Week 1 April
Monday 19

Term Begins

8.25 am Day Pupils return

No activities - Years 4 - 7 children staying in school after 4.00 pm will have prep until 5.00 pm and will be supervised until tea at 6.00 pm

After School Club as normal

Buses and boarders leave as normal at 6.30 pm
Tuesday 20

11.30 am - 4.30 pm Year 6 visit to CHAS

No activities - Years 4 - 7 children staying in school after 4.00 pm will have prep until 5.00 pm and will be supervised until tea at 6.00 pm

After School Club as normal

Wednesday 21

U11 Rounders v St Mary's (A) return 5.00 pm

U10 Rounders v St Mary's (A) return 5.00 pm

U9 Rounders v St Mary's (A) return 5.00 pm
Thursday 22

Activities begin

School, Class and Team Photographs - Years 4 - 7 will need winter and summer games kit
Friday 23

St Leonard's Junior Golf Tournament

9.00 - 11.45 am Nursery visit to Butterfly World

Saturday 24

9.15 am "The Sound of Music" Full Cast Rehearsal

9.15 am - 12.15pm Activities Programme

Sunday 25

Week 2 April/May
Monday 26

Scottish Travelling Books Week

Tuesday 27

2.00 pm Year 7K Buddhist Workshop

9.00 - 11.45 am Nursery visit to the Botanic Gardens

Wednesday 28

Year 2 Visit to the Edinburgh Mosque

U9 Cricket v Belhaven (A) return 5.30 pm

2.00 pm U10 Cricket v St. Mary's (H) finish 5:00 pm

2.00 pm Years 6 and 7 House Cricket 4.15 pm finish (all boys involved)

Thursday 29

8.45 am UK Junior Maths Challenge Year 7

Year 5 Visit to Whitelees Wind Farm

Year 6 Visit by Royal Observatory

7.00 pm Online Safety Briefing for Years 3- 7 parents
Friday 30 3.50 pm - 4.35 pm Whole School Chapel Service

(Years 4 - 7 to attend)

Saturday 1

Years 6 & 7 Fun weekend

Sunday 2

Years 6 & 7 Fun weekend

Week 3 May
Monday 3

Electric Lego City - Nipper Hall

am Years 6 - 7

pm Years 1 - 3

Tuesday 4

Electric Lego City - Nipper Hall

am Years 4 - 5

2.00pm 7P Buddhist Workshop

5.00 pm Staff meeting

Wednesday 5

U9 Rounders v Cargilfield (A) return 5.30 pm

U10 Rounders v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

U11 Rounders v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

U12 Rounders v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

2.00pm U9 Cricket v St. Mary's (H) finish 5.00 pm

2.00pm U11 Cricket v St. Mary's (H) finish 5.00 pm

2.00pm U12 Cricket v St. Mary's (A) return 6.00 pm

5.30 pm Parents' Forum - Nipper Library

Thursday 6

4.00 pm "Sound of Music" rehearsal

Friday 7

1.45pm Years 4 - 7 Lecture

Overnight Leave Weekend

3.00 pm Buses depart

Saturday 8

No Activities

Sunday 9

8.00 pm Boarders return

Week 4 May
Monday 10

4.00 pm Athletics at Fettes return 6.00 pm

2.00 pm U11b Cricket v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

9.30 am Year 7 visit to Holyrood Palace return 12.30 pm

SCIS Art teachers workshop hosted by the Nippers

Tuesday 11

Year 6 Trip to Tantallon Castle

Year 7 Drama Workshop with Strangetown Youth Theatre
Wednesday 12

U9 Rounders v St Mary's (H) finish 4.00 pm

U10 Rounders v St Mary's/Clifton Hall (H) finish 4.00 pm

U11 Girls Tennis v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

U12 Girls Tennis v Belhaven (H) finish 4.00 pm

2.00 pm Under 10b Cricket v Merchiston (A) 5.00 pm return

U11 Cricket v Belhaven (H) finish 5.30 pm

U12 Cricket v St. Leonard's (HPG) finish 5.30 pm
Thursday 13

8.35 am Choir to sing at Senior School Double - see note below

11.30 am Loretto Simmers Cup and U11 Golf Competitions - Haddington Golf Club finish 6.00 pm

