Year 7 students explore how Japanese Art influenced Van Gogh
Our Year 7 pupils have been studying the artist Van Gogh in their Art lessons. They have been using mark making to explore textures in drawings, learning about the artist and studying how Japanese Art had an influence on Van Gogh’s style of working. Well done Year 7, some fantastic...
Term 2’s Basketball & Rugby success
Rugby The Year 9 boys put in an outstanding performance beating Orchard 60-0. The whole squad were a credit to the school and showed tremendous work rate throughout the game; special mention to Aleem, Otis and David who contributed most of the points on the night. Basketball Both the Junior and Senior basketball...
Introducing NASA: Neurodivergent and SEND awareness Team
Introducing and reminding everyone about NASA, who collectively make Fairfield a wonderful experience for all.
Football & Netball news, plus a call out for Y7 Sports Captains
Year 11 footballers representing Gloucestershire A huge congratulations to Year 11 students Tom, Oli and Joe who have been selected to represent Gloucestershire Schools football team this year (pictured here as part of the Y11 team). It has been a busy year already for these three who initially after two rounds...
GCSE students encouraged to book onto Bristol Old Vic’s unique adaptation of Romeo and Juliet
Encouraging all our students studying Romeo & Juliet to attend a unique version of this classic at Bristol Old Vic. Originally scored, it features rap and R&B and is well worth a visit. Please see here for more details.
Science Update, including the success of award winning ‘Earthwise’
Science Update – Term 1 Year 11 have made a strong start this term, with many students attending intervention sessions aimed at improving their grades. Those invited have shown great dedication, and we encourage all parents and guardians to support their child's attendance at these sessions, as they play a key...
World champion looping/beatboxing artist Shlomo
Students at Fairfield had an amazing opportunity to attend a workshop on 17th May hosted in the Music Department by world champion looping/beatboxing artist Shlomo – this was a powerful music and performance based workshop exploring themes including gender/neurodiversity/body-positivity & mental health. Shlomo talked openly to the group of 30 students...
Graffiti artist Penfold inspires Y10 Art students
We welcomed Bristol based graffiti artist Penfold into school to meet with our Year 10 Art students. The students enjoyed hearing about his work before asking plenty of questions in the Q & A session. Following this, Penfold helped students create a mural on the 5th floor - it was great...
Another amazing year for the UKMT Maths Challenges
This has been another amazing year for the UKMT Maths challenges. We started the year with the Maths Olympiad for Girls. Anna, Anya, Lucy and Ianthe did a great job. Ianthe received a Merit and Anya a Distinction… the first time in Fairfield! Year 10 and 11 students undertook the Intermediate Maths...