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Head teacher blog June 19th 2015
Where has the sunshine gone? This weekend, we are welcoming 75 families camping and a total of just over 500 people on site for the second Farfield PTA Camp Over. It might not be the sun-soaked affair that it was last year – and we might need a jumper – but I am sure Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 12th June 2015
It has been a lovely, sunny end to a good week at the school. It was the first week for a while that has been a ‘normal’ week: no one on a residential and a week that hasn’t been dominated by tests. I have been showing lots of new families around the school prior Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 5th June 2015
It has been a quiet week at Farfield: Year 6 have been on residential! After Year 5’s successful residential in the Yorkshire Dales in the week prior to half term, Year 6 have enjoyed a largely sunny week in Northumberland walking Hadrian’s Wall and learning about the Romans. Our girls’ cricket team enjoyed a Read More
Read newsHead teacher’s blog 22/5/15
This week, Year 5 have been on residential in the Yorkshire Dales. The weather at the start of the week was rather wet and wild but they showed Farfield grit and determination and battled through! They have enjoyed walking, mountain biking and caving and have learnt about rivers, rocks, national parks and the history Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 15th May 2015
It has been a very busy week – mainly dominated by KS2 SATs. Year 6 have worked incredibly hard over the months and this week was a chance for them to really shine and show what they can do. The children should be very proud of theirs efforts this week. The tests are now finished Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 8th May
It was lovely to meet the new, and not so new, Nursery parents at our Wednesday open evening and it was particularly pleasing to hear that we had been recommended to a number of families. I have also been showing prospective parents around the school and, this morning, as the sun shone, the school Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 24th April 2015
It really has been good to be back at school this week after a lovely Easter break. The weather has, of course, been superb and this is the best time of year to be part of Farfield. The older children can all now spread far and wide at playtimes and the site looks beautiful Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 27th March
We have had another great week at Farfield. I went for a wander along the junior corridor yesterday afternoon and saw lots of interesting science work going on: testing magnets and materials in Year 3, classifying and describing properties of liquids and solids in Year 4 and life cycles of fish in Year 6. Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 20th March
It has been a long and busy week. It was fantastic to see so many families this week at our Parents’ Evenings and the consultations were overwhelmingly positive. Parents seemed to appreciate the additional efforts our teachers put in to the mid-year reports and to all the other provision at school. Thank you for Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 6th March 2015
The school looked fantastic yesterday as staff and children dressed up for World Book Day – many thanks to all the parents that were able to help with this. One of the best parts of WBD is the fact that the children get taught by a range of teachers for the day and in Read More
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