Feel Good Friday

On Friday 5 February we are holding our first Feel Good Friday event; a day with a dedicated focus on mental health and wellbeing.  The day is part of Children’s Mental Health Week. More information can be found in our Feel Good Friday letter including a timetable for the events of the day and a message from the Duchess of

What is your story?

A call-out to ‘experts’ in our local community. What is your story? At HMS, we would like to invite our community of parents, carers and friends to contribute to our pupils learning. We are on the look-out for adults with a particular skill or expertise who would be willing to share with our children. Are you one of them? Or

PE Podcast Week 1

PE at HMS has now entered the world of podcasts. Each week Mr Barry and Mr Gaines will be discussing the world of sport, the sporting challenges we are setting for you and we will even be joined by special guests from the world of sport! PE Podcast week 1

Inspiring Pupils

Pia is in our current Year 6 and started working with fimo (polymer clay) when she was 9. She started by making miniature sweets and cakes for her toys. When she was around 10, she started making ‘canes’ – a technique for making patterns similar to how words go through a stick of rock. This led her to making beads,

Live Lessons

Happy Monday everyone!  A reminder that our slightly updated live timetables for Years 5 and 6 start today (with added technology and computing for Y5 and extra science for Y6). As always, we’re here to help in any way we can – give us a call or an email and we’ll get back to you. Have a great week everyone! 

Stargazing

Greetings Earthlings, Last year, some of our year 7 and 8 pupils visited Calvert Kielder on a weekend residential and adventure trip.   Pupils learned about astronomy attending seminars led by scientists from the Dark Skies Project.  It was a fascinating trip exploring the observatory and taking part in daring outward bound activities.  We all got drenched!  Pupils even got the

Online Festival of Literature

Hexham Middle School proudly presents an online Festival of Literature, in association with Bishop’s Stortford College, 2nd February 2021- 12th February 2021.  This is an incredible opportunity for our students to join up to eight renowned children’s authors, as they share their stories and discuss what has inspired and motivated them as writers.   All you need to do is click the

International Women’s Day

Celebration of International Women’s Day To help celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Northumberland County Council have their annual competition for schools.  We have entered this before and attended presentation events in Morpeth.  This year there is a new category called ‘Digital Project’. The categories for different competitions are as follows: Art – Produce a drawing of inspirational women from Northumberland. 

Feel Good Friday

To encourage a break away from screens and to promote positive mental health and well-being, we invite all pupils and parents to join us for ‘Feel Good Friday’ on 5 February. More information on our activities will be sent home next week. Happy Friday everyone – have a great weekend!

Holocaust Memorial Day

We now have a link to the below mentioned assembly so that you can watch it at your own convenience.  Please do ensure you watch this together with your child. Holocaust Memorial Day Loom Link This week we are acknowledging Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday.  Pupils will watch an assembly composed by Mr Johnson, our history specialist.  Pupils will be