Telephone Details
School Office: 01672 563228
Bursar: 01672 569088
Email: schooloffice@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
Website: www.st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
Address: Marlborough Road, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 5NT
School Uniform Shop
Opening Times
8.30am Tuesday to Friday
Before and After-School Care Club
Before-School Care Club runs from 7.55am Monday to Friday in the Library of the Burden Building at Travancore. No booking is required.
Children are escorted to their classrooms at 8.30am
After-School Care Club runs until 6.00pm Monday to Friday and is available to children aged 4 upwards. It is held in the Haybrook Library. Bookings
can be made for regular sessions or on an ad hoc basis and should be made by calling the main school office number 01672 563228. If you call to
book for the same day, you must call before 12 midday to enquire about the availability of places.
AUTUMN TERM 2011
SEPTEMBER
Week 1
Mon 5 INSET DAY
Tues 6 INSET DAY
Wed 7 TERM BEGINS at 8.30am
Week 2
Thurs 15 9.00am PTA ‘Welcome to New Parents’ Coffee Morning
Sat 17 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 3
Tues 20 Ballet lessons start
Yr 8 Geography trip
2.00pm Yr 2 Football/Hockey v Stepping Stones (H)
Wed 21 2.00pm U/13, U/12 & U/11A Moyles Court Football Tournament
7.00pm Senior Nursery Parents’ Meeting
7.00pm Junior Nursery Parents’ Meeting
Sat 24 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 4
Wed 28 Individual School Photographs
2.15pm U/10B & C Football v Pilgrims (A)
2.30pm U/11A & B Football v Sherfield (H)
2.30pm U/13/12 Football v Appleford (A)
Thurs 29 9.00am Praise Assembly 2T
OCTOBER
Sat 1 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 5
Mon 3 Reception & Pre-Prep Parents Consultations all week
Tues 4 2.30pm U/8A & B Football v Rookwood (H)
2.30pm U/8A & B Netball fun activities v Rookwood (H)
Wed 5 2.30pm U/10 Hockey v SCS (H)
2.30pm U/11 Hockey v Rookwood (A) CANCELLED
2.30pm U/11A Football v Appleford (H)
2.30pm U/13 Hockey v SCS B (H)
2.30pm U/13/12 Football v Rookwood (A)
Thurs 6 9.00am Praise Assembly 2S
Fri 7 St Francis Harvest Celebration 2.30pm
Sat 8 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 6
Mon 10 Yr 3 Parents’ Consultations all week.
3.10pm U/11 Hockey v Rookwood (H) *
5.00pm Yrs 5 & 6 Swimming Gala v Godolphin (A)
Tues 11 U/9A & B U/8A & B Football v Thorngrove (A)
Yr 5 trip to Braeside *
Wed 12 GL Assessments start (Summer Term)*
2.30pm U/11A & B Hockey v SCS (H)
2.30pm U/11/10C/D Football v Rookwood (A)
U/11A U/11/10B & C/D Football v Thorngrove (A)
U/13/12 1st X1 Football v Horris Hill 2nd X1 (A)
Thurs 13 9.00am Praise Assembly 1L
5.00pm Yr 6G Parents’ Evening
Fri 14 9.30am – 12.30pm Open Morning
Sat 15 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 7
Mon 17 Yr 8 girls 1st HPV Vaccination
2.15pm U/9A & B Football v Sherfield (H)
5.00pm Yr 6B Parents’ Evening
Tues 18 3.30pm PTA Harvest Cake Sale
2.15pm U/9 Hockey fun activities Leaden Hall (H)
Wed 19 2.15pm U/13/12 1st X1 Football v Thorngrove (H)
2.30pm U/10A & B Hockey v Thorngrove (A)
2.30pm U/11A & B U/10A, B & C Football v Farleigh (A)
2.30pm U/13 Hockey v ThorngroveA/B (H)
4.00pm HALF TERM BEGINS
Week 8
Mon 31 8.30am TERM RESTARTS
NOVEMBER
Tues 1 Operation Christmas Child boxes in this week
11.55am ‘Lunch with Your Child’ 2S
2.30pm U/8A & B Football v Rookwood (A)
2.30pm U/8 Netball mixed school 5/side Tournament (A)
2.30pm U/9 Hockey v Warminster (H)
Wed 2 2.30pm U/11A Football v Sherfield (A)
2.30pm U/11/10B Football v Sherfield (A)
2.30pm U/13 Hockey v FarleighB/C (H)
U/13/12 1st X1 Football v Appleford (H)
Thurs 3 9.00am Praise Assembly 1T
5.00pm Yrs 5 & 6 Swimming Gala v Leaden Hall (Godolphin School)
6.00pm Reading Aloud Competition
Fri 4 PTA Bonfire Night
Sat 5 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 9
Mon 7 Yr 2 trip to Westonbirt Arboretum
2.15pm U/9A & B Football v Sherfield (A)
Tues 8 11.55am ‘Lunch With Your Child’ 1L
2.30pm U/8A & B U/9A & B Football v Daneshill (A)
2.30pm U/11A & B Football v Daneshill (A)
Wed 9 2.00pm St Francis U/10 Football Tournament (H)
2.00pm St Francis U/10 Hockey Tournament (H)
2.30pm U/11A & B Football v Daneshill (A)
Thurs 10 St Francis PTA Christmas Fair
Yrs 6 - 8 Exams begin
9.00am Praise Assembly RecM
Sat 12 9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 10
Mon 14 1.40pm Yrs 4 - 8 House Football
1.40pm Yrs 4 - 8 House Hockey
Tues 15 Operation Christmas Child
11.55am ‘Lunch With Your Child’ 2T
2.15pm Yrs 3 & 4 House Football
2.15pm U/9A, B & C 5/side Hockey v Thorngrove (A)
Wed 16 Yrs 6 - 8 Exams end
2.15pm U/11A & U/11/10B & C Football v Thorngrove (H)
