News
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KS3 Football Tournament
Year 7 and 8 mixed girls teams took part in a 7-a-side Football competition amongst 11 other schools from the local area. We entered 2 teams into the competition and didn’t concede a single goal throughout the entire tournament. The girls played the ball around the pitch brilliantly and took advantage […]
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Review of UCAS 2022 by The Senior 6
As many of us look ahead to the next few months awaiting offers and confirming places at out chosen Universities, we have taken the time to reflect on the process so far and the support we have received. The UCAS process begins early in Year 12 and supports all students […]
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National Careers Week
This week marks National Careers Week. To support students’ understanding of the career opportunities available to them, students have been sent links to the virtual careers fairs that are taking place this week. Students in Year 9 upwards also have access to Unifrog which is an online platform which brings […]
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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: * […]
