EAL Ambassador Buddy Scheme
At Fairfield we’re proud to recognise and celebrate our inclusivity and diversity as a community! A successful and ongoing scheme here is our Ambassador Buddy scheme where students who speak English as an additional language and refugees can come to play games and make friends with other students and ambassadors....
Fairfield hosts TeacherFest for colleagues across the city
We were delighted to host TeacherFest which this year featured our very own Mr Shand and Ms Smee. This special event welcomed a number of visitors from Bristol Education Partnership (BEP – a combination of state and independent sector colleagues). The variety of presentations included: Equalities in the Curriculum: how to...
Prince’s Trust delivers workshop on Enterprise
On 20th June, staff from The Prince’s Trust visited to deliver a one day workshop on Enterprise. Students worked in groups to come up with ideas for a new business. They then presented their business idea to the group in a formal presentation. Finally, students played a game on the...
Looking for teachers to share experiences of teaching Refugee/Asylum Seeking Communities
The University of Manchester is looking for primary school teachers who teach students from Refugee & Asylum Seeking Communities, to talk about their experiences and in doing so help with important research. See the details below:
Introducing ‘Our Second Home’
We have pleasure introducing OSH (Our Second Home) - a movement who empowers refugees and migrants to flourish in the place they call home. Visit Our Second Home to see all the amazing things this charity does.
Spelling Bee success
Congratulations to all those students who took part in the Spelling Bee held at Orchard School in conjunction with Bristol Education Partnership, at the end of last term. Our Year 7 students in particular were brilliant. A huge congratulations goes to Toby, who was declared the overall winner of the competition!...
Mending Club has a far-reaching positive impact
Our students have had an amazing opportunity to participate in a lunchtime Mending Club - organised and ran by the dedicated team from UWE Peg Squires and Noah Wallace, in collaboration with Fairfield's Ms Said. The students learned different techniques for mending holes and sewing patches. As a result, they were...
Robotics Challenge Competition 2023
In Term 5 Fairfield’s Robotics Club took their robots down to Exeter Technology College to compete in the South West Regions Robotics Challenge Competition. The team competed against 6 other schools from the region in a series of different challenges in a bid to make it to the Grand Final. The...
Summer Holiday – free events and resources
We are proud to belong to Bristol Education Partnership whose collaborative approach aims to broaden young people’s experience of education, opening up new opportunities and overcoming disadvantage. Please see below an update from the Partnership full of forthcoming events and news over the Summer months: Bristol 650 Trail map at M...