What’s on @ Monkton Lent Term 2024
Lent Upcoming Events Please come and join us this Lent term
ABOUT US MPC aims to bring together the parent community across the school in order to enhance the parent and pupil experience at Monkton. We also create events that bring the community together whilst raising money to enhance the school, and to support outward facing charitable interests. If you would like to get involved, please email mpc@monkton.org.uk
What’s On – Lent Term 17th January: Prep School Coffee Morning
PREP SCHOOL
28th February: Prep School Coffee Morning and second hand uniform sale
21st March: Easter Egg Hunt at Prep School
SENIOR SCHOOL WHOLE SCHOOL
29th January: Senior School Coffee Morning
11th March: Senior School Coffee Morning
22nd February: Quiz Night - All welcome. (See newsletters for more details)
Lent Term 2024
WELCOME Welcome to the Lent Term Monkton Community events programme 2024 It is a joy to welcome you to this term’s What’s On guide. As always, we jump into the new year with a busy term of exciting events for our whole Monkton community to look forward to. Our annual Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh is hotly anticipated for many parents and staff and an excellent opportunity to come together at the start of the year. The pupil band will help create a brilliant atmosphere and as ever, kilts are optional but encouraged! This term, instead of a single day, we will see Monkton’s first Wellbeing Week, with a host of activities and talks designed to encourage our pupils to reflect on their wellbeing across the curriculum and promote positive mental health. This will sit alongside our popular Wild Monkton and Field Days where both Prep and Senior School pupils spend the day learning and participating in activities beyond the classroom. Pupils will also hear from some excellent speakers this term, with artist, author and speaker Angela Findlay, and Climate in Colour founder Joycelyn Longdon giving our Monkton Lectures. Our Year 12 pupils will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills with the launch of this year’s Monkton Leadership Award. The Chaplaincy team will be busy, hosting Crossfire talks and their annual ‘Big Escape’ weekend, whilst also counting down to Easter and the Prep School Easter Service at Holy Trinity Combe Down.
In sport, as the days get longer and the weather (hopefully!) starts to brighten, the fixtures come thick and fast, with hockey and netball seasons in full swing alongside rowing, cross country, and more. We hope that many teams and individuals will build on the success of previous years in a number of regional and national competitions. There is lots to look forward to from our Expressive Arts department, with Band Night and our Scholars’ Concert at the Senior School, and House Music and our Year 5 & 6 Play at the Prep School. Prep School pupils will also get to take part in workshops and showcase their talents in the annual Mid Somerset Festival. Many pupils will venture beyond the valley, with trips to Athens, Canada and Spain, along with Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and our Monkton Mountain Challenge, to name a few! With events for pupils, parents and alumni to come together this term, it is in these moments that I get to witness the power in community that makes Monkton what it is; I look forward to sharing these experiences with many of you.
Chris Wheeler Principal, Monkton Combe School
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What’s on @ Monkton Lent Term 2024
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MSS - Senior School MPS - Prep School OMs - Old Monktonians MPC - Monkton Parent Community
Events and details are correct at the time of printing, but could remain subject to change.
