Pizza Donation

We are fortunate to have been given a donation from Morrison’s Supermarket in Blackburn of some pizza kits which children in school were very happy to see and take home to cook with families. The company had an incentive running during half term…

End of Half Term Celebrations - Valentine's and Chinese New Year!

Well, we’ve made it to the end of the first half term of the year and it has been another one in lockdown - still, we’ve all done our best in school and at home to stay positive, keep smiling and keep learning. We want to say a big thank you to all of the Newfield Family - the children, the parents and carers, all the school staff and the many friends and colleagues who work together to make Newfield the very special place that it is - even when we cannot be together physically…

Children's Mental Health Week 2021

Next week - 1st - 7th February we celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week 2021. The theme this year is - Express Yourself! As everyone knows, wellbeing is very important to us at Newfield - we are all missing being together in school, but we are doing our best to support the mental health and wellbeing of our children, our families, and staff and the whole Newfield Family. We will be putting on some special virtual events…

Love for Kenya

Many of you may know that at Newfield, as part of our Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) steering group with UNICEF, we support Love for Kenya. A few years we started supporting the orphanage school in Kenya. We got involved with this due to Julia Dyer…

Burns Night

Today, some of the children in school celebrated Burns Night! If you don’t know, Burns Night is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), the author of many Scots poems. The children had fun listening…

Sharing at Christmas

We all know that the Newfield Family likes to support others and at this special time of year, we wanted to remind our children and staff that Christmas is a time to share our good fortune with others. Today, HLTAs Linsey and Sharon took down some food to Blackburn Foodbank to help families…

Make Your Mark 2020

Today we have been looking at the ‘Make your mark’ campaign where young people throughout Blackburn with Darwen are encouraged to have their say on a range of local and international issues.

Usually Lauren North from Young People’s Services comes in and…

Remembrance 2020

Today to commemorate Remembrance Day, we have been thinking about those who have served our country in wars, and who have lost their lives fighting to protect the freedoms that we all enjoy. In the studios in both schools we have sent up activities for Remembrance Day…

Bonfire Activities 2020 - part IV

In our final instalment for this year’s bonfire night celebrations, we can see more lovely, interesting activities supporting the children’s independence skills whilst taking part in fun, creative learning. Over in Autism all of the students and staff worked really hard and made the 3 day bonfire WOW event such a success! It was wonderful…

Blackburn Festival of Light 2020

This year the annual Blackburn Festival of Light will be virtual and Newfield School have been involved by making sparkly, light hats. Videos of our creations will be projected on the Town Hall for all to see but you have a sneak preview here…

Bonfire Activities 2020 - part III

Many of the groups activities in school have been themed around this special event during this week - and also children leaning at home with teacher Danielle have enjoyed live sessions and YouTube videos…

Bonfire Activities 2020 - part II

Over in the school for Autism, pupils had a bonfire WOW event to start the learning for the half term off with a bang! In the main hall the pods were set up with lots of bonfire and firework themed sensory trays to explore. Pupils could then access the studio and experience a bonfire and firework display whilst eating chocolate apples…