Tickets can be bought for our Easter Hamper Raffle at morning break for the rest of this week. Tickets are £1 per strip. Raffle draw will take place on Thursday afternoon and the hamper will be brought home by the winner! All proceeds go to the HMS PTFA. Happy Easter! Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Y7 girls hockey fixtures vs Emmanuel College Well done to our Y7 girls who played hockey on Monday night at Emmanuel College. EC had 3 teams in total and each played against our girls with HMS managing to win all of our games to nil. Then in the final game against their strongest players, we managed to secure a draw.
Well done to our boys and girls who competed at the county sevens competition on Friday at Percy Park RFC. There were 10 teams in the boys competition, and our boys managed to finished second in their group with good wins against Blyth and Bede after a defeat against Dame Allan’s. This meant they moved to the next group with
Well done to our Y7 and 8 hockey players who represented the school in a national competition in Nottingham on Friday alongside some Y9 QE students. The boys finished 5th (of 7) and the girls finished 6th (of 12), and Maggie was super-impressed with the way everyone played, especially from the non-club players. They showed real talent, fitness and determination throughout. It
We are very excited to announce that our Summer Discos – this time with added UV – will take place on Thursday 21st May. The sign-up form will be shared in the ‘Weekly Update’ on Thursday 2nd April. Please send £3 into the school office for your child’s ticket. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
A huge thank you to Philip Kavvadias, author, illustrator and engineer, for visiting HMS to present his brilliant series, Mission Microraptor, to Year 5. Mission Microraptor combines adventure, humour, and science with environmental themes. Philip Kavvadias used his illustrations to encourage pupils to think about characterisation and settings. Well done to Year 5 for participating so enthusiastically and asking lots
Well done to all of our hockey players who played against Valley Gardens Middle School on Thursday afternoon. All players played really well, and the Y8 team secured a 2-2 draw whilst the mixed team also drew 0-0. Maggie was very impressed with everyone’s attitudes and efforts! Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Well done to all of our basketball players who competed in a mini festival on Thursday with Corbridge Middle S. Each school had 3 teams and it was great to see the Hexham School boys having the opportunity to compete and put all of their practice with Mr Drummond into games! Results will follow. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Well done to all of our netball players who competed in a mini festival on Thursday with Corbridge Middle School. It was brilliant to get 4 teams out all playing at once and demonstrating some excellent netball. Each team played 3 games in total, and especially well done to Hexham 1 (blue team) and Hexham 4 (red & white) who
We had our first HMS Golf Club session yesterday, and pupils had a fantastic time on the practice area with Joe, the professional golfer. There was lots of concentration and focus as pupils tried to improve their swings whilst aiming for a selection of targets. They were still smiling when it was time to collect all the golf balls at