A hall full of excited Y5s greeted author and broadcaster, Chris Smith, on Tuesday afternoon. Chris engaged with them immediately, with almost every hand up to answer his questions about reading and books, and to offer imaginative story suggestions. He encouraged us all to think about structuring a story and adding detail to heroes and villains to make us want
An excited group of Year 7 pupils left HMS early yesterday morning to start their adventure in London! The journey south went well and the group made their first stop at the home of the WW2 code breakers – Bletchley Park – where they enjoyed visiting the house, war huts and other exhibitions. The pupils also got the chance to
Miss Elliott and the rest of the DT Team have been very impressed with the final Year 8 project this term. Pupils have been designing and making their own mobile phone holders. There has been some great and very intricate work going on. It’s been a great way to end Year 8 before pupils move to high school. Everyone should
Miss Elliott and the rest of the DT Team have been very impressed with the final Year 8 project this term. Pupils have been designing and making their own mobile phone holders. There has been some great and very intricate work going on. It’s been a great way to end Year 8 before pupils move to high school. Everyone should
We were wishing ‘good luck’ to all of our pupils who were competing at the Gateshead Stadium on Saturday! These pupils qualified to represent the Tynedale Area from the previous qualifying round held at Wentworth. At this round, they were in competition with other pupils from Prudhoe and Ponteland and represented HMS brilliantly! The Tynedale team has been traditionally very
After the successful introduction of Arlo to the Trust, we look forward to welcoming Arlo’s little sister Pip to the staff! So many students have benefitted from time with Arlo and it has been lovely to see students interacting so positively with him. Pip is still very young so won’t be properly joining the school until September but she will
What an amazing night we had for our Summer Show. It was a night of joy and celebration as pupils from across the school put on an outstanding performance. The show included performances from our very talented musicians, including our choirs, soloists, the HMS Orchestra, the string group, pianists, flautists, dancers and our HMS Rock Band. The courage, dedication and
It’s been a busy week of sport at HMS. A huge well done to our Y7 and Y8 girls cricket team who competed in the county finals competition and finished 3rd in the county. The girls were superb throughout the competition, improving as a team all the time. The girls won their group, going unbeaten and only lost their semi-final
A fantastic afternoon of tag rugby was had in the sunshine at Kingston Park – the home of Newcastle Falcons. HMS took four mixed teams of Year 5 & 6 and played against other schools. The focus of the afternoon was largely recreational rather than competitive, looking to inspire the next generation of players. However, our teams certainly performed extremely
We are delighted to welcome author and presenter Chris Smith to HMS with his new book ‘Frankie Best Hates Quests’ on Tuesday 2nd July for Year 5 pupils. #Respect #Engae #Aspire