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Halloween Experience 2024

Halloween Experience 2024

Published: 31 October 2024

Today we have had a fantastic day in school with lots of experiences linked to Halloween. Lots of children and staff came dressed up - we had cats, witches, zombies, pumpkins and lots of other costumes - everyone looked great and we were impressed with how much effort had been put into the outfits - very creative! This morning we had a Halloween Enterprise, where all children and staff were able to buy items…
Happy World Teachers' Day 2024

Happy World Teachers' Day 2024

Published: 04 October 2024

Today we celebrate World Teachers’ Day 2024 - it’s actually the 5th October, so tomorrow… but we wanted to let our teachers know how much we appreciate them! Classes have secretly made apples and cards for their teachers during the lunch break when they are out of class! Today, they gave them…
National Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

National Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

Published: 27 September 2024

One of our staff, HLTA Sharon received a lovely surprise this afternoon and did get a bit emotional! She had been nominated for the National Teaching Assistant of the Year award, and was surprised with a certificate and lovely bunch of flowers…
European Day of Languages 2024

European Day of Languages 2024

Published: 26 September 2024

Today is the annual European Day of Languages and we celebrated by holding a Languages Fair in the morning. Each class had chosen a country to represent and had explored artefacts, food and culture of their country, in order to present a staff at the fair to teach other classes about what they had learn. Lots of countries…
End of Year Farewells

End of Year Farewells

Published: 18 July 2024

Today was the last day of the academic year for our pupils and for our class of 2024 it was their final day at Newfield. We celebrated their time with us at our leavers assembly this morning where parents and families joined us to share in the successes, the happy memories and…
Newfield Festival 2024

Newfield Festival 2024

Published: 16 July 2024

Today we had a whole school wide celebration during our first ever end of year Newfield Festival day. We have had so much going on around school. Outside in the sensory garden we had Paris Bubbles performer Tony, who shared with us big bubbles, foaming bubbles and steam filled bubbles. Everyone absolutely loved it! The weather held off for us to enjoy the festival vibes outside. This morning we also had a very special visitor to school, the one and only Taylor Swift…
Sports Week 2024

Sports Week 2024

Published: 12 July 2024

Over the course of the last week everyone in school has been taking part in lots and lots of sporting activities - classes have all been taking part in the ‘mile a day’ challenge - walking or pushing a whole mile every day to get fit! There have also been some new sports in school to try including archery, dodgeball and lots more. As part of Sports Week, on Wednesday we celebrated MOVE day…
Secondary Celebration of Achievement Assembly 2024

Secondary Celebration of Achievement Assembly 2024

Published: 12 July 2024

Today was the turn of our secondary and post 16 age phase pupils to celebrate their achievements in a special assembly, as is our annual tradition. For our leavers, our class of 2024, it marks the end of their Newfield journey and whilst we are sad to see them go, we are hugely proud of the young people they have become during their time with us. We were joined by parents and family members…
Primary Celebration of Achievement 2024

Primary Celebration of Achievement 2024

Published: 11 July 2024

This morning, as is our annual tradition, we celebrated the acheivements of our primary age children in a special assembly. We were joined by parents and family members who were very proud to see their little people receiving awards for progress & achievement, courage and special mentions…
Staff Wellbeing Chippy Lunch

Staff Wellbeing Chippy Lunch

Published: 10 July 2024

Today we held one of our annual staff wellbeing events - and this lunchtime saw the very popular staff chippy lunch make a return! Having held wellbeing events specifically for staff to raise funds to treat themselves and each other, we were able to provide a chippy dinner for any staff members who wanted them - chips, mushy peas, gravy and condiments, all served with lots of bread and butter…
Prom 2024

Prom 2024

Published: 04 July 2024

Tonight we held our annual Prom for our post 16 students - it is always a very special night, particularly for our leavers and their families. The theme this year was Aladdin’s Arabian Nights and the halls were turned into a magical cavern of luxurious fabrics, soft lights and glistening gold and jewel treasures. The highlight for many was the set from…
Art Exhibition 2024

Art Exhibition 2024

Published: 26 June 2024

Our now annual Art Exhibition took place today and as always there was a wide range of creative work on show, demonstrating the talents our of children! Classes have spent all year creating exceptional pieces of work, some based on the work of famous artists, others on a them of gardens, sand art - and all this using a whole host of different artistic methods - it really is very impressive…
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