News
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STD Awareness Week
One of our key PHSE responsibilities is to deliver sex education and as per our whole-school approach we tie our delivery into our Focus Weeks – in this case National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Week. The sessions are largely directed at Year 9 through a series of drop-downs sessions covering […]
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Internet Watch Foundation Campaign
The Internet Watch Foundation campaign has launched to raise awareness of “self-generated” child sexual abuse material. In the last year, self-generated child sexual abuse imagery has increased by 77% and is a third of all child sexual abuse material identified and removed from the internet. These included images of girls […]
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Lichfield & District Tourism Week
We have been getting our students to focus on local tourism as part of celebrating English Tourism, but also encouraging our students to value and celebrate the fantastic locale that we live in. Year 9 students have worked with their Geography teachers to produce a video guide to local tourist […]
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Double Top as Houses Tie in Year 8 ‘Local Tourism’ Debating Competition
Garrick and Johnson tied for first place in the recent Year 8 debate on the local tourism offer. The two teams couldn’t be separated and so, for the first time in living memory, the spoils were shared. The joint winners scored 62 points apiece. Seward came second with 42 points, […]
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Year 11 & 13 ‘Ask Apprenticeship’ Event
We have an excellent relationship with Ask Apprenticeships and they have flagged up a monthly event that has the April one this weekend. Ask Apprenticeships will be staging an online workshop on Saturday 25 April between 10.00am-11.00am entitled ‘Boost Your Employability – An Employability Skills Workshop’. The session will include […]
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Lichfield City FC – Under 12s Girl Football Shout Out
Amongst a lot of great work Lichfield City FC do, they run a string of girls’ sides who train mid-week and play at the weekend. They are always looking for new players and are very welcoming. The Girls Under 12s are currently on the look-out for a goalkeeper – and […]
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The Big Ask Survey
The new Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has today launched The Big Ask – the largest ever consultation with children aged 4 to 17 in England. It aims to find out children’s concerns and aspirations about the future, so that we can put children at the heart […]
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Autism Support for Families
Ambitious about Autism is a national charity which provides services and raises awareness. Channel 4’s presenter Jon Snow is a prominent ambassador for the organisation. You can learn more about their work here. They run an online service called the Ambitious Youth Network for young autistic people aged 14-25. The Youth […]
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Educating Children about Spending Money Online
Not-for-profit internet safety body Internet Matters has today launched a free ten-point guide with tips to help kids and young people build good online money management habits. The new Internet Matters guide covers several key issues parents may be worried about, including what to watch out for with in-app purchases, […]
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Year 11 Leavers Hoodies
After many requests by students in Year 11, we have organised the opportunity for them to commemorate their time as a Friary student by purchasing an official Leaver’s Hoodie. We have liaised with a company called Leavers Hoodies (www.leavershoodies.com) who have set up a personalised Friary School shop that can […]
