Latest News
Welcome to our Latest News page, where you will find out about everything we’ve been up to lately. Read on to find out more about Hunter Hall School, or you can click here to read our latest newsletter.
Reception Class 2020 say ‘thank you’!
It’s that time of year again, happy tears shed after a long year of hard work and good times. Here’s Reception 2020 to say ‘thank you’ to Mrs Griffiths…
Heigh Ho Heigh Ho, it’s back to school we go!
This week, we have welcomed back the rest of our school children to Hunter Hall. Following government guidelines, we have organized a steady, staggered return to school, adjusting school procedures to help us organize and implement social distancing and bubble measures with our young children.
In praise of Eden Sports Clubs
Prior to lockdown, the pupils from Hunter Hall were enjoying a very successful year on the sports fields. An impressive total of ten pupils (from years five and six) were selected to represent the District of Cumbria, across a range of sports: badminton, x-country, cricket and hockey.
Hunter Hall Sport at Home!
See what Hunter Hall pupils have been getting up to on the sport front as we continue distance-learning during the Covid lockdown.
Climbing Team Success!
We are celebrating our climbing team success, as our A and B climbing teams took the top two places in the mixed category at Eden Rock on Wednesday 4th March. After both teams secured their places in the Cumbrian Schools Competition final last month, they were eagerly...
Sedbergh Residential
On 26th February, Year 5 left the familiarity of Hunter Hall to spend some time living temporarily as Sedbergh pupils at the Casterton Campus on their Sedbergh Residential. On arrival, they hit the ground running (literally!) with an afternoon of sport with their new...
Cumbria Athletics – County Cross Country Championships 2020
County Cross Country Championships 2020 took place on the 12th February. The event saw 500 runners from all over Cumbria congregate at Hunter Hall School in Penrith. This was the first time the school had hosted this prestige event and with storm Ciara having blown...
Encouraging children to read for pleasure
Encouraging children to read for pleasure Why encouraging children to have positive attitudes toward reading is so beneficial. Aside from the obvious benefits of improving reading skills, by encouraging children to read for pleasure regularly, can improve their...
Theatre Workshop at Giggleswick School
On the 28th January, year 5 went on an outing to a theatre workshop at Giggleswick School. When we got off the bus, it was snowing- we were thrilled! We met our drama teacher (Mr Baldwin) who took us into a beautiful, warm dance studio. Firstly, we made a circle and...