Farnham Primary School STAFF LOGIN OUR SCHOOL PARENTS CLASSES LEARNING KEEPING SAFE SEND CONTACT US Farnham News What a wonderful start to the year we have had at Farnham. We thoroughly enjoyed our first curriculum day of the year which celebrated PSHEE and focused around the theme of belonging. As a school, we spent the day looking at different elements of our local history and explored how this helped us understand our own identity and that of our families. Our English curriculum day was around the theme of British History so each class focussed on a different aspect of World War and what impact it had on Britain. The children learned about important events and people including Khudadad Khan, who was the first British Indian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross medal. The children in EYFS have had a successful settling in period, whether they have joined our Nursery or experienced their first day of school in September. One of our themes this term has been belonging and the children loved learning about the different communities in which they belong. Nursery enjoyed their local walk where they located the houses of some of the children and Reception used Google Maps to see their houses on street view. This was very exciting! There have been lots of festivals and special events including Halloween, Bonfire Night, Diwali, Remembrance Day and Children In Need. The children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about these different events through play and enhanced activities. In Year 1 the children enjoyed a trip to the Industrial Museum. It is one of the first trips that the children have been on. In the Industrial Museum the children visited a toy workshop where they played with lots of exciting old and new toys and sorted them in different ways. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed their visit. Our Year 2 children were very excited when they heard they were going on a school trip to Cartwright Hall. The children explored the art galleries and experienced a workshop based on the artist, Lowry. The children dressed up in the role of one of the match stick men from his paintings, sketched using graphite and oil pastels and made 3D model imitations of the streets in his paintings. We have been learning about Lowry in our Art lessons this term, after the workshop the children were enthused to complete their Lowry paintings at school and use some of the techniques learnt in their workshop. Experiential learning is crucial to help children develop concrete understanding of abstract concepts to reinforce learning so we were thrilled to resume our educational visits this year. And what an exciting start to the new year we have had! Year 6 started with a visit to Whitby where they were able to make real life connections from what they had learned in the classroom to what they could observe first hand about the impact of coastal erosion to our coastline. They also used this experience to visit Whitby Abbey as they had been learning about Bram Stoker’s Dracula and could make connections to the setting in the book with the quaint village of Whitby. Year 5 have been reading The Adventures of Odysseus in English this term and visited the Royal Armouries in Leeds to enrich their learning of the Ancient Greeks. They thoroughly enjoyed their day and couldn’t wait to share their learning in their class assembly. During half term, Autumn, our Farnham fox, visited Rome to help Mrs Thewlis take part in an archaeological excavation. The children were very excited to see Autumn’s adventures documented through Google Classroom and were pleased to see Autumn having a lovely holiday visiting famous landmarks including the Colosseum and Vatican City. PSQM Award Get In Touch Farnham Primary School, Stratford Road, Bradford, BD7 3HU 01274 573297office@fps.paymat.org Farnham Primary School is a member of Pennine Academies Yorkshire. A charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number: 10975521) Website by Primary ICT Support Ltd We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.