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Looking forward to Spring!

Looking forward to Spring!

Published: 23 January 2025

t’s been cold outside and classes have been learning about different habitats as well as braving the weather to make plans for spring. S2 have been busy again planting the daffodil bulbs that were donated by B&Q. There are lots of bulbs…
Snowy School

Snowy School

Published: 09 January 2025

This week has been snowy and icy all over Blackburn, but our amazing premises team spent all day Monday shovelling snow and gritting - and have managed to keep the site clear enough for us to be open all week. Pupils who have been able to make it into school (lots of side roads are still too icy to drive on) have been able to wrap up warm and enjoy activities in the snowy grounds. Children in E4…
A Busy Week... all over school.

A Busy Week... all over school.

Published: 04 October 2024

All over school, from Explorers, to Primary, to Secondary all the way to post 16 our learners have been busy having fun, learning new things and developing skills. Our C3 Dolphins have been up to lots of fun learning this week - they have been building rockets with junk modelling; exploring…
Forest school

Forest school

Published: 18 September 2024

The sunshine has come back and some of our children had the forest inside and outside today. Children followed a sensory trail bear footed stepping in leaves, soil…
A Love of Laughter and Learning

A Love of Laughter and Learning

Published: 13 September 2024

It’s been another busy week around school with lots of learning going on! In a week of all weather, some pupils were making most of the last bit of the summer - C11 moved their classroom outdoors one afternoon for their messy art lesson and then had a fun time washing their hands splashing each other…
Outdoor Adventure at Hothersall Lodge

Outdoor Adventure at Hothersall Lodge

Published: 15 July 2024

Today we took 10 pupils to Hothersall Lodge for an extended day where they had the opportunity to experience some outdoor adventurous activities like climbing, water sports, orienteering and gull scrambling. The children were amazing and…
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…
Outdoor Classroom Day Summer 2024

Outdoor Classroom Day Summer 2024

Published: 23 May 2024

Today was one of the ‘Outdoor Classroom Days’ - which is a global movement to make time outdoors part of every child’s day, encouraging teachers to take children outdoors to play and learn. All year round, the Outdoor Classroom Day community campaigns for more time outdoors every day and at Newfield we love to get the children outside come rain or shine… and today, it certainly did rain…
Thematic Learning Inside and Out

Thematic Learning Inside and Out

Published: 19 May 2024

There have been lots of activities going on inside and outside this week in school. S5 have been designing and making roman shields in their topic lessons - they are learning all about the Romans and as well as making shields, they have been marching, building and eating like Romans…
Explorers - Come Outside

Explorers - Come Outside

Published: 10 May 2024

This term, in Explorers our topic is ‘Come Outside’. During the summer term we will be looking at different outdoor environments. We have been using the ‘Bear Hunt’ story and the…
Spring Learning

Spring Learning

Published: 03 May 2024

We have had a really busy, really varied week in school - As part of our Buddies program, Claire helped the children in class 2 in their games and turn taking session - she enjoyed playing the games too - as well as helping the children to have their snack. Some of the boys from S5 went along to E5 to some of our youngest Explorer boys to act as their buddies - it was a wonderful morning, the boys took part in a parachute icebreaker and then practised their throwing, catching and kicking skills - the little ones can’t wait for next week - and their teacher Halima thanked our older boy buddies, as they helped even more by moving all the outdoor toys to the side…
Learning Outside - students and staff

Learning Outside - students and staff

Published: 24 April 2024

Today we had two fantastic opportunities and examples of how we are developing our PE curriculum linked to learning outdoors. Students in TG4 had their first visit to Witton Park to join a session, where they got to learn how to ride adapted bikes with the Motivate team. Witton Park Cycle Centre offers cycling for people of all abilities around the park on the fantastic range of trails through the beautiful parkland…
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