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Donate Free Money to Friary PTFA via Amazon Smile
Amazon Smile offer a scheme whereby all of your purchases earn funds for the Friary PTFA without costing you anything extra. All you have to do is search for Amazon Smile via Google and log-on with your Amazon details. You can then select or change your chosen charity to the […]
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The PTFA Christmas Raffle
The annual PTFA Christmas Raffle is up-and-running and hopefully your children have brought back the tickets and you are helping them to sell them on. There is an extensive prize list including £100, a Xmas hamper, a laptop, kitchenware, etc. Equally, local business have donated some amazing prizes including an […]
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Y9 Girls Win District Football Tournament
Our Year 9 Girls took their turn in the girl 6 a-side football regional tournaments with this one staged at Cheslyn Hay. Despite freezing conditions, the girls put in a string of excellent performances and they came out overall winners. The four matches brought straight wins of 4-0, 1-0, 2-0 […]
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Y11 Debating Competition
To coincide with our Focus Week celebrating Antarctica Day, Year 11 House teams debated the question: ‘Is Global Warming a Myth?’ 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 the opposing […]
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Motorsports Careers Talk
Years 8-10 students were involved in an exciting careers talk about Motorsport. The students selected had previously expressed an interest in motorsport / engineering or a related subject in their aspirations questionnaires. The presentation gave the students an insight that isn’t normally seen by fans. The students found it hugely […]
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Vote for The Friary’s Entry into Lichfield Cathedral’s Christmas Tree Competition
The charity fund-raising Christmas Tree Decoration Event at city’s Cathedral is well worth dropping into and the school’s entry is crying out for you to cast your vote for it. This year our tree has taken the traditional story of St Nicholas as our inspiration. St Nicholas was born in […]
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Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral
The Friary School’s annual Christmas Carol Concert takes place on Friday 13 December between 6.30-7.30pm at Lichfield Cathedral. There will be a selection of readings, performances and carols. All Friary families are welcome. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “This event is a great way of setting families up for the festive […]
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Friary Students Contribute to Lichfield Cathedral Exhibition
Friary students produced their own self-portraits as part of our support for Lichfield Cathedral’s most recent artistic celebration of Christmas. The exhibit, entitled ‘In the Image & Likeness: A constellation of Images’, has been styled by Peter Walker and includes home-grown self-portrait galleries hanging across the West Midlands – including […]
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Garrick Claim Year’s First Independent Learning Quiz
Garrick won the House Independent Learning Challenge Quiz courtesy of 7G1, who got the highest score of 80%. The winning quiz team consisted of Hector Nottage and Eliza Grotane, who earned their tutor group 50 House Points. They beat 8S1 (70%) into second place. A total of 17 KS3 tutor […]
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Sixth Form ‘True Life Crime’ Conference
Year 13 Sociology and Psychology students attended a ‘True Life Crime Conference: Behind Bars’ in Birmingham as part of their A-Level courses. This unique event allowed students to hear the remarkable life stories of several convicted criminals who have turned their lives around. The crimes ranged from drug offences, to […]
