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Headteacher blog 25th June 2021
What a week we have had! We have had Year 5 residential this week. I attended Monday to Wednesday and had a fantastic three days. Activities included a night walk, waterfall walk and paddle, caving, mountain biking and a river study. Class 5W with whom I spent residential were a delight and they even Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 18th June 2021
They have been chronically under-utilised for over a year, but finally our fleet of three minibuses have warm tyres as trips and residentials have restarted and our broader curriculum really comes to life again. This week, all of Y1 have been to Rodley Nature Reserve, and Year 2 have been to Skelton Grange. Next Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 11th June 2021
It has been a lovely week at school – obviously, the warm, dry weather helps. It has been particularly heartening to see school trips restarting with Y4 visiting Murton Park this week to live like Vikings, and Years 1 and 2 visiting Rodley Nature Reserve and Skelton Grange Environmental Centre respectively next week. After Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog May 28th 2021
This has been a week when some elements of school life have felt to be getting back to a more ‘normal’ feel but, at the same time, we have had a jolt of the new reality with two ‘bubbles’ bursting at a really bad time for the half-term holiday. The return to normality has Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 21st May 2021
“Rain, Rain, go away, Come again another day.” Actually, we have certainly all had enough of the rain this month; we should have the tennis courts out, not the wellies! The weather has caused us problems this week, leading to the truncation of some cycling activities and some difficult conditions across the site. Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 14/5/21
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families and colleagues! I hope that you have had a great time despite the current circumstances. This week I have been thinking about money: specifically, the school budget. We spent Tuesday modelling plans for this financial year and beyond and the bottom-line figure was better than we feared. Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 7/5/21
I am doing lots of school tours at the moment: new families with children due to start in September. The timing of the tour is quite significant as in the mornings we see lots of English and Maths whereas afternoon visits showcase a much wider curriculum. The children are clearly very settled now into Read More
Read newsHeadteacher Blog 30/4/21
It’s been a ‘blooming marvellous’ week at Farfield as the blossom dazzles and children have worked and played happily across the school. I have been doing lots of tours this week for parents of children that will be new to school in September 2021. Each set of parents that we have shown around seems Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 23/4/21
There are few better places to be than our school on a sunny day like today. The grounds look magnificent in the sunshine and the children are given lots of opportunities to enjoy them. It has been a pleasure giving tours this week to new families that have been allocated our school for next Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 1/4/2021
We have reached the end of a tough term. The debacle of the start of the term in early January seems such a long time ago and it has been a difficult time. Staff have worked hard to try to maintain as close to normal as possible, but school isn’t quite the same in Read More
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