HUGE thanks to Tesco, Hexham who very kindly funded some of our Christmas Celebration Assembly prizes this morning – we really appreciate your kindness. HUGE thanks to Small World Cafe, Hexham who very kindly donated delicious soup for our recent Festive Forest Evening. Alongside Mrs Herrmann’s tasty soup, this was a great addition to the night – thank you! We
Arlo is feeling festive on this last week of term! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Here are this week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners (minus a few from Y8 who missed the photograph!!). The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect Engage Aspire – to life. These are the final awards of 2024 with our Christmas Celebration Assemblies taking place next Thursday. Well done to this week’s winners
Year 8 visited the Centre for Life for their annual festive trip today. All of the children have had a great day exploring the Centre for Life and, of course, visiting the ice skating rink! It was a day of laughter and joy – our Year 8s totally deserve it – they are a great group of children and we’re
Year 5 were lucky enough to have a day at the panto in Newcastle yesterday. They visited the Tyne Theatre to see this year’s festive pantomime, Snow White. The children absolutely loved it (as did the staff!) and I hear there was laughter and singing all round! I am so pleased that Year 5 had such a good day. Year
Thank you to the pupils for supporting Christmas Jumper Day so brilliantly. You can make donations to Save the Children via MCAS if you feel able to. Here’s a snapshot of a few festive jumpers today! Jumpers can be worn again on the last day of term if pupils want to! #Respect #Engage #Aspire
We have all enjoyed a delicious Christmas Lunch today – everyone LOVED it! Special thanks to Mrs Satow and her amazing team who have worked very hard to prepare and serve lunch across our two schools – well done to everyone involved! The lunch was greatly appreciated by pupils and staff across the school. The festive atmosphere is definitely building
Our PTA held the first of two Pop-Up Shops today and – wow – it was a busy one! The pupils loved visiting the shop and purchasing gifts for their loved ones. The music was playing and the festive atmosphere was buzzing! We’ll be back open again on Thursday lunchtime! Huge thanks for your generous donations – your support is,
Thank you so much for joining us for our PTA Festive Forest Evening last night. What a great start to the festive season it was! We loved seeing lots of families enjoying a wide range of festive crafts. Our forest school was so busy with the fire lit for s’mores and outdoor woodland crafts. The festive atmosphere was a joy!
Yesterday, Year 7 enjoyed a visit from ‘Why Queue?’ who delivered an engaging performance focused on sustainable transport. We could hear the laughter around the corridors and it sounded like everyone enjoyed the performance. On Friday, Year 5 were visited by our new Enterprise Advisor, Gavin Forster, who runs a regional photography company. Gavin talked about his career pathway and