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Head teacher blog October 26th 2018
This week at school has been dominated by parents’ evenings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. These were overwhelmingly positive which reflects a positive start to the new school year. We have had some exciting new arrivals this week: a brand new minibus and a couple of piglets! The minibus was bought with a significant donation Read More
Read newsHarvest Festival/Headteacher’s blog 19th October 2018
It was good to see so many parents, grandparents and carers in the audience to day for Harvest Festival (Y1-6). Thank you for your support. I thought that the children all spoke and sang well – I hope that you could hear and see at the back. Harvest Festival is a ‘big deal’ for Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog October 12th 2018
Today we have had wet, soggy Barclays volunteers helping us to get ready for the expected arrival of our farm pigs next week and helping us to rebuild cutting garden willow beds at the front of the junior school. We also welcomed back regular Lloyds Bank volunteers joining us again to support our coding Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 5th October 2018
I got a newsletter this week from an organisation called Learning Outside the Classroom. This is a subject close to my heart and it is great that we have groups promoting this approach to learning. I would like to think that this is already a strength of the school and this week we have Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th September 2018
I have spent a significant amount of time working with social workers and ‘Virtual School Heads’ (a senior council officer responsible for the educational achievement of looked after children) around Personal Education Plans (PEPs) this week. These important documents detail how school and others will support the learning and educational outcomes of our most Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 20th September 2018
Trees have paid a big part in the week at Farfield. Our landmark old dead tree at the end of the football pitch – a remnant of the old Farfield Farm from yesteryear – was finally removed this week just before the storm-force winds that may have blown it over more treacherously. As if Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 14th September 2018
Our drive for health and fitness at Farfield was boosted this week by the opening of the new ‘Outdoor Gym’ in the trees on the field. This is a really challenging combination of installations to support development of upper body strength. Children have been resourceful and cooperative this week helping peers up onto higher Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog for the new school year
We have had a superbly positive start to the year: everyone seems refreshed and enthusiastic in their new classes – children and staff alike! Over the holidays, we have had a lot of work done on the infant roof, junior heating systems and timber structures around school. Parent and staff volunteers have also been Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 20th July 2018
It has been a good year: a very positive Ofsted inspection, standards that are around the national average or above in statutory assessments and some good school improvement initiatives have been actioned to further develop provision. We are all just about ready for the summer holiday – staff and children alike – but that Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 13th July 2018
I enjoyed a fabulous concert at Pudsey Civic Hall on Thursday evening as a dozen or so children in Years 5 and 6 performed with students from Springbank and Priesthorpe in a show called ‘Rhythms of the World’. Working with specialist teachers from Leeds City Council Artforms and Punjabi Roots, the children experienced djembe, Read More
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