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World Mental Health Day 2021

World Mental Health Day 2021

Published: 14 October 2021

Today we celebrated World Mental Health Day and staff started the day sharing breakfast with our friends and work colleagues. We were finally able to come together for a real breakfast after many virtual wellbeing breakfasts and we enjoyed toast, crumpet and muffins. It’s not often we get to chat with our friends and colleagues but today we came to school early and took time to meet and catch up. For children we held a number of favourite activities…
Lego Therapy

Lego Therapy

Published: 07 October 2021

Back in July HML Recycling sent us a donation to get our Lego Therapy sessions up and running here at Newfield. The generous donation has allowed us to buy lots of Lego and Duplo bricks and some interesting kits, including a very popular one featuring the Disney characters…
RRSA Steering Group 21-22

RRSA Steering Group 21-22

Published: 27 September 2021

Today we held our first RRSA steering group meeting of the year - it was actually our first face to face meeting for a very long time! Lots of pupils and staff have joined the group promoting UNICEF and Children’s Rights, and we also had our ex student Adam join us. We discussed…
Getting Back to Normal!

Getting Back to Normal!

Published: 23 September 2021

We are having a brilliant time both in school and out, getting back ti being able to do some of the things that we haven’t been able to do for a very long time. The hydro pool is proving as popular as ever, with some of our children from the school for Autism also…
Busy Bees in S2

Busy Bees in S2

Published: 15 September 2021

S2 have been reading the bee man and have been doing lots of activities around bees, beehives, honeycomb and honey. We had a team challenge in class to build as many hexagon cells to make a…
School Council 2021 - 22

School Council 2021 - 22

Published: 13 September 2021

Today we welcomed back our students to meet for the first School Council meeting of the year. It’s been a while since we met face to face as we always used Teams to meet virtually during the last school year…
A Busy First Week of Learning!

A Busy First Week of Learning!

Published: 10 September 2021

It has been a very busy first week back in school with lots of things going on and learning in full swing. The website blog has some serious competition now that pupils in S1 have begun to create a weekly, in house newsletter, with articles…
Newfield Comic Strip!

Newfield Comic Strip!

Published: 29 April 2021

Some of our talent pupils have been practising their writing skills to create a comic strip about super heroes. We are very impressed with what they have put together - the boys all worked really hard writing their own superhero stories.
Enterprise Activities

Enterprise Activities

Published: 25 March 2021

Our oldest pupils in the school for Autism have been practising their enterprise skills this term, making and selling items for both mother’s Day and Easter. They made some lovely cards, with a tea bag for pupils and staff to send to their mums! A13 followed instructions to make a Mother’s Day card, using visual instructions - We’re hoping all the Mums enjoyed their cup of tea! For Easter they made hampers…
COVID Reflections Poem

COVID Reflections Poem

Published: 12 March 2021

TG1 have written a poem, reflecting on the pandemic and lockdown. They have written it and are performing it to make a video about how it has made them feel. We think it’s brilliant and look forward to hearing and seeing it performed!
World Book Day 2021 part II

World Book Day 2021 part II

Published: 04 March 2021

Well what a fantastic World Book Day we have had - in school and virtually!

Lots of staff and children dressed up as their favourite characters.

Everyone took part in the Big Read - enjoying what the ladybird heard and lots of related activities. Children in school and at home were able to make their own ladybird puppets, join in the story, join an online session with Danielle and Shannon about the story what the ladybird heard on holiday and…
Children's Mental Health Week 2021 - Message to Families

Children's Mental Health Week 2021 - Message to Families

Published: 01 February 2021

Hi all and Happy Children’s Mental Health Week! We are holding lots of special events this week to focus on our wellbeing and mental health - parents have been sent the week’s activity timetable with stories, videos, YouTube sessions, bring your pet to school (virtually!), dances…
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