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Author Peter Bunzl visits school
http://ff5h.primaryblogger.co.uk/english/peter-bunzl-author-visit/
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Head teacher blog 12/5/17
Children have been sitting SATs tests this week (reading in Y2 and reading, grammar, spelling and maths in Y6) and I would like to thank all the children and staff for their hard work and concentration. The Y6 papers are marked externally and we get the results in July, but Y2 papers inform teacher Read…
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Head teacher blog 5/5/2017
We have had a lovely sunny week and Years 1 and 3 have had super days out at Rodley Nature Reserve and Harlow Carr Gardens respectively. Rodley Nature Reserve really is a local hidden jewel, whilst the gardens at Harlow Carr are nationally significant and are stunning in May. On Wednesday, our U11 football Read…
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Story writing success
A huge congratulations and well done to two of our children who were shortlisted to the second round of the Radio 2 500 Words Story Competition! RH in Y4 and LH in 2LO made it into the top 5000 stories out of 130 000 entries – the top 4%! The panel of judges from the Reading Read…
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Head teacher’s blog 27th April 2017
It has been good this week to meet with council officials to progress with the next stages of preparations for major building works in the summer: phase 1 of a new roof for the infants and new boilers for the juniors. The new roof, in particular, will be disruptive to some of our plans Read…
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Head teacher blog April 21st 2017
It has been an impressive start to the new term. As I have toured the classrooms, I have been very impressed with the quiet, calm, sustained effort and learning that is clearly evident. Every year group is working hard, but this is particularly the case in Years 2 and 6 as they prepare for Read…
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Former pupil debuts for England U16 rugby league
We are very proud of former pupil Harvey Spence who has made his debut for England U16 rugby league. Mr Garlick went to watch the game and reports that Harvey played well as England beat France and he kicked five conversions. Well done Harvey! http://www.rugby-league.com/england/article/39837/england-youth-secure-series-victory-over-france
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Farfield shortlisted for a prestigious national award
We have just found out that Farfield has been shortlisted for a prestigious TES School Award: Healthy School of the Year. This is in recognition of our work around food, farming and physical activity. We are very pleased for this national recognition of our work in these important areas! Some of the nomination text read: Read…
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Head teacher blog March 30th 2017
It is the end of a very busy term: my staff and our children have worked very hard and certainly deserve their holiday! There is tremendous progress evident in books and feedback on report slips (and at Parents’ Evenings) has been overwhelmingly positive. Thank you for the very many kind and generous comments. One Read…
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Farfield are flying high!
Thanks to Mr Cooke winning a cycling competition, 12 lucky year 6 children got to have a go on the zip wire at Herd Farm on Friday afternoon last week. The children got kitted out in harnesses and flew over 150 feet through the air down the beautiful hillside. See the photos and videos below.
