New photos added 10/02/20! Our KS3 Ski Trip is currently enjoying the slopes in the south of France. Mr Gaines has sent through some photos of the group in their spectacular surroundings! He says: ‘We have had two days of contrasting skiing. Monday was a day of plus 8 degrees in temperature! Fabrice, one of our instructors, was not impressed
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals defined by the United Nations to tackle the world’s biggest problems by 2030. More than 40 per cent of the global population are between the ages of ten and 24 – the largest youth population ever. To solve the world’s problems, our pupils need to know what those problems are and how contribute to their solutions. Year 8 pupils have been busy working on
On Friday afternoon the Year 7 boys were in action in the last 16 of the National finals for the Champions Cup. They were representing the North East against Yorkshire in what was a magnificent game! Incredibly brave and tenacious defence mixed with powerful running and determination saw HMS put in an outstanding performance. The boys played with their hearts on
On Thursday the Year 7 boys were in last 16 action in the football county cup against RGS. The boys started brightly and created a number of good chances and missed narrowly. The deadlock was broken midway through the first half after Ollie P was fouled on the edge of the area and James S smashed the free kick home
Thank you to everyone who attended our SATs Information Evening on Wednesday 29 January 2020. For those who could not attend, the presentation from the evening is available on our Supporting Maths and English at Home page.
Last Wednesday HMS took part in the Northumberland Youth Cabinet and Parliament elections. Many thanks to all the staff involved in supporting our pupils to undertake their very first political vote, electing pupils across the Northumberland county. Well done to our two head pupils for supporting other ballot station staff on the day. We would like to encourage pupils to
Pupils in Key Stage Two have been taking part in the UK’s biggest citizen science project, the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch. The data collected from the school site will help contribute to a ‘snapshot’ of bird numbers across the UK, allow the RSPB to monitor trends and helps us understand how birds are doing.
After a busy weekend of sport we have had some huge success on the football and rugby pitches! On Saturday, five HMS boys were in action for the West Tyne District team in their 5-2 victory over Redcar and Cleveland. James Simpson, Alex Martin, David Dodd, Sam Clarke and scorer of the 4th goal Josh Ritchie all played brilliantly! Well done
We will be holding our SATS Information Evening for Year 6 parents/carers on Wednesday 29 January 2020 at 6pm in Fellside Hall. This will be a very useful session where you will get an insight into the arrangements for the End of Key Stage 2 Assessments. It would be fantastic to see as many of you there as possible. Thank
Pupils are working with Miss Lawton on their Part A for Arts Award. They are learning collagraph and mono-print techniques. Soon, we’ll be moving on to screen-printing but for now we are busy working on the etching press. We are printing from nature!