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Year 6 Residential 2026 6D Day 1
We have had a very successful day. We set off and travelled to The Coldstones Cut. We climbed the hill to this wonderful viewpoint and explored the various parts. The view down into the quarry was spectacular! We then had half an hour to How Stean Gorge. After eating lunch and settling into our lodges, […]
Read newsNew Reception Open Evening
Yesterday evening, we welcomed our new Reception cohort families for an open evening. In sweltering conditions, we shared lots of information and spent time in the classrooms and EYFS play area. Most children didn’t want to leave! Early impressions of the cohort are very positive – we hope they feel the same way! As requested, […]
Read news5K residential 2026 – Day 3
Almost everyone got a very good night’s sleep on Thursday night. They went to sleep very easily: the dormitory with AA, AH and EB had its light out and was silent before we even went up again to tell them it was time to sleep – unheard of in 30 years of doing residentials! (I […]
Read news5K residential 2026 Day 2
Good evening parents and carers, We have had a wet but fantastic day. The children have absolutely done us proud with their Farfield attitude despite being soaked through (and a bit cold). This morning group 2 went cycling and everyone completed a tricky blue route of mountain biking at Gisburn Forest. There were a couple […]
Read news5K residential 2026 Day 1
We have had a super first day! We had a good journey up by train, changing at Leeds, and arrived right on time: a big thank you to Northern Rail for free tickets and train safety resources. It is a great service. After settling in to Gearstones Lodge, we had an afternoon on the Ingleton […]
Read news5B Day 2 – Cycling and Caving
Caving We woke up this morning to torrential rain and hail, which was not a great omen for our caving plan. Too much rain means that the cave at Selside becomes flooded and is too dangerous to enter. However, the area has plenty of other options and so our instructor moved us to another cave […]
Read news5B residential 2026 @ Gearstones Day 1
The terrible weather in Farsley didn’t bode well but the weather up in the Dales so far has been fine! We had an uneventful journey up and arrived exactly on time. We familiarised ourselves with the lodge and had lunch. We made our beds and then got ready for the Waterfall Walk at Ingleton. This […]
Read newsThe place to be…
It has been a glorious week at school: bright sunshine and plenty of options to enjoy the grounds. A prospective parent once said during a tour: “I mean this in a positive way – your school looks very well-used.” We took this as a compliment. A DfE surveyor also once commented that ours were the […]
Read newsFabulous Easter Decorated Egg competition
We were overwhelmed with entries to our Easter Decorated Egg Competition with well over 100 submissions across the school. Thank you so much for your support! The imagination and skills shown were eggstremely impressive! Every child got a Highly Commended certificate. In each year group, there were runners-up and an overall winner. Lunch staff were […]
Read newsEnhanced SEND provision
After Easter, we are opening an in-house enhanced SEND provision aimed at infant children with Communication and Interaction needs, often autism. Further details below: 3
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