 12 Mass
Prep Sponsors Cocktail
Sounds of Celebration
Performance at Theatre
(13:00 - 16:00) and
(20:00 - 22:00)
Anunuciation (Feast)
College One-Act Plays
Parktown u14 Rugby Festival
Gr 9 Retreat
Prep Rugby Festival
U15 Indigo Waterpolo
Festival (Parktown)
CSO Gr 7 Mass Planning
Meeting
18
Rugby vs Helpmekaar (H)
CSO RE Seminar
Sounds of Celebration
Performance at Theatre
(13:00 - 16:00)
FRIDAY
5
11
Summer Sports Photographs
Prep Staff Meeting
SBC Gr 7 into 8 Information
Evening
JHB Catholic Schools Week
Planning Meeting
East Area Rugby Trials
U16 @ Edenglen
EXCO Meeting
(JP Boardroom)
RE Meeting (13:30)
THURSDAY
Cricket vs Parktown (H/A)
Basketball vs Saints
College Interhigh A Gala @
Jeppe Boys
College Interhigh B Gala @ St
Stithians
Rowing Pasta Evening
10
16
East Area Rugby Trials
Opens @ SBC
22
Palm Sunday
Pipe Band Camp
Gr 9 Retreat
WEDNESDAY
Term 1 reopens
Prep Winter Sports
Programme Starts
Final Winter Sports Trials
Non-academic Day
Big Bennies Bash Committee
Meeting
15
WHOLE SCHOOL STEERING
COMMITTEES
CYCLE STARTS
27
College Controlled
Assessment
Earth Hour (10:00 - 11:00)
TRUST MEETING
Pipe Band Camp
One-Act Plays Finals
Air Rifle Shooting National
Trials
14
Open Day
Rowing Dinner
Battle of the Saints (H)
Inter-Catholic Rugby 7's
tournament @ SBC
Sounds of Celebration
(Rehearsal at Theatre)
13:30 - 17:00
21
Human Rights Day
College Rugby Camps
Air Rifle Shooting League 1
28
Rugby vs St David's (A)
Scholarship Examinations
Pipe Band Camp
Earth Hour (20:30 - 21:30)
Air Rifle Shooting National
Trials
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
APRIL 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
1
Gr 9 Retreat
Saints Easter Festival - Tennis
5
Easter Sunday
6
7
Family Day
U16 Rugby @ Jeppe
St John's Easter Festival
12
Second Sunday of Easter
Divine Mercy
EXCO Meeting
(Headmaster's
Lounge)
19
Third Sunday of Easter
Prep Soccer tour to Camp
Discovery, Brits returns
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
RAPS Camp
13
20
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
Prep Rugby Tour to
Klerksdorp departs
RAPS Camp
26
27
Freedom Day
Marketing
Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
14
Prep Informal Music Concert
Wellness Evening
21
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
Prep Rugby Tour to
Klerksdorp
RAPS Camp
28
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
2
Gr 9 Retreat
Holy Thursday
The Lord's Supper
U16 Rugby @ Jeppe
St John's Easter Rugby
Festival
Saints Easter Festival - Tennis
8
9
SATURDAY
3
Good Friday
Day of Fasting & Abstinence
WHOLE SCHOOL
STEERING COMMITTEES
CYCLE ENDS
4
Easter Vigil
U16 Rugby @ Jeppe
St John's Easter Festival
Saints Easter Festival - Tennis
10
11
College MANCOM
Summer Colours Assembly
College Speech Finals
Bennies & Assumption Prep
Speech Afternoon
College Informal Music
Concert
JP Parents/Teachers Meetings
(Afternoon & Evening)
Gr 12 Maths Camp
(8:30 - 14:30)
Fourth Sunday of Easter
CLAMOUR EDITION 2
SUBMISSIONS DUE
FRIDAY
15
Gr 4 Mass (7:20)
College Cycle 1 Marks due
Millennium Club Draw
16
College Controlled
Assessment
Prep School Choir
RSCM Choir Festival
(Assumption Convent)
16:00 - 20:00
Junior Prep Boys' Night Out College Fields
WSC STRATEGIC PLANS
FOR SUBMISSION
Rugby/Hockey vs St Johns (H)
17
18
Maintenance
Meeting
Junior Prep Informal Music
Concert
22
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
(vs Clifton)
Prep Rugby Tour to
Klerksdorp
U11 Tennis Tournament
Truida Kastell Departs
RAPS Camp
29
College Cycle 1 Reports Issued
Parents' Meetings
23
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
Prep Rugby Tour to
Klerksdorp returns
U11 Tennis Tournament
Truida Kastell
30
Our Lady of Africa (Feast)
Pipe Band Tour to KZN
College Controlled
Assessment
JP & Prep End-of-Term Mass
(Gr 2 - 7, 8:00)
Clamour Ed 2 published
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp (9:00 15:00)
12:00 close
Prep Soccer tour to Camp
