Where can languages take you? – Year 8

North East Festival of Languages @ Hexham Middle School Where can languages take you? – Year 8 careers event  As part of the North East Festival of Languages, on Monday our year 8 pupils took part in a careers webinar organised by the British Council called ‘Where can languages take you?’   Pupils have been finding out about how learning a language can support them in the future. During the

Holi Festival

To mark the Holi Festival, Mrs Satow and her team are preparing our next themed lunch menu for Monday 25th March.  We can’t wait to sample the delicious food in the dining hall on the day to recognise the Hindu ‘festival of colours’! Lunch will be served at the normal time and paid for via School Gateway as usual.  #Respect #Engage

Respect Engage Aspire Awards

Each week, our form tutors award pupils in their classes with our ‘REA Awards’. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values to life.  Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you! #Respect #Engage #Aspire

Reading Plus

Well done to Leanne (Y5) and Emily (Y6) who have read the most words on Reading Plus last week.They were awarded a book token in assembly and got to visit the HMS Library to choose a book from the prize hamper to take home, enjoy and keep.Well done both of you and to everyone who is using Reading Plus so

Red Nose Day Fundraising

Wow – what a great day at HMS raising funds for this year’s Red Nose Day appeal. Over the course of the day, we have had crazy hairstyles, penalty shootouts, teacher and pupil egg and spoon races, various stalls and activities in the library and, of course, our famous ‘I’m a teacher…get me out of here’ eating challenge! The day

The Speaking Summit 2024

As part of our developing oracy focus, Mr Nichol is down in London today working with ‘Voice 21’ at The Speaking Summit 2024.Mr Nichol is our oracy lead and is developing strategies to get our pupils talking more across the curriculum. Speaking is a great way to support learning in any subject and Mr Nichol is leading the way at

Head of School Award

This month’s ‘Head of School Award’ winners were nominated for showing the character value of courage. The pupils met for a special breakfast treat today, got their certificates and have been awarded a P5!I am very proud of each and every one of them! #Respect #Engage #Aspire

Launching…Resonate!

We are so excited to launch our first ‘Resonate’ event. The amazing HMS PTA has been working in conjunction with Core Music to plan an innovative new whole school music project to inspire our pupils.  We kickstart our project next Wednesday with a whole school launch event where we will welcome the phenomenal NuSound Brass into school to perform and

Lego League

15 pupils represented Hexham Middle School in the First Lego League Tournament against other schools from across the North East. Together, they built and programmed two Lego robots to travel through a maze and solve various puzzles. Judges were particularly impressed with their creative forklift design that could operate levers. Team HMS came a very respectable fourth place, and picked

Athletics Update

It was a fantastic morning for our Year 6 pupils who competed in the Indoor Athletics Competition earlier this week. There were several winners across a range of events, but most importantly, everyone competed in a competitive but very positive manner and displayed excellent levels of sportsmanship and support for their teammates. All of the children were a credit to