This month’s Head of School Award theme was positivity. One of our core ‘Skills Builder’ themes is ‘staying positive’ and I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their wonderful approach to school life. It was great to celebrate the positive contribution each pupils makes to our school community – I am very proud of each of them.
A group of 50 KS3 pupils attended a Holmes Lecture at Newcastle University on Wednesday night. It was great to hear Professor Graham Morgan discussing the question of ‘Who will win?’ between humans and AI. The session focused on video game technology which so many of our pupils enjoy and the evolving influence of AI in today’s world. What a
We were delighted to welcome ‘1623 Theatre Company’ to HMS this week. Each of our KS3 pupils had the chance to join a very engaging drama workshop to bring their studies to life. Year 7 focused on Romeo and Juliet which they are studying in class. The session included a wide range of Shakespearean greetings and language from the play.
We are so excited to be planning a ‘Careers Fair’ for Year 8 pupils in the Hexham Partnership. We are in the early stages of planning the event and know we have so many parents/carers (and family members) who would be able to help us make this an engaging and memorable event. We are looking for employers and organisations to
Ms Hayler is delighted to present the highlights in the HMS Library for January including some of the latest ‘mood boosting’ and ‘reading well’ books by inspirational authors such as Marcus Rashford, Leah Williamson and Matthew Syed. We also have lots of new fiction and non-fiction arrivals for KS2 and KS3: a mix of genres, styles, dyslexia-friendly and graphics/illustrated books.
Emily G in Y6 has written the second in our new series of book reviews by our fantastic ‘Library Champions’. A copy of the magical adventure ‘Hedgewitch’ is available in HMS Library for borrowing. Many thanks to Emily for her recommendation! Happy reading everyone!
HMS athletes braved the cold and snow showers running in the County Cross Country Championships this week. HMS had four runners who finished in qualifying positions to compete in the Inter-County Championships in Middlesbrough. Wilfred P capped a couple of successful days finishing an excellent 5th place (he was racing Year 9 boys!). Wilfred had placed an impressive second place
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!