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Headteacher blog 2/12/22
It has been a super week at Farfield. On Tuesday evening, our three minibuses and a couple of staff cars headed off with Show Time Club to the Leeds Playhouse for a fabulous evening with Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and Oompa Loompas! On Wednesday, the Farfield community joined with thousands of others from Farsley Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 25/11/22
Sadly, it’s been rather a dull and dreary week weather-wise but the children are usually able to lighten the mood and raise spirits. I have enjoyed hearing practices for Christmas songs again this week and the Year 5 soloists are doing particularly well. The start of the world cup has caused some excitement, and Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 18/11/22
We were all waiting for Jeremy Hunt’s announcements on Thursday and there was a pleasant surprise in terms of increases in school funding for the next two financial years. This is chronically needed as our school and many others face an overall deficit as a result of rising costs, unfunded (below inflation) pay rises Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog Friday 11th November
We are not full in Reception this year – the first time in the 18 years that I have been headteacher – as birth rates have declined in this area. It might also reflect the fact that we did less school tours over the COVID period. This year, we seem to be doing huge Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog November 4th 2022
It has been a super week in school. I have done school tours and a number of lesson observations this week and I know that prospective parents have been impressed by what we have to offer. Every classroom that we go into feels calm and purposeful and there is a real warmth evident in Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 14th October 22
It has been a glorious week at Farfield: but dramatic too. Year 3 were enjoying a fabulous sunny Stone Age Day on Thursday when disaster struck. Stalking a ‘deer’ on a hunt with our bows and arrows, we accidentally stepped on a wasp nest in the long grass. The wasps defended themselves and, sadly, Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 7th October 2022
This week I chaired the Leeds School Forum again. This group of headteachers, governors and senior council officers has an overview of education funding and budgets across the city. Once again, Leeds is missing out on £2million of funding for SEND next financial year as a result of a ‘cap on gains’ as we Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 30th September 2022
I upset a few children this week. We are running four competitive football teams this year, and I ran two lunchtime trials for Y6. Nearly 30 children attended and I needed to whittle things down to a team of 9 (and a sub) and another 7 children for a squad for the season to Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 23rd September 2022
It’s been a good week at school: attendance is finally up to pre-pandemic levels which is really helpful. All the classrooms are calm and purposeful. Our nursery teacher can’t stop smiling as she has a really super group of three year olds who have settled really well. It has been an exciting week for Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 16th September 2022
It has been a super week at school. I am into the ‘season’ of doing tours for prospective parents and the school has really shone as we have walked around classrooms and the grounds. It was wonderful to get email feedback after one of the tours this week from a family looking to move Read More
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