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Coronation Celebration Event

Coronation Celebration Event

Published: 05 May 2023

Today we marked the very special, historical event of the Coronation of King Charles III at Newfield. Staff and pupils had dressed for the occasion in red, white and blue; we have decorated school and are all set for the run up to the big day tomorrow. In the morning, we had re-enactments of the Coronation, with pupils taking on the roles of the King, the Queen Camilla and the Archbishop of Canterbury. There was lots of flag waving, cheering and placing of crowns and orbs! At lunchtime the catering team had prepared a traditional chippy lunch…
Farms, Cakes and Crowns!

Farms, Cakes and Crowns!

Published: 04 May 2023

It’s been another short, busy week in the run up to the historical event of King Charles’ Coronation. On Wednesday TG4 had another of their visits to the farm where they learn how to care for animals, keep things tidy and follow instructions from less familiar people. They fed the baby goats by measuring the milk, pouring it into bottles, then feeding them like babies. They had a lovely time with the llama who is called Rolo! In S3 pupils have been weighing…
Comic Relief 2023

Comic Relief 2023

Published: 16 March 2023

Today we have joined the nation in celebrating Red Nose Day once again! We dressed in red, had lots of silly activities going on, staff did the sweepstake and all had a great time. In TG2’s regular Friday Cafe there was a cake stall with loads of yummy red nose themed…
World Book Day 2023 part 3

World Book Day 2023 part 3

Published: 03 March 2023

What an amazing World Book Day we had yesterday! As part of this each class decorated a canvas based on a favourite book to display in the libraries as part of the refresh and update of the school libraries earlier this year. Classes were inspired by a range of children’s stories including…
Christmas Doors and Activity Ideas!

Christmas Doors and Activity Ideas!

Published: 12 December 2022

A very cold, snowy day so we can’t access the site today, but just a quick blog as we thought we’d share our children’s fantastic artistic talents… by showing off the doors along the corridor all dressed up for Christmas - don’t they all look fab?! Enjoy…
Pantomime Fun 2022

Pantomime Fun 2022

Published: 05 December 2022

Children and staff from S1 and S3 went to King George’s Hall this morning to watch the Christmas pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. There was lots of lights, music and dancing and we loved every minute of it. Everyone was booing the baddies Fleshcreep and the Giant…
Newfield Movie - Waterworld

Newfield Movie - Waterworld

Published: 05 December 2022

Young people and staff at Newfield worked on an exciting dance project, with The National Festival of Making and The Creative Connection, Blackburn’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP), as part of the festival’s ongoing Education and Outreach Programme. This work which took place over a number of weeks, resulted in the film Waterworld…
Earth and Sky Poetry Project Bench

Earth and Sky Poetry Project Bench

Published: 01 December 2022

Today Hannah, Hishaam and Shajiena had the opportunity to go to Guide recreation park to be interviewed by The Festival of Making. A couple of years ago these students, along with others who have now left Newfield, wrote A Pandemic Reflection Poem and submitted it to the festival of making. You may recall we were selected to be part of the Earth and Sky Poetry project, in which various poems were written by local people…
Learning and Growing

Learning and Growing

Published: 04 October 2022

Pupils all across school are busy learning and taking part in many opportunities to develop. In S1 as part of the theme all around the world, they have been learning about the Great Barrier Reef this week as part of their topic work on Oceania. They have made their own coral to create a coral reef…
Jeans for Genes 2022

Jeans for Genes 2022

Published: 23 September 2022

Today we celebrated jeans for genes day and raised money by wearing our jeans and donating a £1. It’s a charity close to our hearts at Newfield as it supports families and investigations into genetic illnesses. We also …
Return to School 2022

Return to School 2022

Published: 08 September 2022

We have been delighted to welcome all of our fabulous children back to Newfield this week. All of them came into school with great big smiles on their faces on Monday and have been meeting new friends, and new staff, in new classes.The children new to the secondary department in SEND, S1, have enjoyed…
Summer Trips 2022 - part VI

Summer Trips 2022 - part VI

Published: 07 July 2022

On Thursday some of the classes from Autism and SEND enjoyed an end of year trip to z-arts in Manchester to join in an immersive fairy tale exhibition as part of our topic on fairy-tales and traditional tales. They found Jack’s beanstalk…
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