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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 Read…
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Visualisations
The benefits of visualisation are: All you will need to take part, is a quiet room and somewhere comfy to lie down and listen to the visualisation story. The following stories have been taken from Relax Kids, The Wishing Star by Marneta Viegas. Sinking Flying Bird Peace Star World Sunshine
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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!
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
