Christmas Shopping, Refreshments, Father Christmas and his Elves at Hartington School SK17 0AS Saturday 12th November 10 till 4 Stalls include retailers of food, hampers, preserves, honey, beeswax, sweets, flowers, jewellery, beauty products, cards, toys, children’s footwear and clothing, mugs and other crafts and gifts. We also have a pop-up café and bar for refreshments … Read More
As part of the schools cyclic program all the children attended a fire work safety talk. This included access to resources from the Fire Fighting Service to support authenticity and engagement within the session. Other resources were also used to support the delivery of this important subject ‘keeping our children safe’ from potential hazards and … Read More
Monday 31st October saw Halloween come to school. The first time we haven’t been on half term. Therefore the children and staff had the opportunity to dress up, carve pumpkins, eat Halloween cakes, complete a Goolish quiz and enjoy some spooky tales. We saw Witches, Wizards, Devils, Harry Potter, Princesses, Batman, Skeletons and even Boudica … Read More
On Friday 21st October (last day of term) the children made pitta bread pizzas and fruit salads as part of the food technology curriculum. It was a lovely way for staff and children to end the term, although it created a lot of clearing up! The pizza smelt gorgeous and I hope all the … Read More
On Tuesday 18th October the class 2 pupils made a visit to Parwich to play in a Tag Rugby Competition with Biggin pupils, entering as BiggHarts. The children enjoyed the visit and said that if they played again they thought they would do better due to the coaching they received! One child quoted “I kept … Read More
Hannah Will from MAST visited again on Tuesday 18th October to deliver a collective Worship to the whole school. She was pleased to meet the class 1 children, as the last time she visited they were out at a football tournament. As part of the Worship the children sang a song and watched the story … Read More
Mr & Mrs Briddon visited school today (Friday 7th October) to deliver the Bible story ‘God’s Wonderful World’ this was very appropriate as the church display that the children had completed work for, in time for harvest, was entitled God’s Wonderful World’. The children love their puppet displays and we look forward to welcoming Mr … Read More
On Monday 3rd October, 4 children along with Mrs Broomhead and staff visited the Food Bank at Ashbourne to deliver the harvest donations of non perishable goods donated by parents and members of the village community. This worth while and necessary charity is part of the children’s ongoing understanding of how the teachings of Jesus … Read More
We had a wonderful Macmillan Coffee morning on Friday 30th September. Parents, governors and members of the community joined the children to have coffee/tea/juice and cake supplied by the expert bakers of Hartington village. The school was over flowing with children and adults, we even had ‘walk-ins’ off the street, the event was very well … Read More
On Tuesday 27th September we had a new facilitator, Hannah Will, attend to deliver MAST. This is in addition to Mr & Mrs Briddon from MAST’s puppet shows. She presented the story of Creation to the children in class 2 as the remainder of the school were participating in an inter school competition of football … Read More