Curriculum events

See below for details of our latest events in school linked to our curriculum.

Inspire mornings 

Our classes have enjoyed welcoming in their grown ups to work alongside them for a morning, sharing some of the learning they've been looking at in different subjects across the term.  Class 2 sculpted clay animals, classified them and created a diorama habitat, with some fantastic results.

Christmas

Oh what fun we've had!  The last week of term was filled with festive craft and singing from all.  Class 2 and KS2 performed to 2 packed out audiences and Preschool and Class 1 enjoyed an afternoon of glitter and Christmas songs.

Harvest Assembly 

We welcomed parents in to our Harvest Assembly to celebrate the many people that help to grow and produce our food.  For our Preschool 'Rising 5s' and Class 1 it was their first experience of a whole school assembly, and they performed their song marvellously.  Thank you for your generous donations of produce, we will taking these to Harbour, the Homeless Day Centre in Bideford.

Author visits

As part of the Appledore Book Festival we welcome authors into our school every year to inspire the children in their reading, writing and illustrating.  This year we are very grateful that both Layn Marlow and Gareth P Jones made visits to the school to talk about their writing process and their latest books

Viking Curriculum Day at Skern Lodge

Class 3 took part in some prior learning ahead of their History topic in the Autumn term with a visit to Appledore and Skern Lodge.  They traced the path of an ancient Viking battle, learnt about Hubba the Dane and practised their skills as archers in the afternoon, finishing off with a team challenge on the assault course.

World Book Day

This day is always widely anticipated in school, and this year's costumes did not disappoint! From Gangsta Granny to sporting superstars, everyone made such an effort - thank you as always to parents for making this happen.  Enjoy collecting your free World Book Day book with your book token.

Multiskills festival

Class 4 enjoyed a morning of multiskills at Atlantic Racquet Centre with a number of other local schools.

Burton Art Gallery 

Class 3 took a trip to the Burton Art Gallery in Bideford, learning more about the process of printing alongside their Art unit.  Whilst there they also took the time to walk around the gallery and reflect on the exhibitions, showing thoughtful observations and consideration over the artwork on display.

Asda man

Pete, the Asda man, paid Class 1 and 2 a visit this term to talk to them about healthy eating following our Food focus in D and T in the Autumn Term.  He brought lots of different fruits for them to try and all the children showed commitment and positivity in trying new foods.

Multiskills events

Many of our pupils have had the opportunity to attend a sporting event this year.  Some of our Year 6 class were invited to a School Games Multiskills festival at Kinglsey School; other classes have attended events held at Atlantic Racquet Centre (ARC) in Bideford as part of the Atlantic Coast Cooperative Trust (ACCT). 

Football matches

We have been lucky enough to secure fixtures with many local schools this year, both at home and away.  Our latest match saw our Year 6 girls competing in a tournament at Kingsley School.  The girls played well and showed great teamwork in what was their first match of the year - as you can see by the smiles they had a great day!

AONB Bioblitz

Class 5 attended the AONB Bioblitz at Northam Burrows.  Alongside other local schools they helped the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team to collect data about the wildlife in the surrounding habitat, and carry out a beach clean to prevent pollution.

AONB Hedgehog tunnels

As part of the North Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty project 'Finding Nature's Footprints' we have housed six hedgehog tunnels around the school grounds.  Gaye from Project Prickles talked to us about how she looks after hedgehogs and Joe showed us how to assembly and monitor the tunnels.  The cameras set up caught some hedgehog action overnight and we found some footprints of hedgehogs, and other animals trying to take some food as well!  The tunnels have then been sent out into the community with families to map the movement of hedgehogs in the area, and our older pupils are putting together a 'How to' video to accompany the equipment to their next location.

Women in Innovation award

We were privileged to have former pupil Sophie Walker attend an assembly and receive her Purple Plaque for winning the 'Women in Innovation' award.  Sophie has chosen school as the place she wishes her plaque to be displayed, and she inspired all the children by explaining what she has achieved.  The event was covered by the North Devon Journal, Devon Live https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/gallery/purple-plaque-hartland-primary-school-8251794 and the North Devon Gazette https://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/hartland-primary-school-reveals-purple-plaque-to-celebrate-sophie-walker/