Jean Barnett Award

Jean Barnett Award 2023 This special award is presented annually to a pupil in Year 8 who has shown outstanding engagement in sport throughout their time at HMS. The teachers had so many pupils to consider in their nominations process this year. We are so proud of the sporting success of this year group, as well as their willingness to

Year 8 Leavers’ Assembly

Leavers’ Assembly 2023   WOW – what an assembly! Mr Scott, Miss Lamont and the Year 8 team were delighted to host this year’s Year 8 Leavers’ Assembly and what a celebration it was. Pupils were recognised for their achievements across the curriculum this term, as well for their P Points, Extra-Curricular Engagement and Attendance. In addition, we awarded our special

Year 8 Leavers’ Breakfast

Year 8 Leavers’ Breakfast  Year 8 have just enjoyed waffles and chocolate sauce before their Leavers’ Assembly begins. Huge thank you to our catering team for doing this for them! We are now looking forward to celebrating their time at HMS and to giving out lots of special recognition awards in our Celebration Assembly. 

Year 8 Leavers’ Party!

Year 8 Leavers’ Party! Festival vibes came to HMS last night for our Year 8 Leavers’ Party. Everyone had a great time singing, dancing, eating and enjoying the celebration! Mr Scott planned a great night with party food, photo booth, DJ and festival make up (thanks to Miss Lamont and Miss Taylor!). We even had a special visit from Tyne

Year 6 Art Showcase

Year 6 Art Showcase For their final project of Year 6, our pupils have been learning about the work of artist Sarah Graham and how she creates such realistic artwork. As you can see, the children have created wonderful artwork to showcase the development of their skills. Pupils were inspired by recent visits to the Queen’s Hall in Hexham where

Year 7 Art Showcase

Year 7 Art Showcase Have a look at some of our Year 7 pupils’ final project of the year – mixed media landscape inspired by the work of three artists Vincent Van Gogh, David Hockney and William Heaton Cooper. Pupils focused on developing three art techniques. I am sure you will agree that the children have created outstanding pieces of

Year 8 Leavers’ Trip

Year 8 Leavers’ Trip!  As part of their leavers’ celebrations, Year 8 had a fantastic day at Tynemouth on Wednesday. They were very lucky and managed to avoid the thundery showers! Everyone had a great time chilling on the beach, playing games and enjoying a chippy lunch!   Happy faces all round – more middle school memories for Year 8! 

Year 5 End of Year Trip

Year 5 End of Year Trip!  Year 5 visited Northumberland College Zoo this week and had such a great day out. The children (and staff) came back beaming from a day of exploring the site, learning about the many varied species of animal and even getting to hold various animals too! It was a very well-deserved treat at the end of

Professor Martyn Amis Visit

Pupils in Key Stage 3 had the unique opportunity to listen to Professor Martyn Amos from the Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University. Professor Amos talked to the children about AI and how this is rapidly changing in the world around us. We explored what AI can do and also its limitations…he reminded pupils

Tyne Rivers Trust Visit

Tyne Rivers Trust visited HMS last week to deliver a workshop about rivers tying in with the year 6’s current geography topic. They brought an interactive river model which showed different rivers around the North-East region. The year 6 pupils enjoyed learning about different strategies that the Tyne Rivers Trust use to monitor and reduce the flow of the river