Hexham Middle School

The July edition of the Careers UK magazine is out now, packed with useful content on careers, jobs, education, CVs, interviews and well-being and many other relevant subjects: https://issuu.com/careersuk/docs/july_sch ool

Have a look at the fantastic things that our hard-working PTA have covered over the last year!

The National Literacy Trust has highlighted 16 recommended titles for all ages to inspire children to pick up a book wherever they are over the summer holidays! For more info see https://www.tes.com/…/16-books-keep-pup ils-reading-over-sum…

We are absolutely delighted with our Year 6 pupils and their fantastic outcomes from the KS2 SATs. These results are testament to their outstanding work ethic and resilience as well as our brilliant teaching and support team. The pupils all worked so hard this year and we are confident that they will progress into the secondary phase of their education with the knowledge and understanding required. We hope they were all as equally proud as we were!
https://www.hexhammiddleschool.co.uk/i… /key-stage-2-results/

We currently have a vacancy for a Catering Assistant. The deadline for applications has been extended to Wednesday 17 July. For more information, see https://www.hexhammiddleschool.co.uk/inde x.php/vacancies/

Earlier this week, our pupils took part in a Plastic Pollution workshop. They had to fuse plastic bags together to make a durable recycled material. Miss Kwella gave the pupils the theme of ‘animals’; they had to create textile motifs using plastic bags.

Our Y7 boys and girls rugby teams emerged victorious after a fantastic performance at the Newcastle Thunder Schools Cup! For the full match commentary by Mr Barry, see https://www.hexhammiddleschool.co.uk/…/ …/y7-rugby-champions/

The sun is finally shining on a very successful and lively HMS sports day! Results will be announced later.

This term, Year 7 and 8 are given the opportunity to make and present one of the dishes they have made this year in food technology. Year 8 can choose from spaghetti bolognese, Swiss roll, upside down cake, stir fry, carrot cake, toad in the hole or sausage rolls. Year 7 can choose from shortcrust pastry triangles, scones, minestrone soup, fish fingers or pizza. They can adapt the recipe in any way they want.
Pupils have one hour to make and present the dish of their choice. They must work independently and are assessed on their practical skills, independence and presentation techniques. See the photos for some of the fantastic results!

The Hexham Cake Fest took place on Saturday 6 July at Hexham Community Centre. The festival involved making an edible map of Hexham from cake. The bakers from the Hexham community baked iconic buildings and bridges from Hexham out of cake. All of the cakes were incredible, and it was a fantastic event!
Miss Kwella and 5 Key Stage 3 pupils took on the challenge and constructed a model of the Fellside building from cake. Hannah C, Halle S, Edward D, Katherine H and Lucianna A a...ll worked very hard over a period of a week to make the cake.
Well done to all the pupils and a huge thank you to Hannah and Mrs C for collecting the cake from HMS and taking it to the festival on the day. Benedict S and Jack B from Year 7 also participated and constructed Egger in their own time which also looked fantastic.
Miss Kwella and the pupils were delighted to have taken part and were really pleased with the cake.
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We currently have a vacancy for a teaching position: History with English (1.0fte, fixed term contract, required from September). The closing date is 10 July 2019. For more information, see https://www.hexhammiddleschool.co.uk/inde x.php/vacancies/

An update on the French trip from Mr Armstrong: "Fantastic last day in France 🇫🇷 seeing the Bayeux Tapestry and an incredibly awe-inspiring short film at Arromanches 360 Cinema. On way to Caen for our ferry crossing."

Mr Freeman-Myers reports that the French Trip has arrived in Caen safe and sound! They are currently en route to Chateau Beaumont.

A fantastic amount raised by our Marvel-lous Summer Fair! Thank you so much to our PTA for all their hard work and to everyone who came along!

Today is #NationalWritingDay, so at HMS we spent the day celebrating and sharing good written work, with pupils invited to show Mrs Roff, our Head of English, their best and neatest handwriting!

We are delighted that six of our pupils have made it into the Northumberland County Netball Team for next year! A huge achievement against such tough competition. Well done to Megan C, Jenny P, Erin S, Grace R, Sophie J and Katrine C!

On Friday 14 June, HMS welcomed Year 3 pupils for a Taster Day filled with fun activities! As well as working in our science labs and trying out orienteering in PE, the pupils had a go at clock making in Design Technology; see below for some photos of their finished pieces!