Transforming cardboard into art: Workshops with James Lake
The Art department welcomed the artist James Lake for two days of workshops, during which 40 Year 9 pupils learnt how to create sculptures using cardboard. James Lake has exhibited artworks internationally and uses the medium of cardboard to create large scale 3D sculptural piece. James bought an amazing range of...
News from SEND Department, including our NASA (Neurodiversity & SEND Awareness) student group
It was wonderful to celebrate such amazing success for our students with SEND in the summer! Now we are all back however we are focused particularly on how we support young people with ADHD. The SEND department has been gathering examples of good practice, and our NASA (Neurodiversity and SEND...
Art Meets Inspiration: Bristol’s Oshii Joins Year 10s for creative collaboration
Fairfield Art department welcomed the Bristol based artist Oshii to work with some of our Year 10 Art and Photography students. The workshops were focused on activism, so students worked together to decide a collective theme and used photomontage processes to create artworks, either individually or as a team. They created...
Merci, Gracias & Danke to Our Language Department helpers!
We were lucky enough to be inundated with student helpers during our recent Open Events. A special mention goes to these super helpful young people, who represented the Language Department. Their enthusiasm truly inspired the Year 6 families - thanks to all those who took part.
A busy & exciting year for UKMT Maths Challenges
It has been a very exciting and busy year for the UKMT Maths Challenges. We started the year with the Maths Olympiad for Girls, where four of our Year 11 students showed some amazing skills. The Intermediate Maths Challenge was in October, and Team Fairfield achieved some excellent results, with six students:...
From Einstein’s Equations to Wren’s Tower: a mathematical adventure in Oxford
60 enthusiastic Year 7s and 8s enjoyed trips to Oxford on June 25th and July 2nd. Each group initially went to the History of Science Museum, where we saw one of the actual chalkboards written on by Albert Einstein to mathematically describe “Red Shift” and how the universe seems to...
Year 7 students take part in global ‘We are smiling together’ art initiative
We are delighted to have given our Year 7 cohort the fantastic opportunity to spend two hours in workshops with Artist Linda Toigo. Linda’s project ‘When We Are Smiling Together’, is a global art initiative hosted and funded by the Soulangh Children’s Art Museum (Taiwan) at the end of 2025. This...
Mini Languages Festival 2025 at the University of Bristol
The University of Bristol recently hosted its Mini Languages Festival 2025, welcoming 10 of our Year 8 students for a fun and inspiring day all about languages and linguistics. During the event, students took part in a range of exciting activities, including Language Lectures, a Linguistics Taster Lecture, a Campus Tour,...
Girls in Maths trip
The Maths department recently took ten Year 8 girls to the University of the West of England for an exciting maths enrichment event. During the day, the students participated in a range of engaging activities, including a storm-chasing workshop, designed to showcase the real-world applications of mathematics in dynamic and...