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Another successful family session on the school farm
About 40 children and adults were on the farm this afternoon as we held our second family session this holiday. It was hot as we weeded and watered and harvested. Everyone got ‘stuck in’ and the children confidently tried a range of fruit and vegetables. We harvested some huge peppers that had a wonderful Read…
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Holiday family session on the school farm
On Monday 5th August we had a successful couple of hours with a group of families watering, weeding, planting and harvesting. Everyone got ‘stuck in’ and we had a bountiful harvest (despite forgetting to cut the kale). At the end we sat around and discussed each vegetable and families helped themselves to big bag Read…
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Head teacher blog 19th July 2019
And so we end another academic year at Farfield… It has been a successful year with good academic progress and outcomes and lots of successes across the school. There have been challenges too. On Wednesday we had a fantastic Leavers’ Show that was superbly personalised for and by our children. What shone out was Read…
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Headteacher blog 12th July 2019
We are approaching the end of the school year and it is very busy. End of year reports will go out on Monday along with SATs results and other statutory assessments for Reception and Year 1. This week Y4 have been on a trip to Horton in Ribblesdale, 5L have been to Malham, Nursery Read…
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Headteacher blog July 5th 2019
We had another fantastic PTA Camp-Over last weekend: the sun shone, for the most-part, and children and families played for hours on end. Many thanks and congratulations to all those that organised or that contributed to the event and those that were able to attend. The PTA made nearly £2500 profit but, more importantly, Read…
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Headteacher’s blog June 29th 2019
It has been a very busy week. The biggest event was the S Factor final for Rec-Y6 held on Friday. In front of a packed hall, each class’ champion scientist presented their investigation or demonstration to the team of three ‘real scientist’ judges. It was a great morning and all the children did really Read…
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Headteacher blog June 21st 2019
This week at school we have had Y6 moderators coming to see our writing. Flicking through the books, it is clear that there is so much fantastic writing in this cohort. Well done to our teachers and children for their sustained focus on this important part of the curriculum. This Y6 external moderation completes Read…
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Headteacher blog 14th June 2019
It was great to see so many of our new families and children at the Reception Open Evening on Tuesday. It is an exciting time for the children and families, and it is exciting for us too as we have a new Reception teaching team for September with Mrs Puddiphatt and Miss Bray in Read…
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Successful residentials
Outdoor and Adventurous Activities are a real strength of the school. We have recently completed two residentials: Y5 at Stainforth and Y6 at How Stean Gorge. These videos give you a flavour of what went on: Abseiling: Gorge scrambling:
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Headteacher blog 7th June 2019
Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim families! My school week has been dominated by Year 6 residential at How Stean Gorge in North Yorkshire: abseiling, gorge scrambling, caving, climbing, via ferrata and camping. This is a really strong element of our PE curriculum and we were further vindicated by an unannounced visit on site Read…
