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Headteacher blog Friday 6th December
At this time of year, I do lots of school tours for prospective parents. If it is a morning tour, we typically see English and maths lessons and the school seems calm and orderly. In the afternoons, the curriculum is usually more varied and we see more science, PE, topic, cooking, farming, music, art Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 29th November
It was a very decent turn-out at Farsley Lights on Wednesday evening given the weather. This event, along with next Tuesday’s Leeds Town Hall School’s Concert, always marks the start of our countdown to Christmas. This afternoon we have sent home Christmas Fair information and raffle tickets, and halls are resounding to nativity and Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 22nd November 2019
This week there has been a report about a global epidemic of inactivity amongst young people. Whilst the report focuses on 11-16 year olds, there have been similar concerns about younger children too. Having been on lunch duty all week, I have been really pleased to observe very high levels of physical activity in Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 15th November 2019
Yet another wet week at Farfield but that hasn’t dampened our spirits! Today the children and staff have come dressed spectacularly for Children in Need and they are raising lots of money for this good cause. On Tuesday and Thursday the Year 1 classes visited Skipton Castle; the guide commented on the children’s attentiveness Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 8th November 2019
It has been a miserable week weather-wise with heroic actions by the site staff preventing flooding of sections of the infant building (not classrooms). We really try hard not to allow weather conditions to spoil things that we like to do in school but we are certainly being stretched. Parts of the fields and Read More
Read newsHarvest Festival 2019
This morning we welcomed lots of families to our annual Harvest Festival. Many thanks for all the donations which will be going to St George’s Crypt next week. We enjoyed singing, musical accompaniment, some super recording playing and a special guest Big Daddy tomato! Some Y6 children made fresh apple juice with our press Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 11th October 2019
Our school is fortunate to have friends like Tom and Helen and their colleagues at Barclays Bank. Once again, a team from the bank have spent a day on site carrying out great work up on the school farm. Having also secured a chunk of funding, the volunteers replaced a set of compost bins, Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 4th October 2019
This week I have spent some considerable time showing candidates for Deputy Headship and prospective new families around the school. For one parent it was a nostalgic tour as she had left our school 21 years ago; she recognised Mrs Fulton and Mrs Wilson and said that they look just the same – I Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th September 2019
A rainy week at school can be less fun, but nevertheless, we have had another good week. If families haven’t already brought in wellies, they probably should so that we can keep accessing the grounds all year round. It was unfortunate for Year 5 that it was wet on their Ancient Greeks day but Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 20 September 2019
It has been glorious at school this week and we have certainly enjoyed the weather. With the Climate Strikes in the news this week, we have discussed Greta Thunberg and listened to her messages in assembly with the older children. Greta famously travelled to New York by sailing boat and Y6 children this week Read More
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