Head Teacher's Blog

Headteacher’s blog 7/12/18
07/12/2018 · No comments yet
I have missed school this week as I have been largely working on secondment in Leeds. It is interesting working across our huge, vibrant city with a wide range of partners: over 300 schools and academies, social work teams, the NHS and third sector. Working together is a strength in the city but brings Read More
Head teacher blog November 29th 2018
30/11/2018 · 2 comments
It has been quite a week – lots of events and an unexpected drama on Tuesday when we had a partial power failure in the infants building which resulted in us having to make over 320 packed lunches at very short notice! The Farfield team all pulled together and we got through a very tricky afternoon. Read More
Head teacher blog 23rd November
23/11/2018 · 1 comment
The weather has turned colder and more miserable and the winter sniffles have definitely arrived. More seriously, a local school has been heavily hit by influenza this week (more than half of Year 3 off school for example). Next week we have influenza vaccinations in our school for all those children up to Y5 Read More
Head teacher blog 16th November 2018
16/11/2018 · No comments yet
It was a startling sight at times today at school: staff and children dressed as ‘Rock Stars’ as part of Children in Need and to raise the profile of our big push on times tables through the ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ website and lessons. Many thanks for everyone’s support. I have been showing lots Read More

Headteacher Blog 9th November
09/11/2018 · No comments yet
I hope that all our Hindu and Sikh families had an enjoyable Diwali this week. In school we have been looking at ‘Behaviour and Engagement’: dropping into classes and observing standards of behaviour and pupils’ commitment to their learning. What we have observed has been very positive. Children are working hard and are typically Read More