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6J residential day 1
We have had a great start to our residential at How Stean Gorge. It is a little chilly but we have been lucky with the weather…so far! This morning, we had a stop-off at Coldstone’s cut. We walked up the hill to look down at the limestone quarry and we were fortunate to have Read More
Read newsYear 5 Duathlon
12 children from Year 5 took part in a Duathlon today at The Brownlee Centre. The children had to complete a 750m run, followed by a 2.5km cycle and then a final 350m run. Our children were split into two teams consisting of 3 boys and 3 girls in each. They were competing against Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 7th June 2019
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families! My school week has been dominated by Year 6 residential at How Stean Gorge in North Yorkshire: abseiling, gorge scrambling, caving, climbing, via ferrata and camping. This is a really strong element of our PE curriculum and we were further vindicated by an unannounced visit on site Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog 1st February 2019
It has been a typically busy and exciting week at Farfield. I am always particularly pleased when the school makes good use of expertise and opportunities from the local community and this has been evident this week. On Monday, both Year 6 classes went to visit Sunnybank Mills to explore our local heritage. This Read More
Read newsSuccessful farm sessions over the holidays
This year we have run three successful farm sessions over the holidays with 25 families. The families helped weed and water the crops and then we harvested and shared the produce. The farm has never looked so good in August! Many thanks to all those that have come and helped. We have harvested French Read More
Read newsSchools Yorkshire Tour 2018
This morning 10 children took part in the Schools Yorkshire Tour 2018 Cycling Relay. The Schools Yorkshire Tour is a large scale cycle event for primary, secondary and special schools in Yorkshire developed to encourage more young people to take up cycling, by promoting cycling as a fun and ‘cool’ method of transport. Its Read More
Read newsBronze medallists in the Mini-Olympics!
On Wednesday afternoon, 30 children from years 2-6 were selected to represent Farsley Farfield in the annual Pudsey Mini-Olympics at the John Charles Centre. Children competed in team and individual events to earn points. Our KS1 pupils came 2nd place in their team events and Farsley Farfield were awarded bronze medals for coming 3rd Read More
Read newsWorld Kettlebell Champion visits Farfield 26.6.18
Today we had a special visitor in school. Tracey Howson (a parent here at Farfield) joined us for the full day to share her own inspirational story of how an overweight and inactive girl/teenager/adult became World Kettlebell Champion. Tracey’s exploits were first made known to us by our PE Governor who was equally inspired Read More
Read news5L residential Day 2
We have had another glorious day on residential. After a hearty breakfast, one group set off for Gisburn Forest and met Chris from British Cycling and Matt from East Bradford Cycle Club. Meanwhile, the other group got ready to cave with Charlie Pyatt. The children have been fantastic today: trying really hard, being Read More
Read newsBrownlee Triathlon events May 2018
On Monday morning I had the pleasure of taking 15 pupils to the Brownlee Triathlon Event at John Smeaton Leisure Centre. The children completed this multiple-stage participation event in real style and had a wonderful time. A special thanks to Mrs Heap for accompanying me on the trip and taking lots of photos (see Read More
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