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School Council - September 2020

School Council - September 2020

Published: 18 September 2020

Today we had our first school council meeting of this academic year. It was great to be back with our friends even if some of the student council members from the school for autism joined us virtually on MS Teams. We introduced ourselves and said something about ourselves. And we welcomed all our new students. Jenny Riley, deputy head, came onto the meeting via MS Teams to say Hi and to ask how we all were. Some of the things we talked about were…
Children's Art Week 2020 - Winners

Children's Art Week 2020 - Winners

Published: 16 July 2020

Thank you to everyone who sent in entries to the Art Competition over the last few weeks. We had some great work sent in - a wide variety, which is fantastic. Our 1st prize winner is Terence for his thought provoking piece The World - Before &…
Children's Art Week - Gallery

Children's Art Week - Gallery

Published: 08 July 2020

Here are some of the entries to our Children’s Art Week competition - we’ve got butterflies, summer scenes, a world - before and after COVID and some happy faces! Another week until we judge - so please send in your photos of artwork completed at home.
Wellbeing Award for Schools

Wellbeing Award for Schools

Published: 22 June 2020

We are delighted to have received the report from our Wellbeing Award for Schools accreditation earlier this month. The wellbeing of our pupils and staff is paramount to the Newfield Family, so we are very pleased to have successfully achieved…
Summer Activities 2020

Summer Activities 2020

Published: 12 June 2020

Well, although the sun has gone this week and we’ve had lots of rain, it is still summer! We’ve put onto YouTube a couple of presentations about activities that you might want to try at home - A range of art and craft activities with the theme of summer, along with some simple recipes with visual instructions to support…
Fairtrade Fortnight - Week 2 - Fairtrade Bake-off 2020

Fairtrade Fortnight - Week 2 - Fairtrade Bake-off 2020

Published: 04 March 2020

This week we have been celebrating all things Fairtrade as a Rights Respecting School, with pupils shopping for fairtrade items in the supermarket as well as at our tuck shop. This afternoon we have held a very special fairtrade bake-off event. Classes have been busy all week planning and making delicious baked…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Published: 28 February 2020

This week we have been celebrating the first part of Fairtrade Fortnight. We have been thinking about the people around the world who grow food…
Birdwatch 2020

Birdwatch 2020

Published: 03 February 2020

KS3 classes have been working hard on the topic ‘Looking after our environment’ Last week – S2 made a variety of bird feeders and hung them in the sensory garden to…
Learning about our Environment

Learning about our Environment

Published: 31 January 2020

S2 have been learning about global warming and climate change. They made mini ice bergs and watched them melt whilst feeling the effect…
Working with our Nurses

Working with our Nurses

Published: 24 January 2020

Some of pupils really struggle with having health procedures ‘done to them’ and so our fantastic nursing team have been working with classes to help them to get used to working with health professionals who want to help them. The de-sensitisation sessions have been going really well as you can see from the fantastic photos. The children have gone from being afraid and resistant, to…
Pupil Christmas Lunch 2019

Pupil Christmas Lunch 2019

Published: 13 December 2019

Today all of our pupils enjoyed a traditional Christmas Lunch - turkey, roast potatoes, vegetables and all the trimmings followed by a delicious chocolate Yule log cake. The halls were dressed with trees and lights and tables were set…
Takeover Week - Day 5

Takeover Week - Day 5

Published: 22 November 2019

On the final day of this week we have continued to have pupils doing some fantastic takeovers. Everyone has really got involved and our brilliant staff had enjoyed supporting pupils to takeover their roles. We’ve been delighted by how mature, helpful and sensible our children are and how interested they are in taking on adult jobs and responsibilities…
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