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Headteacher blog 15th November 2024
It has been a really busy week again, with a full governing body meeting and lots of school tours: one of which was in the dark in the evening with no children – that’s a sales challenge! On one of the tours I was leading a group of prospective parents and children up to Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 8th November 2024
It has been an excellent first week of the half term including two very successful parents’ evenings. We also had children’s family photographs – a logistical nightmare, especially on a split site – and Y5 Bikeability training. We are enjoying the unseasonably warm and dry weather, with children still able to make full use Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 25th October 2024
It is the end of a long, eight-week half-term and everyone will be ready for a break. It has been a successful half term and I am pleased that the large number of new staff have all settled well and made a positive contribution already. I am in the season of tours for prospective Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 18th October 2024
We are showing lots of prospective parents around now, recruiting for September 2025. As the birth rate has dropped, marketing the school is an increasingly important part of my job. I do invest a lot of time into this, doing lots of tours during ‘normal’ school days rather than artificial ‘open days’. We have Read More
Read newsHead Teacher’s blog 11th October 2024
We welcomed Years 1-6 together and lots of parents and carers to our Harvest Festival this morning. Thank you to everyone for their donations for St George’s Crypt. It was great to have Elea Derry from The Oak Church with us this morning giving us a Christian perspective on harvest. The children sang well; Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 4th October 2024
We had our first governors’ sub-committee of the new academic year this week looking at Teaching and Learning in school. Standards were strong in statutory assessments across the school in the summer, especially in Y6 at the ‘Greater Depth’ levels. Subject leader reports were also considered: showcasing a rich curriculum across the school. The Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 27th September 2024
We are now officially into Autumn and there has been an autumnal feel in school this week. We have just about resisted the temptation to put on the heating but it’s close! On Tuesday, we had a phonics audit from The English Hub. Once again, our practice came out strongly, with just a couple Read More
Read newsHeadteacher’s blog 20th September 2024
It has been a glorious week of weather and fun at Farfield this week – perhaps a final blast of summer. The weather stayed fair for our Rainbow Run on Saturday and people seemed to have a great time. Our PTA really are an outstanding group of people! We also launched our Show Time Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 13th October 2024
It has been a lovely week at school and the children have settled well into their new classes. It is also good to see all our new members of staff already contributing well to school. This weekend we have the big Rainbow Colour Run organised by the PTA. It should be an enjoyable, exciting Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 6th September 2024
It’s great to be back at school: everyone refreshed and ready for another fantastic year at Farfield! We have lots of new children and some new staff starting with us and we have had an excellent first week. This is an exciting time of year and I am always conscious that children only get Read More
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