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Year 4 Visit Verulamium!

Thu 11 Jun 2026

On Tuesday 9th June, Year 4 went on a trip to the Verulamium museum where Romans had settled 2,000 years ago. (Alice)

First we walked to the Hypocaust, an underground heat system, covered by a mosaic and owned by a wealthy family or person. They used chimneys underground to force hot air into the floor, making the room warm. (Luca)

Then we went to see what the gateway looked like after the catastrophic fire that ruined the place. We also got to stand on the remaining parts. (Justin)

After our lunch, we handled ancient artefacts in an interesting Roman workshop. The lady who spoke to us was very knowledgeable and where we had our workshop was a very important place for the Romans. (Justin)

Before we went back to school, the whole class got a tour of the museum. We watched a video of how Boudicca destroyed Verulamium and how a keen archaeologist has discovered real things from Roman times! (Alice)

Overall the day was a big success. My favourite bit was probably seeing the ruins of the old gateway. I'd never seen ruins before. It was so cool! (Alice)

Learning Through Landscapes Session

Thu 04 Jun 2026

On Monday 1st June, Monks Eco Team took part in a mini climate audit, focusing predominantly on the playground and green spaces around the school. This was led by Cindy Grant, from Learning Through Landscapes. The team carried out temperature checks of different surfaces in different areas and found some very surprising results!

The children learnt that our trees are amazing at storing carbon, which can help keep the planet cool (and us during break times!) They also analysed the ground cover at Monks, discussed the importance of green space and began to consider how we can increase wildlife and flora in the school grounds, which will also help to keep us cool at Monks, especially during the summer months.

We are looking forward to further work alongside Learning Through Landscapes, to develop our outdoor spaces!

Miss Goodright & Monks Eco Team

'No Mow May' at Monks School

Tue 05 May 2026

'No Mow May'

Monks Eco Team would like to announce that the school is taking part in 'No Mow May' which will hopefully encourage insects and wildlife to visit the school green areas and support biodiversity, something which we are passionate about.

We will be cordoning off an area of the Key Stage 2 play green area and a section of the school field (where the saplings and wildflowers are planted).

Year 5 Visit Science Oxford

Fri 01 May 2026

Year 5 Visit to Oxford Science Museum.

On Thursday 30th May, we went to the Oxford Science Museum and planetarium, it was so fun there were three activities during the day. The first thing we did was the Exploration zone.

Firstly, we went to the Exploration zone ( a room of fun gadgets and experiments) where everywhere I looked there were fun games. There were microscopes, tubes of air that shot out balls and scarves, thermal cameras, brain teasers and animations that were fascinating. Some of the games made you think really hard to find out the answer.

Next, we went to the changing states workshop, where with your partner we wore really cool goggles and used a candle to test materials and how they changed and reacted to heat. Our workshop leader Kate told us what we tested and how they changed, it was so fun. My favourite part of the workshop was caramelising sugar ( that sugar melted fast) personally this was my favourite part of the day.

Finally we went to the planetarium and saw cool images of the milky way, the sun, galaxies and stars. We went to the moon and it felt like we were flying. We went to an inflatable dome which made a funny noise. When we spoke (which we didn't) it echoed really loudly, my favorite part was looking at the milky ways.

By Sophie

Year 2 Visit Whipsnade Zoo

Thu 30 Apr 2026

On Wednesday 29th April Year 2 went to Whipsnade Zoo. First we got on a coach, it took 45 minutes. I sat next to Ottilie. Then we saw Bison! Then we walked to the wild dogs. They were laying down. Then we saw a giraffe. They were so tall. We saw a lion called Simba. Simba made me laugh because he scratched the wall four times. After we had our lunch I had crisps. Then we saw Rhinos and we saw flamingos. They were fighting because they had a baby. So we left to go to the Zebras. They were calmer. We went to see some Meerkats. Finally, we went to the farm then we got on a coach to go back to school. I had a lovely time

By Courtney

Miss Dawes took part in the London Marathon!

Mon 27 Apr 2026

Huge congratulations to Miss Dawes who completed the London Marathon yesterday in 5 hrs 33 mins! She was running in support of Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care. We are all very proud of her achievement.

Zero Waste Day at Monks!

Tue 21 Apr 2026

Monks' Waste Free Lunch was a huge success this week! The children were delighted to show their waste free boxes and the Eco Team are also very pleased to see the reduction in waste!

It's wonderful to be part of reducing the size of landfill sites.

Thank you for your ongoing support and remember...

'Little by little, a little becomes a lot'
Miss Goodright and the Eco Team