Face Coverings: Reminder
Please remember that pupils in Year 7 upwards should be wearing face masks in communal areas. Please bring your own mask into school.
Christmas Lunch!
On Thursday 9th December, we are offering pupils the opportunity to have our delicious Christmas lunch with all the trimmings or a vegetarian festive alternative for a one off charge of £3.20. For those entitled to free school meals this will be covered by their daily allowance. Please ensure £3.20 is pre-paid onto your child’s school meal account if they
KS2 Christmas Films!
Our Christmas Film evenings are approaching for Year 5 and Year 6! Year 5’s evening is on Wednesday 8th December, and Year 6 on Thursday 9th December. Please bring payment and your completed form by Monday 6th December.
PTA Christmas Gift Shop!
Our HMS PTA Christmas gift order service was so popular last year, we’re doing it again! The favourite gifts are still there with some exciting new additions. This year, as we’re able to be together in school, the children will have the opportunity to see examples of the gifts available before placing their order. Our aim is to give all
Y7 Football & Netball Reports
Last night the Year 7 teams were in action against Gosforth Junior High school in County Cup football action and netball matches. Boys’ Football In a game heavily affected by the light the year 7 boys started brightly but needed to rely on the defensive duties of Tom, George and Archie to propel an early onslaught of GJH pressure. The
Supporting Learning for KS2
I am attaching (below) some hopefully useful information about the various platforms our Key Stage 2 pupils can access to support their learning. We always appreciate your support in establishing home learning routines and I hope that this document supports you with this. If you need any further information about any of the platforms or would benefit from further guidance/
Y7 Boy’s Football: National Cup, Round 2
Last night the Year 7 boys’ team were in action in round 2 of the national cup. Off the back of their impressive performance against Ovingham in the last round the boys had a tough task in Staindrop Academy. The boys were all very excited and raring to go following a competitive game against Year 8 at lunchtime. They got
Remembrance Sunday
Mr Watters and Mrs Curry were delighted to attend the Remembrance Day Parade in Hexham on Sunday with our Head Pupils. James T did a fantastic job of laying the wreath on the war memorial and we were so proud of them all.
BSL at HMS!
We were delighted to meet Debbie (from Hands On BSL Tutoring) and her interpreter, Emma who delivered our first BSL (British Sign Language) session last night. The children were so engaged and asked Debbie lots of questions about her life, her use of BSL and about the language and its use more generally. We all discussed how inspired we’d been
Lest We Forget
We are delighted that our Head Pupils will be attending the Hexham Remembrance Service on Sunday to represent our school community. The pupils will join the service and lay our wreath as a mark of respect and remembrance. We will be reflecting with a silence on Thursday to pause and remember the service and sacrifice of all those who have