Through our distinctively Christian ethos, we also encourage our pupils to be spiritual.

This can be defined as:

  • Religion and worship
  • Relationships to other and/or to God
  • Evocative or favourite places and experiences
  • Creativity and responses to Art and music
  • Mystery and what we can’t really understand (asking Big Questions)
  • Prayer, silence and meditation
  • The opposite of what we can touch and feel (the material world)
  • Experiences which take us beyond ourselves

At Hartington C of E Primary School we encourage the children to question what is going around them in world, what they see, what they hear and what they experience.

We will be collecting Big Questions from the children and staff and posing them here on this page.  Hopefully we will all learn more about each other and the world around us as we talk and think about the questions we’ve asked!

Here are a few to get you thinking!

“Who am I?”

“Why am I here?”

“Who is more important – you or me?”

“What is more important – the Earth or the Sun?”

“Why is our world a place of wonder?”

“Is Heaven as big as the Earth?”

“Could you walk around the whole world?”

“What does God look like?”

“How would you bring peace to the world?”

“Why should we care about the environment?”

“What is heavier – light or dark?”

“How do you know for certain that you exist?”

 

 

Big Questions

NOTICEBOARD

2025

October
Thurs 2nd – MAST Assembly
Mon 6th – Swimming 4/5
Tues 7th – SIAMS Inspection
Mon 13th – Swimming 5/5
Thurs 16th – Governors Mtg 4.30pm
Fri 17th – Harvest Festival 2.30pm in Church
Mon 20th – Schools Together @ Biggin
Thurs 23rd – STEM Day
Fri 24th – Celebration Worship 9am in school – Last day of Term

November
Mon 3rd – Back to school – Swimming 1/5
Thurs 6th – Flu Vaccination Day
Mon 10th – Swimming 2/5
Thurs 13th – MAST Assembly 
Mon 17th – Swimming 3/5
Mon 24th – Swimming 4/5
Fri 28th – Puppet Assembly 10.30am
Sat 29th – PTA Christmas Fair

December
Mon 1st – Swimming 5/5
Thurs 4th – Governors Mtg 4.30pm
Thurs 11th – Nativity 6.00pm – Church
Fri 12th – Happy Jumper Day
Tues 16th – Christingle 9.30am Church
Weds 17th – Panto @ Opera House
Thurs 18th – STEM Day
Fri 19th – Party Day – Last day of term

January 2026
Mon 5th – INSET Day
Tues 6th – Back to school