A huge night for the Year 7 footballers who have already had a busy year and have already finished runners-up twice in County tournaments. Game 1: Game one started with Haydon Bridge the opponent and they started well but two early goals by Taylor Milton either side of a Max Gradwell rocket put us in control. Sam Davison opened up
On Thursday afternoon, ten Year 6 students went to compete in the regional dodgeball festival. Our two teams: HMS City captained by Rowan Shreeve, and HMS United captained by Tom Hymers, performed brilliantly. In a festival where they play six mini matches, the pupils were all brilliant with dart-like accuracy from Michael Alderson Brown and Cade John Tait, really impressing
Our Year 6 pupils have been learning how to make chapatis in their Food Technology lessons with Miss Kwella throughout November, to link in with the recent Hindu Diwali festival.
Our PTA Christmas Pop-Up shop was in full swing this lunchtime! Thank you for all your donations. The Pop-Up shop will be open again tomorrow lunchtime in Fellside Hall.
As we approach the end of term, here are some key festive dates: Thursday 13 December 2018 – Christmas Movie Night Thursday 13/ Friday 14 December 2018 – Christmas Pop-Up Shop Friday 14 December 2018 – Christmas Jumper Day Friday 14 December 2018 – Key Stage 2 Pantomime Visit Monday 17 December 2018 – HMS Carol Service at Hexham Abbey
At the Tynedale Awards on Sunday night it was a fantastic evening in which we had a number of pupils nominated: Last years’ Year 5 and Year 6 orienteering teams were both nominated after winning the county championships in orienteering. The teams performed extremely well throughout the competition and were deserving of their shortlisting for team of the year. Also nominated
Over the last week our Year 8 pupils have been doing some food styling in Food Technology lessons. They had 30 minutes to style and present a Tunnock’s teacake. We had some really good results, shown in the pictures below!
We are delighted that one of our Year 8 pupils, Jake Reader, received a fantastic award from Hexham Youth Initiative last month. Jake joined Hexham Youth Initiative in September and his award was for his kindness and thoughtfulness towards others, which is mirrored by the support Jake offers to younger pupils in school, especially pupils from Year 5. Ms Richardson-Clarke
As you will be aware, we have previously run a collection for our local food bank earlier this year. However, we are very aware that some families find Christmas a particularly difficult time and after a parental suggestion we have decided to have another collection. You could donate food items such as: Cereals Crackers/Biscuits Chocolates Beans Rice Tinned stews Tinned
We will be serving Christmas lunch for pupils on Wednesday 12 December. Have a look at our tasty menu below for more details (click for larger view), there will be a range of festive treats on offer!