News
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Year 11 Revision Support Programme – March-May 2022
We are very much getting back into the routine of prepping for Summer exams after two years of Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGS) and part of this is re-launching our extensive revision support programme with our Year 11 students. This programme sees students undertake weekly assemblies dedicated to supporting students in […]
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Year 7 Hockey Tournament
Following a number of training sessions, our Year 7 girls hockey players took on a very strong team from King Edwards. The girls couldn’t wait to get started and from the first whistle charged for the ball making some fantastic runs down the wing with Ellie Irvine scoring a handful […]
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Celebrating Artsmark Gold Award
The Friary School are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Gold Artsmark Award in a momentous year for the programme as it celebrates 20 years of arts, culture and creativity in schools. The Artsmark Award is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It supports schools to […]
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Changes to PE Extra-Curricular Timetable
It has been fantastic to see such high turn-out rates to our PE extra-curricular activities again this term. In order to maintain this high level of interest, we are adapting our provision to adjust for the lighter evenings. As a result, the PE department have made some changes […]
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World Book Day
World Book Day is a charity sponsored by National Book Tokens. The charity encourages every child to believe they are a reader. This year World Book Day have a competition for one lucky reader to win a set of 12 World Book Day books and a 12-month Bookily Card loaded with […]
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Battle of the Bands
The annual ‘Battle of the Bands’ roared back into action at the end of last half term, with student bands battling for a slot at the summer Fuse Festival. The theme of the event was the 2000’s, and songs ranged from Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ all the way to Green […]
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School Update – Vaccines Ahead
The following message was sent out to Year7-11 parents on Monday 28 February: The announcement that we need to be “learning to live with COVID” quickly comes to the fore as vaccine plans roll out over the next few weeks in schools. This email will cover the following topics: * […]
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All You Need Is Love!
Love was well and truly in the air when we celebrated St Valentine’s Day throughout the last week of the half term. All of us broke up with a warm glow in our hearts after taking time to celebrate our friendships and the people we care about most. Themed assemblies taught […]
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Spring Menus in the School Canteen
The school canteen continues to be busy and the menus have been re-jigged for the Spring Term as we add more to the menu as we move away from the COVID emphasis on ‘grab-and-go’. The new menus see more full meals – including Katsu Chicken, Cottage Pie, Chilli & Rice, […]
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Y11 Mocks / PPEs (Pre-Public Exams) – February-March 2022
Our Year 11s are due to sit their final mock exams after the half-term break and they form a critical component of the preparation needed to get students through their final exams in Summer 2022. The exam timetable is as follows: Monday 28 February AM – GCSE Biology – Triple […]
