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Here you can read about all of our news and find out about some of the exciting activities that the Newfield family has been enjoying! Please make sure you check back regularly for our latest posts…
Fair Trade Baking

Fair Trade Baking

Published: 28 February 2014

Today the secondary department food technology group used fair trade ingredients to make a banana loaf and a tea loaf to sell on the tuck shop during fair trade fortnight…
Waseem at Tesco

Waseem at Tesco

Published: 27 February 2014

Today one of our pupils, Waseem, took part in his work experience placement at Teso in Blackburn. He moved trolleys…
Fair Trade Tuck Shop

Fair Trade Tuck Shop

Published: 26 February 2014

For 2 weeks only, pupils are running a daily tuck shop selling only fair trade products. Luckily, we have found chocolate, juices and fruit that is all Fair Trade…
@newfieldbwd - we are now on Twitter

@newfieldbwd - we are now on Twitter

Published: 24 February 2014

We are very pleased to announce that we have joined the twitterati, with Newfield now having our own twitter account to talk to the world!
Fair Trade Fortnight

Fair Trade Fortnight

Published: 24 February 2014

We came back to school today, just in time to take part in Fair Trade Fortnight! The RRSA group helped Val lead assemblies for 11-19 and 2-11 phases, where we looked at Fair Trade products and learnt about what Fair Trade means to farmers around the world…
Valentine's Celebrations - End of Half Term

Valentine's Celebrations - End of Half Term

Published: 14 February 2014

Today love was definitely in the air at Newfield! We had a whole school buffet lunch, a disco, red roses, hearts, chocolates and a marriage proposal…
TG4's Romantic Lunch

TG4's Romantic Lunch

Published: 13 February 2014

Tutor group four planned and made a meal to celebrate Valentine’s Day. All the pupils took part in preparing the meal by peeling potatoes, crushing biscuits, whipping cream or chopping strawberries…
RRSA - Planning for Fairtrade Fortnight

RRSA - Planning for Fairtrade Fortnight

Published: 13 February 2014

Today our Fairtrade Committee of the RRSA steering group met to finalise plans for the upcoming Fairtrade fortnight. We have lots of exciting things planned to learn about Fairtrade and…
11-19 Science in the Creative Curriculum

11-19 Science in the Creative Curriculum

Published: 12 February 2014

The 11-19 department enjoyed a science enrichment event to bring together everything they have been learning about materials and their properties in their creative curriculum lessons this half term. Activities included floating and sinking, making a tactile city…
2-11 Weather Fashion Show

2-11 Weather Fashion Show

Published: 11 February 2014

In our creative curriculum this half term we have been exploring materials and their properties. We based all our activities in class around the weather and today we held a fashion show to model the findings of our material investigations…
Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

Published: 11 February 2014

Today is the 11th annual Safer Internet Day celebration in more than 100 countries on six continents. This year’s theme is ‘Let’s create a better internet together’…
Joining in with Sign2Sing!

Joining in with Sign2Sing!

Published: 05 February 2014

Today we performed our sign 2 sing song at 2.55pm. The whole school joined together signing and singing – we made a fabulous sound! We have been practicing the song for a few weeks…
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