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Vote for the pig names
After nominations closed, we shortlisted 5 possible names for each pig. Vote here: https://forms.gle/WRbbUaMgzsZT23qj8
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
