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  Pupils and staff at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools have joined in the fun to raise money for BBC Children in Need. The children at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery made Pudsey masks and hats and took part in fun competitions…. Read more

The Year 2 children arrived back to their classrooms to find that the rooms had been left in disarray and that some very mysterious packages and objects had been delivered whilst they were out at play time. Unfortunately Mrs Franklin… Read more

On Thursday morning we invited the Nursery children to come and share our Harvest Service with us. The school children performed ‘In the Autumn’, ‘Big, Red Combine Harvester’ and ‘Thank you, Lord’ with some musical accompaniment. The Year 2 children… Read more

Those of you in possession of one 3 year old will have some idea of the huge amount of organisation and attention to detail required when organsing a trip for eighteen of them. So, with a good deal of preparation… Read more

To round off their busy first half of term, the Nursery children all enjoyed a day of pirate themed activities whilst decked out in some rather impressive costumes. They made some very colourful feathered parrots, foil hooks and pirate hats…. Read more

The Year 1 classes enjoyed a fantastic morning of Battle of Hastings themed fun at White Castle on Tuesday. It was an idyllic morning, with the castle bathed in sunshine and Minstrel Tom on hand to fill the air with… Read more

Reception enjoyed a fantastic trip to Cardiff Castle on Tuesday. Our intrepid band of knights in training were challenged with a variety of tasks. including aiming for a moving target and tests of valour, concentration and teamwork. Sir Devlyn was… Read more

The Year 1 classes enjoyed a terrific trip to Cardiff Castle on Wednesday. They were introduced to Sir Jay, who showed them a variety of armour and weaponry that the children were able to try on and hold. They looked… Read more

  Children at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery were given a special medieval welcome to mark the start of term and the launch of their Turrets and Tiaras topic. All staff dressed in period costume and children had the opportunity… Read more

On Monday we launched our annual Festival of Literacy with a fancy dress book character event. The children and staff arrived to school wearing a fantastic array of costumes, and many had brought their favourite book along to share with… Read more

The Nursery children were very excited to be boarding the coach and heading over the bridge to Bristol today. On arrival, they had the opportunity to build with some oversized bricks before heading into the planetarium. There were many ‘oohs’… Read more

The Reception classes treated us to a feast of dinosaur facts, dance and song this morning. The assembly told us the story of Reception’s travels back in time to the Mesozoic Era. The children delivered their lines beautifully and we… Read more

Make science lessons longer and increase the length of break-time. That was the advice of three ‘new’ head teachers at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery, Monmouth School Boys’ Prep and Monmouth School Girls’ Prep on Wednesday 16th May. Three pupils… Read more

During their visit to the Roman Baths in Bath, Year 2 took part in an educational workshop where they learnt about Roman dress, including togas, and had the opportunity to try some on. They handled and identified Roman artefacts, including… Read more

Eye-catching scale models of a DeLorean car and a Tardis greeted children on their return to a Monmouth school this week. The boys and girls from Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery were met at the front gate by the iconic… Read more

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