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Schools don’t operate in isolation and Hensingham staff are keen for pupils to make connections with the wider community. Initiatives during the pandemic have seen children collecting for hampers for those in need; designing cards and pictures for patients at West Cumberland Hospital and Christmas cards for local care home residents. Headteacher Faye Eldon said: “We are at the heart of the community and we want our children to be interested in what is going on in their community and to take pride in where they come from and the things they are doing. “When we are back in school, we’ve a visit planned to the local fire station. Children may go past there every day but if they know the people who are in there helping them then I think that’s a really important message for them to learn; that they are part of a community.