A huge well done to our wonderful gardening club who have won 1st place at the
#greatyorkshireshow
. Their planter was in full bloom for the day. Well done, super stars 🌟 🥕 🌱 🌹 🌟
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools ‘School Mental Health Award’ – Silver Status.
#teamOPAD
#proudprincipal
One of the many reasons I love working with
#teamopad
the staffs sheer dedication to the children. They recognised the library environment didn’t match the quality of the new books that we have added so they have done a full make over! It is amazing!
#OutwoodFamily
#OPAEnglish
#HotChocFriday
with Ebony who has displayed unconditional positive regard to everyone in the academy. She picked her brother, Riley to enjoy it with her.
Thank you to all the families at Outwood Darfield and the wonderful community that has supported the school whilst I have been headteacher - the school will continue to go from strength to strength. It has been a privilege to work with you all over the last two years!
#teamOPAD
A huge thank you for all your kind comments and well wishes today. It has been an honour and huge pleasure serving the Darfield community. I wish you all the very best for the future.
We are all so proud of
@OPAD_Y6
for their amazing attitude, effort and resilience in SATs this week. They have done their absolute best and we couldn’t ask for any more. Whatever the results, they are all superstars in our eyes!
#proudprincipal
#DoWell
#SATs2019
📣Our new Headteacher Shoutout banner📣 The first one goes to Shaun, our Crossing Patrol Officer, for keeping our children safe when crossing the road during the dark mornings. Thank you! 💜✨
#teamOPAD
#safety
#shoutout
#praise
#thankyou
What an amazing start to the first day back! All children in, settled and working hard already!
Attendance is over 99% - including all of our new starters in Nursery!
Well done everyone!
#proud
The fantastic
@TeachingAwards
trophy for ’Impact Through Partnership’ has finally arrived at OPAD. We are all super proud to have received this and to be part of
@OGATrust
Our Reading Ambassadors taking pride of place in our new library. Mrs Rooney and Mrs Pagan have exceeded all expectations - children are loving the new theme! To launch the new library, we will be holding a reading competition next week 📚👀
#teamOPAD
#reading
#matters
#library
Well done everyone for all of your hard work and fantastic achievements this year!
Thank you to all staff, children and parents for making me feel so welcome in my first half term as Principal - it has been an absolute pleasure!
Have a lovely summer, see you all in September!
What an end to the first day. I’ve heard from the team and it was a very quiet night...mission accomplished we tired them out! We will keep you updated with today’s adventures
#robinwoodclassof2019
What a fantastic first week back it has been so far. It has been lovely to see the children back together after the summer holidays engaging in lessons! Well done, OPAD family 💜
#teamOPAD
#BackToSchool
We are excited to announce that we have been accredited the GOLD Quality Mark for Geography at OPA Darfield. A huge well done to Mr Simpson, our Geography lead, and staff for embedding excellence and innovation throughout our curriculum.
#OPAD
#QualityMark
#PrimaryGeography
Thank you to Mr Wilkins (Mrs Wilkins’ husband) for our amazing new outdoor sink area! The children absolutely love it and it looks fantastic alongside the cooking area that he also made earlier this term.
#grateful
#EYFS
We are proud to announce that we have been accredited an EYFS Quality Mark for our excellence in Early Years. A huge congratulations to Miss Johnson and the EYFS team for all their commitment! 💜
#teamOPAD
#EYFS
#achievement
#celebrate
#proud
Some of our Y5 and Y6 children are off to Robinwood today. I can’t decide who is the most excited: the children, the staff or the parents. Have fun everyone!
#team
building
#extracurricular
#outdoorlearning
Congratulations to both Miss Robinson and Miss Bowes for receiving a certificate of excellence in this year’s National Teacher Awards. On today, Thank a Teacher Day, we would also like to say a huge thank you to all the fantastic teachers at Outwood Primary Academy Darfield.👏👏
Thank you to every child, parent, staff member and colleague for your commitment, support and dedication through what has probably been one of the most difficult years most of us ever have, and ever will, face. Have a well earned break! We look forward to seeing you all in 2021 !
A copy of our Ofsted report should have made its way home with your child today, if not then a copy can be collected from the office. Thank you all for your support during the inspection and your continued support each and every day.
#proudprincipal
#teamOPAD
Today, as part of
#OPABritishValues
week we welcome
@syptweet
to
@OPA_Darfield
to talk to children about the rule of law and show them the insides of a police van! A huge thanks to the officers for giving up their time to talk to our children.
In assembley today we launched our book donation point. Any books donated to school can be taken home and kept by any child in school. Our mission is to make every child a reader! I wonder how quickly we can fill the box!
#OPAReading
#OPADReading
Absolutely incredibly KS2 performances today. The singing was simply amazing! Lots of lovely feedback to from our audiences. Well done children, you
#RaisedTheBar
and thanks to all the staff who went the extra mile to make it such a success.
We heard a ‘Wispa’ that Luka has helped a child settle into school this week - helping to translate from Romanian into English. A true role model to the academy.
#teamOPAD
#friendship
#kindness
#praise
Well OPAD, your gifts, kind words and well wishes this week have been overwhelming. You have been such an amazing community to work with and I will miss each and every one of you! I now leave you in the very capable hands of Mr Bower and wish you all the best in the future!