Lent Term 2024
THURSDAY 4TH JANUARY MSS | All Day | Senior School Astro
Pre Season Hockey Boys 1st XI Training
FRIDAY 5TH JANUARY MSS | All Day | Cardiff
Pre Season Hockey Boys 1st XI Festival Until Saturday 6th January TUESDAY 9TH JANUARY MSS | All Day
Pre Season Hockey Training Until Wednesday 10th January MSS | All Day | Knight Sports Centre
MSS | All Day | Saltford Rowing Centre
Until Wednesday 10th January
Until Wednesday 10th January
Pre Season Netball Training
Pre Season Rowing
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What’s on @ Monkton
WEDNESDAY 10TH JANUARY
SATURDAY 13TH JANUARY
MPS | MSS
MSS | 19.00-23.00
Boarders Return
Years 9-13 Silent Disco
MPS | 18.30-20.00
Year 7 ‘Entering Adolescence’ Evening THURSDAY 11TH JANUARY MPS | MSS
Term Begins FRIDAY 12TH JANUARY MSS | 16.30-23.00 | Bristol Old Vic
Year 10 & 12 Theatre Trip: ‘Metamorphosis’
SUNDAY 14TH JANUARY MSS | All Day | Bath Rec
Bath Rugby vs Racing Metro Trip
SUNDAY 14TH JANUARY MSS | 9.00-15.00 | Maths and Science Building
Gold DofE Route Setting Day
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Lent Term 2024
MONDAY 15TH JANUARY MSS | 19.45-20.30 | Croft House
MSS | 19.00-22.00
Years 9-11 Winter Ball
Year 9 Bible Study
MSS | 19.30-23.00 | Pearce Centre
Sixth Form Pearce Centre Party SUNDAY 21ST JANUARY MSS | 20.30-21.30 | Y10 & 11 Library, Y12 Croft House, Y13 Library
Year 10-13 Bible Studies
MSS | 10.00-16.00 | AirHop, Bristol
Trip to AirHop Trampoline Park
THURSDAY 18TH JANUARY MSS | All Day
Sixth Form Mentoring Programme Launch SATURDAY 20TH JANUARY MPS | MSS | Churchill Academy
Avon Schools Cross Country Championships
MONDAY 22ND JANUARY MSS | 8.00-14.30 | Clifton College
U16 Boys Hockey: Avon Championships
MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House
Grange Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler
TUESDAY 23RD JANUARY MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Old Hall
Prefects’ Dinner
THURSDAY 25TH JANUARY MSS | 18.00-20.30
Year 12 Parents’ Meeting (Online) 7
What’s on @ Monkton
FRIDAY 26TH JANUARY MPS | MSS | 18.45-22.15 | MSS Dining Hall
Burns Night Supper & Ceilidh
FRIDAY 26TH JANUARY MPS | 13.00-15.00
Show and Learn Afternoon Years R-2: 13.00-14.00 Years 3-5: 14.00-15.00
MPS | 15.00
Hatton Catch Up MPS | MSS | 16.15
Exeat Weekend Ends 28th January (MSS Voluntary, MPS Compulsory)
MSS | 14.45-16.00 | Chapel
Monkton Leadership Award
TUESDAY 30TH JANUARY MSS | 18.30-20.00
Years 11-13 Futures Evening WEDNESDAY 31ST JANUARY MSS | 14.00-16.00 | Pascal, Maths and Science Building
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge MSS | 16.30-17.30
LAMDA Live 8
What’s on @ Monkton Lent Term 2023
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MSS - Senior School MPS - Prep School OMs - Old Monktonians MPC - Monkton Parent Community
Events and details are correct at the time of printing, but could remain subject to change.
What’s on @ Monkton
THURSDAY 1ST FEBRUARY
SATURDAY 3RD FEBRUARY
MSS | 20.30-21.30 | Old Hall
MPS | MSS | Blaise Castle, Bristol
Crossfire
South West Schools Cross Country Championships
FRIDAY 2ND FEBRUARY MPS | 9.30 | Cheltenham College
U13 Hockey: IAPS Tournament
MSS | 10.00-12.00
Senior School Open Morning An opportunity for prospective families to come and visit the school. MSS | 19.00-23.00
Clarendon Formal House Dinner
MSS | 18.30-19.30 | Chapel
Monkton Lectures: Angela Findlay
MSS | 19.00-23.00
Eddystone Informal Dinner SUNDAY 4TH FEBRUARY MSS | All Day | TBC
Go-Karting Trip MONDAY 5TH FEBRUARY MPS | 10.00
U11 Hockey: County Championships MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House
School Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler 10
Thinks Differently Find your own voice...
