Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Year 6 21.11.25

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Science We have completed our unit on microorganisms and discovered the mouldiest place in the school! 6J found that wiping their bread in the farm room produced the most mould spores 6D found that wiping bread on the microphones in the hall produced the most. Special mention to Mrs Kroon for having an absolutely Read More

Year 6 14/11/25

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English This week the children have begun to learn the techniques of persuasion. We will be writing in role as a character from our text War Horse over the next few sessions and this week played around with language and grammar in order to get Mrs Dobkin and Miss Jones to extend break by Read More

Year 6 06.11.25

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Welcome back after what we hope was a restful half-term break. The children have had a good week in Year 6, cracking straight on with some great writing and some fun (and slightly gross) science experiments. English This week we have begun our new class text – War Horse – another text written by Read More

24.10.25

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Happy half-term The children have had a great start to Y6 and we have been very impressed with their efforts so far. A huge well done and time for a well-deserved rest. PE As part of our PE curriculum, 6D have been working on a dance linked to ‘Musical Theatre.’ Here is a video Read More

Year 6 17.10.25

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Geography We are coming to the end of our topic on Natural Disasters and the children this week have been learning about different types of volcano. They produced some creative presentations, posters and websites to explain their research which we were really impressed with. We have also been completing some work around UK geography Read More

Year 6 10.10.25

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Kensuke’s Kingdom – The Jellyfish This week we became Kensuke and rewrote a chapter of the book from his point of view. The children worked incredibly hard on their writing trying hard to include tension and description. In grammar we have tried hard to use a semi-colon to join independent clauses – see if Read More

Year 6 03.10.25

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English This week, we became the main character of our class text: Kensuke from Kensuke’s Kingdom. We used drama to get into role and think carefully about the emotions which Kensuke experienced during the chapters we have read this week. Here are some pictures We will be writing as Kensuke and aiming to improve Read More

Y6 26/09/2025

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Well done! The children have been resilient and gave their best efforts to their assessments this week. We use these as a benchmark and to identify any gaps in learning we need to cover over the year. We are proud of the way Year 6 have approached this week and given it their best. Read More

Year 6 19.9.25

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English Year 6 became roving reporters this week and wrote and performed scripts linked to our class text – Kensuke’s Kingdom. They did a great job imagining the television interviews which might have taken place due to the main character’s disappearance in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The children really had to understand Read More

Year 6 12.9.25 – Life on board the Peggy Sue

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English In English this week we set sail on the Peggy Sue and wrote in role as Michael, the main character from our class text Kensuke’s Kingdom. The children tried hard to include descriptive phrases and the language from the author as they wrote and did a really good job at remembering key details Read More