Time to get creative – Design a New Game Entries can be on paper or submitted electronically via the school’s email address: admin@hexhammiddle.org.uk The deadline for entries is Thursday 15th February. Winners will be announced in assemblies after half term.Good luck! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Pupils in Key Stage 3 (Years 7 and 8) are now able to vote online for one campaign area in the UK Youth Parliament’s Make Your Mark 2024 campaign. The deadline for online voting is 8th March. We will be reminding pupils in assembly and form time about this chance to be an active citizen, exercising their right to vote in
The food technology room has been buzzing with activity as our new ‘Junior Chefs’ started this month – Miss Gray will send us more updates soon – it’s been great to see such excitement! Our Year 5 pupils have been completing sensory analysis as part of their smoothie making classes this week. We love having food technology as part of
As part of our Personal Development curriculum, we are thrilled that every single pupil will receive first aid training this week. This is such a vitally important lesson for our pupils who will be able to take what they learn into their everyday lives and into the community.Huge thank you to our amazing PTA for supporting the cost of the
Catelin D in Y5 has written the third in our new series of book reviews by our fantastic ‘Library Champions’. A copy of the book is available in HMS Library for borrowing. Many thanks to Catelin for her recommendation! Happy reading everyone!
Respect Engage Aspire Awards Each week, our form tutors award pupils in their classes with our ‘REA Awards’. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values to life. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Save the date! The PTA will be holding the very popular ‘Mothers and Others Pop Up Shops’ in March. The children can purchase lovely gifts for their loved ones.We would be so grateful if you could send in any gift donations you have at home. Suggested items include sweets/chocolates, beauty products, pot plants etc. Anything you can donate would be hugely
As part of Number Day 2024, Miss Storey has issued staff with a number to wear on their lanyards next week. Pupils will get their own ‘Number Treasure Hunt’ card in form time next week. Their challenge is to use the clues and number properties to find as many numbers as possible around the school. They will record the number
This month’s Head of School Award theme was positivity. One of our core ‘Skills Builder’ themes is ‘staying positive’ and I was delighted to see the children being recognised for their wonderful approach to school life. It was great to celebrate the positive contribution each pupils makes to our school community – I am very proud of each of them.
A group of 50 KS3 pupils attended a Holmes Lecture at Newcastle University on Wednesday night. It was great to hear Professor Graham Morgan discussing the question of ‘Who will win?’ between humans and AI. The session focused on video game technology which so many of our pupils enjoy and the evolving influence of AI in today’s world. What a