Every year. in the month of May the children perform May Pole dancing to traditional and modern music in Hartington Village Hall. This is linked to the Flower Festival held at St Giles Church.
Keeping traditions alive
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Hartington Harvest in St.Giles
The school children have a display corner in St.Giles Church where they show case their work. This involves a Christmas, Easter, Flower Festival and Harvest display linked to a theme.
Growing vegetables
The children of Hartington School have a gardening club. This is run by Mrs Liz Broomhead MBE our Vice Chair of governors and Mrs Janet Bray from the local community. They grow plants from seeds, learn how to care for them, plant them out in the village boxes, tend to them during the season, grow … Read More
Making music
Music lessons are supported by Music Partnership who come into school and teach us about rhythm, pitch, tone and sound. We play musical instruments from different countries and learn new interesting songs.
Construction work
To consolidated their understanding of structures the children worked collaboratively to make the local village out of Lego. Each child designed and made their own home with elaborate gardens whilst learning how to include struts to create pitched roofs.
Balancing
Our whole school residential trip to Lea Green, Lea, Matlock. We participate in GPS orienteering, Archery, Soft play, It’s a Knock Out, Cave rock climbing, play area, Astro turf football, Low ropes, Equilibrium, Obstacle course, Zip wire, Buggies and Bikes and the Water slide. We also get to stay away from home with our friends … Read More
Out and about map reading
Learning to read maps ‘out and about’ with Rose Clarke from the Peak Park Rangers
Tai Chi
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”27″ gal_title=”Tai Chi”] Tai Chi teacher Paul Smith from the company Snap Dragon has begun his second term of sessions delivering this traditional Chinese Marshal Art as part of the PSHE and PE curriculum supporting children’s physical and mental well-being. This is followed by an after school club which has proved popular with the … Read More
Christmas Celebrations
On Wednesday 14th December we performed ‘The Nativity’ to a packed audience in St Giles Church Hartington. The children did their own rendition of this famous traditional Bible story. This included modern songs and contemporary Christmas classics. The village community thoroughly enjoyed the performance and looking at the children’s display of ‘Walking in a Winter … Read More
School Games
Hartington C of E Primary School has been awarded the Silver award for their commitment, engagement and delivery of competitive school sports in 2015/2016 through the School Games initiative. Certificate