The Hospital Force Science Show:

11.00 am Years 1 - 3

2.00 pm Years 4 - 7

4.00 pm "Sound of Music" rehearsal
Friday 14

3.00 pm U10 Cricket v Edinburgh Academy (A) return 6.00 pm

1.45 pm Sports afternoon with St Margaret's School

Saturday 15

9.15 am "Sound of Music" Full Cast Rehearsal

9.15 am - 12.15 pm Revised Activities Programme

10.30 am - 12.30 pm Open Morning for Prospective Parents

Year 4 & 5 Fun Weekend
Sunday 16 Year 4 & 5 Fun Weekend
Week 5 May
Monday 17

8.30 am Coffee and tea will be served in the Reception Room

9.30 am Nipper Chapel Service - Parents welcome

(Yr 4-7 Red Jackets)

2.00 pm U12 Cricket v East of Scotland (H)

Tuesday 18

Year 6 Maths 'Measurement Workshop' at the Musselburgh racecourse

9.30 am - 10.30 am talk to Nursery by PC Douglas Smith on Road Safety and Stranger Danger

Wednesday 19

U10 Rounders v Clifton Hall (A) return 5.30 pm

U10 Cricket v Cargilfield (A) return 5.30 pm

U11 Cricket v Cargilfield (A) return 6.00 pm

U12 Cricket v Cargilfield (H) finish 5.30 pm

Thursday 20

10.50 am - 5.00 pm "Sound of Music" rehearsal

1.30 pm Nursery to Year 1 Induction afternoon for children and parents

5.00 pm Piano Concert - see attached note

Friday 21

8.45 am - 12.30 pm "Sound of Music" Rehearsal

1.30 pm "Sound of Music" performance to school

Saturday 22

9.15 am "Sound of Music" Full Cast Rehearsal

9.15 am - 12.15 pm Activities Programme

Sunday 23
Week 6 May
Monday 24

U10 Rounders v Fettes (H) return 4.00 pm

U11 Rounders v Fettes (H) return 4.00 pm

U12 Rounders v Fettes (H) return 4.00 pm
Tuesday 25

Revised Activities Programme

7.00 pm "Sound of Music" Dress Rehearsal - see note below for arrangements for cast
Wednesday 26

U9 Cricket V Cargilfield (A) return 5.30 pm

2.00 pm U10B Cricket v Merchiston return 5.00 pm

2.00 pm U11B v Edinburgh Academy (H) finish 4.00 pm

7.00 pm "Sound of Music" Performance in the Theatre - see note below for arrangements for cast

(Admission by ticket only)
Thursday 27

Revised Activities Programme

7.00 pm "Sound of Music" Performance in the Theatre - see note below for arrangements for cast

(Admission by ticket only)
Friday 28

3.00 pm Half Term begins

3.00 pm Buses depart

Saturday 29

No Activities

Sunday 30
Week 7 May/June
Monday 31

Half Term

Tuesday 1 Half Term
Wednesday 2 Half Term
Thursday 3 Half Term
Friday 4 Half Term
Saturday 5 Half Term
Sunday 6

8.00 pm Boarders return

Week 8 June
Monday 7

U12 Girls Tennis v Fettes (A) return 5.30 pm

2.00 pm U12a Cricket v Stewart Melville (H)finish 5.30 pm

2.00 pm U12b Cricket v Stewart Melville (H) finish 5.30 pm
Tuesday 8

Year 2 trip to Glasgow

1.45 pm - 2.45 pm Nursery Induction
Wednesday 9

U9 Rounders v Cargilfield (A) return 5.30 pm

U10 Rounders v Cargilfield (H) finish 4.00 pm

U11 Rounders v Cargilfield/Craigclowan (A) return 5.30 pm

U12 Rounders v Cargilfield (H) finish 4.00 pm

U9 Cricket v Fettes (H) finish 5.00 pm

3.30 pm U10 Cricket v Edinburgh Academy (H) finish 6.00 pm

U11 Cricket v Fettes (A) return 5.30 pm
Thursday 10
Friday 11

U12a Cricket v Carlton CC (H) finish 5.00pm

Saturday 12 9.15 am - 12.15 pm Summer Fair for Year 4 -7 children
Sunday 13
Week 9 June
Monday 14

