School Calendar
JANUARY
Monday 4 LENT TERM BEGINS
Boarders return p.m.
2.00p.m. – 5.00p.m. HMSSO Workshop (HMSG)
Tuesday 5 8.35a.m. Day boys return
Form V Mock Examinations start (Blake Theatre)
Wednesday 6 EPIPHANY
Form V Mock Examinations
1.45p.m. Meeting for General Entry Interviewers (William Jones Room)
Sixth Form Industry Visit: Tri-wall (Monmouth) p.m.
Thursday 7 Form V Mock Examinations
General Entry Interviews
Friday 8 Form V Mock Examinations
General Entry Interviews
Saturday 9 General Entry Interviews
9.00a.m. – 12.30p.m. Form V ISCO-MORRISBY Test (Blake Theatre)
Soccer: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
U16, U15A, U14A XIs (A) Lunch 11.50a.m.
v. St John’s-on-the-Hill: U14B XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Sunday 10 BAPTISM OF JESUS
10.15a.m. Chapel: Morning Prayer
11.00a.m. – 5.00p.m. South Pacific (Blake Theatre)
Boarders’ activity: Ten-pin Bowling
Monday 11 Form V Mock Examinations
No Headmaster’s Assembly
A Level Module Examinations start; end 28 January (Old Grange Hall)
General Entry Interviews
1.50p.m. – 2.30p.m. Form VI Leadership Committee Meeting (Sixth Form Centre)
4.15p.m. APRC
Tuesday 12 Form V Mock Examinations
Period 4: Form V return to lessons
4.15p.m. Form VI Tutors Meeting (Sixth Form Centre Seminar Room)
Wednesday 13 Sixth Form Industry Visit: EADS (Newport) p.m.
Rugby: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol: U13A, B, C & D XVs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.
Thursday 14 8.45a.m. Form V Biology GCSE Module (Blake Theatre)
Release of November 2009 GCSE Science module results
Saturday 16 Open Morning
Rugby: v. The King’s School, Worcester: U13A & B XVs (A) Depart 12.40p.m., K.O. 2.30p.m.
U12A & B XVs (H) K.O. 2.00p.m.
Soccer: v. King’s College, Taunton: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs (A) Depart 11.30a.m.
U16, U15 XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
v. Monmouth Town: U14A XI (H)
Sunday 17

