Look at what we have been up to!

• Year 4 Booknic!

  Thu 22 Jun 2023

  At Farfield we love to read!

   

  Year 4 invited their parents and carers to a Booknic. We had a lovely afternoon in the sunshine, sharing stories and poems with each other. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

  

• myHappymind BRONZE ACCREDITATION!

  Wed 21 Jun 2023

  We are proud to announce that we are a myHappymind Bronze Accredited school!

  This means that as a school we consider the mental health and wellbeing of our children as one of our top priorities. We have created a whole school culture that helps build our children's resilience, confidence and self esteem as well as teaching them how to self regulate in those stressful times. 

   

  This Accreditation badge has been awarded thanks to all the effort our staff, children, governors and parents have put in to bring the lessons of myHappymind to life all around our school!

   

  To Learn more about the myHappymind for Schools programme visit their website here - https://myhappymind.org/

  

• Young Bradford Poetry Project

  Fri 16 Jun 2023

  As part of the Young Bradford Poetry Project with The National Literacy Trust, Year 4 visited the historic St George's Hall in Bradford town centre. The children toured the theatre and learned about its history. The facilitator was very impressed with Year 4's knowledge of Greek architecture which they recognised in the building and was wowed by their vocabulary. They also performed on the stage, reading out the poems they had written about growing up in Bradford. They were very confident and made us very proud with their endless enthusiasm and excellent behaviour throughout the trip.

  

• Farfield are fans of myHappymind!

  Tue 06 Jun 2023

  Farfield Primary & Nursery School is very proud to be a myHappymind school. 

   

  Recently the team came in to record hear about how using myHappymind every week had had a positive impact on the well being of the children. Then video they made of their visit can be found at the link below.

  https://myhappymind.lpages.co/myhappymind-in-action-farfield-primary-school-longer-version/

  You can also see their social media posts about Farfield!

  

• Leaf

  Fri 26 May 2023

  We returned from the Easter break to the captivating story of 'Leaf'. From Nursery through to Year 6, children have been engrossed in the journey made by 'Leaf' the polar bear, on his endeavour to find his way back home. This has resulted in some magnificent art displays created as a backdrop showcasing the incredible writing across school - from retelling of the story to letters and reports. Be sure to ask your child about the work they have done based on the book written by Sandra Dieckhman. If they have enjoyed the story as much as their writing suggests, you may be interested in some of her other books: 'The Magic Feather', 'The Secret Forest', 'Waiting for Wolf' and 'Then Dog Who Ate the World'. Sharing stories with your child and engaging them in books from an early age develops a love of reading which has a great impact on their writing as they grow up - feed their imagination!

  

• myHappymind - Appreciate - what our children think

  Tue 23 May 2023

  The children have now completed the third module of myHappymind – Appreciate.

  We asked what they had learnt through the Appreciate sessions, here are some of the things they said:

  ‘You should treat someone how you want to be treated and then you are showing respect to each other.’ (Kayden Y3)

  ‘You need to show appreciation to yourself because then dopamine is released and that makes you happier.’ (Noah Y5)

  ‘If you appreciate someone then they feel appreciated by what you’ve said to them.’ (Evie-Grace Y6)

  We asked the children what/who they appreciate, here are some of the things they said:

  ‘Everybody in my class.’ (Mitchell RG), ‘My friends in my class.’ (Alice Y1), ‘Alfie, my brother.’ (Noah Y2)

  ‘Life – because if there’s no life, there’s no happiness and no experiences to share with people – you have to show you appreciate those around you.’ (Divina Y4)

  ‘Difference – because if we were all the same the world would be a very boring place.’ (Noah Y5)

  We asked the children why it is important to have and Attitude of Gratitude, here are some of the things they said:

  ‘It’s good to show this because people need to know that they’ve done enough, if not they might feel they should have done more and you have to engage with people so you can get to know them and help them more.’ Divina (Y4)

  ‘It’s very important to show gratitude because if you are always glum and not showing you appreciate people, they won’t engage with you anymore or talk to you or make the effort for you.’ (Evie-Grace Y6)

  

• Celebrating the Coronation of King Charles III

  Fri 05 May 2023

  Today, we hung the bunting and wore our red, white and blue to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. 

  The children shared a Coronation picnic, although sadly the rain kept us inside. All of the children decorated a crown to mark this special event. The classes from across school mixed so the children were able to work with new friends from other year groups.

  It was a lovely way to come together and celebrate!

  

• Brathay Trust Online Safety for UKS2

  Mon 24 Apr 2023

  Today the Brathay Trust visited year 5 and 6 to deliver their BeSavy workshops. BeSavy stands for Be Safe and Value Yourself. The session was to raise awareness around how young people can keep themselves safe online. 

   

  First children looked at the age limit for the most popular apps then they discussed how to stay safe online. 

   

  In 6M, Sienna said she knows she must not share personal details online. What surprised Jorgie was how many little details someone can find out about you even without you giving any personal information away. She realised she may need to be more careful online. 

  

• 420 TREES PLANTED!

  Mon 24 Apr 2023

  As part of The Woodland Trust's free trees for schools, over the last week the children of Farfield have planted a further 420 trees around our school grounds. 

  The aim of the project is to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree as the UK needs millions more trees to reach its 2050 carbon net-zero target. Hundreds of thousands of trees have been given to schools and communities to get millions more trees in the ground.

  With the help of Mr Clark, the children have planted a combination of hedge, copse and wild harvest saplings. We look forward to seeing them grow and how they change our school grounds.

  

• Creepy-Crawly Creatures in Nursery!

  Thu 20 Apr 2023

  As part of our learning about ‘Awesome Animals’, we had some creepy-crawly visitors in Nursery! Steph from Creature Connections brought in a selection of minibeasts. We saw African woodlice, hissing cockroaches, stick insects, Giant African Land Snails, giant millipedes, a stag beetle grub and even a tarantula!

  Here’s what some of the children thought about their experience:

  “Some of the woodlice have orange on them because they ate carrots!” – Daniel

  “It looks like a stick!” – Scarlett

  “It has hundreds of legs, it feels like a hairbrush” – Nicholas

  “They’re not too scary!” – Rhys

  “It’s a spider” – Jasmine