*This section is under construction and many dates/events are TBC
1st September 2008 - New Headteacher - Mrs C Palfreyman
2009 - Recognised as an extended schools provider by RMBC by increasing out of hours provision & experiences
2009 - New state of the art computing software & hardware purchased
2009 onwards - All classrooms & public areas remodelled & updated including major building works to create new offices, admin space & facilities to accommodate increasing staff numbers
2009 - Rights Respecting School is awarded
2009 onwards - Teaching school established with Manchester University
2010 - Whole school reroofed & rewired
2010 onwards - School council & Eco Council are created & win awards including the Silver Award & a Green Flag
2010 - The first school in Rochdale to achieve the Leading Parent Partnership Award
2011 - Our commitment to achieving a Healthy School status is recognised
2012 - Reduced PAN from 35 to 30 to allow teaching & learning in single aged classes
2013 - Sport teams re enter Middleton schools & become St Anne’s Cup winners
2015 - Blue Room created to facilitate community links & additional learning resource area & kitchen fitted
2016 - KS1 & KS2 cloakrooms & toilet areas refurbished
2016 - A new choir enters the Rochdale Music festival and distinctions are awarded
2017 - New outdoor classroom gazebos for whole school
2018 - New purpose built extension for EYFS outdoor learning & fixed gym equipment
2018 - New kitchen fitted in KS2 to allow cookery to be taught
2018 - New disabled toilet & changing facilities built to accommodate the increasing demand
2018 - Parkfield becomes a founder member of PiraMidd the new collaborative of schools in Middleton
2018 - New Early Birds & Busy Bees before & after school clubs established
2018 - School closed due to flooding. Repeat flood caused by water coming through toilets in Y4/6. KS2 classes taught at St. Anne's academy for a period of one week whilst work is complete at Parkfield to refurbish classrooms with new carpet and furniture.
2019 - Polytunnel built on the school playing field to increase the amount of learning outside of the classroom.
1st September 2019 - New Headteacher - Mr M Kemp
October 2019 - Group of parents, pupils and staff help open up the friendship garden by clearing old decking and trees/bushes. The area can then be used as a forest school area and further promote learning outside the classroom.
23rd March 2020 - School closes to all pupils, except keyworkers and vulnerable children, due to national lockdown in place. Lockdown was introduced by the government due to the high number of coronavirus cases.
30th March 2020 - Due to limited number of staff, Parkfield closes and uses Little Heaton Primary as base to provide support for keyworker and vulnerable pupils.
1st June 2020 - Parkfield re-opens its doors to a larger number of pupils as new measures are introduced to reduce the spread of coronavirus. New measures include, children working in consistent 'bubbles' of no more than 15 children.
August 2020 - A new computer suite is completed allowing whole classes to access. The old computer suite is replaced with a revamped library area.
1st September 2020 - Parkfield fully re-opens to all pupils and staff with continued measures in place to reduce the spread of coronavirus.
6th January 2021 - Due to a third period of a national lockdown the school only opens to a limited number keyworker and vulnerable pupils. Teaching becomes a blended learning approach with live online lessons for those pupils that remain at home.
8th March 2021 - School reopens to all pupils in line with new government guidelines throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
August 2021 - The Reception classroom is ‘re-vamped’ for the new school year - with new flooring, decorating, displays and the removal of a few walls to open up the space.
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