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National Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

National Teaching Assistant of the Year Award

Published: 27 September 2024

One of our staff, HLTA Sharon received a lovely surprise this afternoon and did get a bit emotional! She had been nominated for the National Teaching Assistant of the Year award, and was surprised with a certificate and lovely bunch of flowers…
European Day of Languages 2024

European Day of Languages 2024

Published: 26 September 2024

Today is the annual European Day of Languages and we celebrated by holding a Languages Fair in the morning. Each class had chosen a country to represent and had explored artefacts, food and culture of their country, in order to present a staff at the fair to teach other classes about what they had learn. Lots of countries…
End of Year Farewells

End of Year Farewells

Published: 18 July 2024

Today was the last day of the academic year for our pupils and for our class of 2024 it was their final day at Newfield. We celebrated their time with us at our leavers assembly this morning where parents and families joined us to share in the successes, the happy memories and…
Newfield Festival 2024

Newfield Festival 2024

Published: 16 July 2024

Today we had a whole school wide celebration during our first ever end of year Newfield Festival day. We have had so much going on around school. Outside in the sensory garden we had Paris Bubbles performer Tony, who shared with us big bubbles, foaming bubbles and steam filled bubbles. Everyone absolutely loved it! The weather held off for us to enjoy the festival vibes outside. This morning we also had a very special visitor to school, the one and only Taylor Swift…
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…
Secondary Celebration of Achievement Assembly 2024

Secondary Celebration of Achievement Assembly 2024

Published: 12 July 2024

Today was the turn of our secondary and post 16 age phase pupils to celebrate their achievements in a special assembly, as is our annual tradition. For our leavers, our class of 2024, it marks the end of their Newfield journey and whilst we are sad to see them go, we are hugely proud of the young people they have become during their time with us. We were joined by parents and family members…
Primary Celebration of Achievement 2024

Primary Celebration of Achievement 2024

Published: 11 July 2024

This morning, as is our annual tradition, we celebrated the acheivements of our primary age children in a special assembly. We were joined by parents and family members who were very proud to see their little people receiving awards for progress & achievement, courage and special mentions…
Staff Wellbeing Chippy Lunch

Staff Wellbeing Chippy Lunch

Published: 10 July 2024

Today we held one of our annual staff wellbeing events - and this lunchtime saw the very popular staff chippy lunch make a return! Having held wellbeing events specifically for staff to raise funds to treat themselves and each other, we were able to provide a chippy dinner for any staff members who wanted them - chips, mushy peas, gravy and condiments, all served with lots of bread and butter…
Prom 2024

Prom 2024

Published: 04 July 2024

Tonight we held our annual Prom for our post 16 students - it is always a very special night, particularly for our leavers and their families. The theme this year was Aladdin’s Arabian Nights and the halls were turned into a magical cavern of luxurious fabrics, soft lights and glistening gold and jewel treasures. The highlight for many was the set from…
Art Exhibition 2024

Art Exhibition 2024

Published: 26 June 2024

Our now annual Art Exhibition took place today and as always there was a wide range of creative work on show, demonstrating the talents our of children! Classes have spent all year creating exceptional pieces of work, some based on the work of famous artists, others on a them of gardens, sand art - and all this using a whole host of different artistic methods - it really is very impressive…
Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day

Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of D-Day

Published: 06 June 2024

Today, as many people in the world were commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that led to the end of World War II, Newfield wanted to mark the occasion by commemorating in some way that was meaningful to children in individual classes. We all feel that it is very relevant to our RRSA status in that all children (and indeed all adults) have a right to enjoy the freedoms that were so fought for by so many, so bravely all those years ago…
International Nurse’s Day

International Nurse’s Day

Published: 10 May 2024

To celebrate International Nurse’s Day on Sunday 12th of May, TG4 made some lovely cards and presented them to the nurses. They also treated them to some chocolates and biscuits, to thank them for everything they do…
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