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Headteacher blog 6th May 2022
This week, we got confirmation of nearly £250,000 of investment in the infant school. Great news you might think, but actually it is fire-stopping works that are principally about protecting the council’s asset rather than saving children or staff lives. We can already evacuate the building very quickly in the event of a fire Read…
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Headteacher blog 29/4/22
We are all working hard at school: in part, preparing for SATs in Y2 and Y6 coming up next month. It’s a balance: we want to do well and reach our potential, but we also don’t want to narrow the curriculum nor place undue stress or anxiety on our children and staff. I think Read…
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Headteacher blog 22/4/22
It’s great to be back at school after the Easter holidays and there is a lovely, purposeful atmosphere in class and around the site. This is my favourite term: better weather, lots of learning and exciting events such as trips, residentials, sports day and Camp-Over. We also have our statutory and other assessments and Read…
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Big solar switch on and decarbonisation
We finally have our solar installation fully switched on and generating across the whole site and our new electrical air source heat pump on our infant site is now operational. This is a major step forward in our drive towards decarbonisation. Details of our solar generation can be found here: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-ls28-5ed-107981 Infants: https://www.solarforschools.co.uk/schools/farsley-farfield-primary-school-infant-ls28-5ed Juniors: Read…
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Revised expectations around COVID – 14/4/22
I hope that you are looking forward to a warmer and relaxing Easter long weekend. We will be pleased to see everyone again on Tuesday. New guidance has been issued as regards managing COVID going forward. The guidance is available here. There are significant changes. The expectations around children are slightly different from the expectations Read…
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Headteacher blog 25th March 2021
It has been a beautiful sunny week at school: lovely to see all the children enjoying and using the grounds. On Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of showing a group of staff from another local school around the grounds as they are looking for ideas and advice around their site development. One of Read…
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U11 football team into Falkingham Cup semi finals
On Friday afternoon, our U11 9-a-side football team travelled to Roundhay Primary School for their Falkingham cup quarter final. It was an intense game on quite a small and bumpy pitch. The team put a huge amount of effort into the game against strong opponents (two of whom, at least, play for Bradford City). Read…
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Headteacher blog 18th March 2022
It has been a lovely week at school. The sun is shining more and we have a flurry of off-site outdoor educational visits. This week, Year 2 have enjoyed trips to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and over the next two weeks all of Year 3 are going to Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate and Read…
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Headteacher Blog 11th March 2022
There are signs of spring all around: warmer weather, leaf buds, frollicking frogs and spawn in the pond and a fox feeding cubs (or a very pregnant vixen mate) on the school grounds. We lost a lot of our flock of chickens on Sunday/Monday morning and these incidents almost always take place in March Read…
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Headteacher blog Friday 4th March 2022
‘In like a lion, out like a lamb’ is the traditional description of March. This year, the winds came early and we are left with a damp squib. The school fields are a quagmire after so much rain and we are looking forward to the drier weather and the sunshine that is forecast next Read…
