Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Published: 17 June 2014
Today, UNICEF assessors, Pat Peaker and Martin Russell visited school to carry out our Rights Respecting School Award level 2 visit. We will not know for a while whether we have been succesful, as the report from the assessors goes to a panel to be decided, but they were extremely complimentary and positive about school…
Published: 23 October 2015
We ended this half to this morning with 15 students on the School Direct program in BwD came to school for a tour, talk and a workshop in Disability Awareness. In the workshop, they explored…
Published: 17 July 2018
We were delighted to hear, back in the depths of the winter that our wonderful governor, Mrs Joan Bamber, had been awarded an MBE for her services to education in the New Year’s Honours list. Well, she had to wait a long time…
Published: 07 December 2013
Today, our choir went along to entertain the crowds at the Alltogether Club Christmas Family fair day at Derwent Hall, Darwen. They had stalls, food, crafts, games, a raffle and a visit from Father Christmas - but obviously our wonderful children singing and signing was the highlight!
Published: 16 November 2015
This week we are taking part in not just Takeover Day, as in previous years, but Takeover Week! Children will be taking on adult roles all week long…
Published: 16 July 2024
Today we had a whole school wide celebration during our first ever end of year Newfield Festival day. We have had so much going on around school. Outside in the sensory garden we had Paris Bubbles performer Tony, who shared with us big bubbles, foaming bubbles and steam filled bubbles. Everyone absolutely loved it! The weather held off for us to enjoy the festival vibes outside. This morning we also had a very special visitor to school, the one and only Taylor Swift…
Published: 28 June 2024
BIG NEWS!!! As we prepare for the General Election next week, here we have had a general election in TG4 this afternoon. It was a very close result, with only one vote in it. Each candidate’s manifesto was strong! They…
Published: 12 November 2018
Today lots of us wore odd socks to school to celebrate the start of Anti-bullying Week! The theme this year is ‘Choose Respect’ and the idea of the odd socks is…
Published: 18 October 2018
This first half term of the year, pupils in primary have been learning all about space. Today, in their final lesson on space pupils in class 3…
Published: 09 June 2017
Another busy week on a wet and windy building site - the works on site continue to progress well. This week we have continued to focus on the following: • Continue to construct the link road…
Published: 31 January 2025
S8 have explored Chinese new year today and made some snakes for racing like in the zodiac story of the animal race across the river. 2025 is the year of the snake. They folded paper and decorated the paper snakes in different colours and styles. They then set out ‘rivers’ using…
Published: 08 December 2022
Buddy our elf has been busy so far this week. On Monday he has been helping A12 to do P.E.. He showed the students how to do stretches in gymnastics, he also did a log roll and then relaxed at the end of the session…
