Friday 24th June 2016 The children were lucky enough to be invited to take part in a ground breaking project at the Dove Valley Centre, Under Whitle Farm in Sheen. The project was called ‘Peeling Back the Layers’. They experienced life as an archaeologist, unearthing artifacts and then cataloging them. Ruby Debes quoted before we … Read More
The school featured in Derbyshire Life magazine in May – to tell readers more about our very exciting plans for the school’s 150th anniversary and the 150 memories project we that are working on. Click on the image below to see a bigger picture of the article.
The School has been fortunate to be invited to take part in an archaeological dig at Under Whitle Farm, Sheen. This will take place on Friday 24th June 2016 and will involve the whole school. As an introductory lesson, on Wednesday 8th June, Dr Catherine Parker Heath (Project Manager of the Community Archaeology Project at Under … Read More
The children took part in the annual event of May Pole Dancing and the Flower Festival which was celebrating forty years . They performed May Pole dances to traditional and modern music in the Village Hall on Saturday 28th May. The dances were choreographed to Katy Perry’s ‘California Gurls’, Bon Jovi’s ‘Livin on a Prayer’ and Abba’s … Read More
On Friday 27th May, the Children of Hartington C of E Primary School were delighted to welcome Peace Proscovia from Uganda, back to have lunch with them and then play some netball before teaching her about Maypole Dancing. Peace who is the Captain of Uganda National Netball Team is currently part of the Loughborough Lightning … Read More
Hooray SAT’s are over. The younger children gave a SAT’s party to show their support and pride in the year 6 pupils. Well done both of you.
Pupils are busy practicing their dances for a May Pole presentation on Saturday 28th May in Hartington Village Hall at 2:00 pm. This is to coincide with the villages Ruby Flower Festival which begins on Friday 27th May. The children will present traditional and modern dances to their audience who will be asked to participate.
Children and staff at Hartington Church of England Primary School are celebrating after achieving their final Peak District Award. Members of the Peak District National Park Authority enjoyed a presentation by pupils on Friday 22nd April, where they showcased all that they had learnt and enjoyed throughout the project. Year 6 pupil, Maddie Wager explained: … Read More
Fire Safety Talk Wednesday 23rd March 2016. Sheila from the Fire Safety Services came to talk to our children about keeping fire safe at home and school. She introduced a variety of possible fire hazards, which could happen in a typical home, which the children related to. All of the children could explain our evacuation … Read More
First Aid – Friday 4th March 2016. A representative from St John’s Ambulance came to show all of our children how to help someone needing first aid. We had lots of fun learning the vital steps to helping someone who needs first aid. Firstly, we learnt about the Primary Survey using DR ABC. D stands for … Read More