On Monday, Year 5 visited the Great North Museum as part of their science and humanities curriculum. While there, the children explored a range of historical time periods and different species of animals. They also enjoyed a superb planetarium show and completed a workshop on how space impacts life on Earth. Overall, a great day was had by all and
Team HMS are ready to celebrate World Book Day today! What a great effort!Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Reading Breakfast this morning. We can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes and Book Bake Off entries today! What an exciting day ahead! #WeLoveReading #WorldBookDay
Thank you to Arthur and his friend Euan, who spent a very cold Saturday during the half-term picking up litter in the hedges near their home. The boys were concerned about the litter’s effects on wildlife. Together, they filled a black bin liner!We are very proud of their community spirit and willingness to care for the environment and wildlife.Respect. Engage.
Mr Cameron and the PE team are delighted to announce this year’s Spring Games House Competition. Pupils should come to school in their PE kit on their event days. Activities will be selected in advance and pupils will be competing for House Points. Who will be this year’s champions? #Respect #Engage #Aspire
On Sunday, Bertie L and Dan M competed in the U10s North East In2 Hockey Tournament at Durham University. They won all of their matches to make it through to the final before being crowned champions of the competition. Well done Bertie and Dan #Respect #Engage #Aspire
We would like to share with parents and careers a great opportunity to access a free webinar aimed at parents and carers, learning more about how we can celebrate neurodiversity and SEND. If parents/carers would like to learn more about how resources from Kooth and Qwell meet the needs of SEND and neurodivergent people, complete this booking form. Also, Qwell
At HMS, we are continuing to develop our Key Stage 2 Breaktime Buddies play equipment scheme. We have already invested in lots of wonderful new play equipment for our students to use, and there is more on the way, but we thought we’d ask our lovely parents/carers for donations of items too- just in case anyone has anything at home
The KS3 Music Showcase is taking place next Wednesday. Tickets are available on MCAS. We hope to see you there! Respect. Engage. Aspire
We are so excited to launch our brand-new ‘Sensory Space’ today! The sensory room is the latest addition to our Pupil Support and Inclusion provision in school. Pupils can use the space as part of their regulation time, SEND provision and as a calming, reflective space. We will add more to the room over the next few months and we
It is Aspire Week at HMS, as well as National Careers Week, and we have lots of different events going on. All week we have different activities for all year groups. These are being shared with pupils and include, form time careers-related activities, online webinar chats with some key speakers, competitions, and careers quizzes. Pupils can also learn about career