Teaching Staff INSET

EPIPHANY
Joint MS/HMSG Teaching Staff INSET

BAPTISM OF CHRIST
LENT TERM BEGINS
Boarders return p.m.

8.35a.m. Day boys return
No Headmaster’s Assembly
Form V Mocks

Form V Mocks
A Level Module Examinations start; end 1 February (Blake Theatre)
7.30p.m. Monmouth Astronomical Society: Stargazing Live (Lab P1)

Form V Mocks
1.45p.m. General Entry interviewer briefing (William Jones Room)
4.10p.m. Form I: Minimus the Musical auditions (Music School)

Form V Mocks
8.45a.m. Form VI Chapel
4.10p.m. Form I: Minimus the Musical auditions (HMSG)

Form V Mocks
Form V Return to lessons: Period L2 (except RS, English Lit. resit and exam clashes)

8.30a.m. – 12.30p.m. Form V Futurewise Test (William Jones Room)
9.30a.m. – 12.30p.m. Open Morning
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Rugby: v. The King’s School, Worcester: U12A & B XVs (H) K.O. 1.30p.m.
U13A & B XVs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Soccer: v. Wycliffe College: 1st, 2nd, U15A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
3rd, U16, U14A & B XIs (A) Lunch 12.00 noon, depart 12.25p.m.

10.15a.m. Chapel: Holy Eucharist (School House)
Boarders’ activity: 12.00 noon Cardiff International Pool
12.00 noon – 5.00p.m. HMSSO Workshop (HMSG)
Cross-country: Cardiff Cross Challenge

No Headmaster’s Assembly
Form V Art Mock Exam: all day
Form V AS Briefing Week (Lunchtimes)
1.50p.m. Form VI Leadership Committee (Sixth Form Centre)
4.15p.m. APRC

General Entry Interviews
Form V AS Briefing Week
4.15p.m. Form VI Tutors (Sixth Form Centre Seminar Room)
5.40p.m. Boarders’ Chapel (Weirhead House)

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
General Entry Interviews
Form V AS Briefing Week
12.00 noon Mock Grades
Rugby: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol: U12A, B, C & D XVs (A) Depart 1.00p.m.

General Entry Interviews
Form V AS Briefing Week
4.00p.m. Form V Mock Grades to Parents

Form V AS Briefing Week
1.50p.m. Head of Sixth Form’s Briefing for all Form V Tutors (Sixth Form Centre)
4.15p.m. William Jones Society (William Jones Room)
4.30p.m. – 6.30p.m. Literary Quiz: HMSG v. MS: Forms I – III (HMSG)

General Entry Interviews
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Rugby: v. Sir Thomas Rich’s Grammar School, Gloucester: U13A, B & C XVs (A) Depart 12.45p.m.
U12A, B & C XVs (H) K.O. 2.00p.m.
Soccer: v. Millfield School:
2nd, 3rd, XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m
U15A & B XIs (H) K.O 2.15p.m
U14A XIs (A) Depart 11.00a.m
1st, U16A XIs (A) Depart 11.00a.m
Chess: Mini EPSCA (Devon)

Boarders’ activity: 9.30a.m. West Midlands Safari Park

No Headmaster’s Assembly
4.15p.m. Heads of Department (William Jones Room)
Coursework Status Check: Forms V, VI.1 & VI.2
7.30pm Merlin: Daniel de Borah (Piano) (Blake Theatre)

1.50p.m. School Council (William Jones Room)
7.00p.m. Form V Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)

CCF: RAF Flying (Colerne). Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
1.30p.m. Form VI.1 ALIS Baseline Tests (Blake Theatre)
6.00p.m. Agincourt Society (William Jones Room)

Form VI Academic Audit (MS and HMSG)
Cross-country: Brecon League #4 (Brecon High School)
Soccer: v. Rougemont School: 2nd, U16 XIs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
8.45a.m. Chapel (Town House)
AS Choices to Tutors: Form V
A2 Choices to Tutors: Form VI.1
4.00p.m. Exeat begins
7.00p.m. 1st XV Rugby Club Dinner (Sports Pavilion)
House Cross-Country: Forms I & II: 12.00 noon
Forms III & IV: 2.45p.m.

Exeat

Exeat
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
Chess: Welsh Junior Chess Grand Prix Final (Cardiff)

No Headmaster’s Assembly
1.50p.m. Literary Society Lecture: Emily Dickinson (E2)
4.15p.m. ICT Strategy Group
7.00p.m. Form II Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)
Soccer: v. Rougemont School: U15, U14 XIs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.

