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Head teacher blog 18th September
We have had some lovely sunny days this week and the children have been making fine use of our wonderful school grounds. A very positive part of the new science curriculum is the requirement to study environments, plants or animals over an extended period, and children have been exploring habitats and conducting tree and Read…
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Welcome back to a new school year
It has been a lovely first week at Farfield. It has been great to be back and the staff and children have begun term very well. There is a good, calm atmosphere in school and every teacher is pleased with their new class. I have shown many sets of prospective parents around this week Read…
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Sports Day Success
We were lucky with the weather again for this year’s Sports Day. The day was a great success! The Infant Sports Day was organised around a Rugby World Cup theme by Miss Hutchinson. Junior Sports Day had the children in teams relating to the Tour de France. The event opened with a running/cycling ‘duathlon’ Read…
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Headteacher blog 17 July
We are rapidly approaching the end of term and what a busy week it has been! All the children received their end of term reports and Year 6 got their SATs results. As a group, they have done very well and we are proud of their achievements. We were also extremely proud of Year Read…
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What is a Growth Mindset?
We actively try to promote a Growth Mindset for our children. What is a Growth Mindset and how can families contribute to this? Please read this document that explains all: [gview file=”https://www.farsleyfarfield.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Booklet-for-parents-about-Growth-Mindsets.pdf”]
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KS1 Sharing Time
It was great to see so many parents this week for KS1 ‘Sharing Time’. We got very positive feedback from parents who were so impressed with the quality and quantity of their children’s work. I am sure that the children really appreciated showing off how much progress they have made.
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Headteacher blog 10th July
This week we welcomed a group of headteachers from Buckinghamshire who came to see the work that Farfield is doing on developing a ‘Growth Mindset’. Afterwards, a number of the headteachers emailed us, including this from Pippa Brand-Benee: “Thank you so much for making us so welcome yesterday and sharing your Growth Mindset story Read…
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Head teacher blog 3rd July
This week the children all met their new teachers for September and the Y6 children went to their new high schools for Transition Day. We were delighted that our new teachers Abigail Bradley and Ruby Cuthbert were both able to be with us this week and spend time with staff and children. I am Read…
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Indian Visitors
Last week we were delighted and honoured to welcome Reenu and Meenakshi from GAV Senior School to England and Farfield for a week long visit. This followed Mrs Fisher and Mrs Carney’s visit to India in February.
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Camp-Over fund-raising
We are delighted to report that the camp-over raised a superb £3500 for the PTA! Many, many thanks!
