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
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Christmas activities
During the last week of term the children enjoyed making artefacts linked to the Christian faith and the festival of Christmas.
Church Display
The Church display was transformed to a winter scene ready for the festive season.
The Open Centre
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
Christmas Dinner
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.
Sleeping Beauty
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
Nativity 2022
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
“The Amazing Story” Performed by Hartington Pupils Wednesday 14th December 6pm in St Giles Church all welcome
After School Club
The school continues to run this successful club after school every Tuesday. The content varies from term to term, which is determined by the children themselves. The content includes games, cooking, creative art, films and activities linked to specific times of the year eg: Chinese New Year.
MAST – Mr & Mrs Briddon
Friday 25th November saw Mr & Mrs Briddon visit the school for the final time before Christmas. They delivered the Bible story ‘The Christmas Angels’ through their lovely puppet show. The children enjoyed the interactive show and were presented with a CD, Book and set of knitted Nativity characters (Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus and Angel … Read More