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This week culminated with Mrs Franklin’s excellent class assembly. It was a little trip down memory lane for the staff and parents, and a whole new world for the children, when 2F brought ‘Blockbusters’ and not just one Bob Holness,… Read more

Year 1 enjoyed a Science workshop on Wednesday morning, around the topic of ‘Light and Dark’. There were a variety of activities on offer including: a light table, pop-up dark room, blindfold games and light box activities. The children travelled… Read more

The Year 2 children invited their parents to join in with a Rocket Workshop to round of their first half of the term. The children were assigned to five groups: Neutron, Atom, Peake, Sputnik and Einstein, and completed a round-robin… Read more

Year 1’s ‘Marvellous Middle’ event consisted of a whole day of rocket themed fun. Phase 1 was an investigation into gravity where the children were required to make predictions and test their hypotheses. Phase 2 saw the children making small… Read more

On Wednesday Mrs Lewis’ happy band of performers treated us to a fact-packed assembly that truly was ‘Out of this World’! The children had memorised a huge amount of interesting information and relayed it clearly and confidently to the audience…. Read more

Children from Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery enjoyed a range of activities yesterday (Friday) to raise money for Velindre – Wales’ leading cancer centre. Pupils and staff across Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools all made donations to wear red to school, while some sold delicious… Read more

The Year 2 children and their families enjoyed an evening of stargazing by fairylight on Thursday. The sky was clear, the conditions were perfect for finding constellations and the children were eager to share their knowledge with their parents. After… Read more

It was our first ever visit to the Think Tank in Birmingham, and the staff were very impressed by the size and quality of the museum. As well as visiting the planetarium, and a chance to lie back on those… Read more

The Reception children set off for Bristol on Tuesday morning, full of excitement and enthusiasm about their excursion. On arrival, the children headed towards the planetarium, where they donned imaginary space suits and strapped themselves securely into their seats. Their… Read more

The children arrived to school on Thursday to find a space shuttle on the welly shed and their classrooms totally transformed. It was with a great deal of excitement that they set off along the riverbank, following the signs to… Read more

As a result of their sponsored walk the Reception children have raised £228 to donate to the Hedgehog Helpline and have also collected a good deal of food, so they were delighted that Bethan Alan was able to come and… Read more

Children from Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery donned wellies, face paint and hedgehog masks today for a sponsored walk. The Reception class looked a picture as they marched along the banks of the River Wye to raise money for the local hedgehog… Read more

Year 2 were very excited to be invited to the Girls’ Prep to take part in some mathematical challenges this week. The Year 5 girls had prepared a variety of tasks in various locations around the school and grounds. Each… Read more

The Year 1 children enjoyed a fire safety workshop this week, in preparation for their re-enactment of the Great Fire of London. The children gathered in the school car park, where their beautiful models of 17th Century houses had been… Read more

The Year 2 team worked extremely hard (and late into the evening) to lay on a fabulous Parisian café to bring their ‘Bright Lights, Big City’ topic together with the children’s French language lessons this week. The children and parents… Read more

On Friday School Council held their first meeting of the new school year. Luca, Noa, Joseph, Leo, Seb and Henry all met in Mrs Phillips’ office to share their own views and the ideas of their peers with her. A… Read more

A Monmouth teacher and her two young sons are celebrating after winning a selfie competition to honour the world’s most loved modelling clay figure. Mrs Franklin posed for the photograph with sons Alastair and Elliott, who made cards to mark… Read more

The Year 1 children had a real treat this week when Emily Buckler from ‘One Day Creative’ came to share her own special brand of historical fun with the children. Drama, song and chronological ordering were all on the agenda,… Read more

Mr Jarvis came to visit our Nursery children to read some stories about Elmer the Elephant this week. He shared his experiences of living in Africa with the children and read them his favourite Elmer stories. The children all sat… Read more

Children and parents had a cosmopolitan feeling when they arrived at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery for the first morning of the new term. There were many happy and smiling youngsters who were greeted just inside the main entrance at… Read more