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Y6 Sportshall Athletics
Yesterday’s ‘Sportshall Athletics’ competition for YR6 was a great event and I think all the children had a brilliant time. We were phenomenal in the races, coming 1st or 2nd in 10 of the 12 races. However, we had mixed success in our field events with some stand-out individual performances but just not quite enough strength in depth Read…
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Headteacher blog 10th November 2017
Staff absences can be difficult to cover, especially when we have such an ambitious and creative curriculum, but if it falls to me to cover a class or group, at least I have the pleasure of working directly with children again and I get to experience life ‘at the chalk face’. I really enjoyed Read…
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Bouldering at the Depot
A number of groups of children are bouldering at the Depot this half term. Over six weeks, the children develop their confidence, skills, strength, resilience and problem-solving. This is a terrific aspect of our PE offer, showcasing yet another type of physical activity that a wide range of children can enjoy and find success Read…
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Head teacher blog 3rd November 2017
I had a good half term break but I am nevertheless pleased to be back at school spending time in classes and looking at books. I have been focussing on ‘Behaviour and Engagement’ in my first round of monitoring visits this academic year and what I have observed was overwhelmingly good. This week I Read…
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Headteacher blog 19th October 2017
It was an absolute pleasure covering an absent colleague on Tuesday, leading a group of twenty immaculately-behaved and motivated Year 5 children for an afternoon of coding using an application called Scratch. Children in Years 4-6 have two full afternoons of coding each half term and it is a really good amount of time Read…
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Harvest Festival 2017
Harvest Festival was very busy this morning: many thanks to all the parents and grandparents for attending and for the donations. Well done to the children that performed and to everyone for their hard work on the farm. We had a guest appearance from Cabbage Comedian: the children were, frankly, a bit mean to him! Read…
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Head teacher blog October 13th 2017
Speaking with head teacher colleagues earlier this week, I commented that I was working hard on, and a bit worried about plans for, Harvest Festival. My concerns were met with incredulous looks; Harvest Festival is clearly a much bigger event at Farfield than in most schools. And so it should be: food, cooking and Read…
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Head teacher blog 6th October 2017
It has been good to see children enjoying the school grounds this week: it was Y3’s week for the den-making area and I have never seen such large numbers and obvious enthusiasm and delight up there. The children have started a topic around ‘Stone Age’ and there was a lot of tool making and Read…
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National Fitness Day 27th September 2017
Some pictures from the group of Y3, Y4 and Y5 children who took part in the National Fitness Day event at John Charles Centre for Sport last week. The children learned a Samba routine and then performed it ‘en masse’. They then had an active hour where they worked with Leeds Rhinos and our ‘Schools Games Organiser’ – Read…
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Head teacher blog 29th September 2017
This week our extensive programme of after-school clubs started and it is an important part of the Farfield offer. There are literally hundreds of club places, ranging from arts, crafts, singing and sudoku, to football, athletics and karate. I am grateful to all the staff and others that run the clubs, especially those volunteers who Read…
