Mr Barry’s Sports Round-Up: KS2 Girls Football

Last night the Year 5 and Year 6 girls were in second round County Cup action. The girls played against a strong RGS squad and played superbly. RGS were restricted to their chances but were clinical in front of goal. All of the girls who played were brilliant and showed a hunger to win.  We had a number of Year

Poppy Making Workshop

KS2 and KS3 took part in a peaceful poppy painting session on Friday 18 October 2019. Pupils collaborated in the making of a wreath to mark a day in Remembrance. 35 children worked with Miss Lawton, during Art Club, to recycle the egg cartons collected by kind members of staff at HMS. A total of 100 poppies were crafted and

Year 6 Art Project

In art, Year 6 are undertaking a project about texture and for homework they had to explore different textures and use found materials to stick to the image of the fish. Miss Kwella & Miss Lawton were impressed with the fabulous work handed in! Year 6 have been looking at artwork created by the GOND community in India and the

Mr Barry’s Sports Round-Up: Year 8 Rugby

Year 8 Girls’ Rugby On Tuesday the Year 8 girls made their competitive start to the season. They were drawn in a pool with Corbridge, St Thomas More and St Mary’s.  Game 1 was against St Thomas More. The girls played brilliantly well and showed a desire to succeed, picking up where they left off last season. The girls ran

Mr Barry’s Sports Round-Up: KS3 Boys’ Rugby

Last week the Year 7 and Year 8 boys’ rugby union teams were in action at Kingston Park. In a day where schools from all across Newcastle and Northumberland were present, it was a chance for the students to test themselves against some high level opposition. Year 7 got off to a tough start against an established Marden team and were

Peter J Murray Visit

Peter J Murray visited HMS recently to introduce us to his new book Poppy Warrior. The story is about a computer game-obsessed boy and his twin sister who begin to experience spooky coincidences when they start at a new school. Eventually, they make links to their past and realise they must stand brave, facing the real life horror of World

Food Bank Appeal

For Harvest Festival 2019, Hexham Middle School is collecting for West Northumberland Food Bank. Our Harvest Festival assemblies will be on Tuesday 15 October 2019 for Key Stage 3 and Wednesday 16 October 2019 for Key Stage 2. You can help by donating any of the following food items: Tinned meat/fish Tinned vegetables/tomatoes Tinned fruit or desserts Dried or UHT

Follow-Up Open Morning

Thank you to those who attended our recent Open Morning and Open Evening events. We have arranged for a follow-up Open Morning (for entry to HMS in September 2020) on Tuesday 15 October 2019 (11.15am-12.15pm) for parents/carers who were previously unable to attend. To book, please contact 01434 602533 or admin@hexhammiddle.org.uk

Mr Barry’s Sports Round-Up: Y7 Football

The Year 7 boys team were recently in national cup action against Benfield. The boys started brightly and put the opposition under pressure from the start. That pressure paid off when a James S effort deflected in: 1-0 Hexham.  After Alex M had a goal ruled out for offside Benfield went up the other end and scored the equaliser… 1-1.

Languages Bake Off

Thursday 26 September 2019 saw Hexham Middle School hold its very first European Day of Languages Bake Off, and what an incredible display of baking talent it was!  We had over 30 entries into the competition and all of the entries were fantastic. This made our job of judging the cakes even harder – thank you to Mrs Cave and