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Farfield hosts live-streamed assemblies to tens of thousands
This week our school was turned into a TV studio for two live-stream assemblies for Network Rail around railway safety. Nearly 170,000 children across the country were logged in to watch the professionally-produced assemblies, with 6D and then 2BW as the audience and participants. The assemblies had good safety messages but were also a Read More
Read newsWorld Book Day ‘Read Aloud Your Way’ Competition winners
We had over 150 entries into our video competition, showcasing brilliant reading and story-telling from Nursery up to Year 6. Class 6D, in particular, did really well in terms of entries. Thank you for all the entries: the standard was very high and we were delighted with the quality of the reading. There were Read More
Read newsWorld Book Day plans
It is World Book Day after half term at the beginning of March. Details of plans are below.
Read newsFinal Saturday cross country event of the year
Farfield had full teams for all the races on the final Saturday cross country event of the season at Middleton Park on a cold January morning. Chair of Governors Ruth Fain has, along with Mrs Tomlinson, led the organisation and team management and was delighted with the efforts at the last event of the Read More
Read newsKey Stage 1 ‘Simply Nativity’
Our Year 1 children took on acting roles, and our Y2 children were engaging narrators, for our infant nativity: Simply Nativity. As one child playing a talking tree said: “Last year, I was just a twig.” This year, expectations were high and so many 5 and 6 year olds had speaking and acting parts, Read More
Read newsAli Baba and the Bongo Bandits
We hope that everyone enjoyed the KS2 show: Ali Baba and the Bongo. It was an ambitious show, with stage roles for almost all Y5 children, and support roles for others. Children in other year groups became the chorus, supported by a Y6 band. This was a very talented and enthusiastic year group. It Read More
Read newsFarsley Lights and Willow Parade
Farsley Lantern Parade on Wednesday evening was a brilliant spectacle and community event, even making it onto Look North. Some of our children had made their own willow creations at an after-school club, and more families had created head-dresses and other willow creations at workshops over the summer. It felt like there were thousands Read More
Read newsFirst Saturday cross country of the season
Farfield had a big team of over 20 runners for the first Saturday cross country of the season. It was a great course at Woodhouse Grove: 1.6km for Y3/4 and 1.9km for Y5/6. This was the first race with the new automated timers built into the number tags and it seemed to work very Read More
Read newsRainbow Run final figure
All the money is in and the dust has literally settled (and is still evident in places!). How much did the Rainbow Run raise for PTA funds? Who are we thanking for their support? Please find a document below with the final figure and a list on the second page of all the fabulous Read More
Read newsShow Time 24-25
We have another very exciting and varied Show Time programme for Y5 and 6: musicals, puppets, a ballet, an opera and a spooky tale… See link on the front of the brochure attached. Children in receipt of Free School Meals or Pupil Premium go free. Payment can be in instalments. Thanks to a kind Read More
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