Some keen Harton weather watchers have captured images of rare iridescent clouds over the school, with some students likening them to UFOs.

Nacreous clouds, which resemble mother of pearl, usually develop in extremely cold air above the polar regions, but were spotted early this morning over Harton. The polar stratospheric clouds, which form only below -78C, are best known for the beautiful pastel light they reflect after sunset and before sunrise. Well done to everyone who spotted these (and knew what they were!). Year 7 students will follow this up after Christmas when they begin a unit on ‘weather and climate’ in their geography lessons.