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Headteacher blog Friday 13th September 2019
This school year has started very well and it was lovely to be on a sunny lunchtime duty today as the cricket nets opened, Mr beevers ran a cross country club and children were having a really active playtime generally across the breadth of the school grounds. A new member of staff commented on Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 6th September 2019
It is great to be back in school! We had a rush to be ready in the juniors as we have had new heating installed in almost all the classrooms and had to clear all the rooms. Sadly, our re-roofing project for the infants was postponed at the last moment and that work is Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 19th July 2019
And so we end another academic year at Farfield… It has been a successful year with good academic progress and outcomes and lots of successes across the school. There have been challenges too. On Wednesday we had a fantastic Leavers’ Show that was superbly personalised for and by our children. What shone out was Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 12th July 2019
We are approaching the end of the school year and it is very busy. End of year reports will go out on Monday along with SATs results and other statutory assessments for Reception and Year 1. This week Y4 have been on a trip to Horton in Ribblesdale, 5L have been to Malham, Nursery Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog July 5th 2019
We had another fantastic PTA Camp-Over last weekend: the sun shone, for the most-part, and children and families played for hours on end. Many thanks and congratulations to all those that organised or that contributed to the event and those that were able to attend. The PTA made nearly £2500 profit but, more importantly, Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog June 29th 2019
It has been a very busy week. The biggest event was the S Factor final for Rec-Y6 held on Friday. In front of a packed hall, each class’ champion scientist presented their investigation or demonstration to the team of three ‘real scientist’ judges. It was a great morning and all the children did really Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog June 21st 2019
This week at school we have had Y6 moderators coming to see our writing. Flicking through the books, it is clear that there is so much fantastic writing in this cohort. Well done to our teachers and children for their sustained focus on this important part of the curriculum. This Y6 external moderation completes Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 14th June 2019
It was great to see so many of our new families and children at the Reception Open Evening on Tuesday. It is an exciting time for the children and families, and it is exciting for us too as we have a new Reception teaching team for September with Mrs Puddiphatt and Miss Bray in Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 7th June 2019
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families! My school week has been dominated by Year 6 residential at How Stean Gorge in North Yorkshire: abseiling, gorge scrambling, caving, climbing, via ferrata and camping. This is a really strong element of our PE curriculum and we were further vindicated by an unannounced visit on site Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 24th May 2019
I spent the first three days of this week on residential in the Yorkshire Dales with 5L. We had a good trip, including caving, mountain biking and a river study. After half term, it will be Y6’s turn, heading off for a spectacular Outdoor Adventurous Activity (OAA) residential at How Stean Gorge including abseiling, Read More
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