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- [Year 2 News 19.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-19-12-25/) - English We have been writing sentences about the Arctic. Children described the northern lights, polar bears, icebergs and other features. We then read the story 'Poles Apart' by Jeanne Willis. The story tells of a family of penguins getting lost and meeting a polar bear in the North Pole! The children wrote sentences about their
- [Happy Holidays! Year 6 19.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays-year-6-19-12-25/) - We have come to the end of our first full term in Year 6 and what a wonderful term we have had. Well done to all of the children who have staggered to the end of the week which has been full of performances, fun and learning. Thank you for your cards and thoughtful gifts
- [What's the Crime Mr. Wolf?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/whats-the-crime-mr-wolf/) - Year 5, supported by other KS2 classes, put on a great show with: What's the Crime Mr Wolf? There were great songs, lots of fine acting and a huge amount of words to learn. The children did very, very well. We hope that you enjoyed the show! Did you vote guilty or not guilty?
- [A Miracle in Town](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-miracle-in-town/) - We hope everyone enjoyed the KS1 nativity: A Miracle in Town. The Year 1 children acted and spoke well, and the Year 2 narrators were almost word-perfect. Well done everyone!
- [Reception News - 12.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-12-12-25/) - Phonics In phonics we have been revising the phase 2 and 3 phonemes. Our new hard to read and spell words are my and you. We are also assessing the children and we are so pleased with the progress they are making. Maths This week we have been busy writing digits to 5, ordering them,
- [EYFS Nativity 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/eyfs-nativity-2025/) - We hope everyone enjoyed the EYFS Nativity last week. The children (and staff) did really well! Please find some photos and video clips below. (It has taken a while to go through the videos and photos as quite a few children aren't allowed online. Please don't repost photos or videos of your child if other
- [Polishing the performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/polishing-the-performance/) - Year 5 performance This week we have focused on the Christmas performance by ensuring that we are adding expression and volume to our voices. Everyone has learned their lines and the dress rehearsal on Friday went well. Understandably, there are nerves, which makes lines become rushed. We have encouraged the actors to take breaths and
- [Poems and Performances](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poems-and-performances/) - MathsThe children started their Multiplication and Division topic in Maths this week, starting with multiplication as equal groups then moving on to understanding arrays. Have a look at the video below as a reminder of arrays, which might help with this week's homework! The children have also completed their end of term arithmetic and reasoning
- [Poetry and Dance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poetry-and-dance/) - Poetry Performances This week, Year 3 and 4 came together to share the poems that we have been learning this half term. Both Year 4 classes performed 'Granny's Sugarcake' by John Lyons on the stage in the hall. The children worked really well in their classes, deciding how they wanted to perform the poem, adding
- [Nursery Blog - 12.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-12-12-25/) - Phonics This week, the children have been using their listening skills to decode words and listen to the environmental sounds around our school. I told a story about a boy named 'B-e-n,' and his friend, 'S-a-m.' Throughout the story, I segmented simple words for the children to blend and reveal. We also listened very quietly
- [Year 1 News - 12.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-12-12-25/) - English The children followed instructions to make a Christmas card. Then they wrote their own instructions on how to make the cards. The children did a brilliant job and wrote fantastic instructions using bossy verbs. Maths This week, we continued our work on subtraction. The children have been using "first, then and now" to tell
- [Year 2 News 12/12/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-12-12-25/) - English The children have worked hard writing their reports on polar animals this week. They wrote a title and introduction followed by three paragraphs under subheadings! Well done Year 2! Spellings This week we have been looking at words with alternative spellings for the n sound: kn and gn. We found lots of homophones too.
- [Year 6 12.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-12-12-25/) - Assessments The children have worked so hard this week and all tried their best in their assessments. We are so proud of how they've taken each test in their stride. Well done Year 6! We will use them to inform our next steps and booster groups in the spring term. PE This half term 6J
- [Headteacher blog 12th December 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-12th-december-2025/) - We are certainly in Christmas-mode with Early Years' Nativity performances this week and KS1 and Junior shows in rehearsal. Our PTA have had a very busy week with a Christmas Movie night and a fantastic Christmas Fair. Santa visited classes in Y1-6 this week and will return to Nursery and Reception next week (if they're
- [Walks, rehearsals and rovers in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/walks-rehearsals-and-rovers-in-year-5/) - We have had an extremely busy week this week in Year 5. We went on a walk through time in Farsley, finishing off at Sunnybank Mills, to learn about listed buildings and how farsley has changed over time. Here's a link to 5Bs photos Here are a few from 5K: We worked on our DT
- [Year 6 05.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-05-12-25/) - English This week in English we have written our letters as soldiers to family back home telling them about the Christmas Truce. The children worked hard to plan and write a letter full of interesting detail and emotion as well as use some of the language from the time. History From Zepplins to Sopwith Camels
- [Reception News - 5.12.15](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-5-12-15/) - Phonics This week we have revised all of the phase 2 phonemes. The children have also tried hard to write words to match pictures. Please keep practising making words with your flashcards at home too. Maths This week, the children have built on their understanding of the composition of numbers by investigating the composition of
- [Cycles of Learning](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/cycles-of-learning/) - This week, the children in both classes have been focusing on learning a poem for the first poetry slam of Year 4. Our poem is a lovely one by John Lyons titled 'Granny's Sugarcake'. We had a lot of fun exploring the meaning and story of the poem - especially as the way that it
- [Poems and puppets!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poems-and-practices/) - MathsWe've had a busy week with numbers! Children looked at inverse operations, reading through word problems and using their understanding to answer a range of word problems involving both addition and subtraction, to find missing calculations and totals, and to compare different values. We then moved on to a new unit on Multiplication and Division,
- [Year 1 News - 5.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-5-12-25/) - English In English, we looked at evaluative statements about our fire engine models. The children thought about the design process and final product. They then decided on which statements they agreed with for their own fire engines. Phonics We have continued to revise all the phonemes we have learnt. We are revising phases 2, 3,
- [Nursery Blog - 05.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-05-12-25/) - Phonics This week, we met Mr Fox and his phonics box. We had to guess what was inside the box by listening to words being sounded out. We blended the sounds to reveal the object. We also played a game called 'Find It,' where we listened to sounds and blended them again before matching words
- [Year 2 News 5.12.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-5-12-25/) - English The children have shown great interest in learning about polar animals and this week we have been researching ready to write our own non-chronological reports. We have explored different sources of information including non-fiction texts and the internet. Spelling This week in spelling, we learned that c makes a s sound when followed by
- [Headteacher blog 4/12/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-4-12-25/) - Along with most schools (and workplaces?), we have struggled with attendance this week: nearly 5% below our usual levels. There is clearly a lot of sickness around which is not particularly surprising given the time of year. One primary school on the other side of Leeds had 70 children off with flu on Monday and
- [Building up](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/building-up/) - Maths Maths has continued with fractions and this week we have been adding and subtracting them. We first did this when the denominators were the same but then moved on to fractions with different denominators. In order to do this, we have had to use our learning of equivalent fractions, which took place a couple
- [Reception News - 28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-28-11-25/) - Phonics This week in phonics we have learnt the digraphs ai, ee and oa, and the trigraph igh. Our hard to read and spell words this week were her and was . As part of our writing the children wrote the sentence Her tree is red and I need a coat. They did this using
- [Year 4 News - 28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-news-28-11-25/) - Trips to the mosque This week Year 4 had two very successful visits to Lincoln Green Mosque. Both classes behaved brilliantly and did a super job of representing Farfield. The volunteers who ran the activities were very impressed with the knowledge of our children and with their thoughtful questions. At the mosque, we completed a
- [Year 1 News - 28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-28-11-25/) - English In our English lessons, the children have written a recount of our trip to Temple Newsam. They did a fantastic job of using time connectives such as first, next, then, after that and finally in their writing. Phonics We have continued to revise all the phonemes that we have learnt so far. Please keep
- [Year 3 and the Place Between](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-and-the-place-between/) - MathsIn Maths this week, the children have been learning how to add and subtract 2 and 3-digit numbers using a formal method. The children needed to ensure their digits were lined up correctly and to exchange where necessary! We then moved on to using our number bonds to 10 to help us work out numbers
- [Year 6 28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-28-11-25/) - English - The Christmas Truce This week we have begun to learn about an incredible moment in history: the Christmas Truce. We watched a very special video and talked about the emotions that the soldiers might have felt during this extraordinary day. Using some incredible websites we looked at some real-life letters from soldiers and
- [Year 2 News  28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-28-11-25/) - Polar Animals In our English and Geography lessons this week, we have been finding out about polar animals and in particular how they keep warm in the cold conditions. We have read some reports about different polar animals. We have looked at the features of this type of text. Next week we will start to
- [Nursery Blog - 28.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-28-11-25/) - Phonics This week in our phonics sessions, we passed sounds around in a circle while listening for any changes. We also created a sensory story to retell "We're Going on a Bear Hunt." The children participated by using actions and sounds to help tell the story. Word Aware This week, we have looked at the
- [Headteacher blog 28th November 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-28th-november-2025/) - Farsley Lights parade is one of my favourite events of the school year. It gets better and better, especially now we have a growing array of willow creations bringing the procession to life. Building on last year's success, we had a Children's Books theme this time and some of our children contributed parts of The
- [Year 1 News - 21.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-21-11-25/) - Temple Newsam The highlight of our week has been our trip to Temple Newsam. The children were thoroughly engaged in the Great Fire of London workshop and enjoyed looking around the farm. Thank you to all the parents who came with us. We hope you enjoyed it too. 1GC at Temple Newsam 1H at Temple
- [Fun in year 5.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fun-in-year-5/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, Here are a few photos form last week, making and testing parachutes in 5K. This week in science we investigated friction, dragging an item across different surfaces and measuring the force needed. In maths we have been learning how to order fractions using equivalents. Most children can now do this
- [Legendary Lessons!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/legendary-lessons/) - This week in English, we have been using our knowledge of legends (particularly King Arthur and Robin Hood), to plan and write our own stories. We started by designing our protagonists and thinking about how we could describe them effectively. Once we had done this, we planned out our stories step-by step, considering what details
- [A cold week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-cold-week-3/) - MathsWe’re continuing with our unit on addition and subtraction, focusing on subtracting crossing 10 and 100 this week. We began the week by using maths apparatus to work out different values, then moved on to the formal method and answered some reasoning and problem-solving questions. The children found crossing 10 quite tricky, so we spent
- [Reception News - 21.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-21-11-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have learnt the new phonemes - sh, th, ng and nk. Our new hard to read and spell word is push. Thank you to those who came to watch our phonics live sessions this week. We hope you found them useful! If you would like to come along we
- [Nursery Blog - 21.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-21-11-25/) - Phonics This week, we focused on using expressions! The children helped retell the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' while expressing excitement and shock. We also read 'Suddenly!' Additionally, the children practised making different sounds to match some chosen items. Word Aware This week we have looked at 'dark' and 'day'. Maths This week,
- [Year 2 News 21.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-21-11-25/) - English We continued with our story Follow the Swallow, and created our own postcards from one of the characters to another. We then looked at some non-fiction writing about swallows and the children developed their sentence skills by using conjunctions. Next week we will be looking at some non-chronological reports. Spelling We have been learning
- [Year 6 21.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-21-11-25/) - Science We have completed our unit on microorganisms and discovered the mouldiest place in the school! 6J found that wiping their bread in the farm room produced the most mould spores 6D found that wiping bread on the microphones in the hall produced the most. Special mention to Mrs Kroon for having an absolutely horrific
- [Headteacher blog 21/11/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-21-11-25/) - Brrrr.... It's been a cold and frosty week but it has been enjoyable nonetheless. On Wednesday evening, we took over 60 children to see Matilda the Musical in Bradford at the Alhambra (part of our Y5/6 Show Time club). As expected, it was a great show with brilliant songs and child performances. Our children really
- [Nursery Blog- 14.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-14-11-25/) - Phonics This week, the children played a game called 'Odd One Out.' We found three items, but one of them did not have the same initial sound as the others. The children did well with this activity. We also continued our exploration of 'alliteration' and shared some silly stories. Word Aware This week, we looked
- [This Week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4-5/) - English This half term in English we are exploring legends. We have read the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood, considering how they are similar and different and working out what the features of legends are. We used a story mountain to think about how stories, including legends, are structured. We then thought more
- [A Trip to the Synagogue!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-trip-to-the-synagogue/) - We have had another great week in Year 3, with the highlight being out trip to the Synagogue! MathsIn Maths this week, the children have been learning how to use a column method to add 3 digit numbers with exchanges. Although many found it tricky to begin with, all children showed fantastic perseverance and felt
- [Reception News - 14.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-14-1-25/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes and digraphs y, z, zz and ch. Our hard to read and spell words are we, me, be. Maths In maths we have been learning about 2D shape. The children know how to describe circles, squares, rectangles and triangles. They have searched for shapes in their environment
- [Year 1 News - 14.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-14-11-25/) - English In our English lessons, we enjoyed the story Vlad and the Great Fire of London. The story followed the tale of a flea called Vlad through his experiences of the fire. The children thought about what they might have seen, heard, smelt and felt if they had been alive during the times of the
- [Year 2 News 14.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-14-11-25/) - Follow the Swallow In English, we have enjoyed reading this lovely book by Julia Donaldson. We have been working on developing sentence writing this week by building sentences to describe the characters and writing sentences in the first person from a character's point of view. The children are really starting to understand and apply commas
- [Year 6 14/11/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-14-11-25/) - English This week the children have begun to learn the techniques of persuasion. We will be writing in role as a character from our text War Horse over the next few sessions and this week played around with language and grammar in order to get Mrs Dobkin and Miss Jones to extend break by 5
- [Headteacher blog 14th November 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-14th-november-2025/) - I think this week has been the busiest I can remember for school tours for prospective families: four separate tours with at least a dozen families. I always enjoy these walk-arounds of the school and its grounds, confident that we will see good practice and happy, engaged children wherever we look. Often it is really
- [Bikes and parachutes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/bikes-and-parachutes/) - Science In Science this week, we have continued to look at forces. Following on from last week's experiment and our findings about air resistance, we investigated the best design for a parachute. First we made one using a square of plastic (a cut up bin bag), string and maths multi-link cubes. We then changed one
- [Forces and Rovers in 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/forces-and-rovers-in-5/) - Hi all, Wow! What another busy week! We have begun reading a new class text all about Mars rovers. The children are enjoying reading the explanation of how it works. We performed some interviews of NASA scientists, using the text to help us give the answers. In science, we did an investigation into gravity. We
- [Welcome back](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-6/) - MathsWe are continuing to learn about addition and subtraction, and this week our focus has been on adding and subtracting numbers with no exchange using the formal method. Children created different values using place-value grids and then moved on to represent their answers using the formal method. Next week, we will move on to adding
- [Reception News - 8.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-8-11-25/) - Welcome back. We hope you had a lovely half term. The children have settled well back into their daily routines. Phonics In phonics this week we have learnt the new phonemes - j, v, w and x. Our new hard to read and spell words are - he, she and buses. The children have made
- [Year 1 News - 7.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-7-11-25/) - The children have had a very exciting first week back. We started our topic on the Great Fire of London and a lot of our lessons have focused on this. Geography We looked at where London is in the United Kingdom. We talked about capital cities and we learnt about some of the landmarks in
- [Nursery Blog - 07.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-07-11-25/) - This half-term, we will be focusing on 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. We have already read it a couple of times, and the children are starting to learn the words and actions. Phonics During our phonics sessions, we have been looking at 'alliteration'. We thought about adjectives to pair with each child's name. We
- [Year 2 News 7/11/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-7-11-25/) - Fireworks Poetry This week we have been reading and writing poetry about fireworks. We collected words and phrases and discussed features such as alliteration and rhyme. Finally we created our own acrostic poems. The finished poems were fantastic! Spelling This week we have learned the different spellings for the oa/ow sound. Maths This week we
- [Year 6 06.11.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-06-11-25/) - Welcome back after what we hope was a restful half-term break. The children have had a good week in Year 6, cracking straight on with some great writing and some fun (and slightly gross) science experiments. English This week we have begun our new class text - War Horse - another text written by Michael
- [Headteacher blog 7th November 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-7th-november-2025/) - It's mild but there is a definite autumnal feel to the school as we have returned from half term. We are now into welly season across the grounds but it is good to be able to use our lovely space all year round, whatever the weather. On Saturday morning we have our first major cross
- [Happy Half Term](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-half-term-3/) - Well done to everyone in Year 4 for a fantastic first half term! MusicBoth classes have enjoyed learning The Hoedown in music. Here is the final performance from 4SL. Dance4NL have worked brilliantly in their dance unit in P.E this half term. We will be sharing a video of their dances soon. FrenchIn French this
- [Reception News - 24.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-24-10-25/) - We have finished the end of the first term. The children have done and learnt so much in 8 weeks! Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes/digraphs ss, h, b, f, l and ll. Our hard to read spell words are his and as. The children are working hard on their handwriting and blending
- [Happy Half-Term!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-half-term-2/) - We have had a fantastic half-term and have loved getting to know the children! We are so impressed with how hard they have all worked and we're already looking forward to next half-term! MathsIn Maths this week, the children have been learning how to subtract 1s and 10s where they have to cross tens and
- [Year 1 News - 24.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-24-10-25/) - English We have learnt the poem ‘Leaves are Falling'. Both classes did a great job of performing the poem. Phonics This week, we have learnt the phonemes au/ey/a-e/e-e. Please keep practising all the phonemes they have learnt so far. This video tells you how to pronounce the Phase 3 phonemes: This is the video for
- [Year 2 News 24.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-24-10-25/) - Reading Buddies! Year 2 had a wonderful time sharing books with their year 6 reading buddies this week. English We have been writing character descriptions of our super veggies or veggie villains. The children have really impressed us with their writing this week, trying hard to include right choice adjectives, conjunctions and correct punctuation. Spelling
- [Nursery Blog - 24.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-24-10-25/) - Phonics During our phonics sessions, the children have been focusing on rhyming words. We created stories featuring items that rhyme and sorted pictures that rhyme on the board. The children are starting to recognise the similarities in words that have the same ending sounds, and therefore rhyme. Maths Our maths sessions this week have focused
- [24.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/24-10-25/) - Happy half-term The children have had a great start to Y6 and we have been very impressed with their efforts so far. A huge well done and time for a well-deserved rest. PE As part of our PE curriculum, 6D have been working on a dance linked to 'Musical Theatre.' Here is a video of
- [Headteacher blog Friday 24th October 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-friday-24th-october-2025/) - It has been a very long half-term - eight weeks - and staff and children alike have earned a good half-term break. Our Reception children have generally settled in well and our new staff have all made really strong starts to their time at Farfield. Parents' evenings this week went well and there was a
- [Final Week of the First Half Term](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/final-week-of-the-first-half-term/) - The longest half term of the year is finally over and the children will have a well deserved rest. We have been working hard up to the final day, with English stories to complete and Maths work to finish. The time available has been so constricted that we haven't had time to video the final
- [A busy week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-4/) - MathsIt's been a busy week in maths! The children started the week quite confident in adding and subtracting 100s and spotting patterns in calculations. We ended the week by adding 1s across a 10. Children used maths resources to exchange and then looked at ways to break down the single digit that is being added
- [Year 6 17.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-17-10-25/) - Geography We are coming to the end of our topic on Natural Disasters and the children this week have been learning about different types of volcano. They produced some creative presentations, posters and websites to explain their research which we were really impressed with. We have also been completing some work around UK geography and
- [Fun and Learning in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fun-and-learning-in-year-5/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, Year 5 have enjoyed another busy week! We stood around a half white, half black ball and drew it from all the angles. The children learnt about waxing and waning moons and all the different names for the phases. Esk your child what kind of moon we have at the
- [Think. Stop. Look. Listen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/think-stop-look-listen/) - Science In our Science lessons this week, we have been investigating conductors and insulators. We planned out a fantastic investigation, thinking carefully about which objects we were going to test and the materials that they were made out of. Once we had our list of items, we had to decide how we were going to
- [Reception News - 17.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-17-10-25/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the digraph 'ss'. We have been practising sounding out and blending lots of words. Our hard to read and spell word this week is 'pull'. We have read 2 books together - 'Get Up Sam!' and 'Get the Duck'. We have looked at the author, illustrator, speech bubbles, thinking
- [Year 1 News - 17.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-17-10-25/) - English Our English lessons were all about rhyming this week. We read lots of stories that rhyme and the children selected objects that rhyme and created rhyming soup! The children did a fantastic job of reading their rhyming soup aloud to the class. In handwriting, we practised forming the curly caterpillar letters c, a, d, g. Phonics We have
- [Year 2 News 17.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-17-10-25/) - Supertato! We started the week reading and reviewing Supertato by Sue Hendra. The videos below show children interviewing each other about the book. We have collected vocabulary to describe Supertato and wrote some brilliant character descriptions. We have created our own superveggie or veggie villain to describe next week! Spelling This week we have been
- [Nursery Blog - 17.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-17-10-25/) - Phonics This week, the children have focused on rhyme. We have read stories and played rhyming pairs as a class and in groups. When reading, we have focused on expression and intonation. Maths During our maths sessions, we have looked at 'repeat'. We have been singing songs with repeated words to help see the repeating
- [Headteacher blog 17th October 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-17th-october-2025/) - We had sad news this week as the LCC Exec Board confirmed that the children's centre based at our school is one of a slew of CCs across the city to close. It is branded as 'realignment' but it is really a cost-cutting exercise. For the past ten years or so, the CC has had
- [Year 1 News - 10.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-10-10-25/) - English We have had a second week of fruit-filled fun. The children designed their own fruity characters and wrote some brilliant sentences about them. We also had our first whole-class reading lesson. The children enjoyed meeting the reading dogs and finding out what they do. This week, we used Predicting Pip to make a good
- [Skipping, Switches and Super Writing](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/skipping-switches-and-super-writing/) - Skipping This week in Year 4 we were visited by Adele from skipping school, who led a very energetic session of skipping for each class. We went through some of the skips that we had learnt previously in Year 2 and tried some tricky new skips including the cross over and the pretzel. We also
- [Nursery Blog - 10.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-10-10-25/) - Phonics Phonics this week has focused on 'Body Percussion'. The children listened and repeated taps, claps, and stomps. We even listened to "We Will Rock You" and managed to stomp and clap along with the music. Maths This week, we explored the concepts of 'curved' and 'flat.' We modelled simple building arrangements and discussed why
- [Stone Age Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/stone-age-day/) - This week was Stone Age Day in Year 3 and what a fantastic day it was! Have a look at what we got up to! Cave PaintingsCave paintings from the Stone Age have been found all over the world and the children enjoyed looking at some examples of them today, before creating their own! They
- [Reception News - 10.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-10-10-25/) - We have had a super busy week in Reception! Phonics This week we have learnt our first diagraph (2 letters which make 1 sound) - ck. We learnt the phonemes e, u and r. The harder to read and spell words we learnt are to, into, put and go. The children have been given the
- [Year 6 10.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-10-10-25/) - Kensuke’s Kingdom – The Jellyfish This week we became Kensuke and rewrote a chapter of the book from his point of view. The children worked incredibly hard on their writing trying hard to include tension and description. In grammar we have tried hard to use a semi-colon to join independent clauses - see if you
- [Year 2 News 10.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-10-10-25/) - Traditional Tales We had fun writing alternative versions of The Little Red Hen this week. We have stories featuring mighty dragons, wiggly tadpoles and slippery snakes, set in dark gloomy caves, busy cities and on volcanoes! Children have been working on including adjectives and extending sentences using conjunctions. Children have also been learning how to
- [Headteacher blog 10th October 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-10th-october-2025/) - What a week! We have had an exciting time with Greek Day in Y5 and Stone Age Day in Y3 followed by a huge Harvest Assembly with parents and carers on Friday. The Harvest Festival included a great display of produce from the school farm and we pressed apple juice, tasted Farfield honey and had
- [Harvest Festival](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/harvest-festival/) - This morning we had a packed Harvest Festival - Farfield style! We had apple juicing, honey harvest tasting and a 'biggest pumpkin' competition with 'strong man' William in Y2. We also had a new favourite song: Harvest time in the style of George Ezra! The harvest display was fantastic, almost all produce from our own
- [Ancient Greece, Farsley Style](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ancient-greece-farsley-style/) - One of the highlights of the year in Year 5 is Greek Day and this year was no exception. The question posed at the start of the day was, "Would you rather live in the city state of Athens or the city state of Sparta?" Athens was the most important city in the world at
- [Nursery blog](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog/) - We have had an amazing first few days. The adults in class are so pleased with how the children have settled and how they are already following the daily routines. Our outdoor provision has been topped up thanks to Jewson Building Merchants who have kindly donated some gravel and mud. Here are a few pictures
- [Nursery blog - 19.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-19-09-25/) - eyLog eyLog is an app we use to send observations home. All the children now have an account, and an email has been sent out today with all your login details. If you have not received any information, please get in touch. Phonics This week, we started our phonics sessions. We have listened to different
- [Nursery blog - 26.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-26-09-25/) - Autumn This week, we have looked at things we see during autumn. We placed some pumpkins, tees, and hammers in a tray to support fine motor skills, and conkers and their shells in a tray for the children to explore. The children loved looking closely at the seeds and the spikey shells they came from.
- [Nursery Blog - 03.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-blog-03-10-25/) - Farm visit This week, the children visited the farm. They loved seeing the goats and chickens. We bravely let the chickens out of their pen to have a little wander around. It took us a while to get them back in, but we did eventually! Phonics During our phonics sessions, the children have been exploring
- [Year 5 this week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-this-week-2/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, The children are settling brilliantly into year 5 now, focussing and working extremely hard. They all enjoyed creating a double page spread entitled, "What have the Ancient Grreks done for us." They were surprised to find out how many names and words we use today that come from the ancient
- [Moments later.. we were in...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/moments-later-we-were-in/) - MathsThis week, we have come to the end of our first maths unit on Place Value. Throughout the week, children continued their work on comparing numbers to 1000 and used their understanding to order them in both ascending and descending order. Children then ended the week by counting in 50s and enjoyed completing tasks on
- [Year 1 News - 3.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-3-10-25/) - Kitchen Disco! What an exciting week we have had! On Monday, some fruit were having a disco in our classrooms! They left us a book to enjoy. We have also really enjoyed listening to this song. Throughout the week, the fruit enjoyed their stay in our classes and got up to lots of mischief overnight.
- [Electric Editing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/electric-editing/) - English In our English lessons this week, we have primarily been focusing on how to effectively edit our work. We started by looking at different strategies that can be used to identify and correct errors as well as make improvements to what has already been written. To do this, we initially used an example text
- [Reception News - 3.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-3-10-25/) - We are in October all ready, the weeks are whizzing by! Phonics In phonics this week we have learnt the phonemes g, o, c and k. Our hard to read and spell words are put, of and is. The children are doing so well to use their magic finger and a pencil to help them
- [Year Two News 3.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-two-news-3-10-25/) - English We read the story Mr Wolf's Pancakes this week. It is an alternative version of the Little Red hen and children enjoyed comparing the two stories. We have planned our own alternative versions that we will write next week! Can the children remember who their characters are and what they want to make? Spelling
- [Year 6 03.10.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-03-10-25/) - English This week, we became the main character of our class text: Kensuke from Kensuke's Kingdom. We used drama to get into role and think carefully about the emotions which Kensuke experienced during the chapters we have read this week. Here are some pictures We will be writing as Kensuke and aiming to improve our
- [Headteacher blog 3/10/2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-3-10-2025/) - It is sometimes difficult to see clearly. Problems or challenges can distract us from the bigger picture that is overwhelmingly positive. In the past couple of weeks, I have received leadership reports from colleagues that have been comprehensive and really well-written but have barely mentioned our huge successes in inclusion and Y6 SATs results that
- [Freeze!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/freeze/) - Week 4 already! Lets just freeze the year here because this week has been great. Everyone has settled in and is working really hard. Well done all of Year 5. Maths We have completed our module on place value but one of the trickier aspects encountered was rounding numbers to 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and
- [Reception News - 26.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-26-9-25/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes i, n, m and d. Our hard to read and spell words are 'I' and 'the.' We modelled using them in sentences. The children are doing so well practising forming the new letters and spelling our new hard to read and spell words. Today the children have
- [This week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4-4/) - How do fireworks explode? In English this week, we have been finding out all about fireworks and how they work. We have used this information to start writing explanation texts. The children have done some excellent research and are impressing us with their use of language. Meet Rambashi In guided reading this week, 4SL met
- [As I stepped into Year 3 this week...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/as-i-stepped-into-year-3-this-week/) - MathsThe children are nearing the end of their Place Value topic and this week, they have focused on number lines up to 1000 and comparing numbers up to 1000. The children had to use their understanding of 3-digit numbers to help them complete number lines and estimate where numbers should go on number lines. Have
- [Year 1 News - 26.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-26-9-25/) - Oliver's Vegetables We arrived at school on Monday to find some vegetables in our classroom and a book and a letter from a boy called Oliver! Oliver asked us to visit the school farm to harvest some vegetables to make vegetable soup. We also enjoyed seeing all the animals! We looked at various pieces of
- [Year 2 News 26.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-26-09-25/) - The Little Red Hen We have enjoyed sharing and retelling the story of The Little Red Hen this week. At the start of the week we told the story in groups with children taking the parts of the different characters. We then looked at how we could use adjectives and conjunctions in our retellings before
- [Y6 26/09/2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y6-26-09-2025/) - Well done! The children have been resilient and gave their best efforts to their assessments this week. We use these as a benchmark and to identify any gaps in learning we need to cover over the year. We are proud of the way Year 6 have approached this week and given it their best. Geography
- [Headteacher blog 26th September 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-26th-september-2025/) - It has been a gloriously sunny week at Farfield and the children have enjoyed their playtimes. Lots of children have been in the cricket nets and we have been using slow-mo video to try to improve some bowling actions. Some boys still 'chuck it' with a bent elbow but some of the actions, particularly those
- [Year 5 blog](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog/) - Good afternoon all, We have had an incredibly fun and busy week in Year 5! In science we recreated a to scale version of the solar system. Shrunk down by a scale of 100,000,000,000km to cm. The children used metre sticks and trundle wheels to measure out the distances. Here are some photos to show
- [Epic English and PE](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/epic-english-and-pe/) - Maths In Maths, we have continued our place value module and have been looking at multiplying and dividing by 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, and 100,000, how to partition numbers up to 1,000,000 and number lines. Below is a video that may help your child with one of the trickier activities this week, which was number
- [Headteacher blog 19th September 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-19th-september-2025/) - A rainy week at Farfield doesn't dampen the spirits too much! The children are excited for the arrival of our new goats on Farfield Farm and we are enjoying some good harvests. This week the juicer has come out a couple of times and those children have enjoyed the freshest apple juice possible! Harvest Festival
- [New additions to Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-additons-to-farfield-farm/) - We are delighted to welcome Buzz, Bingo and Bluey to Farfield Farm. These three pygmy goats (not that small!) have moved in the top of the orchard. The PTA and SISK have helped us with some temporary fencing. Mr Nehaul has worked hard getting everything ready. Farm Club built an additional shelter and climbing challenge.
- [Juicing time!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/juicing-time/) - This week the juicer has come out to make good use of the bountiful apple harvest. Much of the windfall goes to the pigs, but windfall that is in reasonable condition makes great juice too. The juicer is also the best place for any 'ugly' fruit. It is quite a process: lots of chopping, grinding
- [Electric Explanations!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/electric-explanations/) - English This week, we have been continuing our work on explanation texts and how to construct them - focusing primarily on organising paragraphs and writing clear conclusions. The children were able to carefully select the information that they wanted to include in each paragraph and create subheadings that clearly indicated what each paragraph was about.
- [Dear diary, it's been a wet week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/dear-diary-its-been-a-wet-week/) - Maths This week, the children continued their learning of place value, focusing on partitioning numbers up to 1000 using the base-10 and part-whole models. Children worked independently and in pairs, creating different three-digit numbers and partitioning them into hundreds, tens and ones. Once they were confident, they used strategies to partition the same number in
- [Year 1 News -19.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-19-9-25/) - Phonics We have been busy revising the phonemes we learnt in Reception. The children are trying hard to read and write them. Next week, they will start to learn the phase 5 phonemes. English The children have all written about themselves this week. They tried hard to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
- [Reception News - 19/9/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-19-9-25/) - Phonics This week we have started teaching the first letter sounds - s, a, t, p. The children have been introduced to the letter sound and the rhyme we say to help us write the grapheme. It is really important that the children learn the correct prounciation for each letter. The video below will help
- [Year 2 News- 19.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-19-09-25/) - English We have continued our work on instructions this week, learning how we can use conjunctions such as 'and', 'because', 'when' and 'so' to extend our sentences. The children gave verbal instructions to each other on teeth brushing and have now completed a set of written instructions on the same topic. Spelling This week we
- [Year 6 19.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-19-9-25/) - English Year 6 became roving reporters this week and wrote and performed scripts linked to our class text – Kensuke’s Kingdom. They did a great job imagining the television interviews which might have taken place due to the main character’s disappearance in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The children really had to understand the
- [Reception News - 12.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-12-9-25/) - We have had a lovely first full week in Reception. The children are settling in well and making new friends. We have been busy getting to know your child and finding out about everything they know. In a morning, they are coming in independently and trying hard to remember to put their fruit and water
- [Headteacher blog 12th September 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-12th-september-2025/) - The school has settled well into its new school year. We had our first PTA business meeting on Wednesday: planning the programme of events for the year and agreeing some expenditure. The PTA is very strong: raising significant funds for the school and putting on some great events. Some long-standing members left last summer as
- [Artefacts, explanations and electricity!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/artefacts-explanations-and-electricity/) - We have had another busy week in Year 4! R.E In R.E both classes explored some Islamic artefacts, looking closely to try and work out what the artefacts are used for and why they are important to Muslims. English In English, we have been learning all about explanation texts. This week we focused on using
- [Year 1 News - 12.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-12-9-25/) - It has been a busy week of fun and learning in Year 1! Phonics We have reviewed the phonemes that we learned in Reception. The children also enjoyed whole-class paired reading. They all tried really hard. We are looking forward to seeing lots of you at our phonics meeting on Wednesday at 5pm. Please come
- [If I was in Year 3...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/if-i-was-in-year-3/) - We have had another great week in Year 3! The children are settling into their new classrooms very well and showing super enthusiasm for their learning! MathsIn Maths this week, the children have continued with their place value topic, focussing on 3-digit numbers. At the beginning of the week, children explored number lines up to
- [Year 2 News 12.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-12-09-25/) - Be Healthy We have all enjoyed talking about our favourite fruits and vegetables this week. Some lucky children even got to try some Farfield grown figs in assembly on Monday. In PSHE we have learnt why eating five portions or fruit and vegetables a day is part of a healthy diet. In science we looked
- [Year 6 12.9.25 - Life on board the Peggy Sue](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-12-9-25-life-on-board-the-peggy-sue/) - English In English this week we set sail on the Peggy Sue and wrote in role as Michael, the main character from our class text Kensuke's Kingdom. The children tried hard to include descriptive phrases and the language from the author as they wrote and did a really good job at remembering key details from
- [Reception News 5.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-5-9-25/) - The children have enjoyed their first few days of school and are settling in well. They can now find their own coat peg and tray. Thank you for your support in letting your child come into the classroom by themselves. This has really helped them settle and become familiar with their new routine. Over the
- [First week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/first-week/) - For those without older children, welcome to Year 5. For those who have, you will know what a great year this will be. Already this week, we have had questions about the residential and what it will be like, where they will be sleeping and if it will be sunny! We are happy to say
- [Welcome to Year 4!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-4-2/) - The children in Year 4 have had a fantastic first week and have really impressed their new teachers with their enthusiasm and positive attitudes. Here are some of our highlights from the week: Team building On Tuesday, both classes completed a series of fun team-building activities on the field. Children had to work together in
- [Year 1 News - 5.9.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-5-9-25/) - We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! It has been wonderful getting to know all of the children better and they are settling into the routines of Year 1 well. Reading This week, we have heard the children read. They have brought home two reading books and a new reading record. Please
- [Welcome to Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-3-3/) - It’s been a busy first week back, and we have been very impressed with the attitude of our new Year 3s! Our first day was spent discussing our school rules, hives and sharing expectations. Children loved sharing what they got up to during their holidays and taking a short tour of their new building, which
- [Year 6 05.09.25 - Welcome To Year 6!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-05-09-25-welcome-to-year-6/) - What a great week we have had with our new Year 6 classes. Everyone has been on their best behaviour and demonstrating already how responsible they are as they start their final year of primary school. English We have begun reading our class text for this half term: Kensuke's Kingdom. This week the children were
- [Year 2 News 5.09.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-5-09-25/) - We have had a super first week in Year 2! We have been getting to know our new teachers and have been doing lots of fun activities on our class animals. We have also been looking at our learning hive and school rules. 2BW have created some fantastic squirrel pictures! 2La have made some amazing
- [Headteacher blog 5th September 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-5th-september-2025/) - It's great to be back for another academic year at Farsley Farfield: my 22nd year as head here! It remains exciting to see new children and families, and to tease the older children with 'you're not Y3 already..' type comments. It has been great to welcome new teachers to school: a new deputy head/SENDco Helen
- [Bountiful holiday farm sessions with families](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/bountiful-holiday-farm-sessions-with-families/) - We have had three lovely Farfield Farm sessions over the holidays with over 20 families helping with upkeep of the beds, feeding animals and harvesting fruit and vegetables. Everyone worked hard and enjoyed spending time together. We harvested so many tomatoes and plums in particular. There was some good cooking at home afterwards too. Many
- [Annual Parent Survey 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/annual-parent-survey-2025/) - Thank you to everyone who contributed to the end-of-year Parent Survey. We had nearly 200 responses. It is clear from the response that the overwhelming majority of children and families at our school continue to be happy, safe and successful. A summary of responses (and feedback over time) is below: Farsley Farfield Primary School Annual
- [End of Year Leavers' Assembly 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/end-of-year-leavers-assembly-2025/) - The junior hall was packed with children and staff from Nursery to Year 6 for the end of year Leavers' Assembly as well as parents and carers for the Y6 leavers. We said goodbye to fantastic colleagues retiring or moving on to promotions: Sandra Malone, Jess Snaddon, Rebecca Howells, Karen Longhorn, Dan Hemming. Dan moves
- [Year 6 2024-2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-2024-2025/) - Goodbye, Good luck and Thank You! Well done everyone - you made it! Congratulations to Year 6 for an incredible year. We have run, leapt, abseiled, caved, canoed, school-o-visioned, SMASHED the SATS exams, and today ended the year on a high with an incredible water fight on the top field. We are so very proud
- [Goodbye Year 4!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/goodbye-year-4/) - A short blog today just to say a massive thank you to all the children in Year 4 for a fantastic year. It has been a pleasure looking after you all for the last year (or two!). All the Year 4 staff feel very lucky that we get to work with such amazing children every
- [Nursery - 18.07.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-18-07-25/) - End of year We cannot believe that, for most children, it is the end of our time together in nursery. The children have achieved a great deal, and we wish them all the best for next year. We had a busy week with our staycation and end-of-year assembly, and we still managed to fit in
- [Goodbye from Year 2 18/07/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/goodbye-from-year-2-18-07-25/) - We have had a fantastic final week of the year. We've finished our bee books in English; we hope you will enjoy reading these! The children made honey biscuits and then shared these with their reading buddies. We have also completed our maths unit on position and direction. The children enjoyed watching the year 6
- [Reception News - 18.7.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-18-7-25/) - We can’t believe that this is the last Reception blog post! We have had a great year and have enjoyed teaching all the children. Thank you for all your lovely messages, cards and gifts. The children have had a busy week and have enjoyed the Year 6 Leavers' Show, playing on the bouncy castle and
- [Summer is here!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/summer-is-here/) - Just like that, we've reached the end of another school year — and what a fun-filled week it's been for Year 3! We've packed in assemblies, singing practice, amazing performances, and wrapped it all up with a fantastic summer party full of smiles and laughter. Here are some of our highlights from this week! English
- [18.07.25 - Year 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/18-07-25-year-1/) - The final week of Year 1! What a privilege it has been to teach your wonderful children this year. We know they will continue to thrive in Year 2! Thank you for all of your kind cards and gifts. Phonics In phonics this week we have tested the children on the amount of Year 1
- [A fantastic end to Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-fantastic-end-to-year-5/) - Hi all, We had a great fun week to finish year 5. The children thoroughly enjoyed the French cafe and fashion show. We ordered food, said what we were wearing and then enjoyed some party games in French! Finally, we have loved every minute this year. When trying to select the highlights of the year
- [Reception Sports Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-sports-day/) - Thank you to everyone who attended Sports Day last week and for your patience while we gather the hundreds of photos we took. Here are a selection of the best ones... The Reception Team
- [Outstanding Key Stage 2 Y6 SATs results](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/outstanding-key-stage-2-y6-sats-results/) - Our Y6 children have smashed their statutory SATs again! Last year, we were in the top 5% of schools for combined Greater Depth in Reading, Writing and Maths. This year, our writing was good but wasn't as strong as 2024; however, Greater Depth in Reading, Maths and Grammar was outstanding! Our average scaled scores were
- [Camp-Over 2025 is a hot one!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/camp-over-2025-is-a-hot-one/) - We had 80 families camping and about 750 on-site for last weekend's PTA Camp-Over. We think that the first was in 2014 and we missed a couple due to COVID, so this was probably our 10th event: the biggest and probably one of the best! We had a brilliant time in our water fight and
- [Malham](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/malham-2/) - Good evening, Photos from 5B's trip to Malham today can be found below. Thank you to all the parents who were able to offer their support on the trip today.