EPIPHANY 2
Boarders’ activity: Dry Skiing

Canoeing trip

Monday 18 No Headmaster’s Assembly
8.45a.m. Form V Chemistry GCSE Module (Blake Theatre)
1.30p.m. VI.1 ALIS Baseline Tests (Blake Theatre)
Form V AS Briefing: 1.40p.m. – 2.05p.m. Oxbridge (R1)
2.10p.m. – 2.35p.m. Physics (P1)
4.15p.m. Heads of Department (William Jones Room)
Soccer: v. Wycliffe College: U15A, U15B, U14A, U14B XIs (A) Depart 1.00p.m.
Tuesday 19 1.00p.m. Mock Grades
Form V AS Briefing: 1.40p.m. – 2.05p.m. Art: Print Making (A1)
2.10p.m. – 2.35p.m. Computing (COM1)
4.15p.m. CCF Staff Meeting (William Jones Room)
5.45p.m. Chapel (School House)
Wednesday 20 8.45a.m. Form V Physics GCSE Module (Blake Theatre)
Sixth Form Industry Visit: Npower (Didcot) p.m.
Rugby: v. Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Bristol: U12A, B, C & D XVs (A) Depart 1.00p.m.
v. King Henry VIII, Abergavenny: U13A & B XVs (A) Depart 1.45p.m.
Thursday 21 8.40a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly (Blake Theatre)
Form V AS Briefing: 1.30p.m. – 1.55p.m. Medicine/Veterinary Science/Dentistry (B2)
Form VI Academic Audit (MS and HMSG)
4.00p.m. Form V Mock Grades to Parents
Boarders’ activity: Years 9 & 10 Joint HMSG & MS Quiz Night 7.45p.m. (HMSG)
Soccer: v. Wycliffe College: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, U16 XIs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.
Friday 22 Form V AS Briefing: 1.40p.m. – 2.05p.m. Religious Studies (R1)
2.10p.m. – 2.35p.m. English (E5)
4.00p.m. Exeat begins
4.30p.m. VI.1 Parents’ Evening (Library and Science Block)
7.30p.m. FOMS Burns Night Celebration (Pavilion) - CANCELLED
House Cross-Country: Forms I & II: 12.15p.m.
Forms III & IV: 2.45p.m.
Saturday 23 Exeat
Madagascar training weekend
Sunday 24 EPIPHANY 3
Exeat
Madagascar training weekend
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
Monday 25 THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL
Coursework Status Check: Forms V, VI.1 & VI.2
Form V AS Briefing: 1.40p.m. – 2.05p.m. Geography (G1)
2.10p.m. – 2.35p.m. Economics (EC)
1.45p.m. Games Committee
4.15p.m. ICT Strategy Group (Conference Room)
6.00p.m. Agincourt Society (HMSG Garden Rooms)
Soccer: v. Rougemont: U15A, U14A XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Tuesday 26 1.40p.m. School Council (William Jones Room)
4.00p.m. Exam Accompaniments (Music School)
7.00p.m. Form V Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)
Wednesday 27 11+ Sports Trials
Sixth Form Industry Visit: Precision Engineering Ltd (Monmouth) p.m.
6.30p.m. ‘Youth Speaks’ Public Speaking Competition (William Jones Room)
7.30p.m. Merlin: Harpham Quartet and James Meldrum, Clarinet (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: v. Caerleon Comprehensive School: U13A & B XVs (A) Depart 1.45p.m.
Thursday 28 General Entry Interviews
Schroders’ Economics Prize presentation (Haberdashers’ Hall)
Cross-country: Brecon League #4 (Brecon) Depart 2.30p.m.
Friday 29 8.45a.m. Chapel (Hereford House)
AS Choices to Tutors: Form V
A2 Choices to Tutors: Form VI.1
12.00p.m. Form VI Lecture: Mr R D Powell: People Trafficking (Blake Theatre)
Saturday 30 No lessons for Forms I & II
General Entry Examinations
Soccer: v. Old Monmothians: 1st XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
v. Downside: 3rd, U16, U15B XIs (A) Lunch 11.50a.m.
U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
v. Monmouth Town: U15A XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Rowing: Private Time Trial v. King’s School Chester and Cheltenham College: J14 - J18 (H) 2.00p.m.
Sunday 31 EPIPHANY 4
Boarders’ activity: LC2 Swansea Interactive play area
11.00a.m. – 3.00p.m. South Pacific principals and band (Music School)
FEBRUARY
Monday 1 4.15p.m. Library Committee
4.15p.m. William Jones Society: Mr D G Hope: Democracy – Ancient and Modern (William Jones Room)
7.00p.m. Form II Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)
Tuesday 2 PRESENTATION OF OUR LORD – CANDLEMAS
4.00p.m. Exam Accompaniments (Music School)
4.00p.m. HMSG 2nd Grades for Years 12 and 13