We have most amazing team of staff ever! Not only have they worked their socks off over the last 10+ weeks but today they surprised me with gifts to say thanks. I am returning that thanks straight back at them! What a team!!!
#teamOPAD
#proudprincipal
A wonderful Christmas dinner yesterday cooked by the amazing kitchen team. The children loved the food, hats and crackers. Thank you to all staff for helping with service.
“Mr Bower, there’s a snake in the corridor.” The children were not wrong! What a superb display from
@Opad_Year1_
A wonderful way to showcase some of their incredible science work.
#teamOPAD
#science
#snakesonadisplay
🐍💜
I haven’t got the words to describe how proud I felt of our nursery children when they returned to school today. Straight in to the classroom and sat sensibly on their ‘carpet spots’ eager to learn and hanging on every word their teacher said about the new rules!
#proudprincipal
A wonderful morning at Darfield Valley Methodist Church exploring the true meaning of Christmas. Thanks to Mr Marsden, Mrs Peet and the rest of the team for welcoming us.
So proud to have received a letter today from
@RachelDicknson1
congratulating us on our Ofsted inspection outcomes and thanking us for our hard work and commitment to raising standards and transforming lives.
#TeamOPAD
#ProudPrincipal
@OGATrust
The winners of the
@RealRobinwood
Team Challenge were The Trophy Lifters. In a close second, we have The Eight Soldiers and in third we have The Eight Problem Solvers! A fantastic display of teamwork by all.
#OPARobinwood
#TeamBuilding
This morning, we launched our Outdoor Library for children to use at break time and lunchtime. Children who find a golden ticket in their lunch box or underneath their dinner tray will get the VIP treatment!🎫🎫 💜
#WorldBookDay2023
#teamOPAD
Today I will be talking to the children about becoming 'penpals' with children in Gambia (part of the Tallinding project). Children who are interested will be given a consent form to get signed. This is a fantastic opportunity for us to forge international links.
I’ve just been informed that there has been lots of resilience shown at the climbing wall tonight! Well done
#robinwoodclassof2019
you will sleep well tonight! 👏
Quick update on the children
@RealRobinwood
. Mountain group braved some harsh elements whilst bouldering. They still had smiles on their faces though! They followed this with a spot of indoor climbing!
#OPARobinwood
Darfield families, we are excited to see you all at 2pm for our Platinum Jubilee Tea Party. Activity packs to complete and scones to eat. Let’s celebrate together!📝🇬🇧👑🍰
#teamOPAD
#celebrate
#jubilee
#community
It was so lovely to see Amy and Kelvin collect their Harry Potter trip from the money raised by all taking part in the
#AscendforAmy
. We were also delighted to be able to make a donation to PACT who have supported both families throughout this time!
@OPA_Darfield
@OGATrust
Our new ‘Buddy Bench’ is proving a real success. We have lots of children receiving RAK tags as a reward for their kindness when asking others to play. Thank you to
@SmartDoorsLtd
for providing the funding for this.
#randomactsofkindness
#mentalhealthawareness
The hot dogs are cooking, scarecrows are out, pumpkins are placed and the book fair is on the yard. Come and join us for our annual scarecrow festival!
#TeamOPAD
#OutwoodFamily
💜
Happy World Book Day
@OPA_Darfield
Fantastic outfits across the Academy. The children are enjoying sharing a book together. Keep an eye out for more exciting things to come today.
@WorldBookDayUK
Children have had their jacket potato or chicken pasta and have visited the tuck shop to stock up on some treats! They are now finishing the day with team challenges!
@RealRobinwood
#OPARobinwood
#Teamwork
Thank you to the amazing
@BerneslaiHomes
and
@TWIGGS1985
for the collaboration - putting our children first by engaging in a community litter pick for our local residents home. A wonderful act of kindness to give back to such a supportive community!
#OutwoodDiploma
#teamOPAD
Attendance in the academy today of 99% (yes, that’s ninety nine!!) compared to 97% this time last year! What an amazing achievement. Well done everybody. Keep it up
#EverySecondCounts
What a term! A massive well done to the children and staff for their hardwork and a thank you to you, our wonderful community, for your continued support. Have a restful break and enjoy the holiday with your family. We will see you in 2018!
What a fantastic Sports Day yesterday! The afternoon was a great success and the children showed amazing talents. Remember Sports Day is happening again today. Remember hats and suncream. Refreshments are £1.
#sportsday
#OPADPE
A fantastic feeling welcoming all children back during our first assembly. We spoke about setting personal goals and what can be achieved in a year...and what a year it is going to be. We even ended with a song!
@OGATrust
#goalsetting
#OutwoodIsTen
💜
The children (and staff) in
@OPAD_Y4
are having a fantastic Ancient Egyptian Day. Their costumes look fantastic! Can you spot the modern day Egyptian?
#OPADiscover
School Parliament had their first meeting with other Parliaments across our primaries today to celebrate us winning a silver Pearson’s National Teaching Award
@TeachingAwards
#togetheragain
🎂🎉
Check out our tree of growth. The children had to write how they could grow as a person, how they could support someone else grow and develop or what they aspire to be when they grow up.
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
#growth
#growtogether
Technical rehearsals complete. Almost time for dress rehearsals! It’s been great to catch up with some of the Littleworth children
@OPA_LGr
#Humanspirit