Personal Development
Personal Development is a crucial part of our school ethos, as we aim to prepare our pupils for the world beyond Fairfield. We aim to develop our pupils' character and support them on their journey to becoming confident, resilient and respectful young ladies, with strong mental, physical health and wellbeing. We deliver all of this through a wide-range of extra-curricular activities, a successful form time curriculum, pastoral support programmes, pupil leadership awards and our Fairfield Forum. We deliver a range of Curriculum Experience Days such as the Year 7 Fail Day, the Year 8 Inspirational Women Day and the Year 9 Fairfield Faith Day. Finally, our award-winning P.E. department have a long-standing reputation in Tameside for developing character and leadership through sporting participation. All of these experiences develop our pupil's character, build resilience, offer opportunities for leadership and deliver a spiritual, moral, social and cultural education.
"Students are keen to learn and have high expectations of themselves."
Fairfield Form Time
The Fairfield Form Time Curriculum supports our girls’ personal development and their SMSC education. The document below shows the daily schedule for Year 7 to Year 11 form time and some of the resources used in the weekly personal development sessions. In form time we also give pupils time for independent reading and to complete a regular ‘In the News’ session where form tutors and pupils discuss and analyse the news and current affairs.
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Year 7 Learning Journey
To support our Year 7 pupils on their journey to becoming successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens we have created the ‘Year 7 Learning Journey’. This document maps out the range of activities that are available to pupils in and out of the classroom during their time in Year 7.
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Fairfield Faith Day - Year 9
The Fairfield Faith Day is a long-standing Curriculum Experience day on the school calendar. Every year in July we invite leaders and speakers from different faiths to deliver sessions to our Year 9 pupils in which we celebrate the similarities and differences in our culture and beliefs. The photos below capture the essence of this important day in the Fairfield Curriculum.