2.15pm U/11A mixed Hockey v Appleford (A)
2.30pm U/10A Hockey v Prior Park (A)
2.30pm U/10 Football v Appleford (A)
2.30pm U/11B Hockey v Prior ParkB (A)
2.30pm U/13/12 1st X1 Football v Thorngrove (A)
Thurs 17 9.00am Praise Assembly RecA
Fri 18 2.00pm U/8 Daneshill Football Tournament (A)
Sat 19 Yr 6 - 8 trip
9.00am – 10.15am Football Club Yrs 2 & 3
10.15am – 11.30am Football Club Yrs 4, 5 & 6
Week 11
Tues 22 Yr 1 visit by Devizes Heritage Museum (at St Francis)
11.55am ‘Lunch With Your Child’ 1T
2.15pm U/9A & B U/8A & B Football v Thorngrove (H)
2.30pm U/9A Hockey v SCS (A)
5.00pm Yr 7 Parents’ Evening
Wed 23 Yr 5 residential trip to Hooke Court
2.30pm U/11A 1X Football v Pilgrims’ B 1X (A)
2.30pm U/13 Hockey v Marlston House B/C (H)
2.30pm U/13/12 1st X1 Football v Pilgrims’ 2nd X1 (A)
Fri 25 Yr 5 trip to Hooke Court returns
Sat 26 Devizes Eisteddfod
Week 12
Tues 29 2.15pm Yrs 3 & 4 House Netball
Wed 30 9.00am Yrs 3 - 8 Enrichment Day Bath University Netball Coaching
9.00am Yrs 3 - 8 Enrichment Day London Irish Rugby Coaching
5.00pm Yr 8 Parents’ Evening
DECEMBER
Week 13
Wed 7 2.30pm U/11/10B Rugby v SCS (H)
2.30pm U/13/12 1st XV & U/11A Rugby v SCS (A)
Thurs 8 2.00pm Reception Christmas Play
5.00pm Yrs 7 & 8 Swimming Gala v Pilgrims
Week 14
Tues 13 Yr 8 girls 2nd HPV Vaccination
Wed 14 2.00pm Nursery Nativity Play
Thur 15 1.30pm Reception Christmas Party
2.00pm Rec –Yr 6 Pantomime
2.00pm Nursery Christmas Party
6.00pm PTA Christmas Disco
Fri 16 3.00pm Carol Service – Marlborough Chapel*
4.00pm TERM ENDS
SPRING TERM 2012
Term Starts Wednesday 11 January
Half-Term Friday 10 February at 4.00pm
Return Monday 20 February
Term Ends Friday 30 March (after Easter Service)
SUMMER TERM 2012
Term Starts Thursday 19 April
Half-Term Friday 1 June at 4.00pm
Return Monday 11 June
Term Ends Friday 6 July (after Speech Day)
ACTING HEADMASTER
Mr Nick Brodrick Bed, Cert Ed
Email: headmaster@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
BURSAR
Mrs Lorraine Stanford ACMA
Email: bursar@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
DEPUTY HEADMASTER (ACADEMIC)
Mr Paul Spencer BA Hons, PGCE
Email: spencerp@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
DEPUTY HEADMISTRESS (PASTORAL)
Mrs Yvonne Parmenter Cert Ed
Email: parmentery@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
SENIOR MASTER/HEAD OF PRE-REP AND JUNIOR PREP
Mr Brynley Jones MPhil, BSc Hons, PGCE
Email: jonesb@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
EYFS CO-ORDINATOR
Mrs Rachel Ashman BSc Hons, PGCE
Email: ashmanr@st-francis.wilts.sch.uk
HEAD BOY Jake Benney
HEAD GIRL Chelsea Pearce
MONITORS Martha Franks
Sarah Mattinson
Leonel Richard
Callum Short
James Sweett
SCHOOL TERM AND HOLIDAY DATES 2011-2012 Highlighted dates are St Francis School holidays
August/September October November
Monday 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
Tuesday 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Wednesday 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Thursday 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
Friday 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Saturday 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
Sunday 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
December January February
Monday 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Tuesday 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
Wednesday 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Thursday 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23
Friday 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24
Saturday 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25
Sunday 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26
March April May
Monday 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28
Tuesday 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29
Wednesday 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30
Thursday 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31
Friday 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25
Saturday 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26
Sunday 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27
June July August/September
Monday 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27
Tuesday 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28
Wednesday 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29
Thursday 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30
Friday 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31
Saturday 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1
Sunday 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2