Archive for May, 2024
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Friary Students Raise Record Amounts for Local Charities
The Friary School’s House system is very active in terms of community projects and each House chooses a local charity so that their find-raising benefits our local community. This year the school’s Houses and Sixth Form have raised over £8,000 for local charities that students chose as they most affected […]
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Pet Week
Our recent celebration of National Pet Month brough all the weird and wonderful into our school so that students spent the day wandering around lessons never quite knowing who or what they were going to meet next. One of our visitors was the Exotic Zoo who provided students with a […]
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Y9-10 Athletic Meeting
Another exciting and successful afternoon at Aldersley stadium saw our Year 9 and 10 students represent the Friary with maturity, respect, and no shortage of talent either. On a beautiful sunny afternoon there were some excellent results attained including: 1st place for Oli Burnside in 800m 1st place for Georgia […]
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Y8 House Debating Competition – Charity Begins At Home
This week, students have been learning about The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As part of this Focus Week, the Year 8 students debated the notion: “The British government should not provide overseas aid because charity belongs at home.” The debates were judged by School Librarian Helena Cresswell, […]
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Shout Out to Parents – PTFA Comedy Night
Our PTFA Comedy Night sees 3 professional comedians and a superb Lichfield compere arrive in our school on Friday 10 May. The annual event raises funds for the PTFA which in turn goes to fund school projects which would otherwise flounder. In recent years school minibuses, computer suites, lighting in […]
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Financially Motivated Sexual Extortion – Information for Parents.
Globally, there has been a large increase in reports of children and young people being forced into paying money or meeting another financial demand (such as purchasing a pre-paid gift card) after an offender has threatened to release nudes or semi-nudes of them. This is financially motivated sexual extortion, a […]
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OFSTED Parent Survey
As part of our recent OFSTED Inspection (March 2024), OFSTED do a parent survey whereby parents can express their views on the school. This survey covers all aspects of school life and plays an important part in forming the judgement on the school. We got 273 responses following our shout […]
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Guest Speakers in RE
Year 8 RE students have had the opportunity to ‘Grill a Christian’ today when three guest speakers from Wade Street Church in Lichfield, The Youth Net in Stafford and The Lichfield Christian Schools Work Trust came into school. During the sessions students were able to ask questions to the speakers. […]
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National Vegetarian Week
Looking forward we will be celebrating National Vegetarian Week in W/B 13 May as part of raising our students awareness of healthy eating, experiencing new things and also thinking about their impact on their plant. We also includes vegetarian options on our daily menus – as well as supporting those […]
