The HMS Council met this week to provide an update on what pupils feel is going well and what could be further developed in our school. We value how our representational system of democracy allows pupils to come together as a forum to share these views and opinions. Thank you to the Pupil Leadership Team for helping to facilitate the
Congratulations to Noah, Lucia, Evie and Sarah for their participation in the Newcastle University Challenge ’24 and have been awarded a prize or certificate. Out of 613 entries, only 33 prizes and 32 certificates were granted, making this accomplishment truly remarkable! The pupils are invited to attend an awards evening at Newcastle University where they will be presented with their
Congratulations to Mr Scott, Mr Nichol, Miss Bell, Mrs Downes, Mrs Bond, Miss Lamont, Miss Barrick and Mrs Tanner who have all completed their Mental Health First Aid training. Our new ‘Mental Health First Aid Team’ will be available to support all pupils and staff across our school and will further strengthen our work to promote mental health and wellbeing
Congratulations to Coquet House! Coquet are our once again House Winners this half term and have earned the most P Points across the school since the February half term. It’ll be non-uniform day on Thursday for pupils in Coquet if they wish to take part. Well done everyone! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
We all enjoyed recognising the Holi Festival of Colours on Monday with a very special themed lunch in the HMS Dining Hall.Huge thanks to Mrs Satow and her very talented team who provided an extra special selection of homemade meals and desserts. We absolutely loved it! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
We were very proud to hear that Winnie enjoyed huge success this weekend. She came first in the Irish National Boulder Championship beating the best of the best in Great Britain in her age category.What an achievement and yet more demonstration of her dedication to the sport! Well done from everyone at HMS! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Last week, Year 7 and 8 welcomed Michael Brioud into assemblies who talked to our pupils about mental health and the Kooth online service designed to support young people.The assembly outlined the main principles of Kooth which offers free, safe and anonymous support to young people over the age of 11.After Easter, our KS3 classes will be provided with an
We are looking for two enthusiastic, caring and committed Learning Support Assistants to join our team. Do you enjoy supporting pupils to thrive? Do you enjoy empowering pupils to develop their confidence and independence? Do you have high hopes and expectations for all pupils? If you are patient, compassionate and want to make a difference, please get in touch with
Rap and hip hop artist from here in the North East, Kay Greyson, ran dynamic, energy-filled writing workshops for lucky groups of Y8s and Y9s this week. Kay is signed to a record label, has performed at The Royal Albert Hall and is about to embark on a project for BBC3. Described as getting ‘the room on board from the off’
It’s International Day of Happiness today and what a day of joy it has been in school! We were delighted to welcome Nu Sound Brass to school in conjunction with Core Music and HMS PTA as part of our all new ‘Resonate’ music project. The band performed an amazing set for the whole school across the day and led workshops