Head Teacher's Blog
Headteacher blog 20th April 2018
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Finally we have had some lovely weather to enjoy and we have made the most of it at Farfield: bringing out the tennis nets, opening up the den-making, pond dipping for tadpoles, nature walks, plenty of sports and allowing children to use much more of the grounds without, necessarily, the need for wellies. It Read More
Headteacher blog 29th March
29/03/2018 · 3 comments
What a remarkable (short) week we have had at Farfield. We have had two successful Y2 visits to the Grand Mosque in Leeds, a Y2 ‘Africa’ morning with special visitors and Year 4 had an extended day at Murton Park, playing the role of Viking villagers. This morning, the infant hall was packed for Read More
Head teacher’s blog March 23rd 2018
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We have had an exceptionally busy week at Farfield. Ofsted came on Tuesday for a long-awaited inspection. This was a new light-touch Section 8-type inspection: one day with just one inspector. She had clearly done her homework on the school and she worked exceptionally hard, at 100mph, all day. The final report is not Read More
Headteacher blog March 16th 2018
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On Wednesday, we took part in two cross country competitions: our Y4 boys had qualified for the West Yorkshire finals representing Leeds at Temple Newsam (coming joint 7th across the entire area), and we also took over thirty children to another cross-country competition over in Middleton after school. I am very sorry that we Read More
Head teacher blog March 9th 2018
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What a ridiculous morning Thursday was. It was ‘carmageddon’ on the ring road and other main roads and by 8.15 I only had 3 class teachers in or anywhere near school and none in the infants. Cars were being turned back or abandoned. Buses were snarled up. Everyone, including the council, was caught out. Read More