Discovery, Brits departs
24
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
U11 Tennis Tournament
Truida Kastell Departs
Lyttelton Manor Highland
Gathering (Regional)
25
Rugby & Hockey tour to KZN
(vs Northwood)
U11 Tennis Tournament
Truida Kastell returns
Air Rifle Shooting League 2
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
MAY 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
First Friday
St Joseph The Worker
Workers' Day
Pipe Band Tour to KZN
3
Fifth Sunday of Easter
South Coast Highland
Gathering (Championship)
4
Staff on duty
Nelson Mandela - The
Champion Within
AP Maths Camp
Pipe Band Tour to KZN
10
Sixth Sunday of Easter
5
11
Seventh Sunday of Easter
Aitken & Boden Hockey
Festival
EXCO Meeting
(Prep Boardroom)
Pentecost Sunday
31
19
26
CSO Principals' Meeting
EADS Festival
Extracurricular
Council
RE Meeting (13:30)
Prep Staff Meeting
Careers Day
Sutherland Rugby Fixture
EADS Festival
Ascension Thursday
Day of Obligation
Feast of St Eugene de
Mazenod OMI
College - 7:20
Prep & JP - 9:00
Maintenance
Meeting
College MANCOM
Maintenance
Meeting
9
Rugby & Hockey vs St Alban's
(A)
Junior Prep - Moms' Breakfast
(Royal)
15
16
Rugby & Hockey vs Jeppe (A)
Aitken & Boden Hockey
Festival
Jeppe Gathering (Regional)
Air Rifle Shooting League 4
22
Prep Bible Quiz
College Controlled
Assessment
Air Rifle Shooting North
Gauteng Open
28
EADS Festival
8
College Controlled
Assessment
Aitken & Boden Hockey
Festival
21
27
College MANCOM
College Controlled
Assessment
14
20
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
Grade 11 Mass (Cathedral)
Paired Reading 4H & A
ICT Cluster - St Mary's
CSO Principal's Meeting
7
13
JP/Prep (Gr R - 7)
Mothers' Day Mass (8:00)
Prep Staff Meeting
College Afrikaans Toesprake
25
EADS Festival
6
Gr 9 Mass
Grade 9 Subject Choice
Meeting
12
18
Prep Social Science Cluster St Benedict's
RAPS Festival starts
24
Marketing Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
Term 2 starts
Boys return
World Environmental Day
Pension Fund - Management
Committee Meeting
Prep Maths Cluster - St
Mary's DSG
Big Bennies Bash Committee
Meeting
17
Holy Trinity Sunday
Gr 8 Retreat
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE
STARTS
2
South Coast Highland
Gathering (Championship)
Air Rifle Shooting League 3
23
College Bible Quiz
Rugby & Hockey vs Parktown
(A)
Air Rifle Shooting North
Gauteng Open
29
College Controlled
Assessment
Blessed Joseph Gerard
Gr 9 IT Subject Choice
Workshop
Aftercare Birthday Party
EADS Festival
Combined Ensemble Concert
((Three schools)
EADS Festival Finals
30
De La Salle Gathering
(Regional)
Gr 9 Subject Choice
Workshop
EADS Festival
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
JUNE 2015
MONDAY
EXCO Meeting
(JP Boardroom)
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
1
2
Marketing
Meeting
THURSDAY
3
FRIDAY
4
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE
ENDS
SATURDAY
5
6
College MANCOM
Term 2 Blood Drive
Gr 8 Retreat
Gr 8 Diving Qualification
7
Body & Blood of Christ
WHOLE SCHOOL STEERING
COMMITTEES
CYCLE STARTS
Gr 8 Retreat
Gr 8 Diving Qualification
8
Big Bennies Bash Committee
Meeting
14
Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary
Time
21
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary
Time
9
Grade 12 Dramatic Arts
Integrated Task Part B
Prep Dainfern Golf festival
RAPS Semis
15
School Holiday
EXCO Meeting
Headmaster's
Lounge
Gr 8 Retreat
Gr 8 Diving Qualification
16
22
23
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
CLAMOUR EDITION 3
SUBMISSIONS DUE
12
13
Gr 6 Mass (7:20)
Grade 12 Life Orientation CAP
Section B
RAPS Semis
17
18
24
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Feast)
College Controlled Assessment
RAPS Semis
College MANCOM
19
College Controlled Assessment
IsiZulu Conference
Gr 12 Core Maths Camp
(15:00 - 17:00)
25
WHOLE SCHOOL
STEERING COMMITTEES
CYCLE ENDS
Most Immaculate Heart of
Mary
Rugby & Hockey vs St
Stithians
