World Book Day 5th March
Please see the attached poster for our World Book Day plans for 5th March. There are some great activities and competitions to look forward to!
Head of School Spotlight Awards
Our new Spotlight Awards celebrate pupils who have an exceptional attitude to learning, attend well and make the most of the opportunities on offer in school. We want to recognise pupils who get it right every single day and make sure they are noticed and celebrated in school! Each half term, pupils in ‘Band 1’ for attendance and those with
PTFA Spring Discos
What a way to end the half term last night with our Spring Discos! It was such a fun night and great to see so many of our pupils having a fantastic time despite the cold, rainy weather outside – joy all round!Special thanks to our PTFA and the many supporters who helped to make the event another great success.
Study Clubs
Is your child struggling to complete homework? Is accessing online platforms a challenge? Does your child need more support? Please encourage them to come along to one of our six homework clubs in school throughout the week. There are so many opportunities for pupils to get their work finished before it even gets home and to do this with support
Pupil Success
Please send us your good news! We love to hear about everyone’s successes and achievements from outside of school as we know our pupils have so many varied talents and interests. Please try to keep us updated with good news and photographs so that we can celebrate in school. Thank you for your support. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Girls Rugby
Well done to our Y7 and Y8 girls rugby players who took part in a community festival held at Kingston Park, home of the Newcastle Red Bulls. Girls experienced playing on the first team pitch (albeit in very wet & cold conditions!) All the girls were outstanding, and despite the harsh conditions they demonstrated some excellent rugby throughout. This event
Lunar New Year
Thank you so much to our wonderful catering team, who worked hard to prepare a delicious Lunar New Year lunch for us all today.The food was an absolute treat and choices included sweet and sour, chicken curry and tasty chow mein, followed by a range of desserts and a fortune cookie for everyone! Everyone loved this special lunch as always
Year 5 Author Visit
We are so lucky in Hexham to have our own Book Festival. As part of the Schools Festival, the amazing organisers are bringing author, playwright, poet, illustrator and screenwriter Philip Kavvadias to HMS. Philip will present his latest book, Mission Microraptor, to Year 5 on Friday 27th March. The event is designed to inspire a love of reading and Philip
The HMS Way Awards
Here are last week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect. Engage. Aspire. – to life. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you all! Respect. Engage. Aspire.
U11 Boys Table Tennis County Competition
Well done to all our Y5 & 6 boys who competed in the table tennis county championships on Friday. Nearly all of those selected had been practising and developing their skills at table tennis club on Wednesday after school and had a chance to compete with other players from Corbridge and NSB. They played 4 different rounds, each being seeded