- [Year 6 11/7/2025 - The Final Countdown](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-11-7-2025-the-final-countdown/) - Another wonderful - and warm - week in Year 6. We kicked off our penultimate week in Year 6 getting our SATS results and were blown away by the utterly incredible scores. What a brilliant set of children we have! In the words of Mr Harris they are 'sensational' results and we are very proud
- [Nursery - 11.07.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-11-07-25/) - Phonics We have continued to look at 'i'. The children have really impressed us with their formation. Maths This week, the children have continued to look at the number 9. They have practised forming the numeral and represented it with lines, dots, and pictures. Sports Day It was so lovely to see all the children
- [The Penultimate Week Draws to a Close...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/the-penultimate-week-draws-to-a-close/) - Despite getting closer to the end of the year, we have all been hard at work and have managed to pack so much into a single week! The highlight was obviously sports day, where the children did their absolute best in spite of the heat and seemed to really enjoy themselves overall. Photographs from the
- [One week to go!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/one-week-to-go-2/) - Maths This week, Year 3 have moved on to a new unit on statistics. We began the week by working through tally charts and making comparisons. Children are already familiar with bar charts from our science and computing lessons, and they have enjoyed interpreting the data before moving on to create their own using a
- [Reception News - 11.7.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-11-7-25/) - Phonics This week the children have read 2 different books as part of our guided reading sessions. They have worked hard to re-read sentences to develop fluency and comprehension skills. Well done! Maths This week, the children have been doing lots of addition and subtraction work. The children are becoming more confident at answering calculations.
- [Malham](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/malham/) - Hi all, This week our main events were Sport's day and Malham. Here are some pictures from our fantastic (but hot) trip to Malham. 5B's photos will follow soon. Next Thursday, Year 5 will be having a French fashion show and party. Children will be allowed to wear their own clothes. A note will be
- [Year 1 - 11.07.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-11-07-25/) - Phonics In our phonics lessons this week we have practised reading and spelling the days of the week. English We have continued with our work on 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'. This week the children designed a basket to keep Mr Gringling's lunch safe. They had some fantastic ideas including mustard blasters and secret compartments. The
- [Year 2 News 11.7.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-11-7-25/) - Bee Books In English we are making our very own non-fiction books all about bees. We have been learning lots of facts and are becoming bee experts! We welcomed our Farfield beekeeper, Nicole, to school on Monday. She told us all about our Farfield bees and brought in a demonstration hive, tools and suits. Maths
- [Headteacher blog 11th July 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-11th-july-2025/) - What a lovely week we have had! We had three super sports days on Wednesday and towards the end of the week, Year 5 have had two glorious trips to Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, including some cooling splashing around in Gordale Scar. On Tuesday we got our Y6 SATs results. They are arguably the
- [Junior Sports Day 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/junior-sports-day-2025/) - We had an exciting Junior sports day this week with every child participating in their own way. A big crowd of parents and carers cheered them on and were treated to lots of close races and impressive performances. Well done to all the staff for great organisation and such a smooth, well-run event that kept
- [6J residential Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6d-residential-day-2-2/) - The children slept well (they might say they didn't) and didn't get up too early. The weather was gorgeous 'first thing' and has been ok, if a bit breezy, all day. The breeze may have helped reduce midges initially this evening. Each group has done two activities today. Groups 2 and 3 did canoeing this
- [Superb singers](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/superb-singers/) - The highlight of the week in Year 5 was when eight of our children took part in a music festival at Leeds Arena. They have been working hard, learning the songs and practising for weeks and the improvements they have made have been massive. After the performance, the singers in 5B gave a talk about
- [Nursery - 04.07.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-04-07-25/) - Phonics This week we introduced the sound and grapheme for 'i'. We talked about 'Isabelle the Incredible Inventor' and thought of things that begin with the 'i' sound. Maths We have started to look at the number 9. We read Puppy Number 9, which also looks at the colour white and rhombus shapes. We discussed
- [This Week in Year 4: Bananas, Music and Sports](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4-bananas-music-and-sports/) - English Year 4 had lots of fun writing thank you letters to the Cloud Tea Monkeys, not on paper, but on bananas! In our thank you letters, we had to practise using the present perfect tense (e.g. 'the empress has tasted the tea' or 'we have paid the doctor'). It was amazing how neatly some
- [6J residential Day 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6j-residential-day-3/) - Just a quick blog to finish the week... The children had their final activity this morning. Miss Jones' group went caving. I believe that almost all of them did the 'Cat's Crawl' which is very challenging. Most ended up in Eglin's Cave. Mr Harris' group and Mrs Du Preez's group did the via ferrata course.
- [Poems, PSHE & Preparing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poems-pshe-preparing/) - Maths In maths, we have continued with our learning of time, focusing on digital time and durations. Children read through several problems, using number lines to make jumps to the nearest hour and added on the additional minutes. We have also been working on changing time on a digital clock to match an analogue clock
- [Reception News - 4.7.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-4-7-25/) - Phonics This week, we are focusing on our letter formation and sounding out. The children have been learning about consonant clusters. They have done a super job at writing string, strong, street and three. The dictated sentence was I am strong. Maths This week we have been deepening the children’s understanding of number. We have
- [Year 1 - 04.07.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-04-07-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes oi/oy, air/ear/are, au/aw/or and silent letters. We have also continued to practise the Year 1 common exception words. Maths In maths we have looked at money. We have been recognising and naming coins and notes. We have also been adding coins together to find
- [2LA Skelton Grange](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/2la-skelton-grange-2/) - 2LA have had a great day out at Skelton Grange. The children explored the grounds to look for minibeasts in different habitats- the pond, woods and meadow. The children found so many interesting creatures and were very ‘hands on’! In the afternoon, they enjoyed playing in the woods doing different activities such as den building,
- [2BW - Skelton Grange](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/2bw-skelton-grange/) - 2BW had the most wonderful trip to Skelton Grange on Tuesday to find out all about different minibeasts and their habitats. We began the day by playing some games and answering some quiz questions before splitting into our three groups for the morning. We had lots of fun using nets to find different minibeasts in
- [6J residential Day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6j-residential-day-1-2/) - We are having a very good residential so far. We drove through rain but it held off as we climbed up to Coldstone Cut outside Pateley Bridge. We looked down into the quarry and reminded ourselves about the formation of the limestone 300 million years ago. We arrived at How Stean Gorge shortly after noon.
- [Year 6 Residential - 6D final day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential-6d-final-day/) - 6D finished their residential this morning by welcoming the rain as we got ready for our final session of activities. On the agenda: Mr Hemming and Group 1 were off caving and Mrs Dobkin and Groups 2 and 3 were going to try their hand at the via ferrata course. Group 1 caving This morning,
- [Year 6 Residential Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential-day-2/) - The children generally settled well last night—although there was a fair bit of late-night chatter in some lodges! That said, they were all up bright and early this morning, full of energy and ready to take on another action-packed day of adventure. Each group completed two activities today, rotating between abseiling and gorge scrambling, canoeing,
- [Let's Animate!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/lets-animate/) - Computing This week, the children have been hard at work creating their own stop motion projects. After spending some time reviewing their plans to make sure they had everything they needed, the children set up their webcams and were ready to begin. Each group was so focused on taking each individual picture, making sure to
- [Year 6 residential Day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential-day-1-2/) - We’ve had a fantastic first day on our Year 6 residential with 6D. The weather has been absolutely glorious—clear blue skies and sunshine all around. Very different from our Y5 residential! Despite the heat, we’ve been lucky that the shade of the gorge (and the occasional cave!) offers a cool and refreshing escape from the
- [Another week of Science in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-week-of-science-in-year-5/) - Hi all, This week in year 5 we have continued to learn about forces. In 5KH we made parachutes and designed a fair test to test the affect of changing one variable while keeping the others the same. Some children changed the size of the parachute, some changed the length of the strings and some
- [Another busy week in Year 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-busy-week-in-year-3/) - Maths In maths this week, children have continued with their learning of time, focusing on the minute intervals, hours in a day, and what this might look like during am and pm hours. Children were given several reasoning questions, which included times like 11:00, and had to discuss with their partners whether it was a.m.,
- [Reception News - 27.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-27-6-25/) - Phonics This week we have enjoyed shared reading with a partner. The children are doing a super job of listening to each other and re-reading their sentences. Please keep reading at home. Maths This week we have focused on deepening the children’s developing automaticity with number facts including knowing that whole amounts can be split
- [Nursery - 27.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-27-06-25/) - Phonics This week, we continued to explore the letter 'p'. The children impressed us with their grapheme hunting and formation. Maths The children have continued to look at the number 8. They have practised forming the numeral and have drawn representations of the number. Pirates After a child came to Nursery dressed as a pirate,
- [Year 2 News 27.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-27-06-25/) - English This week we have created some super diamante poems about minibeasts. We started the week collecting lots of nouns, verbs and adjectives about different minibeasts. We then used these to follow the diamante poem structure (below). We loved the children's finished poems. Spelling This week we have focussed on another spelling of the 'l'
- [Year 1 - 27.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-27-06-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phonemes / graphemes ie/igh/i-e, oo/ew/ue/u-e, ow/ou and er/ir/ur. We have also practised reading and spelling all of the year 1 common exception words. Maths In maths we have continued to look at numbers to 100. We started the week by finding one more and one less
- [Headteacher blog 26th June 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-26th-june-2025/) - It has been an exciting week at Farfield. Children from years 2, 4 and 6 have competed admirably at the John Charles Centre in the Pudsey Olympics and half of Y2 attended a skipping competition and came third overall. Class RP have had a wonderful visit to Stockeld Park - a great addition to our
- [Year 6 27.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-27-6-25/) - The School-O-Vision Song Contest Rehearsals continued this week, and the children are becoming more confident in their lines. We are on the hunt for costumes so please let us know if you have any of the following you'd be willing to lend us for rehearsals and the performance: * old ties* sunglasses (cheap ones!)* a
- [Two Sunny Trips to Burnsall!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/two-sunny-trips-to-burnsall/) - Both Year 4 classes had fantastic trips to Burnsall this week, made even better (if a little sweatier!) by the glorious sunshine. All children completed a 2-mile walk along the River Wharfe to the Hebden Suspension Bridge, which made for a fun and wobbly river crossing! On the walk we made a number of stops
- [Science forces](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/science-forces/) - Science Science this week has seen both classes start the new topic of Forces. Testing gravity. Was Aristotle or Galeleo right? Aristotle thought heavy things would fall faster. Galleleo thought the weight didn't matter. Objects would fall at the same speed, unless affected by air resistance. In Science we tested this by dropping the same
- [Week 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-3-2/) - Maths This week, Year 3 have been learning about time. We began the week recognising Roman numerals and identifying numbers on an analogue clock. Children then moved on to making the time in 5-minute intervals using the terms ‘past’ and ‘to’. This was challenging for classes, and we continued to work with our clocks, focusing
- [Reception News - 20.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-20-6-25/) - Phonics This week the children have looked at the ending ed as in helped. They have tried hard to write the words ripped, drop, cloak and sleep. The dictated sentence was 'I ripped my cloak'. They have also been composing and writing sentences in their Busy Bee books. They are working super hard to form
- [Year 2 News 20.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-20-06-25/) - English and Art We began our week with a bog baby hunt in our conservation area! We took some magic magnifying glasses to help our search. We were so lucky to ‘see’ some! We then made our bog babies from clay! For the rest of the week we have written some non-chronological reports about bog
- [Year 1 - 20.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-20-06-25/) - Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes ch, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, oa, oe, o-e, ow, a-e, ai, ay, ea, ee, e-e, and ey. The children have continued to practise reading and writing all of the Year 1 common exception words. English In English we have been writing a recount of our
- [Nursery - 20.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-20-06-25/) - Phonics The children are really impressing us during our Phase 2 phonics sessions. This week, we have introduced the phoneme and grapheme for 'p'. Maths We have reached number 8! The children get very excited when a new book is read to them. This week, Puppy Number 8 went on a visit to the park
- [New Deputy Head teacher/SENDCO for school](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-deputy-head-teacher-sendco-for-school/) - As you may know, Deputy Headteacher/SENDCo Dan Hemming has been successful in securing the headship at Cookridge Holy Trinity Primary School for September. Lucy Swindlehurst, the former SENDCo, has been working with us part time this year as she moves to a new career outside of education but in a related field. Lucy's last day
- [Headteacher Blog June 20th 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-june-20th-2025/) - It has been another glorious week at Farfield! The minibus wheels have been red hot: from a first Reception trip all the way over to Stockeld Park, to Y5s at Rawdon tennis club, our usual Wednesday swimming to Y4 classes on scorching trips to Burnsall in the Dales. Having access to minibuses gives us great
- [Year 6 20.6.2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-20-6-2025/) - History - Trip to Armley Mills This week Year 6 went on a trip to Armley Mills to learn a little more about what life was like during the Industrial Revolution. During the day, the children had a tour of the museum, a workshop linked to the life of children working in the mill and
- [Growing a garden in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/growing-a-garden-in-year-5/) - Hi all, We have had a fun week in Year 5 this week, completing lots of science and work on plant reproduction. We labelled and dissected flowers, learning about all the male and female parts. Next, we learned about asexual reproduction. We took cuttings of tomato plants, rosemary and started an experiment growing potatoes in
- [Ready, steady, paint!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ready-steady-paint/) - Maths This week, Year 3 have learned more about parallel and perpendicular lines, followed by a discussion of where and why they might be needed in real-life situations. Children used their understanding and identified more than one pair of lines and different pictures with reason. They ended the week by recognising 2D and 3D shapes.
- [Reception News - 13.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-13-6-25/) - Phonics This week, the children have worked hard during 'paired reading' with a partner. They have practised reading two different books and are trying hard to re-read sentences for fluency. Please keep reading at home too. The children have also practised using their robot arms to sound out and spell words. They are trying hard
- [Year 1 - 13.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-13-06-25/) - Rodley Nature Reserve The highlight of our week has been our trip to Rodley Nature Reserve. Both classes had a wonderful day and it was fantastic to see the children so engaged and enthusiastic in all of the activities. We started the day with a nature walk around the reserve. We spent time in the
- [Year 2 News 13.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-13-6-25/) - English A letter arrived in this week's post addressed to Year 2 all the way from Leeds University. Professor Bigbrain had found an unusual creature with small wings and a spiky tail and wondered what it could be. Of course, we knew it was a bog baby! We created a plan of things the professor
- [Nursery - 13.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-13-06-25/) - Phonics This week, we have started to look at the grapheme for the letter 't'. We practised saying the sound and blending sounds for words beginning with 't.' We also read a sentence that uses alliteration and the rhyme for 't'. Maths We have continued to look at the number 7. This week, we practised
- [Year 6  - 13.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-13-6-25/) - Summer term continues to pick up the pace and this week Year 6 have been completing their incredible writing. Over the last few weeks we have written stories with well-integrated dialogue and postcards from jail written by fairy tale characters. The lead moderator for Leeds came in this week to meet with us and discuss
- [Headteacher's blog 13/6/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-13-6-25/) - It has been a glorious week at school! Year 1 classes have enjoyed a typically fabulous day at Rodley Nature Reserve with their wonderful volunteers, and 4L are off to Leeds city centre today for geography fieldwork before visiting Burnsall in the Dales later this month as a contrasting locality. On Monday, a Reception class
- [Reception News - 6.6.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-6-6-25/) - Wow – we can’t believe we are in the last half term of Reception! Phonics We have continued to revise the phase 2 and phase 3 phonemes ready for Year 1. Please keep practising them at home. Maths We began the week by investigating capacity. The children used the language ‘full’, ’empty’, ‘half full’ and
- [](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/51416-2/) - Good evening, Firstly, happy Eid to all those celebrating today. The first week back has flown. We started by chatting about the holidays and memories of the residential (which seems an age ago). Then, straight on to Maths. Maths This week, we have been looking at coordinates and translating points and shapes. The most important
- [06/06/27](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/06-06-27/) - What a week it's been!The children have been hard at work crafting imaginative narratives all about Rock, Paper, and Scissors. They've put tremendous effort into describing rich characters, vivid settings, and building a captivating atmosphere. Their writing has been truly beautiful—full of creativity and detail—and really draws the reader into their stories. Well done to
- [Authors, angles & armour!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/authors-angles-armour/) - It's been a wet but wonderful week, and the children have enjoyed getting back into learning! We've been performing in music, researching history, problem-solving in maths, and, of course, having lots of fun! Maths 3B have been learning about different types of angles and enjoyed identifying examples of acute, right, and obtuse angles. Children worked
- [Year 1 - 06.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-06-06-25/) - Author Assembly We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Jenny York on Tuesday and had lots of laughs ‘meeting’ her characters Sugar and Blaze amongst others. If you want to read ‘Walk the Plank’, please feel free to download your free copy of this. https://jennyyork.com/free-ebook/ Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes au, aw, ue, and ew. We
- [First Week Back](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/first-week-back/) - We've had a busy start to our final half term in Year 4! English We have started to explore our new class text, Cloud Tea Monkeys, making predictions about what the story will be about and picking out descriptive language to help us make pastel pictures of the setting. 4L had an exciting lesson finding
- [Year 2 News 6.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-6-06-25/) - Author Visit We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Jenny York on Tuesday and had lots of laughs 'meeting' her characters Sugar and Blaze amongst others. If you want to read 'Walk the Plank', please feel free to download your free copy of this. https://jennyyork.com/free-ebook/ English In English this week we read our new class text called 'The
- [Nursery - 06.06.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-06-06-25/) - Phonics This week we have continued to look at the letter 'a'. We have practised forming the grapheme with our fingers and then on paper. We also used letter grids to spot the grapheme. Maths We have started to look at the number 7. We read Pupper Number 7 and discussed the colour orange and
- [Headteacher blog 6/6/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-6-6-25/) - The summer term is the best term, although it has been cooler and wetter than normal this week. Nevertheless, we have had another great week. There are so many trips and visitors this half term: we had author Jenny York on Wednesday and 4SN went on a visit to Leeds City Centre as part of
- [Year 4: Worm Hunters](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-worm-hunters/) - Despite coming ever closer to the end of the year, the children of Year 4 have been hard at work and have definitely earned the upcoming break! Maths In maths, we have been finishing our work on decimals by exploring how to round decimals to the nearest whole number. After spending some time revisiting the
- [5B residential - final day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5b-residential-final-day/) - There are only a few photos today, mainly of the walk to the Ribblehead viaduct and then on to the river study, although the sandwich making skills deserved a few pics! This morning, we headed out in two groups to walk from either end of a route from the viaduct to Chapel-le-dale. From the western
- [Year 3 Weekly Blog – Volcanoes, Leaves and a Lot of Sewing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-weekly-blog-volcanoes-leaves-and-a-lot-of-sewing/) - EnglishWe've continued our exciting newspaper unit, this time putting ourselves in the shoes of Roman reporters on the day Mount Vesuvius erupted! After planning the layout, we worked in pairs to write our own newspaper articles. We worked hard to include headlines, paragraphs and dramatic witness statements like "The volcano just exploded in front of
- [Reception News - 23.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-23-5-25/) - Phonics The children have enjoyed 'paired reading' this week. They shared a book with a friend and did some super re-reading after decoding each sentence. We have been updating our phonics assessments. The children have impressed us with their phonic knowledge. Please keep practising the flashcards and playing on Fast Phonics. Phonics Play is another great
- [Year 1 - 23.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-23-05-25/) - Phonics In phonics we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes air, ear, ure, aw/ au/ or and oi/oy. We have also looked at reading and writing compound words. We have continued to practise reading and spelling all of the Year 1 tricky words. The Year 1 Phonic Screening Check is due to take place week commencing
- [Year 2 News 23.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-23-5-25/) - English We packed our bags and journeyed to the moon in our English lessons this week! We acted out the different things we could do on the moon such as collecting rock samples, hopping around and planting a flag and discussed how we felt at different points in our adventure. We then created a storyboard
- [Nursery - 23.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-23-05-25/) - Phonics This week, we have introduced a new phoneme (sound) and grapheme (letter shape). The sound we looked at is 'a'. We will continue to look at this letter after the holidays. Maths We have continued to look at the number 6. The children have practised forming the numeral and represented it. Fruit tasting This
- [23/5/25  Happy half term](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/23-5-25-happy-half-term/) - Well done to all of Year 6 for reaching the shortest but busiest half term of the year. We are very proud of all you hard work and you have earned a well-deserved rest. Writing This week, we’ve been hard at work – crafting one descriptive scene and a complaint for TripAdvisor. We focused on
- [Headteacher blog 23/5/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-23-5-25/) - We come to the end of what may have been the sunniest and driest half term in the history of formal education! It has been lovely to make the most of this weather at playtime, lunchtimes and on a wide range of trips. It was especially helpful to have the great weather this week as
- [5B residential - Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5b-residential-day-2/) - Caving was the best thing ever - Clara I liked climbing in the caves - Frank I loved biking down the hill - Evie I liked caving because I enjoyed looking at the pretty rocks - Layla I loved biking as there were so many turns - Maisie Caving was amazing - Lewis These are
- [5B residential - Day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5b-residential-day-1/) - Good evening (or more probably good morning when you are reading this), We have had an absolutely packed day today. We left school this morning just before 10am and arrived at Gearstones at 12:30pm after a very enjoyable train journey. Following lunch at the lodge, we drove the 20 minutes to the Ingleton Waterfall Trail.
- [5KH residential Day 2 evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5kh-residential-day-2-evening/) - In the evening, after some recreation time, half the children visited the church graveyard and viaduct (no photos), whilst the other half did the night walk. The night walk session begins with a map reading lesson: orientation, contours, symbols and six-figure coordinates. The children did well with this and Zach excelled - knowing that a
- [5KH residential Day 2: Caving and Mountain Biking](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5kh-residential-day-2-caving-and-mountain-biking/) - What a day we have had! The children have been absolutely fantastic all day! We have a new caving instructor called Sean this year. We have done the same Long Churn Cave above Selside. It is a bit of a trek to get up there, especially in a hot day in full caving gear, but
- [5KH Residential evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5kh-residential-evening/) - This group are just so quick: everything is over 15-20 earlier than schedule! Can they do this tomorrow too caving and cycling? The night walk group practised 6 figure grid references and orientating their maps to line up with observable features. The children did some good map reading and we didn't get lost! We did
- [Year 5 Residential 2025 5KH Day 1 so far](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-residential-2025-5kh-day-1-so-far/) - 5KH have been a fantastic group to take away so far! Everything has gone according to plan so far, typically a few minutes ahead of schedule as they are so quick. After arriving at the lodge, having lunch and making our beds, we headed off to Ingleton Waterfall walk. Mr Harris was impressed by the
- [Ready for residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ready-for-residential/) - Good evening, The last full week in school for both classes has been busy as usual. All the bedding has been brought into school and will be transported up to Gearstones this weekend. Everyone's cases and bags containing clothes will go up on Monday, along with 5KH on the mini buses. The weather forecast for
- [Invertebrate Investigators!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/invertebrate-investigators-2/) - It's been another great week in Year 4! Science In science this week we learnt about some of the different groups of invertebrates before going on an invertebrate hunt! We used the pooters to carefully collect creatures that we found so that we could study them more closely. We then released the animals back into
- [Nursery - 16.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-16-05-25/) - Phonics This week, we have continued to look at the grapheme (letter shape) for 's'. The children practised forming the grapheme and had a go at spotting the grapheme on a grid. We are so impressed with the children and how well they are all learning. Maths This week we have looked at the number
- [Reception News - 16.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-16-5-25/) - Phonics This week we have had a go at writing the words buses, bug, lunch and charm. We also practised saying and writing the sentence Look at the little bug. The tricky word was do. Reading at home Please keep hearing your child read and write a comment in their reading record. By the end
- [Year 6 16.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-16-5-25/) - CONGRATULATIONS to our AMAZING Year 6 students on a job well done this week! The SATS exams came and went in a flash, and we are so proud of your children for their resilience and positivity. We heard comments such as 'I thought these exams would be hard, but they weren't at ALL' which just
- [Year 3 -Powerful writing and erupting volcanoes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-powerful-writing-and-erupting-volcanoes/) - English This week we explored direct speech - using speech bubbles to demonstrate what people might have thought or said when mount Vesuvius erupted. We then learnt how to punctuate direct speech for our newspaper reports. We “popped” thought bubbles and turned them into quotes, carefully using inverted commas (speech marks), synonyms for 'said' and
- [Year 1 - 16.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-16-05-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we revised split digraphs, g says j, c says s and silent letters. We have also been practising reading and writing all of the tricky words we have learnt so far. English In English we read The Three Billy Goats Gruff and acted out the story. The children then planned
- [Year 2 News 16.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-2/) - English At the start of the week, we wrote explanation texts to show how objects in the 1960s were different to today. The children were able to organise their writing into clear paragraphs with subheadings. We then read a new text called, 'The Sea of Tranquility'. We enjoyed making predictions from the front cover and
- [Headteacher blog 14th May 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-14th-may-2025/) - It has been such a busy week at school! On Tuesday we had our Nursery Open Evening and we did the same for our new Reception cohort on Thursday. Both meetings were busy and positive: excited and engaged 3 and 4-year-olds exploring new environments with parents and carers wanting the best for their young children.
- [Year 5 this week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-this-week/) - Good morning parents and carers, This week in year five we have continued to complete lots of geography lessons in preparation for residential. We learnt about the water cycle and waterfalls. This week 5KH learnt about the water cycle. Here are some photos of us creating water cycles in a bag. We enjoyed learning about
- [Adverts, Decimals and Maps!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/adverts-decimals-and-maps/) - We have had anther busy week in Year 4 and as usual the children have been hard at work developing their learning. Maths In our Maths lessons, we have been exploring the idea of tenths and hundredths as decimals. It took a litle bit of time to get our heads around how we could transfer
- [Year 3: What a Week – From Roman Tribes to Harlow Carr](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-what-a-week-from-roman-tribes-to-harlow-carr/) - Although the sunshine has been a little more temperamental this week, we’ve still had plenty of fun and learning packed in! Both classes have continued to build on their skills across all subjects, with lots of creativity, debate, and new discoveries. Trip to Harlow Carr3CW have just returned from their trip to Harlow Carr, and
- [Year 6 09.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-09-05-25/) - It's SATS time! We are ready and raring to go and know that Year 6 will be BRILLIANT next week. Breakfast club will run Monday - Thursday from 8:15 in the hall. Here is a copy of a letter we have sent home with children this afternoon Letter to children 2025Download NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEKEND
- [Reception News - 9.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-9-5-25/) - Phonics This week we have had a go at writing the words beard, food, duck and vest. We also practised saying and writing the sentence I fed some ducks. The tricky word is there. Maths We have been consolidating the children’s understanding of the composition of 5. We then moved onto the composition of 6,7,8
- [Year 1 - 09.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-09-05-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the alternative phonemes / graphemes oa/oe/ow/o-e, oo/ew/ue/u-e and er/ur/ir. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words would and could. English In English, we have continued with our work on The Gingerbread Man. This week we have focussed on retelling the story. The children thought hard about
- [Year 2 News 9.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-9-5-25/) - English This week in our English lessons we have been building up the skills needed to write an explanation text. We looked at a range of artefacts from the 1960s and discussed what they were used for and how they worked. We had a go at writing captions to match photographs. We then moved on
- [Nursery - 09.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-09-05-25/) - Phonics We started to look at the phoneme and grapheme for 's'. I orally blended some words beginning with 's', e.g s-a-t, before introducing the new letter and the rhyme that goes with it. We have also had a go at using our bodies for percussion when saying the rhyme, 'Sid the silly snake.' Maths
- [Headteacher blog 9th May 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-9th-may-2025/) - It's been another great, sunny week but we do need some rain. I have been showing a lot of candidates for our deputy head/SENDCo around the school this week and I am looking forward to shortlisting from a strong field later today. We should have a season ticket at Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate! For
- [Year 3 - Hot Days and Harlow Carr!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-hot-days-and-harlow-carr/) - What a scorcher! It’s been hot and sunny all week, and while the sunshine has definitely lifted everyone’s spirits, it has also been important to stay sun-safe. We've made the most of the weather by taking some of our learning outside when possible – 3CW enjoyed reading their science books in the shade on Thursday,
- [Preparing for residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/preparing-for-residential/) - Good evening, This week, both classes have been busy brushing up on their cycling skills. Initially, the children went out on the playground and surrounding playing fields to gain some confidence. Then today, 5B have been to Otley Chevin and have riden through the woods. This is more challenging as the ground is more uneven
- [A sunny week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-sunny-week/) - What a lovely, sunny week it has been! Here are some of the things Year 4 have been getting up to: Maths In maths we have started our work on decimals. We have been writing tenths as fractions and decimals, using place value charts and number lines to represent decimals, and using our understanding of
- [Reception News - 2.5.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-2-5-25/) - Phonics This week we have continued to revise our phase 3 phonemes. We have had a go at writing the words sweets, hot, snail and twins. We also practised saying and writing the sentence We were hot. The children are trying hard to remember to leave finger spaces between words. Maths The children have continued
- [Year 1 - 02.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-02-05-25/) - The Gingerbread Man We started the week by enjoying the traditional tale 'The Gingerbread Man'. We used the reading dogs to answer some questions about the text. We enjoyed the story so much that we decided to bake our very own gingerbread men! We baked an extra special class gingerbread man but when we returned
- [Year 2 News- 02/05/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-02-05-25/) - English The children have been writing their own versions of 'The Tiger who Came to Tea' this week and have done a fantastic job. We began by making a plan for our story by drawing our ideas onto a story mountain. This then helped us to write coherent stories with a clear beginning, middle and
- [02.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/02-05-25/) - What a beautiful week it has been at Farsley Farfield - the sun has shone and the children have loved being outdoors in the warm weather. With only 4 more school days to go until our SATs, we have been working hard on revision for our SPaG, Maths and Reading papers. As a reminder, the
- [Nursery - 02.05.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-02-05-25/) - Phonics This week, we have been playing a phonics bingo game. The adults orally sounded out words for the children to match with images within a grid. The children needed to hear and blend the sounds to know which word/picture they needed to find. We are all very impressed with how well they all did.
- [Headteacher blog 2/5/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-2-5-25/) - It has been a GLORIOUS week at Farfield, with everyone's spirits lifted even higher by the non-stop sunshine and warmer weather. It has been a great week for 3B's trip to Harlow Carr gardens, Reception children visiting Farsley and lots of mountain biking - on the grounds and at The Chevin - for Year 5.
- [Welcome back Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-year-5/) - Hi all, It's been a short but busy week in Year 5. 5KH finished off sewing our rainforest animals. Rivers and Rocks Our new topic in geography is rivers and rocks and this week we learnt about the three main types of rock: sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. We learnt about how each is formed and
- [Year 3 Weekly Blog – a start to exploring Pompeii](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-weekly-blog-a-start-to-exploring-pompeii/) - It’s been a shorter week for the children with the bank holiday Monday and a training day on Tuesday – but we've packed plenty of learning into the days we've had! This week, we began diving into our exciting new topic: Pompeii. In guided reading, we’ve already read the book Escape from Pompeii, a gripping
- [A New Term Begins!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-new-term-begins/) - Despite only having a three day week, the children have been hard at work with their learning. In Maths, we have been finishing our work on fractions, focusing specifically on how to add and subtract fractions with the same denominator. Next week, we will start exploring the concept of decimals and I am certain that
- [Reception News - 25.4.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-25-4-25/) - Wow – we can’t believe we are in the last term of Reception! We have lots of fun activities planned, including our trip to Harlow Carr in May and Stockeld Park in June. Phonics This week we have revised phase 3 phonemes. We have also written the words bus, fan and left by matching them
- [End of term!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/end-of-term/) - Maths This week, 3CW have learned more about equivalences on a number line and recognising what this looks like as a bar model. Children compared different number lines and found equivalences. They then went on to explore bar models as another method for exploring equivalent fractions. Children compared models of equal length. Towards the end
- [Nursery - 25.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-25-04-25/) - It has been a short week, so we have had less formal input, especially for the children who are not full-time. Most of the learning will carry forward to next week. Peace at Last This term, our book is Peace at Last. We have read the story once and will continue looking at it over
- [Year 1 - 25.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-25-04-25/) - We have had a fantastic first few days of the new term. The children have came back to school ready to learn and we've had fun starting some new, exciting topics. Phonics We have started to revise and practise all of the phonemes / graphemes we have learnt this year again. This week we have
- [Farfield boy wins bronze at Rio Olympics!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-boy-wins-bronze-at-rio-olympics/) - Brilliant! Farfield boy Nile Wilson has won Britain's first ever medal in the high bar gymnastics. We are SO proud of you Nile! Well done! http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/37102021
- [Year 2 News 25.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-25-04-25/) - Welcome back Year 2. It has been a busy few days and children have come back after the holidays with lots of enthusiasm for learning. Please read the April Newsletter for information about what is happening in Year 2 this half term. English The week we read the story 'The Tiger who came to Tea'.
- [Year 6 25.4.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-25-4-25/) - Welcome back to everyone! We were happy to see smiling faces on Wednesday as we started our very busy summer term. Please do keep an eye on this blog over the coming weeks as lots of information will be going out about residential, end of year arrangements, productions and more! Maths This week we have
- [Headteacher blog 25th April 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-25th-april-2025/) - We have had an excellent first week back after the Easter break. On Tuesday, the teachers had a second training day on Metacognition: ways of thinking and remembering. One of the things we looked at was the number of times we might need to revisit things - to repeat things - before learning is properly
- [Farm Club November 4th 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farm-club-november-4th-2024/)
- [Farm Club 18th November](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farm-club-18th-november/)
- [A musical week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-musical-week/) - Our highlight in Year 4 this week was definitely making our musical instruments in D.T. The children did fantastically well, showing amazing independence, focus and team-work. They used tools sensibly and applied their scientific knowledge when thinking about how to construct and play their instruments. Well done Year 4! A big thank you to everyone
- [Happy Easter](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-easter/) - Good evening, The sunny weather has arrived just at the right time. English In English this week, we have been completing and editing our own versions of the ending to The Explorer. Editing work is a difficult skill but is very important, especially when looking for missing capital letters and full stops. Maths Our area
- [Year 1 - 04.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-04-04-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have completed a phonics assessment with all of the children. Most of the children have made lots of pleasing progress. Please continue to read with your child at least 4 times a week and write in their reading record that you have done so. We have taught all of
- [Reception News - 4.4.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-4-4-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the phonemes ai, ee, igh and oa. The tricky word is have. Please keep reading at home over the next few weeks! Maths This week, the children have used practical contexts to sort objects according to different criteria. They were encouraged to notice different attributes in groups of objects
- [Year 6 04.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-04-04-25/) - English This week Year 6 have completed their English work on the circulatory system. These incredible explanation texts have taken time and effort and we are really proud of them. The children chose to aim their writing at younger children - see if you can spot some character voices and some brilliant(ly bad) 'punny' jokes.
- [Nursery - 04.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-04-04-25/) - Phonics This week, we introduced a matching game. The children understood rhyme well and were able to match the cards correctly. Maths The children have been working on their subitising skills this week. We have used different pictorial representations to represent various numbers and also dot plates with different patterns. The children are quite good
- [Year 2 News 4.04.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-4-04-25/) - English This week in English we have been reading, performing and writing poems about African animals. We have talked about patterns, alliteration and rhyme. Spelling This week we have been learning how to spell contractions such as don't, can't, I'm, shouldn't, they're. Children can still bring in their completed spelling homework sheets for a dojo
- [Headteacher blog 4th April 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-4th-april-2025/) - It has been a glorious, sunny week: a wonderful end to a very successful term. Our Muslim families spent a day or two celebrating Eid at the start of the week and school felt quiet without about 30% of our population. We were back to our bustling best by mid-week. We had two very positive
- [Nursery - 28.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-28-03-25/) - Phonics During our phonics sessions, we played a sorting game. We had lots of items that we needed to sort depending on whether they rhymed. The children are getting quite good. Maths We have continued to look at the number 4. This week, we coloured Puppy Number 4 and his kennel and practised forming the
- [2LA Yorkshire Wildlife Park](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/2la-yorkshire-wildlife-park/) - 2LA had a brilliant day out at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We saw lots of incredible animals, took part in a workshop about different world habitats, had a sunny picnic and a play in the adventure playground. Here are a few pictures of our amazing day!
- [Sweet Treat at the End of the Week.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sweet-treat-at-the-end-of-the-week/) - English In English, we have been working on writing interesting paragraphs that include a variety of sentence types. These are description, action and dialogue sentences, and the author of the Explorer, Katherine Rundell, uses these to good effect in her novels. We based our writing this week on the video Catch It. As it doesn't
- [This Week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4-3/) - We've had a lovely sunny week in Year 4! It's been great to see the children enjoying the fields at playtime: we have some very impressive Year 4 dens at the moment, with lots of creative play and team work. Beastlands On Tuesday, we were lucky to have author Jess French talking to us about
- [Reception News - 21.3.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-21-3-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the phonemes ur, ow, oi, ear. Our tricky word is said. Maths This week, the children have consolidated their understanding of the composition of numbers by investigating the numbers within 7. Composing and de-composing numbers involves the children investigating part–part–whole relations, e.g. seeing that 7 can be made of
- [Year 1 - 21.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-21-03-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have looked at the alternative graphemes oe/oa/o-e/ow, oo/ew/ue/u-e, aw/au/or and er/ir/ur. We have also practised reading and writing the tricky words Mr and Mrs. Well done to all of the children who were a Phonic Detective this week! English In English we have continued with our senses booklets. We
- [Authors, bodies and new beasts!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/authors-bodies-and-new-beasts/) - Maths This week, 3CW have been comparing non unit fractions and looking at the value of a whole. Some questions were challenging since children to figure out fractions in between using more than one and = symbol. 3B have recapped their understanding of a fraction and used this to label several number lines
- [Nursery - 21.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-21-03-25/) - Phonics During our phonics sessions, we have continued to read rhyming stories. The children are becoming very good at spotting the rhyming words. We have also played rhyming games. Maths We have started to look at the number 4. We read the 'Puppy Number 4' book which also looks at squares and the colour pink.
- [Year 2 News 21.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-21-03-25/) - English This week in our English lessons, we have been focussing on non-fiction writing. We began by grouping sentences together based on a topic and chose appropriate subheadings to go with each paragraph. We then had a go at writing some of our own sentences that linked to a given topic sentence. Using fact files
- [21/03/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/21-03-25/) - Maths This week we have been working hard on statistics and reading and interpreting many different types of graphs. The children had excellent prior knowledge and were able to apply these skills to a range of problems and activities. One of the activities even required us to have a go at drawing our own line/bar
- [Headteacher blog 21st March 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-21st-march-2025/) - It has been a super week at school with a bit of sunshine and warmth to raise spirits. This week our school was turned into a TV studio for two live-stream assemblies for Network Rail around railway safety. Nearly 170,000 children across the country were logged in to watch the professionally-produced assemblies, with 6D and
- [Farfield hosts live-streamed assemblies to tens of thousands](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-hosts-live-streamed-assemblies-to-tens-of-thousands/) - This week our school was turned into a TV studio for two live-stream assemblies for Network Rail around railway safety. Nearly 170,000 children across the country were logged in to watch the professionally-produced assemblies, with 6D and then 2BW as the audience and participants. The assemblies had good safety messages but were also a positive
- [Seriously Science-y Sessions!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/seriously-science-y-sessions/) - The children of Year 4 have been working fantastically well this week, developing their understanding of diaries, perimeter and much more. However, we have had a particular focus on science this week - mostly because we had a visit from the wonderful 'Sam the Sound Man'. In our science lessons this week, the children explored
- [A busy week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-3/) - This week, 3CW enjoyed learning about perimeter and what this means, and applied this knowledge when measuring different shapes. The children found some parts challenging since they had to convert measurements using various units of measure, which threw them! 3B have continued their work on fractions focusing on comparing fractions using and =. Children
- [Reception News - 14.3.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-14-3-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised phonemes/ graphemes oo as in book and oo as in food, ar and or. Can your child find these graphemes in a book? The tricky word is one. Maths We have been doing lots of counting this week. A key focus has been to consolidate the ‘stable order principle’
- [Year 1 - 14.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-14-03-25/) - Phonics In phonics we have revised split digraphs and the alternative sounds ai/ay/a-e, ee/ea/e-e and ie/igh/i-e. The children have enjoyed spotting the sounds on our phonics detectives sheets. Have they taught you how to be a phonics detective yet? English In English we have continued our topic on the body. The children have started writing
- [14.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/14-03-24/) - We have had another busy week in Y6 and have been working hard on all of our skills. Science This week we have started our new topic on the circulatory system and how our heart works. It is a really interesting topic and the children have been very engaged with the learning. As part of
- [Year 2 News 14.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-14-03-25/) - English This week the children have retold one of the Tingatinga tales. This is a great way for young children to practise writing stories as they already know the key events and language. We focussed on moving the story along using time adverbials and adding detail and description to entertain the reader. Next week we
- [Nursery - 14.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-14-03-25/) - Phonics This week, we have been looking at rhyme. We read some books and picked out the rhyming words to repeat together. We also had a go at thinking of our own rhyming words. Some children still find rhyming difficult. Maybe you can practice rhyming at home too. Maths During our maths sessions, we have
- [Headteacher's blog 14th March 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-14th-march-2025/) - This week, I think I have taught in class more than I have for many years: covering a teacher absence in Y6 as well as my small regular teaching commitment. I have enjoyed it and it is a good reminder of the demands of the job - the last time I had full-time responsibility for
- [World Book Day 'Read Aloud Your Way' Competition winners](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-read-aloud-your-way-competition-winners/) - We had over 150 entries into our video competition, showcasing brilliant reading and story-telling from Nursery up to Year 6. Class 6D, in particular, did really well in terms of entries. Thank you for all the entries: the standard was very high and we were delighted with the quality of the reading. There were lots
- [Books, buddies and bright weather!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/books-buddies-and-bright-weather/) - It has been a bright and brilliant week, uplifting everyone's mood! The children have loved playing outside and having lots of fun! Maths 3CW have been working on adding and subtracting measurements using metres, centimetres and millimetres. This was quite challenging as children had to convert measurements first before moving onto adding the numbers together.
