What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
Christmas Nativities, Tuesday 15th December
Michaelmas Term 2026
WELCOME
Welcome to the Michaelmas Term Monkton Community events programme 2026 It is a pleasure to welcome you to this term’s What’s On Guide and my first Michaelmas Term as Principal of Monkton. For those new to our community, I hope you find it helpful, and for those familiar with its purpose, may it continue to build excitement for the events ahead. The term begins with opportunities for new and returning pupils to settle into school life, including the much-anticipated Senior House Music Competition, where every pupil performs before an audience of over 1,000 people. Events like these help pupils collaborate, build trust, and take risks together - all while having a fantastic time.
Parents can enjoy committee events, coffee mornings, and opportunities to meet staff, while OMs return to the valley for reunions. We end the term together at Bath Abbey, raising our voices in celebration before the Christmas holidays. I look forward to seeing many of you at these events, both familiar and new faces, and to a term filled with energy, connection, and joy.
House Music is just the start of a busy Performing Arts calendar. We look forward to the innovative Senior concert, Prep School productions, and, as December arrives, Christmas concerts and the ever-delightful Nativity plays. Sport also promises plenty to celebrate, with a calendar of hockey and rugby fixtures alongside many other much-loved activities. Following last year’s strong performances, Prep and Senior runners will again compete at county level and beyond, while our rowers return to the water in preparation for this season’s races. Co-curricular highlights include the Year 5 CYE Outdoor Education Residential, Year 12s Leadership Award, and outdoor learning during Wild Monkton at the Prep and Field Day at the Senior.
Bradley Salisbury Principal, Monkton Combe School
What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
KEY
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.
Michaelmas Term 2026
TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST MSS | All Day
Rugby: Under 18 Boys Pre-Season Training Until Friday 28th August
TUESDAY 25TH AUGUST
FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST
MSS | All Day
MSS | 13.00 | Berlin
Until Wednesday 26th August
Until Monday 31st August
Hockey: Pre-Season Training
Year 11 History Trip - Berlin
FRIDAY 28TH AUGUST MSS | 08.00 | Pembrokeshire
Year 13 Biology Field Trip to Dale Fort Until 20.00 on Sunday 30th August
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What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
KEY
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.
Michaelmas Term 2026
TUESDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER MPS | MSS
Boarders Return
MSS | 10.55-12.50 | Chapel
Year 9 Induction Carousel MPS | 18.45-20.00
Meet the Tutor/Class Teacher Evening
MPS | MSS | All Day
Induction and Welcome Day for New Pupils MSS | 11.00 New Boarders & Parents arrive to meet Houseparents and start induction
THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER MSS | 08.45-09.30 | Chapel
Year 12 Sixth Form Induction
MSS | 12.00 New Day Pupils & Parents arrive to meet Houseparents and start induction MPS | 12.00 Induction for new Boarders MPS | 13.00-15.30 Induction for new Day Pupils WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER MPS | MSS
Term Starts
SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER MPC | 12.30-15.00
MPC Autumn Fayre MSS | 18.30-21.30
House Entertainment
THURSDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER MSS | 16.15-17.30 | Sports Hall
House Ergo Competition
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What’s on @ Monkton
SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER
SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
MSS | 13.00-15.00
MSS | 18.00-21.00 | Four Acres
MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER
MSS | 13.00-16.00 | Bath Leisure Centre
Boarders Induction - Hunt the Houseparents
MSS | 19.30-20.30
International Student Lunch WEDNESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 18.15-19.15 | Chapel
Christian Union - First Meeting FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER MPS | 14.00-19.30
Year 4 Senior School Activities Evening
SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER MPS | 09.30-12.00
Monkton Prep Open Morning
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World Cup Football Tournament SUNDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER Year 9 & 10 Bowling Trip