8.45a.m. Chapel (Form IP)
11+ Sports Scholarship Trials
Monmouth Group Geography (Bristol Grammar School)
Form VI.1 Monmouth Science Initiative visit (Cardiff University) Depart 12.30p.m., return 6.00p.m.
CCF: RAF Flying (Colerne). Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
Forms V – VI.2 External Examinations end
4.15p.m. Joint Steering (HMSG)
Rugby: v. Caerleon Comprehensive School: U13A & B XVs (A)

PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE – CANDLEMAS
8.40am - Chaplain's Assembly (Blake Theatre)
Forms III & IV: UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
7.00p.m. Kent-Dodsworth Competition for Brass Players (Music School)

General Entry Interviews
Internal deadline for GCSE Entries for Summer 2012
4.15pm William Jones Society (William Jones room)
7.00p.m. Joint Form V/Year 11 social event (HMSG)
Old Monmothian Club Cardiff Dinner (Cardiff & County Club)

No lessons for Forms I & II
9.15a.m. General Entry Assessments (11+)
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Rowing: Hampton IVs and VIIIs Head: J14 – J18
Wycliffe Big Head: J14 – J18
Rugby: v. Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat School: U13A, B & C XVs (H) K.O. 10.15a.m.
U12A, B & C XVs (A) Depart 8.50a.m.
Soccer: v. Malvern College: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, U16 XIs (A) Depart 12.45p.m.
U15A & B, U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.

Boarders’ activity: 11.45a.m. Bristol Aquarium: Forms I – II
12.30p.m. Go Karting: Forms III – VI.2
5.15p.m. Joint HMSG & MS Supper (HMSG)
Canoeing Club trip
Cross-country: Abberley Hall Relays (U13)

History Day (Blake Theatre)
Form I: 9.00a.m. – 10.15a.m.
Form II: 10.35a.m. – 11.50a.m.
Form III: 12.00 noon – 1.10p.m.
Form VI.1 & Junior History Society: 1.45p.m.
1.45p.m. Games Committee
4.15p.m. Library Committee

4.15p.m. Quatercentenary Committee
4.00p.m. Exam Accompaniment Lesson (Music School)
5.40p.m. Boarders’ Chapel (New House)
7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m. MS and HMSG Higher Education Forum (HMSG Hall)

11.20a.m. Chamber Choir departs for Windsor Castle
Feeder Schools Science Workshop (Blake Theatre)
9.30a.m. – 10.30a.m.
1.30p.m. – 2.30p.m.
12.00 noon HMSG First Grades (Years 12 & 13)
5.15p.m. Chamber Choir sings Evensong at St. George’s, Windsor (return 9.00p.m.)
8.00p.m. Resident Tutors
Rugby: v. Glyncoed School, Ebbw Vale: U13A & B XVs (H) K.O.2.40p.m.
v. Hereford Cathedral School: U12A & BXVs (H) K.O. 2.40p.m.

8.40a.m. Form V GCSE Exams Entries Meeting (Blake Theatre)
12.00 noon First Grades: All Forms except V
7.00p.m. Chamber Choir and Senior Strings Concert (Coleford Baptist Church)
Soccer: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital School, Bristol: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.

8.45a.m. Chapel (Hereford House)
1.45pm - 2.30pm Form V PSHE. Speaker: Mr. Roger Harding - Financial Management (Blake Theatre)
4.30p.m. – 6.30p.m. Joint Forms I & II/Years 7 & 8 social event (HMSG)
7.30p.m. – 9.30p.m. Joint Forms III & IV/Years 9 & 10 social event (HMSG)

16+ Entry Interviews (Non-scholarship candidates)
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Soccer: v. Old Monmothians: 1st XI (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.
v. Rockfield Rovers: U16 XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
v. Monmouth Town: U14 XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
v. St John’s on-the-Hill: U14B XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.

