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Fun and Learning in Year 5
Good afternoon parents and carers, Year 5 have enjoyed another busy week! We stood around a half white, half black ball and drew it from all the angles. The children learnt about waxing and waning moons and all the different names for the phases. Esk your child what kind of moon we have at Read…
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Headteacher blog 17th October 2025
We had sad news this week as the LCC Exec Board confirmed that the children’s centre based at our school is one of a slew of CCs across the city to close. It is branded as ‘realignment’ but it is really a cost-cutting exercise. For the past ten years or so, the CC has Read…
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Headteacher blog 10th October 2025
What a week! We have had an exciting time with Greek Day in Y5 and Stone Age Day in Y3 followed by a huge Harvest Assembly with parents and carers on Friday. The Harvest Festival included a great display of produce from the school farm and we pressed apple juice, tasted Farfield honey and Read…
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Harvest Festival
This morning we had a packed Harvest Festival – Farfield style! We had apple juicing, honey harvest tasting and a ‘biggest pumpkin’ competition with ‘strong man’ William in Y2. We also had a new favourite song: Harvest time in the style of George Ezra! The harvest display was fantastic, almost all produce from our Read…
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Year 5 this week
Good afternoon parents and carers, The children are settling brilliantly into year 5 now, focussing and working extremely hard. They all enjoyed creating a double page spread entitled, “What have the Ancient Grreks done for us.” They were surprised to find out how many names and words we use today that come from the Read…
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Headteacher blog 3/10/2025
It is sometimes difficult to see clearly. Problems or challenges can distract us from the bigger picture that is overwhelmingly positive. In the past couple of weeks, I have received leadership reports from colleagues that have been comprehensive and really well-written but have barely mentioned our huge successes in inclusion and Y6 SATs results Read…
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Headteacher blog 26th September 2025
It has been a gloriously sunny week at Farfield and the children have enjoyed their playtimes. Lots of children have been in the cricket nets and we have been using slow-mo video to try to improve some bowling actions. Some boys still ‘chuck it’ with a bent elbow but some of the actions, particularly Read…
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New additions to Farfield Farm
We are delighted to welcome Buzz, Bingo and Bluey to Farfield Farm. These three pygmy goats (not that small!) have moved in the top of the orchard. The PTA and SISK have helped us with some temporary fencing. Mr Nehaul has worked hard getting everything ready. Farm Club built an additional shelter and climbing Read…
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Juicing time!
This week the juicer has come out to make good use of the bountiful apple harvest. Much of the windfall goes to the pigs, but windfall that is in reasonable condition makes great juice too. The juicer is also the best place for any ‘ugly’ fruit. It is quite a process: lots of chopping, Read…
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Headteacher blog 19th September 2025
A rainy week at Farfield doesn’t dampen the spirits too much! The children are excited for the arrival of our new goats on Farfield Farm and we are enjoying some good harvests. This week the juicer has come out a couple of times and those children have enjoyed the freshest apple juice possible! Harvest Read…
