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
What an amazing night we had for our Summer Show. It was a night of joy and celebration as pupils from across the school put on an outstanding performance. The show included performances from our very talented musicians, including our choirs, soloists, the HMS Orchestra, the string group, pianists, flautists, dancers and our HMS Rock Band. The courage, dedication and
It’s been a busy week of sport at HMS. A huge well done to our Y7 and Y8 girls cricket team who competed in the county finals competition and finished 3rd in the county. The girls were superb throughout the competition, improving as a team all the time. The girls won their group, going unbeaten and only lost their semi-final
A fantastic afternoon of tag rugby was had in the sunshine at Kingston Park – the home of Newcastle Falcons. HMS took four mixed teams of Year 5 & 6 and played against other schools. The focus of the afternoon was largely recreational rather than competitive, looking to inspire the next generation of players. However, our teams certainly performed extremely
We are delighted to welcome author and presenter Chris Smith to HMS with his new book ‘Frankie Best Hates Quests’ on Tuesday 2nd July for Year 5 pupils. #Respect #Engae #Aspire
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is launching on Saturday 6th July. Hexham Library is hosting a brilliant ‘Sign Up and Craft Swap Event’ with Green Bee Crafts. The theme is ‘Marvellous Makers’. Please go to your local library to sign up or register online and set your own reading goal. Remember you can read anything you like. It could be a
It was our Year 7 REA enrichment sessions yesterday afternoon. Skills Builder was in action across all of our sessions. The engagement was high, and the pupils loved further developing their skills across a wide range of activities. Here’s a selection of photographs of the day… Thank you again to HMS staff and our visitors on the day! #Respect #Engage
Friday 19th July will be a non-uniform day for those who’d like to take part. We would like to encourage parents/carers to donate any used uniform which you no longer need to replenish our ‘Go Green Recycling’ stocks. Parents/carers of Year 8 – any uniform donations incl. PE kit and boots which pupils have outgrown would be hugely appreciated. #Respect #Engage
Our REA Days got off to a great start this morning with Year 6 enjoying a wide range of enrichment activities. It was brilliant to see such positive engagement and pupils choosing activities to further develop their skills and interests. All of the sessions allow pupils to develop our 8 essential life skills. Thank you to the HMS staff for
We are absolutely delighted to announce that this year’s HMS PTA Summer Fair raised a grand total of £4,377. This is a phenomenal amount which will support us to enrich school life next year and beyond! Once again, HUGE thanks for all of your support and, of course, to our PTA for their amazing work! #Respect #Engage #Aspire