6.00p.m. Chapel: Choral Evensong (Weirhead House)
Boarders’ activity: 12.15p.m. Laser Zone (Bristol): Forms I – II
6.00p.m. Bowling: Forms III – VI.2

Exam Accompaniment Lesson (Music School)
6.45p.m. Information Presentation for Parents of Form III (Library)
7.00p.m. Form III Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)

9.00a.m. Tutor Period
16+ Sports Scholarship Trials
Form III Choices to Tutors: Form II
12.00 noon Interim Reports to Housemasters: All Forms except II, III & V
4.15p.m. Agincourt Society (William Jones Room)
7.30pm Merlin: James Turnbull (Oboe) L’Art d’Hautbois (Blake Theatre)
7.30p.m. Monmouth Astronomical Society: Archaeo-astronomy (Lab P1)

Associated Board Music Exams
11.15a.m. Matrons meeting (Second Master’s office)
4.15p.m. Common Room Meeting (William Jones Room)
6.00p.m. – 8.00p.m. Joint MS/HMSG Careers and Gap Convention (Library and Blake Theatre)

9.00a.m. Housemasters’ deadline for reviewing all Interim Reports
Associated Board Music Exams
Rugby: U12 Rugby tour departs to Blackpool 2.30p.m.

9.00a.m. Interim Reports to Headmaster’s Office: All Forms except II, III & V
10.15a.m. School Committee (William Jones Room)
Exam Board deadline for GCSE Entries for Summer 2012
4.00p.m. HALF-TERM BEGINS
4.15p.m. Ski trip to France departs (to 25 February)
Rugby: v. Kirkham Grammar School: U12A XV (Tour)

Half-term
Classics trip to Greece departs (to 23 February)
5.00p.m. U12 Rugby tour returns
Rowing: GB Junior Long Distance Trials: selected athletes (Boston)

Half-term
Rowing: GB Junior Long Distance Trials: selected athletes (Boston)
Rugby: Christ College Brecon Sevens: U18.

ASH WEDNESDAY – LENT BEGINS
Half-term

Half-term
Classics trip returns

Half-Term

Half-term
Ski trip returns

Half-term
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
Rugby: Marches Sevens: U18 (Hereford Cathedral School)

16+ Scholarship Examinations
GCSE Choices to Tutors: Form III
1.50p.m. Literary Society Lecture: Samuel Johnson: from the Dictionary to Rasselas (E2)
4.15p.m. ICT Departmental Reps

16+ Scholarship Examinations
Soccer: v. Malvern College: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th XIs (A) Depart 2.00p.m., K.O. 3.30p.m.
4.15p.m. Housemasters (William Jones Room)

CCF: RAF Flying (Colerne) Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
10.35a.m. – 12.00 noon Forms I & II: Joe Craig Author visit (Library)
Golf: v. Malvern: Border League (Puckrup Golf Club) Depart 12.15p.m., return 6.30p.m.
Soccer: v. King’s College, Taunton: U15 XI (H) K.O. 4.30p.m.
Rugby: v. King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny: U13A & B XVs (A)

ST DAVID, PATRON OF WALES
8.45a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly
Eisteddfod (HMSG)
No lessons at HMSG
1.00p.m. Grange Eisteddfod (Blake Theatre)
7.00p.m. Blakes Solo Song Competition (Music School)
Soccer: v. Bristol Grammar School: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs (A) Lunch 12.35p.m., depart 12.50p.m.

13+ Sports Scholarship Trials
Form V History Conference (Cardiff) Depart 8.30a.m., return 1.15p.m.

Saturday Lessons Reverse
16+ Entry Interviews (non-scholarship candidates)
The Grange Entrance Assessment (7+)
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Rugby: Warwick Sevens: U12 Depart 8.45a.m.
Soccer: v. Marlborough College: 1st, 2nd, U15A, U14A XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
3rd, 4th, U16A & B XIs (A) Depart 11.00a.m.
Chess: Welsh Junior Chess Championships: U14, U12, U10 (Cardiff)
Rowing: Head of the Taff: J14 - J18 (Cardiff)

9a.m. - 3.30p.m. First Compulsory Training Session: Borneo Team (Williams Jones Room & Mr. Jones's Classroom)
Boarders’ activity: 11.30a.m. Paintballing: Forms III – VI.2
2.00p.m. Bowling: Forms I - II
Canoeing Club trip
Chess: Welsh Junior Chess Championships: U14, U12, U10 (Cardiff)

12.45p.m. Joint Schools' Council Meeting (HMSG)
Foundation Scholarship (13+)
1.50p.m. William Jones Society (William Jones Room) (POSTPONED)
4.15p.m. ICT Strategy Group
Soccer: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol: U15A & B, U14A & B XIs (A) Depart 2.50p.m.

Foundation Scholarship (13+)
10.30a.m. Army Liaison Visit (Careers Interview Room)
4.15p.m. Quatercentenary Committee
5.40p.m. Boarders’ Chapel (Chapel House)
Soccer: v. King’s College, Taunton: 1st, 2nd, U16 XIs (A) Depart 1.45p.m.

