HMS will be taking part in this year’s Jeans for Genes Day on Friday 20 September 2019, raising money for children with genetic disorders. All children and staff are invited to wear their jeans on Friday. Pupils must still wear their school jumper and white polo shirt as usual, but may wear their jeans as well as sensible shoes to
After identifying a need to improve the knowledge of places around the world, the KS3 Geography team would like pupils to complete a Top Trumps style card for a country every two weeks. This means that by the end of each term, pupils will have added to a collection of cards to play a game of Top Trumps in the
Thank you to those who were able to attend the recent public drop-in events to find out more about the proposals, following the announcement in August that Galliford Try has been selected as the preferred bidder for the scheme. The information that was displayed at the these events can be found here: QEHS & HMS New Buildings Part 1 QEHS
We are extremely excited to announce that friend of the school and hugely popular children’s author Peter J Murray will be coming to visit HMS on 30 September 2019. He’ll be delivering presentations to both Key Stages launching his new book Poppy Warrior followed by a book signing on 1 October 2019. Letters with more details will be coming out
It has been fantastic to welcome our pupils back and to see so many new faces joining the school; everyone has settled back into routines well and are working hard in their lessons. At this point in the year, it is important that we embed routines and expectations so that all pupils can achieve their full potential in school. To
Our Information Evening for parents and pupils will be held on Thursday 19 September 2019, 6.00—8.00pm. This is your opportunity to see our lovely school and to meet senior staff, teachers and pupils. Our headteacher will be giving talks at: 6.00pm for those interested in a Year 5 place 6.30pm for those interested in a place in any year group
Galliford Try has been selected as the preferred bidder to design and deliver new buildings for Hexham Middle School and Queen Elizabeth High School on the high school site. Two drop-in events have been arranged, to enable parents and other stakeholders to find out more about the proposals, with these taking place on Wednesday 11 September, 5pm – 8pm and Saturday
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 (Summer 2) is now available on the HMS Newsletter page.
As the academic year draws to a close, we’ve been looking back over all the amazing events, experiences and opportunities that our children have enjoyed at HMS this year. It’s a long list! And it would not have been possible to provide these opportunities for our children without your support of our PTA. This year the PTA have helped with:
The National Literacy Trust has highlighted 16 recommended titles for all ages to inspire children to pick up a book wherever they are over the summer holidays! For more information see: https://www.tes.com/news/16-books-keep-pupils-reading-over-summer