Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Headteacher blog 17/3/23

17/03/2023 · No comments yet

I usually start these letters/blogs with a positive statement about what a good week it has been. This week is different: a two day strike that is a miserable thing to do and something that I hope we don’t feel compelled to repeat. There has been a bit of progress with the NHS dispute Read More

Headteacher blog 10th March 2023

10/03/2023 · 2 comments

A snowy week! These sorts of weeks are always a bit stressful but can be good fun too! I am glad we stayed open but we only had 40-50% attendance across the school.  Almost all the teachers got in, but some staff couldn’t make it – sometimes due to their own childcare issues.  Most Read More

Headteacher blog 3/3/23

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On Wednesday, we had a visit from Solar for Schools and they did an assembly and workshop with Y6. We also went on an energy tour of the school looking at the wind turbine on the grounds, solar panels and air source heat pumps on the roof and gas boilers in the basement. This Read More

Headteacher blog 24/2/23

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It has been a positive first week of the half term. On Thursday we had our local authority adviser in school to do a ‘Deep Dive’ into mathematics across school with our two excellent maths leaders Ms Pinnock and Mrs Kroon. We await the final report but the verbal feedback was very positive and Read More

Headteacher blog 10th February 2023

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We have had a positive half term with lots of happy faces around school and a strong learning atmosphere. Monitoring of lessons and books this half term shows good practice and progress. We are expecting Ofsted to visit this academic year and expect to do well when they come. This week, Year 1 have Read More