Christmas Message We’ve reached the Christmas holiday and what a great term it’s been here at HMS. We have so much to be thankful for: enthusiastic, engaged and positive pupils who give their all every day in school; a staff team who go above and beyond to make our school such a special place to learn and very supportive parents/carers
Well done to all of our HMS students who are in the Show Choir and performed at the QEHS Winter Concert last week. They performed the songs ‘What Happens When a Woman?’ and ‘From Now On’ and performed in the same programme as the high school students. The rest of the programme included the Jazz Band, Wind Band, QE Choir,
It was a joy to meet as year groups yesterday for our Christmas Celebration Assemblies. The assemblies are always an opportunity to reflect on the term, to celebrate the success of all pupils and to highlight the special achievements made in school. Our assemblies include subject awards and nominations, recognition of great attendance and, of course, our P point awards. Our
We’re all set for our Christingles this morning. We are looking forward to an opportunity to take a break from the festive fun for a moment of calm reflection ahead of the Christmas break. Thank you Mr Freeman-Myers, Miss Buxton-Collins and Y11 PERS students for their support. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
5MDO was SO excited to have a visit from Mrs Downes and baby Martha this morning. What a special Christmas treat! Congratulations again to Mrs Downes – we hope you, Martha and your family have a great first Christmas together! ❤️
We were delighted to hold our annual Carol Service on Tuesday this week – it was a truly magical event and a very proud evening for our school. The level of skill, confidence and dedication on display from all of the pupils was outstanding – it never ceases to amaze me! The singers were superb, the musicians sounded incredible and
This month’s Head of School Award theme was generosity. Our key character value this half term has been generosity as we have built up to Christmas and I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their wonderful approach to school life. It was great to celebrate the positive contribution each pupil makes to our school community – I am very proud of each of them. Pupils joined me for a special
As part of the personal development curriculum, our form classes were challenged to create a festive wreath for their classroom door. We have been so impressed by the creativity on display and the wreaths represent the classes so superbly! The overall winners this year were: 6RAL 7IBO 5MDO Well done to every single form class! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Year 8 had the opportunity to visit the Safety Works Centre in Newcastle this week as part of their PSHE curriculum. We always love visiting the centre as the sessions are so interactive and informative. Everyone engaged very well with the important sessions about staying safe in the community. Behaviour and engagement were excellent and Year 8 was a credit
A group of HMS singers are visiting local care homes and hospital wards today as part of our ‘HMS Carols in the Community’ sessions. It is always a pleasure to visit local residents and patients to share festive joy through music. It was incredibly emotional yet uplifting to see the patients singing along this morning and the choir sounded wonderful