Mrs Box and her daughter, Ellie, delivered a workshop in school last week themed around archaeology. Pupils were given the opportunity to select a craft activity focusing on classical and Egyptian archaeology. There was a fantastic atmosphere in the workshop, which lasted for 2 hours after school. A huge thank you must go to Ellie who helped to share her
Don’t forget the HMS annual Summer Fair this Saturday 10th June. Please save the date – the whole community are welcome for an afternoon of fun at HMS. To support the Summer Fair, we would really appreciate: Donations of tombola prizes Donations of raffle prizes Anyone who could make cakes/scones for our afternoon tea All prize donations can be dropped
We are delighted to invite you to this year’s Summer Music Evening on Thursday 29th June 7.00pm. We are so proud of the musical talent displayed by our pupils, and we can’t wait for you to see this year’s showcase. The evening will feature a wide range of musical performances from children across every year group. No tickets needed but voluntary
NU Futures Workshop Some of our pupils in year 7 and 8 have been involved this week in their NU Futures workshops with our representative (Henry) from Newcastle United Foundation. This week, some of our pupils were set the challenge of making tetrahedrons in small groups, developing their communication and problem-solving skills. Pupils are involved in a series of sessions leading
HMS were in athletics action at the School Cup. 22 athletes travelled to Gateshead stadium to compete in the first event of the season. The competition is always tough as we are one of the few state schools to participate. Each time and distance is converted to a point score, the school with the highest points total wins the competition.
UK Maths ChallengeWe always look forward to the annual UK Junior Maths Challenge which encourages reasoning, precision of thought and fluency. The maths team have been so impressed with the positive engagement and the results. A HUGE well done to Arthur D and Will C in Year 8 who have achieved the ‘Gold Award’. Arthur was also awarded ‘Best in School’
Our Year 5 pupils love their Forest School lessons! The ‘Fellside Forest’ is always a calming, focused area for exploration and creativity! This week, the children applied this term’s ‘Skills Builder’ focus of ‘Creativity’ whilst making forest sprites. It is always great to see such excellent communication, teamwork and problem solving down in the forest school area.
Art success at HMS! Huge congratulations to Callum and Archie who have been successful in the Royal Academy of Arts competition. We are delighted that their work has been selected as part of the showcase in the gallery in London. Last year, Callum and Archie created the giant chocolate bar for a homework project as part of our summer term arts curriculum. There were
Our Eurovision summer fair is on Friday 26 May. Students can come to school in their own clothes if they would like to or they can wear their uniform. If you’d like to donate a tombola prize, they can be dropped off with form tutors.
Well done to our amazing Year 6 children who have been absolute stars this week! They are such a positive, engaged and vibrant group of pupils and their approach to the national assessments this week has been outstanding. We couldn’t be prouder of each and every one of them! This afternoon, we surprised them with a visit from Tyne Valley Ices