Here are this week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners – this week’s focus was our core value of ‘Aspire’. 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.
It was a joy to host our Summer Concert last night and it really was a celebration of the incredible musical talent, skill and enthusiasm across the school. It is always inspiring to see so many of our pupils getting up on stage and performing to such a high standard. It was so clear to see how much the pupils
What an amazing day we have had in school to raise funds for our two chosen charities this year – Northumberland Wildlife Trust and Cancer Research UK. Thank you so much for all of your generous support! To raise funds, pupils enjoyed: A cake sale A mini craft fair Pupil vs staff assault course The Weakest Link Quiz (thank you,
See the attached flyers below for some of the summer holiday activities available in our area this August.
Key Stage 3 ‘Basketball Club’ enjoyed their trip to the Eagles Arena in Newcastle on Wednesday. A Newcastle Eagles coach helped them improve their skills in different drills and mini basketball games. The children were lucky enough to meet Josh Ward-Hibbert, a player from the Newcastle Eagles, who was practising at the same time as us. They asked him questions
This month’s Head of School Award theme was ‘problem solving’ – 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 them all. Pupils joined me for a special breakfast today (breakfast sandwiches, pastries and hot
Our Year 6 engineers spent the day at Newcastle University with Mr Freeman-Myers yesterday as part of the ‘Make Future Engineers’ project. This was another great opportunity for our future engineers to work as a team and to develop their creativity and problem solving. The team presented an idea for a floating wind turbine to a panel of expert judges
On Wednesday, Mr Nichol took a team of 10 KS2 girls to Ashington Welfare to participate in a huge tournament consisting of over twenty schools! The girls represented themselves and Hexham Middle School extremely well, demonstrating the HMS values of Respect, Engage Aspire in every match. They also produced some outstanding results, including an extraordinary 7-0 win. Overall, Mr Nichol
It’s been a week of enrichment, wellbeing and positive engagement across HMS with our latest ‘REA Days’. These days are designed to promote a wide variety of enriching experiences for our pupils to explore new interests, unlock new skills and build on existing talents. It’s been great to see everyone having fun and engaging brilliantly across the two days. A
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