A Sad End to a Rocky Year!

July 27, 2021By Uncategorized

The staff and children were heartbroken when it was announced that the school would have to close  a week earlier than anticipated due to a confirmed case of Covid 19. Since the school is classed as one bubble everyone had to go into isolation for the following ten days. The children were sad and disappointed … Read More

Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA)

July 22, 2021By Uncategorized

As part of the Government initiative to provide all school’s with elected funding to promote pupil catching up in their education during the pandemic. Here at Hartington we felt it was important that the children’s emotional and mental well being was a top priority. After discussions took place between staff and the governing body, the … Read More

May Pole performance 2021

July 12, 2021By Uncategorized

  This year the May Pole performance was undertaken on two separate occasions to a maximum audience of 30 people due to the Covid Pandemic restrictions. On Tuesday 6th and Friday 9th July the pupils performed 4 modern dances around the May Pole , songs and 4 very powerful poems about Dementia. These were written … Read More

Renewing our link to Uganda

July 5, 2021By Uncategorized

Adhering to government guidelines the children and staff were pleased to welcome to the school a new friend from Uganda Mary Cholok who is an International Ugandan netball athlete.  She came to share her experiences as a child and young person whilst living in her home in Uganda. Mary plays international netball with a former … Read More

Speak Out – Stay Safe – NSPCC

July 2, 2021By Uncategorized

0800 1111 – Child line On Friday 2nd July the pupils met Buddy, a friendly, green speech bubble who believes that children should be able to speak out to someone if they’re worried or unhappy. Unfortunately Buddy couldn’t be there in person this year due to the current climate, but his representatives Ant & Dec … Read More

Litter Pick

July 2, 2021By Active Across Ages, Uncategorized

        On Tuesday 29th June the pupils of Hartington School undertook a Litter pick, with their Community Buddies – ‘Silver Sports’, around the litter ‘hot spots’  of the village. This  involved the pupils going around their allotted area with a litter picker, protective gloves and a pink refuse bags searching for discarded … Read More

Wild Flower Gardens

July 2, 2021By Active Across Ages, Uncategorized

Wednesday 23rd June – On a beautiful summer’s day, in June, members of the school and community met together in the open air of the church yard to study the newly sown wild flower garden. This is only one of six areas that have been seeded to create  a wild flower trail across the village. … Read More