Year 6 enjoyed an assembly with Phil Maloney from Egger in Hexham as part of their design technology studies and careers education programme. As a significant local employer, Egger is perfectly situated to help build local talent and aspiration in our community. Pupils learned more about the Egger site in Hexham as well as all the other international sites. There
The Year 6 boys took part in the 6 a-side tournament hosted by NUF at Cochrane Park in Newcastle. After winning the first two games comfortably, HMS found themselves narrowly losing the next two but managed to squeeze through to the semi-finals by finishing 2nd in the group on goal difference. The team took their opportunity in the semi-final, running out
The Big Ambition survey is open to children and young people across England, and parents and carers can fill out the survey on behalf of children.The aim is to know what children enjoy about their schools, communities, family life, and the wider world. I also want to find out what young people would like policymakers and Government to focus on
We are very sad to report that Neil Morrison, former Federation Headteacher across QEHS and HMS, passed away on Wednesday morning. It was unexpected and has come as a real shock. As well as being a thoroughly nice person, Neil was an excellent leader of the schools, having previously been deputy headteacher and headteacher of QE. He was also headteacher
Our KS2 pupils have been in football action this week! The team performed brilliantly at Cochrane Park winning one game and drawing 2 others, and only narrowly missing out on a semi-final place! Goals in the tournament came from Kirstie and Emily G, with strong supporting efforts from the rest of the team. Later in the week, the girls played
As part of our recent learning in PE, pupils have enjoyed developing their orienteering skills. Skills Builder has been in action with great communication, teamwork and positivity from everyone involved. The PE team have been excited to use the new orienteering timing equipment and have been really pleased with the map reading skills on display. There’s been a real buzz
This week, 12 pupils attended the English U19 National School Chess Championships at St. Mary’s School in Newcastle. We were able to take two teams and it was great to see some new faces representing our school for the first time. One of our teams nearly qualified but was drawn against a strong team in the final round. Chess Club
Wow – school has been absolutely buzzing today! Classes in KS2 and KS3 paired up to plan a wide range of creative stalls for the return of our ‘Big Children in Need Fair’. The children planned each stall brilliantly and it was great to see the whole school working together to raise funds. The fair has been packed during lunchtime
Our Christmas Pop-Up Shop will return this year. We are asking for gift donations to be sold at the shop. If you have anything you feel able to donate, please send items into school with your child. We appreciate your support once again. The children always love buying gifts for their loved ones. Items will be priced at £2 each.
We would like to give pupils in school the opportunity to swap their normal trainer/boots footwear for PE to rainbow lessons, celebrating 10 years of the Rainbow Lace campaign with Stonewall. Pupils may already have some laces. If not, Stonewall are offering a 15% discount and they can be ordered from their website. This campaign is optional for pupils but