Year 8 Leavers’ Hoodies

We hope you are all safe and well and have had a good weekend. A huge thank you to the HMS PTA who have assisted in the organisation of this year’s leavers’ hoodies. The below link will take you to the page where you can purchase your hoodie! We are sorry about the slight delay, however all orders must be

Pastoral Newsletter #6

Our Pastoral Team have created a regular newsletter for HMS pupils. The newsletter includes guidance and support for how pupils may be feeling during this unprecedented time. There are also some activities on looking and thinking ahead. The latest issue (#6) and previous issues are available to download on our Pupil Well-being page.

Bees & Conservation Competition

We have had some fantastic entries to the Bees and Conservation Competition for Northumberland County Council.  Miss Lawton is so proud of the pupils who took the time to enter! Well done. Thank you to Mrs Adams for sharing the competition with the Art Department!

Year 7 Shakespeare Globe Models

Miss Barnett’s Year 7 pupils have made some amazing reconstructions of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. They used everything from models to Minecraft to cakes to make their reconstructions, some of which are pictured below!

Well-being Activities: June

It is a new month with a new calendar of well-being activities passed on by Mrs Henderson! (© ELSA Support). See how many you can do this month and let us know how you’re getting on.

Screen-printing Artwork

During their creative activities at school before half term, Miss Lawton introduced HMS pupils to screen-printing. In the first session, pupils screen-printed rainbows and created a display with their artwork. Heidi S was able to make a start on Part D of her Arts Award project. Having learnt new screen-printing skills, Heidi shared printing techniques with other pupils. Thanks to

Rainbow Bake Off

Miss Kwella has enjoyed receiving your wonderful #rainbowbakeoff entries over the last week. Well done to everyone who took part, they are all fantastic! We have collated all the entries and have created a gallery for you, so you can have a look at all the amazing bakes! Winners will be announced shortly! Well done!

Blog Post #17: Mrs Hall

We have had a small tub of water for birds in our garden for a few years now and every year we had a frog sitting in it so we decided to build it a wildlife pond. We dug the hole and lined it with pond liner, filled it with water and added a stones. We were also very lucky

Creative Digital Activities

Apple has published 30 fun, constructive and creative activities to do with the built-in features of an iPhone/iPad – see below for the full list! 30 Creative Activities with an iPhone/iPad (PDF)

VE Day at HMS

We hope that everyone had a good break over the Bank Holiday weekend. With a few pupils in school on Friday, Mr Freeman-Myers and Miss Kingett had the chance to observe a two-minute silence, enjoy some fish and chips, play some games, make some decorations for our reception window and take in the lovely weather. Mr Watters kindly went to