- [World Book Day in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-in-year-4/) - We had a fantastic time celebrating World Book Day in Year 4! First, we would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who entered one of our World Book Day competitions. The effort that went into all the photos and videos was amazing and it was such a joy to share the children's
- [Every good story has a happy ending.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/every-good-story-has-a-happy-ending/) - Another busy week has come and gone. 5B had a very welcome visitor this week when Mr Kenvyn and baby Margot popped in to say hello. Whilst in class, she brushed up on her "adding expression" skills by reading a chapter this half term's book, The Explorer, to the class. World Book Day The day,
- [Year 1 - 07.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-07-03-25/) - World Book Day The highlight of our week has been World Book Day! We started the day with a fantastic assembly. Truman Books came to visit us to show us all of the books that we can get with our World Book Day vouchers - there are some brilliant books to choose from! We also
- [Reception News - 7.3.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-7-3-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes ai, ee, igh and oa. The tricky word is some. Can your child think of a sentence with this word in? Maths The children have enjoyed investigating mass this week. They have learnt how to use scales and had fun weighing lots of objects. They have
- [07/03/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/07-03-25/) - English This week we have really been focusing on our vocabulary in English. We worked hard as a class to produce a 'word waiter' to help us further develop our descriptive writing. As a class, we worked together to gather vocabulary for adverbs, adjectives of colour, abstract nouns and propositions. We then used these to
- [Year 2 News 7.3.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-7-3-25/) - It's been another busy week in Year 2 this week and we have particularly enjoyed learning how to skip and celebrating all things reading! World Book Day On World Book day this year, we enjoyed 4 different sessions in all the KS1 classes. Mrs Tomlinson read a book called 'I like Myself', Mrs Broadhead read
- [Nursery - 07.03.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-07-03-25/) - Phonics This week we continued to practise listening to sounds and passing them around the circle. I am pleased to report that we were much better this week. Maths We continued to look at the number 3. We collected 3 items and had a go at matching and colouring the correct puppy to match with
- [Headteacher blog 7/3/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-7-3-25/) - It has been such a good week! Dry weather and sunshine makes such a difference and it is great to see the children enjoying themselves across the whole school grounds at break times. This week has been dominated by World Book Day. Reception had a very successful bedtime reading event on Wednesday evening. The assemblies
- [Year 5 this week and next!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-this-week-and-next/) - Good afternoon all, This week the children in 5KH have created an excellent performance in music with Ms Howells. We have finished our unit of work on fractions. Here are some videos if the children would like to recap ready to do their homework. In Science the children enjoyed, planning how to, and then actually
- [Super Skippers, Impressive Investigators and Vicious Vikings!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/super-skippers-impressive-investigators-and-vicious-vikings/) - This week has been absolutely jam-packed with activites that we in Year4 just can't wait to share with you! The biggest event of this week was, of course, the Skipping Festival. After a half-term of practise, we had the unenviable job of choosing just thirty children to take part in the event and though the
- [Year 1 - 28.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-28-02-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have looked at silent letters. We learnt that if a 'k' or a 'g' comes before an 'n' in a word then the 'k' or 'g' is silent. Like in the words knight and gnome. The children have practised reading and spelling words with silent letters in. We moved
- [Welcome back!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-5/) - It’s been a fantastic week with new learning and brighter weather. The children have loved playing in the winter sun for a change! Maths This week, Year 3 continued with length and perimeter. 3CW has been working out different lengths using different units of measure: millimetres, centimetres, and metres. Using their understanding, they then compared
- [Reception News - 28.2.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-28-2-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the phonemes/ graphemes for ch, sh, th and ng. The tricky word is her. We have learnt these tricky word so far. Can your child read them all? Maths This week the children have been comparing amounts of objects. They have been using the language of ‘more than’, ‘fewer
- [Nursery - 28.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-28-02-25/) - Farmer Duck It is the start of a new term, which means a new focus book. This term, we are looking at Farmer Duck. The children listened well and have already started to join in with the repeated words. We might add some actions next week. Phonics This week we have been listening and following
- [Year 2 News 28.2.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-28-2-25/) - We have had a wonderful first week back after the holidays and have been busy learning about lots of new topics! English This week in our English lessons we have been looking at the Tinga Tinga tale 'Why Elephant Has a Trunk' inspired by Rudyard Kipling's 'Just So' stories. We began by watching the story
- [Year 6 28.2.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-28-2-25/) - We have had a lovely first week back with the children raring to go and producing some excellent work. English We were introduced to our new text for the next few weeks: The Highwayman. Both classes put on their acting shoes and had a go at freeze framing some of the stanzas after looking in
- [Headteacher blog 28th February 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-28th-february-2025/) - It has been a very positive first week back after half term: improving weather along with refreshed children and staff. We have had a busy week: with twilight training on a new phonics scheme as well as a governors meeting and a Schools Forum. Our Y4s did well at a city-wide skipping competition, our U11
- [Love is in the Air](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/love-is-in-the-air/) - The last few weeks seem to have flown by and the cold weather of January has been replaced by... the cold weather of February. Surely, spring cannot be far away. English The final week of the half term has seen the classes perform scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. The script have been written and
- [Year 1 - 14.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-14-02-25/) - Phonics We spent our phonics time this week completing a practice phonics screening check with the children. This was to see how the children would do and where they might need support. A pack with real and alien words went home after our phonics meeting in the Autumn Term. Please practice reading these words with
- [Year 4 News](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-news/) - We've come to the end of a half term filled with skipping, dragons, Anglo-Saxons, digestion, multiplication, Mamma-Mia and much more! The Digestive System With the excitement of our trips to Murton Park last week, we didn't get round to sharing these pictures of our very fun, slightly disgusting science investigation all about how the human
- [Measuring, Missions, and Mummified Tomatoes!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/measuring-missions-and-mummified-tomatoes/) - Hello Year 3 families, We've had a fantastic week full of exciting learning across different subjects, even though we're all feeling a bit tired after a long half-term! The weather hasn’t been the best, but we've stayed engaged and made the most of our lessons. History This week, we explored the fascinating world of Ancient
- [Reception News - 14.2.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-14-2-25/) - Phonics This week we have revised the phonemes y, z, zz, and qu. Our new tricky words are are and all. Please keep practising reading and writing the tricky words. Maths We have had lots of fun with 3D shapes this week. The children have enjoyed learning their names and their properties. What facts can
- [Nursery - 14.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-14-02-25/) - Phonics We have been thinking about sounds we would hear in different places this week. We looked at some pictures to give us clues and then created sounds to go with the pictures—for example, a train noise at a train station. Maths We have represented the number 2 by forming the numeral and drawing two
- [Year 2 News 14.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-14-02-25/) - English The children have really impressed us this week with their super diary writing. We completed some activities to practise writing in the first person at the start of the week. Then we planned our diary entries by thinking about what Florence would have seen, heard and smelt when she arrived at Scutari hospital. The
- [Year 6 14.2.25- Happy Half Term](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-14-2-25-happy-half-term/) - Trip to the Royal Armouries We had two fantastic visits this week to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Children were put through their paces by Corporal Gibbs and taught how to march and hold their rifles to attention! Then it was off to the medical unit to work with Nurse Goodwin who taught the
- [Headteacher's Blog 14/2/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-14-2-25/) - Happy Valentine's Day! We have had some staff absence this week so I have taught a bit more than usual. I had a particularly delightful time teaching computer coding and French with most of 5KH on Wednesday afternoon. The children were all engaged and supportive of each other - and really good company. We have
- [World Book Day plans](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-plans/) - It is World Book Day after half term at the beginning of March. Details of plans are below. _World book day letter 2025.docx (1)Download
- [World Book Day 2022 Be Proud, Read Aloud Competition Winners](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-2022-be-proud-read-aloud-competition-winners/) - We had an amazing 140 entries in our Be Proud, Read Aloud competition: video or audio clips of children reading a favourite book extract with fluency, expression and enjoyment. We wondered how many children would enter but we needn't have worried. We were pleased and proud of every entry: standards were very high and reflect
- [Fantastic Trips to Murton Park](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fantastic-trips-to-murton-park/) - Year 4 had two very successful trips to Murton Park this week, travelling back to the Anglo-Saxon Age and learning all about Saxon society, their daily lives, and the threats they faced from Viking invasions. Saxon Society First, the children learnt about where the Saxons came from, why they settled in Britain, how society was
- [From Ancient Egypt to Secret Agent Science](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/from-ancient-egypt-to-secret-agent-science/) - This week has been packed with exciting learning across all subjects! Here’s a little look at what we’ve been up to: Computing We’ve wrapped up our typing unit, and the children have really enjoyed it! Have they been practicing at home? We focused on: Learning correct typing posture and key terminology. Using the home, top,
- [Reception News - 7.2.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-7-2-25/) - What an exciting week! RP and RGK received a letter from a star who had fallen from the sky. They had to use their detective skills to find it. Once they found the star they had to think of ways they could get it back up to the sky. The children wrote to the star,
- [07/02/2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/07-02-2025/) - We have had a fun-packed week in Y6 and have been working really hard in all areas of the curriculum. The children have impressed us with their investigative skills in science and their use of formal tone in writing non-chronological reports all about dragons. English This week we have moved onto a new genre: non-chronological
- [Year 1 - 07.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-07-02-25/) - We have had a very exciting week filled with lots of art fun! Visit from an artist On Tuesday afternoon we had a very exciting visitor. We discovered during our art homework that Max's mum is a real-life artist. Lucy came to speak to the children about being an artist. The children were fascinated and
- [Year 2 News 7.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-7-02-25/) - English This week we completed a book review of George's Marvellous Medicine. The children started by saying what the story was about, then wrote about their favourite parts and characters. They finished by saying who they thought would like the book and why. The children have really enjoyed this- why not try another Roald Dahl
- [Nursey - 07.02.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursey-07-02-25/) - Phonics It has been quite noisy in our classroom! We have heard lots of different sounds that we needed to investigate. The children were great detectives and managed to listen and think of ideas of where the sounds came from and what they might be. We also played a 'Match the Sound' game using musical
- [Headteacher blog 7/2/2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-7-2-2025/) - We have had lots of trips this week, with Y4 at Murton Park near York experiencing life as an Anglo-Saxon and Year 1 visiting Leeds City Art Gallery. Visits like these are an important part of a rich curriculum, but they do take some organisation and incur costs. We do whatever we can to minimise
- [Trading, Oobleck and other strange goings on in Year 5.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/trading-oobleck-and-other-strange-goings-on-in-year-5/) - We have had a busy and extremely fun week in Year 5 this week. The children havew worked hard to finish the multiplication and division topic in Maths and have on the whole done well in their end of unit assessments. In Science we learnet about the difference between Newtonian and Non-Newtonian liquids. The children
- [Year 6 31.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-31-1-25/) - Trip to the Royal Armouries Thank you to all families who have been able to contribute towards our trip to the Royal Armouries on Tuesday 11th (6D) and Friday 14th (6J) February. We have asked for a voluntary contribution of £5 per child to cover the cost of the trip and would like to politely
- [Exploring Ancient Civilisations and Making Magnetic Discoveries](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/exploring-ancient-civilisations-and-making-magnetic-discoveries/) - This week has been packed with lovely lessons and the children have shown incredible enthusiasm and creativity as they tackled each subject. Here's a look at what we've been up to: Guided Reading For guided reading, we’ve been diving back into The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. We have been discussing character thoughts
- [This week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4-2/) - Over the last two weeks in maths we have been developing our methods for multiplying and dividing larger numbers. We have looked at using place value counters and part-whole models to support us. When multiplying, we have linked this to the formal written method. This video explains the methods in more detail: It has been
- [Cartwright Hall](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/cartwright-hall/) - This week, both classes made the short trip into Bradford to visit the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Whilst there, the groups compared artifacts from the Early Islamic Empire and Britain around 1000 years ago. We also looked at a selection of paintings inspired by Islam then tried to replicate some of the decorative aspects using
- [Year 1 - 31.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-31-01-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phase 5 phonemes au, ey, a_e and e_e. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words 'what' and 'when'. Please keep using your phonics flashcards at home to ensure your child is confident with all of the sounds. English In English this week we
- [Nursery - 31.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-31-01-25/) - Phonics This week we set up a farm area and listened to different animal noises. The children needed to listen carefully to identify the animal the sounds belonged to. We also played a 'Guess the Animal' sound game on the board. Maths This week we have introduced 'Puppy Number 2.' We have looked at the
- [Reception News - 31.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-31-1-25/) - Phonics This week our phonemes are air, ure and er. We have learnt all of our phase 3 phonemes. Please keep practising the flashcards at home. Can you make words with these phonemes in? Maths This week the children have been consolidating their understanding of the composition of 5. Composing and decomposing numbers involves the
- [Year 2 News 31.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-31-01-25/) - Florence Nightingale Workshop On Tuesday we had a visit from 'Florence Nightingale'! She told the children all about her life and the challenges she faced. We enjoyed being nurses at the teddy bear hospital. We then looked at some artefacts and talked about what they could be and why Florence would need them. History In
- [Headteacher blog 31st January](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-31st-january/) - It has, in large part, been a lovely bright, crisp week at school. We are having lots of trips and visitors at the moment: Florence Nightingale in Y2 earlier this week, Y5 on two trips to Cartwright Hall for an excellent workshop about Early Islamic Civilisation, Y4 to Murton Park next week to be Anglo-Saxons
- [Week ending 24.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-ending-24-1-25/) - Hi all, Sorry for a bit of a late blog but I got a bit sidetracked this weekend. The chilkdren had another fantastic week of learning last week, impressing us with their effort and enthusiasm. We are now investigating 'Materials and their Properties' in science. This week the children enjoyed investigating the viscosity of liquids.
- [Final Saturday cross country event of the year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/final-saturday-cross-country-event-of-the-year/) - Farfield had full teams for all the races on the final Saturday cross country event of the season at Middleton Park on a cold January morning. Chair of Governors Ruth Fain has, along with Mrs Tomlinson, led the organisation and team management and was delighted with the efforts at the last event of the year.
- [Reception News - 23.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-23-1-25/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes/ graphemes for ur, oi, ear and ow as in cow. This weeks tricky word is they. We have enjoyed singing the tricky word song to help us remember our previously learnt tricky words. Maths This week's key focus has been the stable order principle – rehearsing the
- [Year 1 - 23.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-23-01-25/) - Phonics In phonics we revised the Phase 5 digraphs wh, ph, ew, and oe, as well as the tricky words 'were' and 'there.' We discussed the difference between 'were' and 'where' because the children found it quite tricky to distinguish between the two. English We have been very busy in our English lessons. At the
- [A short but busy week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-short-but-busy-week/) - This week has flown by as it has been slightly shorter, but it has still been packed with engaging learning and valuable experiences. Our highlight was a lovely PSHE workshop delivered by Leeds City Council, focusing on personal hygiene and keeping ourselves healthy. The children learned a lot, including: The importance of personal hygiene in
- [Nursery - 23.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-23-01-25/) - It has been a slightly shorter week, but it has been packed with lots of amazing learning. Maths This week the children have been looking at the formation of '1' and representing it by drawing 1 object. Phonics As we already had sticks in our provision, we used them as hard objects to beat, scrape,
- [Year 2 News 23.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-23-1-25/) - English This week we began our new narrative unit where we are going to be writing a story about a character who takes some magic medicine. We began with a drama lesson where we had a go at acting out our story. The magic medicine made us fly! We then looked at different right choice
- [Nursery - 17.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-17-01-25/) - Maths This week we have continued to look at the number 1. We re-read 'Puppy Number 1' before collecting 1 item each. Phonics We started our focused phonics sessions this week. We went for some lovely walks around the grounds, listening to different sounds and identifying them. Building houses or making a mess! We read
- [Nursery - 22.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-22-11-24/) - Weather This week we have seen a bit of a difference in the weather! We have really enjoyed exploring the ice and snow. We investigated how it feels, and what happens when it is held. We also had lots of fun sledging and finding the hidden ice to smash! Natural Creatures This week we have
- [Nursey - 29.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursey-29-11-24/) - People who help us We have continued to look at people who help us. This week, we focused on doctors and nurses. We had great fun dressing up and pretending to need help! Motor development We enhanced our classroom with some mini pegs. These colourful pegs offer additional support for those fine motor skills. We
- [Nursery - 06.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-06-12-24/) - People who help us This week we have continued to look at 'People who help us.' Our focus has been on dentists. We also discussed looking after our teeth and how to brush them correctly. The children enjoyed playing with the large teeth! Getting festive This week the classroom has changed a little. We have
- [Nursery - 13.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-13-12-24/) - Busy little elves The blog will look slightly bare this week as we have been on secret missions... I would love to share some pictures with you but don't want to spoil any surprises. Some children will be bringing something home today and some children will be bringing something home on Monday. Nativity We had
- [Nursery - 20.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-20-12-24/) - Party The main highlight this week was our class party. Santa came to spend time with us and we enjoyed singing to him. Hall We spent some time in the hall working on our core strength. We completed activities to support our gross motor skills too. Seeing how the children have grown in confidence and
- [Nursery - 10.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-10-01-25/) - The Three Little Pigs This term we are looking at 'The Three Little Pigs.' We have enjoyed reading the different stories, making predictions, and joining in with the repetitive phrases. We have also started to learn a 'Three Little Pigs' song. A video will be uploaded in the next couple of weeks. Maths We have
- [Week 2 - Pinocchio pantomime](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-2-pinocchio-pantomime/) - This week was packed with excitement as we took a trip to the Bradford Alhambra to watch the enchanting performance of Pinocchio. The children thoroughly enjoyed the show, and it was wonderful to see their smiles and hear their laughter. They all represented our school in a wonderful way and we were really proud of
- [Dragons, timelines and invasions!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/dragons-timelines-and-invasions/) - English Year 4 have done some fantastic writing this week, describing some of the dragons from our class text: How to Train Your Dragon. We spent a couple of lessons generating ideas about what the dragons look, sound and smell like, as well as considering their personalities and the way they move on land and
- [Outside at last](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/outside-at-last/) - Science After a very snowy week last week, we have finally been able to get out into the grounds at playtimes. We also took the opportunity to look around the school and investigate the condition of the building as part of our materials topic. Whilst some aspects were found to be in need of repair,
- [Reception News - 17.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-17-1-25/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the graphemes / phonemes for ar, or, oo like in moon and oo like in book. Our tricky word is you. Reading It is so important to keep supporting your child with their reading. The expectation is that you should be hearing your child read at least 3 times
- [17/01/25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/17-01-25/) - It has been a much more settled week weather wise and the children have been able to play outside for the first time this year! We have continued our work on War horse and Evolution and the children have produced some really good work. English This week we have been focusing on persuasive writing and
- [Year 1 - 17.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-17-01-25/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phase 5 digraphs oy, ir, ue and aw. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words 'little' and 'one.' English When we arrived at school on Monday our classrooms were a huge mess! Lots of chairs had been tipped over and there were some
- [Year 2 News 17.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-17-01-25/) - English Continuing our work based on George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl, we have been focussing on instructional writing this week. We began by looking at the features of instructions and picked this out in an example text. Things then got a little bit messy as we created our own wonderful concoction of ingredients to
- [Headteacher blog 17th January 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-17th-january-2025/) - It has been a much better week: even feeling a bit of sunshine warmth whilst on lunchtime duty! It is so good to see children out playing again - although some lower KS2 children are like a magnet to the inevitable post-thaw mud! Y3 have all been to the pantomime this week, enjoying the story
- [Happy New Year!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-new-year-3/) - Good afternoon parents and carers and welcome back after the break! Although there has been a tricky start to the term weather wise, the children have coped fantastically with changes to routine and have really impressed us with their excellent learning attitude and effort so far. This week in Science we started work on materials.
- [A Snowy Beginning!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-snowy-beginning/) - What a strange first week back! The snow and ice have certainly kept things interesting but despite the rather tricky conditions of the week, the children have risen to the occasion and tried their best! English In our English lessons this week, we have been focusing on developing our descriptive writing skills. After looking at
- [Year 3 - A Fresh Start to the New Term!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-3-a-fresh-start-to-the-new-term/) - Welcome back and Happy New Year! It’s been wonderful to see everyone again after the Christmas holidays. We hope you all stayed safe in the snow and ice this week — and maybe had some fun in it too! On Monday, the children had the chance to enjoy the snow before icy conditions kept us
- [Year 1 - 10.01.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-10-01-25/) - Happy New Year! It has been a cold and snowy week but we've had a wonderful week filled with lots of learning. Phonics In phonics we have revised the phase 5 digraphs ay, ou, ie and ea. We have also practised reading and spelling tricky words some and come. English In English this week we
- [Reception News - 10.1.25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-10-1-25/) - Happy New Year! The children have had a great first week back and have been very busy. Phonics We have learnt the phonemes / graphemes for ai, ee, igh and oa. The children know that ai, ee, and oa are digraphs because they have two letters making one sound and igh is a trigraph with
- [Y6 10.1.25 - Happy New Year!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y6-10-1-25-happy-new-year/) - Welcome back to everyone this week - well done for making it through the snow and ice! Science - Evolution and Inheritance We have begun our new unit in science: evolution and inheritance. We began the term looking at the creation of life on Earth and talked about dinosaurs, meteorites, apes and more! ICT As
- [Year 2 News 10.01.2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-10-01-2025/) - Happy new year! It's been a snowy but busy first week back and school filled with lots of learning and new challenges. English We have been exploring George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl this week in our whole class reading and English lessons. We began by using clues from the front cover to help Predicting
- [Headteacher's blog 10th January 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-10th-january-2025/) - Happy new year! It has obviously been such a cold start to the new school year but we managed to stay open. Well done to the site team for their efforts clearing and gritting the site as best we can. I am grateful to staff for their determination to get to work: a few have
- [Happy Holidays! Year 6 20.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays-year-6-20-12-24/) - We have come to the end of our first full term in Year 6 and what a wonderful term we have had. Well done to all of the children who have staggered to the end of the week which has been full of performances, show time, trips and more. Thank you for your cards and
- [Poems, performances and parties!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poems-performances-and-parties/) - This week has been jam-packed with learning, arts and crafts, and parties! The children have worked hard throughout this term, and seeing their progress has been a joy. We look forward to seeing them after the break and continuing our learning. Poetry performance Here are our performances of ‘The Adventures of Isabel’; we hope you
- [Happy Holidays!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays-4/) - The Year 4 team would like to wish all our families a fantastic break and, for those who are celebrating, a very merry Christmas. It's been a fun final week of term, filled with shows and parties and crafting (don't worry: we did fit in some 'proper' lessons too!). Here are a few photos from
- [Reception News - 20.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-20-12-24/) - December Assessments Over the last two weeks, we have been looking at what the children have learnt in phonics and maths. We are super impressed with the progress the children have made since we did the same assessments in September. Well done Reception! Party Day! We all had lots of fun at our Christmas Party!
- [Year 1 - 20.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-20-12-24/) - Simply the Nativity The highlight of our week has been our two Christmas performances. The children did an incredible job and we really hope you enjoyed watching them. Here is a link to some photos and videos of the performance. Christmas Party Day We had a wonderful time at our Christmas party on Thursday. The
- [Year 2 News 20.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-20-12-24/) - We have had a busy week with performances, parties and festive fun! We have still managed to fit in a few maths and English in between! In English we read the story, Poles Apart by Jeanne Willis and completed some writing tasks based on the story. Children wrote some lovely postcards from Mr White the
- [Merry Christmas](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/merry-christmas/) - The final week of term is always packed, but this week has also been an outstanding and memorable one in Year 5. The highlight of the week for everyone were the two performance of Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits. As you can imagine, the childen were on quite a high after Wednesday's show, with
- [Key Stage 1 'Simply Nativity'](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/key-stage-1-simply-nativity/) - Our Year 1 children took on acting roles, and our Y2 children were engaging narrators, for our infant nativity: Simply Nativity. As one child playing a talking tree said: "Last year, I was just a twig." This year, expectations were high and so many 5 and 6 year olds had speaking and acting parts, and
- [Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ali-baba-and-the-bongo-bandits/) - We hope that everyone enjoyed the KS2 show: Ali Baba and the Bongo. It was an ambitious show, with stage roles for almost all Y5 children, and support roles for others. Children in other year groups became the chorus, supported by a Y6 band. This was a very talented and enthusiastic year group. It was
- [A Week of Performances](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-week-of-performances/) - This week feels as if it has been absolutely jam-packed! As well as doing our usual learning in lessons, the children have been hard at work practising to be part of the chorus of the Christmas production - a lot to squeeze in to one week! English This week, we have been really focused on
- [Another busy week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-busy-week-3/) - Maths This week, we have been learning more about multiplication. 3CW have been working on grouping, sharing, and the multiples of 3. 3B have been using the multiples of 3 to divide into numbers into different groups. Maths homework this week focuses on the 3 times tables. English We have thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘Leon and
- [One week to go!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/one-week-to-go/) - This week has been busy with the children completing maths and reading assessments. In between their assessments, there’s been lots of fun learning. Maths This week, our maths lessons have focused on the multiples of 4. Children have been using their understanding to divide into equal groups and answer word problems that need the 4
- [One more week to go!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/one-more-week-to-go/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, We have had another extremely busy week in Year 5. The first dress rehearsal for the play went well and we are looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning next week for our play of Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits. Here are a few
- [Reception News - 13.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-13-12-24/) - Phonics We have now learnt all the phase 2 phonemes and we are beginning to learn the phase 3 phonemes. We are busy assessing how many of the phase 2 phonemes the children know. Maths This week we have been busy writing digits to 5, ordering them and doing lots of counting. We are also
- [Year 1 - 13.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-13-12-24/) - English In English we followed instructions to make winter celebration cards and then the children wrote their own instructions on how to make the cards. The children did a brilliant job and wrote fantastic instructions. Maths We learned about 3D shapes in our maths lessons this week. We named shapes such as spheres, cubes, cuboids,
- [Year 2 News 13.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-13-12-24/) - It's been a busy week of rehearsals, arty activities, maths challenges and lots of writing! English This week in English we have been on a polar adventure. We began the week with a drama lesson where we acted out a journey to the Arctic. We had to pack our own bags, create a ship to
- [Year 6 13.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-13-12-24/) - Assessments We are halfway through our assessments and have a few more papers to do before we break up for the year. Well done to the children for giving their best - we will share results with them as soon as we have the papers marked and use them to inform our next steps and
- [Headteacher blog 13th December 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-13th-december-2024/) - It was lovely to see the nursery and Reception Nativity this week. It was a more ambitious production than the norm, with more speaking parts and more challenging songs. I think that they did very well and, as I said after Thursday's performance, I think the band of angels were the best we have had
- [A Walk into the Past](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-walk-into-the-past/) - Good evening. The end of the half term is fast approaching and this week has been as busy as ever. Rehearsals have been taking place again and we have been very impressed with the way everyone has learned their lines. We have been encouraging the actors to enjoy the spotlight and ensure their delivery is
- [This week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-4/) - We have had another busy week in Year 4. As well as our usual lessons, we have started some end of term assessments and have also been busy learning the songs for the Christmas show. English In English this week, we have been reading, responding to and learning the poem 'Granny's Sugarcake' by John Lyons.
- [Reception News - 6.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-6-12-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes sh, th, ng, y. The children have also practised writing words with these phonemes in eg shut and ring. Our tricky word is be. Maths This week, the children have built on their understanding of the composition of numbers by investigating the composition of 3, 4 and
- [Year 2 News- 6.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-6-12-24/) - English This week in our English lessons we have been writing non-chronological reports all about animals that live in the polar regions. We used the facts that we had found out during our research lessons last week and put these into our own sentences. We used a title and subheadings to set out our work
- [Year 1 - 06.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-06-12-24/) - Phonics In phonics we revised the phase 5 split digraphs e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e. Your child will have came home with flashcards for these sounds today. We have now learnt all of the phase 5 phonemes. Please use the flashcards to practise these lots at home too. We also practised reading and spelling the
- [Year 6 - 06.12.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-06-12-24/) - General Reminders We would like to take the opportunity to remind you that children should be coming to school with a charged chrome book - we are noticing that many children are not ready to learn as their devices are not charged and time is being lost trying to find chargers in the classroom. We
- [Headteacher's blog 6/12/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-6-12-24/) - The rain was torrential on Thursday evening and I saw fountains erupt from roadway drains on Cotefields Avenue. Once again, our infant hall flooded and we are mopping and sucking up water to get the space usable once more. Site staff were working until well into the evening. A blocked drain may have contributed to
- [Headteacher blog 6th September 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-6th-september-2024/) - It's great to be back at school: everyone refreshed and ready for another fantastic year at Farfield! We have lots of new children and some new staff starting with us and we have had an excellent first week. This is an exciting time of year and I am always conscious that children only get their
- [Welcome to Year 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-2-2/) - We have had a super start to the year so far. The children have come in with a super positive attitude and have enjoyed lots of activities in their first week. Expectations in Year 2 We have been doing lots of activities to introduce the children to what will be expected for Year 2. We
- [A topsy turvy week in year 5.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-topsy-turvy-week-in-year-5/) - This week in year 5 we have completed our lessons on puberty and changes every morning. the children have really impressed us with their sensible mature attitudes. They asked lots of questions and will hopefully share with you some of what they have learnt. We then completed Maths and English in the afternoons. We have
- [Another great week in Year 5 and more photos from Greek Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-great-week-in-year-5-and-more-photos-from-greek-day/) - Hi all, We have had another great week, working hard in Year 5. In Maths we have been completing column subtraction and addition. The children have been set some column subtractions to complete for homework. Please ensure that you support them with this to ensure that they are fluent in completing these calculations. Many children
- [Another Winning Week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-winning-week/) - Unbelievably, we are racing towards the last week of the half term. Another packed week has seen ... Football This week, the Year 5 football team travelled the short distance to Tyersal in Bradford to play a match against Co-op Academy Beckfield. The game took place on a small, all weather MUGA pitch and ,
- [End of a long half term!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/end-of-a-long-half-term/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, The children have made it through a long half term of learning and now deserve a well earned rest! There is no homework over half term so children can have a total break from work. However, they can obviously complete learning games on their Chromebooks if they want to. We
- [A cold week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-cold-week-2/) - The week started cold and got colder. Luckily, we are a hardy bunch and so relished the snow and ice. Science On Thursday, 5B took advantage of the clear sky to investigate how shadows change as the sun moves across the sky. To do this, we traced the shadows then measured the angles using a
- [Year 2 News 29.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-29-11-24/) - English This week in English we've been researching facts about polar animals in preparation for writing our own reports next week. The children chose 3 polar animals and then used books and the internet to find three facts about each animal. They now have lots of knowledge to write their Polar Animals report next week.
- [Awesome Actors](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/awesome-actors/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, Year 5 have been busy rehearsing this week and we are so impressed by the acting, singing and dancing talent this year. I bet you are looking forward to seeing the show. We have asked the children to try and go without their scripts next week so please could they
- [Legendary Learning!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/legendary-learning/) - English In our English lessons this week, we have been hard at work planning and creating our extended writes based on the legends that we have been exploring for the last few weeks. The children were able to draw on a lot of the research that they had done, as well as some of the
- [Christmas jumpers!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/christmas-jumpers/) - Maths This week, 3CW started their new multiplication and division units. 3CW have looked at arrays, focusing on the difference between columns and rows and working out the groups they can see. Children wrote addition and multiplication sentences to match the arrays. 3B have been learning about the multiples of 3 and represented calculations from
- [Reception News - 29.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-29-11-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes z, zz, qu and ch. Our tricky word is 'we'. We have now learnt all the Phase 2 phonemes. Does your child know them all? Well done to everyone who has got a Fast Phonic certificate this week. Please keep playing it lots at home. Maths This
- [29/11/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/29-11-24/) - We have had a super busy week with lots of writing, many children attending Show Time and exploring aviation in WW1. English We have come to the end of our narrative unit and the children have worked really hard on developing characters, setting and building tension. They have listened carefully to the strategies and techniques
- [Year 1 - 29.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-29-11-24/) - English In our English lessons, we have written a recount of our trip to Temple Newsam. The children did a fantastic job of using time connectives such as first, next, then, after that and finally in their writing. Maths In maths we have continued our learning about fact families. The children did a great job
- [Headteacher blog 29th November 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-29th-november-2024/) - It's been such a busy week at Farfield with school trips, Farsley Lights Parade and our first Show Time event of the year. Children are also busy rehearsing for their Christmas Shows and nativity performances. Farsley Lantern Parade was a brilliant spectacle and community event, even making it onto Look North. Some of our children
- [Farsley Lights and Willow Parade](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-lights-and-willow-parade/) - Farsley Lantern Parade on Wednesday evening was a brilliant spectacle and community event, even making it onto Look North. Some of our children had made their own willow creations at an after-school club, and more families had created head-dresses and other willow creations at workshops over the summer. It felt like there were thousands at
- [A snowy week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-snowy-week/) - The snow brought lots of excitement to Year 4 this week! We had a great time playing outside. English In English this week, we have been working on creating and describing characters to feature in our own legends, which we will be starting to write soon. The children have lots of great ideas and we
- [Reception News - 22.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-22-11-24/) - Phonics This week's tricky word is she. Can your child find this word in a book? We have also learnt the phonemes j, v ,w and x. Maths This week the children have been doing lots of comparing of objects. We have talked about more/the same - equal/fewer when comparing the groups. They helped the
- [A cold week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-cold-week/) - Snow covered our beautiful fields for a couple of days this week. Even though it has been cold and icy, children couldn’t wait for their breaks and lunches to play in the snow! Here are some pictures we captured whilst they were busy having fun! Maths This week, 3CW has been focusing on adding and
- [Year 2 News 22.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-22-11-24/) - English To end our work on Follow the Swallow, we planned and wrote our own postcards from the point of view of Apollo to tell his friend all about the adventures he had during his migration to Africa. We have then been focussing on non-fiction texts during the rest of our English lessons this week.
- [Year 1 - 22.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-22-11-24/) - Temple Newsam The highlight of our week has been our fantastic trip to Temple Newsam. The children were thoroughly engaged in the Great Fire of London workshop and had a fantastic time at the farm. 1B at Temple Newsam 1T at Temple Newsam Phonics We have learnt the phase 5 digraphs wh, ph, ue and
- [22/11/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/22-11-24/) - We have had a very busy week in Y6 and the children have produced some fabulous pieces of work! Well done everyone! History This week the children have been exploring life in the trenches and have created some creative and informative double-page spreads to showcase their learning. They have looked at animals in the trenches,
- [Headteacher blog 22nd November 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-22nd-november-2024/) - It has been a gloriously sunny but freezing cold week! The children enjoyed some snow-balling early on in the week but it was short-lived. Later on, ice collection was a favourite activity and an ice shop appeared on the field with tyre-fulls of frozen lumps 'for sale'. The minibuses have been busy this week. Year
- [Determined, hard-working Year 4s...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/determined-hard-working-year-4s/) - English This week in English, we have been continuing our exploration into legends, focusing on the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood. We are still building towards eventually writing our own legends and a big part of that has been learning to use expanded noun phrases to add detail to our description. We really
- [Do you believe in magic?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/do-you-believe-in-magic/) - English This week, we have been writing persuasive adverts for the circus. The children loved acting out their ideas in small groups after recapping key features, thinking of different ways to engage their audience, and performing them to their peers before writing their adverts, which included rhetorical questions and expanded noun phrases. We have continued
- [Reception News - 15.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-15-11-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes ff, l , ll and ss. The children have found out that ll and ss go at the end of a word like in the words bell and mess. We have also learnt the tricky word he. Maths We have had lots of fun learning about 2D
- [This weeks Year 5 Blog](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-weeks-year-5-blog/) - In Science, both Year 5 classes investigated the phases of the moon. The class sat around a football painted half black, half white to represent the lit and unlit side of the moon. They then drew what they could see and identified if they were looking at a full, new, crescent or gibbous moon. They
- [Year 1 - 15.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-15-11-24/) - Phonics In our phonics lessons this week, we have learnt the phase 5 phonemes oy, ir, ue and aw. Your child will have come home with flashcards for these sounds today. Please keep practising these new sounds. We have also revised the tricky words all and they. English In our English lessons, we enjoyed the
- [Year 2 News 15.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-15-11-24/) - English This week in our English lessons, we have been exploring a new text by Julia Donaldson called 'Follow the Swallow'. The story follows two birds, a swallow and a blackbird, as they meet in the garden and become friends. Apollo the Swallow then migrates to Africa for the winter months whilst Chack the Blackbird
- [Nursery - 15.11.2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-15-11-2024/) - Mud! The very generous staff at Jewsons donated and delivered us some amazing mud! This week has been so much fun. We have loved exploring the new mud and seeing where our imagination takes us. Now and Then This week we have shared some baby photos and discussed 'Then' and 'Now.' We introduced the words
- [15/11/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/15-11-24/) - History This week we have begun our topic on the Great War. Children learned about the origins of WW1 and we had some amazing discussions linked to current world events. This is a complicated but fascinating topic and we were proud of the way in which the children responded. We have also started to explore
- [Headteacher blog 15th November 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-15th-november-2024/) - It has been a really busy week again, with a full governing body meeting and lots of school tours: one of which was in the dark in the evening with no children - that's a sales challenge! On one of the tours I was leading a group of prospective parents and children up to the
- [Year 6 8.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-8-11-24/) - It was lovely to meet so many parents and carers at parents evening this week. If you have any queries or questions following on from the meeting our emails can be found below: Mrs Dobkin - kat.dobkin@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Miss Jones - emily.jones@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Mould! Year 6 were thrilled to come back to class after their half term
- [Hitting the ground running](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/hitting-the-ground-running/) - We are definitely straight back into the new half term this week. All week, groups of children have been out on their bikes around the school ground and on the local streets, becoming more confident and competent at riding. This will continue next week. It is great to see their smiles when they come back
- [Area, Legends and North America](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/area-legends-and-north-america/) - It's been a busy first week back in Year 4! Maths In maths we have been learning all about area: what area is; how to find the area by counting squares or multiplying; making shapes; and comparing areas. The children have shown a good understanding and have some homework linked to this. When working out
- [Welcome back!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-4/) - It’s been a busy first week back, and the children have returned to learning like they never left! Maths This week, we have continued working on addition and subtraction, focusing on exchanges. 3CW have been consolidating their learning and working practically to add and exchange across 100 using maths apparatus and the column method. Meanwhile,
- [Reception News - 8.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-8-11-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes r, h, b, and f. We have also learnt the tricky word the. The children really enjoy playing Fast Phonics and receiving their certificates on Friday. Thank you for all of your support. Maths The children have done lots of counting activities this week. They have reinforced
- [Nursery - 08.11.2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-08-11-2024/) - We have had a very busy first week back. New book This half term we are reading 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. When children hear the same book multiple times, they become familiar and comfortable with a greater number of words. Hearing stories read aloud also helps children become aware of the pattern and rhythm
- [Year 1 - 08.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-08-11-24/) - We hope you have had a lovely half term. The children have had a very exciting first week back. We started our topic on the Great Fire of London and a lot of our lessons focussed on this. Geography In Geography, we looked at where London is in the UK and we learned about some
- [Year 2 News 8.11.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-8-11-24/) - English This week, we have been celebrating all things fireworks! We have spent the week exploring poetry and looking at the language and techniques used by a range of poets. After reading a selection of firework poems as a class, we chose our favourite and added actions before performing to the rest of the class.
- [Headteacher blog 8th November 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-8th-november-2024/) - It has been an excellent first week of the half term including two very successful parents' evenings. We also had children's family photographs - a logistical nightmare, especially on a split site - and Y5 Bikeability training. We are enjoying the unseasonably warm and dry weather, with children still able to make full use of
- [Nursery - 18.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-18-10-24/) - This week we have introduced Dojo points. Each child has a 'Dojo Monster' and can collect points throughout the week. As we have children attending different times, there will be three 'Dojo Champions' each week. The children can earn points by following the class rules, being kind, and tidying up. Pumpkins This week the children
- [Mission Complete: Autumn One](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/mission-complete-autumn-one/) - Despite this being the last week of the first half-term, we in Year 4 have not slowed down at all! After finishing our work on perspective and the Firework Maker's Daughter in our English and Guided Reading lessons, getting to grips with all of the different methods of addition and subtraction in Maths and exploring
- [Week 8: A Memorable Stone Age Day!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-8-a-memorable-stone-age-day/) - It's been a busy and wonderful week for Year 3 as we approach the end of our first half-term. Take a step back in time... Dance On Tuesday, Year 3 took a step back in time for our much-anticipated Stone Age Day! As part of our History topic, the children experienced life in prehistoric times
- [Reception News - 25.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-25-10-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes ck, e, u. The children have learnt that 'ck' is a digraph and is at the end of a word like in stick and duck. We have also learnt the tricky word go. Can your child write the word? Can they say it in a sentence? Maths
- [Year 2 News 25.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-25-10-24/) - It has been a busy week to end the half term filled with fun and lots of new learning challenges. English This week in our English lessons, we have been creating our own super veggies inspired by our work on Supertato. We began with a drama based lesson where our veggies were put in 'the
- [Year 1 - 25.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-25-10-24/) - English In English, we learnt the poem 'Water' by Shirley Hughes. Both classes did a great job of performing the poem. We also practised forming the loopy letters j, y, f and k. Maths In maths we have been looking at addition. We have used part-whole models to write addition number sentences. We have even
- [Nursery - 25.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-25-10-24/) - Reading Buddies It was lovely having the Year 3 children visit us this week. Nursery has teamed up with Year 3 to share and enjoy books together. We will be meeting every term. Visiting the chickens and our wonderful grounds This week we went to visit the chickens. Some children were very brave and even
- [Year 6 25.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-25-10-24/) - English We have finished our work on the wonderful Kensuke's Kingdom and celebrated with a special screening of the new film. We are the first Year 6 group who have been lucky enough to see the film which only came out this year and we really enjoyed it. Mrs Dobkin cried (unsurprisingly) and the children
- [Headteacher blog 25th October 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-25th-october-2024/) - It is the end of a long, eight-week half-term and everyone will be ready for a break. It has been a successful half term and I am pleased that the large number of new staff have all settled well and made a positive contribution already. I am in the season of tours for prospective parents
- [First Saturday cross country of the season](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/first-saturday-cross-country-of-the-season/) - Farfield had a big team of over 20 runners for the first Saturday cross country of the season. It was a great course at Woodhouse Grove: 1.6km for Y3/4 and 1.9km for Y5/6. This was the first race with the new automated timers built into the number tags and it seemed to work very well.
