News
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Y11 Boys Hockey Defeat Denstone
The senior boys were back in action after a long break from hockey and what a performance they put on against rivals Denstone College. In the first half, Friary pressed from the start causing havoc in the D for the opposition who were unable to see off two early shots […]
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Y11 Parental Guidance on GCSE French Meeting
Last year we introduced a parent meeting to talk through the GCSE French exams, especially the speaking exams. The GCSE results that followed were stunning so having clearly had the benefit of parental impact last year, we were not going to miss the trick this year. The session was very […]
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Lichfield / Burntwood Parent Forum
Rocky Road are a parent-led, professionally supported, group who work to support parents in dealing with the challenges that their role brings. The group works to: provide support, knowledge and strategies to parents and carers in the local district improve communication and engagement with children young people engage with others […]
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Skiing Trip to Canada – Easter 2021
The Friary School is offering a week long skiing trip to Canada in Easter 2021 and the trip is open to all current Key Stage 3 (so Years 7-9) students. There are 48 places on the trip. The skiing trips are very popular and it would be impossible to offer […]
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Y7 Partnership Evening
Our most recent Partnership Evening was well attended and saw Year 7 parents drop in to get all the headline information they need to see their children through secondary education. The main session explained key areas such as communication, target grades, rewards, sanctions, attendance and gave barometers on what success […]
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KS3 After School Classes
We continue to run focused classes for different groups of students after-school and this week saw the Geography Department in full swing. The sessions vary in format and are targeted at different groups of students; it may be a booster class, a support session, a masterclass. The sessions are determined […]
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Seward House Support National Hot Chocolate Day
Seward House are staging a ‘National Hot Chocolate Day’ on Friday 31 January. Seward support Midland Air Ambulance and they annually use this event to raise funds for their service. Form 7S1 will visit the school staff-room and sell fancy hot chocolates, accompanied by biscuits, to staff for £1 per […]
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Get Your Friary Vote in on ‘The Greatest Dancer’
We are delighted to flag up that Tabitha O’Sullivan (Y11) has got down to the final 12 in the popular BBC show “The Greatest Dancer”. The standard is incredibly high but Tabitha, performing with Team Vale, has made it onto Oti Mabuse’s team. They now need your support in the […]
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Friary Girls Score Victories in Local Tournament
Despite a cold night the girls battled in a friendly hockey tournament hosted by King Edwards finishing runners up. The Friary played against two teams from Cathedral and two from King Edwards with a score sheet of two wins, one draw and one loss. Gabriella Cole-Pearce and Chloe Butler got […]
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Year 12 Debate on UK Parliament Day
To coincide with our focus week celebrating UK Parliament Day, Year 12 House teams debated the question – Is the UK Parliament broken? Teams presented opening and closing statements in support of their arguments. During the middle segment of the debate they were able to challenge the points made by […]
