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Head teacher’s blog 23rd June 2017
This week has been generally hot and sunny and Farfield often looks its best at this time of year. I have done two tours of the school for groups of new parents joining Reception for September and they appear to have been impressed and inspired as they have seen all that the school can Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 16th June 2017
It was wonderful to meet so many families at the Reception Open Evening on Thursday. The children seemed delightful and confident; I am sure that they will be a good cohort. As I was speaking to the families, I was very well supported by the large Foundation Stage team. This team is very well Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 8th June 2017
I have had a terrific end to the week supporting 6T on their residential at How Stean Gorge near Pateley Bridge. This is a super progression from the Y5 residential: abseiling 15m down into a steep gorge and then scrambling up river is surely a memory for a lifetime. As one parent commented on Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 26th May 2017
It does seem that every northern community has been touched some way by the events in Manchester: events that have shown the very best and worst of humanity. We did have some Farfield families at the event but thank fully none of them were physically hurt. One of the victims was a friend of Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 19th May 2017
Bees are important at Farfield: we have our own hives to help pollinate crops on the farm and they form the logo and learning ‘hive’ for the school. This week, bees have been centre stage with a very busy colony of bees taking over a bird box at the front of the infant conservation Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 12/5/17
Children have been sitting SATs tests this week (reading in Y2 and reading, grammar, spelling and maths in Y6) and I would like to thank all the children and staff for their hard work and concentration. The Y6 papers are marked externally and we get the results in July, but Y2 papers inform teacher Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 5/5/2017
We have had a lovely sunny week and Years 1 and 3 have had super days out at Rodley Nature Reserve and Harlow Carr Gardens respectively. Rodley Nature Reserve really is a local hidden jewel, whilst the gardens at Harlow Carr are nationally significant and are stunning in May. On Wednesday, our U11 football Read More
Read newsHead teacher’s blog 27th April 2017
It has been good this week to meet with council officials to progress with the next stages of preparations for major building works in the summer: phase 1 of a new roof for the infants and new boilers for the juniors. The new roof, in particular, will be disruptive to some of our plans Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog April 21st 2017
It has been an impressive start to the new term. As I have toured the classrooms, I have been very impressed with the quiet, calm, sustained effort and learning that is clearly evident. Every year group is working hard, but this is particularly the case in Years 2 and 6 as they prepare for Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog March 30th 2017
It is the end of a very busy term: my staff and our children have worked very hard and certainly deserve their holiday! There is tremendous progress evident in books and feedback on report slips (and at Parents’ Evenings) has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you for the very many kind and generous comments. One Read More
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