Christmas Lunch 2023

Wow – what an amazing job our catering team have done to deliver a delicious Christmas Lunch across both of our schools today. Huge thanks to Mrs Satow and her team, and the many other staff members who supported them! The children and staff have all enjoyed a lovely lunch with the Christmas tunes playing in the background – Year

HMS Carol Service

We are looking forward to our annual Carol Service at Hexham Abbey on Monday 18th December. Rehearsals are going very well and we have around 160 children participating in this year’s service!  There is no need to buy tickets for this event. Doors will open at 6.30pm.  We look forward to seeing you there for a joyful evening! 

Spring Term Extra-Curricular Clubs

Clubs  Our ‘Extra-Curricular Programme’ for the Spring Term has now been launched. Lots of our favourites will continue and we have lots of new, exciting additions too! Please have a chat at home about the opportunities on offer and encourage your child to engage as much as possible. Huge thanks to Team HMS for their continued dedication to providing so many great

Pupil Success – Cyclocross

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

Pupil Success – Racing

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

Year 5 Visit Beamish

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

Year 8 PSHE Safety Works Visit

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

Young Green Briton Challenge

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

Katherine Rundell Workshop

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