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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…
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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…
