News
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Home Learning Update – Monday 23 March
We wanted to give you extra guidance on home learning and on education-related news as we move forward. Naturally, some of these commitments may alter should the situation worsen substantially. Home Learning Advice: We are well aware that this is a tough challenge, but we know it is one you […]
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Key Worker Update – Saturday 21 March
Senior staff have been in work today to contact all Key Workers to discuss their needs and options. The school intends to have staff in throughout the closure. This will be to look after those children in school, to liaise with children and parents, to maintain work for home-learning, and […]
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Full Closure of The Friary School Until Further Notice
The Friary School will be closed to all students from Monday 23 March until further notice Special arrangements will be released shortly for key workers.
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Key Information – Working at Home
You can work at home by following these instructions: Basic Log-In Information: You can access most work by knowing your school email address and school password. Your email address is your school username followed by @friaryschool.co.uk; Eg – 16jonsmi@friaryschool.co.uk You password is the one you use at school. Office 365: […]
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Key Worker Provision at The Friary School
The government have outlined that our school should look to maintain a skeleton provision after the school shutdown on Friday 20 March. This is effectively for families where the lone parent, or both parents, are key workers, or where a child is classified as ‘vulnerable’. The government’s key principles to […]
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Free School Meals Support
We will be using our Free School Meals (FSM) funding to support qualified children through the Easter and Summer Term during the school closure. This will run until the school closure ends, or a child in Year 11 hits their leaving date. We will provide 2-week block vouchers and will […]
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Message to Year 11 Parents – 19 March 2020
You will no doubt be aware of the decision to close schools and for the Summer exams to be cancelled. Clearly, this affects our provision for your children and I wanted to give you an update in where things sit at the moment. School Plans for Year 11 this Week […]
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Partial Closure of The Friary School
We have been waiting for an “imminent” government announcement on schools in England but do not want to delay any further and give parents insufficient notice to act. NB – If the government do make any decision that changes the following announcement then we will adapt our approach and be […]
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Coronavirus Update – 17 March 2020
With the coronavirus we all seem to pause, then things move on again, and we deal with a new set of realities. Consequently, here I am again with another update: School Attendance: The advice on dealing with coronavirus is widely published so I will not go through it now – […]
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Important Message – Coronavirus Update
Everyone will be aware of the fast-moving situation with the coronavirus and as a school we are dealing with things as they come up, just as you are. Essentially, the situation sees us having to operate differently and rather than drip-drip details out we would rather map things out for […]