4.15p.m. Boarding Housemasters (Conference Room)
Wednesday 3 Senior Team Maths Challenge National Final (London)
CCF: RAF flying (St Athan) Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
Sixth Form Industry Visit: Sofa Sofa (Rhymney) p.m.
4.15p.m. Joint Steering (HMSG)
Thursday 4 8.45a.m. Sixth Form Chapel
Intermediate Maths Challenge
1.00p.m. First Grades due: all Forms except V
Boarders’ activity: Year 11 Joint HMSG & MS Quiz Night 7.45p.m. (HMSG)
7.00p.m. Monmouth’s Got Talent (Blake Theatre)
Friday 5 4.30p.m. – 6.30p.m. Forms I & II Disco (HMSG)
6.00p.m. – 6.45p.m. Form V Joint Quiz (HMSG)
7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m. Form V Disco (HMSG)
Saturday 6 Rugby: v. Bishop of Hereford Bluecoat School: U13A, B & C XVs (H) K.O. 2.00p.m.
U12A, B & C XVs (A) Depart 1.40p.m., K.O. 2.30p.m.
Soccer: v. Malvern College: 1st, 2nd, 4th, U14A & B XIs (A) Lunch 12.15p.m.
3rd, U16, U15A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Rowing: Hampton IVs and VIIIs Head (J14 – J18)
Sunday 7 2ND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
10.15a.m. Chapel: Holy Eucharist
Boarders’ activity: Go-Karting
Monday 8 8.30a.m. Symphonic Winds play in HMSG Assembly
4.15p.m. Form VI: Literary Society Lecture: Professor Rebecca Stott (William Jones Room)
6.30p.m. Information Presentation for Parents of Form III (Library)
7.00p.m. Form III Parents’ Evening (Blake Theatre)
Tuesday 9 9.00a.m. Tutor Period
Sixth Form Sports Scholarship Trials
Form II: Form III subject choices to Tutors
5.45p.m. Chapel (Weirhead House)
Wednesday 10 8.45a.m. Form V GCSE Exams Entries Meeting (Blake Theatre)
Associated Board Music Examinations (Music School)
Young Enterprise Company Training Event (County Hall, Cwmbran) Depart 9.00a.m., return 2.00p.m.
12.00 noon Interim Reports to be completed in PASS: all Forms except II, III & V
Monmouth Science Initiative visit to Cardiff University. Depart 12.00 noon, return 6.00p.m.
Sixth Form Industry Visit: British Telecom Earth Satellite Station (Madley) p.m.
Cardiff Maths Club. Depart 4.15p.m.
4.15p.m. Common Room Meeting (William Jones Room)
Rugby: v. Monmouth Comprehensive School: U13A & B XVs (H)
Thursday 11 8.40a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly (Blake Theatre)
Associated Board Music Examinations (Music School)
Rugby: U12A Rugby tour departs 2.00p.m.
Soccer: v. Rougemont: 1st/2nd, U16 XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Friday 12 8.45a.m. Chapel (Monmouth House)
9.00a.m. Interim Reports to Headmaster’s Office: all Forms except II, III & V
Exam Board deadline for GCSE Entries for Summer 2010
4.00p.m. HALF-TERM BEGINS
Ski trip to Austria departs (to 20 February)
Rugby: U12A v. Kirkham Grammar School (Tour) K.O. 3.45p.m.
Saturday 13 Half-term
Rugby: U12A v. King Edward VII, Lytham (Tour) K.O. 10.00a.m., return 5.00p.m.
Sunday 14 SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
Half-term
Monday 15 Half-term
Tuesday 16 Half-term
Wednesday 17 ASH WEDNESDAY – LENT BEGINSHalf-term
Thursday 18 Half-term
Friday 19 Half-term
Saturday 20 Half-term
Rowing: GB Junior Trials: selected athletes (Boston)
Sunday 21 LENT 1
Half-term
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
Rugby: Christ College, Brecon: Invitation Sevens (U18)
Rowing: GB Junior Trials: selected athletes (Boston)
Monday 22 Sixth Form Scholarship Examinations
Form III: GCSE Choices to Tutors
4.15p.m. ICT Departmental Reps
Tuesday 23 Sixth Form Scholarship Examinations
Mufti Day - For Purple Week (Eradication of Polio)
4.15p.m. Housemasters (William Jones Room)  
Wednesday 24 4.15p.m. Study Support Meeting (Conference Room)
7.00p.m. MS and HMSG Higher Education Forum (HMSG Hall)
7.30p.m. Merlin: Bartholomew Lafollette, ‘Cello and Alasdair Beatson, Piano (Blake Theatre)
Thursday 25 Final day for Summer calendar entries
Soccer: v. Bristol Grammar School: 1st, 2nd, 3rd XIs (A) Depart 12.50p.m.
Friday 26 2.00p.m. Monmouth School Executive Committee (William Jones Room)
Rugby: v. Market Harborough RFC: U13A & B XVs (H) 12.15p.m.
Saturday 27

