Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Headteacher blog 3/3/23

02/03/2023 · No comments yet

On Wednesday, we had a visit from Solar for Schools and they did an assembly and workshop with Y6. We also went on an energy tour of the school looking at the wind turbine on the grounds, solar panels and air source heat pumps on the roof and gas boilers in the basement. This Read More

Headteacher blog 24/2/23

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It has been a positive first week of the half term. On Thursday we had our local authority adviser in school to do a ‘Deep Dive’ into mathematics across school with our two excellent maths leaders Ms Pinnock and Mrs Kroon. We await the final report but the verbal feedback was very positive and Read More

Headteacher blog 10th February 2023

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We have had a positive half term with lots of happy faces around school and a strong learning atmosphere. Monitoring of lessons and books this half term shows good practice and progress. We are expecting Ofsted to visit this academic year and expect to do well when they come. This week, Year 1 have Read More

Headteacher blog 3/2/23

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It was a sad week with our first major strike by teachers for decades. About two-thirds of our school was closed due to the strike and attendance was relatively low in the classes that were open – especially the afternoon-only KS2 classes. I sincerely hope that there can be some movement, compromise and negotiation Read More

Headteacher blog 27/1/23

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It has been a busy week at Farfield with school trips and lots of sporting events. The minibuses have been well-used. Due to some teacher absence, I have done more teaching than usual this week. I always enjoy this and it helps me to see things that can be improved from a class teacher’s Read More