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Headteacher’s 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 Read…
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Further photos from Saturday’s 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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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.
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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New Prospectus published
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.
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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.
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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 Read…
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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:
