National Citizen Service: Hymers win Gold!

As regional north-east winners, a NCS team from Hymers travelled to Goldsmiths Hall, London for the final of the Goldsmiths’ Company Community Engagement Awards in London.

They beat eight other regional winners from a total of over 140 schools to claim Gold, presented by the Lord Bridges, and won an amazing £3,000 for the school. The Hymers team of Tom (Year

13), Lexie and Anna (Year 12) gave a presentation of the community projects that the school and NCS were involved with.

They fielded questions from all the judges who were impressed with the range of charitable activities that have been happening at Hymers.

This award is a wonderful testament to the hard work pupils and staff across the school put into our community outreach and charitiable work. Huge congratulations to all involved!

This year our themed week in the Junior School - when pupils work off-timetable to study a particular theme in depth - took the form of ‘Eco-week’. This was an opportunity to raise awareness about environmental issues around the world and how they can be alleviated through positive action.

Our pupils took part in workshops, including building a plastic bottle boat, upcycling old T-shirts,