On Friday 15th July the children performed an ‘Open the Book’ Bible story ‘Baby Moses and the Princess’. This was an initiative led by our year 6 head girl to promote children’s understanding of Bible stories from the old and New Testament. The school was supported by Mrs Dorothy Hawton the current Church Warden and … Read More
On Wednesday 21st of December 2022, the children took part in our Christingle Service. This was held in school and the children worked together, supporting each other to help everyone make their own Christingle. We discussed what each part of the Christingle represented and how and why each of these were symbolic to Christians. Once … Read More
On the last day of term, before the holiday, the children celebrated Christmas with a party lunch and games. There was a special visit from Santa, delivering gifts to the children before rushing off to distribute presents far and wide. The Headteacher and staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy … Read More
During the last week of term the children enjoyed making artefacts linked to the Christian faith and the festival of Christmas.
The Church display was transformed to a winter scene ready for the festive season.
On the 6th December, we all travelled to Derby to visit The Open Centre. This is a charitable organisation which promotes understanding between different communities by celebrating and raising awareness of their faiths and cultural heritage. When we arrived we met Emily our guide for the day who explained some of the things that we … Read More
On Friday 16th December the children sat down to a sumptuous Christmas dinner cooked by our relief catering manager. Governors and school volunteers joined us for the tasty meal followed by a few games. The children and staff came dressed in their favourite Christmas Jumper.
Thursday 15th December the children visited Buxton Opera House for the Pantomime ‘Sleeping Beauty’. The children travelled by bus which was kindly payed for by a donation from Hartington Odd Fellows. This was greatly appreciated as travelling by car is difficult with so many young ones in car seats. Some of the children were a … Read More
On a very cold, crisp evening (Wednesday 14th December) the children performed their first Nativity, In St Giles Church, for two years due to the pandemic. The Nativity was called ‘The Amazing Story’ and included all the usual characters Mary, Joseph, Gabriel, Angels, Kings, Shepherds, Innkeepers and animals from the stable, not forgetting the Narrators … Read More
“The Amazing Story” Performed by Hartington Pupils Wednesday 14th December 6pm in St Giles Church all welcome