Edward in Year 7 has received special commendation from Hexham Canoe Club after achieving outstanding progress in kayaking over the past few months, gaining promotion to Division 3 in national ranking after his second slalom event. His first Division 3 race took place this weekend in Scotland and was a tricky, demanding course, but in his usual style Edward tackled
We had a fantastic careers day last week with Year 8 with a range of workshops led by North East Raising Aspiration Partnership (NERAP), Hexham Rotarians and staff, as well as an afternoon careers fair attended by over 20 different employers and training providers. Pupils will be bringing their careers day booklets home shortly. There is a parent and pupil
Pupils from HMS will be sporting their new colours with pride after receiving their free Premier League Primary Stars kit for their football team. Stocked full of items including 15 football shirts, shorts and socks, the Premier League equipment pack will aid teacher delivery of active lessons across the curriculum. The equipment pack was awarded to pupils at Hexham Middle
It’s that time of year again – please help us to win £5,000 of National Book Tokens, enough to buy hundreds of new books for the library! If your entry is the winner, you’ll also get £100 of National Book Tokens to spend on yourself! Accepted in thousands of bookshops and online, National Book Tokens are the perfect way to
The PTA are organising their annual summer fair, which will take place on Saturday 22 June 2019 from 12:00 – 3:00pm. This year’s theme is Marvel. We need a heroic team of volunteers to help in all aspects of putting on our HMS PTA Marvel-ous Summer fair. We want to make this year’s fair even more successful than last, but we can
Today our Year 8 pupils attended a series of workshops at SafetyWorks! in Benwell, Newcastle. Included in the series of sessions were safety workshops on organised crime, drugs, alcohol, antisocial fires, trespassing and also county lines. It was really interesting and the children got lots out of each session.
An application for a grant from the Venator Bright Ideas Fund has been shortlisted for a public vote. The HMS entry now appears on the Venator Community Fund website. The public are be able to vote for projects they think should win one of the forty £250 grants. Once voting opens, anyone can visit Venator’s Community Fund website and vote
The HMS newsletter contains school news, information about upcoming events in and outside of school, general notices for parents/carers and dates for your diary. The latest edition (Spring 2) is now available on the HMS Newsletter page.
Thanks to support from the HMS PTA, Year 5 were able to spend an afternoon watching Ti-Jean et la Chèvre, a theatrical production by Théâtre Sans Frontières based on a magical feast of tales from around the French speaking world – Canada (Quebec), Mali and the Cambodia – a fun filled show told through live action, puppetry and catchy songs. All of
Recently, Miss Kwella’s Life Skills class has been making pineapple upside down cakes. The pupils’ session of baking had great results, see below for some of Miss Kwella’s photos.