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Head 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
Read newsHeadteacher blog 6th July 2018
Last week’s ‘Friends of Farfield’ Camp-Over was a great success again and has raised £3000 towards another new minibus. This was a great community event and I am immensely grateful to Diane and her team of volunteers for their brilliant work. It is always great to see happy children playing freely for hours across Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 29th June 2018
I have been thinking about a sense of belonging this week. Year 4 have been creating shields with symbols of those things that mean most to them or that they feel define them. Icons relating to X Box and Playstation were quite prevalent, but so were family, friends, religion and clubs that the children Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 22nd June 2018
Year 2 went to Skelton Grange nature reserve this week and some of them found newts and a lizard: how fantastic is that? Our infants visit lots of nature reserves – Rodley and Denso Marston as well as Skelton Grange – but our juniors don’t. We will need to address that next year. The Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 15th June 2018
Happy Eid to all our Muslim families! This week our Y1 children have been doing their statutory phonics assessments and they have been doing really well. Thank you to all the staff for their collective efforts and to families who have clearly been practising at home. Well done! On Tuesday we welcomed all our Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog June 8th 2018
This week Year 6 have been on residential at How Stean Gorge and they have had an amazing time! The weather has been better this year and the children have had the challenge of abseiling, gorge scrambling, via ferrata, caving and canoeing. They have really enjoyed camping with their friends and they have been Read More
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