News
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Duke of Edinburgh Award Continues
Well, we have had a long run up to this Y10 Bronze DofE assessed weekend, but they did it! Numbers went down from 19 due to COVID but we still had 11 strong students complete their weekend. Even with heavy rain and the mixing of friendship groups, they were still […]
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Sports Day
Last week saw the return of Sports Day here at the Friary school. Each year group completed a variety of athletic events to win the Sports Day cup held by Johnson House. Monday began with our Year 7 cohort all putting 100% into their events. Garrick got themselves off to […]
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Year 8 Rounders v Nether Stowe High School
Our Year 8 Rounders team were delighted to play their first fixture versus Nether Stowe as we continue our joint work with them in opening up competitive sports amidst the COVID rules. Once we’d shaken off the nerves, The Friary opted to field first, to see what score they needed […]
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NHS Awareness Week
The 5 July 1948 was an historic moment in our country’s history. It was the day our pioneering National Health Service (NHS) was born, bringing free healthcare to everyone. It was the first time anywhere in the world that completely free healthcare was made available on the basis of citizenship […]
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Y7 Debating Competition on NHS Value
Year 7 rounded off the annual House debating competition, impressing the judges with their debut performances. Teams argued for and against whether the NHS has now got so large that it is a waste of money. This was to coincide with NHS Week in school. The winners were Darwin […]
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Attendance Rewards
We are a school which places great emphasis on attendance as children simply cannot access all the benefits and support from school if they do not turn up regularly. Equally, every lesson absence inevitably impacts on other children in the class who have to lose teaching time as the teacher […]
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Rewards Day 2021
It is at this time of year when we can celebrate all the massive successes of our students throughout the year and this year has been extra special as last year’s event was unfortunately cancelled due to COVID. The annual rewards day took place on Friday 9 July celebrating the […]
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Home-School Communication via EduLink
EduLink is a package we use that we can extend to give you direct access via your phone / tablet to show information about your child including their timetable, their House points, their behaviour record and their attendance. You can also report absences and change your contact details. Looking ahead, […]
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The Friary School – End of Term Update 1 – 6 July 2021
The following message was emailed out to parents on Tuesday 6 July: There is a lot going on as we head towards the end of term so I wanted to update you in good time so that there were no (or at least less) surprises. This email will cover; * […]
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Removing Personal Images from the Internet
The NSPCC and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), in partnership with the age verification platform Yogi, have developed the Report Remove tool to support young people to remove sexual images of themselves online. Report Remove can support a young person in reporting sexual images or videos shared online and helps […]