- [Week 7: Perspective, Reading Buddies and a Hoedown!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-7-perspective-reading-buddies-and-a-hoedown/) - We've had another action-packed week in Year 4! English In English this week we have been learning all about perspective, writing from the interesting viewpoint of the Mona Lisa portrait. The children really enjoyed this task and did a super job of thinking like a painting, describing what they could see and hear, and considering
- [Week 7: Busy days and Chromebooks!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-7-busy-days-and-chromebooks/) - As we start to approach the October half-term, this week has been a bit rainy and grey, but that hasn’t stopped Year 3 from having a productive and exciting time! The children have been SO excited to start using their Chromebooks to enhance their learning, and they have started to bring them home to continue
- [Reception News 18.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-18-10-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phonemes o, c and k. Can your child find objects beginning with these phonemes? Our tricky word is no. Maths We have been doing lots of subitising this week. The children are getting quicker at instant recognition of something they can see or hear. Understanding the World It
- [18/10/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/18-10-24/) - Geography We are coming to the end of our topic on Natural Disasters and the children this week have been learning about different types of volcano. They produced some creative PowerPoints and websites to explain their research which we were really impressed with. We have also been completing some work around UK geography and locating
- [Year 1 - 18.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-18-10-24/) - English Our English lessons were all about rhyming this week. We read lots of stories that rhyme and the children selected objects that rhyme and created rhyming soup! The children did a fantastic job of reading their rhyming soup aloud to the class. Maths In maths, we started our unit on addition and subtraction. We
- [Year 2 News 18.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-18-10-24/) - English What would you do if you found an esca-PEA on the loose? This week, we have been exploring Supertato, a story that follows an evil pea out to cause mischief in a supermarket and a superhero potato that saves the day. After reading the story, we wrote our own book reviews summarising what the
- [Headteacher blog 18th October 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-18th-october-2024/) - We are showing lots of prospective parents around now, recruiting for September 2025. As the birth rate has dropped, marketing the school is an increasingly important part of my job. I do invest a lot of time into this, doing lots of tours during 'normal' school days rather than artificial 'open days'. We have been
- [Rainbow Run final figure](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/rainbow-run-final-figure/) - All the money is in and the dust has literally settled (and is still evident in places!). How much did the Rainbow Run raise for PTA funds? Who are we thanking for their support? Please find a document below with the final figure and a list on the second page of all the fabulous supporters
- [Year 1 - 11.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-11-10-24/) - English This week in English we had a second week of fruit-filled fun. The children designed their own fruity characters and wrote some brilliant sentences about them. We also had our first whole-class reading lesson. The children really enjoyed meeting the reading dogs and finding out what they do. This week we used Predicting Pip
- [Skipping Through The Week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/skipping-through-the-week/) - Maths In our maths lessons, we have been finishing up our work on place value and beginning to explore the formal methods of addition. We began by getting to grips with the basics of the method without any exchanging, then gradually built up to calculations with more than exchange. The children did really well in
- [Week 6: Harvest, History and Stone Age Storytelling in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-6-harvest-history-and-stone-age-storytelling-in-year-3/) - We've had another lovely week in Year 3, diving into a range of subjects, with plenty of independent writing, creative thinking, and problem-solving. Friday was a special day as we celebrated Harvest with a morning assembly filled with jokes, singing and gratitude. We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all the families who
- [Reception News 11.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-11-10-24/) - Phonics This week's tricky word is 'to.' Can your child say it in a sentence? The children have also learnt the phonemes/ graphemes for m, d and g. We have found objects beginning with these phonemes and practised sounding out and blending words with them in too. Maths This week, the children have explored how
- [Head Teacher's blog 11th October 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/head-teachers-blog-11th-october-2024/) - We welcomed Years 1-6 together and lots of parents and carers to our Harvest Festival this morning. Thank you to everyone for their donations for St George's Crypt. It was great to have Elea Derry from The Oak Church with us this morning giving us a Christian perspective on harvest. The children sang well; as
- [Nursery - 11.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-11-10-24/) - The children have enjoyed a slightly wet but fun week. Some of the exciting things we have looked at this week include: discussing people who help us (mainly doctors and nurses), finding England on a globe, and learning about the different planets in our solar system. Tall This week we have looked at the words
- [Year 2 News 11.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-11-10-24/) - Library Visit On Monday we visited the library as part of our local geography. We found the infants and junior buildings on a map and then looked for the library. We planned our route and used the map to check what we would see on our journey. At the library, Kate read some stories about
- [Year 6 11.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-11-10-24/) - Kensuke's Kingdom - The Jellyfish This week we became Kensuke and rewrote a chapter of the book from his point of view. The children worked incredibly hard on their writing trying hard to include tension and description whilst also showing off amazing grammar skills by way of parenthesis which we have been working on. Here
- [Greek Week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/36785-2/) - What a week! The week started with terrible weather, meaning that the normal PE lessons outside had to be brought indoors. The cross country group did their activities in class and loved the Train Like a Jedi video. Try it for yourself by clicking here. Greek Day On Tuesday, we had our Greek day. The
- [Our week in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-week-in-year-4/) - Here are some of the things we have been doing in Year 4 this week! English In English this week we have been finishing off our planning in preparation for writing explanation texts to describe how fireworks work. The children thought carefully about how to organise their notes into subheadings, and are beginning to consider
- [Week 5 - Sunshine, Showers, and the Stone Age in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-5-sunshine-showers-and-the-stone-age-in-year-3/) - This week in Year 3 started with a rain-soaked Monday, but by the end of the week, we were basking in lovely sunshine. Despite the weather’s ups and downs, the children have had another fantastic week of learning, both inside and outside the classroom. EnglishIn English, we’ve been building on our understanding and use of
- [Reception News - 4.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-4-10-24/) - Phonics This week we have introduced the children to 'tricky words'. A tricky word is a word that can't be sounded out, they have to know it by sight. This week our tricky word is I. The children have practised reading and writing the word. They have also learnt the phonemes/graphemes for i and n.
- [Nursery - 04.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-04-10-24/) - What a wet week! This week we have welcomed three new children into our class. It has been lovely to watch everyone interact. Dough Disco The children have been busy following instructions while using play dough. We complete 'Dough Disco' sessions each week. These sessions build strength in your child's hands. Rolling, squishing, pinching, and splatting
- [Year 2 News- 4.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-4-10-24/) - English This week, we have been reading the story Mr Wolf's Pancakes, an alternative version of the traditional tale The Little Red Hen. We discussed the similarities and differences between the two texts and which we preferred. We then planned our own stories that have a main character wanting to make something and three unhelpful
- [Year 1 - 04.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-04-10-24/) - Kitchen Disco We arrived at school on Monday to find some fruit having a disco in our classrooms! Of course we had to join them for a dance. They left us a book to enjoy and we have also really enjoyed listening to this song. Throughout the week, the fruit enjoyed their stay in our
- [Year 6 04.10.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-04-10-24/) - English Another great week of writing this week in English as the children became the main character from our text: Kensuke's Kingdom. The children wrote their own account of the first meeting between Michael and Kensuke and tried hard to use incredible language as well as more advanced punctuation. Oreo Plate Tectonics One of the
- [Headteacher's blog 4th October 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-4th-october-2024/) - We had our first governors' sub-committee of the new academic year this week looking at Teaching and Learning in school. Standards were strong in statutory assessments across the school in the summer, especially in Y6 at the 'Greater Depth' levels. Subject leader reports were also considered: showcasing a rich curriculum across the school. The rich
- [Farm Club 30 Sept 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farm-club-30-sept-2024/) - This was probably the wettest Farm Club ever! We kept working on the farm despite the rain, although we tried to stay in the polytunnels if we could. The children worked hard! After last week's big harvest, there wasn't much to pick. We did inside watering using collected rainwater, took redundant leaves off tomato plants
- [Fireworks and Circuits!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fireworks-and-circuits/) - We have had another fantastic (if a little wet) week in Year 4. The children have been hard at work across the curriculum and we would love to show you some of what we have been getting up to! English In our English lessons this week, we have been preparing for our extended writes. We
- [A wet week in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/36295-2/) - As we conclude our fourth week back to school, it’s been another interesting and busy week for our Year 3 students. We’ve also experienced some really interesting rain downpours this week! In Class 3CW, we even paused our PSHE lesson to rush to the window and watch the rain together. English In English, the children
- [Reception News - 27.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-27-9-24/) - Phonics This week the children have learnt the phoneme/graphemes s, a, t and p. They met Mr Fox and his phonic box and they helped him sort lots of objects. The children have also had fun singing these songs too. Maths This week we have been doing lots of subitising. When subitising, children can say
- [Year 6 27.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-27-9-24/) - English Year 6 became roving reporters this week and wrote and performed scripts linked to our class text - Kensuke's Kingdom. They did a great job imagining the television interviews which might have taken place due to the main character's disappearance in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The children really had to understand the
- [Year 2 News 27.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-27-9-24/) - This week we had lots of fun meeting up with out reading buddies. We talked about our favourite interests, drew pictures of each other and of course, shared our favourite books! English This week in our English lessons, we have been looking at traditional tales. We read the story of The Little Red Hen then
- [Year 1 - 27.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-27-09-24/) - Oliver's Vegetables We arrived at school on Monday to find some vegetables in our classroom! We followed the trail and it led us to a book and a letter from a boy called Oliver! Oliver asked us to visit the school farm to harvest some vegetables to make vegetable soup. We decided to visit the
- [Nursery - 27.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-27-09-24/) - It's been another busy week. There is always so much to do... This week we have looked at 'Autumn.' We discussed all of the four seasons, read autumn books, and watched videos about autumn. Minibeast hunt With all of the lovely rain, we were able to find lots of worms! We did a minibeast hunt
- [Headteacher blog 27th September 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-27th-september-2024/) - We are now officially into Autumn and there has been an autumnal feel in school this week. We have just about resisted the temptation to put on the heating but it's close! On Tuesday, we had a phonics audit from The English Hub. Once again, our practice came out strongly, with just a couple of
- [First Farm Club of the season](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/first-farm-club-of-the-season/) - We had our first farm club of the new school year: 17 keen gardeners from Y3-6. During this first session we toured the site and harvested what we could: figs, apples, tomatoes, courgette, cucumbers and a pepper (accidentally). We also harvested a butternut squash that had detached itself. We forgot to harvest grapes! (The figs
- [An Epic Week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/an-epic-week-2/) - Another week and we are well into the first half term. The lovely weather has allowed the children to enjoy their play and lunchtimes and has meant that our first hour of PE can take place outside. During the second hour, one group travels the short distance to The Depot where they practice their bouldering
- [Week Three in Year 4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-three-in-year-4/) - We have had another fantastic week in Year 4! Science This week in science the children learnt about different electrical components and then had fun exploring how to connect these to make a working circuit. English In English we have been writing explanation texts about how to look after Hamlet, the white elephant from The
- [Week 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-3/) - What a delight to have some beautiful sunshine this week! It has made for some fabulous playtimes, but we have been very warm in the classroom which can make concentration a little tricky! The children are still working hard to try their best in class and we have had some super lessons and another lovely
- [Reception News - 20.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-20-9-24/) - Dough Disco The children are enjoying their daily Dough Disco sessions. Children need to have strong muscles in their hands to enable them to write effectively. Dough Disco finger exercises are fun and help improve fine motor control and gross motor skills. The children also enjoyed using the tweezers to exercise their fingers at our
- [Year 1 - 20.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-20-09-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have been revising the phonemes y, z, zz, qu and ch. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words 'to' and 'go'. English In English we have been writing sentences about ourselves. The children have been trying hard to use capital letters, finger spaces and full stops
- [Nursery - 20.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-20-09-24/) - We have had another busy week! We have started to read our class book 'Dear Zoo'. The children have impressed us with their knowledge of different animals. We will continue to read this book and other animal books throughout this term. Spiders This week we found some magnificent spider webs. We decided to hunt for
- [Year 2 News 20.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-20-9-24/) - It has been another fantastic week in Year 2 full of learning and fun! English This week during our English lessons, we have continued our work on instructions. We looked at how co-ordinating conjunctions (and, but) and subordinating conjunctions (because, when) can be used to expand sentences and give further detail. We had a go
- [Year 6 20.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-20-9-24/) - English We have become characters from the text this week and written in role as Michael from our book, Kensuke's Kingdom. The children tried hard to sound chatty and engaging as well as magpie lots of language from the author Michael Morpurgo. We will set targets from this piece of writing and work on these
- [Show Time 24-25](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/show-time-24-25/) - We have another very exciting and varied Show Time programme for Y5 and 6: musicals, puppets, a ballet, an opera and a spooky tale... See link on the front of the brochure attached. Children in receipt of Free School Meals or Pupil Premium go free. Payment can be in instalments. Thanks to a kind donation,
- [Headteacher's blog 20th September 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-20th-september-2024/) - It has been a glorious week of weather and fun at Farfield this week - perhaps a final blast of summer. The weather stayed fair for our Rainbow Run on Saturday and people seemed to have a great time. Our PTA really are an outstanding group of people! We also launched our Show Time club
- [Our first week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-first-week-in-nursery/) - The children have settled extremely well. We are so proud of how the children have adapted to our routines. They have all accessed lots of areas and have started to make some lovely friendships. We have read some great stories. We really liked 'Underpants for Ants' and 'Chicken Licken' The children joined in with music
- [Week One - Welcome to Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-one-welcome-to-year-5/) - Good evening. Welcome to the parents new to Year 5 and welcome back to those who have had children in the year group previously. Firstly, we must say that we have been genuinely impressed by the way the children have settled into their new classes. New teachers, new routines and expectations are never easy, but
- [Greeks and Space in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/greeks-and-space-in-year-5/) - Hi all, We have had a hard working but fun week in Year 5. On Monday some children enjoyed going boldering in PE, while others participated in Netball or Crosscountry run by a coach from Leeds Rhinos and another group benifited from professional dance teaching by Lilly from Northern Arts. In English we have been
- [Further photos from Saturday's Rainbow Run](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/further-photos-from-saturdays-rainbow-run/) - We have even more spectacular and colourful photos from Saturday's PTA Rainbow Run below. These photographs are all from talented young local photographer Ellie Esgate. Her handle is Ellie.may.photography and her website is Elliemayphotography.uk Many thanks to everyone who has been submitting some sponsor money this week: every bit helps! PTA events are always great teamwork -
- [Fabulous Inaugural PTA Rainbow Run](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fabulous-inaugural-pta-rainbow-run/) - What a day! Our PTA smashed it with a brilliant Rainbow Colour Run on Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of runners and their supporters took on an obstacle course with water, mud and lots and lots of powder paint. We had a huge amount of fun and made lots of money for the PTA funds (maybe £2000
- [Our second week in Year 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-second-week-in-year-3/) - We have had a wonderful week in Year 3. We have all settled in very nicely, even though it is only our second week back. We have been practising our class expectations and learning how to get around our new building. We are working really hard to earn dojo points for excellent behaviour, readiness to
- [Another Great Week in Year 4!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-great-week-in-year-4/) - What a fantastic week we have had! The children have all worked really well and seem keen to explore what Year 4 has to offer! Maths In our maths lesson this week, we have been exploring different methods for partitioning numbers up to 10,000. We began by simply working with thousands, hundreds, tens and ones
- [Discovery in the orchard](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/discovery-in-the-orchard/) - Year 6 made an amazing discovery in a remote part of the orchard: a series of honeycombs attached to the branches of an apple tree. There weren't many bees around about. Should we leave it there? Could we 'harvest' it? Could there be honey? We have emailed our beekeepers for advice.
- [Reception News - 13.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-13-9-24/) - The children have had a super week and are doing well learning many new routines. In a morning, they are coming in independently and trying hard to remember to put their fruit and water bottle away and find their self-registration name. They may put one small key ring on their book bag to help them
- [Year 1 - 13.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-13-09-24/) - It has been a busy week of fun and learning in Year 1! Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phonemes j, v, w and x. We have also revised the tricky words I, no, and the. The children have really impressed us with their sentence writing. Maths In maths we have been
- [Year 2 News 13.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-13-09-24/) - English In English this week we have been learning all about instructions. We have looked at the features of these and learned all about imperative (bossy) verbs, time adverbials and commands. We have sequenced instructions in chronological order. Next week we will be writing some of our own instructions. Spellings This week we have looked
- [Year 6 13.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-13-9-24/) - Well Done The children have been resilient and gave their best efforts to their assessments this week. We use these as a benchmark and to identify any gaps in learning we need to cover over the year. We are proud of the way Year 6 have approached this week. English We are really proud of
- [Headteacher blog 13th October 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-13th-october-2024/) - It has been a lovely week at school and the children have settled well into their new classes. It is also good to see all our new members of staff already contributing well to school. This weekend we have the big Rainbow Colour Run organised by the PTA. It should be an enjoyable, exciting event
- [Welcome to Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-3-2/) - This week has been exciting for the children returning to school, ready for a brand-new and fantastic year in Year 3! They enjoyed playing on the fields, and both classes were excited to visit the pigs and chickens. They have already impressed us with their attitude towards their learning. Maths This week, we started our
- [Year 1 - 06.09.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-06-09-24/) - We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! It has been wonderful getting to know all of the children better and they are settling into the routines of Year 1 well. Phonics and reading This week we have completed a phonics assessment with each child and heard each child read. Your child will
- [Welcome to Year 4!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-4/) - We've had a fantastic first week of Year 4! The children have really impressed us with the way they have settled back to school routines and with their eagerness to learn. Portraits Each class has created their own unique self-portraits this week. 4L used natural materials to create portraits by printing, while 4SN made 'inside
- [Reception News 6.9.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-6-9-24/) - The children are settling in well and are learning all the new routines. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to interact with your child in the areas of provision, get to know them and help them make new friends. Everyone has had lots of fun this week... RP RGK A visit to the
- [First week of Y6](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/first-week-of-y6/) - We have had a fabulous start the the academic year and all of the children have really impressed us with their hard work and attitude towards their learning. We have been working on some independent tasks this week before beginning our full units of work next week. Indoor Shoes Please could children have a pair
- [New Prospectus published](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-prospectus-published-2/) - We have published a new prospectus for the 2024-25 academic year. Prospective parents are strongly encouraged to contact school and arrange for a tour with the headteacher. Prospectus 2024-5 webDownload
- [Final Farm Club July 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/final-farm-club-july-2024/) - On our final Farm Club in July, we tended to our crops in the top polytunnel ready for the holidays and we harvested new potatoes. We then made a potato salad to eat and take some home.
- [Assessment Success (again)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/assessment-success-again/) - 2024 was another year of good academic progress and attainment. Attainment is typically national average or better, with high levels of attainment at 'Greater Depth'. In 2024, the percentage of Farfield Y6 children reaching 'greater depth' in each of reading, writing and maths is in the top 5% of all schools nationally (TBC). What an
- [Annual Parent Survey 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/annual-parent-survey-2024/) - Thank you to everyone who contributed to the end-of-year Parent Survey. We had nearly 200 responses. It is clear from the response that the overwhelming majority of children and families at our school continue to be happy, safe and successful. A summary of responses is below: Farsley Farfield Primary School Annual Parent Survey 2024Download
- [Last week in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/last-week-in-year-3/) - We have come to the end of Year 3 and we have had a lovely final week, watching the Year 6 performance, having class parties and reflecting on all our experiences in Year 3 and the progress that we have made. Both classes filmed their final performances of The Dragon Song: In French, we got
- [Year 1 - 19.07.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-19-07-24/) - Last blog of the year! Even though it has been the last week of term, we have still been incredibly busy! History We finished our topic on Grace Darling. We have been learning all about her heroic acts and why she became so famous. English This week the children have spent some time reading and
- [Thank you. Good luck, and Goodbye.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/thank-you-good-luck-and-goodbye/) - A huge thank you to each and every one of you for your thoughtful cards and gifts. We are overwhelmed by your generosity and honestly, it's been such a treat to teach your children; we have enjoyed every second. It's been a hard year in lots of ways and we take a moment to think
- [Reception News - 19.7.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-19-7-24/) - We can't believe that this is the last Reception blog post! We have had a great year and have enjoyed teaching all the children. Thank you for all your lovely messages, cards and gifts. Phonics This week we have been practising forming capital letters. The children have enjoyed singing along to the alphabet song below.
- [Last Nursery blog of the year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/last-nursery-blog-of-the-year/) - What a wonderful year we have had with all the Nursery children! We know they will move into the next stage of their education with confidence and continue to learn new things at Farsley Farfield or their new school. Thank you for all the good wishes and thoughtful gifts. An especially big thank you from
- [Year 2 End of Year- 19.07.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-end-of-year-19-07-24/) - We have had a fun but busy last week in Year 2. We have been busy as worker bees trying to finish our bee books! This week we have made chapters on making honey and why bees are important as well as completing the contents, index and glossary. We also made some honey biscuits! We
- [Year 5 blog - The End! Who can believe it!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-the-end-who-can-believe-it/) - Good afternoon all, We can not believe it is the end of Year 5! We hope your child has enjoyed Sport's Day and the Science Super Stars' show last week. I know Mr Harris has shared some photos of Sport's Day on his blog last week. The year 5 children have enjoyed a French cafe
- [The Final Countdown!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/the-final-countdown/) - We have had an absolutely jam-packed week in Year 4! From trips to science competitions, we have done it all! Science Superstars After some absolutely fantastic auditions from both classes for this years 'Science Superstars' competition, we chose a representative from each class to go through to the finals. Both Freddie and Sophie did an
- [Competition week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/competition-week/) - This week, Year 3 had a memorable time participating in their first KS2 sports day, where they showcased their athletic skills, and enjoyed watching their peers shine in the science superstars event, where they demonstrated their scientific knowledge and creativity! Maths This week, we have come to the end of our final maths unit, focusing
- [Reception News - 12.7.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-12-7-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is out. We have also continued to learn about consonant clusters. This week we have looked at br like in brown, fl like in flat and dr like in drink. Maths This week the children have been doing lots of work on addition and subtraction. The children are becoming
- [Year 1 - 12.07.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-12-07-24/) - Phonics This week we have focused on writing the days of the week. The children have practised writing each day and wrote sentences including the different days. Maths During our maths sessions, the children looked at time. They have worked on telling the time to the hour and half past the hour. They have used
- [Year 2 News 12.7.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-12-7-24/) - The rain (pretty much) held off for our sports day on Wednesday morning. The children did a FANTASTIC job of representing their hive teams, showing real determination, resilience and great sportsmanship in what was a great, competitive event. We hope you enjoyed watching as buckets were filled with water, beanbags carried on heads, eggs were
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-35/) - The penultimate week! How time has flown since the children started Nursery. They have made such progress, developed friendships and matured. They are ready for all the new things they will learn next year. Indoor fun Zoe the dog came to visit We played outside Library Books Please return all library books and bags next
- [Year 6 12.7.24 - The End is Nigh](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-12-7-24-the-end-is-nigh/) - We are hurtling towards the last week of term and the last week of Farsley Farfield for our children. As a reminder, here are the arrangements for next week. Letter Bradford Industrial Museum We spent a lovely morning at Bradford Industrial Museum on Tuesday where the children learned more about life in the mills for
- [Headteacher blog 12/07/2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-12-07-2024/) - This is such a busy time of year. Last weekend we had our annual Camp-Over which was a big success again. Our PTA really are magnificent: putting so much time and effort into putting on fabulous events that also raise funds for the school. On Tuesday we got our statutory Y6 SATs results. The children
- [Junior Sports Day 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/junior-sports-day-2024/) - A big crowd attended the junior sports day on Wednesday afternoon. An intense couple of hours of competition ended with red team taking the trophy. Well done to everyone involved!
- [Malham week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/malham-week/) - Good evening. We have had a great week in Year 5. 5KH went to Malham on Wednesday, with 5HB making the long trip on Friday. The weather was good both days, with one 5HB child telling me that they have now broken their rain record. Ribblehead is now a distant memory! Malham We started with
- [Year 6 05.7.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-05-7-24/) - History We have been doing some brilliant research and presentations on the Industrial Revolution. We learnt about life in the mill for children - how they were mistreated and what daily life might have been like. We then looked at local important historical figures such as Titus Salt and Samuel Marsden. The children were fascinated
- [Sound Collecting and Shield Making](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sound-collecting-and-shield-making/) - We've had a very exciting week in Year 3! The Sound Collector Both classes did a brilliant job of performing our poem, 'The Sound Collector' on stage in front of children from the Foundation Stage all the way up to Year 6. Most of the children really enjoyed this chance to perform (and to listen
- [Reception News - 5.7.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-5-7-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is when. The children are getting really good at reading words with consonant clusters in! We looked at cr like in crab, pt like in slept and sp like in spoon. Maths This week we have been deepening the children's understanding of number. We have done lots of practical
- [Year 1 - 05.07.2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-05-07-2024/) - Phonics The children are always busy during our phonics lessons. We are continuing to revisit the phase 3 and 5 phonemes/graphemes. This week we focused on: oi/oy, air/ear/are, au/aw/or. We have also been busy writing the Year 1 tricky words. Maths The children are working on recognising and using the correct language relating to dates.
- [Skelton Grange Trip - 2BW](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/skelton-grange-trip-2bw/) - 2BW had a fantastic day at Skelton Grange on Thursday. Each group had a go at pond dipping, using nets to collect flying insects and searching for minibeasts in the woods. They picked up lots of information about the range of minibeasts and their habitats. After lunch we all enjoyed a wonderful time altogether in
- [Nursery Staycation](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery-staycation/) - We were very lucky with the weather on Wednesday for our Staycation and the children had lots of fun in our beautiful school grounds. Have a look at what we did! We explored the woods and made nature crowns We went to see the chickens We also saw the pigs We enjoyed our picnics We
- [Headteacher blog 5th July 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-5th-july-2024/) - It's the busiest time of the year: reading, checking and commenting on 450 end-of-year reports. We are also pulling together all of the end-of-year assessments and await our statutory Y6 SATs results next week. The vast majority of children are progressing very well but we have a very wide spread: above average numbers of children
- [Skelton Grange Trip- 2LA](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/skelton-grange-trip-2la/) - Yesterday we had a great day out at Skelton Grange. The children explored the grounds to look for minibeasts in different habitats- the pond, woods and meadow. The children found so many interesting creatures and were very 'hands on'! In the afternoon, they enjoyed playing in the woods doing different activities such as den building,
- [Science superstars!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/science-superstars/) - This week, Year 3 have been embracing the brighter weather, venturing outdoors, and making the most of every opportunity to run around, especially after completing maths assessments! We ended the week with a fantastic morning of auditions for the Science Superstar, which will be held on July 12th. Maths This week, we have continued our
- [WB 24.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-24-6-24/) - It has been a very warm and fun-filled week in Year 5. The Science Superstar auditions have been the highlight of the week, and we have been busy preparing for our trip to Malham next week. Malham Next week, both classes will be going to Malham (5KH on the 3rd of July and 5HB on
- [Reception News - 28.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-28-6-24/) - Phonics This week our tricky word is what. We have continued looking at consonant clusters like nk in the word pink, and ft in the word soft. Can your child think of words with these consonant clusters in? Maths This week we have focused on deepening the children’s developing automaticity with number facts including knowing
- [Year 2 News 28.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-28-6-24/) - It has been another brilliant week in Year 2 and we have lots of learning to share with you! English We have started a new unit of work on poetry based around minibeasts. We began the week by looking at different word classes (nouns, adjectives and verbs) and collected vocabulary specific to different minibeasts. We
- [Year 1 - 28.06.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-28-06-24/) - Phonics This week the children have continued to revisit the phase 3 and 5 phonemes. We have focused on: ie, igh, i_e, ue, ew, oo, ow, ou, ir, ur, and er. Maths This week has been all about money! The children have worked on recognising and knowing the value of different denominations of coins and
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-34/) - Only three more weeks left and it doesn't seem anytime at all since the children were starting in Nursery. They have made such good progress and matured during this time. Outside fun We are so lucky to have a huge variety of things for the children to do outside. Last week we went to see
- [Headteacher blog 28/6/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-28-6-24/) - It seems like summer has been and gone in a flash this week! I did a tour with some prospective parents yesterday afternoon and it was not typical. Half of Y6 were out on high school transition (and the rest were cooking, farming or hosting a visiting school - see below), a Reception class were
- [This week in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-3-3/) - The children have had another super week in Year 3, working hard and enjoying the sunshine too! On Thursday, we completed our reading assessments and we are really proud of the children's efforts and progress. Next week we will be completing our maths assessments and we are sure the children will do brilliantly with those
- [Year 4 Go Bananas!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-go-bananas/) - We have had a very busy week in Year 4. In addition to their usual lessons, the children have also completed their summer assessments in both maths and reading (which they all worked so hard on). 4Ke also had a fantastic time in Burnsall, though we will keep all of the photos and more information
- [Reception News - 21.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-21-6-24/) - Phonics This week we have focused on reading words that contain consonant clusters like st in the word steep and mp in jump. Our tricky word this week is there. Can your child read all of the tricky words learnt so far? Maths A new focus this week was subitising beads on a rekenrek. This
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-33/) - Finally the sun has arrived! It has been lovely to be outside in the warmth and sunshine instead of the chilly and wet days we have had. Lots of fun outside! This week we have had snack outside, read books outside and been for an adventure around the school grounds. Here are some photos of
- [Year 1 - 21.06.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-21-06-24/) - Phonics In phonics we have revised the sounds ch, ph, qu, sh, th, wh, oa/oe/o-e/oe, a-e/ai/ay and ea/ee/e-e/ey. The children are becoming very confident reading and writing these sounds in words and sentences. We have also revised all of the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. English This week we have written a recount
- [21/06/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/21-06-24/) - Next week we will begin teaching our RSE curriculum. This will take a number of lessons and will be completed over the next few weeks. End of year arrangements Please see the end of year arrangements for Y6. As we approach the end of your child’s time at primary school we would like to make
- [Year 2 News 21.06.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-21-06-24/) - English and Art We began our week with a bog baby hunt in our conservation area! We took some magic magnifying glasses to help our search. We were so lucky to 'see' some! We then made our bog babies from clay! For the rest of the week we have written some non-chronological reports about bog
- [Year 5 Blog 21.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-21-6-24/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, We can not believe that the end of Year 5 is suddenly approaching! How has the year gone so quickly and we seem to have an incredibly busy final term. As you should be aware, both classes are off to visit Malham, 5KH on Wednesday 3rd July, and 5HB on
- [Headteacher blog 21st June 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-21st-june-2024/) - At last, we have some summer sun and it lifts (almost) everyone. 4Ke have been lucky today to have such beautiful weather for their trip to Burnsall in the Dales. Next week, Reception should have lovely weather for their trips to Harlow Carr Gardens. (In a sad irony, another school's Reception children are actually coming
- [A busy week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-2/) - Maths Year 3 have ended their unit on shape this week, focusing on 2d and 3d shapes. Children could recognise the lines within different shapes and acute and obtuse angles using their previous knowledge of parallel and perpendicular lines. After looking at and naming 2D and 3D shapes, we included marshmallows! Sadly, we didn’t roast
- [Reception News - 14.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-14-6-24/) - Phonics This week our tricky word is little. We have also revised the phonemes ear, ure and er. The children have enjoyed playing our new roll and read game! Maths We began the week by investigating capacity. The children used the language 'full', 'empty', 'half full' and 'nearly full'. They enjoyed measuring and pouring drinks
- [Year 4 Blog 14.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-14-6-24/) - We have had another super week in Year 4, learning everything from telling the time to investigating gases! MathsIn Maths this week, we have been learning about time. We began by thinking about years, months, weeks and days before moving on to hours, minutes and seconds. Children were able to convert between hours, minutes and
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-32/) - Yet another busy week! Maths In our Maths sessions this week we have been using 5 frames. The children place a number of objects in the squares and move them into different positions. This enables them to understand that the value of a number stays the same even if the objects are in a different
- [Year 2 News 14.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-14-6-24/) - This week, we welcomed author, Suzy Senior, into school for a workshop with KS1. Suzy shared her new novel, Banana Hunt with us and told us all about the writing process. We had the opportunity to ask her lots of questions and find out all about the different people involved in creating books. She shared
- [Year 1 - 14.06.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-14-06-24/) - Rodley Nature Reserve 1B had a fantastic time at Rodley Nature Reserve on Tuesday. 1T had a brilliant time at Rodley Nature Reserve on Thursday. A huge thank you to our parent volunteers who came with us! Author Visit We had a wonderful time meeting Suzie Senior in an assembly earlier this week. We really
- [Headteacher blog 14th June 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-14th-june-2024/) - I have had an enjoyable week, with the first three days spent on Y6 residential at wonderful How Stean Gorge in Upper Nidderdale. It was cold and a bit wet but we were accommodated in relative luxury this year in lodges rather than tents. The class that I went with, 6D, were a lovely class
- [6J Residential - Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6j-residential-day-2/) - We had a peaceful night last night and children 'slept in' until a reasonable time this morning. The lodges were very helpful at keeping the midges and early morning sunlight at bay. We have had very good weather for most of the day and all of the groups completed two activities today. The children have
- [Four day week? Why not.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/four-day-week-why-not/) - Good evening. It's been another packed week but luckily the weather has allowed us to get out and enjoy the start of the summer months. English English this week has involved persuasive writing and on Tuesday the chidren wrote to the Prime Minister (to be posted after 4th July just in case) to convice him
- [6D residential Day 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6d-residential-day-3-2/) - This group were a pleasure to take on residential. They were brave, kind and very sociable. The children appeared to sleep very well again: probably the best at bedtime of any group ever. Each group got a final activity on Wednesday morning. Group 1 Group 1 went canoeing which was great fun! The children worked
- [6J residential day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6j-residential-day-1/) - We have had a great start to our residential at How Stean Gorge. It is a little chilly but we have been lucky with the weather...so far! This morning, we had a stop-off at Coldstone's cut. We walked up the hill to look down at the limestone quarry and we were fortunate to have clear
- [6D residential Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6d-residential-day-2/) - This group go to bed so well! Last year on Y5 residential they took themselves to bed. This year, we went out to tell them 'lights out' and all three lodges were already dark and quiet! They didn't get up ridiculously early either. (Compared to tents, it remains dark inside when the sun rises.) Each
- [6D residential day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6d-residential-day-1/) - Is it really June? It's cold up here at How Stean Gorge and we got wet on the evening walk, but we are having a good time. This class is a lovely group to take away and they are very kind and supportive of each other. They are being brave and resilient. Your children are
- [Trips to the Royal Armouries Museum](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/trips-to-the-royal-armouries-museum/) - Year 3 had two fantastic trips to the Royal Armouries Museum this week. We hope you enjoy looking at these photos from our visits! Burn it down! Once we had arrived at the museum and been greeted by our hosts for the day, we got into role as members of the Iceni tribe. We helped
- [Tea Tasting!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/tea-tasting/) - English In our English lessons this week, we have been exploring our new class text 'Cloud Tea Monkeys'. Since this book is about people who pick tea leaves for a living, we thought that we would spend some time tasting different types of teas and then describing them. During our tasting session, the children had
- [Year 6 07.06.24 - The Stage Beckons...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-07-06-24-the-stage-beckons/) - Production Our production rehearsals kicked off in style this week with the children working hard on their scenes and lines from our summer performance of Pirates of the Curry Bean. Our performance this year will be Wednesday 17th July @ 7pm. As our performances are usually sell-out events, we will initially be restricting tickets to
- [Reception News - 7.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-7-6-24/) - Wow - we can't believe we are in the last half term of Reception! Phonics This week we have been updating our phonics assessments. The children have impressed us with their phonic knowledge. Please keep practising the flashcards and playing on Fast Phonics. Please keep hearing your child read and write a comment in their
- [WB 3.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-3-6-24/) - Welcome back to the final half term of Year 5. It has been lovely to see all of the children back this week, and the residential trip seems like a distant memory (thankfully all of 5HB seem to have dried out!). All of the children have started the term positively, and it has been wonderful
- [Year 1 - 07.06.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-07-06-24/) - Phonics This week we have focused on the phonemes/graphemes the children have struggled with (au/aw and ue/ew) and looked at the final 'y' sound. As with all our phonics lessons, we have practised reading and writing words with consonant clusters and wrote a sentence each day. The Phonics Screening Check will take place next week.
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-31/) - Welcome back to the busy final half term of the academic year. We have been doing lots of assessment this week and are thrilled with the amount of progress your children have made since September. Subitizing In our Maths sessions this week we have been practising our subitizing skills. The children have to recognise amounts
- [Year 2 News 7.6.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-7-6-24/) - English Our focus text for this week has been The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis, a magical story about two sisters finding an unusual creature in a pond. We began the week by reading and discussing the story then wrote our own questions to ask the characters during a hot seating activity. We then spent
- [Headteacher blog 7th June 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-7th-june-2024/) - It has been a very busy week at school with new Nursery and Reception Open Evenings, school trips and the final event of Y5/6 Show Time: 60 children at the ballet on Thursday evening. We are full again for Reception September 2024 and have only one part-time nursery space available. Taking 60 children to the
- [Headteacher Blog 24th May 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-24th-may-2024/) - It is the end of the half term and it has been busy with Y6 SATs, lots of trips and Y5 residential. 5KH had a lovely time Mon-Wed this week but the weather for 5HB from Wednesday has been extremely wet! We made some adjustment to our plans to reflect this, but they still got
- [A wet week in The Dales](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-wet-week-in-the-dales/) - We have had a very wet week in The Dales with Year 5 classes on residential at Ribblehead. Despite the appalling weather from Wednesday, the children (and staff) battled on and completed almost all the planned activities: caving, mountain-biking, waterfall walks, night walks and a river study. Well done to all of the children and
- [Roman purses!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/roman-purses/) - Just like that, it's the end of the first half of summer term! This term has been full of exciting learning including sewing our first Roman-inspired purses and pouches, writing about eruptions, learning more about different shapes, exploring the reasons behind the Roman invasion, and, of course, beginning to enjoy the weather a little more! Maths This week,
- [Year 4 Blog 24.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-14-5-24/) - We have had yet another fantastic half term in Year 4, despite the very miserable weather! MathsWe have come to the end of our second decimals unit in Maths this week, finishing with understanding half, a quarter and three quarters as decimals. Children were able to use their knowledge of converting fractions with tenths or
- [5HB Residential Day 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5hb-residential-day-3/) - After another good night's sleep, it was time to pack our bags and prepare to leave Gearstones Lodge. Because the weather forecast for this morning was for rain (what a surprise!) and the majority of children had a very limited supply of dry clothes, we decided not to do the full river walk as originally
- [Reception News - 24.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-24-5-24/) - Phonics This week our tricky word is were. Can your child read and spell this word? We have also revised the phonemes oo, ar, or and ur. We have enjoyed singing this song to help us read words with the long and short oo digraphs. Maths We have been consolidating the children's understanding of the
- [Year 2 News 24th May 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-24th-may-2024/) - English Inspired by our work on the lunar landings, we have been thinking about what it would be like to be the first child to step foot on the moon. We all got together in the hall for an exciting drama lesson where we acted out our journey to the moon and the different activities
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-30/) - Number 5 The children have a very good understanding of the number 5 and have experienced it in lots of different situations. We sing songs and rhymes, we count objects, we subitize the number (recognise without counting) and this week we have been representing the number on paper. The children drew lines, raindrops and sunshines
- [Year 1 - 24.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-24-05-24/) - Phonics This week the children have been completing phonics assessments. Most children are now confident in the phase 3 and phase 5 sounds. Please keep practising lots at home in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check which will be taking place week commencing 10th June. English This week the children have finished their chicken booklets.
- [Year 6 23.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-23-5-24/) - Little Life Savers This week Year 6 was lucky enough to participate in CPR training which was delivered by the charity Little Life Savers. The children learned about how to deliver back blows to another child in case of choking; how to deliver CPR to a child and how to deliver CPR to an adult.
- [5HB Day 2. Thursday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5hb-day-2-thursday/) - Good evening, After a good night's sleep, the weather gods were slightly kinder to us this morning when we undertook our main day's activities. Several children took inspiration from The Hobbit and enjoyed second, third, fourth and even fifth breakfasts, meaning they had plenty of energy for cycling and caving. In fact, the rain held
- [5HB Day 1 Residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5hb-day-1-residential/) - We have had a fantastic first day of residential and haven't let the rain dampen our spirits. The train journey worked well and we didn't have to wait for too long at New Pudsey or Leeds station. The children kept themselves busy by playing some board games and Jesse had an epic game of Top
- [Caving action photos 5KH](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/caving-action-photos-5kh/) - Phil Jackson has provided these action photos from both groups in the caves.
