HMS athletes – Charlie, Ossie and Finn – travelled to compete in the finals of the ESAA Cross Country Cup this weekend. The finals were held at the Grammar School at Leeds and this provides a challenging, twisty and fast-paced course. The Junior Boys competed over 2440m. Charlie M was our first runner home in 43rd overall. Ossie D backed
Sadie B, Year 6, was one of two winners of the ‘North East Festival of Languages Crepe design competition’. 32 schools and 3,479 students took part, so this is a fantastic achievement. She has won a trip to Newcastle University where her class will take part in a Crepe workshop with ‘La Petite Crêperie’. Her crepe design is attached for
What a brilliant way to end the half-term! Thank you to our PTA and the many volunteers who helped to run the Spring Discos last night. Huge thanks to the HMS staff who stayed back late after a busy half-term… Miss Kingett, Mr Nichol and Miss Lamont were on the dancefloor too! Here are a few photos from the night!
Here are this 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.
This month’s Head of School Award theme was ‘teamwork’ – one of our 8 essential skills from ‘Skills Builder’. I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their wonderful approach to school life. It was great to celebrate the positive contribution each pupil makes to our school community – I am very proud of each of them. Pupils
Four HMS pupils were selected to represent Northumberland schools at the Inter County School Championships in Middlesborough. This event sees the Northern counties of Northumberland, Cumbria, Cleveland, North Yorkshire and Durham coming together to compete across a range of events. Charlie M was selected to run in the Junior boys’ race, Monty C and Ivor T were selected to run in
Yesterday, KS3 pupils took part in the Hexham Partnership Spelling Bee at Hexham Middle School. Pupils had to learn the French words and then spell them out using the French alphabet. All pupils showed great determination and resilience. I am delighted to say that both our Year 7 and 8 teams were victorious. A tremendous achievement and testament to all of the pupils’
Ideas for the February Half Term 🙌Hexham Youthy👫 🌱Planting Party🧤 – The Sele Park 🪟Windowful 🎨 – Help Hexham shine bright 🍽DISH🍝- Hexham Trinity Methodist Church 🪐Planetarium Show 💫 at the Twice Brewed Inn ⚽️Full of Beans🏸 – Multi Activity Sports Club 🍞National Stottie Week🥖– The Great Stottie Trail 🔥Durham Fire & Ice❄️– A musical journey around the city #Repsect
Our team visited an U13 girls’ indoor cricket competition at Walbottle Academy with Mr Cameron yesterday. The team were an absolute credit to the school and kept their heads held high throughout the event. Well done, Team HMS! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Year 5 and Year 7 enjoyed their REA Day enrichment sessions on Monday. Pupils selected from a wide range of exciting sessions and it was great to see everyone enjoying themselves so much! Pupils were developing their ‘Skills Builder’ essential skills and hopefully they’ll take their new interests forward into clubs and opportunities. Special thank you to: HMS staff for