To launch their ‘Earth and Space’ learning, Year 5 visited the Great North Museum in Newcastle this week. The children enjoyed a space-themed workshop led by museum staff, a visit to the planetarium and had a chance to explore the other museum exhibitions. It was a fantastic day of science-themed learning and exploration. We are looking forward to seeing this
Save the date…our Year 8 Leavers’ Festival is taking place on Thursday 18th July 6-8pm. We would love to see all of our Year 8 pupils there to celebrate their time at HMS! An online form has been sent home – please sign up. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
After arriving safely from their early morning flight, the group settled in and got straight out into the glorious Spanish sunshine! Day 1 in Spain saw the group visit the city of Tarragona which is famous for its Roman amphitheatre and Gothic Cathedral. The pupils had the chance to look around the historic city centre, Part Alta. The group then
50 very excited pupils departed from HMS in the early hours of the morning today. The group have arrived safely and are now out in the Spanish sunshine! What a great week they are going to have! Mr Freeman-Myers and the team will send us updates throughout the week and we’ll try to post more photographs as regularly as we
To support our Summer Fair tombola, pupils are invited to wear non-uniform on Friday 14th June in return for a prize donation. Please don’t worry if you don’t want to donate a prize this time, all pupils can still enjoy the non-uniform day. If your child prefers to wear their uniform, that’s absolutely fine too. Thank you for your support! p.s.
Support workshops for parents and carers of children who display traits associated with, or have a diagnosis of, a neurodevelopmental condition including: autism, sensory processing, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). A diagnosis is not needed. HINT ASD drop in sessions throughout June.
Our PTA are excited to launch this year’s Summer Fair Raffle. Once again, we have been amazed by the generosity of the local community and organisations – your support is hugely appreciated. All children have been given an envelope of tickets today. If you would like to buy tickets, please return the ticket stubs and payment to school. If you don’t
Lavinia T in Y7 has written the 11th in our series of book reviews by our fantastic ‘Library Champions’. A copy of the book is available in HMS Library. Many thanks to Lavinia for her recommendation! Happy reading everyone! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Our KS3 cricket teams were representing HMS yesterday and Mr Cameron was very proud of the teams. The girls’ team won their group and progressed to the final where they were narrowly beaten. The team won four of their five games. Despite the defeat in the final, the girls’ team have qualified for the next round where they will be
Our Year 8 Sports Leaders were superb when supporting at last week’s Year 4 ‘Quad Kids’ athletics transition event. Year 4 pupils from local first schools visited HMS for a great morning of athletics. Our Year 8 pupils were phenomenal role models and were widely praised by visiting teachers. Well done for being such brilliant ambassadors for HMS! #Respect #Engage