Greetings Earthlings, Last year, some of our year 7 and 8 pupils visited Calvert Kielder on a weekend residential and adventure trip. Pupils learned about astronomy attending seminars led by scientists from the Dark Skies Project. It was a fascinating trip exploring the observatory and taking part in daring outward bound activities. We all got drenched! Pupils even got the
Hexham Middle School proudly presents an online Festival of Literature, in association with Bishop’s Stortford College, 2nd February 2021- 12th February 2021. This is an incredible opportunity for our students to join up to eight renowned children’s authors, as they share their stories and discuss what has inspired and motivated them as writers. All you need to do is click the
Celebration of International Women’s Day To help celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, Northumberland County Council have their annual competition for schools. We have entered this before and attended presentation events in Morpeth. This year there is a new category called ‘Digital Project’. The categories for different competitions are as follows: Art – Produce a drawing of inspirational women from Northumberland.
To encourage a break away from screens and to promote positive mental health and well-being, we invite all pupils and parents to join us for ‘Feel Good Friday’ on 5 February. More information on our activities will be sent home next week. Happy Friday everyone – have a great weekend!
We now have a link to the below mentioned assembly so that you can watch it at your own convenience. Please do ensure you watch this together with your child. Holocaust Memorial Day Loom Link This week we are acknowledging Holocaust Memorial Day on Wednesday. Pupils will watch an assembly composed by Mr Johnson, our history specialist. Pupils will be
As part of our commitment to active and healthy lifestyles, we are sending everyone at HMS a skipping rope. We hope that you can put the rope to good use in the garden, in the back yard even on a dog walk! Short quick blasts of skipping three times a week is a great workout and even more importantly great
This weeks Creative Challenge is around Music. We would like you to create a RAP song or a piece of poetry. The word RAP means Rhythm and Poetry Listen to Another One Bites the Dust, or We will Rock You by QUEEN Here are a couple of RAP-style verses to start you off: Captain Tom, was the one Who made
Every year in school we take part in the RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch, one of the biggest citizen science projects in the world. Things are a little different this year, but you can still be part of the world’s largest wildlife survey by taking part online. You don’t need to be a bird expert – there are guides available on
Miss Kwella and Miss Lawton would like to challenge HMS pupils to make a portrait from food! Both teachers have been inspired by The Artist Nathan Wyburn. Pupils could use toast and scratch away at the surface or you could use marmite on bread to create your artwork. Nathan also makes art with beans! This is particularly relevant for Year
We are really pleased to see that so many pupils across all year groups have been cooking and baking at home. Y6 pupils have been making rock buns over the last week. Year 7 have been making soda bread and Year 8 have been creating their own recipes using leftover food. Thank you to everyone who has sent in pictures