Festive Singing to Residents at Local Care Home 

The Year 1 and 2 children of Denton and Harlaxton joined together to sing a range of festive songs to the residents at Apple Trees Care Home. Together we sang songs including Away in a Manger, It was on a Starry Night and Jingle Bell Rock. 

Advent candle

As Christmas is approaching, we are lighting the advent candles. The four candles of Advent represent the four Sundays of Advent, and they respectively symbolize hope, peace, joy, and love.

Key Stage 2 Carol Concert

The children enjoyed participating in the annual carol concert in church to their parents and the local community. The video below shows our Year 3 and 6 sharing the story of the birth of Jesus. Whilst Year 4 played the hand bells to festive songs and Year 5  learnt British Sign Language to Merry Christmas everyone. 

King Charles - Letter of Thanks
Year 3 wrote shape poems which they sent to King Charles to congratulate him on his coronation. They are fortunate to have received a reply from him.

Harvest Festival 2023

The children visited St. Mary and St. Peters' church to celebrate and share thanks at Harvest time. Below is a video montage of the EYFS and KS1 performances. 

Collective Worship

Our House Captains have begun to deliver Collective Worship this year. Their first performance was the Weeping Widow. 

King Charles III Coronation

We enjoyed many activities to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Long live the King!

St Mary and St Peters - Coffee Morning 
Children from the school choir attended the village church to perform at the Christmas coffee morning. They presented Reverend Sarah with the star to top this years Christmas tree.

Remembrance Service

On the 11th November, all the children and staff at Harlaxton school observed a two-minute. Additionally, all classes created a display piece for the local church which we presented in time for their remembrance service on Sunday. As a community, we have many families who are members of our armed forces and we recognise their contribution throughout the year so to be able to observe the silence as a whole school was incredibly powerful and the children demonstrated respect throughout. 

Rotary Club - Shoebox Appeal 

The local Rotary Club asked our school community to participate in their shoebox appeal. The families are asked to pay £2 for a box to fill with items to send to children who are less fortunate. The money paid goes towards the transport of the boxes so that their generosity can be spread far and wide. The boxes will be sent to poorer families in Eastern Europe and are filled with useful items and gifts. We were so proud of our children and their families and were delighted to hand over their kind donations to our local club.

Harvest Festival - Food Donation 

Some Year 5 children took the generous donations of food to the Grantham Foodbank. Once the food was dropped off, they were given a tour of the supplies they have. It was amazing to see the generosity of the local people as well as businesses that support families in need. A great experience and rewarding to see the benefit this has upon people in the town. 

Harvest Festival - 2022

There was a fantastic turnout for the harvest festival this year. The children enjoyed performing an array of songs, poems and readings. Your generous donations of food will be donated to the Foodbank in Grantham to support local families.

Queen Elizabeth - 1026-2022

The children in Year 2 decided they wanted to pay their respects to HRH Queen Elizabeth II since her passing. Together, they made a wreath, wrote a message of condolence and held a service within the village church. Not only did the children share their respects, the community were pleased with their generous touch for the village service. 

Grantham Swimarathon

This year our Harlaxton Acorn teams raised £390 for the Grantham Rotary Swimarathon.

https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/page.php?PgID=669409&ClubID=415

Book Trust

The children dressed up as a character from a book and gave a donation.  Together, with Denton CofE Primary school,  we raised £240 to buy books for children in poverty so they can access literature.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/