Developing and supporting reading is at the core of all we do at HMS. Reading is a fundamental life skill and enables children to unlock their potential. With this in mind, we are so excited to be launching our ‘Reading Rails’ initiative. The maps are a fun, attractive and accessible way of promoting reading for pleasure. The routes are designed to
We are so excited to launch our extra-curricular clubs for the autumn term! The club list is below and more information has also been sent home. Pupils will be given copies in school and it’ll be on display around school. The clubs list is exciting and varied and we hope there’s something for everyone to enjoy! Huge thanks to Team HMS for offering so
School Places – September 2025 – Applications now open! You can now apply for school places for September 2025. All applications are made via Northumberland County Council’s School Admissions Team. More information and useful links can be found here. NCC School Admissions.
We are delighted to announce that Nadine Aisha Jassat will be visiting us in HMS on Monday 7th October to present her latest verse-novel, ‘The Hidden Story of Estie Noor’: a page-turning mystery about family, friendship and finding the words to speak the truth. Nadine is an award-winning author of ‘The Stories Grandma Forgot (And How I Found Them)’ and the
Would your child like to have instrumental or singing lessons at HMS? If so, we offer specialist tuition in vocals and a range of instruments. Please email admin@hexhammiddle.org.uk for more information. #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Luke and Tom were just two of the many HMS runners at this weekend’s Great North Run events raising funds for such important charities. Well done both of you – we are all very proud of you! Please share your Great North Run stories so that we can celebrate in school… We are so proud that Miss Lamont, Miss Scott
I am delighted to say that HMS has been awarded the Gold Award status from Skills Builder. Skills Builder is a whole school approach to embedding 8 essential skills to succeed in education, work and life. At HMS, we have worked hard to embed the skills across school life and we are very proud to be recognised with this award.
Each week, 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. This week focused on pupils who have made a particularly positive start to the school year. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud
It has been a pleasure to welcome all of our new starters to HMS this week. The children have settled in brilliantly and helped each other with the move to middle school. To end a great first week, Year 5 enjoyed a Team Building Day today with a wide range of activities including sports, drama and a visit to the Fellside
Mrs Ballantyne is organising a cake sale as part of Macmillan’s Coffee Morning. The sale will take place at morning break time on Friday 13th September. There’ll be a KS2 table in the front yard and a KS3 table in the games yard. If you would like to send in baked or bought donations, we would really appreciate it. Donations