The last day of school for this academic year was full of joy with a wonderful Katie Kitchen buffet to fill the tummies followed by an afternoon of hilarious party games with lots of whooping and laughing from all!!!

On Monday 20th July, we welcomed the families of our Y6 pupils, Myah and Lyra, into school to join us in a special “Memories” assembly with the whole school and staff team. The pupils had each written their favourite memory of each of Myah and Lyra and had created beautiful books containing all their reminiscences … Read More

For our end of year trip, we were very excited to be visiting the National Space Centre at Leicester. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to explore objects and information linked to their previous learning, particularly in Key Stage 1 where, in history, the children had been focusing on the explorer Neil Armstrong … Read More

Class 1 Earlier this term in our science lessons we were investigating different ways in which plants disperse their seeds which we revisited for stem day. Everyone had a small pot of seeds (mung beans) and their challenge was to create a seed pod which would disperse their seeds as effectively as possible. The children … Read More

On the afternoon of Monday 13th July, we were joined by George Harste, Peak Ranger and a volunteer to discuss the impact of litter and pollution on the local environment and how long it takes some of our everyday rubbish to finally degrade which was a real eye-opener! Did you know that by 2050 there … Read More

On Monday 13th of July Carol Naylor, a local Hartington resident, visited us in school to tell us about the hedgehogs of Hartington and the simple ways in which we can all try and help them. The children were informed about the importance of a ‘hedgehog highway’ allowing hedgehogs to move from garden to garden, … Read More

It is always with mixed emotions entering into this final service of the academic year. Whilst we take time to reflect on the content of the year and have the opportunity for children to share and celebrate their achievements with family, friends and governors of the school and the local community, we also say farewell … Read More