Kirstie recently competed in the Scottish Cyclocross Championships in a stunning setting. Despite the very frosty winter’s morning, Kirstie finished 3rd in the under 12 category from a large field of riders. We were delighted to hear how successful Kirstie had been at this event. Everyone at HMS is very proud of you! Well done on a fantastic achievement – your
We continue to be SO proud of Alex. In a recent event, Alex narrowly missed out on first place on the first day before winning the second day and winning the autumn cup! Alex was handed three trophies over the weekend and entry to a championship next year! Alex continues to go from strength to strength and we can’t wait
When it rains, it pours… but nothing stopped HMS from having the most wonderful time at Beamish Museum this week. Year 5 had an excellent day visiting all areas of the museum. A massive thank you to our wonderful pupils who represented HMS exceptionally well. Additionally, a big thank you goes to all the staff who supported the children to
As part of our ‘Staying Safe and Well’ curriculum, Year 8 are visiting Safety Works in Newcastle this week. As part of the interactive sessions, the children experience how to stay safe in various environments while learning more about dangers, hazards and how to keep themselves safe. The children came back with very positive reviews and enjoyed this important session. Thanks
We are delighted to be taking part in this year’s Young Green Briton Challenge. The challenge allows pupils to use project-based learning to explore entrepreneurial solutions to local sustainability issues.Our Year 7 pupils will be taking part this year and the project got underway with a research session this week!Good luck, Year 7 – we look forward to seeing your
Year 5 were so lucky to join a workshop with author Katherine Rundell this morning. The children have been reading her novel, ‘The Explorer’, in school this half term and it was inspiring for them to hear Katherine talking about this wonderful story. The children were also lucky enough to hear about her latest release. The very exciting new novel
We are delighted to be welcoming Reverend Glover and Reverend Hope from Hexham Abbey to lead our Advent assemblies this week. Pupils are learning about the significance of Advent and the candles in the wreath, and how this relates to our lives today. Miss Kingett, Mrs Hinchcliffe and Mr Freeman-Myers have prepared this year’s Advent wreath which is on display
A huge thank you to Amanda at Tesco in Hexham for her generous support of our PTA. Tesco donated hundreds of buns and hot dogs for our Festive Forest Evening. It is great to have such brilliant support available in our local community and everyone at HMS really appreciates it! Thank you again!
What a huge success our Festive Forest Evening was last night. Thank you all SO much for your support of this wonderful event. It was great to see so many of you enjoying the evening – the festive atmosphere was a joy to see and hear. The children loved the wide range of craft activities and visiting the forest school
Hexham Middle School did the North East proud at the English Schools’ AA Cross Country Cup Final this weekend, which took place in very cold and damp sub-zero conditions at Woodbridge School in Suffolk. Each of the nine English regions fielded three teams (or four, in the case of a joint third finish in the regional round) of up to