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Story writing success
A huge congratulations and well done to two of our children who were shortlisted to the second round of the Radio 2 500 Words Story Competition! RH in Y4 and LH in 2LO made it into the top 5000 stories out of 130 000 entries – the top 4%! The panel of judges from the Reading 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 newsFormer pupil debuts for England U16 rugby league
We are very proud of former pupil Harvey Spence who has made his debut for England U16 rugby league. Mr Garlick went to watch the game and reports that Harvey played well as England beat France and he kicked five conversions. Well done Harvey! http://www.rugby-league.com/england/article/39837/england-youth-secure-series-victory-over-france
Read newsFarfield shortlisted for a prestigious national award
We have just found out that Farfield has been shortlisted for a prestigious TES School Award: Healthy School of the Year. This is in recognition of our work around food, farming and physical activity. We are very pleased for this national recognition of our work in these important areas! Some of the nomination text read: Read More
Read newsFarfield are flying high!
Thanks to Mr Cooke winning a cycling competition, 12 lucky year 6 children got to have a go on the zip wire at Herd Farm on Friday afternoon last week. The children got kitted out in harnesses and flew over 150 feet through the air down the beautiful hillside. See the photos and videos below.
Read newsNursery survey (for 2017-18)
Typically, children have attended school nurseries for 15 hours per week from the age of three. We have offered this as 5 x 3hrs mornings or afternoons, or blocks of 2.5 days: M,T W am or W pm, Th, Fri. You may be aware that a new scheme is coming into effect in September whereby many Read More
Read newsFarfield have something to ‘Cheer’ about!
Last night after school, a group of Year 6 children took part in a cheerleading competition at Ruth Gorse Academy. The event, organised by White Rose Cheer, involved the children performing a routine that they had learned at school as part of their Tuesday PE module. The team, consisting of 21 children, had only Read More
Read newsHead teacher blog February 24th 2017
Our ethos statements this week included the line: ‘I can say how I feel.’ It is important that children are able to understand their feelings and emotions and feel confident in expressing them. If I was to be asked how I feel, I would reply that I have felt proud this week of the work and Read More
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