Look at what we have been up to!

• Whole School Assembly - Our Voice Matters

  Mon 05 Feb 2024

  This morning our whole school assembly was with Harriet. This week is Children’s Mental Health Week - the theme this year is ‘Our Voice Matters’. Harriet talked to us about how it is important to share our opinions, thoughts and feelings. She talked about how our voices matter and that we have the right to say how we’re feeling and express what we need - doing this can help us to feel better.

  

• Whole School Assembly - British Values

  Mon 29 Jan 2024

  This week in whole school assembly with Mrs Atkinson, we were thinking about British Values. We talked about what British Values are and why they are so important. The children had some great ideas about the many things that we do at Farfield to promote these values and how they fit into our school culture. Over the next few weeks, we are all going to look out for our British Values posters in our classrooms and around school and try to think about how the things we learn about and our work on displays links to the values of Democracy, The Rule of Law, Mutual Respect and Individual Liberty.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN share their learning

  Fri 26 Jan 2024

  Our Curriculum Crew met with Mrs Gale to reflect on their learning from the Autumn term and tell her what they thought about the changes made to our curriculum this year. 

  This is what they had to say:

  

• A Hero Called Wolf - FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN write amazing things linked to our whole school book!

  Fri 26 Jan 2024

  Our whole school book for the beginning of the Spring term is 'A Hero Called Wolf' by Lucy Rowland. The story follows a wolf who turns his life around with the use of a library card - instead of playing the villain, he spends his time more effectively by going to the library and reading. However here he finds that as a wolf he is never the hero of the story. He learns through his actions that heroes don't have to be handsome or rich and that kindness and bravery can be just has heroic. Wolf then goes on to write his own story with himself as the hero.

   

  During the first three weeks back children were immersed in the story and then created their own piece of writing based around the book. The displays in school show the creativity, outstanding writing and imagination of the children and it has been a delight to see them so invested in their work. Year 2 and Year 6 shared a story time together where they shared the stories they had written with each other. It was lovely to see the children enjoying their own work and the joy it brings to others.

  

• Whole School Assembly - Making Good Choices

  Mon 22 Jan 2024

  This morning Adam came to do our school assembly. He talked to us about voting and how to choose the best things. We voted for our favourite biscuits and Farfield decided that Oreo’s are the best!
  Adam then talked to us about how the best thing isn’t always the best choice. If we had Oreo’s for breakfast, dinner and tea it wouldn’t be the best for our bodies. He talked to us about making the right choices and how sometimes that can be hard but that we should always try and make kind choices.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN impress real life Authors

  Fri 05 Jan 2024

  In September our whole school book was about a Girl and a Dinosaur and Dinosaurs became the theme for our September starter.

  Once we finished our writing unit on 'The Girl and the Dinosaur', we sent the author (Hollie Hughes) some examples of the children’s writing and photos of our display.

  She said, ‘This is absolutely amazing to see, and the work the children have produced is phenomenal! Thank you so much for choosing The Girl and the Dinosaur to work on!’

  She very kindly sent us a signed copy of the book plus a signed copy of her brand new story and also a bookmark for every child in school.

  Well done Farfield, you have really impressed the author with your writing.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN - OH YES THEY CAN!

  Thu 04 Jan 2024

  To engage our children in their writing of fairytales, we decided what better than to have a live pantomime in school!

  This performance which required lots of audience participation, immersed the children in the story of Cinderella and encouraged them to share their own fairytale ideas.

  

• FARFIELD CHILDREN CAN be Sparkly Stars!

  Tue 02 Jan 2024

  At Farfield Primary & Nursery School, all staff and visitors can nominate children to receive a 'Sparkly Star'. These special badges represent each of our school rules. Children are nominated for our green star for being 'Ready', children are nominated for our red star for being 'Respectful' and children are nominated for our blue star for being 'Safe'. Each week, Mrs Nichols reads all of the nominations and chooses one Sparkly Star from EYs and KS1 and one from KS2...and sometimes she chooses more!

  Congratulations to all of the children who have been nominated - those listed in the table pictured below. 

  Ready Stars were awarded to: Kayson-James (RG), Robert (RG), Zoya (RG), Ivan (1G), Joah-James (1H), Logan (1H), Aayan (2G), Nayvie-Rae (2G), Kyan (4M), Beau (5M), Harris (5M) and Bradley (6B).

  Respectful Stars were awarded to: Vinnie (1G), Connor (2G), Layla (4M), Neveah-Rose (4M), Isabella (4W), Poppy (5M), Hanani (5M), Kaylen-James (6C), Andre (6C), Lily (6C) and Layla (6G).

  Safe Stars were awarded to: Isaac (1G), Patrick (1H), Connor (2G), Isabella (4W), Brooke (5S) and Albert (6C)

  A special well done to all the children who received a Sparkly Star in the Autumn term.

  

• MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

  Mon 25 Dec 2023

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  Everyone at Farfield would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas.
  Today we would like to thank the staff who work as part of the dementia service at Springfield Care Home who wanted to support the local community and chose to send lots of gifts to Father Christmas for the children at Farfield to receive.
  We'd also like to thank the Farfield staff who sent gifts to Father Christmas to be delivered to our children, as well as our Friends at St Wilfrid's Church who donated hampers to some of our families too.

  This year our classes made cards that Mrs Hussain delivered to Springfield to send our Christmas wishes to them - the cards were lovely and the residents really enjoyed them!
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• Farfield's Festive Fun - A VERY Special Visitor!

  Fri 15 Dec 2023

  She did it! Mrs Benson - our very own Chief Elf - made a call and look who visited us. A jingle of bells could be heard all around Farfield as Father Christmas and his Chief Elf visited each class delivering a present to every child. Our younger children joined Father Christmas and his Chief Elf fireside to read 'The Night Before Christmas'. We hope everyone enjoys their Christmas gift.