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Love for Kenya

Love for Kenya

Published: 28 January 2021

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…
Sharing at Christmas

Sharing at Christmas

Published: 14 December 2020

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…
Fairtrade Fortnight - Week 2 - Fairtrade Bake-off 2020

Fairtrade Fortnight - Week 2 - Fairtrade Bake-off 2020

Published: 04 March 2020

This week we have been celebrating all things Fairtrade as a Rights Respecting School, with pupils shopping for fairtrade items in the supermarket as well as at our tuck shop. This afternoon we have held a very special fairtrade bake-off event. Classes have been busy all week planning and making delicious baked…
Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Fairtrade Fortnight 2020

Published: 28 February 2020

This week we have been celebrating the first part of Fairtrade Fortnight. We have been thinking about the people around the world who grow food…
Find Your Brave 2020

Find Your Brave 2020

Published: 05 February 2020

This week we have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week in school in a range of ways. Today S3 were thinking about being brave and learning how to…
RRSA - Fundraising for Kenya

RRSA - Fundraising for Kenya

Published: 22 January 2020

Today our Sensory Integration therapist, Julia Dyer, came into school to work with children, but also to receive a cheque for the Love for Kenya charity which Newfield School supports via the RRSA steering group. We raised £240.73 towards the charity with a variety of events over the last few months. At the steering group meeting on Monday…
Carols at Queens Lodge 2019

Carols at Queens Lodge 2019

Published: 17 December 2019

This morning the choir and some of the RRSA group went to Queens Lodge to entertain the residents. It was a lovely festive morning. We sang all the favourites and the residents and staff joined in with the singing and the signing too! McKenzie…
Takeover Continued!

Takeover Continued!

Published: 28 November 2019

Last week lots of our pupils were taking over adult roles for Takeover Week and had a brilliant time, doing amazing jobs all over school. Terence spent the morning last Friday in the kitchen where he helped to make lunch and found time to make and decorate biscuits…
Takeover Week - Day 5

Takeover Week - Day 5

Published: 22 November 2019

On the final day of this week we have continued to have pupils doing some fantastic takeovers. Everyone has really got involved and our brilliant staff had enjoyed supporting pupils to takeover their roles. We’ve been delighted by how mature, helpful and sensible our children are and how interested they are in taking on adult jobs and responsibilities…
Takeover Week - Day 4

Takeover Week - Day 4

Published: 21 November 2019

We continue Takeover Week with more of our children acting in adult roles. Today Endija worked in our youngest class supporting the children during wheelchair dancing and sensory play. She was…
Takeover Week - Day 3

Takeover Week - Day 3

Published: 20 November 2019

More Takeovers again today all around school - on the car park, office, site team and Headteacher’s office! See below for all the details…
Takeover Week - Day 2

Takeover Week - Day 2

Published: 19 November 2019

Day 2 of Takeover week and lots of pupils were busy doing the adult jobs around school. Today we had Billy in the admin team with…
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