Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Headteacher blog 11th December 2020

11/12/2020 · 1 comment

It is a very different Christmas period in school this year: no Town Hall concert, nativity or Christmas performances. If Santa comes to school next week, he will be more socially distant than usual and certainly won’t have anyone sat on his knee – he is in a vulnerable age group you know…  We Read More

Headteacher blog 4th December 2020

04/12/2020 · 1 comment

It has been a very wet and soggy end to the week and at lunchtime today we ‘surrendered’ and admitted defeat: we had better keep the children in. A particular problem at the moment is that 3/4 of the juniors are having to stay in field zones and these are a muddy brown quagmire Read More

Headteacher blog 27th November 2020

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It has been sad to have almost empty classrooms in Foundation Stage this week following last week’s positive case, and we are looking forward to having all our children back by the middle of next week. Our teachers have been doing lots of Google Meet phonics, maths and story sessions and have kept in Read More

Headteacher blog 20th November 2020

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Sadly, we had our first confirmed positive case of COVID in school this week and, as a result, just over 100 children and 8 staff are now in self-isolation. Thankfully, the child is showing no symptoms and is well.  The self-isolation has affected more children than we hoped, as the child is in the Read More

Headteacher blog 12/11/20

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First of all I would like to wish “Happy Diwali” to all our Hindu and Sikh families – we certainly all need some light in these dark days! I hope that you can still enjoy the festival despite the obvious limitations that the lockdown brings.  Whilst the government and media seem pre-occupied by the Read More