Archive for February, 2025
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Mental Health Support in School
Mental health and wellbeing remain a priority at our school. Through PSHE and Focus Weeks we regularly raise the profile of how to understand and look after our mental health and wellbeing. As young people grow and develop they can often come up against challenging and difficult situations that they […]
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PTFA Quiz Night
Our PTFA Quiz Night saw a full house of parents, staff and friends battle it out to take the plaudits and with so many in attendance there were lots of ways to raise funds for our awesome PTFA. The quiz rounds were wide and varied from our top quiz-master, there […]
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Friary U16s Battle Hard to Secure Third Place at Championships
Our Friary’s U16 hockey boys took on some of the top hockey schools at the championships. After watching the U14s compete earlier in the week, the team knew this was going to be a much tougher challenge. However, they approached the tournament with a positive mindset, determined to put in […]
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Year 10 House Debating Competition
This week, our Year 10 students took part in the debate competition arguing for and against the notion that, ‘AI is only going to make our world and lives better’. This debate formed part of our Safer Internet Focus Week, which has seen tutor activities, competitions and assemblies educating students […]
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Friary U13s Shine Against Local Rivals Lichfield Cathedral
The Friary U13s took on local rivals Lichfield Cathedral in an exciting series of hockey matches. It was a particularly special occasion as some new Year 7s stepped up to play for the first time – and what an enjoyable experience they had. The Year 8 team put on a […]
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Netball Success Against Kingsmead
The latest netball games took Year 8 and 10 on our travels to play Kingsmead and there was lots to be proud of. After losing the toss, the Year 8s were not downhearted and just two passes into the game they regained possession of the ball and scored. Friary dominated […]
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Year 11 Saturday Schools
We have the remaining Year 11 Saturday Schools booked in as we head towards the Year 11 Mocks and then the final exams. All of the Saturday Schools take place between 9.30am-11.30am, students need not wear school uniform, and should sign in via Main Reception. The following Saturday Schools are […]
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Y11 After-School GCSE Boosters Schedule
As part of our intensive support for the final Year 11 exams we have regular boosters after-school t0 support students with their revision as they head towards the Summer. Equally, after the half-term break, we have our final Year 11 Mocks Exams so there is a lot to do over […]
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Y11 Mock GCSE Exams – February-March 2025
We are running our final set of Mock GCSE Exams straight after the February half-term break between Monday 24 February and Tuesday 4 March. These mocks are designed to help our students to gain experience with their looming GCSE papers and to sport their areas of strengths and weaknesses as […]
