Welcome to Highfield Primary School.

Today, Year 6 enjoyed a hands-on cooking session where they made their own vegetable lasagnes. They practised using the bridge and claw techniques to safely chop a variety of vegetables, then prepared a roux and turned it into a smooth béchamel sauce. The class worked carefully to layer the ingredients with lasagne sheets, finishing each dish with a cheese topping. It was a great opportunity to build confidence in the kitchen and learn some useful cooking skills.

Today, Year 6 enjoyed a hands-on cooking session where they made their own vegetable lasagnes. They practised using the bridge and claw techniques to safely chop a variety of vegetables, then prepared a roux and turned it into a smooth béchamel sauce. The class worked carefully to layer the ingredients with lasagne sheets, finishing each dish with a cheese topping. It was a great opportunity to build confidence in the kitchen and learn some useful cooking skills.

Today, we were honoured to welcome The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Cohen, to our school assembly. He visited Highfield to present us with a fantastic voucher for new playground equipment – a reward for making the most pledges during Walk to School Week out of all the local schools. An amazing 57% of our pupils made the pledge! The Mayor awarded a special certificate and the playground voucher to our Year 6 school councillor, Maddie, who accepted it on behalf of the school with great pride and gratitude. As an extra treat, every child who took part will receive a Walk to School badge – and the Lord Mayor also surprised us with something very special: a Lord Mayor’s badge for every child at Highfield! During his visit, the Mayor kindly answered questions about his role and explained all about his ceremonial costume. It was an inspiring and memorable morning for everyone involved.

Year six finished their health and wellbeing week with a mindful meet up with their buddies in Reception. Because it was rather warm this afternoon, we decided to do some drawing together in the shaded parts of our school grounds. It also meant a lovely opportunity for some catch-up conversations!

6G had a fantastic time this morning, guiding their buddies through some tennis and relay running activities. Our reception children in turn, showed 6G how to use the parachute! A great time was had by all involved. Thank you buddies!