Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Published: 06 March 2014
Newfield has enjoyed another exciting World Book Day today. We celebrated this year by inviting magician, Andy Magee, to tell some stories, jokes and to do some magic tricks around the theme of World Book Day…
Published: 08 December 2018
Always working hard for school, today - Saturday - 3 of our teachers went along to visit Accrington Lions. They had invited a few of our teachers, Helen Thomas, Emma Taylor and Mariya Collector, to come along…
Published: 23 April 2018
Today the RRSA Steering Group met to discuss lots of things happening in school. We were very pleased to be joined by parent Peter Rothwell and parent governor Louise Sumner at today’s meeting. We talked about the charity Love for Kenya…
Published: 30 October 2018
The 14 - 19 department held their Halloween Enterprise event today. Students have been working hard creating products to sell.
Published: 28 June 2016
Today an exciting school Art Exhibition was held in the Hall. The Artwork displayed by all classes showed a wonderful variety of techniques, materials and genres, had been explored. Parents…
Published: 09 November 2012
To commemorate Remembrance Day, we at Newfield School have been exploring the themes behind the event, trying to give a perspective of what the event means. Each class created artworks in recognition of the event, taking the opportunity to celebrate everyone’s creativity during a special remembrance assembly…
Published: 01 March 2018
Well we had lots of lovely things planned for today, with everyone coming in favourite character costumes, guest readers coming into classes and loads of story telling…but then, the snow happened!..
Published: 04 November 2025
Today we hosted our popular annual transition event - Planning for the Future - here at Newfield. Service Providers, Carers, Parents and Young People attended to…
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: 13 September 2018
TG5 had an enjoyable and eventful day. They used the local Service 22 bus to travel into town for the careers event and then walk to Blackburn Cathedral…
Published: 05 March 2015
Today we are joining in World Book Day by dressing up and enjoying lots of stories. We have some special guests coming in to read us their favourite stories and lots of exciting events planned throughout the day…
Published: 04 July 2023
Today, our School Nursing Team, in association with our Family Wellbeing Coordinators, organised a coffee morning aimed at the students leaving us this July. An adult social worker, financial advisor and carers network staff attended and provided…