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Please click here for a message from me, which covers the future of Science GCSEs, recent school visitors and Year 7's great start to their secondary school career.

We have made arrangements with Citizens Advice for an adviser to visit school once a week to speak to parents and carers who might be in need of their services. Citizens Advice is an organisation which gives people the knowledge and confidence they need to find their way forward – whoever they are, and whatever their problem. Areas of specialism include housing, work, benefits, law and debt. They are there to help everyone who needs it with practical advice; their national charity and network of local charities offer confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free.

They will be with us every Tuesday afternoon between 3-4pm to offer this service, which we hope will be of use to many parents and carers. Further details of how to access this service may be found on the poster in the Community section of this newsletter. 

All the best for a fruitful and enjoyable weekend.

Cofion cynnes

Hugo Hutchison
Headteacher

Monday 29^th September 5.30pm, School Hall

As Y10 students embark on their Key Stage Four studies, we would like to invite parents to join us to look at the year ahead. 

Faculty leaders from English, Maths, Science and Welsh, alongside Miss Feldon and Mr Hampshire, will help you to support your child through their studies with helpful tips and advice on navigating these examination years.  Your child is very welcome to join you.

We are delighted to share with you, on the link below, the wide range of extra-curricular opportunities available to students this term at Monmouth Comprehensive School. 

Clubs and activities start on Monday 22 September and run until Friday 5 December.

AUTUMN 2025 SCHEDULE

Please ensure arrangements are in place for your child to travel home.

We were extremely fortunate to host poet, rapper, singer-songwriter and Carnegie-nominated author Alex Wharton here at MCS yesterday, who ran four exciting, interactive and inspiring workshops for over 1,000 of our students, Years 7-10.

Year 7 and 8 got to be part of the creative process with a poetry draw-along, as well as learning an amazing poem about a hairy jellybean off by heart, whilst Years 9 and 10 were able to hear about the inspirational stories behind the poetry and hear some incredible performances, including ‘Roseanne’ and ‘The Gardener.’ All the year groups behaved beautifully, with Year 9 proving to be the most enthusiastic, even requesting the ‘Monday Morning Rap’ song a second time so that they could all sing along!

It was truly a wonderful, joyful experience, and one that we hope will stay with our students for a long time, perhaps even inspiring them to enter the ‘I Have A Dream’ poetry competition that we are currently running!

Here is the link to Alex Wharton’s website if anybody would like to learn more about him and his books: https://alexwhartonpoet.co.uk/

CAYP Psychology Limited

We would like to invite your school community and parent body to a free webinar. Across the year, we run webinars for schools and parents across the country, focusing on common difficulties we see in our work, which we know are topical concerns for many families.

This term’s webinar will explore the link between sleep, technology, and stress/anxiety in children and young people, with our next webinar focusing on behaviour. Our webinars are delivered by Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dr Daniel Weisberg of CAYP Psychology, a national psychological healthcare service for children and young people.

About Dr Daniel Weisberg
Daniel is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Managing Director of CAYP Psychology. With a PhD and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, he specialises in neuropsychology and rare genetic disorders. He is a highly regarded clinician with over a decade of NHS experience and now leads an award-winning service of more than 100 clinicians supporting children and young people across the UK.

Sleep, Screens and Stressed-Out Kids: Free Webinar delivered by Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Dr Daniel Weisberg
Tuesday 30th September, 8–9pm (UK time)

Please use this sign up link: https://ro.am/events/cayp