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Headteacher blog July 22nd 2016
We are close to the end of the school year and it is a very busy time. All the children have received their end of year reports and I hope that parents were pleased with their child’s progress. The additional assessment information that we included this year in Years 1 – 6 is intended Read…
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Headteacher blog 15th July 2016
It was wonderful to see so many parents, carers and extended family at school on Wednesday for Sports Day. The weather was reasonably kind and a good day seemed to be had by all. Well done to Miss Hutchinson and Mr Cooke for another well organised day. This day of sporting endeavour comes in Read…
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Farfield’s Olympian
We are delighted to report that Farfield’s own Nile Wilson has been chosen to represent Great Britain in the Rio Olympics. Go Nile!
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Headteacher blog 8th July 2016
It has been a mixed week at Farfield. It was a sad day on Tuesday as three NUT teachers went on strike due to government policy towards schools. On the same day, Y6 SATs results were released and there was upset across the country as barely half of the children achieved the new higher Read…
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Headteacher blog 1st July
The slugs on the farm are appreciating this wet, (quite) warm weather but we aren’t… Nevertheless, we are beginning to harvest potatoes, peas, beetroot, broad beans and other vegetables and I was delighted to receive an emailed photo of a parent’s dinner this week with thanks for some of those lovely creamy new potatoes Read…
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Strike action Tuesday 5th July
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Farfield at the ‘Festival of Voices’
On Saturday, Miss Sloan took eight children from the choir along to the church to join in a ‘Festival of Voices’ along with other choirs and groups as part of the Farsley Community Weekend. As you can see from the videos below, they sang very well and delivered some complex arrangements. Their confidence shines Read…
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Headteacher blog 24th June 2016
We had a great time on the PTA Camp-Over last weekend and it encapsulated much of what we most value at Farfield: community, cooperation, good citizenship, outdoor play and rich childhood experiences. I would like to thank again all those that were able to attend or volunteer at the event. It seems that we Read…
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Another lucky Camp-Over day (and night, and morning…)
Our brilliant PTA and an expanding group of fabulous volunteers put on another wonderful Camp-Over weekend and we were, once again, lucky with the weather. Whether camping or day visitors, everyone seemed to have a great, relaxed time and the children played and played and played. We were well entertained by the Farsley Singers, Read…
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Headteacher blog 17th June 2016
This week we have been very busy with assessments: end of year data for our Reception children, Year 1 (and some Y2) phonics tests and end of key stage teacher assessments for Y2 and Y6. The Y2 and Y6 systems for teacher assessments are really problematic having moved from a ‘best fit’ approach previously Read…
