Yesterday, despite a rainy start, the group visited a French Hypermarche where they explored a range of culinary delights. After that, they visited the outdoor markets. After a busy morning, the group made the journey across to Laval, where they were all excited to get into the Aquabulle. Once they had had a thrilling time racing down slides and lounging
What a first day Year 6 had at Newby Wiske! After a picnic packed lunch, the group headed out for their first round of activities: climbing wall, fencing, trapeze to name a few! After a very busy and joyful day, the children settled into their rooms after a delicious dinner and ended the evening with a team building activity –
After an exciting journey, the group arrived safely in a gloriously sunny and very warm France and immediately set off on their first excursion. They visited the Normandy beaches to experience firsthand the location in which so many gave their lives. The children approached this with maturity and respect, and all of the staff were very impressed with their engagement.
Well done, team! We are so proud of Team HMS – aka The Back of the Wardrobe Bin – for travelling to London to represent the school at the Young Green Briton Challenge Finals yesterday. After months of hard work and dedication, the team made it through to the national final today and we couldn’t be prouder of them! A
And they’re off… it was an early train to London for Georgia, Rose and Dominique this morning as they make their way to represent HMS at the final of this year’s Young Green Briton Challenge. Their teammates Emily and Lizzie are away in France – but we know they’ll be cheering them on! Their project – ‘The Back of the
After a fantastic day of fun and fundraising last week, we are delighted to announce that our pupils have raised £1,062 for their two chosen charities. We had cakes, crafts, quizzing, fun running, hush-a-thon and even a staff vs pupil assault course – all for great causes! We are very proud to be making donations to both Northumberland Wildlife Trust
WOW! THANK YOU! We can’t thank you all enough for your unbelievable support of this year’s HMS PTA Summer Fair. We are so proud to announce this year’s total raised is £4,022. Thank you SO much to all of you – your support is hugely appreciated. Your generous support means that the HMS PTA can continue to support the school
A very excited group of KS3 pupils left HMS at around 10 pm last night to start their adventure in France. After an overnight trip down to Portsmouth, the group are in fine spirits and are looking forward to boarding the Guillaume de Normandie ferry to begin their French adventure. Mr Nichol is going to send us daily updates and
We are delighted to congratulate Artie, Joseph, and Gruffydd, who were invited to take part in the second round of the Junior Maths Challenge — a remarkable achievement in itself, as only a select number of high-scoring students from the first round are invited to progress further. All three boys performed brilliantly under pressure and were awarded certificates in recognition
Here are this week’s ‘HMS Way Award’ winners – this week’s focus was our core value of ‘Aspire’. The awards recognise pupils who shine each week and who bring our HMS values – Respect Engage Aspire – to life. Well done to this week’s winners – we are very proud of you all! Respect. Engage. Aspire.