Thank you to Laura from the PTA for kindly planting new flowers and keeping them watered and well looked after. They have made all the difference to the appearance of the school, especially the first sight as pupils, parents, staff and visitors enter the school from our main Firfield Avenue entrance. Thank you to our caretakers too for putting them up and keeping them watered too.

We celebrated the VE Anniversary on Friday 9th May as a school and the children all worked away tirelessly creating spectacular cakes and bakes to enter into the school bake off. Here are some of the marvellous creations:

A big thank you to Mr Thurgood for all his hard work in making the day so lovely for all children, staff and parents. It was lovely to hear all about their ancestory regarding involvement with the war, thank you to families for sharing pieces of their treasured family history.

Yesterday, Ewan and Alistair had a wonderful time at Trent College having been successfully shortlisted for the writing competition.

Both boys had their stories read aloud by the scholars meaning that they had been deservedly further shortlisted from 30, down to 15….

The winner was announced and Ewan was successful. Of all of the schools in the local area, and amongst hundreds of the stories submitted, Ewan won!!!! 🥇

On behalf of all at Firfield: we are so proud of you both!

We are proud to announce that after completing whole-school training to raise awareness of prematurity, we are officially the first school in Derbyshire to be accredited with the Prem Aware award. We believe this is a really significant and important topic and recognise that many of our families have experience of pre-term birth and neonatal care. With this training, we now have a greater awareness and knowledge of the potential impact this can have on our young people and their families, meaning early support strategies can be put in place. 

Last week year 5 pupils got involved in Bikeability where they develop their cycling skills and learn how to be safe whilst cycling around the local area. The children loved their session, and it was great to see them all go out around the local area. A big thank you to Vicky Brierley and the rest of the team from Erewash School Sport Partnership for teaching our children the rules of the road and ensuring they are safe whilst on their bikes.

Thank you to all staff, pupils and parents for making this year's Children in Need fundraising as successful as it was! A special thank you to Mrs Shepherd for organising the afternoon stalls where pupils showed off their entrepreneurial skills and sold their own creations from bakes to glitter tattoos. 

In total, the school raised a phenomenal £1,646.37. Well done!