Saturday Lessons Reverse
Soccer: v. Millfield: 1st, U16, U14A XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
2nd, 3rd, U15A & B XIs (A) Depart 11.00a.m.
 v. Abberley Hall: U14B XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.

Cross-Country: Welsh Wchools National Cross-Country Championships, Brecon Depart 11.15p.m. Return 5.00p.m.

Sunday 28 LENT 2
11.00a.m. – 5.00p.m. South Pacific rehearsals: full cast and band (Blake Theatre)
Boarders’ activity: Swansea Laser Zone
Rugby: Marches Sevens, Hereford Cathedral School (U18)
Rowing: Head of the Trent: J14 –J18 ‘A’ crews (Nottingham)
MARCH
Monday 1 ST DAVID
Eisteddfod (HMSG)
Foundation Scholarship Examinations
Form V History Revision Conference (Cardiff) Depart 12.00 noon, return 5.00p.m.
1.00p.m. Grange Eisteddfod (Blake Theatre)
4.00p.m. South Pacific technical rehearsal
4.15p.m. ICT Strategy Group
6.00p.m. Agincourt Society (William Jones Room)
Tuesday 2 Foundation Scholarship Examinations
4.00p.m. South Pacific dress rehearsal (Blake Theatre)
Wednesday 3 Foundation Scholarship Examinations
8.45a.m. Form IV GCSE Science Unit 1 Objective Tests (Blake Theatre)
CCF: RAF flying (St Athan) Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.
Rugby: Fraser Bird Sevens: U18, U15, U13 (Haberdashers’ Aske’s Knights Academy) K.O. 12 noon
v. Monmouth Comprehensive School: U12A & B XVs (A)
Thursday 4

8.45a.m. Sixth Form Chapel
1.40p.m. ICT Forum (William Jones Room)
7.30p.m. South Pacific (Blake Theatre)

Cross-Country: Tockington Manor Cross-Country Relays (U13) Depart 1.30p.m. Return 5.15p.m.

Friday 5 7.30p.m. South Pacific (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: Monmouth School Invitation Sevens (U14)
Saturday 6 Grange Entry Assessments
7.30p.m. South Pacific (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: Warwick Sevens (U12)
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.
v. Bromsgrove: U15B XI (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Rowing: Head of the Taff: J14 – J18 ‘B’ crews (Cardiff)
Sunday 7 LENT 3
Boarders’ activity: West Midlands Safari Park
Canoeing trip
Golf: v. Shrewsbury School: ISGA Plate Final (Little Ashton Golf Club, Birmingham) Depart 10.00a.m.
Monday 8 4.00p.m. HMSG Reports due for Years 12 and 13
4.15p.m. Library Committee
Tuesday 9 CCF Field Day (to 10 March) depart 4.00p.m.
1.30p.m. VI.2 Extended ALIS Tests (Blake Theatre)
4.15p.m. Calendar Planning (William Jones Room)
5.45p.m. Chapel (St James)
Wednesday 10 8.45a.m. Chapel (Form IIF)
CCF Field Day
Final Coursework Deadline: Forms V, VI.1 & VI.2
6.00p.m. – 8.30p.m. MS and HMSG Careers and Gap Convention (Blake Theatre)
7.00p.m. Kent-Dodsworth Brass Competition (Music School)
Rugby: v. Corpus Christi: U12A & B XVs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.
Soccer: v. Crickhowell High School: U14A & B XIs (H) K.O. 4.15p.m.
Thursday 11 8.40a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly (Blake Theatre) CANCELLED 
Release of January GCSE and A Level Results
7.00p.m. Chamber Concert: Form V GCSE Musicians (Music School)
Boarders’ activity: Sixth Form Joint HMSG & MS Quiz Night 7.45p.m. (HMSG)
Soccer: v. Royal Grammar School, Worcester: U15A & B XIs (H) K.O. 4.30p.m.
Rowing: Schools’ Head of the River: J15 – J18 (London)
Friday 12 4.00p.m. Second Grades due: all Forms
4.00p.m. Reports to Tutors: Forms I, V, VI.1 & VI.2
Confirmation Retreat (Ty Mawr Convent) Depart 10.30a.m., return 3.30p.m.
7.30p.m. Confirmation Service (St Mary’s Church)
Rowing: National Sculling Head: J14 – J18 (Dorney)
Saturday 13 12.30p.m. Leave-out begins
Rugby: Millfield Preparatory School Sevens (U13)
Soccer: v. Clifton College: 1st, 2nd, U15A & B XIs (A) Lunch 11.50a.m.
Sunday 14 LENT 4
Leave-out
Boarders return from 7.00p.m.
Rugby: West of England Sevens, Taunton (U18, U16)
Dean Close Sevens (U14)
Llandovery College Sevens (U15)
Monday 15 8.40a.m. Headmaster’s Assembly: Junior Symphonic Winds
Visit to Haberdashers’ Hall
13+ Examinations (Conference Room)
Internal deadline for GCSE Entries for Summer 2010
7.30p.m. Merlin: The Denner Ensemble (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: County Day School, Toronto arrive 3.45p.m.
Tuesday 16 4.15p.m. Joint Steering (MS)
Golf: West of England Public Schools’ Championships (Burnham and Berrow Golf Club) Depart 12.15p.m.
Rugby: v. County Day School, Toronto: A XV (H) K.O. 4.15p.m.
Wednesday 17

ST PATRICK
8.45a.m. Form VI A Level Entries Meeting (Blake Theatre)
9.00a.m. Tutor Period
CCF: RAF flying (St Athan) Depart 10.30a.m., return 6.00p.m.

