It’s the start of a new term and it has been great to welcome our pupils back into school this morning – I hope you have all had a fantastic break! It’s a short half-term but there’s lots going on and we have an action-packed few weeks ahead. It’s always great to start a new term in a positive way
Please see below a selection of photographs from the fantastic sell-out Spring Concert, which took place on Wednesday involving 80 students – including our Jazz Band, Show Choir, Soul Band, Wind Band, Hydroholics, QE Choir and many soloists and duos. We are very proud of all of the students who participated. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
The first four sessions of Mr Boyle’s new club have gone really well! We have done a little bit of digging with our dig boxes and tried to develop an understanding of stratigraphy. The club then looked at archaeological drawings to test the students’ artistic skills and to determine why we still draw sites. Finally, we’ve explored the origins of
Wow – the entries for this year’s Decorated Egg Competition are absolutely fantastic! The creativity and imagination on display is so impressive! From ‘Eggie Howe’, ‘Eggie Mercury’ and even a version of our own ‘HMS Orcheggstra’ – we love them all! Well done to everyone who entered. A certificate and ‘Head of School Award’ have been awarded to recognise your
Roll up! Roll up!The Music Department is looking for contestants for this year’s Talent Show. Auditions will take place at lunchtimes over the next few weeks (dates on poster) and the final will take place on the evening of 2nd June for those invited to the final event. We would love to see a range of talent from acting to
Students at HMS have been participating in optional guitar taster sessions with Mr Pride to see if they would like to take up lessons on the guitar. They learned to play the different guitar strings and also learned to play some short riffs! Guitar lessons, as well as many other instrumental/singing lessons, are available at HMS. Please get in touch
The HMS PTA are very excited to announce this year’s Summer Fair. The PTA are planning a movie-themed extravaganza for the whole family to enjoy. Saturday 21st June 12-3pm Hexham Middle School Giant inflatable, raffle, tombola, themed games and stall, BBQ, refreshments. Please save the date and share the poster with family/friends – we’d love to see you all there!
Following the fantastic Hexham Book Festival events for Year 5 and Year 6 recently, the new books by The Brothers McLeod and Zohra Nabi were put on display in HMS Library on Monday night. By Tuesday lunchtime, all had been borrowed and the shelves were empty. Just look at these ‘before’ and ‘after’ pictures! We have a new set of
Tweed have the most P-points this half term and will have their House Prize on Friday 11th April – early lunch for everyone in the House 🙂 Well done, everyone! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Last week in our Year 6 Rising Stars assembly, we were joined by Miss Storey, who delivered a fascinating session on memory, retention, and brain training. She explained how our brains use short-term and long-term memory and how we can strengthen both through practice. Pupils were challenged with some fun brain teasers to test their memory skills and learn new