Pretoria Boys Highland
Gathering (Championship)
RAPS Final
20
College Rugby & Hockey vs
Pretoria Boys (H)
Cornwall Hill College Highland
Gathering (Regional)
IsiZulu Conference
26
27
Maintenance
Meeting
BOARD MEETING
Reggio Conference
The Edge, St Mary's
29
Feasts of Sts Peter & Paul
Midterm
Gr 12 Winter School
11
College Rugby & Hockey vs
Northcliff (H)
U13 Soccer Festival @ Ravens
Park
U13 Keenest of the Keen
Tennis Festival
RAPS Preliminary Rounds End
Maintenance
Meeting
PIT Produksies (Gr 12
Afrikaans)
Prep Staff Meeting
RAPS Semis
RE Meeting (13:30)
First Friday Mass
Whose School Staff Meeting
(14:45 - 16:00)
U13 Soccer Festival @ Ravens
Park
U13 Keenest of the Keen Tennis
Festival
Gr 7 Mass (7:20)
IsiZulu Conference
Birth of St John the Baptist
Winter Colours Assembly
Prep Staff Meeting
Prep English Cluster Meeting Venue TBC
Reggio Conference
The Edge, St Mary's
Winter Sports Dinner
Gr 12 Maths Camp
(8:30 - 14:30)
Thirteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
10
Youth Day
College Informal Music
Concert
28
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
Gr 8 Retreat
Gr 8 Diving Qualification
30
Midterm
Gr 12 Winter School
Gr 12 Mass
Reggio Conference
The Edge, St Mary's
Millennium Club Draw
College Controlled Assessment
Clamour Ed 3 published
2nd Gr 12 IEB Final Entry return
Knights of Da Gama July Draw
Normal closing time
Matric Dance
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
JULY 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
1
Midterm
Gr 12 Winter School
5
Fourteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Pipe Band Camp
EXCO Meeting
(Prep Boardroom)
Term 2 reopens
Big Bennies Bash
Committee Meeting
12
Fifteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
U11 Tennis Festival
19
Sixteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
26
Seventeenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
6
7
Grade 11 Parents' Evening
International Boys' School
Conference
13
14
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
PREP MIDYEAR EXAMS
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
PREP MIDYEAR EXAMS
Life College
Humanising Leadership Day 4
Health & Safety
20
Prep Boardroom
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Big Bennies Bash
Committee Meeting
21
FRIDAY
2
Midterm
Gr 12 Winter School
8
International Boys' School
Conference
Extracurricular
15
Council Meeting
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
PREP MIDYEAR EXAMS
22
SATURDAY
3
First Friday
Midterm
Gr 12 Winter School
Pipe Band Camp
9
International Boys' School
Conference
Pipe Band Camp
10
St Benedict's Day Mass
(9:00)
Gr 8 Entrepeneurs' Day
International Boys' School
Conference
16
17
FUTURES AND STRATEGIC COUNCIL
Grade 4 Mass (7:20)
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
PREP MIDYEAR EXAMS
23
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
PREP MIDYEAR EXAMS
Air Rifle Shooting Gauteng
Open
College MANCOM
St Benedict's (Feast)
St Benedict's Highland
Gathering (Regional Final)
U11 Tennis Festival
18
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Air Rifle Shooting Gauteng
Open
25
Benoni Highland
Gathering (Championship
Final and SA
Championships)
Junior Prep SportsDay
(College Field)
Air Rifle Shooting League 5
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Prep Interhouse Art
Competition
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Prep Interhouse Art
Competition
Prep Hockey Tour to
Hilton & Michaelhouse
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Prep Hockey Tour to
Hilton & Michaelhouse
Air Rifle Shooting League 5
27
28
30
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Exco Indaba
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
CSO RE Seminar
Prep Art Cluster @ SBC
Extracurricular
29
Council Meeting
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Prep Staff Meeting
Maintenance
31
Meeting
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
