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Corona virus update Wednesday 18th March
Good evening parents and carers, The government has just announced that all schools will close for the foreseeable future from 5pm on Friday. The government isn’t able to state how long this closure will be for, but is expected to be a long shut down: months rather than weeks I believe. We expect to be Read…
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Coronavirus/Covid-19 contingency planning
Dear Parent or Carer, I am writing to provide you with an update on our current contingency planning in relation to Covid-19/Coronavirus. On a daily basis, we are studying the updates from the DfE as well as the guidance issued by Public Health England and the NHS. We are using these updates to help Read…
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Headteacher blog 13th March 2020
This week it has felt that the Coronavirus pandemic is beginning to affect our lives more directly and place more challenges in front of us. This is a worrying time for many more vulnerable people and we are all working hard to assess and minimise risk whilst also continuing with our everyday lives and Read…
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Headteacher’s blog 6/3/2020
This week we had our termly full Governors’ meeting and it was a typically interesting, challenging and supportive meeting. One of the issues discussed was a range of challenges as regards grounds and buildings and it is good to have expertise in these areas on the governing body. We have recently asked for nominations Read…
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Headteacher’s blog 28th February 2020
It has been a positive start to the new half term. I have done quite a bit of teaching in Y6 this week which is an absolute pleasure. I spent an hour in each class looking at changes in technologies, transport and sources of power across the industrial revolution and into modern times, I Read…
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Headteacher blog 14th February
It has been a positive half term with lots of good progress and exciting, engaging lessons. Every week, the class blogs give a wonderful insight into the life of the school and it is wonderful to see the rich, vibrant curriculum shining through. On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of covering class 4K for Read…
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Cross Country City Finals at Temple Newsam
We were proud to take 6 teams (30 children) to the Leeds Cross Country finals at Temple Newsam on Wednesday. The Y3 and Y4 races were 900m and the Y5 and Y6 races were 1500m. In huge races of 140 children, each of our runners did us proud. Whilst we await the final team Read…
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Headteacher blog 7th February 2020
We were very proud to send 6 teams (30 children) to the Leeds Cross Country finals this week at Temple Newsam Park. 1120 runners from across the city took part in 8 races – the best school teams from across the city. An average of 140 children were in each race and each of Read…
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Headteacher blog 24th January 2019
It’s been a good, busy week at Farfield that has been more enjoyable as it hasn’t rained! Year 1 have been particularly busy with a glass art workshop with local artist Kate Park and a trip for 1G to Cartwright Hall (1P go next week). The football pitch has been well-used too, with our Read…
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Headteacher blog 17th January 2020
Yet another wet and muddy week at Farfield but better (drier) weather is coming! We have managed to squeeze in a squelchy U11 football cup match (victorious vs Shire Oak) and the girls had three indoor games (won one, drew one and lost one) that were much more comfortable. We are all fed up Read…
