NEWSLETTERS HUMMERSKNOTT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LATEST NEWS NEWS ARCHIVE 2021-22 CALENDAR LATEST NEWS Christmas Carol Concert - posted 30th Nov Read More Oktoberfest 2021 - posted 18th Nov During the month of October. 120 KS3 students enjoyed food and drinks tasting, quizzes, music and taking selfies in the LRC as we celebrated the world biggest folk festival. Danke schön! und Prost! Read More Town Netball Tournament - posted 21st Oct Well done to the girls who finished runners up, losing out to Carmel who won the tournament. Played Carmel in the first game and lost narrowly but then beat all the other schools Read More U13’s North Durham satellite squad in netball - posted 19th Oct The following girls have been selected for the U13’s north Durham satellite squad in netball. Read More Tree Project Oracy Workshop - posted 14th Jul Read More French Crepes - Year 7 - posted 14th Jul In recent French lessons, Y7 students completed a project about crepes and their importance in French culture. They learned all of the ingredients used to make a crepe and studied a recipe in French. They were then set a challenge to make their own crepe and either produce a video or a storyboard outlining how they went about it. Read More Y9 Spanish Magazines - posted 14th Jul Year 9s have been producing magazines in Spanish recently - take a look at a couple of them:- Read More Tree planting for Earth Day - posted 21st Apr What are we doing? To help celebrate Earth Day this week, 28 Year 7 students have planted five sapling trees within our school grounds. We have been lucky enough to be selected as one of only 20 schools across the country, to work with The Tree Council. The purpose of planting the trees is twofold: firstly, to join in the effort to mitigate the global issue of climate change at a local level via the strategy of afforestation. Secondly, after lockdown, students working outdoors, in nature and together, is part of our school plan to improve wellbeing. Read More Year 7 Inter College Football - posted 21st Apr It was brilliant to restart inter college sporting competitions this week. The Year 7 students were the first playing football and later this week will be the Year 7 hockey competition. All the results will be counted for the College Cup. Read More HRH The Duke of Edinburgh - posted 12th Apr It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. Read More Christmas Card Competition - posted 16th Dec Josh Moody from Year 7 was delighted to learn that he had been selected as the winner of the Annual Christmas Card Competition, Read More Head Boy and Girl Appointed - posted 16th Dec Mr Keating today presented the newly appointed Head and Deputy Head Boy and Girl with their badges. The successful students were appointed after undergoing a rigorous interview process. They are all college captains. Read More Netball Success - posted 16th Dec Year 7 Ruby Strong plays for the Headlanders netball club in Darlington. Read More Hummersknott Remembers - posted 11th Nov Hummersknott once again marked the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month with an observation of the national silence. A bell rang to mark the start of the silence and it was concluded, as it has been for many years now, with the Last Post being played in the hub. Read More On the Right Track - posted 4th Nov During lockdown Year 9 student, Jonah Cooper's Mum was looking at Facebook, when she spotted a national competition to promote rail safety, with a prize of a GoPro Hero8 bundle. Read More Student Anthology - posted 20th Jul An anthology of students' work created during the lock down has been produced and may be read here Read More Lockdown Work - posted 15th Jul Miss Tindale has shared some of her students' work. We think they're brilliant. Read More VE Day Celebrations 2020 - posted 1st May Victory in Europe Day/ VE Day took place on 8 May 1945. It was a public holiday and day of celebration to mark the defeat of Germany by the Allied forces in World War 2. Read More Visor Manufacture - posted 29th Apr Hummersknott Academy has been making and providing visors for care homes in Darlington. Read More 2019-2020 Fund Raising - posted 21st Apr The College Student leaders have worked really hard to organise their college's fundraising efforts over the school year. Unfortunately the current situation meant that many of their final events were not able to take place. We have not completely finalised the total figures yet. However, as each College had chosen a local charity, we have transferred the money already banked, as we realise that every penny counts at the moment. 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