News
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Holocaust Memorial Week
Our Holocaust Beacon School Status flags up our dedication to teaching the significance and lessons from the Holocaust. This week sees our Focus Week related to Holocaust Memorial Day which takes place annually on 27 January. There are a range of activities going on in school this week to commemorate […]
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Show My Homework Stats Riding High
Our annual Show My Homework Report shows superb standards by students and teachers, with our parents not too far behind. The SatchelOne Report compares our output and engagement with the other 1,500+ students which use the package and it showed that: * Teacher Activity was ‘High’ (amongst the top schools). […]
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Careers Across The Curriculum
This week The Friary staff have been working alongside Janet Colledge from Outstanding Careers to review how we can further support students to recognise of all the different career pathways available to them. The event involved staff from every department reviewing the broad range of skills and career opportunities that […]
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Y10 PSHE assembly – Forced marriage, honour killing and FGM
This week, Y10 students have had an assembly to educate them on the issues of forced marriage, honour killing and female genital mutilation. These topics have been approached from the angle of human rights and the law. Helen Barratt, Head of Faculty, said: “Though honour-based abuse, forced marriage and FGM […]
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Face Mask Changes at School
The face mask rules at our school have changed in light of Boris Johnson’s sudden announcement last week that face-masks were not required in classrooms from Thursday 20 January. Consequently, face-masks are now only required in corridors and communal areas. Moving forward, the government have now directed that face-masks will […]
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Twittering on About Geography
As a school we are always looking for new angles to get information to students – whether it be traditional lessons, after-school boosters or evening Saturday morning in school. Of course, nowadays we also have online provision and there are many websites that help out when it comes to learning […]
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Blue Monday Focus Week
Blue Monday is typically the third Monday of the month of January. It is characterised as the most depressing day of the year. However, this is not the case at the Friary! Students have been learning in tutor time and during assemblies how to look after their emotional, mental and […]
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This week’s Y7 – Building self-esteem and resilience
Y7 students will be working on building their self-esteem and resilience in tutor time this week. Activities will ensure that all students understand what resilience is and how to be resilient. They will also examine strategies to cope with negative judgements and opinions and evaluate their own personal qualities to […]
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PTFA Quiz Night Thursday 3rd February
On Thursday 3rd February, we will be holding our extremely popular PTFA Quiz Night. Each year, the brainiest brains in Lichfield get together to pit their wits against each other and battle it out for the Friary PTFA Quizmasters trophy. Teams of 4-6 people are invited to join us for a […]
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OFSTED & CQC Inspection of SCC Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Services
We have been asked to send on the following message by Tim Moss, Assistant Director for Education Strategy and Improvement, from Staffordshire County Council: OFSTED and the Care Quality Commission are re-visiting Staffordshire to review our Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Services between 18 – 20 January 2022. The visit […]
