Year 5 had a brilliant workshop with Deanna Van Der Velde who is the Director of Newcastle Council of Faiths. The children loved finding out all about Judaism including Kosher food, visiting the synagogue and the Torah. The children’s cartoon menorahs were everybody’s favourite! Huge thanks to Deanna for visiting Hexham Middle School and bringing our Religious Education learning to
We were delighted to see so many early birds coming in out of the cold and accessing laptops for revision purposes this week. Our first two sessions were well attended and there was a really lovely, positive atmosphere (and lots of breakfast snacks were consumed!) Early Birds is open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 8.15am for anyone in Year
Each week, our wonderful ‘Library Champions’ will be highlighting and reviewing a favourite book. A copy of each recommended read will be available in HMS Library for borrowing. Our first brilliant review is by Hattie D in Y5. Happy reading everyone!
As part of our World Religion Day focus this week, Year 8 enjoyed a workshop with visitors from the Islamic Diversity Centre today. The workshop allowed our pupils to explore their current learning in RE in more depth and to learn more about Islam. The workshop gave pupils the opportunity to answer and explore questions they had. Huge thanks to
On Friday, our Year 7 pupils took part in the Design Sprint Workshop of the ‘Young Green Briton Challenge’ led by Dr Meryl Batchelder from the Ministry of Eco Education and Laura Dempsey from Volunteers for Future (a founding partner) and supported by colleagues from Egger in Hexham. Skills Builder was in action and there was a real buzz in
Mr Watters and Mr Stephenson joined colleagues from QEHS at the IncludEd Conference in London this weekend. The conference included a wide range of inspiring guest speakers and centred on the themes of access and success, wellbeing and safety and equity and diversity. The opening speaker was poet Lemn Sissay, who shared the below short poem from his latest collection,
We will be holding our ‘SATS Information Evening’ for Year 6 parents/carers on Tuesday 30th January at 6.30pm. The session will be held in our hall here at HMS. The session will give you lots of information on the Year 6 assessments being held nationally in May 2024, the key dates, information about the test style and content and how
To welcome the children back to a new term, the Year 5 team planned a fantastic team building morning this week. Year 5 enjoyed a morning of activities including Glow Sports (which they absolutely loved!), dodgeball and outdoor learning activities down in the Fellside Forest. It was great to see the children communicating well, working together and building relationships ready
Our Year 7 pupils have been out and about this week as part of their microclimate project. In geography lessons, pupils have been out in the school grounds collecting data using digital anemometers to measure wind speed and temperature. They are aiming to determine how both natural and human features influence a microclimate in an area. As part of our
It was great to welcome Newcastle University back to HMS yesterday. Year 7 enjoyed workshops focused on neuroscience and the brain. Pupils were learning about the different brain lobes and their functions. They were also able to take part in some brain lobe tests to explore the different functions. It’s always great to work with Newcastle University and we look