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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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Head Teacher’s 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; Read…
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Headteacher’s 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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