Cardiff Maths Club Depart 4.15p.m. Return 7.30p.m.
Golf: West of England Public Schools’ Championships
Rugby: v. King Henry VIII, Abergavenny: U12A & B XVs (H) K.O. 2.30p.m.

Thursday 18 18 Exam Board deadline for request for photocopied scripts from January 2010
1.40p.m. School Council (William Jones Room)
7.00p.m. Chamber Concert: A level Musicians (Music School)
Golf: West of England Public Schools’ Championships. Return 4.00p.m.
Friday 19 ST JOSEPH
8.45a.m. Chapel (Severn House)
9.00a.m. Reports to Housemasters: Forms I, V & VI.2
9.00a.m. VI.1 Geography Field Course departs (to 22 March)
Form IV Biology visit to Cardiff Museum. Depart 9.00a.m., return 3.45p.m.
Cross-country: St John’s School, Porthcawl Cross-Country Tournament: Forms I – V. Depart 12.15p.m.
Saturday 20 Exam Board deadline for GCE Entries for Summer 2010
Soccer: v. King’s School, Worcester: 1st, 2nd, U14A & B XIs (A) Lunch 11.50a.m.
3rd, U16, U15A & B XIs (H) K.O. 2.15p.m.
Rowing: MSRC Annual Ball (Blake Theatre) 7.30p.m.
Sunday 21 LENT 5 – PASSIONTIDE BEGINS
9.15a.m. Chamber Choir rehearsal (Chapel)
10.15a.m. Chapel: Passiontide Eucharist
12.00 noon – 4.00p.m. HMSSO rehearsals (HMSG)
Boarders’ activity: Paintballing (Forms III – VI)
2.00p.m. St James v. School House Quiz Afternoon (HMSG)
Rugby: U13 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 5.00p.m.
Monday 22 Haberdashers' Deputation
8.40a.m. Chaplain’s Assembly (Blake Theatre)
1.50p.m. Junior History Society Trial of Ivan the Terrible (Blake Theatre)
VI.1 Geography Field Course returns 4.00p.m.
4.15p.m. William Jones Society: Dr A V Francis: Junk Science (William Jones Room)
Rugby: U18 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 4.00p.m.
Tuesday 23 Haberdashers' Deputation
8:40a.m. Form VI Chapel
1.30p.m. – 5.00p.m. Concert rehearsals (St Mary’s Church)
7.30p.m. Choral and Orchestral Concert: Adams A Short ride in a fast machine, Sibelius Karelia Suiteand Mozart Requiem (StMary’sChurch)
Rugby: U13 squad return
U16 squad leave for National Sevens (London) Depart 2.30p.m.
Wednesday 24 10.00a.m. Governors’ Full Board (William Jones Room)
12.00 noon Interim Reports to be completed in PASS: Forms II, III & IV
4.15p.m. Common Room Meeting (William Jones Room)
Rugby: Forms I & II Seven-a-side Rugby Competition
U18 squad return
Thursday 25 ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
Sixth Form visit to Greece departs (to 30 March)
8.40a.m. Headmaster’s Final Assembly (Blake Theatre)
6.30p.m. House Drama Competition (Blake Theatre)
Rugby: U16 squad return
Friday 26 Exam Board deadline for Enquiries About Results and request for original scripts for January 2010
9.00a.m. Interim Reports to Headmaster’s Office: Forms II, III, & IV
4.00p.m. Reports to Headmaster’s Office: Forms I, V, VI.1 & VI.2
4.00p.m. TERM ENDS
French trip to Brittany departs (to 31 March)
Saturday 27 Sixth Form visit to Paris departs (to 31 March)
Spanish trip to Santander departs (to 1 April)
Rowing: Head of the River Race: 1st, 2nd & 3rd VIIIs (London)
Thursday 2 Autumn term begins