Year 5 have been learning to make biscuits and have made Fork Biscuits. Year 6 have made some wonderful soda bread rolls flavoured with ingredients such as olives, sundried tomato, chilli, mixed herbs and cheese. Some have also been making rock buns. Year 7 have completed their ‘technical challenge’ and made shortcrust pastry from scratch and then turned it into
Year 7 and 8 Netball On Thursday night last week the Y7 and Y8 girls were in netball action against Highfield Middle School. The Y8 girls were raring to go in their encounter and a fierce start to the game saw Lexi G registering the first point of the game with a brilliant shot from the left hand side of
We are delighted to announce that over 60 dyslexia-friendly books are now on the shelves in HMS Library. These new books are in a super-readable format and include the following features: A unique, dyslexia-friendly font to make reading easier. Accessible layouts and spacing to stop the page from becoming overcrowded. Off-white, heavier paper to help reduce visual stress. Shorter books
At HMS, we want to promote greater recycling of school uniform items. To help us build our stocks, we are looking for your support. Please could you send any branded items i.e. HMS school jumpers, polo shirts, PE hoodies and t-shirts (we can’t accept trousers or non-branded items). Once we build up a stock, we will let you know how you can request
Please see below the information from Northumberland County Council along with contacts for parents in the event of a school closure. We will email parents, update the website and also our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Adverse Weather Information (PDF)
Welcome back to a new term! We hope you have all had a fantastic Christmas break with your loved ones – Happy New Year from everyone at HMS! We have an exciting term ahead and we were so pleased to welcome back our pupils this morning. For those unable to return due to COVID reasons, we wish you well and
This week we have had the pleasure of inviting ‘He Knows, She Knows’ into school as part of a ‘Respect Day’. Respect is one of our school core values. The duo, who were former X-Factor contestants, helped pupils across all year groups in the school to explore a variety of personal development topics including mental wellbeing, body image, relationships and
The Christmas songs were playing in the dining hall yesterday as Mrs Satow and her team served this year’s wonderful Christmas lunch. It was such a great atmosphere, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to our brilliant catering team.
On return in January, we have been asked to test consenting pupils once in school. As I am sure you will appreciate, the logistics of testing a large number of pupils are challenging. We would once again welcome support from volunteers to help run the testing site and enable us to test the pupils as quickly as possible. There are
Following the success of drama workshop ‘Plots and Plans’ at Hexham Abbey earlier this month, and the enthusiasm of the students to do something for Christmas, they are looking at running another workshop on 18 December with a view to doing a short performance at the Christingle Service the next day. The theme this time is ‘Oh no! Christmas!’. This