Rocky News

Rocky is settling into school brilliantly and has been enjoying meeting lots of our pupils over recent weeks. He has been a very positive addition to Team HMS and brings so much joy to our school!  Here he is meeting a group of Year 6 pupils earlier this week. Joyful!  Respect. Engage. Aspire. 

Easter Decorated Eggs Competition

It’s time to get creative and enter this year’s ‘Easter Decorated Egg Competition’. Use your imagination to design an egg-scellent display in the theme of your favourite character, movie star, singer, sportsperson or TV show. Try to give your design an egg-inspired name. You can either enter one single egg or a display of multiple eggs. Good luck! Judging will

BBFC ‘Create the Card’ Competition

BBFC ‘Create the Card’ Competition A new competition and this must be the best one Miss Taylor has seen! We have submitted work in previous years to BBFC create a card competition and came top 10 in the UK. To find out more watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDd7GAGbTOQ Open to under 11s Deadline Wednesday 6th May Hand in to Miss Taylor, FB3

Y6 Girls Tag Rugby Festival

Well done to our Y6 girls who took part in the Dame Allan’s tag rugby festival on Monday evening at Blaydon Rugby Club. It was great to see the girls grow in confidence and ability throughout the event. Most players had never played any rugby before, but by the end of the event they managed to draw 3 of their

Year 6 Rising Stars

All of our Year 6 pupils have been ‘Rising Stars’ this week – we are very proud of them! As part our special themed assemblies for Year 6 pupils, teachers nominate their ‘Rising Stars’ and share why each pupil has been celebrated. The awards recognise pupils who have shown a great attitude to learning, aim high, contribute positively to lessons and

Well Done, Year 6!

This week, our Year 6 pupils have had their ‘mock SATs’ – they have all worked so hard! This is a chance for them to run through the SATs week so that they are prepared for the assessments in May. We have been so proud of them all – their positive attitude has shone through loud and clear. They have

Bikeability

Our first Bikeability group have enjoyed their week of cycling proficiency training both on the school site and in the local area. Safe cycling is such an important skill and we are very pleased to be offering the Bikeability course for Year 5 once again. The instructors have been very proud of our pupils and their positive engagement.  The next

Sir Robert McAlpine Work Experience Project Celebration

This week, our Year 7 pupils involved in presenting their designs of a Maggie Centre to employer judges were brought together to present book prizes related to architecture and construction. These books have been donated to our school library for others to enjoy. As a special treat, there was also a pizza party to celebrate the engagement! Well done to

Gardening Club

Our Gardening Club activity club is ramping up like we imagine it is for other local gardeners. Pupils have been busy filling new planters, planting seeds, plants, and doing other spring-time tidying up. Mr Freeman-Myers would like to thank Keda and Imy from Hexham Youth Initiative for guiding our pupils in different activities and helping to create a sense of