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RRSA - Glasses Appeal

RRSA - Glasses Appeal

Published: 02 February 2023

Our RRSA steering group have always tried to support children all around the world through their charitable and awareness raising activities. They have for a long time collected old glasses and given then to Specsavers. During the covid pandemic we had to stop collecting for a while. This week, HLTA Chris took a big box of old glasses to Specsavers, which we had collected…
A Very Busy, Snowy Week!

A Very Busy, Snowy Week!

Published: 20 January 2023

In S4 they have read the Chinese New Year story and given each other lanterns and satsumas. To continue the celebrations they made a chow mein stir fry with rice in Food Tech and all enjoyed tasting it at break time. Pupils did a great job naming all the different vegetables they used. Then they enjoyed…
School Council 2023

School Council 2023

Published: 09 January 2023

Today we held our first School Council meeting of 2023, after our Christmas break. We all discussed things we do that we enjoy and what make us happy. Some students enjoy walking swimming, dancing, and singing. Others said they enjoy art, drawing and even knitting! We also…
Father Christmas visits 2022

Father Christmas visits 2022

Published: 16 December 2022

Father Christmas has been very busy visiting Newfield a number of times this December, but this week he and his helpful elf transported themselves and their igloo to school again to bring presents to every child. We would like to thank Father Christmas as well as…
More Christmas Activities 2022

More Christmas Activities 2022

Published: 15 December 2022

Lots more Christmas activities going on this week.. Class 1 have made the most of the snowy weather. They have loved their snow experience outside - digging, throwing snowballs, making footprints and mark making with fluorescent pens.We then brought the outdoors in - filling a tuff tray full of snow…
Christmas Staff Wellbeing 2022

Christmas Staff Wellbeing 2022

Published: 14 December 2022

We take the wellbeing of our fantastic staff very seriously here at Newfield. They work so hard all year round to support our children and provide enriching, exciting opportunities. Today we held our first ever Christmas Chippy Lunch where everyone could have a bag of chips from the chippy and then choose from tomato sauce, mayonnaise, gravy, mushy peas or curry sauce! Of course there was lots of salt and vinegar…
KS2 Christmas Showcase

KS2 Christmas Showcase

Published: 13 December 2022

This morning we were delighted to welcome parents and families into school to be entertained and celebrate the skills the Key Stage 2 children have been working on over the last term in their Christmas showcase! It was lovely to see so many visitors in school and they all had a treat…
Post 16 Christmas Assembly 2022

Post 16 Christmas Assembly 2022

Published: 08 December 2022

On Thursday 8th December, the post 16 department invited parents to join us for our Christmas Assembly. Each class performed a Christmas song, which included lots of festive outfits, dancing and signing. We all then joined in with singing and signing ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas’. After we…
Christmas Activities and Winter Wonderland

Christmas Activities and Winter Wonderland

Published: 08 December 2022

Well it’s got very cold and frosty this week and everywhere is turing into a glistening winter wonderland. On Tuesday, believe it or not, we had 3 roe deer wandering around our school site early in the morning! We believe they live on Queen’s Park and thankfully, we all stayed in until nature had helped them find their way back to their habitat - can you spot them in the photo at the bottom? Children have had lots of fun this week doing art and craft Christmas…
Buddy's Week in School

Buddy's Week in School

Published: 08 December 2022

Buddy our elf has been busy so far this week. On Monday he has been helping A12 to do P.E.. He showed the students how to do stretches in gymnastics, he also did a log roll and then relaxed at the end of the session…
Newfield Movie - Waterworld

Newfield Movie - Waterworld

Published: 05 December 2022

Young people and staff at Newfield worked on an exciting dance project, with The National Festival of Making and The Creative Connection, Blackburn’s Local Cultural Education Partnership (LCEP), as part of the festival’s ongoing Education and Outreach Programme. This work which took place over a number of weeks, resulted in the film Waterworld…
Earth and Sky Poetry Project Bench

Earth and Sky Poetry Project Bench

Published: 01 December 2022

Today Hannah, Hishaam and Shajiena had the opportunity to go to Guide recreation park to be interviewed by The Festival of Making. A couple of years ago these students, along with others who have now left Newfield, wrote A Pandemic Reflection Poem and submitted it to the festival of making. You may recall we were selected to be part of the Earth and Sky Poetry project, in which various poems were written by local people…
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