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Farfield have something to ‘Cheer’ about!
Last night after school, a group of Year 6 children took part in a cheerleading competition at Ruth Gorse Academy. The event, organised by White Rose Cheer, involved the children performing a routine that they had learned at school as part of their Tuesday PE module. The team, consisting of 21 children, had only Read…
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Head teacher blog February 24th 2017
Our ethos statements this week included the line: ‘I can say how I feel.’ It is important that children are able to understand their feelings and emotions and feel confident in expressing them. If I was to be asked how I feel, I would reply that I have felt proud this week of the work and Read…
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Head teacher blog 10/2/17
It is the end of a busy half term and the children and staff all deserve a well-earned break. The work in the books generally looks impressive and progress seems good. Lots of children, especially in the Juniors, have been completing half-termly assessments and these will inform mid-year reports that parents will get prior Read…
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Head teacher blog Friday 3rd February
All the children are wearing red today to support the Leeds Children’s Heart Surgery and their fund-raising. This valuable resource is currently helping at least three children in our school and we are glad to do what ever we can to support their work. This week our Year 5 children have visited Leeds City Museum Read…
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U11s training at Leeds United’s Thorp Arch 18.1.17
On Wednesday, Mr Cooke accompanied some children from the U11 football team for a day-long training camp at Leeds United’s Thorp Arch. The 6 boys took part in some focussed training drills in the morning and then in the afternoon they played a number of matches in a friendly mini-tournament. This training camp was in preparation for Read…
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Headteacher blog 20th January 2017
This week in school, we had an inspirational visitor: Evelyne Ninsiima, a community leader from rural Uganda. Evelyne came to our school to see our school farm and to talk to some Y6 children. Back in Uganda, she leads a charity that has started and runs a school, planted a million trees and promotes Read…
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Head teacher blog 13th January 2017
For headteachers, this week has been dominated by debates about cuts to funding and rising costs for Leeds schools. In the medium term, Leeds might be a slight ‘winner’ in the new National Funding Formula that will be implemented in a few years time. In the short term, however, all schools are facing a Read…
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Consultation on Sex and Relationships Education
We are consulting on the proposed revised Programme of Study for Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) that is based on the model PSHE scheme from Islington Council that is being promoted by Leeds City Council. The policy is here: https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/FFPS-SRE-Policy-v7-Jan-2017.pdf The proposed Programme of Study is here: https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Sex-and-relationships-education-SRE-PoS.pdf The survey is now closed. Thank you Read…
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Head teacher blog January 6th 2017
Happy new year! It is great to be back at school: this is a key term for learning and progress as the children are all well settled in their classes, their teachers know them well and we have a complete term without distractions such as Christmas or SATs. I have visited each classroom this Read…
