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Farewell to Fair Trade Fortnight

Farewell to Fair Trade Fortnight

Published: 11 March 2014

At the end of last week we enjoyed the final day of Fair Trade fortnight. We were delighted to welcome governor, Louise Sumner, into school to work on the stall with pupils on the last day of our special tuck shop…
World Book Day

World Book Day

Published: 06 March 2014

Newfield has enjoyed another exciting World Book Day today. We celebrated this year by inviting magician, Andy Magee, to tell some stories, jokes and to do some magic tricks around the theme of World Book Day…
Chinese New Year - Lion Dancing

Chinese New Year - Lion Dancing

Published: 24 January 2014

Today we are celebrating Chinese New Year, with our old friend George Ho and the Lion Dance workshops. Some children have come dressed up to join in with the dancing and drumming sessions in which all children will be having fun throughout the day…
Newfield Students and staff RAMP IT UP!

Newfield Students and staff RAMP IT UP!

Published: 20 January 2014

The Real Accessible Musical Participation Project is a national schools music project for young people with disabilities delivered by Drake Music. The aim of the project is to make music more accessible to all pupils with disabilities by using technology! And it’s happening here at Newfield…
Christmas Fair - Mayor's visit

Christmas Fair - Mayor's visit

Published: 06 December 2013

The Mayor attended the Christmas fair held today - see next post for more details. He was shown round school by Thaybah, who had invited him to come to the fair when they previously met while she was doing some work experience at Shadsworth sports centre. The Mayor certainly enjoyed meeting all the people…
Asian Fashion Show

Asian Fashion Show

Published: 13 June 2013

This evening we held an 'Asian Fashion Show' in school, which was a resounding success! There were over 100 attendees…wow! The ladies were treated to an amazing array of Asian style clothes…
Theatre Production - Charlotte's Web

Theatre Production - Charlotte's Web

Published: 18 March 2013

Today we were visited by M&M Productions with their version of Charlotte’s Web. The story is a familiar one and tells about the adventures of Wilbur the pig and his friendship with a spider called Charlotte. The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the play…
World Book Day 2013

World Book Day 2013

Published: 07 March 2013

Marvin the Magician visited Newfield on World Book Day and surprised and delighted both students and staff with his fantastic tricks and funny jokes…
Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

Published: 12 February 2013

Today we are celebrating Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the snake. All the pupils are taking part in Lion Dance workshop sessions and enjoying a Chinese banquet lunch…
Children in Need - Early morning visit!

Children in Need - Early morning visit!

Published: 16 November 2012

Newfield is even more excited than usual today, as it’s one of our favourite days of the year – Children in Need! Pudsey paid us an early morning visit at 10am, just catching some of the children as they were leaving for swimming, gym and DW sports centre visits. As you can see in the picture, he tried to escape to the swimming pool on the bus with our pupils…

Jeans for Genes day

Published: 05 October 2012

Today Newfield joined in with ‘jeans for genes day’ by dressing in jeans or casual clothes and selling & buying toast, tea cakes and cakes. Former pupils returned for the morning to help with the cafe and carry round the specially decorated infamous bucket…
Eid Celebrations

Eid Celebrations

Published: 14 September 2012

Ramadan and Eid fell during the school holidays this year, so on our return we decided to mark this important occasion. To celebrate Eid Ul-Fitr, which marks the end of a month of fasting, we had several things happening in school. The staff and children planned during the week and then all had a fantastic time on Friday.
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