- [5KH Residential Day 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5kh-residential-day-2/) - 5KH have been lucky with the weather compared to 5HB coming for the second half of the week. The biking group set off at 9am for the hour-long drive to Gisburn Forest where we met Chris Young, our cycle coach. The first group cycling split into a more confident and less confident group. The less
- [5KH residential day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/5kh-residential-day-1/) - We are having a great first day of residential. The journey worked well, whether by minibus or train. We sorted ourselves out at the lodge, ate our lunch in the garden and headed off for the Ingleton Waterfall Walk. The weather was dry and reasonably warm. The children seemed to remember their geography lessons back
- [Sewing, sports, celery and some super writing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sewing-sports-celery-and-some-super-writing/) - Here is what we have been up to this week in Year 3! D.T The children have been very excited to start their new D.T project - making Roman-inspired purses. This week, we thought about the design of our purse and we practised the running stitch. The children did so well with this, persevering and
- [Reception News - 17.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-17-5-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is some. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We also revised the phonemes ai, ee, igh and oa. We have been practising writing sentences with these phonemes too. Please keep trying at home! Maths The children have continued to develop their subitising skills (seeing the quantity
- [Year 2 News 17.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-17-5-24/) - English This week in English we have been exploring the text The Sea of Tranquillity by Mark Haddon, a tale inspired by the first moon landing in 1969. We made inferences about what it would be like to land on the moon using a picture stimulus. We used the language from the text to build
- [Year 1 - 17.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-17-05-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the trigraphs air, ear and ure. We have also revised the digraphs aw, au, or, oi and oy. We have continued practising writing and spelling the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. Maths In maths we have started a new unit on fractions. This week we
- [Year 6 16.5.24 - HOORAY!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-16-5-24-hooray/) - A HUGE WELL DONE to all the children in Year 6 after successfully completing their KS2 tests this week. It has been a long week and the children have been amazing: they have shown resilience, stamina, tenacity and confidence. We are so proud of them. No matter the scaled score or result, we know they
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-29/) - Another busy week! Number 5 This week the children have been collecting 5 objects and making 5 balls of dough during our Dough Disco sessions. Lots of the children were able to collect the objects and many of them could them recognise the amount without counting them when they had the objects in front of
- [Year 5 Blog 17.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-17-5-24/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, This week we have finished writing a diary entry from the point of view of the Hobbit. the children worked hard to show off a range of past tenses, modal verbs, parenthesis and a variety of language features in the old fashioned and polite style of how the Hobbit might
- [Headteacher blog 17th May 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-17th-may-2024/) - It has been Y6 SATs week across the country this week. I am sure that most of our children will have done very well, although a few did show signs of some stress despite our best efforts to make the week fun. I am particularly concerned for those children that can only just access the
- [It's a sunny end to the week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/its-a-sunny-end-to-the-week/) - This week, our outdoor spaces have been buzzing with activity, and the children have been absolutely thrilled. At Farsley, we are fortunate to have vast areas for them to run, play sports, and build dens. Year 3 have enjoyed making the most of these spaces this week! Maths This week, we have completed our second
- [WB 6.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-6-5-24/) - This week Year 5 has been making the most of the weather to bring the curriculum alive and prepare for our residential to Ribblehead (only 10 days to go!). Cycling Children really enjoyed visiting Otley Chevin to practice their cycling this week. Both classes were lucky with the weather and the track wasn't as muddy
- [A Sunny Trip to Leeds!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-sunny-trip-to-leeds/) - We've had a lovely week in Year 4, made even better by the very overdue appearance of some sunshine! MathsWe are starting our second decimals topic in Maths over the next week, with our first lesson on making a whole with tenths. Children used their understanding of tenths as fractions and decimals, as well as
- [Reception News - 10.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-10-5-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the tricky word come. We have also learnt the phoneme er like in river and we revised the phonemes We have now learnt all the Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonemes. Does your child know them all? Please keep practising them at home. Phonics Play is a great website
- [Year 1 - 10.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-10-05-24/) - Phonics This week the children have revisited 'g' says 'j', 'c' says 's' and silent letters. We have also been revising all the phase 2, 3 and 4 tricky words. English In English, we have continued writing our own version of 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The children have impressed us with their imagination and
- [Year 2 News 10.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-10-5-24/) - English This week in English we have been using our knowledge of 1960s objects to write an explanation text. We have created a final piece of writing which has a title, introduction, pictures with captions and fact sentences to explain. Well done Year 2! Spellings This week in spellings we have been adding the suffixes
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-28/) - Number 5 This week we introduced the number 5 by reading the Number Puppy story. We have been learning a new song to accompany the number. The children really enjoy joining in with this song... A love of reading The Nursery children enjoy listening to stories and also 'reading' books to themselves. Rhyming This week
- [10/05/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/10-05-24/) - We have come to the culmination of the year and the moment we have all been waiting for... that's right: The Eurovision Song Contest! Mrs Dobkin is particularly excited - as is 6D because they know she will finally stop talking about it so much next week. Year 6 have had another hard working week
- [Headteacher's blog 10th May 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-10th-may-2024/) - It has been a glorious week at school and it is definitely feeling more 'summery'. The weather and availability of the school fields make playtime and lunchtimes much more enjoyable. The good weather was helpful for Year 5 practising their mountain biking skills at The Chevin this week and for 4Ke on their geography visit
- [Year 4 Blog 03.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-03-05-24/) - English In our English lessons this week, we have been continuing our work on persuasive writing. After our successful first attempts at creating our own radio adverts, we decided to plan some new ones specifically for Farsley Farfield. The first step was select a target audience, then consider what features of our school that audience
- [Cycling, sewing, singing.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/cycling-sewing-singing/) - Good evening. We have had another packed week in Year 5. One of the most popular activities was when the children got on their bikes to gain confidence and practise their cycling skills for the residential in a few weeks. Chris Young (ex-pro cyclist) led the groups around the playground and will be part of
- [Year 6 03.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-03-05-24/) - This week we have really settled into our revision stride. The children continue to impress us with their confidence and resilience and they've done incredibly well with everything we have asked of them. A few children have mentioned revision at home over this bank holiday weekend. We would suggest little and often; MUCH more important
- [Year 1 - 03.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-03-05-24/) - Phonics We are revisiting the phase 3, phase 4 and phase 5 phonemes/graphemes. The children have read and spelt words with different phonemes/graphemes. They have also written independent sentences. This week we have revised the tricky words 'would' and 'could'. Maths During our maths sessions, the children have looked at arrays and doubles. They have
- [Fight or Surrender?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fight-or-surrender/) - It's been another action-packed week in Year 3! History We are really enjoying learning about the Romans in Year 3! This topic is a great one as it builds perfectly on our learning about Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Last week, we considered from the Roman perspective why the Romans wanted
- [Reception News - 3.5.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-3-5-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is do. We have also revised the phonemes air, oi, ch and sh. Can your child think of a word with these phonemes in? Can they write a sentence? Super Writing! The children have impressed us with their writing this week. Reading Challenge Well done to everyone who completed
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-27/) - Birds This week the pigeon has been visiting again so some of the children have be making their own pigeons. Number 4 This week in our Maths teaching sessions we have been representing the number 4 on paper. The children drew 4 horizontal lines, 4 vertical, 4 squares, 4 sunshines and the numeral 4. They
- [Year 2 News 3.05.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-3-05-24/) - English In English this week we have been looking at the features of information texts with a focus on captions. We then looked at the 1960s objects and talked about their features, how they worked and what they were used for. We then talked about what we use nowadays instead. Children have practised writing captions
- [Headteacher blog 3rd May 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-3rd-may-2024/) - It has been wonderful to see children able to enjoy the grounds much more this week: finally, some warmer, drier weather allowing us to mow. We are way behind our usual horticultural schedule, with potatoes still going into the ground, but things will accelerate now. The orchard is beautiful and bursting with blossom; some girls
- [26.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/26-4-24/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, We have had another busy week in Year 5. In maths we have been workingon Statistics. The children have impressed me with their enthusiasm and understanding in this topic. We have worked on interpreting information from line graphs and tables. Line graphs Tables For homework children need to complete 2
- [Vesuvius awakes!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/vesuvius-awakes/) - Maths This week, we have reached the end of our unit on mass and capacity. Children compared capacity and added different volumes together, converting measurements into litres when needed. Next week, we will move on to the second Fractions unit. Vesuvius is victorious! This week, we enjoyed reading ‘Escape from Pompeii’. The children were particularly
- [Year 4 Blog 26.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-26-4-24/) - It has been a busy but great week in Year 4! MathsWe have been learning about tenths this week in Maths. We began by looking at tenths as fractions and then as decimals. The children were really confident with both of these concepts and were able to convert between the two. Have a look at
- [Reception News - 26.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-26-4-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is so. Can your child read and write all the tricky words that we have learnt so far in Reception? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme ear like in fear and ure like in cure. Can your child think of other words with these trigraphs in? Maths We
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-26/) - Visiting the farm Last Friday and this Monday the children visited the farm and had a walk around the school grounds. Everyone had their wellies on and carefully walked through the mud. The children looked for signs of Spring as well as visiting the chickens and pigs. They saw the blossom on the trees and
- [Yorkshire Wildlife Park- 2LA](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/yorkshire-wildlife-park-2la/) - We have had a brilliant time on our visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. We spent lots of time visiting all the different animals, then took part in a workshop at the end. Some of our highlights were: watching the giraffes using their long tongues to pull off the leaves walking through the Amazonian enclosure and
- [Year 1 - 26.04.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-26-04-24/) - Phonics This week in phonics we have revised split digraphs and the phonemes ai, ay, ea, ee, ey, ie, and igh. We have also carried out another practice phonic screening check. Please continue to use the flashcards, go on Fast Phonics, and read at least four times a week at home. We also practiced reading
- [Year 6 26.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-26-4-24/) - City or countryside - where would you live? This week we began to look at life in the countryside before the Industrial Revolution and how cities were affected as people began to move away in great numbers and the population increased. The children were fascinated to learn about life in the countryside and how hard
- [Headteacher blog 26th April 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-26th-april-2024/) - It's been a fine and busy week in school. Year 2 have visited the Yorkshire Wildlife Park this week: probably our longest minibus trip on the curriculum. Many thanks to the volunteer drivers. The children had a lovely time. Year 4 went to a skipping competition and we have had two U11 home football matches:
- [Yorkshire Wildlife Park Trip - 2BW](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/yorkshire-wildlife-park-trip-2bw/) - We had a fantastic day visiting Yorkshire Wildlife Park this week and learnt lots of interesting facts about animals and their habitats and diets. We began our day with a workshop led by a member of the Yorkshire Wildlife Park team. She taught us all about where different animals life and how animals have adapted
- [A wonderful trip to Harlow Carr!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-wonderful-trip-to-harlow-carr/) - Year 3 had a very exciting start to the new term with their trips to Harlow Carr. 3SB on Tuesday were a little bit luckier with the weather than 3B, who had some wind, rain and even hailstones to contend with. They did not let this stop their fun though, and both classes had a
- [Reception News - 19.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-19-4-24/) - Wow - we can't believe we are in the last term of Reception! We have lots of fun activities planned including our trip to Harlow Carr in June. Phonics In phonics this week our tricky word is like. Can your child say this word in a sentence? The children enjoyed joining in with this tricky
- [WB 15.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-15-4-24/) - Welcome to the Summer term (it would be helpful if someone could inform the weather that the sun should be shining gloriously by now!). The children have been working hard on our new topics this week and the learning has been very hands-on. English In English, we have started to read The Hobbit. We began
- [Year 1 - 19.04.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-19-04-24/) - Phonics Over the next few weeks, we will revisit all the phonemes/graphemes we have learnt this year. This week we have looked at ck, ff, ll, ng, ss, zz, ph, wh, ch, sh, th, qu, and ar. We have also revised the tricky words there and called. Maths This week the children have been learning
- [Year 2 News 19.04.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-19-04-24/) - English In English we have read the story, the Tiger who came to Tea. The children have enjoyed reading and writing activities based on this text. We have planned and written our own versions of this story which have been really entertaining to read! Spellings This week our spellings are words ending in le or
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-25/) - Welcome back to the Summer term! The children have quickly settled into familiar routines and are enjoying being back with their friends. This week has been a busy one including a child-led focus on colour mixing. Colour mixing in the water tray The children have been investigating what happens when they use pipettes to mix
- [Year 6 19.4.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-19-4-24/) - This week the children have returned to school after the heartbreaking loss of one of their classmates, Matilda, over the Easter holidays. It has been a truly sad time and will continue to be something that we grieve together. Our pastoral support team are always on hand should you feel that your child is not
- [Headteacher blog 19th April 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-19th-april-2024/) - It was great to have the school back together on Monday although, of course, there was a great sadness shared amongst staff and the wider school community after the tragic news in the holidays. The school quickly got back into gear and Year 3 braved the weather for two successful trips to Harlow Carr Gardens
- [Who's a clever "sew and sew"?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/whos-a-clever-sew-and-sew/) - The spring term seems to have flown by, with loads of learning and fun activities packed in. This week, the Year 5 children started to construct their rainforest animal plushies. Last week, they researched the animal they wanted to make, then made a template so that they could cut out the material to the correct
- [Headteacher blog 28th March 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-28th-march-2024/) - I hope everyone has a great Easter break and Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families as they celebrate Eid in the second week of the school holidays. The spring term finishes today and this means that I have now been headteacher here for exactly 20 years. That's quite some time! I came here because
- [Happy Holidays!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays-3/) - It has been a jam packed term full of assessments, visits to the farm and new learning! Throughout this term, we have been practising singing 'The Three Little Birds' and have used our glockenspiels and other instruments as part of our performance. Here are the performances from both classes. We hope you enjoy! Next term,
- [Year 1 - 28.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-29-03-24/) - Phonics The 'Phonic Detective' sheets were finished this week. The children have shown us how good they are at spotting the different digraphs and trigraphs in words. We consolidated each detective sheet during our phonics sessions. Some were quite tricky. Maths This week the children continued with work on measurement. We started the week looking
- [Year 4 Blog 28.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-28-3-24/) - What a super half-term it has been! We have packed so much learning in, covering everything from Viking longships to adding fractions! MathsIn maths this week, we have been learning how to add fractions and mixed numbers. The children understood that the denominators had to be the same in order to add fractions, and they
- [Reception News - 28.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-28-3-24/) - Phonics This week we have learnt the phoneme ow like in 'brown.' Our tricky word is have. We have also enjoyed going on a trick word hunt around the classroom. Can you use your tricky word cards to go on a hunt at home too? Reading Challenge Well done to everyone who completed the challenge
- [Year 2 News 28.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-28-03-24/) - English This week in English we have been reading, performing and writing African animal poems. We have talked about how poets use alliteration and rhyme. We have collected lots of right choice adjectives and verbs for our animals. Finally we wrote our own fantastic poems! Spelling This week in spellings we have been looking at
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-24/) - A second performance of "I am the music man" On Monday morning the Nursery children gave their second performance to another invited audience. The children did a very good job of playing their instruments and as importantly kept their instruments quiet at the right time. Here are a few photos of an amazing performance but
- [Year 6 - 28.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-28-3-24/) - Happy Holidays The children have worked so very hard this term and we are proud of their tenacity and effort. We have spent the last week doing some assessments which will help structure our revision when we come back after the holidays in order to prepare us for our SATs in May. As a reminder,
- [Vote for the pig names](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/vote-for-the-pig-names/) - After nominations closed, we shortlisted 5 possible names for each pig. Vote here: https://forms.gle/WRbbUaMgzsZT23qj8
- [Fractions and Poems and Invertebrates, Oh My!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fractions-and-poems-and-invertebrates-oh-my/) - Maths This week in maths, we have been exploring how to convert between improper fractions (where the numerator is greater than the denominator) and mixed number fractions (where the wholes and parts are separate). Though this can potentially be quite tricky, the children listened well and were able to use different methods (along with some
- [This week in Year 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-3-2/) - We've had a great week in Year 3! English The children have been writing diary entries from the point of view of crew members on board The Endurance. We have been really impressed with the way the children got into role and with the descriptive language they have chosen. Here are some of our favourite
- [Year 1 - 22.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-22-03-24/) - Phonics For our morning tasks, we have continued with our 'Phonic Detective' sheets. These lead into our phonics sessions where the children keep looking at the same phonemes/graphemes. This week we have looked at the families: oa/oe/o_e/ow, oo/ew/u_e, au/aw/or, and er/ir/ur. Maths This week we have focused on measuring. We have compared length and height,
- [Reception News - 22.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-22-3-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week our tricky word is said. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme or like in fork and ur like in turn. Maths We have had lots of fun with 3D shapes this week. The children have enjoyed learning their names and
- [Week ending 22.3.24 Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-ending-22-3-24-year-5/) - We have had another great week in year 5. In English the children have enjoyed writing some fantastic stories about children being lost in the Amazon, based on the Explorer by Katherine Rundell, which we have been reading in class. English homework in based on the Year 5/6 or Year 3/4 spellings. In Maths we
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-23/) - Toothbrushing Certificates This week we presented the first 'Toothbrushing Certificates'. Well done to all those children who brushed their teeth morning and night for a whole week. We are sure all of the children do this and it would be nice to be able to award the good dental hygiene practises of the children. We
- [Year 2 News 22.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-22-03-24/) - English This week in English, we have been researching facts about African land animals using the chrome books. We recapped the features of a non-chronological report and looked at some examples. We then had a go at writing our own reports based on an animal of our choice. We split our writing into three paragraphs
- [Year 6 22.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-22-3-24/) - English We were blown away this week with the amazing final drafts of the work we have been doing on our explanation texts. The children were asked to explain this tricky scientific concept to a younger child and they did a brilliant job: writing with a friendly, knowledgeable tone and picking vocabulary really well to
- [Headteacher blog 22nd March 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-22nd-march-2024/) - It has been a challenging week with a difficult situation in the infants with a third Hepatitis A infection confirmed: the first from outside the initial family. Risks to children are still regarded as relatively mild, but the cluster of cases is being treated very seriously and there are plans to provide vaccinations to infant
- [Pig names](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/pig-names/) - If you would like to suggest names for the new piglets, please complete this form. We will draw up a shortlist and vote next week. Closing time for nominations Thursday 8pm. You must be logged in to a Farsley Farfield Google account to complete the form.
- [Sing and Swing at Farfield](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sing-and-swing-at-farfield/) - On Friday, we were delighted to host Artforms teacher Claire Rivers, an Artforms band and children from Stanningley (Blue) and Westroyd (front red) alongside our own choir (red and grey, generally at the back) for a morning of singing and a concert for parents and Farfield juniors. After the show, Ms Rivers wrote us and
- [A busy week!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week/) - Science This week, Year 3 had the task to create a new vertebrate. Children enjoyed looking at the way it might move, its habitat, what it eats and what it looks like. We had a range of creatures with very interesting names! English This week, we learned more about Ernest Shackleton's life and the communication
- [Year 4 Blog 15.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-15-3-24/) - Despite the disappointing weather, we have still had a lovely week and even managed to get outside for some lessons! MathsIn Maths this week, we have continued our fractions topic and looked at improper fractions. These are fractions where the numerator (number at the top) is greater than or equal to the denominator (number at
- [Reception News - 15.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-15-3-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have learnt 2 tricky words - her and are. We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme ar like in in 'star.' Busy Bee Books This week we have looked carefully at various plants and talked about the different parts. The children then did some super writing in their Busy
- [Year 1 - 15.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-15-03-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised split digraphs. We have also began to look at sound families which are groups of graphemes that all make the same sound. This week we have concentrated on a-e/ai/ay, ea/ee/e-e/ey and ie/i-e/igh. The children are really enjoying the phonic detective sheets and finding out who the phonic
- [Year 6 15/03/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-15-03-24/) - English We have had a very busy week this week with and the children have worked really hard. The children have been writing an explanation text all about the circulatory system, using very technical language and focusing carefully on their audience (Y3 children!). We were also lucky enough to have an online lesson with Pie
- [Year 2 News 15.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-15-03-24/) - English We have started a new non-fiction unit all about African animals. In English lessons this week, we have been researching and finding facts about zebras, giraffes, lions and elephants. Here we are sorting fact sentences into paragraphs. We read the fact to decide if it was about the animal's appearance, diet or habitat. Next
- [WB 11.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-11-3-24/) - Welcome to our weekly update! This week, children have been completing end-of-term assessments in English and maths. These assessments help to inform our teaching and will give us up-to-date information about your child's progress when we meet at parent's evening. Children don't always enjoy completing assessments so we have made sure that the rest of
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-22/) - Looking after your teeth One of the very important things we talk about in Nursery is caring for your teeth. This week we have been talking to the children about keeping their teeth clean and healthy. You will have received an information leaflet about how to support your child to brush their teeth. Please help
- [Headteacher blog 15th March 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-15th-march-2024/) - It has been another dull and wet week. The grounds have never been so muddy! I don't think I have ever yearned so much for a bit of sunshine and dry weather. Thankfully, the children are still bright and enthusiastic. We got some lovely feedback from the 'Sing and Swing' workshop and concert last Friday.
- [New additions to school!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-additions-to-school/) - Look who's arrived at school... The Wright family (former pupils now living in Lincolnshire) came over en masse this evening to gift three delightful Kune Kune piglets to the school farm: two boys and a girl. Children will look after the pigs during the week and LOTS of families have offered to look after them
- [Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-farm/) - Our top field hosts Farfield Farm: a locally unique horticultural facility that the children can enjoy and learn from throughout the year comprising of two large polytunnels, an extensive orchard, outdoor planting areas, an accessible garden, greenhouse, classroom, pigs area, a flock of chickens and bee hives. Younger children do seasonal visits whereas the juniors
- [Headteacher blog March 8th 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-march-8th-2024/) - Music and the arts are important parts of a primary school curriculum. Last Friday we had a lovely Y1 art gallery display in the infant hall; this Friday our junior choir enjoyed a workshop in the junior hall with Artform teachers and band, along with children from a couple of other local schools. The finale
- [World Book Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day/) - Good evening, Firstly, it was lovely to see all the children dressed so creatively. We had a great time trying to guess the adjectives that they had chosen. Thank you for all the effort at home. World Book Day yesterday was enjoyed across the year group. 5HB and 5KH spent an hour or so in
- [Invertebrate Investigators](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/invertebrate-investigators/) - World Book Day The highlight of this week has definitely been our World Book Day celebrations. The children came dressed as so many fantastic adjectives and were very keen to engage in all of the different activities that we had on offer. It was particularly lovely to spend some time with Reception, with the Year
- [World Book Day in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-in-year-3/) - We had a great time celebrating World Book Day on Thursday! Year 3 thought of some fabulous costumes and adjectives, including highly visible, smart, festive, dark, sporty, sparkly, cool and explosive! Oh, and of course Happy, Sneezy, Bashful, Sleepy, Grumpy and Dopey! We worked in groups to discuss the adjectives we had chosen and how
- [Reception News - 8.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-8-3-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'all'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme 'ai' like in rain and 'ee' like in 'tree'. Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have 'ai' and 'ee' in? Maths This week we have been looking
- [Year 1 - 08.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-08-03-24/) - Phonics This week the children have become 'Phonic Detectives'. A letter with further details was sent home on Monday. As we work through the phonemes, each child will have a chance to become a class 'Phonic Detective' and will receive a certificate and a small prize. We have sent home three sheets this week and
- [World Book Day 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-2024/) - Year 2 had such a wonderful day celebrating World Book Day on Thursday. Thank you for all your support; the children looked brilliant in their 'adjective' costumes and thoroughly enjoyed all the activities. We started the day with a special assembly; Wendy from Truman Books came to show the children the £1 books that are
- [A very busy week in Nursery!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-very-busy-week-in-nursery/) - Every week is busy in Nursery but this week we seemed to have done more than usual. On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day and have had lots of reading related activities going on through the week. Story Bus On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have the Story Bus visit us again. The children
- [Year 6 08.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-08-3-24/) - This week has been a brilliant week celebrating World Book Day with many activities happening and lots of fun being had. Earlier this week year 6 participated in a live lesson with author Emily-Jane Clark and learned about writing funny stories. They created their own beast and completed a 'top trumps' card with tonnes of
- [Will you be joining us?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/will-you-be-joining-us/) - Maths We have continued learning about length and perimeter, focusing on equivalents using metres, centimetres and millimetres. Children enjoyed using their understanding to measure the heights of their friends and write this in metres and centimetres. Join us on the Endurance! We have enjoyed learning about the robust Endurance and the places she sailed to
- [Year 1 - 01.03.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-01-03-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have looked at silent letters. We learnt that when a 'k' or 'g' is followed by a 'n' the k and g are silent. We also looked at compound words. We learnt that compound words are two words that come together to make a new word. For example 'star'
- [Year 4 Blog 1.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-1-3-24/) - It has been another great week in Year 4! MathsThe children are nearing the end of theirLength and Perimeter unit. This week, children have been learning how to find the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons (polygons are a closed 2D shape with straight sides). Children quickly learnt that regular polygons have equal length sides
- [Reception News - 1.3.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-1-3-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'my'. Can your child find this word in a book? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme 'oo.' It can make a short sound like in the word look or a long sound like food. 'Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have 'oo'? We
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-21/) - The children have been having lots of fun this week and experiencing different things. Snow Although we haven't had any snow outside this week we have had some inside! The children have been playing with artificial snow in our messy trays. Planting We continue to read our story 'Farmer Duck' and this week we have
- [01/03/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/01-03-24/) - Year 6 have been working hard this week and have completed their learning around percentages. We have been very impressed with their understanding and application of this topic. We have been using a range of revision tools in class this week so children should now have these bookmarked for use at home. REMINDER: It is
- [Year 5 Blog 1/3/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-1-3-24/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, We have had another successful week in Year 5. English The children have really enjoyed learning several descriptive techniques ready to use in their writing, including similes, metaphors, personification, noun phrases and adverbial phrase. The children have amazed us with some of their advanced language choices. Well done! Maths In
- [Year 2 News 1.3.2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-1-3-2024/) - Super skipping This week we took part in a fantastic skipping workshop where we learnt lots of different skills. We had a go at a single and a double bounce then even braved a run and jump on the giant rope! The instructors were very impressed with our determination and resilience. We have been eager
- [Headteacher blog 1st March](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-1st-march/) - A leap into March and we are trying to declare spring time at school. Reception children have been collecting frog spawn from the pond (and laughing at Mrs Galbraith struggling in the mud) and RGK have visited the farm and sown seeds. For many, it was their visit to the chickens. Soon we will also
- [Problems and Perimeters](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/problems-and-perimeters/) - English This week in English, we have been exploring the idea of issues and dilemmas through the animated Pixar short 'One Man Band'. Our first challenge was a conscience alley, where we considered what the problem of the short was and what the different sides of the argument were. After dividing the class into two
- [Ice Trap!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ice-trap/) - Welcome back to a new half term in Year 3! It's been a great first week back, with the children showing lots of enthusiasm for our new topics, especially our new class texts, 'Ice Trap!' and 'Shackleton's Journey'. We started the week by looking at the following job advert: Most of us were not too
- [Year 6 23.2.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-23-2-24/) - Welcome back to Spring 2 and another fun-filled half term of learning. As we approach SATS in May, we are starting now to prepare children for the exams with more lessons focusing on exam technique and more exposure to the sorts of questions the children may be asked in the exams. As a reminder, the
- [Reception News - 23.2.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-23-2-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'into'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme 'igh' like in 'light' and 'oa' like in 'boat' . Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have igh and oa? We have enjoyed watching Geraldine learn the
- [Year 1 - 23.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-23-02-24/) - Phonics This week the children have completed a previous phonics screening check. This is to support our knowledge of each child's current phonics ability so that we can support them to reach their full potential during the official assessment in June. We will discuss these assessments at Parents' Evening. Maths This week the children have
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-20/) - Welcome back to the second Spring half term! Spring is on its way and we are talking about all the new growth on the tress and shrubs. Daffodils and other Spring flowers are starting to appear. Can you point out signs of Spring when you are out and about? Farmer Duck Our new story for
- [Year 2 News 23.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-23-02-24/) - English Do you know how an elephant got its trunk? We found out how a smelly adventure and an encounter with a crocodile led to an elephant finding its nose in our work on Tinga Tinga tales this week. We began our topic by discussing what we liked about the story and who our favourite
- [WB 19.2.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-19-2-24/) - We hope you all had a wonderful half-term break, filled with fun and relaxation! Can you believe we're already more than halfway through the school year? Time flies when we're learning and having fun! This week, the children have jumped right into our exciting new topics with great enthusiasm. Maths This week we have been
- [Headteacher blog 23rd February 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-23rd-february-2024/) - It remains so wet and muddy around school and the planting season on the farm is getting off to a slow start. I know 'real' farmers are having it tough too as the ground is just too wet to plant many crops. The state of the school fields really is exceptionally bad, with the puddles
- [Is it half term already?](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/is-it-half-term-already/) - The half term after Christmas seems to fly, but the children have worked extremely hard during the last five weeks. We are hoping for drier weather soon so that we can all enjoy the school grounds, but who knows. (We suspect that rain and mud is actually more enjoyable than sunny weather for a lot
- [Murton Park](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/murton-park/) - Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their trips to Murton Park this week and last week! 4L certainly had the better weather but 4Ke were true 'Farfield Children' and battled on regardless through the rain and snow! We began our day learning about the 7 Kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and key dates, before transforming into Saxon people
- [Happy Holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays-2/) - It has been a super busy week full of new learning and experiments and the children have really impressed with their effort and attitude when working in groups. Maths This week, we have come to the end of our maths unit focusing on multiplication and division. We concentrated on dividing using flexible partitioning and using
- [Reception News - 9.2.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-9-2-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'they'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? Can they write this word? We have also learnt the phonemes/ graphemes 'th' and 'ng'. Can you think of words that have 'th' and 'ng' in? The th digraph has two sounds. It can be a hard th
- [Happy Half Term!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-half-term/) - We have finished our stories and published them this week. The children are rightly proud of the work they've done. Here is a folder with writing from 6D for you to read Here is a folder with writing from 6J for you to read 'The only thing constant is change' This week we looked further
- [A busy week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-in-nursery/) - We have had such a busy week and the last one before the half term holiday. Chinese New Year Tomorrow is the Lunar New Year when the Chinese people celebrate their new year. This is the year of the dragon and the Nursery children have been learning all about how the years were named after
- [Year 1 - 09.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-09-02-24/) - Phonics This week the children have revisited the split digraphs: i_e, o_e, and u_e. The focus words this week were: oh and out. Please continue to practise these at home. Maths During our maths sessions, the children have continued to look at addition within 20. The focus this week was doubling. They have worked hard
- [Year 2 News 9.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-9-02-24/) - English We have loved reading George's Marvellous Medicine. The children thoroughly enjoyed listening and reading along to the story. Yesterday we wrote some fantastic reviews of the story. children wrote about their favourite parts and characters. Perhaps you could try another of Roald Dahl's books at home? Let us know if you would like to
- [Headteacher Blog 9th February 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-9th-february-2024/) - It is the end of a very wet half-term. In almost 20 years, I don't remember the site ever being so saturated for such a long period - it feels like many months! Lots of sporting fixtures have been cancelled or postponed. Cross country events, in particular, have been cursed: the Leeds finals the latest
- [Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fi-fi-fo-fum/) - Year 3 have worked incredibly hard this week on their alternative versions of Jack and the Beanstalk. We have been so impressed with the effort the children have put in and with the fantastic writing everyone has produced. It has been really lovely to see the children enjoying writing, with some children keen to stay
- [Delicious Digestion!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/delicious-digestion/) - We have had an absolutely jam-packed week this week! 4L had an excellent trip to Murton Park, though we are going to hold off on posting any pictures or information about it until next week so as not spoil anything for 4Ke, who are going next Thursday. They were, however, all fantastic representatives of school
- [Reception News - 2.2.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-2-2-24/) - We found a lost star! What an exciting week! RP and RGK received a letter from a star who had fallen from the sky. They had to use their detective skills to find it. Once they found the star they had to think of ways they could get it back up to the sky. The
- [Year 2 News 02.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-02-02-24/) - Florence Nightingale Workshop We really enjoyed our workshop on Tuesday with 'Florence Nightingale'. She told the children all about her life; the children were able to share their knowledge and also ask lots of interesting questions. They then enjoyed the teddy bear hospital activity. Finally the children were given some Victorian objects that Florence would
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-19/) - We have had such a busy week in Nursery! Word study We have been reading the story of 'The Three Little Pigs' and the word danger was used so we decided to explore what it meant. The children were very good at talking about what things were dangerous and we found lots of good examples...
- [02/02/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/02-02-24/) - Science This week the children have been exploring adaptation. We have been looking at Charles Darwin's finches from the Galapagos Islands and finding out why their beaks were different shapes. The children conducted an investigation using a range of 'beaks' to find out which was best suited to certain types of food. Please see some
- [Year 1 02.02.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-02-02-24/) - Phonics The children have continued to practise the phase 5 phonemes. This week we have focused on: au, ey, a_e, and e_e. We have looked at the tricky words 'what' and 'when'. Please continue to practise reading and writing these tricky words at home. English This week we enjoyed the story 'Katie and the Dinosaurs'
- [Shakespeare and Materials in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/shakespear-and-materials-in-year-5/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, This week we have continued work on the Shakespeare play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The children have been really enthusiastic about this topic and have worked together to write some excellent playscripts. We have then chosen a scene each to perform. I was so impressed with our acting skills and
- [Headteacher Blog 2nd February 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-2nd-february-2024/) - I often tour our school: visiting all the classrooms; engaging with children in their work; checking on staff deployment (especially when colleagues are off sick); monitoring curriculum; and assessing behaviour and engagement. I did so again this morning and every single class was suitably calm, purposeful and engaged in learning. Inclusion was strong and children's
- [Once upon a time...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/once-upon-a-time/) - It has been a wet week, and even with all the indoor play and lunchtimes, the children have worked hard to remain focused. Maths This week, we ended our first multiplication and division units with a focus on the 3rd, 4th, and 8th timetables. Children enjoyed grouping items together and writing down multiplication and division
- [Year 4 Blog 26.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-26-1-24/) - Maths We have continued with our multiplication and division topic in Maths this week, focussing mainly on formal methods of multiplication. We looked at how to multiply 2- and 3-digit numbers by a 1-digit number using a column method. Have a look at the video to recap this method. EnglishIn English this week, we spent
- [Reception News - 26.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-26-1-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'was'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? Can they write this word? Can they spot it in any of their books? We have also learnt the phonemes/ graphemes 'zz' and 'qu'. Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have 'zz' and 'qu'
- [Year 1 - 26.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-26-01-24/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised the phase 5 diagraphs wh, ph, ew and oe. We have also practised reading and spelling the tricky words were and there. Please keep using the flashcards at home and spending some time on Fast Phonics. English This week in English we spent time finishing our Tyrannosaurus
- [Year 2 News 26.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-26-01-24/) - English This week we have been writing our magic medicine instructions. Children have used time words and bossy verbs in their steps. We even wrote a warning to add to the bottle! We then moved onto our new narrative unit. We are going to be writing a story about a character who takes some magic
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-18/) - Phonics This week we have been developing our listening skills. We have been listening to different environmental sounds and trying to identify them. Each week for the last few weeks and for the next few weeks there will be a sheet in book bags explaining the different aspects of Phase 1 phonics and how you
- [Year 6 26.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-26-1-24/) - Women! Learn to make munitions This week in History we have continued our work on the Barnbow Lasses. Year 6 enjoyed researching some local history and finding out about the brave women who worked in the first National Filing and Munitions factory of WW1 located near Crossgates in Leeds. In groups the children made slides
- [WB 22.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-22-1-24/) - It is hard to believe that we are over half way through this half term! The children's learning is moving forward well and we are really enjoying this half term's topics. Attendance this week has been extremely low with lots of children suffering from a high temperature and nasty cough. We hope that those who
- [Headteacher blog 26th January 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-26th-january-2024/) - It has been such a stormy week and it has coincided with possibly the worst-ever attendance levels (other than in the pandemic): less than 90% all week with Y3 particularly severely affected by poorliness. Staff (and their own children) have been afflicted too, as have some other schools locally. The joys of winter-time! I met
- [Trading in Baghdad](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/trading-in-baghdad/) - Good evening parents and carers, Well what a great week in Year 5! In Maths we have been mastering long multiplication. Homework has been set on Mathletics. Science In science we have finished working on Forces, creating pulleys to lift objects. We have now begun a new topic on the properties of materials. The children
- [19/01/24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/19-01-24/) - A great full week back at school. We are having an early parent's evening next week (Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th). Please make sure you have used the online booking system to request an appointment. Science This week we have started our new unit in Science, Evolution. We shared 'The story of life' with the
- ["Give to me a fulcrum on which to plant my lever, and I will move the world."](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/give-to-me-a-fulcrum-on-which-to-plant-my-lever-and-i-will-move-the-world/) - Science Our Science work this week was looking at levers and how they provide mechanical assistance. 5HB investigated what happens if you lengthen a lever, using newton meters to measure the effort required to move a bottle of fruit juice. I was very impressed with the methodical way the class worked, especially when some groups
- [Oh yes we did!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/oh-yes-we-did/) - It's been a brilliant second week back in Year 3. 3SB thoroughly enjoyed their trip to the pantomime and, just like 3B the week before, did a fantastic job of representing Farfield. We are now ready to start our work on planning and writing our own versions of traditional tales! In maths, we have been
- [Multiplying, Dividing and Describing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/multiplying-dividing-and-describing/) - Maths This week in maths, we have been continuing our work on multiplication. More specifically, we have been looking at how to mulitply and divide by 10 and 100. We used counters and place value charts to explore exactly what was happening when we used these numbers, noticing that the value in each column would
- [Year 1 - 19.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-19-01-24/) - We have had a very exciting week! English When we arrived at school on Monday our classrooms were a huge mess and there were some very large footprints! We found out that a T. rex had visited our classroom! It had left us a letter and asked us to write a fact book! The children
- [Reception News - 19.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-19-1-24/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'be'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We have also learnt the phonemes/ graphemes 'y' and 'z'. Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have 'y' and 'z' in? The children have enjoyed playing this game in school. It is a great
- [Year 2 19.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-19-01-24/) - English We have been focussing on instructional writing in our English lessons this week. We began by identifying the different features of instructions and looking at different examples of these. We have been tasked to create our own marvellous medicine, just like George! As a class, we created our own wonderful concoctions by mixing together sticky,
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-17/) - It has been such a cold week and very slippy so we haven't been able to go out as much as we usually do. However the children have still been very active and have been having a go at some familiar 'Write dance' activities as well as learning some new ones. Here is one of
- [Happy new year from Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-new-year-from-year-5/) - Hi all, We hope you have had a lovely holiday and that the children are all feeling well rested and ready for a new term. We have got stuck in to our new year learning straight away in Year five. Our Spring term topics are: Maths - Fractions then Multiplication and Division English - Narrative
- [Welcome back!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-3/) - Year 3 have settled back in and have enjoyed taking part in lots of new learning. Maths We are continuing with our unit on multiplication and division and have focused on the 3 times tables this week. Children worked in groups and partners to create arrays highlighting the number of equal groups. Children then moved
- [Reception News - 12.1.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-12-1-24/) - Happy New Year! The children have had a great first week back and have all been very busy. Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'me'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We have also learnt the phoneme/ grapheme 'x'. Can you use your phonic flashcards to make words that have 'x'
- [Year 2 News 12.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-12-01-24/) - English This week, we have started exploring our new class text, George's Marvellous Medicine. We began by using clues from the front cover to help Predicting Pip make accurate suggestions about the characters and plot. We think that a boy called George is going to create a magical medicine for an old woman using a
- [Year 1 - 12.01.24](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-12-01-24/) - We hope you all had an enjoyable break. We have had a fantastic first week back! Phonics This half term we will be focusing on the phase 5 phonemes. The children are now recognising most of the phase 5 graphemes and can read words that feature these. We are working on spelling words which include
- [Happy New Year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-new-year-2/) - Welcome back to Year 6! We hope that you have had a lovely break and feel refreshed and ready for the new term. English This week we have started our new text 'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan. This is a picture book and the children have had to use lots of inference and imagination to
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-16/) - Happy New Year! Welcome back to a new year and a new term. The children have had a lovely week and seem glad to be back with their friends and familiar routines. This half term our story is 'The Three Little Pigs'. This week we read one version of the story and the children were
- [Headteacher blog January 12th 2024](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-january-12th-2024/) - It is great to be back after the Christmas and New Year break. On Monday we had a Teacher Training Day. Amongst other things, we had some updated training on the best use of Mathletics. This was unexpected as we had, reluctantly, dropped that very expensive subscription just before the holidays but we had an
- [Happy holidays!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/happy-holidays/) - It has been a busy week full of performances, singing and parties among lessons, too! Maths This week, the children have continued with multiplication and division, focusing on multiplying by 3. After the holidays, we will divide by three and move onto the four times tables. Over the holidays, it would benefit the children to
- [Making Musical Instruments](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/making-musical-instruments/) - This week our main focus has been creating our musical instruments as part of this half-term's DT. A few weeks ago, we spent some time planning which instruments we were going to make and, more importantly, what we would need in order to make them. The idea was to turn everyday items or 'junk' into
- [Reception News - 22.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-22-12-23/) - Phonics This week we have been revising all the tricky words learnt so far: the, I, he, to, she, no, we, go. We have also revisited the digraph 'ck'. Maths We have continued to learn about the composition of numbers. We have been composing and de-composing numbers and investigating part-whole relations e.g. seeing that 3
- [Year 5 WB 18.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-wb-18-12-23/) - Time has absolutely flown by in a very eventful and festive week! As we draw closer to the end of term, our children have been busy spreading joy and cheer, and the classrooms have been buzzing with excitement. Spectacular Show The highlight of the week was the performance of 'Robin and The Sherwood Hoodies'. From
- [Y2 News 22.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y2-news-22-12-23/) - We have had a very busy week with shows, parties and special visitors. A huge well done to everyone on their super performances. We have done lots of art (and some maths and English too!) Here are some photos showing this week's highlights!
