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Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Summer Trips 2023 - part V

Summer Trips 2023 - part V

Published: 30 June 2023

This week children have been enjoying more trips. More children have been off to enjoy meeting all of the animals at Ark Education Barn farm at Clitheroe. They had a wonderful time…
Earth Day 2020

Earth Day 2020

Published: 22 April 2021

This week in our School for Autism we have been celebrating Earth Day by combining our creative skills to create one huge poster that increases awareness of the event. The event itself began in America in 1969 as a reaction to a disastrous oil spill. Since then, every year people all over the world come together to increase awareness of how we can all become more environmentally friendly in our everyday lives…
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…
Thank you Nurses!

Thank you Nurses!

Published: 12 May 2015

Today in International Nurses Day and we want to say a massive ‘thank you’ to our fantastic nursing team, based here in school. Lorraine, Claire, Cate and June…
Eid Mubarak 2017!

Eid Mubarak 2017!

Published: 30 June 2017

To mark the end of Ramadhan, our pupils celebrated Eid Ul-Fitr with an Eid Party Lunch where they enjoyed…
Blackburn Festival of Light 2020

Blackburn Festival of Light 2020

Published: 06 November 2020

This year the annual Blackburn Festival of Light will be virtual and Newfield School have been involved by making sparkly, light hats. Videos of our creations will be projected on the Town Hall for all to see but you have a sneak preview here…

Our sympathy to Bangladesh

Published: 26 April 2013

We have recently established a link with pupils at ‘Shahid Sawrani Jhanpa ML High School’ in Jessore, Bangladesh, after they contacted us having learnt about Newfield via our website. We would like to send our sympathy to all of the families affected by the terrible disaster in the Rana Plaza complex in Savar on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka…
Community Artist Pottery Workshops

Community Artist Pottery Workshops

Published: 14 May 2013

Students in the 11-19 phase of school are learning about the world of work in their creative curriculum sessions and for the next 3 days we have an artist in residence to help children to experience working as a potter. Community Artist, Alistair Nicholson…
Visit from Father Christmas

Visit from Father Christmas

Published: 20 December 2016

Today, our last before the holidays, we were delighted to have Father Christmas as our special guest. He had come to give all of the children a gift and had brought a special elf along with him…
Week 49

Week 49

Published: 02 March 2018

Well, our building team have worked for a whole year come rain or shine, but this week in the ice, snow and wind, they were beaten! Due to the bad weather…
New Year, New Learning!

New Year, New Learning!

Published: 11 January 2024

Some of our secondary pupils in S5 have been very busy this first week back, continuing the work on the co-production charter. This work has been taking place to look at what children and young people with SEND want from BwD and what BwD promises to deliver and develop with them. S5 have made this rainbow full of symbols for each part of the charter to help to make it accessible to more children and young people. We are also delighted…
School Photos Day 2017

School Photos Day 2017

Published: 11 May 2017

Today we had our annual visit from Tempest Photography to take photographs of all of the children for their families. They all looked great, in uniform or smart clothes,

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