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Year 3/4 Cross Country Festival at HSMS

Fri 18 Nov 2016 Mr Waterfield

Yesterday we held our annual Cross Country Festival where our feeder schools come to compete against each other at Cross Country.

The Year 3's did 1 lap around the school field (approximately 1 KM) and the Year 4's did 2 laps (approximately 2KM)

The five schools competing were Axbridge, Lympsham, Mark, Weare, and Wedmore; all those who participated did their schools proud, and everyone did really well to complete the course.

Congratulations to Wedmore for just piping Axbridge and winning the team event. Well done!

Our year 8 sports leaders ran the event and were absolutely brilliant: they led the warm- ups, ran with the children around the field, acted as marshals telling them where to go, and most of all they were very encouraging and kept the younger children going. Well done guys.

Also a massive thank you to Mr Jackson and Mr Lamb for helping with the results/data.

The photo is of our fantastic Year 8s sports leaders.

Children in Need

Wed 16 Nov 2016 Kate Allen

Children in need
On Friday 18th November it is children in need. To support this charity the pupils will be encouraged to wear mufti in a range of colours. Each pupil to pay £1 ...
Year five In Blue
Year six in Green
Year seven Yellow and Black
Year eight Red
Throughout the day there will be some fun activities so please bring in any loose change ...
Year five ....film show
Year six Pudsey Picture made of coins
Year seven dodgeball
Year eight Zumba with an animal theme.

Isla helps to raise over £1,500

Tue 15 Nov 2016 Mr McGrath

Well done to Isla, 8RM, who helped to raise £1525 for the Young Minds Charity. Isla helped arrange a disco on the 12th November and a raffle with all money going to the charity. We are very pleased to see Isla contributing to such a worthwhile cause. Well done!

Year 8 First X1 Hockey Versus Wells Blue

Tue 15 Nov 2016 Mrs Allen

Wednesday 9th November

Year 8 First X1 Versus Wells Blue (home )

It was a very cold start to this match.

Historically always a close match between these two sides, today was no different.

It is always pleasing to watch an eleven a side match as this is what the girls will all eventually play. Hugh Sexey got off to a good start with quite an early goal by Zoe Coles.

This team have played together for some time and this was reflected in their supportive teamwork. Pleasing to see the ball being passed to the two wings,Erin Watkins and Alice Roy.

There was then another goal by Grace White ( who has very successfully been selected for JDC development squad.) who hammered the ball past the Wells Keeper. Wells had possession in the first half but failed to get the ball past the defenders, Saskia Carrington, Evie Puddy ( thank you to her mother for washing team shirts.) and keeper,Kaitlin Pettitt.

In the second half the girls went onto score another three goals ,one of which was a well executed short corner ( reminded me of our ladies in Rio)

Well done to the team. A fantastic performance in cold conditions.

Final score 5-0 to Hugh Sexey . Players of the Match Saskia and Zoe

Yr 7 Hockey Matches vs Crispin.

Tue 15 Nov 2016 Mrs Allen

Hockey match versus Crispin year 7A and 7B (away)

Tuesday November 8th .

7A

The girls have not yet played together as a team. The eight girls that have been selected have been very regular members of club throughout their time at school. This was reflected in their teamwork and their high level of skill.

The match began well with an early goal.. The goal D was very small and it was difficult to score in the very congested area.

The girls kept to their positions well and the midfield would not allow any ball to travel into the opposition territory. This meant our two defenders had a slightly quiet game.

Captain, Ella Hodgson spread the ball well to the two wings- Harriet Griffiths and Ashling Kelway. Hannah Carter demonstrated her fitness and the game flowed.

Final Score 8-0 to Hugh Sexey. Players of the match Rhiannon and Ella.

Jess Haines scored 5 and Hannah Carter scored 3

7B

The B team were very enthusiastic and lively and supported each other well throughout the match. Isabelle Cook ( more often found playing football!) demonstrated good positional awareness. The defence were strong and Meghan Ireland placed the ball well up the pitch as she took hit outs.

The girls scored three goals in the first half. Mia Johnson demonstrating her speed up the wing and Scarlett Smith consistent in stopping the ball and spreading it.

Captain, Isobel Talbot led well encouraging her team throughout. ( Many thanks to Isobel’s MM for her support in all the matches. )

Crispin scored one goal in the second half.

Final score Crispin 1 Hugh Sexey 3 Player of the match Mia Johnson.

Junior Mendip Cross Country Races

Fri 11 Nov 2016 Mr Jackson

The second race in the Junior Mendip Cross Country League saw a bigger turn out of 11 boys from Hugh Sexey.

With a bigger team came a stronger performance; moving up to 4th out of 23 schools for Years 5 and 6 boys. This included a storming run by one of our debutants Oscar who came 8th in the biggest ever entry for a race in this league of 134 boys.

We are still keen for more girls to take part and anyone interested should let Mr Jackson know.

The one girl who did run for Hugh Sexey, Katie, deserves particular praise for coming 2nd out of all the Year 5 girls and also having to put up with being the only girl on the bus for what must have felt like a long trip to and from Shepton Mallet.

The Travelling Book Fair has arrived

Thu 10 Nov 2016 Mrs Palmer

Amidst much excitement the TRAVELLING BOOK FAIR has arrived in the School Library today! Every class has the opportunity to come in, browse, and buy a fantastic selection of books from republished classics such as Dracula, to the latest Wimpy Kid and David Walliams books.

The Fair is in until Thursday 17th November and open throughout the school day. On Tuesday 15th November parents/carers are invited to come in between 3.40pm and 5pm.

Christmas Shoe Boxes.

Tue 08 Nov 2016 Mrs Callow

Shoe box appeal.
Pupils at Hugh Sexey's have once again taken part in the annual shoe box appeal.
Families in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and the Ukraine will receive these boxes just before Christmas.

Year 6 Healthy Eating Trail at Tesco

Tue 08 Nov 2016 Miss Latti

As part of the Design Technology Enrichment Provision for more able pupils a group of twenty eight Year 6 pupils embarked on a Healthy Eating Trail at Tesco in Burnham-on-Sea.

Highlights of the trail included pupils learning about the origins and seasonality of fruit and vegetables, learning about different types of fish and seafood sold in store and observing how fish is prepared.

Pupils were also given a unique opportunity to visit the bakery to observe how bread and patisserie products are made in store using industrial machinery. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed tasting some freshly baked tiger bread! During the trail pupils were given plenty of opportunities to develop their sensory analysis skills by tasting a range of cheeses which included garlic and herb, smoked cheddar and stilton mango and ginger. The garlic and herb was a clear favourite! Pupils also sampled a variety of fruits from around the world along with fruit flavoured water.

All the pupils and staff had a fantastic time on the trail and it was lovely to see the pupils reflecting on what they learnt and enjoyed most.

The Tesco colleagues will be visiting the pupils in school to work with them on future topics linked to sustainable foods.

Survival: Year 5 Activities Week

Tue 08 Nov 2016 Mrs Edmonds

Survival was the name of the game during a fun and exciting Activities Week at Hugh Sexey Middle School!

Last week, one -hundred and fifty year 5 pupils were able to try a range of activities inspired by Michael Morpurgo's book, Kensuke's Kingdom and the real-life survival story of Antarctic explorer, Ernest Shackleton.

The children were able to try their hand at raft building, archery, first-aid, making energy bars, forest school and even navigating an inflatable assault course!

On Friday, parents and carers were invited to the school to watch presentations written and performed by the children about their inspiring week. Later, the children had the opportunity to share their written diaries, forest crowns and a marshmallow or two toasted over the open fire at Forest School.