Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Published: 26 October 2022
Whilst most members of the Newfield family are enjoying the autumn half term break, some staff have continued to work or volunteer. Family Wellbeing Coordinators have been supporting families, attending meetings and also took our harvest donations down to the Blackburn Foodbank…
Published: 26 June 2013
Today the Wheelchair dance group from class 3 and 4, and the 11-19 choir performed at ‘The Inscape Music Festival’, at the Lowry Theatre Manchester. We had a great time watching other special schools from the Greater Manchester area perform…
Published: 15 January 2020
There have been some exciting curriculum activities going on this week. S2 have started a new story called ‘Treasures in the garden’. They have been introduced to the characters and explored the sensory elements of the story using objects of reference and symbols to support their learning, vocabulary development and…
Published: 10 November 2015
One of our pupils is taking part in a week long course with The Princes Trust, at Blackburn College, learning all about hair and beauty. She is working…
Published: 28 November 2016
Today we continue our Children Commissioner’s Takeover Challenge with pupils taking over adult roles throughout school. This morning saw Kulsum working as…
Published: 16 October 2015
Following the donations that parents and staff made as part of our harvest celebrations, we have received word from Blackburn Food-Bank that…
Published: 13 March 2013
Today TG3 have been looking at urban environments as part of their creative curriculum. Geoff, our Head teacher, was very impressed by the huge sky-scraper sandwich…
Published: 14 December 2016
Today most of the 16 – 19 department went up to The Royal Blackburn Hospital to perform some Christmas songs and to try to raise money for their school fund. They raised the roof…
Published: 01 February 2022
Today children across school have been busy celebrating Lunar New Year - also known as Chinese New Year. This year is year of the Tiger. The tiger is commonly associated with something like bravery, courage and strength, but can also be viewed as…
Published: 22 May 2018
Today we were very lucky to have Lydia from ‘Zoo Lab’ in school to show us lots of different animals. We really enjoyed feeling different textures such as a slimy Giant African snail called Gary, a tickly giant millipede, a soft furry…
Published: 20 July 2015
On Wednesday 15th July, S3 visited Blackburn Rovers Football stadium for their end of year class trip. We got the opportunity to visit all areas…
Published: 23 April 2021
We’ve had a great first two weeks back, with sunshine, lots of children back with their friends and exciting new curriculum themes to enjoy! Today, to celebrate St Georges Day today, the children had a proper English, chip shop style fish and chip lunch, served with…
