Events

Calendar Of Events

Our events programme carries on with many events going online for the first half of the Lent 2021 Term, for more details see the College website or My School Portal.

A summary of upcoming key events can also be found below:

  • Entrance Examinations for September 2021 entry - Saturday 23 January 2021
  • Year 9 Online Parents' Evening - Tuesday 26 January 2021
  • PTA Quiz - Friday 29 January 2021
  • Year 11 Online Parents' Evening - Thursday 4 February 2021
  • GCSE Options Evening - Thursday 11 February 2021
  • Upper Sixth Online Parents' Evening - Thursday 4 March 2021
  • Year 10 Online Parents' Evening - Thursday 11 March 2021
  • Virtual Careers Fair - Saturday 20 March 2021

PTA Burns Night Quiz

Friday 29 January 2021 - 7.30pm to 9.30pm

The College PTA invites you to take part in their Virtual Burns Night Quiz on Friday 29 January.

The quiz will run from 7.30pm to 9.00pm and promises to be a Scottish themed extravaganza in aid of Mary’s Meals, the Scottish-based charity, which is so close to Princethorpe’s heart..

Featuring some of Rabbie Burns’ renowned poetry and including six rounds of 10 questions each, with topics such as Geography, Music, Sport, Celebrities, Landmarks and General Knowledge all with a Scottish slant, there are sure to be questions to suit all the family.

There is no charge to take part in the quiz, but we are asking families to kindly donate to the College’s ongoing project with Mary’s Meals supporting the feeding programme at Makalanga School in Malawi. The College is just under half way towards its £10,000 target for this year’s fundraising. All donations made before Sunday 31 January 2021 will also benefit from the Government’s pledge to match funding and thus double your donation to this deserving cause. When you use the link below to donate to our sponsored school in Malawi, you will also be helping Mary’s Meals support new school feeding programmes in Liberia.

You can make a donation here: princethorpe-4-makalanga-2

Family teams or individual entrants are welcome. There are no prizes for this quiz, but House points will be awarded to all who take part.

The evening is sure to be excellent entertainment so why not join in the fun. If you would like to take part, then please register here.

A link to the Zoom meeting will then be sent to you shortly before the Quiz takes place. 

With kind regards

The PTA Committee

 

Parents' Reading Group - Reminder

The Parents' Reading Group has been running for many years now. A group of parents get together once a month to discuss a book we have all previously agreed on. It's an opportunity for readers to share their reading interests with others and to pick up suggestions to broaden their own reading. We are very eclectic in our tastes and completely unpretentious. We'd welcome newcomers and can guarantee all a warm and friendly welcome when we are once again able to meet.

As circumstances will not permit us to meet at present many of us have kept in touch about books via email.  Please let me know if you’d like to be on the reading group emailing list (chriskerrigan@princethorpe.co.uk) and I’ll add you to it. We look forward to welcoming a few new faces when permitted to meet, but until then we’ll continue to share reading suggestions via email.

Chris Kerrigan
Head of English