Visit to Haberdashers' Hall
8.45a.m. Chapel (Form IIH)
Foundation Scholarship (13+)
Rugby: v. Glyncoed School, Ebbw Vale: U12A XV (H) K.O. 2.40p.m.

Release of GCSE and A Level Results for January 2012
1.00p.m. – 3.15p.m. Grange Gold! Dress rehearsals (Blake Theatre)
6.30p.m. Grange Parents’ reception (Blake Theatre)
7.00p.m. Gold! (Blake Theatre)
7.00p.m. Harris Society Dinner (HMSG)
Cross-country: Tockington Relays (U13)
Rugby: Fraser Bird Sevens: U18, U15, U13 (Haberdashers’ Aske’s, Hatcham)

7.00p.m. – 10.00p.m. Monmouth’s Got Talent (Blake Theatre)
Forms II & III: UKMT Team Maths Challenge (Whitchurch High School, Cardiff)
Form IV & V MAT Study Day (Oxford) Depart 7.00a.m., return 6.00p.m.
4.30p.m. William Jones Society (William Jones Room)

Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Rugby: Millfield Preparatory School Sevens: U13 XV (A)
Soccer: v. Clifton College: 1st, 2nd, U15A & B XIs (A) Lunch 12.20p.m., depart 12.45p.m.
3rd, U16, U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.

Boarders’ activity: 11.45a.m. Boulders
5.15p.m. Joint HMSG & MS Supper (MS)
12.00 noon – 5.00p.m. HMSSO Workshop (HMSG)
Rugby: Dean Close Sevens: U14 (Cheltenham)
West of England Sevens: U16 & U18 (Taunton)

Internal deadline for A Level Entries for Summer 2012
4.15p.m. Library Committee
Last day for Summer Term calendar entries
6.00p.m. Agincourt Society (William Jones Room)

Form I PSHE trip: 'Crucial Crew' (Cwmbran) Depart 9am - return 12.30pm.
1.30p.m. Form VI.2 Extended ALIS (Blake Theatre)
CCF Field Training (to 14 March) Depart 4.00p.m.
4.15p.m. Joint Steering (MS)
4.30p.m. – 6.30p.m. Literary Quiz: HMSG v. MS: Form VI (MS)
7.30p.m. Monmouth Astronomical Society: Practical Evening (Lab P1)
Golf: West of England Public Schools’ Championships (to 15 March) Depart 12.00 noon
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Expedition (Wye Valley)  Depart 4.00p.m., Return 14 March – 3.55p.m.

Final Coursework Deadline: Forms V, VI.1 & VI.2
Form II History trip to Llancaiach Fawr Manor. Depart 9.00a.m., return 3.45p.m.
CCF: RAF Flying (Colerne) Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
CCF Field Training. Return 6.00p.m.
7.00p.m. Chamber Concert: A Level Musicians (Music School)
Rugby: v. King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny: U12A & B XVs (H)
Cross-country: Spring Relays: U15 (Sutton Park, Birmingham)

8.40a.m. Form VI A Level Entries Meeting (Blake Theatre)
1.50p.m. School Council (William Jones Room)
7.00p.m. Chamber Concert: GCSE Musicians (Music School)
Golf: West of England Public Schools’ Championships. Return 4.00p.m.
Cross-country: St John’s School, Porthcawl Cross-Country Tournament: U13 & U16

8.45a.m. Chapel (Monmouth House)
Internal deadline for request for photocopied scripts from January 2012
CCF Climbing Competition (North Wales) (to 17 March)
Rugby: Monmouth School Sevens: U14. K.O. 1.30p.m.

ST PATRICK, PATRON OF IRELAND
12.00 noon HMSG Second Grades and Reports (Years 12 & 13)
12.30p.m. Leave-out begins
CCF: Air Squadron Trophy (RAF Halton) Depart 2.00p.m. (to 18 March)
7.00p.m. Jazz Band perform at the Monmouth Women’s Festival (Shire Hall)
CCF Climbing Competition return
Soccer: v. The King’s School, Worcester: 1st, 2nd, U14A & B XIs (A) Lunch 12.20p.m.,
depart 12.45p.m.
3rd, U16, U15A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Chess: Welsh Junior Chess Championships: U16, U13, U11, U9, U8 (The Grange)

Leave-out
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
CCF: Air Squadron Trophy. Return 8.00p.m.
Chess: Welsh Junior Chess Championships: U16, U13, U11, U9, U8 (The Grange)

ST JOSEPH
Haberdashers’ Deputation
8.30a.m. Symphonic Winds play in Headmaster’s Assembly
12+/13+/14+ Examinations
Rowing: National Junior Sculling Head: J14 – J18 (Dorney Lake)
Soccer: v. Hereford Cathedral School: U14 XI (A) Depart 3.00p.m., K.O. 4.15p.m.

