Due to the ongoing pandemic it was felt that opening the doors to the community for a coffee morning would not be perhaps in the best interest of our aging community. Therefore we came up with the idea of having a take away cake bake. This involved parents, governors and community members placing orders for … Read More
Year 1/2 Cross Country
On Monday 20th September the year 1/2 children took part in their first ever cross country run. This was over an 800 metre course. The children joined Biggin, Ilam, Fitzherbert and Parwich pupils to experience this Inter competition. The reviews were positive and all the children enjoyed participating in this cross over event despite having … Read More
Cross Country Year 3/4
On Monday 13th September years 3/4/5 & 6 pupils joined Biggin to become “BiggHarts” and take part in a ‘Cross Country’ event at Parwich. We were joined by Parwich, Ilam and Fitzherbert Primary Schools. the event involved the Years 3/4 pupils undertaking a course with a distance of 1,150 meters (3/4 mile) and the year5/6 … Read More
From Small Seeds Grow …
As is tradition during the first week of the autumn term the children took part in the dressing of the school Well under the supervision of Mrs J Oliver and Mrs F Parsons who are members of the local village. The theme of the Well was linked to work undertaken during the previous academic year … Read More
A Sad End to a Rocky Year!
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)
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
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