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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 Read…
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Classical music treat for the children (and staff)
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 Read…
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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. [gview file=”https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Curriculum-News-Jan-2023-web.pdf”]
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
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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 Read…
