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Malham
Hi all, This week our main events were Sport’s day and Malham. Here are some pictures from our fantastic (but hot) trip to Malham. 5B’s photos will follow soon. Next Thursday, Year 5 will be having a French fashion show and party. Children will be allowed to wear their own clothes. A note will Read…
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Headteacher blog 11th July 2025
What a lovely week we have had! We had three super sports days on Wednesday and towards the end of the week, Year 5 have had two glorious trips to Malham in the Yorkshire Dales, including some cooling splashing around in Gordale Scar. On Tuesday we got our Y6 SATs results. They are arguably Read…
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Junior Sports Day 2025
We had an exciting Junior sports day this week with every child participating in their own way. A big crowd of parents and carers cheered them on and were treated to lots of close races and impressive performances. Well done to all the staff for great organisation and such a smooth, well-run event that Read…
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Outstanding Key Stage 2 Y6 SATs results
Our Y6 children have smashed their statutory SATs again! Last year, we were in the top 5% of schools for combined Greater Depth in Reading, Writing and Maths. This year, our writing was good but wasn’t as strong as 2024; however, Greater Depth in Reading, Maths and Grammar was outstanding! Our average scaled scores Read…
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Another week of Science in Year 5
Hi all, This week in year 5 we have continued to learn about forces. In 5KH we made parachutes and designed a fair test to test the affect of changing one variable while keeping the others the same. Some children changed the size of the parachute, some changed the length of the strings and Read…
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Headteacher blog 26th June 2025
It has been an exciting week at Farfield. Children from years 2, 4 and 6 have competed admirably at the John Charles Centre in the Pudsey Olympics and half of Y2 attended a skipping competition and came third overall. Class RP have had a wonderful visit to Stockeld Park – a great addition to Read…
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New Deputy Head teacher/SENDCO for school
As you may know, Deputy Headteacher/SENDCo Dan Hemming has been successful in securing the headship at Cookridge Holy Trinity Primary School for September. Lucy Swindlehurst, the former SENDCo, has been working with us part time this year as she moves to a new career outside of education but in a related field. Lucy’s last Read…
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Headteacher Blog June 20th 2025
It has been another glorious week at Farfield! The minibus wheels have been red hot: from a first Reception trip all the way over to Stockeld Park, to Y5s at Rawdon tennis club, our usual Wednesday swimming to Y4 classes on scorching trips to Burnsall in the Dales. Having access to minibuses gives us Read…
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Headteacher’s blog 13/6/25
It has been a glorious week at school! Year 1 classes have enjoyed a typically fabulous day at Rodley Nature Reserve with their wonderful volunteers, and 4L are off to Leeds city centre today for geography fieldwork before visiting Burnsall in the Dales later this month as a contrasting locality. On Monday, a Reception Read…
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Headteacher blog 6/6/25
The summer term is the best term, although it has been cooler and wetter than normal this week. Nevertheless, we have had another great week. There are so many trips and visitors this half term: we had author Jenny York on Wednesday and 4SN went on a visit to Leeds City Centre as part Read…
