We are delighted to announce that over 60 dyslexia-friendly books are now on the shelves in HMS Library. These new books are in a super-readable format and include the following features: A unique, dyslexia-friendly font to make reading easier. Accessible layouts and spacing to stop the page from becoming overcrowded. Off-white, heavier paper to help reduce visual stress. Shorter books
At HMS, we want to promote greater recycling of school uniform items. To help us build our stocks, we are looking for your support. Please could you send any branded items i.e. HMS school jumpers, polo shirts, PE hoodies and t-shirts (we can’t accept trousers or non-branded items). Once we build up a stock, we will let you know how you can request
Please see below the information from Northumberland County Council along with contacts for parents in the event of a school closure. We will email parents, update the website and also our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Adverse Weather Information (PDF)
Welcome back to a new term! We hope you have all had a fantastic Christmas break with your loved ones – Happy New Year from everyone at HMS! We have an exciting term ahead and we were so pleased to welcome back our pupils this morning. For those unable to return due to COVID reasons, we wish you well and
This week we have had the pleasure of inviting ‘He Knows, She Knows’ into school as part of a ‘Respect Day’. Respect is one of our school core values. The duo, who were former X-Factor contestants, helped pupils across all year groups in the school to explore a variety of personal development topics including mental wellbeing, body image, relationships and
The Christmas songs were playing in the dining hall yesterday as Mrs Satow and her team served this year’s wonderful Christmas lunch. It was such a great atmosphere, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to our brilliant catering team.
On return in January, we have been asked to test consenting pupils once in school. As I am sure you will appreciate, the logistics of testing a large number of pupils are challenging. We would once again welcome support from volunteers to help run the testing site and enable us to test the pupils as quickly as possible. There are
Following the success of drama workshop ‘Plots and Plans’ at Hexham Abbey earlier this month, and the enthusiasm of the students to do something for Christmas, they are looking at running another workshop on 18 December with a view to doing a short performance at the Christingle Service the next day. The theme this time is ‘Oh no! Christmas!’. This
Year 5 Year 5 are learning about the formal elements of art and how artists will use these elements to create an artwork. Pupils have observed a bottle image and learnt how to blend and shade with a pencil to create a three-dimensional bottle. Year 6 Year 6 are learning about the artist Pablo Picasso. They have learnt about the
Last night the Year 7 boys braced the elements to compete in this year’s Champion Cup. The boys showed outstanding character and commitment in all of their games! They started with a very tough game against Churchill and in an end to end encounter two tries each for Ollie and Luke helped HMS gain a respectable draw 4.4. Player of