On Friday 18th March, 18 Year 7 pupils visited Newcastle University to take part in a language and cooking workshop, Linguacuisine. Linguacuisine aims to promote the learning of digital literacy, languages, cuisines and cultures. It does this through co-design of downloadable apps and social recipes, using an authoring tool to develop an online community of practice. Pupils learnt about traditional Spanish food and had the
We’re delighted to announce there will be a Spring Disco on the below dates: KS2 Years 5 and 6 on Tuesday 29th March 2022 6pm –7.30pm KS3 Years 7 and 8 on Wednesday 30th March 2022 6pm – 7.30pm Tickets are £3 each. Full details can be found in the links below. KS2 Spring Disco (PDF) KS3 Spring Disco (PDF)
We are delighted to share with you the winners of our World Book Day photography competition! The theme was ‘At Hexham Middle School we love reading so much we even read……’ …. on a jumping horse! Kaden, Year 8 …. just… hanging around! Winnie, Year 6 ….whilst being very bendy! Abigail, Year 5 And ….on the throne! Finley, Year 6
On Monday morning Year 7 took the classroom outside to create an observation study of Hexham in willow black chalk. Have a look at our photo gallery to see the results!
KS2 Group 1 – 30th March, 18th May, 15th June, 6th July Group 2 – 16th March, 27th April, 25th May, 22nd June Group 3 – 23rd March, 11th May, 8th June, 29th June This term, pupils attending the KS2 art club will be taking part in a great new project. They will be involved in a printing project based
As part of National Careers Week pupils from Mrs Bond’s Film Club were extremely excited to take part in a webinar with award winning film composer Roma Yagnik. Roma demonstrated the impact of music score on films, adverts etc. and gave pupils a fascinating insight into careers available within the film industry. A member of the BAFTA team also attended
As part of the North East Festival of Languages and National Careers Week, this week our year 8 pupils have been taking part in a webinar, organised by the British Council, called ‘Where can languages take you?’ Pupils have been finding out about how learning a language can support them in the future. During the webinar guest speakers spoke about
This week in Forest School, pupils showed their support for the people of Ukraine by printing with daffodils and developing a peace table. Forest School always facilitates powerful conversations and themes. Both pupils and colleagues have expressed a wish to fundraise for the people who are displaced. We are fundraising on behalf of the school and will pass our donations
On Monday afternoon Key Stage 3 pupils were treated to a presentation from the acclaimed author Dan Smith. Many bought novels afterwards and stayed behind to get them signed. The presentation was followed by a writers workshop for a select group of 20 students; they thoroughly enjoyed the experience of working closely with Dan on their creative writing skills. At
Grace Kirby led a pre-performance workshop exploring the themes within the classic Victorian short story that year 7 pupils have read in their English lessons. Themes within the play include the role of women, the significance of colonialism and the role of the outside through the representation of the Gypsy, Roma, Traveller (GRT) community. This session started off with some