Advent Assemblies

We are delighted to be welcoming Reverend Glover and Reverend Hope from Hexham Abbey to lead our Advent assemblies this week. Pupils are learning about the significance of Advent and the candles in the wreath, and how this relates to our lives today.  Miss Kingett, Mrs Hinchcliffe and Mr Freeman-Myers have prepared this year’s Advent wreath which is on display

Thank You, Tesco!

A huge thank you to Amanda at Tesco in Hexham for her generous support of our PTA. Tesco donated hundreds of buns and hot dogs for our Festive Forest Evening. It is great to have such brilliant support available in our local community and everyone at HMS really appreciates it! Thank you again!

Festive Forest Joy!

What a huge success our Festive Forest Evening was last night. Thank you all SO much for your support of this wonderful event. It was great to see so many of you enjoying the evening – the festive atmosphere was a joy to see and hear. The children loved the wide range of craft activities and visiting the forest school

English Schools’ AA Cross Country Cup Final

Hexham Middle School did the North East proud at the English Schools’ AA Cross Country Cup Final this weekend, which took place in very cold and damp sub-zero conditions at Woodbridge School in Suffolk. Each of the nine English regions fielded three teams (or four, in the case of a joint third finish in the regional round) of up to

Christmas Class Wreaths

Christmas Joy  In Personal Development time, our classes have been busy preparing their form class wreaths. Here are a few on proud display already. Well done everyone – we are impressed with the creativity! 

Arlo’s First Advent

To celebrate the start of Advent, Jude very kindly brought in a calendar for Arlo to enjoy this month! I think you can see how happy they both were to open the first window! ‘Tis the season! 

Artists in Action

Miss Taylor is very proud to share an update of some of the latest work being produced in the art studio. We are so proud of the effort and engagement on display!  Year 5 have focused on the formal elements of art; Year 6 on cubism; Year 7 on Impressionism and perspective and Year 8 on portraiture and identity.  Miss

Christmas Lunch

We can’t wait for our annual Christmas Lunch on Wednesday 13th December – what a treat it is!The delicious lunch is £3.50 for two courses and is paid via School Gateway in the usual way. Free school meal allowances are increased to cover the cost of our festive lunch. If your child has any allergies or dietary requirements, and don’t

Cyber First Girls Competition

The Cyber First Girls Competition aims to inspire girls interested in technology to pursue a career in cyber security. The competition is a team event, and together they tackle challenges from cryptography and logic to artificial intelligence and networking for the chance to be crowned ‘Cyber Security Champions’. Every girl from the winning team will take a brand new laptop

The HMS Elf Countdown!

‘Twas the month before Christmas, when all through the school…. not a creature was stirring, except for…… Mr Nichol is very excited to launch the return of the HMS elf to help us in our countdown to Christmas! Pupils can look forward to daily updates throughout December – where will the elf be hiding in school this year?