Senior School Open Morning Saturday 3rd February, 10am-12pm Register now at www.monktoncombeschool.com
What’s on @ Monkton
MONDAY 5TH FEBRUARY MSS | All Day
Wellbeing Week Until 9th February
TUESDAY 6TH FEBRUARY
THURSDAY 8TH FEBRUARY
MSS | 08.45-21.30 | London
MPS | 10.00
MSS | 16.00-20.00 | Ralph Allen School
MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Bowerman Hall
Sixth Form Art & Design Trip
Bath Schools’ Philosothon
WEDNESDAY 7TH FEBRUARY MSS | All Day | Music Block, Studio 1
LAMDA Exams
Until 8th February 12
U12 Hockey: County Tournament
Scholars’ Concert
Lent Term 2024
MSS | 23.30 | Athens
TPE Trip to Athens Pupils will return at 12.00 on 12th February
MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House
Eddystone Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler
TUESDAY 20TH FEBRUARY MSS | 08.30-13.00 | Films@59, Bristol
Sixth Form Media Studies Trip to Films@59
WEDNESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY MPS | 16.30-20.00
Year 5 & 6 Parents’ Evening FRIDAY 9TH FEBRUARY
THURSDAY 22ND FEBRUARY
MPS | 14.00-16.00
MPS | 10.00
House Music Competition
U13 Hockey: County Championships MPS | MSS | MSS Dining Hall
MPC Quiz Night
FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY MSS | 18.30-19.30
Monkton Lectures: Joycelyn Longdon
MSS | MPS | 16.15
Half Term Begins MSS | 16.30-19.00 | Ground Floor, Maths & Science Building
Year 13 Parents’ Evening (Hybrid) SUNDAY 18TH FEBRUARY MSS | MPS
Half Term Ends 13
What’s on @ Monkton
SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY
MONDAY 26TH FEBRUARY
MPS | 9.30-11.30
MPS | 14.30 | Law Building
An opportunity for prospective families to come and visit the school.
MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House
Prep School Open Morning
MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Bowerman Hall
Band Night
Year 1 & 2 Concert
Clarendon Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler
TUESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY MPS | 18.00 | Law Building
Stage @ 6
WEDNESDAY 28TH FEBRUARY MSS | 08.15-13.00 | Ashton Gate, Bristol
Year 12 UK University and Apprenticeship Fair MPS | 16.30-20.30
Year 7 Parents’ Evening
SUNDAY 25TH FEBRUARY MPS | MSS | 14.00-18.00 | Monkton Leisure Centre
THURSDAY 29TH FEBRUARY MPS | All Day | Bristol Museum
Year 2 visit to Bristol Museum
Whole School Sponsored Swim
MSS | 08.30-20.30 | London
Expressive Arts Scholars Trip MPS | 9.30 | Millfield
U11 Netball: IAPS Tournament 14
Thinks Differently Where learning comes to life...
Prep School Open Morning Saturday 24th February, 9.30am-11.30am Register now at www.monktoncombeschool.com
What’s on @ Monkton Lent Term 2024
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MSS - Senior School MPS - Prep School OMs - Old Monktonians MPC - Monkton Parent Community
Events and details are correct at the time of printing, but could remain subject to change.
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Lent Term 2024
FRIDAY 1ST MARCH
SATURDAY 2ND MARCH
MPS | 9.30 | Port Regis
MSS | 19.00-23.00
MPS | 9.30 | Queen’s College, Taunton
MSS | 19.00-23.00
U13 Netball: IAPS Tournament
U11 Hockey: IAPS Tournament MSS | 14.45-16.00 | Chapel
Monkton Leadership Award MSS | 19.00-21.30 | University of Bath
Team Bath vs Severn Stars Netball Trip
Grange Formal House Dinner
Farm Informal Dinner SUNDAY 3RD MARCH MPS | All Day | Malvern College
National Prep Schools’ Cross Country Championships
SATURDAY 2ND MARCH MPS | 09.30-11.30 | Prep School
Medieval Morning
For current Year 4 pupils and prospective families.
