Gold AwaRD!

We are delighted to announce that we, Michael Faraday school, have achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school […]

Welcome Middi!

The children at Michael Faraday love our school dog Joey, who comes to school once a week. Due to the joy of having Joey, we decided to expand our Faraday family and today we welcomed our newest addition, little Middi! Middi’s birth mum is also Joey’s biological mum, so they are truly half brothers! Middi […]

eco-schools green Flag Award – with distinction!

We are very pleased to tell you that you and your Eco-Committee at Michael Faraday Primary School have been successful in meeting the requirements for the Eco-Schools Green Flag Award.We reviewed your application and noted the following:Our team enjoyed reading about the Eco-Committee you have put together this year, comprising both children and adult members […]

What do you love about Michael Faraday?

We asked our children across the school what they like about Michael Faraday. We had so many wonderful comments, we do not have enough space to put them all down! What is clear is that there are so many things the children of Michael Faraday like about the school. We hope you enjoy reading the […]

Forest School

We are very pleased to have started to use our new Forest School Site situated in the main playground. Thanks to the hard work of the Walworth Garden team for developing the Forest School area. The children are now able to learn and explore with our Forest School Leaders.

Swimming

As part of the National Curriculum, we ensure that there are opportunities for the children to become physically confident in a way which supports their health and fitness. We therefore have the opportunity for KS2 to participate in swimming lessons. We want the children to learn to The children in KS2 are all looking forward […]

Get dipping!

We are very proud of our new pond at Michael Faraday! Not many schools have the wonderful opportunity to have a pond on school site, so we are very excited that we now have our own wildlife pond. Beneath the surface of water, there is an unseen world of amazing wildlife ready to be discovered. […]

Reiss Nelson is in the building

Today has been such an exciting Friday… Reiss Nelson, who is an Arsenal football player, is an ex-pupil of Michael Faraday and he visited our school today. The children have been buzzing – they are so excited to meet him as he is such an inpiration of someone who had big dreams and achieved the […]

our garden is growing!

In a previous blog, ( https://michael-faraday.co.uk/2022/04/22/glorious-gardens/) we have shared our plans to develop our gardens, to increase the biodiversity at our school. Biodiversity projects in school grounds can contribute to the health and wellbeing of children and it encourages an active interest in the outdoor world. Biodiversity and sustainability are closely interconnected. Our wildlife pond Eco […]

Developing our outdoor areas

At Michael Faraday we are super fortunate to have an inspiring, award-winning building and a fantastic big site as a space for the children to learn, explore and enjoy. Our curriculum intent is for the children to make sense of the world they live in and be encouraged to add to it, and therefore we […]