Look at what we have been up to!

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN have amazing attendance!

  Fri 14 Feb 2025

  Congratulations to Mitchell and Somto who are our attendance prize winners today!!

  With our special bonus entries for punctuality, there were 1610 entries in the draw this time!

  Mitchell had 100% attendance and Somto had received a bonus entry on Thursday - well done and enjoy your prizes!

  

• Whole School Assembly

  Mon 10 Feb 2025

  This morning, Mrs Nichols spoke to us about whether or not we should be allowed to travel anywhere we want. Daniel in Year 1 said that if it was your dream to travel somewhere, then you should be allowed to do this. We talked about what is important when you wish to travel. We all agree that wherever you travel you should do so respectfully which will mean that we can all continue to do so in the future.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN write to save the planet 🌍

  Fri 07 Feb 2025

  This term began with all of the children in school reading 'The Journey Home'. In this story the ice is melting so Polar Bear sets off in search of a new home. His adventures take him across the seas and he discovers many friends along the way. This beautifully illustrated story has a powerful message of conservation and introduces the topic of global warming, building on our learning about deforestation from the autumn term. The children have used this story as the stimulus for the writing of many genres and our English displays showcase these brilliantly.

  

• Whole School Assembly - Children's Mental Health Week

  Mon 03 Feb 2025

   

  This morning our assembly was brought to us by our Happiness Heroes! Supported by Michelle from the Education Mental Health Team, we found out all about Children's Mental Health Week and the theme this year of 'Know Yourself, Grow Yourself'. Our Happiness Heroes talked to us about the importance of understanding our emotions. We watched a clip from the movie 'Inside Out' where Riley has a lot of emotions all at once - we all know how tricky this can be to manage. The overall message was that getting to know yourself and each other is a wonderful way to grow, make connections and support others. A huge thanks to our Happiness Heroes - you showed us all that Farfield Children Can share important messages to the whole school!
   

  

• Whole School Assembly - Chinese New Year

  Mon 27 Jan 2025

  This morning Mrs Atkinson talked to the children about Chinese New Year, which will be celebrated this Wednesday. On Tuesday, those who are celebrating Chinese New Year will enjoy a New Year’s Eve feast! On the day itself, people wear brand new outfits and receive gifts in red envelopes. Did you know it isn’t just for one day? The Chinese New Year is celebrated for several days with lots of special things happening - on day 15 lots of colourful lanterns are hung up with riddles inside them. If you solve the riddle you may receive a prize from the owner.
  Mrs Atkinson also shared a story that introduced and explained the different animals from the zodiac wheel which the Chinese name their years after.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN have 100% attendance!

  Fri 24 Jan 2025

  Wow - what an amazing (although a little delayed) start to 2025! Congratulations to James and Sienna who have both started the year off with 100% attendance and each won a £50 shopping trip to a toy superstore! There were over 250 children's names in the draw this time, all with over 96% attendance. Let's see if we can beat that in 3 weeks time!

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN Learn Through 📚The Story Project📚

  Mon 20 Jan 2025

  Mrs Nichols launched ‘The Story Project’ in our whole school assembly this morning. We talked about our favourite stories and Mrs Nichols shared 'The Giant Jam Sandwich' by John Vernon Lord with us. The children will be taught the PSHE curriculum through 'The Story Project'. Each class will get six new books to read. In each lesson there will be a chance to find out about the characters and discuss their thoughts and feelings. We're really looking forward to beginning this new way of learning!

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN set the agenda for Internet Safety Day

  Thu 16 Jan 2025

  Today our STEM Leaders met with Mrs Duthie to talk about their access to devices, online activity and any worries or concerns they had. In preparation for Internet Safety Day in February, the children agreed what our priorities should be. They have decided that our classes need to discuss healthy screen time and how to spot scams. Some of them have experienced hacking too. We want the whole school to be and feel safe online and how to make sure they are.

  

• Whole School Assembly - Guru Gobind Singh

  Mon 13 Jan 2025

  Today we had a special visitor leading our assembly. Narinder Singh came to teach us about the origins of the Sikh religion. He asked us how we would know he was a Sikh - Noah said that ne of the ways he knew straight away was because of his long beard. The children learned about Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He became the leader of the Sikhs at only nine years old! The children found out about his importance to Sikhs all over the world.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN be ⭐ Sparkly Stars ⭐

  Fri 20 Dec 2024

  What a way to end the Autumn Term!

  Today ⭐Beau⭐ in Year 6 showed everyone that FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN by being awarded her Safe Sparkly Star! Beau has now been awarded her ⭐GOLD SPARKLY STAR⭐! 

  Congratulations Beau and thank you for being such excellent role model to all of the children at Farfield!