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Published: 06 May 2015
This morning Chris Dunn came into school to deliver a small presentation about what ‘Childline’ is and how they can help young people. All the older students who attended were fully involved…
Published: 22 April 2015
This morning we held a coffee morning for any new staff, where pupils from our steering group helped them to learn about what it means to us to be a Rights Respecting School. It was a great success…
Published: 11 February 2015
This afternoon our RRSA steering group had their regular half termly meeting to discuss our work on spreading the message about Children’s Rights. They have recently reviewed the whole school charter and made…
Published: 21 November 2014
Following the Newfield success of last year’s Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day, we are joining children across the country by shadowing adults in school and assisting them in their roles. We also have pupils Waseem and Megan taking over the budget of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council…
Published: 12 November 2014
Today pupils had a busy day, with both School Council and RRSA Steering Group meetings taking place. Pupil voice is very important to us, so it was great to have the groups come together to make plans for the future…
Published: 18 July 2014
We are delighted to announce that Newfield has achieved the highest accolade from UNICEF - level 2 of the Rights Respecting School Award! The RRSA is a whole school award governed by UNICEF that celebrates the rights of children and recognises a schools achievement in putting these rights at the heart of their planning, policies, practice and ethos. Children’s rights…
Published: 18 June 2014
Today Newfield hosted a ‘Planning for the future’ event, aimed at all BwD young people with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities from year 9 upwards, along with their families, to find out what is available for life after school. There were lots of familiar faces…
Published: 17 March 2014
Today, our school council met to discuss a variety of issues and raise them with staff they had invited to attend. The group meets once every half term and are supported by Sharon our school counsellor…
Published: 10 March 2014
Blackburn with Darwen youth services have asked our students at Newfield to take part in the youth MP elections 2014. All the students in the secondary department of the school were given a chance to vote for their chosen representative…
Published: 27 February 2014
Today one of our pupils, Waseem, took part in his work experience placement at Teso in Blackburn. He moved trolleys…
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…
Published: 23 January 2014
Today we had our half termly RRSA meeting. Some parents joined the group and each of the committees fedback on the work they having been doing, and we have certainly all been busy…
