Hexham’s Bluegrass Festival is on at the end of July. There will be an open mic session on the Saturday evening, and workshops on both Saturday and Sunday morning. Anyone who would like to take part just has to register their name on the day. If you know of any talented young musicians, encourage them to take part! If you
Northumbria Police are leading Prevention Through Education sessions with Year 8 pupils today. The sessions focus on sharing images and the risks associated with this. The sessions are part of our ‘Staying Safe and Well Curriculum’ and we appreciate Northumbria Police coming into school once again. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
County Athletics On Saturday, several HMS pupils were representing Tynedale at the County Athletics Championships at Gateshead Stadium. This event sees the most successful competitors from Newcastle, North Tyneside, East Northumberland, North Northumberland and Tynedale competing across a range of events. HMS had 20 pupils from Y6, Y7 and Y8 competing on the day. Our best HMS performances came in
London Day 2 Our London explorers had a fantastic, action-packed second day! The day started with a visit to The Olympic Park where the group had two fantastic guides to explain the regeneration of Stratford and The Lea Valley area. It was great to see the famous Olympic venues! After that, the group strolled and shopped in Covent Garden, taking
A hall full of excited Y5s greeted author and broadcaster, Chris Smith, on Tuesday afternoon. Chris engaged with them immediately, with almost every hand up to answer his questions about reading and books, and to offer imaginative story suggestions. He encouraged us all to think about structuring a story and adding detail to heroes and villains to make us want
An excited group of Year 7 pupils left HMS early yesterday morning to start their adventure in London! The journey south went well and the group made their first stop at the home of the WW2 code breakers – Bletchley Park – where they enjoyed visiting the house, war huts and other exhibitions. The pupils also got the chance to
Miss Elliott and the rest of the DT Team have been very impressed with the final Year 8 project this term. Pupils have been designing and making their own mobile phone holders. There has been some great and very intricate work going on. It’s been a great way to end Year 8 before pupils move to high school. Everyone should
Miss Elliott and the rest of the DT Team have been very impressed with the final Year 8 project this term. Pupils have been designing and making their own mobile phone holders. There has been some great and very intricate work going on. It’s been a great way to end Year 8 before pupils move to high school. Everyone should
We were wishing ‘good luck’ to all of our pupils who were competing at the Gateshead Stadium on Saturday! These pupils qualified to represent the Tynedale Area from the previous qualifying round held at Wentworth. At this round, they were in competition with other pupils from Prudhoe and Ponteland and represented HMS brilliantly! The Tynedale team has been traditionally very
After the successful introduction of Arlo to the Trust, we look forward to welcoming Arlo’s little sister Pip to the staff! So many students have benefitted from time with Arlo and it has been lovely to see students interacting so positively with him. Pip is still very young so won’t be properly joining the school until September but she will