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Life skills across school

Life skills across school

Published: 23 January 2026

Class 8 have been very busy today - first they enjoyed a cooking session this morning - they cleaned the tables and their hands, then explored cutting and spreading skills and trying new flavours. This afternoon they have been working off their food, enjoying their gymnastics…
Emily's Mini Farm comes to Newfield

Emily's Mini Farm comes to Newfield

Published: 21 January 2026

This morning we welcomed Emily and family from ‘Emily’s mini farm’ as part of our Farm to Fork topic in Key Stage 3 this term. We had chickens, rabbits, tortoises, guinea pigs and dwarf hamsters in the school hall. We had the opportunity to feel the soft fur, feathers or hard shells…
Christmas in Hydro

Christmas in Hydro

Published: 17 December 2025

The whole of Class 4 who were in today enjoyed a pool party this morning. It was so amazing for all of the pupils and staff to be able to participate in the hydrotherapy pool with lights and music together, they all had so much fun, lots of smiles and laughter…
Enriching Curriculum Activities

Enriching Curriculum Activities

Published: 25 September 2025

We love to do lots of different things to provide enriching curriculum activities for our children - all through school we ensure that our learners have new experiences as much as we can! We have been very lucky so far this term. In S5 everyone enjoyed exploring the different items in our Autumn sensory tuff tray. We did some matching …
End of Year Farewells 2025

End of Year Farewells 2025

Published: 18 July 2025

On Thursday we celebrated our pupil leavers in a special assembly, where we joined together with their families to look at their achievements and look to the future, thinking about where each of them moves onto as they leave us. It was lovely to say final goodbyes to parents who we have known for many years, and there were some very nice comments made to staff about their children’s times at Newfield and the love, support and learning they have benefitted from here…
Celebration of Achievement 2025 - Secondary and Post 16

Celebration of Achievement 2025 - Secondary and Post 16

Published: 11 July 2025

This morning it was the turn of our secondary and post 16 phase to have their moment to shine in their Celebration of Achievement Assembly. We were delighted to be joined by a huge crowd of parents and family members, as well as our governor, and manager of Appletrees, Jerry Wood. Our special guest today was Alison Ashworth-Taylor, who has worked as a partner to school and who after 30 years as a headteacher is now retiring with this being her final ever awards assembly…
Celebration of Achievement 2025 - Primary

Celebration of Achievement 2025 - Primary

Published: 10 July 2025

This morning we celebrated the achievements of our primary age phase pupils. There were a range of awards for progress & achievement, special mentions and courage. We were pleased to see parents and family members who came to see their children receive their awards from our guest of honour, Imran Akuji - Head of Young People’s Services for BwD…
Sports Week - part II

Sports Week - part II

Published: 09 July 2025

We have had a busy few days and we haven’t finished yet! All pupils have been set the challenge to ‘walk-a-mile’ this week. We are trying to incorporate ‘morning movement’ into our day too. We have three orienteering trails…
Prom 2025

Prom 2025

Published: 03 July 2025

This evening we celebrated with the social highlight of the year for our older learners, the annual Newfield Prom. The hall was decorated with sparkle, balloons and beautiful dining spaces… there was a mocktail bar… photo booth…and ambient lighting. The mood was set…
MOVE Day 2025

MOVE Day 2025

Published: 01 July 2025

Today we had our annual MOVE day, and this year we celebrated all things physical with StoryMOVErs living out the stories - ‘Going on a bear hunt’ and ‘Tiger who came for tea’. Children had an amazing time showing off their physical skills, it was lots of fun…
Jamie Oliver Cookery School World Record Attempt

Jamie Oliver Cookery School World Record Attempt

Published: 01 July 2025

This morning, 4 classes of students took part in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest cookery lesson with Jamie Oliver. There were estimated to be around 15,000 people joining in online to make a pasta dish…
Art Exhibition 2025

Art Exhibition 2025

Published: 26 June 2025

Today we held our annual Art Exhibition - it has really become quite the cultural highlight of our year, with pupils showing off the incredible work they have done, and parents and visitors being able to browse, and purchase, some beautiful original pieces of art…
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