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Head teacher blog October 13th 2017
Speaking with head teacher colleagues earlier this week, I commented that I was working hard on, and a bit worried about plans for, Harvest Festival. My concerns were met with incredulous looks; Harvest Festival is clearly a much bigger event at Farfield than in most schools. And so it should be: food, cooking and Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 6th October 2017
It has been good to see children enjoying the school grounds this week: it was Y3’s week for the den-making area and I have never seen such large numbers and obvious enthusiasm and delight up there. The children have started a topic around ‘Stone Age’ and there was a lot of tool making and Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 29th September 2017
This week our extensive programme of after-school clubs started and it is an important part of the Farfield offer. There are literally hundreds of club places, ranging from arts, crafts, singing and sudoku, to football, athletics and karate. I am grateful to all the staff and others that run the clubs, especially those volunteers who Read More
Read newsHead teacher’s blog 22nd September 2017
Next week, Mr Cooke is presenting at a major PE conference in London. Having won a couple of important PE-related awards last academic year, news of some of our innovative approaches to PE is spreading and it will be an honour to share our ‘physical activity’ story so far with colleagues from across the Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 15th September 2017
We are trying hard to live up to our award of ‘Healthy School of the Year 2017’ and this week has been no exception. The KS2 PE curriculum had a successful kick off this week with new teacher Nick Little leading our ‘Speed, Agility and Quickness’ sessions and children engaging in a wide range Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 8th September 2017
It is great to be back – no, really! It was a very busy summer at school with roofers, decorators, heating engineers, fencing contractors, carpet fitters and ground workers to coordinate, but we were ready on time thanks to lots of graft and teamwork! The site and admin team have had a particularly tough Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 21st July 2017
We are nearly at the end of the school year but things are still very busy! We have lots of classrooms and stock rooms to clear ready for a new roof for one third of the infant building over the summer and four teachers clearing their rooms ready for new staff to move in. Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 14th July 2017
Sports Day was a great success I hear: sadly, I missed it as I was in meetings in Leeds all day. Many thanks to Miss Hutchinson and Mr Cooke for putting on such strong, inclusive events every year. On Tuesday we made three good new appointments to school as TAs: Andrea Birk-Telford, Brittany Kear and Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog July 7th 2017
It seems a long time ago since my last blog: a lot happens at Farfield in just a week. Over the weekend, we had our fabulous Camp-Over 2017. Hundreds and hundreds of people attended and we have had wonderful feedback. We raised well over £2000 for the PTA but equally importantly we had a great Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 30th June 2017
What a week it has been! It began with our triumph in London at the glitzy TES School Awards and continued in that positive and enjoyable vein. We have confirmed some really strong Key Stage 1 assessment results with improvements in every measure at Year 2 and by far our best ever results in Read More
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