Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Published: 10 March 2014
Blackburn with Darwen youth services have asked our students at Newfield to take part in the youth MP elections 2014. All the students in the secondary department of the school were given a chance to vote for their chosen representative…
Published: 30 September 2015
This afternoon over 60 members of BwD staff from across a range of services attended a ‘Communication for All’ event held in school. This started off with a sing-and-sign-a-long performance by the Newfield school choir…
Published: 15 May 2018
This morning in Class 7 we had a visit from a local Iman who runs a Madrassah (an after school club) for children with special needs to learn about Islam…
Published: 30 November 2017
TG5 went to the Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park to see the magical Coca-Cola truck. Even though it was chilly, they were really excited to see the truck and were not disappointed when they got there…
Published: 11 September 2018
Yesterday and today new members of our staff team have taken part in Centaur Moving and Handling training from our in-house trainers Mo and Chris, along with Galina. This enables them to help our special children…
Published: 02 March 2016
On Wednesday 2nd March, Newfield pupils took part in the annual BwD Celebration of Dance at King George’s Hall with a ‘Strictly Newfield’, anything goes, Charleston style dance. The pupils and staff sparkled…
Published: 18 November 2013
We began anti bullying week with a special assembly from TG5 whcih had a great rap song about being respectful to each other - this is really important to all of us here, as Newfield is a UNICEF Rights Respecting School! Pupils will be learning about how to be a good friend…
Published: 27 June 2016
Today students began Arts Week by celebrating the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death by participating in a range of activities throughout. There were opportunities for pupils see artefacts…
Published: 11 July 2019
This morning we held our annual assembly for the whole school where we celebrate the achievements of our amazing pupils. Headteacher Geoff led the assembly, with special guest, our new headteacher from September, Rik…
Published: 17 January 2020
Today we had our regular school council meeting. We discussed lots of things and the main item for discussion was about getting the chance to mix with our friends from other classes, We are always so busy in our own classes so we talked about lunchtime clubs and how this would be fun to do. We brought forward…
Published: 29 June 2017
Today we were delighted to have our level 2 re-assessment visit for the Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA). UNICEF Assessors Pat Peaker, who has visited before, and Paul Harris arrived early and did a learning walk, met the Steering Group…
Published: 14 December 2015
Today new teacher Georgie organised film club and all the pupils in the school had the chance to watch a movie with the real cinema experience…
