Bastille Day Menu What a treat! Pupils and staff enjoyed a special Bastille Day themed menu on Wednesday. We are so thankful to Mrs Satow and our amazing catering team who worked hard to produce a wide range of delicious food options including great main courses, tasty desserts, fresh salad and breads. Thank you to Mr Armstrong for organising the
Pupil Success! We are all so proud to hear that Ben was awarded Cub Scout of the Year last night. Well done, Ben! Pupil Success! We are all so proud to hear that Ben was awarded Cub Scout of the Year last night. Well done, Ben!
On Friday afternoon, year 5 watched ‘Les Aventures de Lapin‘ – a theatrical production based on folktales from the French-speaking Caribbean. A fun filled show told through live action, puppetry and catchy songs. Pupils particularly enjoyed singing ‘Moi, j’adore les bananes’ and ‘Zobolak le Zombie’. Before the performance, all pupils took part in workshops led by Theatre Sans Frontieres, which was fantastic preparation
Wear Your Own Clothes Day! The final day of term (Friday 21st July) will be non-uniform. This will hopefully allow lots of you to consider donations to our ‘Go Green: Uniform Recycling Service’. If you have no use for your child’s HMS uniform after this term, please send in jumpers, polo shirts, PE hoodies and t-shirts, school shoes and football boots.
Well done, Betty! We are pleased to be able to share that Betty F entered a competition with Northern Gas Networks following on from her involvement in the Co Crew Go Bonanza Carbon Monoxide workshops. This week, Laura Ratcliffe from North Gas Networks came into school to present Betty with a certificate to acknowledge her achievement in being the runner up
Mrs Box and her daughter, Ellie, delivered a workshop in school last week themed around archaeology. Pupils were given the opportunity to select a craft activity focusing on classical and Egyptian archaeology. There was a fantastic atmosphere in the workshop, which lasted for 2 hours after school. A huge thank you must go to Ellie who helped to share her
Don’t forget the HMS annual Summer Fair this Saturday 10th June. Please save the date – the whole community are welcome for an afternoon of fun at HMS. To support the Summer Fair, we would really appreciate: Donations of tombola prizes Donations of raffle prizes Anyone who could make cakes/scones for our afternoon tea All prize donations can be dropped
We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Summer Music Evening on Thursday 29th June 7.00pm. We are so proud of the musical talent displayed by our pupils, and we can’t wait for you to see this year’s showcase. The evening will feature a wide range of musical performances from children across every year group. No tickets needed but voluntary
NU Futures Workshop Some of our pupils in year 7 and 8 have been involved this week in their NU Futures workshops with our representative (Henry) from Newcastle United Foundation. This week, some of our pupils were set the challenge of making tetrahedrons in small groups, developing their communication and problem-solving skills. Pupils are involved in a series of sessions leading
HMS were in athletics action at the School Cup. 22 athletes travelled to Gateshead stadium to compete in the first event of the season. The competition is always tough as we are one of the few state schools to participate. Each time and distance is converted to a point score, the school with the highest points total wins the competition.