Michaelmas Term 2026
MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER
MSS | 09.00-13.00 | Bath
MSS | 18.00-21.30 | The Forum, Bath
Year 11 Photography Trip to Bath
Monkton Lecture - Lewis Wedlock
TUESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER MPS | All Day | Chepstow
Year 6 Visit to Chepstow Castle WEDNESDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER MPS | 8.30 | Chichester
Year 5 CYE Outdoor Education Trip Until 17.00 on Friday 18th September
SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 19.30-22.00 | Pearce Centre
Pearce Centre Party
TUESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER MPS | 08.00-09.15
Library Open Morning WEDNESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER MSS | All Day
Year 11 Careers Interviews Optional pupil interviews supported by an external careers advisor MSS | All Day | Dorset
Year 11 Geography Trip MSS | 18.00-22.30
Year 10 & 12 Theatre Trip to ‘Tristan and Yseult’ THURSDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 20.30-21.30
Crossfire
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What’s on @ Monkton
THURSDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 08.00-17.00
Year 9,10 & 11 Latin Trip to Caerleon
MPS | MSS | 16.15
Exeat Weekend Ends 27th September (MSS & MPS Voluntary) OMs | 19.00-22.30 | Dining Hall
OM Reunion - 5 Years On Black Tie Dinner
MSS | 18.15-20.00
Theatre Trip to Old Vic Bristol Romeo and Juliet
MPS | 19.00-20.00 |MSS Dining Hall
Year 7 Family Supper at Monkton Senior School FRIDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 15.00-16.00 | Chapel
Parent Workshop: Prep to Senior Transition
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TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER MSS | 08.20-08.40 | Chapel
Year 12 & 13 Skills Talk - ‘School Ambassadors’
What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
KEY
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 OCTOBER
SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER
MSS | 09.00-11.00
MSS | 09.00
Bath Education Partnership
U16-18s Indoor Hockey Tournament
FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER MSS | 08.45-16.30
Year 12 Geography Trip to Tewkesbury SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER MPS | 09.30-10.30
MSS | 11.00-16.00
Early Years Prospective Stay & Play
Paintballing Trip
MPS | 10.00-14.00 | Monkton Senior School
MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER
U11s Rugby Festival
MPS | 14.00 | Monkton Prep School
U9 Girls Hockey Festival MPS | 14.00 | Kingswood
U9 Boys’ Rugby Festival MSS | 18.30-20.30 | Dining Hall
Farm Quiz Night
SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER MSS | 09.00-13.00
Monkton Senior Open Morning
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MPS & MSS | 16.30
U13, U15, U18 Bath Schools Swimming Gala
WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER
TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER
MPS | 08.30-09.30
MSS | 13.00
PSHE Parent Information Session: Reception - Year 2
Cross Country Mixed Championships
MSS | 09.00-12.00
MSS | All Day
WEDNESDAY 14TH OCTOBER Senior Maths Challenge THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER MPS | 18.00
Stage@6
Field Day
MSS | 09.00-16.00 | TBC
Netball: U16 Avon Schools’ Tournament MSS | Wells Cathedral
Evensong - Chapel Choir THURSDAY 15TH OCTOBER MSS | All Day
Malawi Trip Until Friday 30th October FRIDAY 16TH OCTOBER FRIDAY 9TH OCTOBER MSS | 18.00-21.00
Sixth Form Open Evening
MPS | 14.00-16.15
Inter-House Cross Country Event Parents are welcome. Timetable (subject to change) is as follows:
MSS | 19.00-21.30 | Bath Forum
Illuminate - LZ7 Event
SATURDAY 10TH OCTOBER MSS | 18.00-21.30 | Bath Forum
Senior House Music
2.00pm Reception 2.15pm Year 1 & 2 2.30pm Year 3 & 4 2.45pm Year 5 & 6 3.15pm Year 7 & 8 MPS | MSS
Half Term Commences Until 1st November
What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
KEY
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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Michaelmas Term 2026
SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
MPS | MSS
MSS | 17.00-18.15 | Dining Hall
Boarders Return
ICOM International Supper & Quiz
MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER MPS | 14.15 | U8 - KES | U9 - Kingswood Prep
U8 & U9 Cross Country: Bath Schools WEDNESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER MSS | 14.00-16.30 | Chapel
Year 12 Monkton Leadership Award Workshop MPS | 14.15 | Monkton Senior