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-15/) - We can't believe we have come to the end of the first term, it only seems five minutes since the children were coming in for their first day. All the children have made so much progress and are developing lovely friendships. Christmas Christmas Party This week has been a relatively quiet week after some very
- [Year 1 - 22.12.2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-22-12-2023/) - A Miracle in Town The main highlight of our week has been the Christmas show. The children did such a fantastic job. Here is a recording of the performance for you to enjoy. Phonics In phonics, we have continued to revisit the Phase 5 phonemes/graphemes. We have also completed all of the Phase 5 phonics
- [Year 6 22.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-22-12-23/) - Happy Holidays! We have had a wonderful first term in Year 6: full of learning and brilliant experiences. Thank you for your continued support at home. We wish you a restful and happy holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 9th January 2024! Christmas Performance 2023 Here is a link to the
- [Levers and Linkages](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/levers-and-linkages/) - D.T Monday was an exciting day for Year 3 this week, as they had a D.T day, learning all about levers and linkages and using their knowledge of these mechanisms to make a puppet show! The children really enjoyed this task and showed a good understanding of how to use fixed and loose pivots to
- [Reception News - 15.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-15-12-23/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'we'. Can your child say this word in a sentence? We learnt the phoneme/graphemes 'v' and 'w'. Can you use your phonic flash cards to make words that have 'v' and 'w' in? Maths We have continued our learning about whole and parts. This week the children have
- [Year 4 Blog 15.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-15-12-23/) - MathsWe completed our multiplication and division topic in Maths this week by multiplying 3 numbers together. We looked at efficient methods for multiplication and what happens when two numbers are multiplied by 0 or 1. The children showed a good understanding of this and have showed improvements in their times tables recall recently too! We
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-14/) - Nativity Performance A big 'well done' to all the Nursery children this week for their performance in the Nativity. Not only did they have to go on stage and sing in front of so many adults but it was an unfamiliar environment. There were a few little hiccups but as the saying goes "The show
- [Year 2 News 15.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-15-12-23/) - English This week we started our English with a trip to the Arctic! We packed our bags then boarded our ship. there were lots of jobs to do. When we arrived at the Arctic, we set up base camp and started to explore. We saw polar bears, walrus, icebergs and we even spotted the northern
- [A very practical week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-very-practical-week/) - The children have been very busy this week experimenting, making, practising and performing. Our science work continues to focus on forces and this week we investigated how water resistance affects boat bow design. Working in groups, the children used modelling clay to create various shapes, which they then dropped through bubble bath, recording the time
- [Year 1 - 15.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-15-12-23/) - Phonics This week the children have revisited some of the phase 5 phonemes/graphemes and looked at some of the tricky words we have learnt so far. We have also been busy completing assessments. Next week the children will continue to revisit some phase 5 phonemes/graphemes and tricky words along with completing assessments. Please continue to
- [Year 5 blog 9.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-9-12-23/) - Good evening parents and carers, We have had another busy and fun week in year 5. We begun the week with some full length rehearsals, which went well. We are really looking forward to the performance. If your child is on this list, please don't forget to bring your child's clothes in a named plastic
- [Year 6 15.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-15-12-23/) - English This week saw the culmination of our work on War Horse with the children writing in role as soldiers describing the events of the Christmas Truce. We had some fantastic work with amazing language and vocabulary of the day along with evocative detail. Some children chose to be German and others British - we
- [Headteacher blog 15th December 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-15th-december-2023/) - It is feeling very Christmas-y at school with our first festive performances and final rehearsals before more next week. I enjoyed our two Foundation Stage nativity performances of The Super Star and thought that the children (and staff) did very well. This afternoon our Winter Choir and junior recorder players are playing a little concert
- [Poetic Performances](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poetic-performances/) - English This week in English both Year 4 classes have been hard at work learning their Autumn poems as part of the school poetry slam. The poem we have been learning is called 'Granny's Sugarcake' by John Lyons and the really interesting thing about it is that it written to mimic the accent of the
- [Meet Yorkshire and the Place Between!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/meet-yorkshire-and-the-place-between/) - This week has been a fun-filled week, even with all the rain! Maths This week, we started our unit on multiplication and division. Children enjoyed finding equal groups and discussing how they knew all the groups were the same using key vocabulary. We then moved on to using arrays that match our sums and multiplications
- [Reception News - 8.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-8-12-23/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is 'she'. How many tricky words can your child recognise? We learnt the phoneme/graphemes 'ss' and 'j'. We have now learnt all the phase 2 phonemes and we are beginning to learn the phase 3 phonemes. Over the next two weeks we will be assessing how many of the
- [Year 1 - 08.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-08-12-23/) - Christmas Show The children have been busy practising their lines, songs, and actions. You should have had a letter regarding costumes. Please bring any items in a labelled bag by Friday 15th December. Phonics This week the children have continued to look at split digraphs. We have focused on e_e, i_e, o_e and u_e. We
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-13/) - What a busy week! Stay and Stick! This week we have had four 'Stay and Stick' sessions which were very well attended. It was lovely to see so many parents and the children thoroughly enjoyed spending time with their adult doing something creative. Here are just a few photos showing how productive everyone was... Weather
- [Year 2 News 8.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-8-12-23/) - English This week, we have been writing our very own reports all about animals that live in the polar regions. We began by using a range of non-fiction books and the chromebooks to research facts about different animals and recording these on our planning maps. After recapping the features of a report, we put our facts
- [Year 6 08.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-08-12-23/) - RE This week Year 6 went on a trip to the Gurdwara. We were so lucky to be treated with kindness and learned a great deal about the Sikh faith. Gurmukh Singh Deagon welcomed us to the Gurdwara and told us about the golden temple in India. We heard a prayer from the Guru Granth
- [Headteacher blog 8th December 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-8th-december-2023/) - It has been a week of weather: from frozen, snowy conditions to thoroughly wet and miserable. These last few months must be some of the wettest for a long time and the grounds are sodden. Lots of things are being postponed and we have troublesome water ingress in the infant hall. Thankfully, some visits have
- [Headteacher Blog 1st December](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-1st-december/) - It has certainly been wintery and quite picturesque at times this week. It definitely feels like the season has changed. We also know that we are in the run-up to Christmas now that we have had both the Farsley Lights parade on Wednesday and a concert of children singing and playing at Pudsey Civic Hall
- [Rivers, Seasons and The Place Between](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/rivers-seasons-and-the-place-between/) - What a great week in Year 3! Geography In geography this week, we learnt all about rivers, learning where rivers come from and how they change along their course. We showed our knowledge by working in pairs to make labelled diagrams. The children did fantastically with this task and we were so impressed with their
- [Year 4 Blog 1.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-1-12-23/) - We have had another great week in Year 4! MathsWe have been continuing to learn our times tables in Maths this week, focussing on the 7 and 11 times tables. In both lessons, we spent time looking at patterns and strategies to help us learn and remember each times table. Have a look at the
- [Reception News - 1.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-1-12-23/) - Phonics This week our tricky word is 'he'. Can your child have a go at spelling this word as well as the other tricky words we have learnt? I to go no we the Our phonemes this week are l and ll. What words have these sounds in? Can you use your phonic flash cards
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-12/) - What a busy week! This week we have been rehearsing for our Christmas Nativity production. The children are singing well and have practised going on and off the stage. Please remember your child will be performing on the days they usually attend Nursery. Stable We turned our new role play area into the stable in
- [Year 1 - 01.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-01-12-23/) - Phonics This week we have looked at the phonemes/graphemes: au and ey. We then looked at what a split digraph is and focused on a_e. The children also looked at the tricky words: have and like. English During our English sessions, the children have been busy writing their own concrete poems. Maths This week we
- [Year 2 News 1.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-1-12-23/) - English In English this week we have been reading non chronological reports about polar animals. We have looked at the text features such as title, subheadings, facts and pictures. We then sorted fact sentences into the correct paragraphs. In Year 2, children need to learn how to use different conjunctions to extend their sentences. We
- [Year 6 01.12.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-01-12-23/) - History Year 6 were lucky enough to have a very special visitor this week from Time Travel Education who brought World War 1 to life for us all. The children were first recruited into the army and put on the khaki and blue uniforms which were worn. They learned about Lord Kitchener and his famous
- [WB 27.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wb-27-11-23/) - This week, our preparations for the Christmas production have surged ahead. As we move into next week, we will expect that the children will have their lines fully memorised, allowing us to focus on refining their acting and singing. If your child has lines to learn, please help them to memorise their role so they
- [Results from Annual Parent Survey 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/results-from-annual-parent-survey-2023/) - Thank you for the 236 responses to the annual parent survey. The feedback was extremely positive: an overwhelmingly high majority of children happy in school and families very happy with their child's experience of Farfield. Where there are issues to address, we will do so in September. The summary of the findings is in the
- [A sporty week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-sporty-week/) - It has been a busy week, both in and out of class. On Tuesday Mr Hemming took a group of girls to a friendly football tournament. The activity was designed to be a taster session to introduce participants with little experience to competitive matches. Each game lasted 4 minutes but that gave us plenty of
- [Describing and Dancing](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/describing-and-dancing/) - English In our English lessons this week, we have been focusing on descriptions and how to make them effective. To start, we developed some heroic characters for our upcoming extended writes that were based on legendary figures such as Robin Hood and King Arthur. We then had a go at describing these characters, thinking carefully
- [Another busy week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-busy-week-2/) - Maths This week, we have continued learning about addition and subtraction and have been practising adding 2-digit and 3-digit numbers together. We used our number bonds to 10 to work out compliments to 100 and shared patterns that we found in pairs. We ended the week looking at estimation and will continue with this next
- [Reception News - 24.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-24-11-23/) - Phonics We have learnt f and ff in phonics this week. Please keep practising all your phonic flashcards and playing on Fast Phonics. This week our tricky word is 'the'. The children enjoy singing this fun tricky word song each week. Reading at home Thank you for all your support with reading and phonics at
- [Year 6 24.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-24-11-23/) - History We have continued our learning on WW1 and this week the children looked at the role of the British Empire. We learned about one particularly brave soldier named Khudadad Khan who was the first Indian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross - here is a little more information about him: https://memorialgates.org/history/ww1/participants/indian-subcontinent/khudadad-khan.html The children became
- [Year 2 News 24.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-24-11-23/) - English This week in English we have continued with our story 'Follow the Swallow' by Julia Donaldson. We have practised writing from the character's point of view and have written a postcard. The children thought of excellent ideas and put together their postcards well. Here are a few examples: Next week we will be starting
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-11/) - It has come to that time of year when we start to practise for our Christmas nativity performances. The children are doing well at leaning the songs. Our performances are on Tuesday 12th December at 9.20am and Thursday 14th December at 2.20pm. Your child will be performing on the days they usually attend Nursery so
- [Year 1 - 24.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-24-11-23/) - Phonics This week the children have learnt the phase 5 phonemes wh, ph, ew/ew, and oe. The flashcards for these sounds have been sent home today. We have also learnt the tricky words my and said. Maths During our maths sessions, we have been learning about fact families. We have learnt that we can get
- [Headteacher's Blog 24th November 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-24th-november-2023/) - It's been hard to keep up with the number of visits, visitors and events that the children have been enjoying over the past week or so: a trip to Temple Newsam, dance groups, football matches and events, accessible bowling, a sound workshop, cross country competition tomorrow, a World War 1 workshop on Monday and a
- [Maths Videos WB 20.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/maths-videos-wb-20-11-23/) - Lesson 1 Lesson 2- Find fractions equivalent to a non-unit fraction Lesson 3- Recognise equivalent fractions Lesson 4- Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers
- [Our Week in Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-week-in-year-3/) - It's been a great week in Year 3! English In English, we wrote adverts to encourage someone to visit the circus. The children showed a good understanding of persuasive techniques, such as rhetorical questions, alliteration and use of imperative verbs. 3SB had a go at using their Chromebooks to create a final draft of their
- [Sam the Sound Man](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sam-the-sound-man/) - We have done lots of fantastic learning this week, but the highlight has certainly been our visit from Sam the Sound Man! On Tuesday, Sam taught us all about the science of sound and showed us how to make musical instruments out of materials we probably all have at home! We learnt about how the
- [Reception News - 17.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-17-11-23/) - Phonics In phonics we revised the tricky words learnt so far - I, to and no. Our new tricky word this week is 'go'. We have learnt the phonemes r, h and b. Can your child think of any words which start with r, h and b? Can they make and sound out some simple
- [Year 5 Blog 17.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-17-11-23/) - Good afternoon parents and carers, We have had another exciting and hard working week in Year 5. Amongst other things, we have begun rehearsals for the Christmas pantomime, which is very exciting! English In English we have been reading about Curiosity a Mars Rover. We are currently building vocabulary and skills ready to explain how
- [Year 2 News 17.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-17-11-23/) - English This week in English we enjoyed reading 'Follow the Swallow' by Julia Donaldson. It is a really lovely story which introduces two main characters, a swallow and a blackbird; they learn about each other and what they do throughout the seasons. We have listened to the story and given our opinions, creating a short
- [Year 6 17.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-17-11-23/) - English This week the children have begun to learn the techniques of persuasion. We will be writing in role as a character from our text War Horse over the next few sessions and this week played around with language and grammar in order to get Miss Jones and Mrs Dobkin to extend break by 5
- [Year 1 - 17.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-17-11-23/) - Temple Newsam Year 1 had a fantastic time at Temple Newsam on Thursday! We took part in a Great Fire of London workshop where we got to act out the historical event and see real objects from around the time of the fire. 1T 1B Phonics In phonics this week we have continued to learn
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-10/) - This week we chatted to those children who had celebrated Diwali and decided to make some Diva lamps. Some children chose to make them and carefully moulded the clay into the shape of a lamp. When they were dry they painted them and added some glitter! Aren't the results beautiful? Music Some of our children
- [Headteacher Blog 17th November 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-17th-november-2023/) - 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, enjoyable
- [Farm Club manage to salvage some very late harvests](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farm-club-manage-to-salvage-some-very-late-harvests/) - It may be November, but that hasn't stopped Farm Club eking out some final harvests of the year. Before half term we harvested some green, unripe tomatoes and we ripened them in a sunny spot over half term. In the polytunnel, two young fig trees decided to ripen a big harvest of fruit despite the
- [Year 1 - 10.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-10-11-23/) - Phonics We have started to learn the Phase 5 phonemes. This week we have looked at the diagraphs ay, ou, ie and ea. Your child will have come home with a small plastic wallet containing flashcards for these phonemes. Please ensure they are in your child's bookbag every Friday so that we can add to
- [Year 1 - 13.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-13-10-23/) - Phonics This week we have continued to revisit the phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We have focused on 'ar', 'or', 'er', 'ur', and 'ow'. We have also looked at the tricky words 'me' and 'be'. The children have really impressed us with their independent sentence writing. English On Monday we received a letter from the Kitchen Disco.
- [Welcome back!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back-2/) - It’s been a wet but wonderful first week back, and we have been impressed with the way children have re-adjusted to being in school. Maths This week, we have continued learning about place value, focusing on using the formal method. We began the week using the column method with no exchange. We then moved on
- [Reception News - 10.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-10-11-23/) - Phonics We have learnt the digraph ck this week. We have also learnt about e and u. Maths This week we have focused on comparison. We have enjoyed playing a 'Who has more than?' game and the children have used the language more than and fewer than. Amazing Owls! Our focus book this half term
- [Steady Hands and Sound...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/steady-hands-and-sound/) - Year 4 have really hit the ground running this week and have produced some great pieces of work, which we would love to share with you! Science In science, we have started a brand new topic all about sound. This week, we focused on how sounds were produced, carrying out a variety of small investigations
- [Year 5 Blog WB 6.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-wb-6-11-23/) - We've had a busy first week back after the half term break with lots of exciting learning taking place. It was also lovely to speak to so many parents this week. If you weren't able to attend parents' evening, please remember that you can make an appointment to see us at any time of year
- [10/11/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/10-11-23/) - We have had a very busy first week back and it was lovely to finally meet lots of you at parents evening. Science We arrived back to school this week to lots of mould (intentionally) growing in our classrooms. Before the half term break, we had set up an investigation to find out why mould
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-9/) - The children have quickly settled back into the Nursery routine and have enjoyed playing with their friends again. Diwali This week we have been talking about Diwali as some of our children will be celebrating this weekend. We talked about wearing special clothes, eating lovely food and getting together with family. We also discussed that
- [Year 2 News 10.11.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-10-11-23/) - English This week in English we have been reading and writing poems about fireworks. Children have written their first acrostic poem using the letters for firework. They were brilliant! Children used lots of right choice verbs and adjectives to describe fireworks. We introduced alliteration. Spelling Oh u lucky duck! Use this to support learning the
- [Headteacher Blog 10th November 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-10th-november-2023/) - 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 traditional
- [Let Your Spirit Fly!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/let-your-spirit-fly/) - In our final week of the half term, both Year 3 classes performed the song we have been working on in our music lessons: Let Your Spirit Fly. The children have made great progress throughout the term, developing their understanding of rhythm and their technique when using the glockenspiels. A particular well done to the
- [Year 4 Blog 27.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-27-10-23/) - We have reached the end of a very long but fantastic half-term! We have packed so much learning into the past 8 weeks and we are already looking forward to our topics next half-term! MathsWe completed our Addition and Subtraction topic in Maths this week, ending with lessons on efficient subtraction methods, estimating answers and
- [Reception News - 27.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-27-10-23/) - What a great first half term we have had in Reception. The children have all settled in well and made lots of new friends. Phonics We have learnt the phonemes/graphemes o, c and k this week. This week our tricky word is 'no'. The children have been reading and writing this word. We have made
- [Year 2 News 27.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-27-10-23/) - English This week in English we have been focussing on developing our own veggie characters. We have written some brilliant character descriptions focussing on using right choice adjectives to describe the character's personalities and appearance. We added extra detail about their super powers too. Spelling This week we have been focussing on all the ways
- [Year 1 - 27.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-27-10-23/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised all of the Phase 3 phonemes. We have also completed a phonics assessment with each child. After half term, we will begin to teach Phase 5 phonemes. We have also revised the tricky words I, no, the, go, to, we, into, he, she, me, be, you, and
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-8/) - Write Dance Here is another 'Write Dance' for to keep your children active during the half term holiday. Can you join in with them? You can also practise the previous dances. Child-led learning This week one of our focus children had been to a farm to choose a pumpkin. We set up and activity in
- [Livin' on a Prayer to get to the end of the half term.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/livin-on-a-prayer-to-get-to-the-end-of-the-half-term/) - Finally, we have come to the end of the half term. It gives us a chance to show you some of the things we have been working on over the past couple of months. PE In PE, the children have been learning a dance set to the Ghostbusters theme. This has been done in conjunction
- [Year 6 27.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-27-10-23/) - We have reached the end of the first half term and the children have worked really hard. We have explored lots of learning and the children did well in their end of unit assessments. English The children have been working very hard over the last week to edit, re draft and publish their non chronological
- [Headteacher's blog 27th October](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-27th-october/) - 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 morning.
- [This week in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-5-2/) - We have had another great week in Year 5, with all the children really settled and working hard. In English we have begun building skills that work towards writing a Greek Myth. The children have designed Greek monsters and heroes. We have worked on developing language in noun phrases and fronted adverbials. Spelling homework has
- [We visited the Stone Age!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/we-visited-the-stone-age/) - What a wonderful week it has been! Even with the wet weather, we have been impressed with the children's attitude towards their learning. Maths In maths this week, we have continued to learn more about how our number bonds to 10 can help us work out answers to 2- and 3-digit numbers. Using a number
- [Reception News - 20.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-20-10-23/) - Phonics Our tricky word this week is to. The children have been reading and writing this word. We have also learnt the phonemes/graphemes m, d and g. Fast Phonics Well done to everyone who has been playing Fast Phonics. We have given out lots of certificates today. Maths We have been looking at the composition
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-7/) - A very wet end to the week! We have been learning the moves for this Write Dance activity and it couldn't have been more appropriate this week! Child Led Learning Pirates One of the children was drawing a treasure map this week so we set up a pirate role play area. The children could dress
- [Year 6 - 20.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/20-10-23/) - Geography We are coming to the end of our topic on Natural Disasters and the children this week have been learning about different types of volcano. They produced some creative PowerPoints and websites to explain their research which we have added below. We have also been completing some work around UK geography and locating different
- [Year 1 - 20.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-20-10-23/) - Phonics This week the children have continued to revisit the phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We have looked at 'oi', 'ear', 'air', and 'ure'. The children have also focused on the tricky words 'you' and 'are'. Maths During our maths sessions, the children have looked at part-whole models. They have really impressed us with their understanding that
- [A 'Super' Week- 20.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-super-week-20-10-23/) - English This week in English we have written a review of the story Supertato. Children used the answers they rehearsed to record their views. We then moved on to describing the character 'Supertato'. Children developed vocabulary to describe his personality and what he looks like. We then learned how to write expanded noun phrases using
- [Headteacher blog 20th October 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-20th-october-2023/) - 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 acquisition
- [Headteacher Blog 13th October 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-13th-october-2023/) - 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 report.
- [Switched On Learning!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/switched-on-learning/) - We have had another fantastic week, with the children working really hard in all of their lessons. We'd love to share what we have been getting up to! Maths This week in maths, we have been focusing on how to add four digit numbers. We began by using visuals to represent the two numbers that
- [This week in Year 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-3/) - Here are some of the things we have been up to in Year 3 this week! English In English this week, we have planned and started to write alternative endings to the story of Stone Age Boy. It has been lots of fun hearing the children's ideas. Will the boy be chased by a sabre-toothed
- [13.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/13-10-23/) - English We have begun to write a non-chronological report about an island that we have invented. The children this week have designed their own island and written an introduction to their creation. Would you like to visit any of these islands? Here are some introductions to our islands Geography This week we have continued our
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-6/) - The children have been very busy this week. They are developing friendships and independence especially with their tasks when they arrive. Rhymes This week we have been learning some new rhymes. Our new ones are 'I'm a little teapot', and 'Wind the bobbin up' which most children know anyway. 'Up the tall white candlestick' is
- [Reception News - 13.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-13-10-23/) - Phonics This week we have introduced the children to 'tricky words'. A tricky word is a word that can't be sounded out, they have to know it by sight. This week our tricky word is I. The children have practised reading and writing the word. They have also learnt the phonemes/graphemes for p, i and
- [An Active Week in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/an-active-week-in-year-5/) - It has been a vary active week in Year 5 with our football team taking part in their first match of the season (a narrow 3-4 loss to Horsforth Newlaithes) and a group of children taking part in an Active Travel event. Children have continued to work hard in class as well and engage well
- [Greek Day and other news from Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/greek-day-and-other-news-from-year-5/) - Hi all, We had a fantastic Greek Day in Year 5 on Tuesday, despite the weather not being very Greek! Here are some photos for you to enjoy. Maths In Maths this week we have been working on addition and subtraction methods. Homework is to complete some additions. Please do help your child and ensure
- [Year 2 News 13.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-13-10-23/) - English This week we have been writing our own versions of The Little Red Hen. The children used their plans from last week to introduce their characters and setting. The children were able to use the same structure to make their stories similar but adding their own details. Yesterday, we started our new class text,
- [New OFSTED report published](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-ofsted-report-published/) - Following our inspection in September, Ofsted have now published their report for our school. Once again, we are strongly 'Good' and the report is effusive in its praise. Our school is described as 'vibrant and happy'; our curriculum is 'ambitious' and 'exciting', with some of it being 'exceptional'; all our children 'flourish' in our inclusive
- [Another busy week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-busy-week/) - Maths In maths, we have begun our new unit of learning on addition and subtraction. We have used place value grids and counters to make different numbers and identify the other columns that change depending on whether these involve 1s, 10s, or 100s. Next week, we will continue to explore this. Year 3 were very
- [Year 4 Blog 6.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-6-10-23/) - We have had another super week in Year 4! MathsIn Maths this week, we completed our Place Value topic by rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. The children had to identify which multiples of 10, 100 or 1000 a number sat between in order to decide which one it would round to. The
- [Reception News - 6.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-6-10-23/) - Phonics This week the children have learnt the phoneme/graphemes s, a and t. They met Mr Fox and his phonic box and they helped him sort lots of objects. They enjoyed singing these fun songs too. They have brought home their first set of flashcards. Please use these at home to help them learn the
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-5/) - What a lovely week! The children have been very busy both inside and outside. They have also enjoyed adult supported activities as well as child-led ones. They are developing independence with everything especially taking coats off when they arrive and putting their fruit in the basket. Please keep supporting at home with independence with putting
- [Year 1 - 06.10.2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-06-10-2023/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised 'ee', 'igh', 'oa' and 'oo'. We have also looked at the tricky words 'he' and 'she'. The phonics focus for the last two weeks will be stuck in your child's reading record. Can your child remember all of the sounds and read the words? English We have
- [Year 2 News 6.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-6-10-23/) - English In English this week, we have read the story of 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes'. In this alternative version of the little red hen story, Mr Wolf wants to make pancakes but his unhelpful neighbours are very rude and refuse to help him. We enjoyed the twist at the end! We talked lots about the similarities
- [06.10.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/06-10-23/) - Help needed - Please could we have any cereal or empty boxes that you have at home. We need them for a project next week. We need them for Wednesday. We have had a busy week completing lots of assessments. The children have approached these with confidence and have impressed us with their attitude and
- [Headteacher Blog 6th October 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-6th-october-2023/) - It's been warm but more autumnal this week. It is time to enforce the welly rule on the grounds for juniors as it is suddenly very wet and muddy in places. It is also important that all juniors have indoor shoes to change into. Provision for children with SEND is in the news this week,
- [Year 5 Blog WB 25.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-wb-25-9-23/) - We have had another fantastic week in Year 5. We have packed lots of learning in and the children continue to impress us with their attitudes and learning behaviours. Maths In maths this week, we have finished our unit on Place Value. Children have been building on their knowledge of rounding to the nearest 10,
- [Hunting, Gathering, Composing and Tasting!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/hunting-gathering-composing-and-tasting/) - It's been another jam-packed week in Year 3! Music This week, Year 3 became composers, making up their own set of four-beat rhythms using three notes, and recording their compositions so that they could repeat them on their glockenspiels. The children did really well with this task! History In history, we thought about the life
- [Rounding and Researching!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/rounding-and-researching/) - Maths This week in maths we have been continuing our work on place value. We started off by exploring the concept of Roman Numerals. This meant that we had to not only know what each numeral represented, but also how they are then used to create different numbers. This proved quite tricky at first but
- [Reception News - 29.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-29-9-23/) - Phonics In phonics the children have been developing and using their listening skills. We have been outside and around school listening for different sounds. We have talked about sounds being loud, quiet, long and short. Maybe you could play a listening game at home or outside? Close your eyes, what can you hear? Reading This
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-4/) - What a lovely week we have had! The children are settling in and developing relationships with the adults and their peers. They are learning our routines and growing in independence and confidence. Inside fun! Here are a few of the things they have been doing inside this week... Outside fun! The children have also been
- [Year 1 - 29.09.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-29-09-23/) - Design Technology When we arrived at school on Monday there was a trail of vegetables in our classrooms! We followed the vegetables and found a book and a letter from a boy called Oliver! Oliver asked us to visit the school farm and harvest some vegetables to make delicious vegetable soup. We picked vegetables from
- [Year 2 News 29.09.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news-29-09-23/) - English This week we have been retelling the story of 'The Little Red Hen'. Children have acted it out in groups and looked at adding detail to a simple version. We have focussed on using adjectives and conjunctions. Can your child retell the story for you at home? Spellings We have been learning how to
- [29.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/29-9-23/) - We have had another brilliant week in Year 6! It has been full of interesting learning and new opportunities. Golf Tournament We were lucky enough to host a golfing tournament at school on Tuesday and Year 6 were chosen to both take part in and lead the tournament. On Monday, a coach from Leeds Rhinos
- [Headteacher blog 29th September 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-29th-september-2023/) - This week has been a sporty week. The cross-country season is starting and we are delighted to have four new courses across the school grounds ranging from a short green route of just over 300m to a black route of over 800m. Routes can also be combined for longer sessions. The children have reported that
- [Another fantastic week in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/another-fantastic-week-in-year-5/) - Hi all, We have had another busy week in year 5. Maths In Maths we have finished working on place value, completing this topic with lessons on rounding. Homework on rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 has been set. English In English we have finished reading the Odyssey and have now begun work
- [An Epic Week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/an-epic-week/) - Good evening, We are well into the half term now and the children have all settled down and are working hard. English In English this week we have been looking at more Greek myths and, following on from the story of the Trojan War, we have been summarising The Odyssey. This is the story of
- [Reading Rockstars!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reading-rockstars/) - Maths We have continued developing our understanding of place value, focusing on how different columns change when it is 1, 10 or 100 more or less than a 3-digit number. Children used base ten and place value counters to make the number and then showed how this changed each time. I SAW A WABUB! This
- [Year 4 Blog 22.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-blog-22-9-23/) - We have had another super week in Year 4! We have packed lots of learning in and the children have continued to impress us with their attitudes and effort! MathsIn Maths this week, we have focussed on number lines to 10,000. The children had to find missing numbers on number lines with varying starting and
- [Reception News - 22.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-22-9-23/) - Music The children had lots of fun during our weekly music session. This week we learnt three new songs 'Everyone it's Music Time', 'Doggy, Doggy' and 'Have you brought your talking voices?' PE The children enjoyed their first PE lesson. We played lots of fun games. Storytime with Kate the librarian The children enjoyed listening
- [Year 1 - 22.09.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-22-09-23/) - Phonics In our phonics lessons this week we have revised the sounds y, z, zz, qu, and ch. We have also practised reading and writing the tricky words 'to' and 'go'. English In English this week we have been writing sentences about ourselves. We have been working hard to remember capital letters, finger spaces, full
- [Keeping Healthy in Year 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/keeping-healthy-in-year-2/) - English This week in English, we put our instruction giving skills to the test as we helped Mrs Barker and Mrs Wilson to make a healthy sandwich. We quickly realised, when the teachers had butter spread on their hands and lettuce on their heads, that our instructions needed to be clear and precise! We then went
- [The first weeks in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/the-first-weeks-in-nursery/) - Settling in The children are all settling in to Nursery. They are becoming independent with their jobs when they arrive. Lots of children are able to take their fruit out of their bags and put it in the basket. They can take their coats off and put them on their pegs with their bags. They
- [Headteacher blog 22nd September 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-22nd-september-2023/) - It's been a rather wet week at school but damp weather doesn't deter us! Our Ofsted report won't be officially published for many weeks but we have received a positive draft that we will now work through and give feedback on. It is somewhat frustrating that all our work is condensed to just a couple
- [22/09/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/22-09-23/) - We have had another busy week and the children have completed lots of tasks to a high standard. 6D have worked really hard for a supply teacher whilst Mrs Dobkin was off and have done her proud. English This week we have completed a writing task putting ourselves into the shoes of the main character,
- [Year 6 blog 15.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-blog-15-9-23/) - It has been another busy week in Year 6 with children doing a great job - particularly with our special visitor this week. We are so proud of their confidence and ability to talk about their learning and Mr Harris stated, "The children that spent time with the inspector in group sessions around reading, maths,
- [Week Two!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/week-two/) - We've had another wonderful week in Year 3! English In English we wrote diary entries all about our first week in Year 3. We tried to use conjunctions and ambitious vocabulary. We were very impressed with the children's content and presentation. We also enjoyed reading more of Stone Age Boy in guided reading, particularly focusing
- [Welcome to Year 3!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-3/) - Its been a busy first week back, and we have been very impressed with the attitude of our new Year 3 cohort! They have been showing our school value of being ready all week and we are looking forward to seeing them flourish. Maths We have started our new maths unit on place value. This
- [Partitioning, Plotting and Performing!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/partitioning-plotting-and-performing/) - We've had a fantastic (if packed) week this week. We have been so impressed with how well the children have been working in their lessons and they were all absolutely brilliant representatives of our school during the recent OFSTED visit! Maths In maths, we have been continuing our work on place value. This time, we
- [Reception News - 15.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-15-9-23/) - We have had another busy week in Reception. The children are all settling in well and making new friends. Farfield Farm The children enjoyed visiting the school farm. They saw lots of vegetables and fruit growing, the bees were busy in their hives, the wind turbine was spinning very fast and the chickens were happy
- [Fruity Fun in Year 2!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fruity-fun-in-year-2/) - We have had a busy week in year 2 starting with a trip to the farm on Monday to harvest some fruits. We then tasted the fruits and used our senses to collect words and phrases to describe them. We wrote some fantastic concrete poems. Tasting...... Our poems! Maths In maths this week we have
- [Year 1 - 15.09.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-15-09-23/) - Phonics This half term we will be revisiting the Phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We will also revisit some consonant clusters and write sentences. In Year 1 there are new games to learn and play. The children have really impressed us with their willingness to try new things. This week we have revised 'j', 'v', 'w' and
- [Headteacher blog 15/9/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-15-9-23/) - We finally received our Ofsted inspection this week and it has been a positive experience. I would like to thank our parents for their wonderful support for the school in Parent View, the unusually high number of free text comments left privately therein for the inspector and for the time taken to speak with the
- [This week in Year 5](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-year-5/) - The children have continued to work hard this week in Year 5 and we have begun proper work on our Science and History topics. Science Many children were already very knowledgable about our solar system while some have much to learn. We began by learning the order of the planets in our solar system and
- [Our first week in Year 1!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-first-week-in-year-1/) - We have had a fantastic first week in Year 1! The children have settled in well and are getting used to the new routines. Phonics and reading This week we have checked the children's phonic knowledge and heard each child read. All of the children will now have a new reading record, a class colour
- [Welcome Back!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-back/) - We have had a fantastic first week back at school in Year 4! We have really enjoyed getting to know the children and have been so impressed with the children's attitude to learning and enthusiasm! MathsIn Maths this week, we have been learning about place value of numbers up to 1000. We began by representing
- [08/09/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/08-09-23/) - Welcome back! We have had a fabulous start to the new school year and have been very impressed with the work and attitude of the children. We have hit the ground running and have already started our Maths work on place value, began reading Kensuke's Kingdom and completed our first lesson on natural disasters! Please
- [Reception News - 8.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-8-9-23/) - The children are settling in well and are learning all the new routines. Over the next few weeks, we will be assessing your child so we know where they need to start their learning. We will also be interacting with them in the areas of provision, getting to know them and helping them to make
- [Welcome to Year 2!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/welcome-to-year-2/) - We have had a great first week in Year 2. The children have enjoyed lots of activities with the main emphasis this week being school rules and routines as well as our learning hive. We have been focussing on working more independently and have completed some lovely letter writing to our class animal. In maths
- [New Show Time programme published](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-show-time-programme-published/) - An exciting new programme of Show Time has been published. This club is open to all Y5 and Y6 pupils. Children in receipt of Pupil Premium are free. Show Time 23-24Download
- [Year 5 Blog 8.9.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-8-9-23/) - What a fantastic week it has been in Year 5! The children have settled in well to their new (or not so new for 5HB) learning environments and have demonstrated extremely positive attitudes to learning. We are already looking forward to the many wonderful events and opportunities that Year 5 brings. Maths This week in
- [Headteacher Blog 8th September 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-8th-september-2023/) - This is the start of my 20th academic year as head of Farfield and it continues to be a lovely, exciting time of year. Children joining Reception is always a special time for them and their families and they look so smart and eager starting their school journey. It has been a gloriously sunny and
- [Bereavement and Loss](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/bereavement-and-loss/) - On this page, we hope to signpost you to organisations and sources of support if you and your family have had a death in the family 1 in 29 5-16 year olds has been bereaved of a parent or sibling. That is one child in every average class. Three charities that specifically support children and
- [Goodbye, Good luck and Thank You!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/goodbye-good-luck-and-thank-you/) - We made it! Well done to everyone in Year 6 for an amazing year. We have abseiled, gorge scrambled, performed, built rafts, run, leapt, taken SATS exams and today ended the year on a high with an incredible water fight on the top field. We are so very proud of each and every child in
- [Reception news - 25.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-25-7-23/) - The whole Reception team would like to say a huge thank you for the thoughtful comments, emails, messages, cards and gifts you have sent us this week. We have absolutely loved spending our days with your amazing little learners; the greatest gift is seeing them grow and develop over the year. It’s why we choose
- [Year 5 End of Year Blog](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5s-end-of-year-blog/) - It's that time of year again! We have come to the end of another fantastic school year, filled with lots of learning, fun and happiness! There have been many highlights, including some great trips to Sunnybank Mills, Cartwright Hall and the picturesque Malham Cove. We have journeyed back in time to Ancient Greece and Ancient
- [Y2 End of Year News](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y2-end-of-year-news/) - We would like to say a big thank you to all of our Year 2 children and families for a super year. The children have come into school every day with a positive attitude and have tried hard to be ready, respectful and kind. We wish you all a very happy and fun summer holidays.
- [It's the Final Countdown...](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/its-the-final-countdown/) - As the end of the year draws near, we in Year 4 just wanted to take a moment to say what a truly fantastic year we have had. The children have all worked so incredibly hard and there have been so many amazing moments, including some great events and trips. I wonder what the last
- [Sports Day, Roman Shields and The Dragon Song!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sports-day-roman-shields-and-the-dragon-song/) - D.T What a busy week it has been! We spent the first part of the week making our Roman Shields. The children really enjoyed this project and worked brilliantly, thinking carefully about how to attach handles and 'bosses', working out how to reinforce their shields to make them stronger, and painting their designs carefully. We
- [Reception News - 21.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-21-7-23/) - Phonics This week we have revised all the tricky words we have learnt in Reception and some of the tricker phase 3 phonemes/graphemes. We have also practised forming capital letters. Maths We have been learning about spatial reasoning and maps. The children have had fun looking at lots of different maps and what we use
- [Year 1 News - 21.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-1-news-21-7-23/) - Phonics In phonics we have been practising reading and spelling the year 1 key words. We have also enjoyed reading lots of tricky word silly sentences! English In English this week we have been thinking about what we have enjoyed most in Year 1. The children then wrote some brilliant sentences and drew some fantastic
- [The last Nursery blog of the year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/the-last-nursery-blog-of-the-year/) - We have had a lovely week with the children and had been looking back at some of their work. They have made so much progress and matured since September. We are sending lots of lovely work home and we are sure you will treasure it for years to come. Sports Day We were very lucky
- [21.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/21-7-23/) - We are almost at the end of an amazing year. Well done to all the children for a wonderful performance on Wednesday of Cinderella & Rockerfella. We brought the house down and the feedback we have had from everyone is that it was a brilliant show. Thank you to everyone who helped us from costumes
- [Y2 at Sports' Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y2-at-sports-day/) - We had a really fun morning on Wednesday for Sports' Day. Children enjoyed all their events and showed some great team work. Thank you for joining us!
- [Head teacher's blog 21st July](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/head-teachers-blog-21st-july/) - We are almost at the end of another good year at Farfield. Sadly, Ofsted didn't come to see us and we are well overdue a visit. On Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of watching the Y6 Leavers' Show: a riotous panto-like performance that had me laughing and smiling throughout. I thought it was very
- [Sports Day scores](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sports-day-scores/) - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRsxqzugKIfEsTA9ls1z6h6aOMeznMaVY0IlVGdCw1DlwC92hMnKAVJJjaiVTZ6Wmk9K5eGcX8GRQqj/pubchart?oid=13228391&format=interactive&urp=gmail_link
- [KS2 Sports Day scores](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ks2-sports-day-scores/) - Use this link to see live team scores from KS2 Sport Day. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRsxqzugKIfEsTA9ls1z6h6aOMeznMaVY0IlVGdCw1DlwC92hMnKAVJJjaiVTZ6Wmk9K5eGcX8GRQqj/pubchart?oid=13228391&format=interactive
- [Positive Year 6 SATs results again](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/positive-year-6-sats-results-again/) - Our children did very well in their Y6 SATs again this year. A quarter of this cohort are on the SEND register for one reason or another. We are as proud of the progress of these children as we are of the progress that our many high-attaining pupils make. Results since 2019 are shown below.
- [We've gone bananas writing letters](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/weve-gone-bananas-writing-letters/) - Good evening. Even though we are nearing the end of the school year, the children are still working hard in all their lessons. The weather hasn't been brilliant but we have still managed to get out and practise our sports day events in readiness for next Wednesday. English We have been learning about the present
- [A busy week in Year 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-in-year-3/) - This week, we have been busy writing, performing and designing! What am I? We have been focusing on poems and Year 3 have enjoyed writing both list and Kenning poems! In English this week, we have been learning about the different features of a Kenning poem. We enjoyed reading through different poems and trying to
- [13.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/13-7-23/) - Armley Mill Trip This week the children visited Armley Mill as part of their current history topic. During the day, the children had a tour of the museum, a workshop linked to the life of children working in the mill and an informative walk down the canal looking at a range of Industrial Revolution points.
- [Reception News - 14.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-14-7-23/) - Phonics This week the children have learnt the tricky word 'out' and have been reading and writing words that include 'br', 'fl', 'dr', and 'tr' consonant clusters. Maths This week we have been learning about position. The children have been using lots of language to describe positions, including front, back, between, above, below and next
- [Year 5 14.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-14-7-23/) - Good afternoon all, Well I can't believe that the school year is already coming towards the end and the children are nearing the end of Year 5. We have had a fantastic year so far with so much packed in and a very busy week this week. Both classes went to Malham where they enjoyed
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-3/) - Staycation We had a lovely day on Wednesday for our 'Staycation'. Unfortunately the weather wasn't kind to us in the afternoon but we adapted and still had lots of fun! Explorers The children had a great time exploring in the woods and other parts of our lovely school grounds. In Autumn we harvested some apples.
- [2LO Skelton Grange](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/2lo-skelton-grange/) - We had a lovely time at Skelton Grange. In the morning, we looked at different habitats to see which animals we could find. In the meadow, we found greenfly, ladybirds and shield bugs. In the pond, we found a very rare water scorpion, dragonfly nymphs and pond skaters. In the woodland, we spotted slugs, woodlouse
- [Year 2 News](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-news/) - English This week in English, we have been working on our bee non- fiction books. Children have been writing pages about parts of a bee, the hive and the bee life cycle this week. Here are some examples: We have also written a recount for our trip to Skelton Grange. Maths In maths, we are
- [Sandwich fun in year 1!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sandwich-fun-in-year-1/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised oi/oy/air/are/mb/kn/wh/ aw/or and au. We have also continued to revise all of the Year 1 tricky words. English and Design and Technology In English this week we have been reading The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch. We received a letter from Mr Grinling asking us to help him write
- [A busy week in Year 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-busy-week-in-year-1/) - Phonics This week we have practised writing the days of the week. We have also continued to revise our phase 4 and 5 sounds and tricky words. Please practice spelling the tricky words in your spelling book too. English The children have continued to enjoy the story of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch' and have had
- [Headteacher Blog 14th July 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-14th-july-2023/) - The minibus tyres will have been red hot this week as they have been to Malham twice with Y5 (geography), Skelton Grange with Y2 (science), Armley Mills with Y6 (history), a girls' football tournament, swimming and Rawdon Tennis Club (PE), John Charles Centre for a samba performance (music) and The Alhambra on Thursday evening for
- [New KS2 art portfolio published](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-ks2-art-portfolio-published/) - Today we have published a portfolio of work from Y3-6's art curriculum. The portfolio shows the inspiration, process and a few finished pieces from the children's termly or half termly art projects. The intent of our art and design curriculum is: "Art and Design provides children with a wealth of opportunities to develop their creativity,
- [2LA Skelton Grange](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/2la-skelton-grange/) - We had a lovely day today at Skelton Grange. This morning the children explored different habitats in search of minibeasts. In the ponds we were amazed to find tadpoles, water boatmen, pond skaters, water snails, dragonfly nymphs newts and baby newts (efts). In the meadows we found ladybirds, ladybird larva, spiders and shield bugs. In
- [Year 4 Trip To Burnsall](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-4-trip-to-burnsall/) - On Friday 30th June and Monday 3rd July, Year 4 visited Burnsall as part of their Geography learning. The purpose of the visit was to look and the similarities and differences between Leeds and the Yorkshire Dales. Despite the weather, all of the children seemed to enjoy the trip and they represented the school brilliantly.