Haberdashers’ Deputation
8.40a.m. Form VI Chapel
10.30a.m. RAF School liaison visit (Careers Interview Room)
12.00 noon Second Grades: All Forms
12.00 noon reports to Tutors: Forms I, V, VI.1 & VI.2
1.00p.m. Concert rehearsals (Wyastone Concert Hall) HMSSO, Form I and Choral Society
7.30p.m. Choral and Orchestral Concert (Wyastone Concert Hall)
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, Orff Carmina Burana
Rowing: Schools’ Head: J15 – J18 (London)
Soccer: v. Malvern College: U15A & B, U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 4.15p.m.

Exam Board deadline for GCE Entries for Summer 2012
10.00a.m. Governors’ Full Board (William Jones Room)
Official Opening of Buchanan House
4.15p.m. Calendar Planning (Conference Room)
Soccer: v. Christ College, Brecon: 1st, 2nd XIs (H) K.O. 4.30p.m.
Hereford Cathedral School: U16 XI (H) K.O. 4.15p.m.

9.00a.m. Tutor Period

Form VI.1 Geography Field Course departs 9.00a.m (to 26 March)
6.30p.m. House Drama Competition (Blake Theatre)

10.00a.m. – 5.00p.m. On the Razzle: Technical rehearsal (HMSG)
12.30p.m. Reports to Housemasters: Forms I, V, VI.1 & VI.2
Boarders’ activity: 7.00p.m. Cinema Trip
Soccer: v. Royal Grammar School, Worcester: U17/U16, U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
1st/2nd, U15A & B XIs (A) Lunch 12.15p.m.,
depart 12.40p.m.
Chess: Welsh Schools’ Championships (Merthyr Tydfil)

10.00a.m. – 5.00p.m. On the Razzle: Dress rehearsal (HMSG)
10.15a.m. Chapel: Holy Eucharist (New House)
11.30a.m. – 5.00p.m. Junior Symphonic Winds Workshop (Music School)
Boarders’ activity: 11.45a.m. Roller Blades: Forms I – II
12.15p.m. Laser Zone (Bristol): Forms III – VI.2
Rugby: U13 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 4.00p.m.

THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD
1.00p.m. Joint Production: On the Razzle (HMSG)
1.50p.m. Literary Society Lecture: Contemporary Drama/Shakespeare (E2)
Form VI.1 Geography Field Course returns 4.00p.m.
Rugby: U18 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 4.00p.m.

Confirmation Retreat (Ty Mawr Convent). Depart 10.30a.m., return 3.45p.m.
12.00 noon Interim Reports to Housemasters: Forms II, III & IV
1.50p.m. Junior History Society Trial (Shire Hall)
7.00p.m. Joint Production: On the Razzle (HMSG)
7.30p.m. Confirmation (The Priory Church of St. Mary)
Rugby: U16 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 2.30p.m.
U13 squad return

Form VI.1 Monmouth Science Initiative visit (Cardiff University) Depart 12.30p.m., return 6.00p.m.
4.15p.m. Common Room Meeting (William Jones Room)
7.00p.m. Joint Production: On the Razzle (HMSG)
Rugby: U18 squad return
Soccer: v. Crickhowell High School: U15, U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 4.15p.m.

8.40a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly (Blake Theatre)
9.00a.m. Housemasters’ deadline for reviewing all Interim Reports
4.00p.m. – 6.15p.m. Junior Symphonic Winds rehearsal (Music School)
7.00p.m. Joint Production: On the Razzle (HMSG)
7.30pm Merlin: Katherine Jenkinson (‘Cello) and Alison Farr (Piano) (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: U16 squad return

Exam Board deadline for Enquiries about Results and request for original scripts for January 2012
9.00a.m.Interim Reports to Headmaster’s Office: Forms II, III & IV
9.00a.m. – 10.30a.m. Junior Symphonic Winds rehearsal (Music School)
12.00 noon Reports to Headmaster’s Office: Forms I, V, VI.1 & VI.2
4.00p.m. TERM ENDS

6.00a.m. Western Front Battlefields trip departs (to 4 April)
Junior Symphonic Winds: National Concert Band Festival Finals (Royal Academy of Music, London)