Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
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: 13 January 2021
This term pupils in the school for SEND have begun working on the new Curriculum, and the theme this half term was based around Fairy Tales. We are doing our best to ensure that learning continues, both for the small number of children in school and the many children at home who are having live sessions with teachers, and accessing videos on our YouTube channel…
Published: 05 March 2014
It’s been fair trade fortnight and pupils from Newfield school have been taking part in lots of activities to learn about fair trade…
Published: 20 December 2017
Today we welcomed all of our passenger assistants and drivers in for drinks and nibbles to say thank you for all of their hard work bringing us to school and taking us home every day. They enjoyed…
Published: 18 March 2015
Post 16 students have reinvented old furniture to create master pieces of art. Pupils transformed old tables, lights, CD racks etc. as part of their learning about materials for science week. Bob Eastwood…
Published: 08 February 2016
Today is Chinese New Year and this year is the year of the monkey. Some classes explored Chinese Culture and students in S2 made Chinese lanterns…
Published: 22 September 2017
The works on site continue to progress. This week we have focused on the following:
Published: 18 December 2025
We had a fantastic Christmas Carol Concert this morning, with students from Upper School and Post-16 enjoying singing, signing, and listening to festive music from our own live band! Special thanks to Richard and Sarah from Bolton Music Service, who…
Published: 19 December 2018
This afternoon, once the children had all gone home, staff stayed behind to take part in a Wellbeing Christmas Quiz! Our Quiz Master, teacher Greg Sharples, had devised a brilliant Christmas themed quiz, that got everyone thinking - in groups of 4 we had a picture round and then a range of festive questions that…
Published: 20 May 2026
This morning staff came in bright and early to take part in our half termly staff wellbeing breakfast. It was lovely to have chance to have a quick catch up, a cuppa and some toast to round off the half term as we head into a holiday. We know how important it is for our children…
Published: 01 July 2014
Today our Boccia team went to Blackpool to compete in the Lancashire Youth Games. We played against other Lancashire Boroughs including Pendle, Hyndburn and South Ribble…
Published: 16 May 2017
Today we had some visitors from Dan’s Trust who came to meet pupils and have a look around school. They have donated some funds to the school which are being used to support children’s communication. Dan’s Trust is a charity that was set up…