CSO Deputy Principals'
Conference
International Marimba &
Steelpan Festival
Grade 5 Mass (7:20)
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
CSO Deputy Principals'
Conference
11
24
COLLEGE MIDYEAR EXAMS
Prep Interhouse Art
Competition
CLAMOUR EDITION 4
SUBMISSIONS DUE
4
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
AUGUST 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
Vaal Highland Festival
Grade 10 Outward Bound
International Marimba &
Steelpan Festival
2
Eighteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Grade 10 Outward Bound
International Marimba &
Steelpan Festival
Gr 12 Retreat
3
Gr 12 Retreat
Gr 11 Leadership Camp
Grade 10 Outward Bound
Gr 9 Excursions & CC task
Gr 8 Space Camp
Big Bennies Bash Committee
Meeting
4
Prep Informal Music Concert
Gr 12 Retreat
Gr 11 Leadership Camp
Grade 10 Outward Bound
Gr 9 Excursions & CC Task
Gr 8 Space Camp
Prep Tennis Tour to Truida
Kestell departs
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
9
Nineteenth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
National Women's Day
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
10
Feast of St Lawrence
Public Holiday
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Prep Golf Tour departs
16
Twentieth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
17
23
Twenty-First Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
18
24
30
31
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Rowing Camp
Transfiguration of the Lord
Gr 12 Retreat
Gr 11 Leadership Camp
Grade 10 Outward Bound
Gr 9 Excursions & CC task
Gr 8 Space Camp
Millennium Club Draw
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Prep Tennis Tour to Truida
Kestell
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
U15 PTA Schools Tennis
Festival
Prep & Junior Prep
Thanksgiving Mass
Clamour Ed 4 published
Gr 12 Retreat
Grade 10 Outward Bound
Gr 11 Maths Camp
Gr 9 Excursions & CC task
Gr 8 Space Camp
College Midyear (Cycle 2)
Reports issued
12:00 close
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Prep Tennis Tour to Truida
Kestell returns
U15 PTA Schools Tennis
Festival
20
26
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Air Rifle Shooting League 6
U15 PTA Schools Tennis
Festival
15
Assumption of the Virgin
Mary
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Air Rifle Shooting League 7
21
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
27
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
8
14
Sun City Golf Tournament
Prep Golf Tour returns
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Departs
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
7
13
Sun City Golf Tournament
Prep Golf Tour
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Educators' Space Camp
19
25
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
6
12
Sun City Golf Tournament
Prep Golf Tour
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Educators' Space Camp
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Twenty-Second Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Rowing Camp
5
Junior Prep Informal Music
Concert
Gr 12 Retreat
Gr 11 Leadership Camp
Grade 10 Outward Bound
Gr 9 Excursions & CC Task
Gr 8 Space Camp
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Prep Tennis Tour to Truida
Kestell
11
Sun City Golf Tournament
Prep Golf Tour
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Educators' Space Camp
Pipe Band Tour to World
Championships
Marketing
Meeting
22
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
28
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
29
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
1
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Rowing Camp
6
Twenty-Third Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Confirmation Retreat
13
Twenty-Four Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Gr 12 Acc Revision
Weekend
7
Staff on duty
Gr 11 Maths Camp
