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

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2026

October
Mon 19th – NO Swimming
Mon 19th – Schools Together 1.15pm
Wed 21st – Tempest Photos 8.45am
Wed 21st – Music Mrs Townsend
Thu 22nd – Hedgehog Assembly 
Fri 23rd – School closes for half term

November
Mon 2nd – School Re-opens
Mon 2nd – Swimming starts 1st of 5
Thu 5th – MAST Assembly 9.15am
Sat 14th – PTA Christmas Market
Tue 17th – Y5/Y6 PC Boswell – Sceptre Week

December
Thu 3rd – MAST Assembly – Hannah Will
Thu 3rd – Nativity 6.00pm in St. Giles
Thu 10th – Governors Meeting 4.30pm 
Thu 10th – Happy Jumper Day!
Fri 11th – Puppet Assembly “The Christmas Angels”
Wed 16th – Panto at Buxton Opera House
Fri 18th – Non-Uniform Party Day