Summer Raffle – More Prizes
WOW – Mrs Herrmann is so grateful to the many local organisations who have very kindly donated prizes for this year’s PTFA Summer Fair Raffle. You can see the current prize list attached. If you’d like to buy tickets, please return the stubs and payment to the HMS Office. If you need more tickets, please just ask us.Thank you so
QEHS Youth Theatre Launch
Year 8 pupils are invited to join the launch of the next QEHS Youth Theatre musical – Les Miserables. If you’d like to find out about auditions, rehearsals and performances – please go along on Thursday 9th July at 3.30pm.This is open to Year 8 interested in being actors, singers and part of the tech crew. Respect. Engage. Aspire.
Maths Challenge
Last Tuesday, six students from Years 7 and 8 were invited to take part in the next round of the Junior Maths Challenge. They approached the experience with great resilience, effort, and determination, and it was wonderful to see them engaging so thoughtfully with such challenging mathematical problems.Well done to all who took part, we hope they feel as proud
Community Joy!
Mrs Rowell and Mr Freeman-Myers were delighted to visit residents at Acomb Court Care Home with our Orchestra yesterday. Our very talented musicians enjoyed performing a range of pieces for residents. It was an opportunity to share the joy of music and we hope everyone really enjoyed the visit. Thank you very much for having us! We are very much
Celebrating Creativity at HMS
HUGE congratulations to Ava and Archie for their incredible achievements and creativity! Ava has been announced as a finalist in the BBFC’s ‘Toy Story 5 Create the Card’ competition. To be recognised as a finalist in a national competition is a phenomenal achievement and we are so proud of Ava – well done for entering! Archie recently found out that
Y6 Cricket
Well done to our Year 6 boys and girls cricket teams who played in the local softball competition at Stocksfield CC on Monday. Both came runners up in their competitions! The girls played 5 games in a round robin format, winning 4 and losing only 1 game to eventual winners, Corbridge. This was a brilliant achievement, and great to see
BBFC Toy Story 5 Create the Card Competition Finalist
Congratulations to Ava G for making the shortlist with her incredibly creative artwork, securing a place in the top 11 finalists. HMS submitted some amazing entries to the competition, which had over 1,000 entries from across the UK. The judging panel included senior executives from The Walt Disney Company and the BBFC, the judges were hugely impressed by Ava G’s
Year 6 Safety Works
Year 6 Safety Works As part of our Stay Safe and Well Curriculum, Year 6 pupils recently enjoyed a highly informative and engaging visit to Safety Works in Benwell. During the day, pupils took part in a carousel of interactive workshops covering a range of important safety topics, including: Road safety Water safety Making safe choices and understanding the consequences
Big Bang UK
WOW – great news alert – we could not be any prouder… Big Bang UK – National Competition Winners! Meike, Martha, Jessica and Lauren worked with Meryl Batchelder from Teraligo to research the effects of biochar on plant growth. After initially gaining a Bronze Crest Award, they submitted their research to the Big Bang Science Competition. They were selected to