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End of Year Assembly
I am sorry it was so long, but we had an epic Leavers’ Assembly this year. The whole school crammed into the main hall and Y6 parents filled the Studio. We celebrated the year we have had across the school, said many goodbyes to staff that are moving on, sang some songs and then Read…
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Headteacher blog 21st July 2017
We are nearly at the end of the school year but things are still very busy! We have lots of classrooms and stock rooms to clear ready for a new roof for one third of the infant building over the summer and four teachers clearing their rooms ready for new staff to move in. Read…
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Head teacher blog 14th July 2017
Sports Day was a great success I hear: sadly, I missed it as I was in meetings in Leeds all day. Many thanks to Miss Hutchinson and Mr Cooke for putting on such strong, inclusive events every year. On Tuesday we made three good new appointments to school as TAs: Andrea Birk-Telford, Brittany Kear and Read…
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Camp-Over totals
The school camp-over resulted in a profit for the PTA of just over £2500, including a donation of £60 to the Little Princess Trust. Well done PTA and thank you for your support. The money raised may support further developments of the grounds after the removal of the trim trails. Previous fundraising has enabled Read…
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Head teacher blog July 7th 2017
It seems a long time ago since my last blog: a lot happens at Farfield in just a week. Over the weekend, we had our fabulous Camp-Over 2017. Hundreds and hundreds of people attended and we have had wonderful feedback. We raised well over £2000 for the PTA but equally importantly we had a great Read…
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Spelling Bee Champions!
This morning, a team of 6 children from Years 2 – 6 joined 8 other school teams at Pudsey Southroyd Primary School for The Great Pudsey Spell Off – the first Pudsey area Spelling Bee. The children competed in pairs through 5 very competitive rounds: homophones, spelling patterns, creating sentences, word builders and a Read…
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Camp-Over 2017: a really enjoyable day and night
We hope that everyone had a great time at Farfield Camp-Over 2017. We were lucky with the weather yet again and everything seemed to go to plan: the White Rose Cheerleaders and juggler Matthew Tiffany entertained us and the Obstacle Course was a big hit with competitive families. As usual, the water fight went Read…
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S Factor 2017
This morning we had our S Factor Finale. In front of a packed hall, each class’ champion scientist presented their investigation or demonstration to the team of three ‘real scientist’ judges (all female): Jane (an immunologist), Davina (a medical professional) and Bernice (a chemist). Congratulations to Mrs Galbraith, Mrs Daniels and Miss Levett for Read…
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Head teacher blog 30th June 2017
What a week it has been! It began with our triumph in London at the glitzy TES School Awards and continued in that positive and enjoyable vein. We have confirmed some really strong Key Stage 1 assessment results with improvements in every measure at Year 2 and by far our best ever results in Read…
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Congratulatory letter from the Regional Schools Commissioner
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