Headteacher Blog

When I told the staff we were going to buy bikes for the children to use at school there were some sideways glances... "30 children on a bike at once?"…

I wonder how many of the 'grown-ups' would say that they don't actually feel very grown up at all. It's a question we often ask children... "what do you want…

I have found myself listening to far more radio of late. There's something quite relaxing about listening to someone talking and knowing that you're not expected to talk back! This…

Today marks the end of our first week in school. It also marks a very special first... this afternoon as we came together in our school hall for the first…

How did it get to July already? You must all be tired of me saying what at exceptional year it has been this year; but it really has. Rather than…

Perhaps predictably, I can’t help but share with you the scenes of sheer delight from children, staff and our parents at Powburn this week.  Seeing the children throwing themselves into…

...Well...that’s been a bit of a different end to the week, hasn’t it? For me, it has felt like a week of the highest highs and yet also the lowest…

I saw this picture earlier in the week... it depicts a field in Northumberland. You all know that the beautiful outdoors is important to us here at Greenfields, but this…

Excluding the first week of term in September 2020, I think I probably hadone of the best Wednesday's in my teaching career thus far this week. After Ihad got over…