Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Head teacher blog 10/2/17

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It is the end of a busy half term and the children and staff all deserve a well-earned break.  The work in the books generally looks impressive and progress seems good. Lots of children, especially in the Juniors, have been completing half-termly assessments and these will inform mid-year reports that parents will get prior Read More

Head teacher blog Friday 3rd February

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All the children are wearing red today to support the Leeds Children’s Heart Surgery and their fund-raising. This valuable resource is currently helping at least three children in our school and we are glad to do what ever we can to support their work. This week our Year 5 children have visited Leeds City Museum Read More

Headteacher blog 20th January 2017

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This week in school, we had an inspirational visitor: Evelyne Ninsiima, a community leader from rural Uganda. Evelyne came to our school to see our school farm and to talk to some Y6 children. Back in Uganda, she leads a charity that has started and runs a school, planted a million trees and promotes Read More

Head teacher blog 13th January 2017

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For headteachers, this week has been dominated by debates about cuts to funding and rising costs for Leeds schools. In the medium term, Leeds might be a slight ‘winner’ in the new National Funding Formula that will be implemented in a few years time. In the short term, however, all schools are facing a Read More

Head teacher blog January 6th 2017

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Happy new year! It is great to be back at school: this is a key term for learning and progress as the children are all well settled in their classes, their teachers know them well and we have a complete term without distractions such as Christmas or SATs. I have visited each classroom this Read More