U10 Girls’ Hockey Festival MPS | 14.15 | Kingswood
U10 Boys’ Rugby Festival FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER MSS | 13.15-13.45 | Bowerman
Studio 1@1
SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER OMs | 13.00-16.30 | Bowerman
Twenty Years on Reunion MPS | 09.30 | Millfield
U10 Girls’ Hockey Festival MSS | 19.00-22.00
Bonfire Night Hosted by Clarendon
MONDAY 2ND NOVEMBER MPC | 17.30-19.00 | Prep Main Field
Monkton Parent Community Fireworks Night
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What’s on @ Monkton
SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER
MSS | 10.00-20.00 | Twickenham
MSS | All Day
Trip to watch England vs Australia Rugby
Year 11 Sixth Form Taster Day MSS | All Day
MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER MPS | All Week
Nursery & Kindergarten Key Worker Consultations
Year 12 Futures Day MSS | 09.00-16.00
U19 Girls’ Netball Avon Schools’ Tournament
MPS | 14.00 | KES
U8 Girls’ Hockey Festival MPS | 14.00 | Kingswood
U8 Boys’ Rugby Festival MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Bowerman
Drama & Dance Scholars’ Showcase
WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER MSS | 10.35-11.15 | Chapel
Senior School Remembrance Service MPS | 10.45-11.15
Prep School Remembrance Day Ceremony
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Michaelmas Term 2026
WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER
FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
MPS | 14.00 | KES
OMs | MSS | 16.30-17.30
MPS | 13.30 | KES
MSS | 18.30-19.30
U11 Boys’ Rugby Festival
U11 Girls’ Hockey Festival
Agbeze Society Event - Nutrition Talk
Monkton Sixth Form Lecture SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER MSS | 07.00-19.00 | Queen’s Taunton
QuMUN
MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Assembly Hall
Year 8 Activity Morning at Monkton Senior School
MPS | 15.30-20.00
Parent Consultation Meetings for Years Reception-5 MSS | 19.30 | Assembly Hall
A Spanish Play by Onatti Plays
FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER MPS | All Day
Children in Need Day
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What’s on @ Monkton
MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER MPS | 16.30-20.30
Year 6-8 Parent Consultaion Evening (tutor only)
MSS | 10.00-16.00
CU Big Day Out MSS | 18.00-20.00 | Nutfield Lawn
Outdoor Cinema Night TUESDAY 17TH NOVEMBER MSS | All Day
Economics Trip to Bristol Economics Festival MSS | 08.30-18.00 | Worcester Cathedral
TPE Sixth Form Trip to Candle Conference
WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER MPS | 08.30-09.30 | Hodges Hall
PSHE Parent Information Session: Year 5 - Year 6 MSS | 08.30-16.00 | Torr Quarry
Year 13 Geography Trip
FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Assembly Hall
Music Department Concert
THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER SUNDAY 22ND NOVEMBER MPS & MSS | All Day | Millfield
Biathlon: South West Schools Championships
MPS | 18.00
Stage @6
FRIDAY 28TH NOVEMBER MPS & MSS | 15.00-16.00 | Chapel
Parent Workshop : Discussing Masculinity MPS | MSS | 16.15
Exeat Weekend Ends 29th November (MSS & MPS Voluntary)
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What’s on @ Monkton Michaelmas Term 2026
KEY
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.
Michaelmas Term 2026
THURSDAY 3RD DECEMBER
SATURDAY 12TH DECEMBER
MSS | 09.30-15.00
MSS | 18.30-22.00
Crossfire - Christmas Myth?!
House Christmas Parties
FRIDAY 4TH DECEMBER
TUESDAY 15TH DECEMBER
MSS | 13.00-16.30 | Rode
MPS | 09.00-09.45
SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER
MPS | 10.00-11.00
Carols at Rode Over 60s Club
MSS | 18.00-21.00 | Dining Hall
Early Years Nativity Performance
Year 1 & 2 Nativity Performance
Grange Rodeo
MPS | 14.00
Year 3 & 4 Nativity Performance
SUNDAY 6TH DECEMBER MSS | 13.00-16.00 | Bath
OMs & MSS | 18.30-19.30 | Chapel
OM & Community Carol Service
Ice Skating and Shopping Trip MSS | 12.00-14.00 MPS | 17.30-18.30
Advent Carols by Candlelight TUESDAY 8TH DECEMBER MSS | 18.30-20.00 | Chapel
French Carol Service
THURSDAY 10TH DECEMBER MPS | 19.00
Year 5-8 Christmas Concert
Christmas Lunch & Jumper Day WEDNESDAY 16TH DECEMBER MPS | 12.00-14.00
Christmas Lunch & Jumper Day THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER MPS & MSS | 14.00-15.15 | Bath Abbey
Whole School Carol Service MPS & MSS | 15.30
MSS | 19.00-21.00 | Bowerman
Term Ends
Christmas Lollipop Concert 20
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