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What’s on @ Monkton
SUNDAY 3RD MARCH MSS | 8.00 | Brecons
Monkton Mountain Challenge Pupils return at 19.00 on 4th March
SUNDAY 3RD MARCH MSS | 13.30-15.00
MSS | 10.00-21.45 | St Paul’s Cathedral
Chapel Choir Evensong
Mixed House Event (organised by Clarendon & Farm) MONDAY 4TH MARCH MPS | All Week
Nursery & Kindergarten Key Worker Consultation Meetings MPS | 10.00-12.50 | Monkton Leisure Centre
Year 7 & 8 Inter-House Swimming Gala
MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House
Farm Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler 18
Lent Term 2024
TUESDAY 5TH MARCH MPS | MSS | All Day
Chaplaincy Day of Prayer MPS | All Day
Mid-Somerset Festival Speech & Drama Classes for Years 3-8 Until 8th March MPS | 17.00 | Hayesfield School
Mid-Somerset Festival Bands & Orchestra Evening
MPS | MSS | 16.15
Exeat Weekend Ends 10th March (MSS Voluntary, MPS Compulsory) MSS | 16.30-19.00
Year 9 Parents’ Evening (Hybrid) MSS | 17.00
Big Escape Chaplaincy Weekend Pupils return at 16.00 on 11th March
WEDNESDAY 6TH MARCH MPS | 16.30-20.30
Year 8 Parents’ Evening THURSDAY 7TH MARCH MPS | All Day
World Book Day
MONDAY 11TH MARCH MPS | All Day
Mid-Somerset Festival Music & Voice Classes for Years 3-8 Until 15th March MPS | All Week
Nursery Key Worker Consultation Meetings MSS | 19.00 | Headmaster’s House MPS | 14.00 | Millfield
IAPS Swimming Trials MSS | 20.30-21.30
Crossfire
FRIDAY 8TH MARCH MPS | All Day
Mid-Somerset Festival Musical Theatre Classes for Years 3-8
Nutfield Year 12 Supper with Mr & Mrs Wheeler TUESDAY 12TH MARCH
MSS | 8.45-16.00 | Vue, Cribbs Causeway
Year 13 A-Level Economics Grade Booster Revision Workshop MPS | 9.00-15.00 | MSS
Year 6 Assessment Day 19
What’s on @ Monkton
TUESDAY 12TH MARCH MPS | 9.30 | Hurstpierpoint College
U12 Hockey: IAPS National Finals FRIDAY 15TH MARCH MSS | All Day
Field Day
FRIDAY 15TH MARCH MSS | All Day | Studland
Year 11 Geography Trip
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MPS | All Day | Widcombe Baptist Church
Mid-Somerset Festival Secondary Choral Day
Lent Term 2024
MPS | 11.30-12.45 | Law Building
Year 7 & 8 Poetry Slam
SUNDAY 17TH MARCH MPS | MSS | All Day | TBC
Bath Half Marathon Volunteering Day for Genesis Trust
MPS | MSS | 14.00-16.00
Hatton House Easter Egg Hunt MSS | 19.00-21.30 | Law Building
Pride and Prejudice Production SATURDAY 16TH MARCH
MSS | 10.00-12.00 | Senior School Astro
OM Annual Hockey Match - Monkton Boys & Girls 1st XI
MPS | MSS | All Day | TBC
English Schools AA Cross Country Championships MSS | 19.00-21.30 | Law Building
Pride and Prejudice Production MSS | 21.30-23.00 | Pearce Centre
Sixth Form Pearce Centre Social MONDAY 18TH MARCH MSS | All Day | London
Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s Tournament U18 Boys & U16 Girls MSS | 16.30-22.30 | Bristol Old Vic
Years 10-13 Theatre Trip: ‘Starter for Ten’ MSS | 18.00-20.30
Year 11 Parents’ Meeting (Online) 21
What’s on @ Monkton
TUESDAY 19TH MARCH MPS | All Day | Bath Pavilion
MSS | All Day | Thames, London
Schools’ Head of the River Race
Mid-Somerset Festival Primary Music Day
MSS | 8.00
MSS | 08.45-16.30 | Dr Jenner’s House, Berkeley
Pupils return at 17.00 on 21st March
Year 9 Bronze DofE Expedition
Year 12 Biology Trip to Jenner Museum
THURSDAY 21ST MARCH MPS | 19.00 | Law Building MPS | 19.00 | Law Building
Year 5 & 6 Play Performance MSS | 19.00-21.30 | Assembly Hall
Easter Concert
WEDNESDAY 20TH MARCH
Year 5 & 6 Play Performance FRIDAY 22ND MARCH MSS | All Day | Mont Sainte Anna, Canada
Ski Trip
Pupils return on 29th March
MSS | All Day | London
Rosslyn Park Rugby 7s Tournament - U16 Boys
MSS | All Day | Nantes, France
Easter Rowing Training Camp Pupils return on 30th March 22
Lent Term 2024
MSS | 7.00 | Spain
Music & Languages Trip to Spain
MPS | 14.00-15.00 | Holy Trinity Combe Down
Pupils return at 19.00 on 26th March
Easter Service at Holy Trinity Combe Down
MPS | 9.00 | Clifton College
MPS | MSS
U11 Girls Hockey: West Finals MSS | 14.00-18.00 | Senior School Astro
Bath Hockey Festival
Term Ends SATURDAY 23RD MARCH MSS | 9.00-12.00 | Senior School Astro
Bath Hockey Festival
SATURDAY 23RD MARCH & SUNDAY 24TH MARCH MPS | University of Bath
National Schools Biathlon Championships
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