On Tuesday 4th July, 6 key stage 2 children were invited to be ‘Guinea Pigs’ for 6 HYPAC young leaders who were working towards achieving their level 2 certificates in leading. The leaders led a P.E. session where the children were put through their paces with a warm up session, Tennis activities followed by a … Read More
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E-Safety Presentation
“Our Children are now more tech-savvy than ever. The average age a child uses the internet is 3!” Parents & Governors joined staff on Tuesday evening for an E-Safety awareness presentation. This was delivered by Dawn Monk & Karen Mycock (Healthy Child Assistant Practitioners) as part of the ‘Healthy School Community Award’. The session was … Read More
Lowfield School Visit
Monday 19th June saw our friends from Lowfield School, Sheffield visit us again. The children enjoyed an interactive guided walk led by Rose Clarke, Area ranger for the Peak Park. Looking at a range of special qualities which make the Peak District National Park a unique National Park. Biodiversity – wildflowers and minibeasts/microhabitats Distinctive character … Read More
Three Dales Sports
Friday 16th June saw Biggin, Monyash and Hartington come together at Biggin School for the annual Sports Day and luckily it stayed fine! [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”39″ gal_title=”Sports Day 2017″] Please read the children’s thoughts on the day: Jacob Josh Ellie Sam Ruby Niamh
CornerStones
The school hosted an after school event to parents, staff and Governors to introduce them to the proposed scheme of work developed by CornerStones. This was received positively by all who attended and it was felt that the content would underpin the child centered ethos of the school whilst continuing to ensuring British Values and … Read More
Maypole 2017
On Saturday 27th May the school continued their tradition of performing Maypole dancing at the Flower Festival. The theme this year was the Festival of Talent and the children surely demonstrated theirs when dancing their repertoire of steps. The audience were amazed but delighted to see how the children transformed a traditional art into something … Read More
Festival of Talents
As part of the School’s continued work within the community they were pleased to add their contribution to the decorating of the church for this annual event.
KS2 teacher moves onto pastures new
The children, staff and Governors bid a fond farewell to Mrs Rachel Gardner on the last day of term. They surprised her with a tea party and presented her with flowers, gifts and a card with their memories of her. We would all like to wish her every success in her new venture.
Traversing the Dark Peak
Monday 22nd May 2017 [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”38″ gal_title=”Dark Peak”] What a fabulous day children and staff had when they visited the Dark Peak above Hathersage with Peak Park Rangers Rose and Tom and Paul from the Moorlands Discovery Center. Living in and around Hartington the children were contrasting their locality in the White Peak against the … Read More
Rubbish here, Rubbish there, Rubbish is everywhere!
Thursday 18th May 2017 The children in the key stage 1 classroom eagerly anticipated the visit to the Veolia Recycling Centre as part of their topic about caring for the environment. They enjoyed a guided tour around the centre and learning how the waste from their homes is sorted and then sent onto be re-used … Read More