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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

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

It was a real treat to be invited to join our new Year 2 classes on their trip to Eastnor Castle on Monday. On arrival, the children enjoyed some fun and games in an impressive adventure play area, where Mr… Read more

It is always terribly sad when we have to say goodbye to our Year 2 children and their families, but we certainly did it in style this year. The children sang a selection of songs including ‘One More Step’, ‘Happy… Read more

On the final Tuesday of the academic year, the Year 2 children enjoyed a fantastic surprise visit to Legoland. It was an extremely hot day so we made the absolute most of all the water rides! The children behaved impeccably… 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

Given the enormous amount of work that had gone into Outdoor Classroom Day the staff had agreed that our Royal Wedding activities would be fairly low-key. I should have known that this team do not do anything by halves and… Read more

We were blessed with beautiful sunny weather for our Outdoor Classroom Day on Thursday. Outdoor Classroom Day is a global initiative which was introduced to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play. The children arrived to find an enormous inflatable assault course on the field,… Read more

The Reception children were very excited to be visiting Dan-yr-Ogof this week. It was our first visit to the caves and Dinosaur Valley and we were all very impressed with the site and facilities. We started our visit with a… Read more