Calendar

Lunchtime Concert

Winchester Cathedral, 1.15pm

Pieces by Beethoven and Gershwin

Free Entrance

HSMC Presentation Evening

Find out about the Hampshire specialist music course. Talk to staff and students and listen to student performances.

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Open Evening

5.30 - 8.30 pm

You are invited to our Open Evenings to find out more about life at Peter Symonds College. This is a great opportunity for prospective students to look around our outstanding facilities, meet staff and current students, and discover more about the courses and activities we offer.

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Lower Sixth Progress Review Day

All Day

Teacher and student one to one meetings. Teaching is cancelled on this day.

Lower Sixth Progress Review Day

All Day

Teacher and student one to one meetings. Teaching is cancelled on this day.

Lower Sixth Progress Review Day

Morning Only

Teacher and student one to one meetings. Teaching is cancelled on this day.

Holocaust Memorial Concert

Recital Room, PSC, 1pm

Works by Bloch and Knorr to commemorate Holocaust memorial day.

Free

College Concert

Chandlers Ford Methodist Church, 7.30pm

Peter Symonds College Music Department is proud to present our annual College Concert. The varied programme includes a range of performances from Symonds Orchestra, College Choir and Big Band.

Tickets: £8/£5

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Founder's Day Evensong, Winchester Cathedral

5.30pm

Founder's Day Evensong in Winchester Cathedral. Held to commemorate Peter Symonds, founder and benefactor of the college. An amazing opportunity to be part of a 400-year-old tradition.

Holocaust Memorial Concert

Recital Room, PSC, 7.30pm

The move, pushed by the government to save costs, was confirmed by the industry body, the Rail Delivery Group.

Free

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Start of Term: Upper Sixth

Start of Term: Lower Sixth

Black History Month

In 2023, the theme is 'Black Resistance', recognising the ways in which Black people have resisted oppression, discrimination and prejudice throughout history.

01/10/23 - 31/10/23

Open Evening

5.30 - 8.30 pm

You are invited to our Open Evenings to find out more about life at Peter Symonds College. This is a great opportunity for prospective students to look around our outstanding facilities, meet staff and current students, and discover more about the courses and activities we offer.

03/10/23 - 04/10/22

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National Coming Out Day

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is celebrated on 11th October every year to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people to ‘come out of the closet’.

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Half Term: All Students

23/10/23 - 27/10/23

Lunchtime Concert

Winchester Cathedral, 13.15

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HSMC Concert

St. Mary's Church, Kings Worthy, 7.30pm

All students involved in the HSMC chamber music programme are performing in this concert.

£8/£5

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Upper Sixth & Level 2: Progress Review Day

Teacher and Student one to one meetings; no teaching all students

Diwali

Upper Sixth & Level 2: Parents' Evening (Online)

International Men's Day

College Concert

Thornden Hall, Chandlers Ford, 7.30pm

£10/£7:

• Thornden Hall

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Internal UCAS Deadline

Lower Sixth Progress Review Day

Teacher and Student one to one meetings; no teaching all students

Bank Holiday

Start of term for staff and students

Start of Term: All Students

Young Musician Festival

Recital Room, PSC, All week

22/01/24 - 26/01/24

Holocaust Memorial Day Concert

Recital Room, PSC, 1pm

Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide.

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LGBTQ+ History Month

Claiming our past – Celebrating our present – Creating our future

01/02/24 - 29/02/24

• LGBTQ+ History Month

Young Musician Festival: Classical Final

Recital Room, PSC, 1pm

HSMC Auditions

Recital Room, PSC, Week commencing

Careers Day

Careers Day at Peter Symonds College

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

February half term

12/02/24 - 16/02/24

Upper 6 and Level 2 Progress Review Day

Teacher and Student one to one meetings - No teaching all students

Progression Fair

Lower 6 to attend Progression Fair. The annual Progression Fair gives students the opportunity to talk one-on-one with employers and higher education providers.

Lunchtime Chamber Concert

Romsey Abbey, 1pm

Free

• Romsey Abbey

Upper 6 and Level 2 Progress Parents' Evening (online)

Upper 6 and Level 2 Progress Parents' Evening (online)

Oxbridge Information Evening (online)

18:30

Oxbridge Information Evening (online) - 18:30

International Women's Day

International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.

• International Womens Day

Ramadan

observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer, reflection, and community

10/03/24 - 08/04/24

Black Composers Concert

Recital Room, PSC, 1pm

Simon Clarkson Memorial Concert

Chandlers Ford Methodist Church, 7.30pm

£10/£7

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Culture Day

Founder’s Day Evensong

Winchester Cathedral, 5.30pm

Free entrance

Jazz and Soul Night

1865, Southampton, 7.30pm

£10/£7

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End of term

Good Friday - Bank Holiday

Easter Holidays

01/04/24 - 12/04/24

Easter Monday - Bank Holiday

Start of term for staff and students

Start of Term: All Students

HSMC and Friends End Of Year Concert

St Paul’s Church, Winchester, 7.30pm

£10/£7

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Wellbeing Day

wellbeing days are designated time off that employees can use to recharge themselves, putting them in the right headspace for their jobs.

Lower 6 End of Year Exams

24/04/24 - 03/05/24

Early May Bank Holiday

Marking Day

No Lower 6 teaching

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week

13/05/24 - 17/05/24

Lower 6 students teaching resumes

Lower 6 students teaching resumes

Last day of teaching for Upper 6

Last day of teaching for Upper 6

Staff Training Day

No teaching

23/05/24 - 24/05/24

Staff Training Day

No teaching

Spring Bank Holiday

May Half Term

27/05/24 - 31/05/24

Pride Month

LGBT Pride Month is a month, typically June, dedicated to celebration and commemoration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride.

01/06/24 - 30/06/24

Lower 6 Progress Review Day

No teaching

Lower 6 Parents' Evening (online)

Lower 6 Parents' Evening (online)

Windrush Day

Windrush Day is a commemoration in the United Kingdom held on 22 June to honour the contributions of migrants to the post-war economy.

‘Pitch Perfect’ Lunchtime Concert

St Cross Chapel, Winchester, 2.30pm

Free entrance

Lunchtime Concert

Winchester Cathedral, 1.15pm

General admission fees apply

Open Evening

No afternoon lessons

Open Evening

No teaching

Piano Showcase

Recital Room, PSC, 6pm

End of term for students

Summer Bank Holiday

Christmas Day - Bank Holiday

Boxing Day - Bank Holiday