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Headteacher blog 7th November 2025
It’s mild but there is a definite autumnal feel to the school as we have returned from half term. We are now into welly season across the grounds but it is good to be able to use our lovely space all year round, whatever the weather. On Saturday morning we have our first major Read…
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Headteacher blog Friday 24th October 2025
It has been a very long half-term – eight weeks – and staff and children alike have earned a good half-term break. Our Reception children have generally settled in well and our new staff have all made really strong starts to their time at Farfield. Parents’ evenings this week went well and there was Read…
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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…
