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Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Published: 28 February 2020

This week we have been celebrating the first part of Fairtrade Fortnight. We have been thinking about the people around the world who grow food…
Birdwatch 2020

Birdwatch 2020

Published: 03 February 2020

KS3 classes have been working hard on the topic ‘Looking after our environment’ Last week – S2 made a variety of bird feeders and hung them in the sensory garden to…
Learning about our Environment

Learning about our Environment

Published: 31 January 2020

S2 have been learning about global warming and climate change. They made mini ice bergs and watched them melt whilst feeling the effect…
Working with our Nurses

Working with our Nurses

Published: 24 January 2020

Some of pupils really struggle with having health procedures ‘done to them’ and so our fantastic nursing team have been working with classes to help them to get used to working with health professionals who want to help them. The de-sensitisation sessions have been going really well as you can see from the fantastic photos. The children have gone from being afraid and resistant, to…
Pupil Christmas Lunch 2019

Pupil Christmas Lunch 2019

Published: 13 December 2019

Today all of our pupils enjoyed a traditional Christmas Lunch - turkey, roast potatoes, vegetables and all the trimmings followed by a delicious chocolate Yule log cake. The halls were dressed with trees and lights and tables were set…
Takeover Week - Day 5

Takeover Week - Day 5

Published: 22 November 2019

On the final day of this week we have continued to have pupils doing some fantastic takeovers. Everyone has really got involved and our brilliant staff had enjoyed supporting pupils to takeover their roles. We’ve been delighted by how mature, helpful and sensible our children are and how interested they are in taking on adult jobs and responsibilities…
World Mental Health Day 2019

World Mental Health Day 2019

Published: 10 October 2019

Today we celebrated World Mental Health Day with lots of events to help pupils and staff think about how our mental health is just as important as our physical health. Some staff enjoyed an early start with our half termly wellbeing breakfast in our staff lounge - tea, toast, crumpets and a chance to have a chat with colleagues…
Magnificent Milk Monitor

Magnificent Milk Monitor

Published: 04 October 2019

Pupils in the School for Autism are taking turns to be the milk monitor. This is an opportunity for pupils to use functional maths skills to complete jobs around the school. The Teacch approach has been used…
European Day of Language 2019

European Day of Language 2019

Published: 26 September 2019

Today we are joining in this special annual event celebrating languages. We held a languages market this morning where classes had different stalls celebrating the language and culture…
End of Year 2019 - Happy Summer!

End of Year 2019 - Happy Summer!

Published: 19 July 2019

Today is the end of the school year so we say goodbye to our leavers and this year we also say goodbye to our head teacher Geoff. We finished The year…
Prom 2019 - Welcome to the Circus

Prom 2019 - Welcome to the Circus

Published: 04 July 2019

Tonight we held our annual prom and the theme this year following the success of our 14-19 production of ‘The Greatest Showman’ was ‘The Wonderful Circus’. All of our leavers and their families, along with our older pupils and many members of staff came along to celebrate another great year for the Newfield family. There were circus…
A Fantastic End to Sports Week 2019

A Fantastic End to Sports Week 2019

Published: 28 June 2019

We have ended our Sports Week with a sports celebration assembly this afternoon with separate ones taking place in main school for 2-14 and 14-19 phases, as well as one in the school for autism. It was lovely to see all the photographs of the amazing sporting activities…
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