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Headteacher’s blog 24th May 2019
I spent the first three days of this week on residential in the Yorkshire Dales with 5L. We had a good trip, including caving, mountain biking and a river study. After half term, it will be Y6’s turn, heading off for a spectacular Outdoor Adventurous Activity (OAA) residential at How Stean Gorge including abseiling, Read…
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Head teacher blog 17th May 2019
It has been Y6 SATs week across the country and our children have worked hard and done their best. We await the results with anticipation. As long as they have made good progress from their various Y2 starting points, we will all be pleased. Year 2 have also been doing some less formal SATs Read…
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Head teacher blog May 10th 2019
We have squeezed a great deal into just four cold and wet days this week at school. Year 1 enjoyed a visiting animal workshop, learning about a range of exotic creatures. Year 3 had a soggy trip to beautiful Harlow Carr Gardens to learn more about plants and Year 4 were visited by a Read…
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Head teacher blog 3rd May 2019
It has been a truly remarkable week at Farfield with the nation’s (and world’s) media focused on us for a few days. I was surprised by the attention but it seems a mix of food, children and animals makes a heady news-worthy mix. I think the biggest and most welcome news this week was Read…
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Curriculum News April 2019
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Head teacher’s blog 26th April 2019
It has been a very busy week for recruitment at school this week with a number of new teachers appointed for September. We were delighted by the quality of the candidates that we were able to attract to the school and the appointees are ambitious, talented and local practitioners who really want to come Read…
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Parent Governor vacancies
The school governing body is essential for strategic leadership of our school and for the accountability of the head teacher. They are the ‘critical friends’ of the school. We are fortunate to have a very active and dedicated team of governors at this school. We currently have two vacancies for Parent Governors. We have Read…
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Change to HT secondment
For the summer term, Mr Harris’ secondment to Leeds City Council will reduce from 50% to 30% i.e. from 2.5 days per week to 1.5 days.
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Year 5 VIPs
14 children from year 5 have been attending a Scholars Programme at Priesthorpe School over the past couple of months. This afternoon, the children were invited back to Priesthorpe as VIPs and each child received a gift presented to them in front of KS3 in an end of term celebration assembly. Well done to Read…
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Headteacher blog 29th March 2019
It’s the end of a busy term and the sun is shining: heralding the coming of spring and longer, warmer days. The children have enjoyed the good weather and the use of the grounds. I particularly liked the Y4 Rock Club that has been set up by the children around the spoil heap from Read…
