Not sure what to read? Here is a random selection of posts from our blog over the years.
Published: 14 March 2014
Waseem was very pleased to get his new badge for his Work Placement at Tesco in Blackburn. He is enjoying the work placement where he is working on the cash till, stacking shelves
Published: 13 May 2014
Today our friends from St. Thomas Primary School joined class 3 for our friendship week. We had a look in our hydro pool…
Published: 30 September 2022
European Day of Language 2022 took place on 26th September, but we joined in today celebrating Newfield’s Languages Day which was back with a bang this morning! It has been a while since we have been able to invite parents into school to enjoy some time sharing and exploring the children’s hard work but we were delighted to be able to do this and welcome so many parents in today…
Published: 10 November 2023
Today, pupils from across school participated in our annual remembrance assembly. Pupils discussed remembrance and the difference between the images of war that were (and still are) used and why this makes remembering the terrible human cost so important. Pupils were invited to…
Published: 15 December 2023
Today the children all celebrated Christmas lunch - lots had dressed up in Christmas jumpers or party clothes… we even had a Kermit… meanwhile the elves are continuing to run riot around school! They’ve been spotted hanging out in the atrium, as well as trying to get warm in the staff room… where will they pop up next? In other news…
Published: 25 May 2016
Today our annual assessment for Flagship Status of the Inclusion Quality Mark took place, this year with a new inspector, Dave Stott who was able to take a new perspective on school…
Published: 01 February 2019
Today Donna Threfall from BwD YPS - Young People’s Services - came into school to facilitate a meeting and a discussion on who we would like to see as our youth election member. Donna explained what each representative wanted for young people; we discussed what…
Published: 16 July 2025
Today we treated our staff to a chippy lunch with no expense spared - chips, gravy, peas, curry sauce, bread and butter and as much ketchup, vinegar and salt as they could shake a stick at! We provided cold drinks, and after dinner chocolate mints to make it fancy!
Published: 26 March 2015
This morning we held our Easter Assembly, with the vicar from Christchurch Blackburn attending along with lots of parents and visitors. Our choir sang…
Published: 24 March 2021
Children have enjoyed sensory Easter Events this week in both areas of school and it has been a nice way to do some fun activities, like Egg hunts and games as we wind down to the holidays. They have had egg and spoon events, they have chosen paint and dripped it onto egg shapes before dragging a squeegee through the paint to make a marble effect. Then they painted pasta, which once dried, was used to decorate coloured eggs. Children also made nests for Easter chicks and painted chick…
Published: 20 July 2015
Today we celebrated Eid Ul-Fitr marking the end of Ramadhan with an afternoon of Asian songs. We listened and danced…
Published: 18 December 2017
This morning our singing, signing choir went to sing for the residents of Queens Lodge nursing home in Blackburn. They delighted the old folk as well as the staff with their renditions of Christmas songs…