Pension Fund Annual
Report to Members
Big Bennies Bash
Committee Meeting
EXCO Meeting
(JP Boardroom)
Twenty-Fifth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
Major Production
Gr 12 Maths Camp
27
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
U13 Tennis Festival
14
21
Major Production
CSO Sports Leaders Day
EXCO Meeting
Headmaster's
Lounge
NEA Eisteddfod
28
2
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Rowing Camp
8
Birth of Mary (Feast)
Term 3 starts
Boys return
Exaltation of the Holy
Cross of Jesus
Term 3 Blood Drive
Prep Maths Cluster @ St
David's Inanda
20
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE
STARTS
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
Gr 4 Retreat - Mazenod
House
Gr 9 EMS Workshop
(Banango Traders)
Gr 12 Music Concert
22
BOARD MEETING
CSO Principals' Meeting
Prep School Interhouse
Chess Competition
Major Production
29
Feast of the Archangels
Inter-Catholic Athletics
Meeting
NEA Eisteddfod
3
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Rowing Camp
9
Prep Staff Meeting
15
FRIDAY
10
Beginning of Term JP &
Prep Mass (Gr 2 - 7)
Gr 9 Subject Choice
Meeting
Marketing Meeting
16
17
RE Meeting (13:30)
NATIONAL CLEAN-UP WEEK
CSO Choir Festival
Gr 11 Mass
Prep Leaders' Camp
Gr 12 Life Sciences Paper 3
CSO Choir Festival
Gr 8 - 12 Parents' Meeting
Prep Leaders' Camp
Extracurricular
23
24
Council Meeting
Major Production
Heritage Day
Prep School Staff Meeting
Interhigh Athletics
Meeting @ Jeppe Boys
RE Meeting (13:30)
30
Final Colours Assembly
2016 College Captains &
Cultural Heads
Announcement
NEA Eisteddfod
SATURDAY
4
5
First Friday
Sri Lankan Cricket Tour
Returns
Rowing Camp
Confirmation Retreat
College
11
MANCOM
Confirmation Retreat
Big Bennies Bash
Gr 12 Acc Revision
Weekend
Gr 12 Acc Revision
Weekend
Maintenance
Meeting
12
18
Recycling Day SA
Prep Leaders' Camp
Gr 12 Maths Camp
19
U16 Inter-Catholic
Basketball
U13 Tennis Festival
Major Production
Gr 12 Maths Camp
25
School Holiday
26
South African Solo
Drumming
Champsionships
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
OCTOBER 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
Feast of St Therese of the Child
Jesus
Gr 4 St Francis Day Service
NEA Eisteddfod
4
Twenty-Seventh Sunday of
Ordinary Time
GPSCA Area Cricket Festival
EXCO Meeting
Prep Boardroom
5
Gr 7 Sexuality Parents' Talk
GPSCA Area Cricket Festival
6
Unified Cultural Showcase
Air Rifle Shooting SA National
Air Rifle Shooting SA National
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
7
CLAMOUR EDITION 5
SUBMISSIONS DUE
Health & Safety
Meeting
12
8
Feast of the Holy Rosary
Pipe Band Dinner
Gr 9 Mass
Gr 7 Sexuality Boys' Talk
Air Rifle Shooting SA National
Air Rifle Shooting SA National
13
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary
Time
Prep Waterpolo tour to SACS
returns
25
Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary
Time
Uplands Cricket Tour
Prep Cricket tour to Cape Town &
KZN
Gr 12 Valediction
Prep Staff Meeting
ICT Cluster - St Mary's
Prep Waterpolo tour to SACS
departs
EXCO Meeting
JP Boardroom
15
Wellness Evening
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of
Ordinary Time
St Peter's T20 Prep Cricket Festival
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
18
14
19
Prep Maths Memo Tea
20
Grade 12 Matric Finals Start
Grade 12 AP English Final Exam
Prep Art Cluster @ Bennies
26
Midterm
Prep Basketball & Cricket Tours
return
WHOLE SCHOOL
STEERING COMMITTEES
CYCLE STARTS
27
Extracurricular
Council Meeting
RE Meeting (13:30)
Gr 8 Mass
Gr 7 Retreat
Prep Waterpolo tour to SACS
21
BACK TO THE FUTURE DAY
Gr 12 AP Maths Final Exam
Millennium Club Draw
Marketing Meeting
SECTIONAL STEERING
COMMITTEES CYCLE
ENDS
9
10
College Captains' Induction
TRUST MEETING
Prep Leaders & Captains Pick-meup Picnic
St Peter's T20 Prep Cricket Festival
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
St Peter's T20 Prep Cricket Festival