9.30 am Nipper Chapel Service - Parents welcome

8.30 am Coffee and tea will be served in the Reception Room

10.30 am Transition Meeting for Year 3 Parents, Nipper Hall

U12 Cricket v Fettes (A) 6.00 pm return

U10 Cricket v Fettes (A) 5.30 pm return

House Rounders Competition
Tuesday 15

1.30 - 5.30 pm Year 5 Art Park Workshop

Nursery transition activity afternoon

5.00 pm Staff meeting
Wednesday 16

3.00 pm U11 Cricket v Edinburgh Academy (A) 6.00 pm return

2.00 pm U10a Cricket v Merchiston (A) 5.30 pm return

2.00 pm U10b Cricket v Merchiston (A) 5.30 pm return
Thursday 17

Year 5 visit to Scotland Street Museum

8.00 am Year 7 Sports Tour to St Olave's School, York

Year 7 Cricket v St Olave's (A)

Year 7 Rounders v St Olave's (A)

Revised Activity Programme
Friday 18

10.45 am - 11.45 am Nursery Garden Party

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm Early Years Music Concert

Years 4 & 5 House Cricket Competition

6.00 pm Year 7 Sports Tour returns

Year 7 Tudor Workshop, Barley Hall, York

Revised Activity Programme
Saturday 19

10.00 am Fathers v Sons Cricket

10.00 am Mothers v Daughters Rounders

No activities
Sunday 20

Loretto Day

Week 10 June

Monday 21

8.55 am - 9.35 am Year 7 Transition lesson - see note below

U10 and U11 Athletics v Compass (H) finish 4.00 pm

U10b Cricket v Clifton Hall (H) finish 4.30 pm
Tuesday 22 9.00 am - 3.00 pm Nursery visit to East Links, Dunbar
Wednesday 23

U12 Rounders v St Mary's (H) finish 4.00 pm

(St Mary's away on camp)

U9 Rounders v Belhaven (A) return 5.30 pm

U10 Rounders v Belhaven (A) return 5.30 pm

U11 Rounders v Belhaven (A) return 5.30 pm

U12 Cricket v Ardvreck (A) return 6.00 pm

U11b Cricket v Cargilfield (A) return 6.00 pm
Thursday 24

9.00 am - 3.00 pm Year 3 visit to the Highland Show

Year 4 visit to Vikingar

Low Carbon Day
Friday 25

U12 Cricket v Carlton CC (A) return 6.00 pm

U11b Cricket v Belhaven (A) return 5.30 pm

Choir Concert with Albyn School, Aberdeen - see note below

Last day for day activities
Saturday 26

9.15am Children to arrive at the Junior School

10.00 am Nipper Sports Day (Years 3-7) followed by BBQ for all competitors and spectators

No activities
Sunday 27 IAPS Athletics at Fettes
Week 11 June/July
Monday 28

8.30 am Year 7 Induction Day in Senior School

9.00am - 9.45 am Transition lesson with new teacher

10.00 am Year 6 Residential Trip departs

1.45pm U10 Cricket v Compass (H) finish 3.30pm

1.45pm U10 Rounders v Compass (H) finish 3.30 pm
Tuesday 29

8.30 am Year 7 Induction Day in Senior School

Year 6 Residential Trip returns 5.00 pm

1.45 pm - 2.45pm Nursery - Year 2 Sports Day on Newfield followed by refreshments in the Nipper Hall

Wednesday 30

Lunch for all Pre School Children and Parents in the School Dining Room

Early Years Activity Day - Five Sisters Zoo
Thursday 1

3.00 pm Nursery finish

7.00 pm Year 7 Leavers' Ceilidh and Dinner - see note below

Friday 2

8.30 am Coffee and tea will be served in the Reception Room

9.30 am Chapel Service

11.00 am Prize Giving in the Senior School Theatre - please collect your children directly from the Theatre.

12 noon Drinks at the Nippers for parents and children

1.00 pm Term Ends No buses