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We were delighted to invite our Nursery Dads and Grandpas to join us for Forest School on Friday. The children were tasked with sawing up some wood with their adult to make a catapult. They used elastic to complete the… Read more

The nursery staff and children enjoyed a lovely walk along the river to visit the Oxfam shop in Monmouth on Wednesday. When they arrived the children were very excited to see that the shop window was full of their very… Read more

We were delighted to welcome triathlete Chris Silver, Commonwealth and World Championship finalist, to Agincourt on Thursday. Chris shared some of his past experiences and motivation with us and talked about the importance of a growth mindset and being resilient…. Read more

We must extend our heartfelt thanks to the Friends of Agincourt, and all of the parents who have baked and bought cakes, attended Balls, sold ice creams and donated and bid for raffle prizes. Without their efforts we would not… Read more

Children at a Monmouth school had a splashing time when they arrived for the start of the Summer Term. The staff at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery provided a host of activities, including water gun target practice, foil boat building,… Read more

The nursery children and parents took part in a very competitive baking challenge on Wednesday morning. The pairs had to make a tempting sandwich, fruit kebabs, a microwave mug cake and even churned their own butter. We were so impressed… Read more

On a beautiful sunny Tuesday Year 1 enjoyed their ‘fabulous finish’ trip to Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm where they enjoyed an ‘Amazing Africa’ workshop and were introduced to a wide range of smaller African animals. After the children had all… Read more

Mr Wren’s class treated us to a wonderful feast of information, songs and technical effects on the theme of Australia this week. I can safely say that I have never seen the children looking so smart! Huge congratulations to the… Read more

The Year 1 children had been planning their café for some weeks and finally Fair Trade Fortnight had arrived. The project started with designing and making their own t-shirts to wear when serving the fair trade tea and cakes. The… Read more

Where’s Wally, The Hodgeheg and Paddington Bear were among the storybook heroes who turned up to Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools to celebrate their love of reading. Pupils and staff at Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery arrived at lessons dressed as their… Read more

On Friday we rounded off the half term in style with when we welcomed the Year 2 parents to join us for a morning of Aboriginal activities. The children had the options of koala biscuit making, echidna clay craft, turtle modelling,… Read more

On Thursday Sgt. Cameron and Pvt. Bain rounded up their nursery troops and headed out to Forest School for some action on the mud slide. We were very impressed with the children’s enthusiasm and determination and each and every one… Read more

An Olympic swimmer is putting Monmouth children through their strokes after launching a new academy. Thomas Haffield, a former Great Britain swimmer, is working with children at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools on a weekly basis. The new partnership has been forged… Read more

Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Kelly who bought her menagerie of exotic animals along to meet the children. They were introduced to Charlotte the tarantula, Twinkletoes the millipede, a tortoise, Stanley the corn snake, a giant snail and a… Read more

On Wednesday the school children performed their Christmas production, ‘The Inn-spectors’ to a very appreciative audience at the Blake Theatre. The children performed beautifully and effortlessly took the audience from laughter to tears and back again. Many thanks to Mr… Read more

The creative flair at two institutions in the Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools’ family has been recognised nationally. Monmouth School for Girls and Monmouth Schools Pre-Prep and Nursery have been shortlisted in the Creativity section in the 2019 Tes Independent School Awards. Tes… Read more

Our Nursery children and staff have been very busy this week as they have performed their Christmas Show no less than three times! The Reception children and older siblings were invited to watch the dress rehearsal on Wednesday, followed by… 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

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