- [Reception News - 6.7.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-6-7-23/) - Phonics This week the children have looked at the tricky word 'when' and the consonant clusters 'cr' and 'pt'. We have continued to practise our letter formation and sentence writing. Maths This week we have revisited addition and subtraction. The children worked in their 'hive' groups ready for Year 1 and answered addition and subtraction
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery-2/) - Bikes This week we have had lots of fun riding the bikes. The children are able to ride lots of different types of bikes with varying degrees of skill. Some children went whizzing around on balance bikes whilst other children preferred to be a passenger and their friend do the peddling! Here are some of
- [Year 2 Bee Talk](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-2-bee-talk/) - As part of our minibeast topic, we are learning all about bees. We are extremely lucky to have our own apiary in our school grounds and our very own beekeepers. Nicole and Susan came in this afternoon to talk the children about bees. The children listened brilliantly and asked lots of thoughtful questions. We asked,
- [Camp Over 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/camp-over-2023/) - We hope that everyone had a fantastic time at this year's Farfield PTA Camp-Over. We had well over 700 people across our huge site and over 70 families staying overnight. Attractions included alpacas, a magician, a party disco, water slides, a water fight, Aegis martial arts, fairground rides, football, cricket, tennis, some (fearsome female) tug
- [Story Massage](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/story-massage/) - Looking after our children’s well-being is so important in developing happy and content children. We would like to share some strategies you can use at home to help your children feel calmer whilst refreshing their body and mind. The strokes and Story Messages have come from or been inspired by Once Upon a Touch written by
- [Visualisations](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/visualisations/) - The benefits of visualisation are: Helps children to sleep more peacefully. Children develop imagination, concentration, creativity and self-awareness. Children develop inner peace and a sense of inner security. Children are more able to cope with the stresses of life. All you will need to take part, is a quiet room and somewhere comfy to lie
- [Poetic Pop-up Practice!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/poetic-pop-up-practice/) - English This week in English, we have been preparing for the upcoming poetry slam. This half-term, we will be performing the lovely poem 'From a Railway Carriage' by Robert Louis Stevenson. As you might have guessed from the title, this poem is all about trains - specifically the sights that can be seen from within
- [Making Shapes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/making-shapes/) - Over the last two weeks in Year 3, we have completed our end of year assessments in reading and maths. We are so proud of how all the children have done and the wonderful progress they have made. Well done for all your hard work, Year 3! Maths We had great fun in maths making
- [Animal Poo in Year 1!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/animal-poo-in-year-1/) - Phonics In phonics this week we have revised ie/igh/i-e/ue/ew/oo/ow/ou/er and ir. We have also continued to revise all of the Year 1 tricky words. English We have been talking about the visit from Sam’s Safari last week. We looked at all the photos of the animals we saw and held and remembered lots of facts
- [Year 5 Blog 30.6.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-30-6-23/) - We have had another great week in Year 5! MathsThis week in Maths, we have been learning about coordinates. We began by looking at coordiantes in the first quadrant, then learnt how to translate shapes on a grid, then moved on to translating shapes and points just using their coordinates. The children did a great
- [Reception News - 30.6.23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/reception-news-30-6-23/) - Phonics This week the children have looked at the tricky word 'what' and the consonant clusters: nk, ft, sk, sp. The children are writing at least one sentence daily and are really impressing us with their writing. Maths This week we have been doing lots of problem solving. Who could make the longest bridge and
- [30/06/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/30-06-23/) - End of year performance We have been busy rehearsing for our end of year production. Over the next week we will be trying on costumes and working out what we need. Please have a chat with your child about their character and what costume they may need. We will be sending out a list as
- [Minibeast poetry and Art in Year 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/minibeast-poetry-and-art-in-year-2/) - English This week we have been reading and writing poems about minibeasts. We collected lots of words to describe different minibeasts. We then created diamante poems using these words. A diamante poem has 7 lines and follows this structure: Maths In maths this week we have continued our work on position and direction. This week
- [This week in Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/this-week-in-nursery/) - Lots of fun inside! The children have been busy this week as usual and have had lots of fun playing with their friend. Here are some photos to show you what they have been up to... Messy Play! Children love messy play and this week they have been investigating gloop and Jelly Baff! They used
- [Headteacher blog 30/6/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-30-6-23/) - Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families this week! It has been a quieter few days by Farfield standards as we have had so many Muslim children off school celebrating Eid. On Monday, a class of Y2 children visited a mosque in the morning and then many of them were then part of the Pudsey
- [Multiplication Tables Check success in Y4](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/multiplication-tables-check-success-in-y4/) - Our Y4 children recently took the statutory online Multiplication Tables Check. Almost half the cohort got full marks - 25 out of 25 - in the timed test and 60% of the children got full marks or just one wrong. Our mean average was 21.4 compared to a national mean average of 19.8 in 21-22.
- [Y5 choir at Leeds Arena](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y5-choir-at-leeds-arena/) - A special Y5 choir have been practising four songs for months for performance at a huge city-wide concert at the Leeds Arena. It was a spectacular evening with an audience of thousands. It was an excellent showcase for music in our city. On Friday, the children performed one of the songs in assembly. Well done
- [Y5 maths success](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y5-maths-success/) - A team of four of our best Y5 mathematicians attended a Maths Challenge competition at GSAL last week. With 20 schools in attendance, our team came third and won a class trip to a new attraction in Leeds Trinity called Maths City. Well done!
- [Year 5 Blog 23.6.2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-blog-23-6-2023/) - Hi all, We have had another fun and exciting week in Year 5 this week. In English we completed writing persuasive letters to Smaug the Dragon to try to persuade him to give up his treasure and leave the mountain. The children did an excellent job, using a wide range of persuasive techniques, including rhetorical
- [All about the Romans](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/14221-2/) - Maths In Maths, we have continued with our learning on time with a focus on duration and start and end times. Children used number lines and the 24-hour clock to work out answers to several problem questions. We were very impressed with the children’s hard work and understanding. What can our muscles do? In Science,
- [Headteacher blog 23rd June 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-23rd-june-2023/) - It has been a fabulous week at Farfield, with lots of exciting events. Year 1 have been to Rodley Nature Reserve: one very wet day and one gloriously sunny. It is wonderful to have this oasis of nature on our doorstep. Today they have also enjoyed 'Sam's Safari', bringing exotic animals into school. Half of
- [A very busy week in Year 2!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/a-very-busy-week-in-year-2/) - We have had an extremely busy week this week; 2LA have had their visit to the Mosque, our skipping team took part in a skipping festival at trinity University and we have still managed to fit in maths, English, science, computing, music, geography, PE, spellings, PSHE, reading and art! 2LA Mosque Visit On Monday, 2LA
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- [Headteacher blog 16th June 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-16th-june-2023/) - This summer term is glorious: so many residentials, visits and special events. The weather has been spectacular too this week which makes it even more special. (We do really need some rain though.) Year 6 have been on residential to How Stean Gorge in the Dales this week. The children have abseiled, caved, done a
- [6D residential day 3](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/6d-residential-day-3/) - The children were all asleep by 11ish and they more or less slept through. Bless them, they are shattered. This morning, 17 children did a series of high wire challenges and the others went on a lovely local walk. The walkers did 3.5 miles in the morning sunshine. They learnt about some of the Viking
- [Year 6 residential day 2 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential-day-2-2023/) - The children did chat in their tents until very late last night, some after midnight, and one tent was awake again at 4.15am thanks, perhaps, to a local cockerel. After a staff visit, they did go back to sleep, but most tents were well awake by 6.30am. The countryside is noisy, but don't believe the
- [Year 6 residential Day 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential-day-1/) - We have had a super day with 6D on residential. The weather is glorious but not too oppressive as it is cool in the shade of the gorge (or in a cave). After an hour's drive, we arrived at Coldstone Cut on Greenhow Hill. This amazing bit of public art overlooks a quarry and has
- [Running for Maggies!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/14001-2/) - A dozen of our colleagues will be hoping that the hot weather breaks next weekend as they are set for a 10k run in support of Maggies and our colleague Natasha Loveridge. The group have raised over £2000 so far. If you would like to support them, please visit their Just Giving page to sponsor them.
- [Headteacher blog 9th June 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-9th-june-2023/) - This summer half-term is always busy and hectic and this week has been no exception. We have had Reception classes visiting Harlow Carr Gardens and a Year 3 class at The Armouries. We have had new parent meetings for Nursery and for Reception 2023-24, Relationships and Sex Education meetings, an important governors' meeting and a
- [Curriculum News June 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/curriculum-news-june-2023/)
- [Test post](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/test-post/)
- [Headteacher blog 26th May 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-26th-may-2023/) - It has been a gloriously sunny week at Farfield and we have made the most of our beautiful grounds with playing and lessons across the whole site. I enjoyed an afternoon on the school farm with all the Y1 children, looking at the chickens and learning about how we look after them. The children have
- [Headteacher blog 19th May 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-19th-may-2023/) - Year 5 have enjoyed a fine week up in the Yorkshire Dales on residential this week: caving, mountain biking, walking and geography fieldwork. The children have shown good resilience and confidence tackling the activities. I am very grateful to the volunteer staff who work from 6am 'til gone midnight each day, to our volunteer caving
- [Headteacher blog 12th May 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-12th-may-2023/) - It has been SATs week for Y2 and for Y6. This has hit the news as the Y6 papers have seemed a bit harder than usual: especially the reading paper. I do feel that there should be more accessible tests for those that are less high attaining: it is painful to watch those children who
- [Year 5 residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-residential/) - Year 5 are on residential w/b 15th June. Mr Harris, the headteacher will accompany the first class Mon-Wed. The children will be going to the Yorkshire Dales for walking, a river study, caving and mountain-biking.
- [Headteacher blog 5th May 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-5th-may-2023/) - It has been a less-than-satisfactory school week with a bank holiday and then partial closure due to strike action again on Tuesday. Nevertheless, we still managed to squeeze in some mountain biking for Y5 at Otley Chevin and a trip to Leeds on Thursday for 4HB. I postponed a further trip to Leeds today due
- [Headteacher blog 28th April 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-28th-april-2023/) - In the summer term we have lots more school trips as the weather is supposed to improve. This week, we have had Reception to Tropical World and Y2 on the longer trip to the West Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Year 4 pupils attended a skipping festival (and won) and Y5 attended a cricket event (and won,
- [Headteacher blog 21st April 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-21st-april-2023/) - Eid Mubarak for all our Muslim families! We have had a very positive first week of term. This is usually a great few months of the year: lots of learning, trips and residentials, enjoyable events such as Sports Day and Camp-Over and a chance to show off our progress in statutory and other assessments. Usually,
- [Strike Action by NEU April/May 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/strike-action-by-neu-april-may-2023/) - Please find letter attached as regards the impact of strike action on Thursday 27th April and Tuesday 2nd May.
- [Headteacher's blog 30th March 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-30th-march-2023/) - We have got to the end of a long term that has been punctuated by very regrettable strike action and even a bit of a snow day. Sadly, there could be more strike action to come after a very disappointing offer from the government this week that has left us all deflated and feeling under-valued
- [Headteacher blog 24th March 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-24th-march-2023/) - After the disruption of last week, it has felt good to get a proper, full week completed. I toured the school with prospective family this morning and every classroom was a delight: happy, engaged children playing and learning. The family really liked what they saw, commenting - in a positive way they assured me -
- [Headteacher blog 17/3/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-17-3-23/) - I usually start these letters/blogs with a positive statement about what a good week it has been. This week is different: a two day strike that is a miserable thing to do and something that I hope we don't feel compelled to repeat. There has been a bit of progress with the NHS dispute and
- [Farfield enjoys the snow!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-enjoys-the-snow/) - We were one of a small minority of schools that managed to stay open today. We had about 50% children's attendance. We did do 'normal-ish' lessons but the children also had some extended playtimes in the snow. They had a lovely time in perfect conditions. Here are some photos from Y1-6:
- [Headteacher blog 10th March 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-10th-march-2023/) - A snowy week! These sorts of weeks are always a bit stressful but can be good fun too! I am glad we stayed open but we only had 40-50% attendance across the school. Almost all the teachers got in, but some staff couldn't make it - sometimes due to their own childcare issues. Most schools
- [Headteacher blog 3/3/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-3-3-23/) - 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 is
- [Solar for Schools visit and exciting trip to the roof and basement](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-3rd-march-2023/) - 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 is
- [World Book Day 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-2023-2/) - We had a wonderful World Book Day 2023. Two packed assemblies showed off lots of lovely costumes and we watched the winners of the 'Read Aloud' poetry competition. The winning entries can be seen here: https://sites.google.com/farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wbdpoetryreadingwinners2023/work Many thanks to all that entered: great reading and some lovely imagination in how they were performed. Other entries
- [Headteacher blog 24/2/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-24-2-23/) - 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 the
- [World Book Day 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/world-book-day-2023/) - World Book Day is rapidly approaching. We will be celebrating on Thursday 2nd March. Please find attached a letter with lots of details of WBD activities and optional events including a 'Read Aloud' poetry competition and a fanfiction writing competition. Please take some time to read the Farfield WBD 2023 letter here. WBD also includes
- [Headteacher blog 10th February 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-10th-february-2023/) - 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 had
- [Headteacher blog 3/2/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-3-2-23/) - 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 around
- [Headteacher blog 27/1/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-27-1-23/) - 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 perspective.
- [Falkingham Cup win](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/falkingham-cup-win/) - Our U11 9-a-side football team played a wonderful match vs Carr Manor Primary School on Thursday evening. On a heavy pitch, Farfield took the lead early but Carr Manor equalised before half time. Both teams could have won the game in the second half and in injury time, but the game ended 1:1 and we
- [Headteacher blog 20/1/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-20-1-23/) - It is very sad and regrettable that most school teachers are going to be going on strike over the coming months. It is not something that is done lightly, and it will be painful for all involved. I do support the strike though and I will be taking industrial action for the first time in
- [Headteacher blog 13/1/23](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-13-1-23/) - A wet and windy week hasn't dampened our spirits too much and we have continued to enhance our curriculum with trips out into the locality. Today, all the Year 5 children are going down to St. John's Church to work with Rev Howles on The Second Covenant and all of Year 3 are off to
- [Early Years Healthy School Award](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/early-years-healthy-school-award/) - We are delighted to have received our Early Years Healthy Schools award and report. The inspector was clearly impressed, stating: “Leadership in this setting is excellent….Children in nursery and the Reception classes were engaged, settled and confident… The outdoor physical environment is outstanding.” The full report can be read here.
- [Headteacher blog January 6th 2023](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-january-6th-2023/) - We have had a wonderful first few days back. Teachers enjoyed training on Tuesday, spending the day working on the music and computing curricula. On Wednesday evening, 50 older children attended the ballet at Leeds Grand Theatre as part of Show Time club and on Thursday KS2 enjoyed a free concert of high-quality baroque music
- [Classical music treat for the children (and staff)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/13705-2/) - This morning the KS2 children had a real treat: a free concert in the Baroque style from Duo Moderna. Asuka (from Japan) and Johan (from Sweden) dazzled the children with their playing of the Baroque violin and magnificent 'theorbo'. There were excellent questions and answers and the children seemed to really enjoy the music. Following on
- [Top 20% nationally](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/top-20-nationally/) - We are delighted to have been graded in the top 20% of schools nationally in many areas of progress and attainment in last year's SATs in Y2 and Y6. Read about it in our most recent Curriculum News.
- [Fabulous Christmas Shows](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/fabulous-christmas-shows/) - We have enjoyed six fabulous Christmas shows over the past week or so: two each from Foundation Stage, KS1 and KS2. These were the first Christmas shows since 2019 - too long! The children (and staff) did a brilliant job and I was particularly pleased to see and hear lots of musical accompaniment. The confidence
- [Headteacher blog 9th December 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-9th-december-2022/) - It has been a bitterly cold but bright week at Farfield and the undoubted highlight has been the Foundation Stage nativity: our first since 2019. This special occasion was enjoyed by all those that attended. Mainly aged three or four, our children sang, danced and twinkled at all the right times and Eira was a
- [Headteacher blog 2/12/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-2-12-22/) - It has been a super week at Farfield. On Tuesday evening, our three minibuses and a couple of staff cars headed off with Show Time Club to the Leeds Playhouse for a fabulous evening with Willy Wonka, Charlie Bucket and Oompa Loompas! On Wednesday, the Farfield community joined with thousands of others from Farsley for
- [Farfield float debut at Farsley Lights](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-float-debut-at-farsley-lights/) - Farsley Lights parade is the oldest in Leeds and this year our school had its first float. Organised by our infant administrator Diane, and kindly provided by Farmac, the Farfield float included festively-dressed children and our new samba band with Ms Howells. It was another lovely community seasonal get-together in our super village and it
- [Headteacher blog 25/11/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-25-11-22/) - Sadly, it's been rather a dull and dreary week weather-wise but the children are usually able to lighten the mood and raise spirits. I have enjoyed hearing practices for Christmas songs again this week and the Year 5 soloists are doing particularly well. The start of the world cup has caused some excitement, and is
- [Headteacher blog 18/11/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-18-11-22/) - We were all waiting for Jeremy Hunt's announcements on Thursday and there was a pleasant surprise in terms of increases in school funding for the next two financial years. This is chronically needed as our school and many others face an overall deficit as a result of rising costs, unfunded (below inflation) pay rises and
- [Headteacher blog Friday 11th November](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-friday-11th-november/) - We are not full in Reception this year - the first time in the 18 years that I have been headteacher - as birth rates have declined in this area. It might also reflect the fact that we did less school tours over the COVID period. This year, we seem to be doing huge numbers
- [Headteacher blog November 4th 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-november-4th-2022/) - It has been a super week in school. I have done school tours and a number of lesson observations this week and I know that prospective parents have been impressed by what we have to offer. Every classroom that we go into feels calm and purposeful and there is a real warmth evident in relationships.
- [Harvest Festival 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/harvest-festival-2022/) - Both junior halls were packed for our first Harvest Festival since 2019. The stage was full of generous donations for our St George's Crypt appeal, and this was supplemented by the end of our Farfield Farm harvest. On the stage, we also had wonderful scarecrows for the PTA competition. Thank you to everyone for their
- [Headteacher blog 14th October 22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-14th-october-22/) - It has been a glorious week at Farfield: but dramatic too. Year 3 were enjoying a fabulous sunny Stone Age Day on Thursday when disaster struck. Stalking a 'deer' on a hunt with our bows and arrows, we accidentally stepped on a wasp nest in the long grass. The wasps defended themselves and, sadly, six
- [Headteacher blog 7th October 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-7th-october-2022/) - This week I chaired the Leeds School Forum again. This group of headteachers, governors and senior council officers has an overview of education funding and budgets across the city. Once again, Leeds is missing out on £2million of funding for SEND next financial year as a result of a 'cap on gains' as we move
- [Headteacher blog 30th September 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-30th-september-2022/) - I upset a few children this week. We are running four competitive football teams this year, and I ran two lunchtime trials for Y6. Nearly 30 children attended and I needed to whittle things down to a team of 9 (and a sub) and another 7 children for a squad for the season to attend
- [Headteacher blog 23rd September 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-23rd-september-2022/) - It's been a good week at school: attendance is finally up to pre-pandemic levels which is really helpful. All the classrooms are calm and purposeful. Our nursery teacher can't stop smiling as she has a really super group of three year olds who have settled really well. It has been an exciting week for Year
- [Headteacher blog 16th September 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-16th-september-2022/) - It has been a super week at school. I am into the 'season' of doing tours for prospective parents and the school has really shone as we have walked around classrooms and the grounds. It was wonderful to get email feedback after one of the tours this week from a family looking to move into
- [Headteacher blog 9th September 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-9th-september-2022/) - It's great to be back in school and we have had, overall, a very positive week. We were very busy on Monday trying to put the infant building back together after very extensive (and messy) fire-stopping work over the summer. Many hands made light(er) work, but we were still cleaning on Tuesday morning and finished
- [New Curriculum Newsletter September 22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-curriculum-newsletter-september-22/) - Please find our latest Curriculum Newsletter below:
- [Outstanding SATS results - well done everyone!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/outstanding-sats-results-well-done-everyone/) - We had our first SATs since 2019 this summer. Our children did spectacularly well, with standards appearing to be well above national averages. Despite all the COVID disruption, our Y6 children produced the best set of results for a decade. Well done!
- [Positive feedback from Annual Parents' Survey](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/positive-feedback-from-annual-parents-survey/) - We had a super 260 responses to our annual parent survey. Key headlines are included in the summary document below.
- [Headteacher blog 22/7/21](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-22-7-21/) - It's the end of a long, challenging school year and the children and staff deserve their summer holiday. It has been a very successful year, with good progress across the school and some outstanding SATs results in Year 6. All this has been achieved despite a global pandemic, continued difficulties with attendance and a significant
- [Headteacher blog 15th July 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-15th-july-2022/) - It has been a positive penultimate week of the school year. For me, the week has been dominated by proof-reading and querying reports, followed by adding a headteacher comment. There is a lot to check: how did the child attain last year, or at the end of the previous key stage; how has their progress
- [Headteacher blog 8th July 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-8th-july-2022/) - A week is a long time in politics - 48 hours even - and it has been quite a 7 days at Farfield. Last weekend we had a fantastic PTA Camp-Over on site: over 70 families camping and many hundreds more on site. It was another fabulously successful day, with so much fun to be
- [Headteacher's blog 1/7/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-1-7-22/) - This week we received our Healthy Schools Award external validation report. Whilst it's not quite ready for publication, we are delighted by the draft findings of the assessment: highly praising leadership and practice in areas such as PSHE, healthy eating, pastoral care and physical activity; recognising the high profile given to well-being and celebrating the
- [Headteacher Blog 24th June 22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-24th-june-22/) - It has been a really positive week at Farfield other than attendance which is still very low by historic standards. Chicken Pox is affecting LOTS of children, especially in the infants, and there are a lot of children on holiday with pent-up demand still working through. I don't think it is just us, but this
- [Headteacher's Blog 17th June 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteachers-blog-17th-june-2022/) - It has been a glorious week at Farfield and the school has been looking beautiful in the sunshine. The children have also looked smart this week with class photos on Wednesday and Thursday. This week Year 4 have sat their new statutory Times Tables Check. This is delivered online and the children have 6 seconds
- [Headteacher blog 10/6/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-10-6-22/) - It's good to be back in school after 8 working days on Y5 and Y6 residential in the Dales. The residentials have been fantastic, although poor 5W had theirs curtailed somewhat by appallingly wet weather that meant that they couldn't cave. Overall, though, the residentials have been a fantastic success with the children showing bravery
- [Headteacher blog 20th May 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-20th-may-2022/) - It's been such a busy week at school: a week that has showcased many of the best features of our school. On Monday, the day was spent setting our new budget and things were slightly more positive than we had expected. This gives us scope to do some more exciting and targeted work next academic
- [Headteacher blog 13/5/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-13-5-22/) - This week we have had formal Y6 SATs (and Y2s have begun less formal equivalents). The assessments went well, although more stress was evident amongst some children than I recall previously. This is the first time that we have done SATs since 2019 and I think the children will have done well despite the disruption
- [Headteacher blog 6th May 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-6th-may-2022/) - This week, we got confirmation of nearly £250,000 of investment in the infant school. Great news you might think, but actually it is fire-stopping works that are principally about protecting the council's asset rather than saving children or staff lives. We can already evacuate the building very quickly in the event of a fire and
- [Headteacher blog 29/4/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-29-4-22/) - We are all working hard at school: in part, preparing for SATs in Y2 and Y6 coming up next month. It's a balance: we want to do well and reach our potential, but we also don't want to narrow the curriculum nor place undue stress or anxiety on our children and staff. I think we
- [Headteacher blog 22/4/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-22-4-22/) - It's great to be back at school after the Easter holidays and there is a lovely, purposeful atmosphere in class and around the site. This is my favourite term: better weather, lots of learning and exciting events such as trips, residentials, sports day and Camp-Over. We also have our statutory and other assessments and I
- [Big solar switch on and decarbonisation](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/big-solar-switch-on-and-decarbonisation/) - We finally have our solar installation fully switched on and generating across the whole site and our new electrical air source heat pump on our infant site is now operational. This is a major step forward in our drive towards decarbonisation. Details of our solar generation can be found here: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-ls28-5ed-107981 Infants: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-infant-ls28-5ed Juniors: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-junior-ls28-5ed
- [Revised expectations around COVID - 14/4/22](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/revised-expectations-around-covid-14-4-22/) - I hope that you are looking forward to a warmer and relaxing Easter long weekend. We will be pleased to see everyone again on Tuesday. New guidance has been issued as regards managing COVID going forward. The guidance is available here. There are significant changes. The expectations around children are slightly different from the expectations as
- [Headteacher blog 25th March 2021](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-25th-march-2021/) - It has been a beautiful sunny week at school: lovely to see all the children enjoying and using the grounds. On Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of showing a group of staff from another local school around the grounds as they are looking for ideas and advice around their site development. One of the
- [U11 football team into Falkingham Cup semi finals](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/u11-football-team-into-falkingham-cup-semi-finals/) - On Friday afternoon, our U11 9-a-side football team travelled to Roundhay Primary School for their Falkingham cup quarter final. It was an intense game on quite a small and bumpy pitch. The team put a huge amount of effort into the game against strong opponents (two of whom, at least, play for Bradford City). We
- [Headteacher blog 18th March 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-18th-march-2022/) - It has been a lovely week at school. The sun is shining more and we have a flurry of off-site outdoor educational visits. This week, Year 2 have enjoyed trips to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and over the next two weeks all of Year 3 are going to Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate and Year
- [Headteacher Blog 11th March 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-11th-march-2022/) - There are signs of spring all around: warmer weather, leaf buds, frollicking frogs and spawn in the pond and a fox feeding cubs (or a very pregnant vixen mate) on the school grounds. We lost a lot of our flock of chickens on Sunday/Monday morning and these incidents almost always take place in March or
- [Headteacher blog Friday 4th March 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/headteacher-blog-friday-4th-march-2022/) - 'In like a lion, out like a lamb' is the traditional description of March. This year, the winds came early and we are left with a damp squib. The school fields are a quagmire after so much rain and we are looking forward to the drier weather and the sunshine that is forecast next week.
- [New Curriculum News published](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-curriculum-news-published-2/)

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/) - Welcome Farsley Farfield Primary School has a huge amount to offer your child: many unique qualities that will combine to offer a rich and engaging education. The school has strong standards of attainment, very extensive grounds, great sports provision, brilliant IT resources and an exciting curriculum. We are a popular, diverse and inclusive school. Our
- [Vacancies](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/vacancies/) - There are currently no vacancies We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An online search will be completed for all shortlisted candidates. All successful candidates will be
- [Contact the PTA](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/contact-the-pta/) - Please contact ptachair@farsleyfarfield.org.uk for details of our next meetings, queries about future events and/or if you have any suggestions/feedback.
- [Special/Additional Needs](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/specialadditional-needs/) - Every child is special, and every child is welcomed to our school. We aim to meet any child’s special needs wherever possible, and we have resources such as large care suites, platform lifts, sensory rooms and calm spaces in order to help us to include as many children as practicable. We have a very good
- [Policies](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/policies/) - Should you require a paper copy of any of our policies, please contact the school office. Anti-Bullying Policy Asthma Policy Attendance - One Minute Guide Attendance Policy Behaviour Policy Care and Control Policy Charging Policy Child Protection Policy Communication policy Complaints Policy and Procedure Curriculum Policy Data Protection Policy Equality Policy - Single Equality Policy
- [Pastoral and Wellbeing](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wellbeing-and-relaxation/) - Here at Farsley Farfield Primary School, we are committed to developing the ‘whole’ child which means we care about how children develop socially and emotionally as well as academically and physically The emotional well-being of children is vital in helping them reach their potential in all areas of school life. Good mental health allows children
- [Upcoming PTA Events](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/upcoming-events/)
- [Information for families feeding animals](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/instructions-for-family-rota-for-animals/) - Thank you for offering to look after the pigs, goats and chickens. Other than the height of summer, it is likely to be very muddy up there so wellies are recommended. An ideal time to go would be around lunchtime but it is not critical. The main gate will probably be locked. If it isn't,
- [Safeguarding info for children](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-information-for-children/) - If someone is hurting you, doing things to you against your will or being mean to you, tell someone: your parents, your friends, trusted teachers or other staff at school. You should also speak to us if you are worried about someone else - a child or an adult. At
- [Admissions](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/admissions/) - Prospective parents are strongly encouraged to meet the headteacher or a senior teacher and view the school. We do not have a specific ‘Open Day’; please come on a ‘normal’ school day and see what we have to offer! If your child is due to start Reception in September 2026, please click here to complete
- [School Meals](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/school-meals/) - We serve very good school meals, cooked from scratch on site, and we recommend that every child has them. Children in Reception, Y1 and Y2 are entitled to a free meal! From September 2025, school meals cost £2.60 per day for children in Nursery and Y3-6. We have higher than average uptake of school meals.
- [Year 5 residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-residential-2/) - Every year we take children in Year 5 on a residential trip to the Yorkshire Dales for 3 days/2 nights. In 2026, children in 5B will go on Monday 8th June and return on Wednesday 10th June and children in 5K will go from Wednesday 10th June and return on Friday 12th June. Staffing will
- [Year 6 Residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-6-residential/) - Every year we take our Year 6 children on a residential trip to How Stean Gorge in the Yorkshire Dales for 3 days and 2 nights. How Stean Gorge is a wonderful venue: all the activities are on or near to the site, nestled in the beautiful upper Nidderdale. We are currently finalising the dates
- [Key Contacts](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/key-contacts/) - To email any of these members of staff, simply email: firstname.surname@farsleyfarfield.org.uk For general enquiries call 0113 2058130 or email office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Please address initial queries to office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk and our admin team will direct the query to the most appropriate person. Please use this email address to request free-of-charge paper copies of any information or documentation on
- [Assessment and Standards](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/assessment/) - 2025 was another year of good academic progress and attainment, especially in Year 6. Attainment is typically national average or better, with particularly high levels of attainment at 'Greater Depth'. In 2024, the percentage of Farfield Year 6 children reaching 'greater depth' in each of reading, writing and maths was in the top 5% of
- [Prospectus (inc standards data)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/prospectus/) - Please find our prospectus below (or download it from the link at the bottom of the page): Prospectus 2025-6Download
- [Term Dates and Teacher Training Days](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/term-dates/) - Please find term dates below. As well as the dates published below, there are statutory bank holidays and five statutory training days per year. (If the calendars don't show and leave gaps in the page, please refresh.) Term dates for 2025-2026 are here: https://democracy.leeds.gov.uk/documents/s259286/Appendix%201.pdf Leeds school calendar 2025-2026Download Monday 1st September 2025 will be a
- [Safeguarding and E-Safety](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-and-e-safety/) - If you are a child click here. If you are an adult, read on. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, but the designated staff for child protection are: Peter Harris peter.harris@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Helen Smith helen.smith@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Caroline Midgley caroline.midgley@farsleyfarfield.org.uk Farsley Farfield's Child Protection Policy is here. If you are a member of the public, you can phone Children’s Social Work
- [Extra Curricular](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/extra-curricular/) - Extra-curricular clubs are a real strength of the school. We offer a range of clubs: sports, arts and crafts, horticulture, curricular support, computing and more. Clubs available in Term 1 are currently being finalised and will be shared very soon.
- [Sports Partners](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sports-partners/) - We have successful links with a wide range of sports partners including: British Cycling Chris Young chrisyoung@britishcycling.org.uk Rawdon Tennis Club coach Jonathan Sowden http://www.rgltc.co.uk/tennis.htm Pudsey Judo @ Flex Gymnasium, Cape Industrial Estate, Coal Hill Lane LS28 5NA David 07894802814 http://www.pudseyjudoclub.com/ The Depot (Bouldering) http://www.theclimbingdepot.co.uk/ Nile Wilson Gymnastics NileWilsonGymnastics.com Gym Magic http://www.gymmagic.co.uk/ Karate Ashley Scott ash_scottie@hotmail.com Caving
- [Curriculum](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/curriculum/) - "Your curriculum offers a wide range of learning experiences for pupils and as a result is vibrant, rich and engaging." Ofsted 2018 At Farfield, we deliver a fulfilling curriculum that children enjoy and which prepares them for their next stage of education and for life. Our academic standards are high and we never narrow the
- [Pupil Premium](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/pupil-premium/) - Our Pupil Premium money is targeted at children that are 'Looked After' or adopted, and also those that are, or have been, in receipt of 'free school meals'. Other children also benefit from this investment through access to interventions themselves or smaller group sizes as a result of additional staffing. 2024-25 Our Pupil Premium investment
- [Christmas 2024 animal feeding additional info](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/christmas-2024-animal-feeding-additional-info/) - This Christmas and new year break is the longest we have had with no staff on site. We have slightly changed the feeding arrangements. See video below.
- [Activity programme](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/whats-on/) - Please see below for our What's on Guide for Spring 2025.
- [School Uniform](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/school-uniform/) - We aim for our children to look smart but we don't want the cost of our uniform to be unduly onerous for parents. We expect dark or grey trousers or skirts, a white shirt or poloshirt and a grey sweatshirt or cardigan. Grey or black shorts or a red check school dress are acceptable. (Hot-pant
- [Sports Results](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/sports-results/) - October 2024 Football: Tyersal U10 3 - 8 Farfield U10 Football: Farfield U11 3 - 3 Rawdon St Peter's Saturday 19th October Leeds Cross Country at Woodhouse Grove
- [Equalities Objectives](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/equalities-objectives/) - Our key equality objectives 2021-24 are: Ensure that our new modern PSHE curriculum promotes tolerance and respect for all Improve outcomes for our SEND pupils through further CPD for all classroom staff, monitoring and feedback on provision, improved tracking and target setting Further promote cultural and religious understanding through visits to a range of religious
- [Nursery](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/nursery/) - We have a fabulous nursery that is a great introduction to early education for your child. Our nursery is staffed by a graduate, very experienced teacher with support from well qualified, experienced nursery nurses - private day care nurseries are not staffed to this level. Parents must be clear that this is not child care
- [FAQ](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/faq/) - How much do school meals cost? School meals cost £2.55 per day from September 2024. Click here for more information on our school meals. What time does school start/finish? We have a staggered start and finish time to allow parents to be able to get children between buildings. For Nursery children, morning sessions run from
- [Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-farm/) - Our top field hosts Farfield Farm: a locally unique horticultural facility that the children can enjoy and learn from throughout the year comprising of two large polytunnels, an extensive orchard, outdoor planting areas, an accessible garden, a greenhouse, classroom, pigs area, a flock of chickens and bee hives. Our pigs are kept as pets and
- [Governors](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/governors/)
- [School Tour](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/school-tour/) - Please contact the school for a tour with the headteacher. Alternatively, you can look at the photos linked to hotspots on the aerial view below. We have an enormous site!
- [OFSTED](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/ofsted/) - Following our inspection in September 2023, Ofsted published their report for our school. Once again, we are strongly ‘Good’ and the report is effusive in its praise. Our school is described as ‘vibrant and happy’; our curriculum is ‘ambitious’ and ‘exciting’, with some of it being ‘exceptional’; all our children ‘flourish’ in our inclusive culture;
- [Farsley & Calverley Children's Centre](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/childrens-centre/) - Farsley & Calverley Children's Centre is located in the Infant building at Farsley Farfield Primary School. We offer a wide range of Children's Centre Services for children and families in the local community. We have a community room, a family room, and baby changing facilities. Additional space in the school is used for parents and toddler,
- [Little People and other childcare providers](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/little-people/) - Parents have many options for childcare: from nurseries to childminders. For a full list of childcare options, please visit the Leeds Family Information Service. Little People are our long-term childcare partners on site. Little People provide a private nursery provision for babies and toddlers and also run our before, after school and holiday clubs. They
- [Pastoral and Wellbeing](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/pastoral/) - See new blog
- [PE and Sport](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/pe/) - We love sport at Farfield! We have a sporty staff, enthusiastic children and brilliant voluntary partners. We enjoy active, imaginative PE lessons and have many extra-curricular opportunities. We enter lots of competitions such as football, athletics, cross country and triathlon. Our huge school grounds are superb for sports and healthy physical activity. For competitive sports results
- [Useful Links](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/useful-links/) - We hope these websites may offer you some support and advice. ELSA support https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/ Lots of brilliant resources for children, parents and schools on supporting emotional and social learning. Some resources are free and others are of low cost. Winston’s wishes https://www.winstonswish.org/ Another charity supporting grieving children and their families. Mindmate https://www.mindmate.org.uk/ Leeds-based mental health
- [Useful Books](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/useful-books/) - Below, is a selection of books on various topics associated with children’s emotions and mental health. We have some of these books in school but also many are available as a You Tube audio book. These books can be a useful starter to help children talk about their feelings. If there is a specific topic
- [Contact Us](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/contact-us/) - Farsley Farfield aspires to be a school that communicates well with all stakeholders. Here are our target times for responses to communications: Phone Calls: Returned within 24 hours of parent’s call Email: Email reply within 2 working days of receipt Written Letter: Acknowledge receipt of letter within 72 hours For all enquiries, please email office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk
- [Newsletters](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/newsletters/) - The class blogs (menu above) are the best way to see what goes on in school - they are an incredible 'window' into life in our school. We also publish occasional general school newsletters below: Previous Newsletters January 2014 November 2013 September 2013 June 2013 March 2013 November 2012 June 2012 February 2012 January 2011
- [Mission Statement](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/mission-statement/) - The governors at Farsley Farfield are committed to working with the head teacher and staff to ensure that all our children are kept safe and free from harm, to create an environment where every child can achieve their best regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability or disability and be well prepared for the next stages of
- [Finance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/finance/) - For financial information about Farsley Farfield, and for financial benchmarking against other schools, click here. You can also view our Financial Benchmarking Card below: No employee has a gross salary of more than £100k per annum (or anywhere near!). Farsley Farfield contributes to Trade Union time through de-delegated funds to Leeds City Council.
- [Data Protection (GDPR)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/data-protection/) - Privacy Statement Introduction Everybody has a right to have their personal information kept confidential, this includes the children who attend Farsley Farfield Primary School and their families. The school is committed to protecting pupils’ and families’ privacy. These rights are also part of the law, the General Data Protection Regulation which is a European Union
- [COVID case tracker 2022](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/covid-case-tracker-2022/)
- [Solar Generation at Farfield](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/solar-generation/) - We are working towards our goal of being carbon-neutral but it is going to be a long journey. More information can be found here: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-ls28-5ed-107981 We have solar arrays on both buildings and data can be tracked on this page: Juniors for the past two days: Juniors for the past month: Infants to follow....
- [Our Learning Hive](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/our-learning-hive/) - Our ‘Farfield Learning Hive’ pulls together key aspects of a child’s personal development in our school. We have weekly school ethos statements that are linked to the six key ‘Learning Hive’ themes. These are promoted widely and shared with families – our aim is to use common language at both home and school to
- [Upper Key Stage 2 Sports Day 2021](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/upper-key-stage-2-sports-day-2021/) - Scoreboard (view landscape on a phone):
- [Reception Classrooms](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/new-reception-classrooms/) - Whilst we can't have our traditional open evenings, the teachers and children have made these videos to show new children their classrooms: Mrs Puddiphatt's Classroom Miss Pinnock's Classroom
- [Calendar](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/calendar/)
- [British Values](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/british-values/) - Farsley Farfield is a moral place: we explicitly teach, model and expect high standards of manners, behaviour and mutual support. Our pupils and wider school community regularly show compassion and active support for those less fortunate than themselves: at home and abroad. Our Learning Hive underpins our assemblies, systems, PSHCE lessons and overall ethos. The
- [Farfield Live](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farfield-live/) - On this page, we will have forthcoming Live events: Test event 8.30 today: Year 2 Bees live event Wednesday 8th July: 6S Wednesday 15th July at 2pm: 6J Thursday 16th July at 2pm:
- [Grounds Zones](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/grounds-zones/)
- [Y1 classroom for candidates](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/y1-classroom-for-candidates/) - To help you plan this virtual lesson, here is one of our Y1 classrooms and outdoor area. If you knew the teachers that share this room, you would know that they will be mortified that I have shared this video during lockdown, without them having the chance to 'dress' the room properly! Perhaps I'll buy
- [Safeguarding Digest February 2020](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-february-2020/) - Documents relating to the Safeguarding Digest February 2020.
- [Safeguarding Digest December 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-december-2019/) - Please find documents referred to in the Safeguarding Digest 2019
- [Safeguarding Digest October 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-october-2019/) - Documents referred to in the October 2019 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Draft pig signage](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/draft-pig-signage/)
- [Safeguarding Digest July 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-july-2019/) - Documents referred to in the Juy 2019 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest May 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-may-2019/) - Documents referred to in the May 2019 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest March 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-march-2019/) - Documents referred to in the March 2019 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest February 2019](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-february-2019/) - Documents referred to in the February 2019 Safeguarding Digest
- [Cluster audit 2018](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/cluster-audit-2018/) - Loading...
