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When asked to plan, write, produce then direct a show about Saint Francis of Assisi, our year six pupil who is a part of the ‘Worship Team’, showed no hesitation or apprehension. She just smiled broadly and just replied, ‘Yes I’d love to’. Once she had written her script, she gathered her ‘troops’ together and … Read More

Children in key stage 1 and key stage 2 undertook Road Safety Training via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 18th January 2022. Karen Dobson ‘Road Safety Officer’ delivered vital information for the safety of all children on the roads. This work is especially for children who live in small villages as there is often a misconception … Read More

This post was a series of password protected videos that have now been removed.   We would just like to congratulate all the children who have worked extremely hard to produce their virtual Nativity performance. We hope you enjoyed watching your children and we are sure you will be as proud of them, as we … Read More

Despite Omicron, Santa flew into Hartington in his sleigh mobile to the sound of shrieks and howls of the delighted children and staff. We were all glad to find out that we were not on the ‘naughty’ list and all the children received a gift, which they asked to open together once Santa had continued … Read More

On Friday 10th December all the children came in their favorite Christmas Jumper, who could have known there would be so many different ones. The children donated a £1 for the privilege to ‘Save the Children’ charity. They will be wearing them once more on  Tuesday 21st December for the film afternoon and again for … Read More

The Wishes for the World is a community initiative, which the school was invited to be an active participant in. This theme has been linked to the Christmas Church display this year and is a visual representation of the RE Creation unit of work the children in class 1 have been involved in during the … Read More

As part of the work we have been invited to undertake with the community the children have planned and produced a display in St Giles Church around the theme ‘Wishes for the World’. Our wish for the world is based on the schools Christian Values and vison statement, which in turn is linked to the … Read More

‘Children in Need 2021’ saw the children and staff attend school in their pyjamas also bringing a cuddly toy with a spotty bandage, all for a donation of £1. For a further £1 donation the school policy on not wearing make up etc was broken and the children were allowed to wear nail varnish, make … Read More

‘Through the camel’s eye’ MAST attended school on Friday 19th November to deliver their collective worship puppet show on the subject of ‘Through the camel’s eye’. The children were engrossed with the story, songs and puppet animation delivered by Mr & Mrs Bridden. Children returning to class were inspired so much by the story, asked … Read More