Year 8 Leavers’ Breakfast Year 8 have just enjoyed waffles and chocolate sauce before their Leavers’ Assembly begins. Huge thank you to our catering team for doing this for them! We are now looking forward to celebrating their time at HMS and to giving out lots of special recognition awards in our Celebration Assembly.
Year 8 Leavers’ Party! Festival vibes came to HMS last night for our Year 8 Leavers’ Party. Everyone had a great time singing, dancing, eating and enjoying the celebration! Mr Scott planned a great night with party food, photo booth, DJ and festival make up (thanks to Miss Lamont and Miss Taylor!). We even had a special visit from Tyne
Year 6 Art Showcase For their final project of Year 6, our pupils have been learning about the work of artist Sarah Graham and how she creates such realistic artwork. As you can see, the children have created wonderful artwork to showcase the development of their skills. Pupils were inspired by recent visits to the Queen’s Hall in Hexham where
Year 7 Art Showcase Have a look at some of our Year 7 pupils’ final project of the year – mixed media landscape inspired by the work of three artists Vincent Van Gogh, David Hockney and William Heaton Cooper. Pupils focused on developing three art techniques. I am sure you will agree that the children have created outstanding pieces of
Year 8 Leavers’ Trip! As part of their leavers’ celebrations, Year 8 had a fantastic day at Tynemouth on Wednesday. They were very lucky and managed to avoid the thundery showers! Everyone had a great time chilling on the beach, playing games and enjoying a chippy lunch! Happy faces all round – more middle school memories for Year 8!
Year 5 End of Year Trip! Year 5 visited Northumberland College Zoo this week and had such a great day out. The children (and staff) came back beaming from a day of exploring the site, learning about the many varied species of animal and even getting to hold various animals too! It was a very well-deserved treat at the end of
Tyne Rivers Trust visited HMS last week to deliver a workshop about rivers tying in with the year 6’s current geography topic. They brought an interactive river model which showed different rivers around the North-East region. The year 6 pupils enjoyed learning about different strategies that the Tyne Rivers Trust use to monitor and reduce the flow of the river
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service visited Year 6 and Year 8 this week to deliver hugely important water safety sessions. The children listened with interest and asked lots of important questions. The fire service delivered essential messages on water and river safety, including their role in saving lives and pupils engaged in a practical session to learn life saving techniques.
KS2 Sports Day A rainy start to the day didn’t dampen the spirits for KS2 as they set out for their Sports Day on Wednesday. We were so proud of each and every one of them throughout the day. Our values were on display loud and clear – the children supported each other, celebrated effort and success and demonstrated true
Well done, Year 6! Year 6 SATs results were released this week. All of our Year 6 children have shown such a fantastic attitude to learning this year and we are so proud of each of them! They are a wonderful group of pupils, and their outcomes reflect their positive approach to school life. I am also very thankful to my