We have had a fantastic afternoon with a team of Year 5 and Year 7 volunteers down at Sele Park in Hexham. We met Cllr Trevor Cessford who talked to us about the work of the Town Council and the cost of maintaining the park. The children took part in litter picking, cleaning graffiti from the equipment, sanding down and
Eedi has offered all Year 5 to Year 9 families free access to Eedi Summer Club (external URL), a free online maths summer programme that will help to boost your child’s confidence in maths. Your child will first do a quick placement quiz to set their work and then get recommended topics that will help them improve the most over 7 weeks. They will
Due to the extended restrictions, we are sadly cancelling our Summer ‘Fair-well’ event on Saturday 10 July. We are, however, determined to mark the end of our time in our fantastic school buildings and are planning the following events: The Fair will move to within the school day so that the children can enjoy the stalls and attractions in their
Year 7 have completed their technical challenge in Food Technology this week! They have made shortcrust pastry from scratch, rolled it out, cut it into four and made triangular shaped pasties filled with a filling of their choice. We have seen some fantastic results and wonderful flavours including pork, potato and onion, steak and cheese, spinach and feta and tomato,
We are delighted to say that the results are in from the UK Junior Mathematics Challenge and our Year 8 pupils have done extremely well once again. This challenge is taken by children nationally and we are very proud of our pupils’ achievements. 14 children were awarded Bronze, 14 were awarded a Silver Certificate and one, Joe E, was awarded
Starting next week, we will be running the HMS Euros! This will take place with teams of 6. Each team must include at least one boy or girl. The teams must enter by completing a form. The forms are hanging outside of the Beaumont Gym on the PE display. Please hand this back to either Mr Barry or Mr Gaines
This week, students in Mrs Roff and Mrs Smith’s English class took part in an exciting workshop on graphic novels. Richy K. Chandler, an illustrator and graphic novellist, came to HMS to work with the students and help them to develop their storytelling skills. The class looked at some examples of Richy’s own work, then explored how to use lettering,
This week at HMS students have begun to learn more about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller culture as part of National GRT History Month. On Tuesday, Mrs Watson delivered the first in a series of assemblies to students exploring the heritage and cultural practices of these diverse and often misunderstood groups. Students demonstrated a mature interest in the etymology of the
Newcastle University’s Dove Marine Laboratory’s Summer Schools are back with a bang this year! Learn about marine science and the natural environment in a fun-packed week, investigating the animals and plants that inhabit our oceans! You will explore marine life first-hand on local rocky shores, in the University’s aquarium and by using microscopes, and undertake your own research investigation. You
Last half term our pupils had an assembly based on the theme of phobias, providing time to unpick homophobic, biphobic and transphobic behaviour. This month, the UK and many other countries celebrate Pride month, to bring attention to the positive impact LGBTQ+ people have had and continue to make to society, as well as acknowledging the Stonewall Riots in New