This month’s Head of School Awards focused on courage – one of our core character values. I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their efforts in school and for making such a great start to the term. It was lovely to celebrate the positive contribution each pupil makes to our school community – I am very proud
The Hextol Foundation invites you to their Discover Hextol event to be held on Thursday 10th October (World Mental Health Day), between 4-6pm. This will be held in the Tans café and is a great opportunity to find out more about Hextol. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
We were thrilled to welcome the Street Science STEM Outreach Team from Newcastle University, who put on their incredible Story of Earth show. From Earth’s very first day 4.6 billion years ago, right through to the present, the show brought our planet’s history to life with mind-blowing demonstrations. Our students were amazed by dry ice experiments, elephant’s toothpaste, fire hands
The first HMS PTA Disco Night of the year is fast approaching and we can’t wait! Please sign your child up using the online form which has been sent home today. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Following our hustings and a whole school vote, we are delighted to present this year’s House Captain Team. Huge congratulations to each of them for putting themselves forward to lead their House group and to represent HMS as part of our Pupil Leadership Team. Well done to everyone who applied and showed the courage needed to speak in front of
Parent/Carer Workshop You are invited to join us to find out more about ‘The Zones of Regulation’ – a strategy to support your child’s emotional wellbeing. The session will be held at HMS on Thursday 7th November at 5.30pm. We use this strategy in school already and we’ll be building this into our curriculum with the whole school this year.
We have a number of exciting ‘Great Experience’ residential visits planned for the school year ahead and wanted to give you advance notice of these with an estimated cost so that you can start to forward plan. We know that residential opportunities can be very expensive for families and we want to support families with realistic payment plans. We also
It was great to welcome back visitors from Newcastle University to lead an inspiring ‘Girls in STEM’ session. The session focused on careers in STEM and helped to open our pupils’ minds to future aspirations and routes into different exciting STEM careers. The session was empowering for our Year 7 girls and the children engaged with interest and enthusiasm. Thank
Following a day of wonderful interviews yesterday, and some very tricky decision-making last night, I am delighted to announce our new Head Pupils for this year. Huge congratulations to Noah, Sarah, Esme and Tristan who we know will be phenomenal ambassadors for HMS. We were so proud of each and every pupil who took the time to apply and attend
Each week, our form tutors award pupils in their classes with ‘HMS Way Awards’. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect Engage Aspire – to life. Here are this week’s amazing winners who have shown our school values brilliantly. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you all! #Respect #Engage #Aspire