In our own nod to Burns’ Night, here are our Session Singers from QEHS and HMS performing ‘Wild Mountain Thyme’. The song is rooted in both Scottish and Irish origins with the lyrics and melody being a variant of the song The Braes of Balquhither by Scottish poet Robbert Tannahill (1774-1810) and Scottish composer Robert Archibald Smith (1780-1829). These were adapted
A reminder that our ‘Go Green Uniform Recycling’ is available all year round. We have a good stock of items in school and our PTFA do a great job at keeping this organised and replenished. If you need replacement or additional uniform items, please get in touch. You can make requests for items via our online form: https://www.cognitoforms.com/HadrianLearningTrust/HMSGoGreenEcoFriendlyUniformRecycling Respect. Engage.
At HMS we promote a culture of reading for pleasure. As a part of this and to celebrate National Storytelling Week, HMS staff have kindly volunteered to read aloud stories, poems or extracts of their choice in HMS Library over lunchtime on Wednesday 4th February. Pupils are invited to sit back, take a few minutes to relax during their busy
Last week, students took part in their second round of PERS People assemblies – welcoming people of different faiths and belief systems into school to experience what life is like for them. Students in Year 8 heard from Kirtida from the ISKON Hindu Temple; supporting their PERS learning on Hinduism and helping to bring the religion to life. They particularly enjoyed
Ford Castle Information Evening Thursday 5th February, 5pm #Respect #Engage #Aspire
Recently, a number of KS2 and KS3 pupils took part in a food themed Young Artists drawing competition where they had to draw their favourite or least favourite food as a character. Ms Kwella received many brilliant entries, which were posted off to the Food Friends Young Artists Competition a few months ago. Last week, we received the good news
Lunar New Year Menu Wednesday 11th February #Respect #Engage #Aspire
The HMS PTFA will be running our ‘Mothers and Others’ Pop-Up Shops in March. To support the event, we would hugely appreciate gift donations which could be sold on the day. Gifts could include: smellies, chocolates, sweets, plants and other small gifts suitable for important family members. All gifts should be nut-free, please. There will be a non-uniform day on
Welcome to the team! Look who had his first visit to HMS yesterday…. welcome to the team, Rocky! Rocky has been working hard at his therapy dog training classes and had a great first day getting used to being in school and meeting lots of children. I think you can see how much he was enjoying himself! Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Thank you to Newcastle University for visiting HMS this week to deliver an inspiring careers session to our Year 7 girls. The session allowed pupils to develop their understanding about careers in a wide range of STEM industries and routes into these career pathways. It was great to see our Year 7 pupils thinking about their futures and their potential