Fairfield pulls out the custard and splurge to present Bugsy Malone
Fairfield High School (FHS) delighted its audience with two evenings (and two separate casts) of musical comedy Bugsy Malone. Armed with custard instead of bullets, and plenty of splurge, the team seamlessly travelled back to 1920s New York to relive this timeless classic. The sell out evenings exuded swift scene...
Snippets of Fairfield captured in quotes & creativity
We receive so many positive comments from the Fairfield community that we decided to collate these visually to share with all who visit the school. Thank you to those who have contributed and helped to make the Fairfield world an even brighter place!
Welcome to Term 3 from the Interim Principal
Dear Fairfield Families, I am delighted to be writing the introduction to this newsletter after some time away from school due to personal circumstances. I have greatly missed being on site to see the wonderful activities the students have been involving themselves in. The school has been led admirably by Edel...
Bugsy Malone: Save the Date & Raffle prizes needed
We are delighted to announce the dates for this year's production - Bugsy Malone. Keep Tuesday 5th March (orange cast) and Wednesday 6th March (yellow cast) as firm dates in your diaries. Tickets NOW ON SALE from FHS Reception. The Fairfield Parent Network (FPN) is always very supportive, but it can't...
Congratulations to our Y9 team for reaching the regional finals
On Friday 26th January, The Prince's Trust visited to deliver a day long workshop on business skills. 30 students took part in the workshop, learning about business, enterprise, and giving presentations Dragon's Den style to promote their business ideas. The programme aims to engage students with business and promote oracy...
Bristol’s Lit Legacies launch: Free GCSE resources in response to shocking lack of texts on diversity
Lit Legacies was launched with pride and compassion at Fairfield High School, marking a successful year’s work by professionals to create a free scheme of work based around the play Princess and the Hustler by Chinonyerm Odimba, in response to the shocking lack of GCSE texts on diversity. Centred around...
Fairfield outshines others with its provision of careers
We have previously shared how proud we are that we are achieving 100% across ALL 8 Gatsby Benchmarks; these Benchmarks are a framework of guidelines that define the best careers provision in secondary schools and represent: · A stable careers programme · Learning from career and labour market information · Addressing the needs...
Behaviour Update for Term 2
Thank you to all those families actively engaging with Class Charts. It is really important that students are actively having conversations with staff in school and those at home around all of the positive aspects of their days, as well as parts that need further development. A reminder that after school...
Welcome to Term 2 Newsletter from the Acting Principal
Dear Fairfield Community, As we approach the end of this term and look towards 2024, I write to you with a mix of emotions, most of all gratitude. This term has been one marked by both wonderful moments of celebration such as our success in the WorldWise Quiz and the...