Farsley Farfield Primary School

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Headteacher blog 26th January 2024

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It has been such a stormy week and it has coincided with possibly the worst-ever attendance levels (other than in the pandemic): less than 90% all week with Y3 particularly severely affected by poorliness. Staff (and their own children) have been afflicted too, as have some other schools locally. The joys of winter-time! I Read More

Headteacher blog January 12th 2024

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It is great to be back after the Christmas and New Year break. On Monday we had a Teacher Training Day. Amongst other things, we had some updated training on the best use of Mathletics. This was unexpected as we had, reluctantly, dropped that very expensive subscription just before the holidays but we had Read More

Headteacher blog 15th December 2023

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It is feeling very Christmas-y at school with our first festive performances and final rehearsals before more next week. I enjoyed our two Foundation Stage nativity performances of The Super Star and thought that the children (and staff) did very well. This afternoon our Winter Choir and junior recorder players are playing a little Read More

Headteacher blog 8th December 2023

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It has been a week of weather: from frozen, snowy conditions to thoroughly wet and miserable. These last few months must be some of the wettest for a long time and the grounds are sodden. Lots of things are being postponed and we have troublesome water ingress in the infant hall. Thankfully, some visits Read More

Headteacher Blog 1st December

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It has certainly been wintery and quite picturesque at times this week. It definitely feels like the season has changed. We also know that we are in the run-up to Christmas now that we have had both the Farsley Lights parade on Wednesday and a concert of children singing and playing at Pudsey Civic Read More