Gr 12 AP Maths Camp
16
17
College MANCOM
22
29
Gr 10 Mass
Gr 5 Retreat
Maintenance
Meeting
3
Inter Catholic Tennis festival
Gr 12 Science Camp
GPSCA Area Cricket Festival
College Leaders' Induction
Gr 12 IT Paper II
Prep Social Sciences Breakfast
(Auckland Park)
Prep Waterpolo tour to SACS
Gr 7 Retreat
Gr 6 Mass (7:20)
Clamour Ed 5 published
Gr 4 Cake & Candy
12:00 close
KZN Basketball Tour departs
Prep Cricket tour to Cape Town &
KZN departs
Uplands Cricket Tour
28
2
Feast of the Guardian Angels
First Friday Mass
Announce 2016 College Leaders
Whole School Staff Meeting
(15:45 - 16:00)
Gr 10 Confirmation
NEA Eisteddfod ends
GR 12 Science Camp
GPSCA Area Cricket Festival
Air Rifle Shooting SA National
11
SATURDAY
College
MANCOM
23
Midterm
Top 10 Athletics (Naboomspruit)
KZN Basketball Tour
Uplands Cricket Tour
Prep Cricket tour to Cape Town &
KZN
Maintenance
Meeting
CSO Gr 7 Mass
Gr 5 Retreat
30
First Holy Communion
24
Top 10 Athletics (Naboomspruit)
KZN Basketball Tour
Uplands Cricket Tour
Prep Cricket tour to Cape Town &
KZN
31
Gr 12 SBA Marks to be submitted
to IEB
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
NOVEMBER 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
All Saints
2
All Souls
Commemoration of the
Faithful departed
College Mass: 7:20
Gr 2 - 7: 9:00
8
Thirty-Second Sunday of
Ordinary Time
15
Thirty-Third Sunday of
Ordinary Time
22
Christ the King
GPSCA Regional Cricket
Festival
29
1st
Sunday of Advent
GPSCA Regional Cricket
Festival
WEDNESDAY
3
Prep Art Exhibition
10
Pension Fund Management Committee
Meeting
PREP END OF YEAR EXAMS
EXCO Meeting
16
Headmaster's
Lounge
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
CSO Principal's Lunch
PREP END OF YEAR EXAMS
23
24
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Gr 4 Orientation Day
Gr 6 Self-Harm & Mental
Health Talk
30
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
17
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Prep Informal Music
Concert
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Gr 5 Drug Awareness Talk
FRIDAY
4
Prep Art Exhibition
9
CLAMOUR EDITION 6
SUBMISSIONS DUE
RE Meeting (13:30)
THURSDAY
5
Gr 7 Thanksgiving Mass
Gr 7 Thanksgiving Dinner
Prep Art Exhibition
Extracurricular
11
Council Meeting
PREP END OF YEAR EXAMS
Prep Staff Meeting
Gr 3 Camp
PREP END OF YEAR EXAMS
18
19
RE Meeting (13:30)
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Junior Prep Informal
Concert
Marketing
25
Meeting
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Prep Staff Meeting
12
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Gr 4 Parents' Evening
26
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Millennium Club Draw
SATURDAY
6
7
Maintenance
13
Meeting
PREP END OF YEAR EXAMS
Wine Festival
Gr 3 Camp
14
20
21
College MANCOM
All Saints of Africa
First Friday Mass
Whole School Staff
Meeting
Gr 4 7 to 7 Retreat
College MANCOM
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
WHOLE SCHOOL
STEERING COMMITTEES
CYCLE ENDS
27
Maintenance
Meeting
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
GPSCA Regional Cricket
Festival
28
GPSCA Regional Cricket
Festival
ST BENEDICT'S
SUNDAY
DECEMBER 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
1
World AIDS Day
6
Second Sunday of Advent
13
7
College Golf
Championships
8
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception of the Virgin
Mary
College Golf
Championships
14
3
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
JP Prizegiving (Gr 1 & 2)
4
27
5
First Friday & End of Term
Thanksgiving Mass
Clamour Ed 6 published
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
12:00 close
9
10
11
12
16
17
18
19
23
24
Day of Reconciliation
21
22
25
Christmas
Holy Family
SATURDAY
Reports Issued
College Golf
Championships
15
Third Sunday of Advent
20
2
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
Gr 3 Prizegiving (18:00)
COLLEGE FINAL EXAMS
FRIDAY
28
29
30
31
26
Day of Goodwill