What a huge success our Festive Forest Evening was last night. Thank you all SO much for your support of this wonderful event. It was great to see so many of you enjoying the evening – the festive atmosphere was a joy to see and hear. The children loved the wide range of craft activities and visiting the forest school
Hexham Middle School did the North East proud at the English Schools’ AA Cross Country Cup Final this weekend, which took place in very cold and damp sub-zero conditions at Woodbridge School in Suffolk. Each of the nine English regions fielded three teams (or four, in the case of a joint third finish in the regional round) of up to
Christmas Joy In Personal Development time, our classes have been busy preparing their form class wreaths. Here are a few on proud display already. Well done everyone – we are impressed with the creativity!
To celebrate the start of Advent, Jude very kindly brought in a calendar for Arlo to enjoy this month! I think you can see how happy they both were to open the first window! ‘Tis the season!
Miss Taylor is very proud to share an update of some of the latest work being produced in the art studio. We are so proud of the effort and engagement on display! Year 5 have focused on the formal elements of art; Year 6 on cubism; Year 7 on Impressionism and perspective and Year 8 on portraiture and identity. Miss
We can’t wait for our annual Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 13th December – what a treat it is!The delicious lunch is £3.50 for two courses and is paid via School Gateway in the usual way. Free school meal allowances are increased to cover the cost of our festive lunch. If your child has any allergies or dietary requirements, and don’t
The Cyber First Girls Competition aims to inspire girls interested in technology to pursue a career in cyber security. The competition is a team event, and together they tackle challenges from cryptography and logic to artificial intelligence and networking for the chance to be crowned ‘Cyber Security Champions’. Every girl from the winning team will take a brand new laptop
‘Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the school…. not a creature was stirring, except for…… Mr Nichol is very excited to launch the return of the HMS elf to help us in our countdown to Christmas! Pupils can look forward to daily updates throughout December – where will the elf be hiding in school this year?
We were so proud of our orchestra who performed at this year’s Christmas Lights Switch On in Hexham on Friday. Thank you to Hexham Town Council for inviting us once again. The orchestra members worked so hard to rehearse for the evening and sounded magnificent – we are always so proud of them. Despite the very chilly evening, they sounded
In forest school lessons this week, we have been using our whittling skills to carve some lovely little festive elves. We have also been roasting marshmallows to make delicious s’mores and making sculptures. Check out the amazing hedgehog village made by Year 5… We can’t wait to welcome you all to the forest school next Tuesday evening!