- [Speak up campaign image](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/speak-up-campaign-resources/) - Ann Maguire Learning Lessons Review recommendation: 2. Schools should promote a caring ethos and a ‘speak up’ culture for the sharing of concerns about themselves and others – both students and staff. There should be consideration of what is ‘ok’ behaviour, and what is not, within the curriculum. LSCP did not feel that this was
- [ICT Compliance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/9069-2/)
- [Leeds Prevent Education May 2018 update](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/leeds-prevent-education-may-2018-update/) - Leeds Prevent Education MAY 2018 UPDATE This is just a quick update to inform you of some interesting opportunities. Safer Communities Fund SINCE 9/11 Webinar and US Diplomat Visit Opportunity Survey on responses and attitudes to Radicalisation Safer Communities Fund The Safer Communities Fund was established to help voluntary, community groups, charities and partners
- [Safeguarding digest May 2018](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-may-2018/) - Please find documents referred to in the May 2018 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Holidays in term time](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/holidays-in-term-time/) - All children between the ages of five and sixteen are required by law to receive an education, and it is the duty of parents and carers to ensure that they are supported to do so. By law, parents must ask permission for their child/ren to miss school. If the child is absent from school for
- [Privacy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/privacy/) - Cookies We use a technology called “cookies” to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to the website and to personalise content and to provide social media features. A cookie is an element of data that the website sends to your browser that is then stored on your system. This allows us to create a session
- [Safeguarding Digest March 2018](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-march-2018/) - Please find documents referred to in the March 2018 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest February 2018](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-february-2018/) - Documents referred to in the safeguarding digest 2018.
- [Target setting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/target-setting/) - Managing writing (and other targets) has always been a challenge. Targets can easily be forgotten and are tricky to keep track of. The most effective managing of writing targets evident in recent book scrutinies appears to be a movable 'Post It' technique that is established in Year 6 (and is now being tried in some
- [Safeguarding Digest December 17](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-december-17/) - Documents relating to the Safeguarding Digest December 2017 Headteacher briefing regarding lessons learnt from the murder of Ann Maguire
- [Safeguarding Digest October 2017](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-october-2017/) - Documents referred to in the October 2017 safeguarding digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest July 2017](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-july-2017/) - Documents referred to in the July 2017 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest May 2017](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-may-2017/) - Documents referred to in the Safeguarding Digest May 2017.
- [Safeguarding Digest March 2017](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-march-2017/) - Please find documents referred to in the March 2017 Safeguarding Digest below.
- [Boomwhacker](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/boomwhacker/)
- [Safeguarding Digest February 2017](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-february-2017/) - Documents referred to in the February 2017 Safeguarding Digest.
- [Safeguarding Digest October 2016](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-october-2016/) - Documents referred to in the Safeguarding Digest October 2016.
- [Safeguarding Digest July 16](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-july-16/) - Documents referred to in the Safeguarding Digest July 16
- [Safeguarding Digest March 16](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-march-16/) - Documents referred to in the March Safeguarding Digest: PSHE bulletin January 2016 Click here to see the LSCB Safeguarding e-bulletin Feb 16 Click here to see the LSCB Safeguarding e-bulletin March 16
- [Safeguarding Digest December 15](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-december-15/)
- [Safeguarding Digest October 2015](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/safeguarding-digest-october-2015/) - Documents referred to in the October Safeguarding Digest:
- [Maths Planning](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/maths-planning/)
- [Pudsey Cluster of Schools and other partners](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/pudsey-cluster-of-schools-and-other-partners/) - We are delighted to be part of the Pudsey Cluster. Through this investment and partnership working, our families and staff are able to access a wide range of services for support. Pudsey Cluster's website is: http://www.pudseycluster.org/ and their email is: pudseycluster@priesthorpe.org
- [News](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/news/)
- [Local Offer for SEND](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/local-offer-for-send/)
- [Additional Needs Group](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/additional-needs-group/) - A parent support group for children with additional and special needs meets on the second Thursday of each month from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The group was set up in 2012 by parents and carers for families who have a child with additional needs. You are welcome to join us in a relaxed setting at Farsley
- [Special Events](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/special-events/) - Sports Relief 2014 - well over £3600 raised! And here. World Book Day 2014 Year 5 residential 2013 Mountain biking May 2013 Manchester velodrome Sports Relief 2012 Get your grown ups gardening morning We love to go on educational visits at Farfield and having our own three minibuses helps us get there safely and cheaply.
- [Year 5 Residential 2014](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-residential/) - Risk assessments, menu, kit list and itinerary for the year 5 residential 2014 can be found below.
- [Year 5 Soils, rocks, rivers and the water cycle](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/year-5-soils-rocks-rivers-and-the-water-cycle/) - Top soil: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b040y925/?t=3m Rocks in soil: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b040y925/?t=18m02s Brainpop Soils: http://www.brainpop.co.uk/science/earthsystem/soil/ Morning: Collect some samples of soil from different locations. Weigh 200g of one and dry in oven on very low heat all morning. Try to dig out soil profiles. Where is the INTEL microscope and driver? Afternoon: Start in Conservation Area straight from
- [Test page](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/test-page/) - This is a test page
- [Head Teacher's Blog](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/head-teachers-blog/)

## Image HotSpot

- [School Tour](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/cq_hotspot/442-2/)

## Events

- [Festive jumper day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/festive-jumper-day/) - Dig out your best festive jumper/T-shirt/sparkly top and get in the festive mood in exchange for a donation of £1 via ParentPay.
- [Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y5-4/)
- [Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y5-3/)
- [PTA Campover 2026](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-campover-2026/)
- [Y6 Residential 2026](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-residential-trip/)
- [PTA Summer Disco](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-summer-disco-2/) - 5:30-6:00 pm Quiet disco 6:00-7:00 pm Infant disco 7:00-8:00 pm Junior disco
- [PTA Dog Show (plus plant sale)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-dog-show-plus-plant-sale/)
- [PTA Family quiz night (including a licenced bar)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-family-quiz-night-including-a-licenced-bar/)
- [PTA Festive Fair](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-festive-fair-2/)
- [PTA Christmas Movie Night](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-christmas-movie-night/)
- [PTA Halloween Disco](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-halloween-disco/) - 5:30-6:00 pm Quiet disco 6:00-7:00 pm Infant disco 7:00-8:00 pm Junior disco
- [PTA Family Board Games Evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-family-board-games-evening/)
- [Y5 Residential to the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y5-residential-to-the-yorkshire-dales/)
- [Individual and school sibling photograph day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/individual-and-school-sibling-photograph-day-2/)
- [Individual and school sibling photograph day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/individual-and-school-sibling-photograph-day/)
- [Harvest Festival (Y1-6 only)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/harvest-festival-y1-6-only/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-8/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-7/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-6/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-5/)
- [Year 6 SATS exams](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-sats-exams/)
- [Flu vaccinations for all pupils (opt-in)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/flu-vaccinations-for-all-pupils-opt-in/)
- [School closed for the summer holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-closed-for-the-summer-holidays/)
- [May half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/may-half-term-holiday-2/)
- [Easter holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holidays-2/)
- [February half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/february-half-term-holiday-2/)
- [Christmas holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/christmas-holidays-2/)
- [October half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/october-half-term-holiday-2/)
- [May bank holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/may-bank-holiday-2/)
- [School reopens after summer break](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-reopens-after-summer-break-2/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-4/)
- [Teacher training day - no children should attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/teacher-training-day-no-children-should-attend-school-today/) - Teacher training day - no children should attend school today
- [Photographers in to take class photos](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/photographers-in-to-take-class-photos/)
- [Scholastic Book Fair open before and after school in the junior foyer](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/scholastic-book-fair-open-before-and-after-school-in-the-junior-foyer/)
- [PTA Campover 2025](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-campover-2025/) - Details to follow
- [PTA summer disco](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-summer-disco/) - 5:30-6:00 pm Quiet disco (limited numbers) 6:00-6:45 pm Infants 7:00-8:00 pm Juniors
- [World Book Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/world-book-day/)
- [Wear Red Day for the Children's Heart Surgery Fund](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/wear-red-day-for-the-childrens-heart-surgery-fund/)
- [PTA Movie Night](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-movie-night/)
- [PTA Festive Fair](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-festive-fair/)
- [Non-uniform day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/non-uniform-day/) - Children can come to school in non-uniform or festive jumpers in exchange for a donation for the Christmas Fair.
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-3/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date-2/)
- [Training day (no children to attend school on this date)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-children-to-attend-school-on-this-date/)
- [Y6 Leavers' show](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-leavers-show/)
- [Reserve sports day (for if the 9th is raining!)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/reserve-sports-day-for-if-the-9th-is-raining/)
- [Sports day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/sports-day-3/)
- [Y6 Residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-residential/) - 6D will go Monday to Wednesday 6J will go Wednesday to Friday
- [Year 5 Residential](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-5-residential/) - 5KH will go Monday to Wednesday and 5B will go Wednesday to Friday
- [Y6 SATs week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-sats-week/)
- [Parents' evening (Nur to Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nur-to-y5-2/)
- [Parents' evening (Nur to Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nur-to-y5/)
- [Y6 Parents' Evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-parents-evening-2/)
- [Y6 Parents' Evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-parents-evening/)
- [KS2 Christmas performance 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks2-christmas-performance-2-2/) - Year 5 classes deliver all the acting and main singing parts for the Christmas Show. Class 3CW, 4L and 6D are the chorus, supporting the singing. Both Y5 classes will perform on each day.
- [KS2 Christmas performance 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks2-christmas-performance-1/) - Year 5 classes deliver all the acting and main singing parts for the Christmas Show. Class 3B, 4SN and 6J are the chorus, supporting the singing. Both Y5 classes will perform on each day.
- [KS1 (Y1 & Y2) Christmas performance 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks1-y1-y2-christmas-performance-2/)
- [KS1 (Y1 & Y2) Christmas performance 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks1-y1-y2-christmas-performance-1/)
- [Foundation Stage Christmas performance 2](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/foundation-stage-christmas-performance-2/)
- [Foundation Stage Christmas performance 1](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/foundation-stage-christmas-performance-1/)
- [Individual and sibling photographs](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/individual-and-sibling-photographs-2/)
- [Individual and sibling photographs](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/individual-and-sibling-photographs/)
- [Parents' Evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-4/)
- [Parents' evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-3/)
- [Flu vaccinations for pupils in Reception to Year 6](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/flu-vaccinations-for-pupils-in-reception-to-year-6-2/) - School immunisation team in to deliver flu vaccinations to pupils in Reception to Year 6
- [Summer holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/summer-holiday-3/)
- [May half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/may-half-term-holiday/) - May half-term holiday
- [Easter holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holiday-4/) - Easter holiday
- [February half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/february-half-term-holiday/) - February half-term holiday
- [Christmas holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/christmas-holiday-2/) - Christmas holiday
- [October half-term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/october-half-term-holiday/) - October half-term holiday
- [School reopens after summer break](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-reopens-after-summer-break/)
- [Teacher Training Day (no children to attend)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/teacher-training-day-no-children-to-attend/)
- [Reserve sports day (in case of bad weather on the 10th)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/reserve-sports-day-in-case-of-bad-weather-on-the-10th/)
- [Year 6 leavers' show](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-leavers-show/)
- [Sports Day (infants am, KS2 pm)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/sports-day-infants-am-ks2-pm/)
- [Staff training day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-5/) - No pupils should attend on this date
- [Staff training day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-4/) - No pupils should attend on this date
- [Staff training day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-3/) - No pupils should attend school on this date
- [Staff training day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-2/) - No pupils should attend
- [Staff training day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day/) - Teacher training day - no pupils should attend school today.
- [Sports day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/sports-day-2/) - Sports day
- [PTA end of year disco](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-end-of-year-disco/)
- [Bank Holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/bank-holiday-3/) - Bank holiday for the coronation
- [Bank Holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/bank-holiday-2/) - May bank holiday
- [Y6 SATS this week](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y6-sats-this-week/)
- [Year 5 residential to the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-5-residential-to-the-yorkshire-dales/) - Year 5 residential to the Yorkshire Dales Mrs Kroon's class will attend Mon-Wed and Mrs Kenvyn's class will attend Wed-Fri
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-7/) - The next PTA meeting will take place on Friday 27th January, 7-8.30pm. Please contact ptachair@farsleyfarfield.org.uk for venue details.
- [Training day - no pupils should attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-should-attend-school-today/) - Training day - no pupils should attend school today
- [End of Year Assembly (Y6 parents invited to attend)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/end-of-year-assembly-y6-parents-invited-to-attend/) - End of Year Assembly (Y6 parents invited to attend)
- [Year 6 leavers' show to parents](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-leavers-show-to-parents-2/) - Year 6 leavers' show to parents
- [Summer holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/summer-holiday-2/)
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-7/)
- [Easter holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holiday-3/)
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-6/)
- [Christmas holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/christmas-holiday/)
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-5/)
- [Year 6 residential to How Stean Gorge](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-residential-to-how-stean-gorge/) - Year 6 residential to How Stean Gorge 6D will attend Mon-Wed and 6J will attend Wed-Fri
- [Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y5-2/) - Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)
- [Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y5/) - Parents' evening (Nursery - Y5)
- [Year 6 Parents' evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-parents-evening-2/) - Year 6 Parents' evening
- [Year 6 Parents' evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-parents-evening/) - Year 6 Parents' evening
- [Training day - no pupils should attend](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-should-attend/) - Training day - no pupils should attend
- [KS2 Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks2-christmas-performance-2/) - KS2 Christmas performance
- [KS2 Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks2-christmas-performance/) - KS2 Christmas performance
- [KS1 Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks1-christmas-performance-2/) - KS1 Christmas performance
- [KS1 Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/ks1-christmas-performance/) - KS1 Christmas performance
- [Nursery and Reception Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/nursery-and-reception-christmas-performance-2/) - Nursery and Reception Christmas performance
- [Nursery and Reception Christmas performance](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/nursery-and-reception-christmas-performance/) - Nursery and Reception Christmas performance
- [Harvest festival](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/harvest-festival/) - Harvest festival in the junior hall - parents invited to attend
- [Parents' evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-2/) - Parents' evening
- [Parents' evening](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening/) - Parents' evening
- [School Opens for children for the new academic year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-opens-for-children-for-the-new-academic-year/)
- [Training day - no pupils to attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-to-attend-school-today-5/) - Training day - no pupils to attend school today
- [Training day - no pupils to attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-to-attend-school-today-4/) - Training day - no pupils to attend school today
- [PTA Campover](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-campover/)
- [Sports Day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/sports-day/) - Nursery & Reception- 9:15am-10:15am KS1-10:20am-12:00pm KS2- 1:10pm-3:10pm
- [Year 6 leavers show to parents](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-6-leavers-show-to-parents/) - Year 6 leavers show to parents
- [School closed for the summer](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-closed-for-the-summer/) - School closed for the summer
- [Training day - no pupils to attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-to-attend-school-today-3/) - Training day - no pupils to attend school today
- [Training day - no pupils to attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-to-attend-school-today-2/) - Training day - no pupils to attend school today
- [Training day - no pupils to attend school today](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/training-day-no-pupils-to-attend-school-today/) - Training day - no pupils to attend school today
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-6/) - Remote PTA meeting
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-5/) - Remote PTA meeting.
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-4/) - Remote meeting for the PTA
- [World Down's Syndrome Day - wear your odd socks for a donation](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/world-downs-syndrome-day-wear-your-odd-socks-for-a-donation/) - On Monday 21st March, we would love the children to come in uniform but with odd socks to celebrate World Down’s Syndrome Day. Farfield has had, and continues to have children with Down’s Syndrome. Also, after school, we will be holding a cake stall on the infant playground to raise money for Sunshine and Smiles,
- [PTA Easter Fair](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-easter-fair/) - The PTA will be hosting an Easter Fair in the school grounds on Saturday 26th March 2022. There will be stalls selling a variety of local handmade crafts and other items, as well as a raffle, bouncy castle and a special appearance from the Easter Bunny!
- [Red Nose Day - wear red or non-uniform for a donation](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/red-nose-day-wear-red-or-non-uniform-for-a-donation/) - On Friday 18th March, we invite children to come dressed in red and/or to wear accessories to celebrate Red Nose Day. Alternatively, they can just come in non-uniform for a donation.
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-3/) - PTA meeting
- [6J residential trip to How Stean Gorge](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/6j-residential-trip-to-how-stean-gorge/) - 6J residential trip to How Stean Gorge
- [6D residential trip to How Stean Gorge](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/6d-residential-trip-to-how-stean-gorge/) - 6D residential trip to How Stean Gorge
- [Y5 Residential trip to the Yorkshire Dales (5L 23rd-25th, 5W 25th-27th)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/y5-residential-trip-to-the-yorkshire-dales-5l-23rd-25th-5w-25th-27th/) - Y5 Residential trip to the Yorkshire Dales (5L 23rd-25th, 5W 25th-27th)
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting-2/) - This will be a remote meeting. Please email ptachair@farsleyfarfield.org.uk for the meeting link.
- [PTA meeting](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-meeting/)
- [Christmas jumper day](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/christmas-jumper-day/) - Wear your Christmas jumper or non-uniform to school for the day in exchange for a donation.
- [PTA beanie hat sale for Children in Need](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-beanie-hat-sale-for-children-in-need/) - Members of the PTA will be selling CIN beanie hats after school on both the infant and junior playground. £2 each.
- [PTA outdoor Christmas stalls and games](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-outdoor-christmas-stalls-and-games-3/) - The PTA will be hosting a Christmas stall to help spread a little Christmas magic as we approach the festive season. There will be one located in the Infant and Junior Playground after school w/c 29th November(Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and w/c 6thDecember (Thursday and Friday). We will be selling Reindeer food and Santa bells for Christmas Eve, Sweet and
- [PTA outdoor Christmas stalls and games](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-outdoor-christmas-stalls-and-games-2/) - The PTA will be hosting a Christmas stall to help spread a little Christmas magic as we approach the festive season. There will be one located in the Infant and Junior Playground after school w/c 29th November(Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and w/c 6thDecember (Thursday and Friday). We will be selling Reindeer food and Santa bells for Christmas Eve, Sweet and
- [PTA - Outdoor Christmas stalls and games](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-outdoor-christmas-stalls-and-games/) - The PTA will be hosting a Christmas stall to help spread a little Christmas magic as we approach the festive season. There will be one located in the Infant and Junior Playground after school w/c 29th November(Monday, Wednesday, Friday) and w/c 6thDecember (Thursday and Friday). We will be selling Reindeer food and Santa bells for Christmas Eve, Sweet and
- [Children in Need non-uniform day!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/children-in-need-non-uniform-day/) - Children in Need 2021. Children can come dressed in CIN themed clothing for a donation to Children in Need.
- [Flu vaccinations for pupils in Reception to Year 6](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/flu-vaccinations-for-pupils-in-reception-to-year-6/) - Immunisations team in to deliver the flu vaccinations to pupils in Reception up to Year 6
- [School photographs](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-photographs-2/) - Photographers in for individual and sibling photographs
- [School photographs](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/school-photographs/) - Photographers in for individual and sibling photographs
- [PTA Scarecrow event (junior car park)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/pta-oktoberfest-event/)
- [May bank holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/may-bank-holiday/) - May bank holiday
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-4/) - Half term holiday
- [Easter holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holidays/) - Easter holidays
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-3/) - Half term holiday.
- [Christmas holidays](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/christmas-holidays/) - Christmas holidays.
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday-2/) - Half term holiday
- [First day of term for pupils (Y1-6)](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/first-day-of-term-for-pupils-y1-6/) - First day of term for pupils (Y1-6).
- [Staff training day - no pupils should attend on this date](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-no-pupils-should-attend-on-this-date/) - Staff training day - no pupils should attend on this date.
- [Year 6 Residential to How Stean Gorge](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/6j-residential-to-how-stean-gorge-tbc/)
- [Year 5 residential trip to the Yorkshire Dales](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/year-5-residential-trip-to-the-yorkshire-dales/)
- [Parents' Evening Nursery-Y6](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y6-2/)
- [Parents' Evening Nursery-Y6](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/parents-evening-nursery-y6/)
- [Staff training day - no pupils should attend](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-no-pupils-should-attend-4/)
- [Staff training day - no pupils should attend](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-no-pupils-should-attend-3/)
- [Staff training day - no pupils should attend](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-no-pupils-should-attend-2/)
- [Easter holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holiday-2/)
- [Summer holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/summer-holiday/)
- [Staff training day - no pupils should attend](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/staff-training-day-no-pupils-should-attend/)
- [Half term holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/half-term-holiday/)
- [Bank Holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/bank-holiday/)
- [Easter holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/easter-holiday/)
- [Good Friday - bank holiday](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/event/good-friday-bank-holiday/)

## Slides

- [Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/farfield-farm-2/)
- [Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/farfield-farm/)
- [Locally-unique Farfield Farm](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/locally-unique-farfield-farm/)
- [Dazzling!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/dazzling/)
- [Sporty](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/sporty/)
- [Great learning](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/great-learning/)
- [Fun!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/fun/)
- [Inquisitive](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/inquisitive/)
- [Adventurous](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/adventurous/)
- [Artistic](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/artistic/)
- [A high tech education](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/a-high-tech-education/)
- [A great place to play](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/a-great-place-to-play/)
- [Superb grounds](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/superb-grounds-2/)
- [Be a good learner](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/be-a-good-learner/)
- [Superb grounds](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/slides/superb-grounds/)

## Ethos Statements

- [I am honest.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-honest-2/) - I am honest.
- [I think positively.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-positively-2/) - I think positively.
- [I know how to keep myself healthy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-myself-healthy/) - I know how to keep myself healthy.
- [I am resilient.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-resilient-2/) - I am resilient.
- [I can be brave and I can try new things.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-brave-and-i-can-try-new-things-2/) - I can be brave and I can try new things.
- [I can work well with others](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-well-with-others-4/) - I can work well with others
- [I can organise myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-organise-myself-2/) - I can organise myself.
- [I can work well with others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-well-with-others-3/) - I can work well with others.
- [I can set goals and aim high.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-set-goals-and-aim-high/) - I can set goals and aim high.
- [Feeling good and being me](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/feeling-good-and-being-me-2/) - Feeling good and being me.
- [Being the same, being different](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/being-the-same-being-different/) - Being the same, being different.
- [I can remain focussed on my goals and accept help if I need it.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-remain-focussed-on-my-goals-and-accept-help-if-i-need-it/) - I can remain focussed on my goals and accept help if I need it.
- [I aim high!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-aim-high-4/) - I aim high!
- [I can tell you how I feel.  I think about how others feel.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-tell-you-how-i-feel-i-think-about-how-others-feel-3/) - I can tell you how I feel. I think about how others feel.
- [I help to make our school a bully free zone.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-help-to-make-our-school-a-bully-free-zone/) - I help to make our school a bully free zone.
- [I am respectful and supportive of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-respectful-and-supportive-of-others/) - I am respectful and supportive of others.
- [I can see the positives in people and situations](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-see-the-positives-in-people-and-situations/) - I can see the positives in people and situations
- [I can make positive changes that affect my health](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-positive-changes-that-affect-my-health/) - I can make positive changes that affect my health.
- [I am grateful](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-grateful-2/) - I am grateful
- [I am honest](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-honest/) - I am honest.
- [I know how to show empathy and show others that I care](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-show-empathy-and-show-others-that-i-care/) - I know how to show empathy and show others that I care.
- [I can stay safe outside.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-stay-safe-outside/) - I can stay safe outside.
- [I can see the positives in people and situations](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-see-the-positives-in-people-and-situations-3/) - I can see the positives in people and situations.
- [I can see the positives in people and situations](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-see-the-positives-in-people-and-situations-2/) - I can see the positives in people and situations
- [I can celebrate all my successes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-celebrate-all-my-successes-2/) - I can celebrate all my successes
- [I can cope with change](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-cope-with-change-3/) - I can cope with change
- [I know how to show others that I care.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-show-others-that-i-care-2/) - I know how to show others that I care.
- [I can show empathy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-show-empathy/) - I can show empathy
- [I know how to keep my mind healthy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-my-mind-healthy-2/) - I know how to keep my mind healthy
- [I can be safe, I can speak out](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-safe-i-can-speak-out-5/) - I can be safe, I can speak out
- [I can be safe, I can speak out](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-safe-i-can-speak-out-4/) - I can be safe, I can speak out
- [I can forgive](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive-6/) - I can forgive.
- [I know that it is more important to try my best, than be the best.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-that-it-is-more-important-to-try-my-best-than-be-the-best-2/) - I know that it is more important to try my best, than be the best.
- [I am proud of myself](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-myself/) - I am proud of myself.
- [I can be independent](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-independent/) - I can be independent.
- [I take care of our environment](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-take-care-of-our-environment-2/) - I take care of our environment
- [I can make the most of a new beginning.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-the-most-of-a-new-beginning-2/) - I can make the most of a new beginning.
- [I can help to keep our school a bully-free zone](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-help-to-keep-our-school-a-bully-free-zone/) - I can help to keep our school a bully-free zone
- [I treat other people with respect.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-other-people-with-respect-2/) - I treat other people with respect.
- [I can encourage and be proud of other people.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-encourage-and-be-proud-of-other-people-2/) - I can encourage and be proud of other people.
- [I can be generous.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-generous-2/) - I can be generous.
- [I can deal with strong emotions](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-deal-with-strong-emotions/) - I can deal with strong emotions
- [I know how to show others that I care](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-show-others-that-i-care-3/) - I know how to show others that I care
- [I know how to apologise.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-apologise-2/) - I know how to apologise.
- [I can reflect on my learning.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-reflect-on-my-learning-2/) - I can reflect on my learning.
- [I take care of our environment](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-take-care-of-our-environment/) - I take care of our environment.
- [Feeling good and being me](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/feeling-good-and-being-me/) - Feeling good and being me.
- [I can show sportsmanship](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-show-sportsmanship-2/) - I can show sportsmanship
- [I can work as part of a team](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-7/) - I can work as part of a team
- [I know that academic results cannot describe all of what is special about me!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-that-academic-results-cannot-describe-all-of-what-is-special-about-me-2/) - I know that academic results cannot describe all of what is special about me!
- [I can be safe, I can speak out](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-safe-i-can-speak-out-3/) - I can be safe, I can speak out.
- [I can remain focussed on my goals.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-remain-focussed-on-my-goals/) - I can remain focussed on my goals.
- [I can forgive.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive-5/) - I can forgive.
- [I can help make our school a bully-free zone.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-help-make-our-school-a-bully-free-zone-2/) - I can help make our school a bully-free zone.
- [I can forgive.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive-4/) - I can forgive.
- [I can celebrate all my successes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-celebrate-all-my-successes/) - I can celebrate all my successes.
- [I can cope with change](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-cope-with-change-2/) - I can cope with change.
- [I can show sportsmanship](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-show-sportsmanship/) - I can show sportsmanship.
- [I know how to keep my mind healthy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-my-mind-healthy/) - I know how to keep my mind healthy
- [I can work as part of a team](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-6/) - I can work as part of a team
- [I can forgive.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive-3/) - I can forgive.
- [I know that it is more important to try my best, than be the best.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-that-it-is-more-important-to-try-my-best-than-be-the-best/) - I know that it is more important to try my best, than be the best.
- [I can be safe, I can speak out.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-safe-i-can-speak-out-2/) - I can be safe, I can speak out.
- [I am resilient](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-safe-i-can-speak-out/) - I am resilient.
- [I am grateful](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-grateful/) - I am grateful.
- [I have respect for myself](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-have-respect-for-myself/) - I have respect for myself
- [I can be generous](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-generous/) - I can be generous.
- [I can encourage and be proud of other people](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-encourage-and-be-proud-of-other-people/) - I can encourage and be proud of other people.
- [I can forgive](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive-2/) - I can forgive.
- [I treat other people with respect](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-other-people-with-respect/) - I treat other people with respect.
- [I can help make our school a bully-free zone](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-help-make-our-school-a-bully-free-zone/) - I can help make our school a bully-free zone.
- [I can make the most of a new beginning](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-the-most-of-a-new-beginning/) - I can make the most of a new beginning.
- [We are different; we are equal](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-forgive/) - We are different; we are equal.
- [I know how to show others that I care](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-show-others-that-i-care/) - I know how to show others that I care.
- [I know how to apologise](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-apologise/) - I know how to apologise.
- [I think positively](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-positively/) - I think positively.
- [I am resilient](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-resilient/) - I am resilient.
- [I can organise myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-organise-myself/) - I can organise myself.
- [I can be brave and I can try new things.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-brave-and-i-can-try-new-things/) - I can be brave and I can try new things .
- [I can be a good friend.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-be-a-good-friend-2/) - I can be a good friend.
- [I can reflect on my learning.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-reflect-on-my-learning/) - I can reflect on my learning.
- [I can work well with others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-well-with-others-2/) - I can work well with others.
- [I can work well with others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-well-with-others/) - I can work well with others.
- [I can make positive changes.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-positive-changes-3/) - I can make positive changes.
- [I am proud of my family, class and school.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-family-class-and-school-4/) - I am proud of my family, class and school.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-7/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I am a great learner.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner-6/) - I am a great learner
- [I know how to keep others and myself safe.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-others-and-myself-safe-4/) - I know how to keep others and myself safe.
- [I know how to keep others and myself safe.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-others-and-myself-safe-3/) - I know how to keep others and myself safe.
- [I know how to help others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-help-others-3/) - I know how to help others.
- [I can share.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-share-3/) - I can share.
- [I can work as part of a team.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-5/) - I can work as part of a team.
- [I know what respect means.  I am respectful.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-respect-means-i-am-respectful-3/) - I know what respect means. I am respectful.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-7/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I try to take care of the world around me.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-take-care-of-the-world-around-me-3/) - I try to take care of the world around me.
- [I treat people how I would like to be treated.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-people-how-i-would-like-to-be-treated-3/) - I treat people how I would like to be treated.
- [I am a positive thinker.  I try to make others feel positive too.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-positive-thinker-i-try-to-make-others-feel-positive-too-3/) - I am a positive thinker. I try to make others feel positive too.
- [I am proud of what I do.  I value the achievements of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-what-i-do-i-value-the-achievements-of-others-3/) - I am proud of what I do. I value the achievements of others.
- [I am proud of my achievements and effort and those of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-achievements-and-effort-and-those-of-others/) - I am proud of my achievements and effort and those of others.
- [I remember the word 'Yet' when I struggle with my learning.  I am a learning warrior.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-remember-the-word-yet-when-i-struggle-with-my-learning-i-am-a-learning-warrior-2/) - I remember the word 'Yet' when I struggle with my learning. I am a learning warrior.
- [I can learn from my mistakes.  I know that 'failure is the key to success'.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-learn-from-my-mistakes-i-know-that-failure-is-the-key-to-success-2/) - I can learn from my mistakes. I know that 'failure is the key to success'.
- [I know that feedback helps me improve my work.  I can give useful feedback to others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-that-feedback-helps-me-improve-my-work-i-can-give-useful-feedback-to-others-2/) - I know that feedback helps me improve my work. I can give useful feedback to others.
- [I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them.  I challenge myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-set-myself-challenging-goals-and-plan-to-achieve-them-i-challenge-myself-2/) - I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them. I challenge myself.
- [I know I can grow my brain.  I want to stretch and grow my brain.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-i-can-grow-my-brain-i-want-to-stretch-and-grow-my-brain-2/) - I know I can grow my brain. I want to stretch and grow my brain.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-6/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I use words that make others feel good.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-use-words-that-make-others-feel-good-3/) - I use words that make others feel good.
- [My actions show others that I care about them.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/my-actions-show-others-that-i-care-about-them-2/) - My actions show others that I care about them.
- [I cooperate with others in work and play.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-cooperate-with-others-in-work-and-play-2/) - I cooperate with others in work and play.
- [I treat all adults and children with respect.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-all-adults-and-children-with-respect-3/) - I treat all adults and children with respect.
- [I keep myself and others healthy and safe](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-keep-myself-and-others-healthy-and-safe-2/) - I keep myself and others healthy and safe.
- [I am a great learner](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner-5/) - I am a great learner.
- [I try to be the best I can be](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-be-the-best-i-can-be-3/) - I try to be the best I can be.
- [I try to keep myself and others happy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-keep-myself-and-others-happy-2/) - I try to keep myself and others happy,
- [I am a good citizen](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-6/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I have a Growth Mindset](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-have-a-growth-mindset-2/) - I have a Growth Mindset.
- [I make a great start to a new school year](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-make-a-great-start-to-a-new-school-year-2/) - I make a great start to a new school year.
- [I am a great learner](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-listener/) - I am a great learner.
- [I can cope with change](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-cope-with-change/) - I can cope with change.
- [I aim high](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-aim-high-3/) - I aim high.
- [I can make positive changes](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-positive-changes-2/) - I can make positive changes.
- [I am proud of my family, class and school](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-family-class-and-school-3/) - I am proud of my family, class and school.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-5/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I know how to keep others and myself safe](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-others-and-myself-safe-2/) - I know how to keep others and myself safe.
- [I realise what I do affects how other people feel.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-working-with-a-growth-mindset-2/) - I realise what I do affects how other people feel.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-5/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I know how to help others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-help-others-2/) - I know how to help others.
- [I can share.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-share-2/) - I can share.
- [I can work as part of a team.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-4/) - I can work as part of a team.
- [I know what respect means.  I am respectful.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-respect-means-i-am-respectful-2/) - know what respect means. I am respectful.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-4/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I try to take care of the world around me.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-take-care-of-the-world-around-me-2/) - I try to take care of the world around me.
- [I treat people how I would like to be treated.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-people-how-i-would-like-to-be-treated-2/) - I treat people how I would like to be treated.
- [I am a positive thinker.  I try to make others feel positive too.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-positive-thinker-i-try-to-make-others-feel-positive-too-2/) - I am a positive thinker. I try to make others feel positive too.
- [I am proud of what I do.  I value the achievements of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-what-i-do-i-value-the-achievements-of-others-2/) - I am proud of what I do. I value the achievements of others.
- [I can tell you how I feel.  I think about how others feel.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-tell-you-how-i-feel-i-think-about-how-others-feel-2/) - I can tell you how I feel. I think about how others feel.
- [I am proud of my achievements and efforts and those of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-tell-you-how-i-look-after-myself-2/) - I am proud of my achievements and efforts and those of others.
- [I use word, 'YET' when I struggle with my learning.  I am a Learning Warrior.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-use-words-to-encourage-others-to-reach-their-goals/) - I use word, 'YET' when I struggle with my learning. I am a Learning Warrior.
- [I can learn from my mistakes. I know that 'failure is the key to success'.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-learn-from-my-mistakes/) - I can learn from my mistakes. I know that 'failure is the key to success'.
- [I know that feedback helps me improve my work.  I can give useful feedback to others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-to-do-when-i-am-stuck/) - I know that feedback helps me improve my work. I can give useful feedback to others.
- [I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them.  I challenge myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-challenge-myself-and-aim-high/) - I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them. I challenge myself.
- [I know I can grow my brain.  I want to stretch and grow my brain.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-set-myself-a-goal-and-plan-to-achieve-it/) - I know I can grow my brain. I want to stretch and grow my brain.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-3/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I use words that make others feel good.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-use-words-that-make-others-feel-good-2/) - I use words that make others feel good.
- [I co operate with others in work and play.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-co-operate-with-others-in-work-and-play/) - I co operate with others in work and play.
- [I help make our school a Bully Free Zone.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-help-make-our-school-a-bully-free-zone/) - I help make our school a Bully Free Zone.
- [My actions show others I care about them.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/my-actions-show-others-i-care-about-them/) - My actions show others I care about them.
- [I treat all adults and children with respect.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-all-adults-and-children-with-respect-2/) - I treat all adults and children with respect.
- [I keep myself and others healthy and safe.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-keep-myself-and-others-healthy-and-safe/) - I keep myself and others healthy and safe.
- [I am a great learner.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner-4/) - I am a great learner.
- [I try to be the best I can be.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-be-the-best-i-can-be-2/) - I try to be the best I can be.
- [I try to keep myself and others happy.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-keep-myself-and-others-happy/) - I try to keep myself and others happy.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-4/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I have a Growth Mindset.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-have-a-growth-mindset/) - I have a Growth Mindset.
- [I make a great start to a new school year.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-make-a-great-start-to-a-new-school-year/) - I make a great start to a new school year.
- [I aim high.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-aim-high-2/) - I aim high.
- [I can make positive changes.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-make-positive-changes/) - I can make positive changes.
- [I am proud of my family, class and school.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-family-class-and-school-2/) - I am proud of my family, class and school.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-3/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I know how to keep others and myself safe.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-others-and-myself-safe/) - I know how to keep others and myself safe.
- [I am a great learner](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner-3/) - I am a great learner.
- [I can work as part of a team.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-3/) - I can work as part of a team.
- [I know how to help others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-help-others/) - I know how to help others.
- [I can share.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team-2/) - I can share
- [I know what respect means.  I am respectful.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-respect-means-i-am-respectful/) - I know what respect means. I am respectful.
- [I am working with a Growth Mindset.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-working-with-a-growth-mindset/) - I am working with a Growth Mindset.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health-2/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I try to take care of the world around me.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-take-care-of-the-world-around-me/) - I try to take care of the world around me.
- [I treat people how I would like to be treated.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-people-how-i-would-like-to-be-treated/) - I treat people how I would like to be treated.
- [I am a positive thinker.  I try to make others feel positive too.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-positive-thinker-i-try-to-make-others-feel-positive-too/) - I am a positive thinker. I try to make others feel positive too.
- [I am proud of what I do.  I value the achievements of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-what-i-do-i-value-the-achievements-of-others/) - I am proud of what I do. I value the achievements of others.
- [I can tell you how I feel.  I think about how others feel.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-tell-you-how-i-feel-i-think-about-how-others-feel/) - I can tell you how I feel. I think about how others feel.
- [I am proud of my achievements and efforts, and those of others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-achievements-and-efforts-and-those-of-others/) - I am proud of my achievements and efforts, and those of others.
- [I remember the word 'YET' when I struggle with my learning.  I am a Learning Warrior.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-remember-the-word-yet-when-i-struggle-with-my-learning-i-am-a-learning-warrior/) - I remember the word 'YET' when I struggle with my learning. I am a Learning Warrior.
- [I can learn from my mistakes.  I know that 'failure is the key to success.'](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-learn-from-my-mistakes-i-know-that-failure-is-the-key-to-success/) - I can learn from my mistakes. I know that 'failure is the key to success.'
- [I know that feedback helps me improve my work.  I can give useful feedback to others.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-that-feedback-helps-me-improve-my-work-i-can-give-useful-feedback-to-others/) - I know that feedback helps me improve my work. I can give useful feedback to others.
- [I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them.  I challenge myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-set-myself-challenging-goals-and-plan-to-achieve-them-i-challenge-myself/) - I set myself challenging goals and plan to achieve them. I challenge myself.
- [I know I can grow my brain.  I want to stretch and grow my brain.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-i-can-grow-my-brain-i-want-to-stretch-and-grow-my-brain/) - I know I can grow my brain. I want to stretch and grow my brain.
- [I think before I make choices that affect my health.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices-that-affect-my-health/) - I think before I make choices that affect my health.
- [I treat all adults and children with respect.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-treat-all-adults-and-children-with-respect/) - I treat all adults and children with respect.
- [I cooperate with others in work and play](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-cooperate-with-others-in-work-and-play/) - I cooperate with others in work and play.
- [I know what bullying is.  I help to make our school a 'Bully Free zone'.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-bullying-is-i-help-to-make-our-school-a-bully-free-zone/) - I know what bullying is. I help to make our school a 'Bully Free zone'.
- [My actions show others that I care about them.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/my-actions-show-others-that-i-care-about-them/) - My actions show others that I care about them.
- [I use words that make others feel good.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-use-words-that-make-others-feel-good/) - I use words that make others feel good.
- [I try to keep myself and others happy and healthy](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-keep-myself-and-others-happy-and-healthy/) - I try to keep myself and others happy and healthy.
- [I try to be the best I can be](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-be-the-best-i-can-be/) - I try to be the best I can be.
- [I keep myself and others safe](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-keep-myself-and-others-safe/) - I keep myself and others safe.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen-2/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I am a great learner](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner-2/) - I am a great learner.
- [I try to follow our school and classroom rules](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-try-to-follow-our-school-and-classroom-rules/) - I try to follow our school and classroom rules
- [My past has been good.  I can make the future even better.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/my-past-has-been-good-i-can-make-the-future-even-better/) - My past has been good. I can make the future even better.
- [I aim high.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-aim-high/) - I aim high.
- [I am proud of my family, class and school.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-proud-of-my-family-class-and-school/) - I am proud of my family, class and school.
- [I know how to keep myself and others safe.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-how-to-keep-myself-and-others-safe/) - I know how to keep myself and others safe.
- [I am a good citizen.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-good-citizen/) - I am a good citizen.
- [I am a great learner.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-great-learner/) - I am a great learner.
- [I can tell you how I look after myself.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-tell-you-how-i-look-after-myself/) - I can tell you how I look after myself.
- [I can share.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-share/) - I can share.
- [I can work as part of a team.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-work-as-part-of-a-team/) - I can work as part of a team.
- [I know what respect means.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-know-what-respect-means/) - I know what respect means.
- [I realise what I do affects how other people feel.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-realise-what-i-do-affects-how-other-people-feel/) - I realise what I do affects how other people feel.
- [I think before I make choices](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-think-before-i-make-choices/) - I think before I make choices
- [I care for the environment around me.](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-care-for-the-environment-around-me/) - I try to care for the environment around me.
- [I am a positive thinker!](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-am-a-positive-thinker/) - I am a positive thinker!
- [I can value my achievements](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/i-can-value-my-achievements/) - "I can value my achievements"
- [Feb 2014](https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/farsley-ethos/feb-2014/) - "I know what to do when I am stuck"

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