Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Headteacher Blog 17th November 2023

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We are doing a huge number of school tours at the moment which belies the data that tells us that there is a big drop in the birth rate. We don’t do ‘open days’ or evening events; every tour is an ‘ordinary day’ as I am confident that we will experience a happy, safe, Read More

Headteacher Blog 10th November 2023

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May I first wish everyone Happy Diwali if you are celebrating this weekend! It’s been a very busy week at Farfield with two parents’ evenings and two evening trips to the theatre – one of which was aborted! On Tuesday and Wednesday we had successful parents’ evenings although we very much prefer the in-person Read More

Headteacher’s blog 27th October

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This has been a tricky end to what has been a very long half-term. We have had to have our infant school car park dug up to work on the school’s three-phase electrical supply and we have had to contend with two days of kitchen closure and a further long power cut on Thursday Read More

Headteacher blog 20th October 2023

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It’s been a wet end to the week but a good one nonetheless. Year 3 enjoyed their Stone Age Day although it was much damper and muddier than last year. Life in those times will have been hard! Year 1 had two successful reading and phonics workshops, highlighting the importance given to the rapid Read More

Headteacher Blog 13th October 2023

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It has been a big week at Farfield: the publication of our Ofsted report, Harvest Festival and lots of sports and physical activity. The Ofsted report is very positive and uses words and phrases like vibrant, happy, ambitious, exceptional (twice), flourish, highly effective and confident. We are delighted to have received such a validating Read More