Pupil Competition

As part of our Zones of Regulation focus, Miss Taylor and Mrs Dodds are launching a new whole-school competition. The mission is to design four new ‘mascots’ – one for each zone (think ‘Inside Out’ but for HMS!).  Good luck everyone! Get creative! #Respect #Engage #Aspire 

Poetry by Heart Competition

Back in the dark days of November, students from Key Stage 3 formed a small poetry recital group. After attending an initial launch meeting with Mrs Davison from QEHS and researching the official ‘Poetry by Heart’ website, students chose poems that were interesting in their themes, vocabulary and essentially poems that ‘spoke’ to them in a way that drove on

Final Ski Update

Last day blues had kicked in when Mr Gaines sent his final update of the week… It has been a tremendous week in Les Menuiers. It is always a great pleasure to visit the Skilt Hotel and have a week in the mountains – the views and clean air are great for the soul!  Everyone has risen to the challenge

The HMS Way Awards

Here are this week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect Engage Aspire – to life. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you all!  Respect. Engage. Aspire.

New Sensory Space

At HMS, we are developing a brand new sensory space for our pupils. This space will support pupils to regulate and be used for SEND support.  Our PTA is kindly supporting us to purchase new items for the space but we thought we’d ask our lovely parents/carers for donations of items too – just in case anyone has anything at

County Success

Congratulations to our Year 8 boys’ indoor athletics team who competed for the Tynedale Area and finished 2nd in Northumberland. They were a credit to the school and performed brilliantly across a range of track and field events – all contributing towards the team’s total. We are very proud of them! Respect. Engage. Aspire.

Ski Trip Update 5

HMS woke up to another stunning day in the Alps – there was a lot of excitement as we only had two days to go! Most groups enjoyed time in the jump park yesterday and Mr Drummond has even been spotted in the park today… I don’t think it was his favourite activity of the week! I think most people had

Ski Trip Day 4

Another stunning blue-sky day in France yesterday – Mont Blanc was looking magnificent when we were up high! Xav commented that when you looked towards Geneva, there was a sea of cloud below us – breathtaking!  All groups have now been exploring the full resort. Most groups have been in the Pixeljump area – a definite highlight of the day!

Children’s Mental Health Week: Non-Uniform Day

Children’s Mental Health Week: Non-Uniform Day We’re having a non-uniform day on Friday 7th February to mark Children’s Mental Health Week. If you feel able to, please make a small donation to Place2Be via MCAS – this is totally optional. If children would rather wear their uniform, that’s fine too. Thank you all. #Respect #Engage #Aspire