Yesterday seven of our KS3 girls were representing the school in their first ever futsal tournament. Futsal is a version of football which looks at skill, control and tactical awareness so is a relatively new sport to the UK that is becoming more and more popular. Before the tournament the girls only had one training session and a few meetings
We would like to invite parents of Year 6 pupils to attend a SATs Information Evening on Thursday 31 January 2019 at 6pm in Fellside Hall. This session will be an opportunity to be informed about all aspects of the Key Stage 2 assessments your child will sit in May 2019. We will discuss the test papers, arrangements for the
Tonight was our first fixture of 2019 and it was the turn of Year 7 girls in the Area 5-a-side. In a tournament with no substitutes, we knew it would be a challenge. Game 1 we played against Haydon Bridge. Katherine H set the tone for the game with a terrific tackle taking the ball, the player and knocking me
The pupils attending our ‘New Buds Quad Squad’, the extra-curricular environmental improvement lunchtime group, have doing some temporary overwinter planting in the Quad.
Last Thursday was the final evening of our extra-curricular Sugarcraft Club; Miss Kwella and our Key Stage 3 pupils made and decorated some lovely Christmas cakes! See below for pictures of their excellent work.
Our KS2 pupils greatly enjoyed the performance of the pantomime Aladdin at Simonside Community Centre on Friday! (Oh yes they did!)
Our Catering Manager at HMS, Leanne, made all these fantastic toppers in her own time for the Christmas biscuits last week; everyone thought they looked amazing and enjoyed them greatly!
A huge night for the Year 7 footballers who have already had a busy year and have already finished runners-up twice in County tournaments. Game 1: Game one started with Haydon Bridge the opponent and they started well but two early goals by Taylor Milton either side of a Max Gradwell rocket put us in control. Sam Davison opened up
On Thursday afternoon, ten Year 6 students went to compete in the regional dodgeball festival. Our two teams: HMS City captained by Rowan Shreeve, and HMS United captained by Tom Hymers, performed brilliantly. In a festival where they play six mini matches, the pupils were all brilliant with dart-like accuracy from Michael Alderson Brown and Cade John Tait, really impressing
Our Year 6 pupils have been learning how to make chapatis in their Food Technology lessons with Miss Kwella throughout November, to link in with the recent Hindu Diwali festival.