News
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Remembrance
Our school always pays great attention to Remembrance Sunday with events in school and visits to the National Arboretum but in these COVID times things had to be scaled back somewhat. Even so, we still made sure Remembrance was writ large into the school week with special assemblies, tutor times, […]
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GCSE Students – Free BBC Audio of GCSE Text ‘A Christmas Carol’
The BBC have released a free audio of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ which means that GCSE students can listen to the text which will be appearing in their final exams. Both Year 10 and Year 11 are studying this text so have the chance to re-familiarise themselves with the […]
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National Success Goes From Design to Production
We have previously reported that Isabel Ainsworth had been awarded first prize in the prestigious Design Competition run by University College School – but the story has continued… See initial report here. The design has now been manufactured – despite COVID delays – and has now arrived (see image). Matt […]
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Application for Entry to Sixth Form for September 2021
We have been delighted to stage our Open Evening this evening and to see so many fantastic students here. The students have all been given a prospectus and the all important Option Columns which can be seen here. Friary School Students Please click the link below to access an online […]
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Seward Claim Independent Learning Quiz
Seward House won the Year 8 House Independent Learning Challenge Quiz courtesy of 8S1 in convincing style. The winning quiz team consisted of Joshua Douglas-Boisson and Morgan Horne, who earned their tutor group 50 House Points. 8D1 were in second place, with Johnson and Garrick tied for third position. KS3 […]
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Ways to Support the PTFA this Xmas
Our school budget is having to work extra hard through COVID, and so our PTFA wanted to flag up how you can help them to raise funds for the school in the run up to Xmas. Last year the PTFA arranged for seating in the new canteen, books in the […]
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Sixth Form NUS / TOTUM Card
The Friary School is now registered as a TOTUM school (National Union of Students). This means that students can apply for a card if they are studying with us in the Sixth Form. The card is only available to students aged 16 or over. The card offers a wide range […]
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Johnson House Charity Raffle Results
Early this term Johnson House Charity Week went off with a bang and Mrs Plested used her contacts to get some fantastic raffle prizes. The raffle tickets were sold to raise money for the student chosen House charity of St Giles Hospice The lucky winners were: The Waitrose Love to […]
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How To Maintain Good Mental Well-Being During Isolation
Clearly, we are seeing an increase in the numbers having to isolate, and we are all being kept in more with lockdown, and there is no doubt this has a negative impact on our well-being. Anna Bateman, from The National College has produced a resource to map out keep approaches […]
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Parent Info on Online Safety
Parent Info is a free service that shares articles, tips, expert advice and resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing on-line and is supported via a collaboration between CEOP and Parent Zone. Their feed provides regular details on the alerts online issues for parents […]
