News
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Anti-Bullying Week
Our annual focus on National Anti-Bullying Week was celebrated at school with assemblies, tutor times, displays, quizzes and awareness events designed to promote the all-important anti-bullying message. This event is central to our Focus Weeks programme and integrates well with our Safer Internet Day, Sangha (Friendship) Day, and Mental Health […]
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National Citizen Service – Opportunities for Year 11s
National Citizen Service (NCS) representatives came into school to meet with Year 11s and presented the opportunities via their programme which takes place next summer after GCSE exams have finished. The programme includes a 5-day outdoor pursuit residential, a 5 day residential in university dorms, working on life skills and […]
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Y8 Girls Football
Our girls football programme saw the first competitive action this season with our Year 8 6-a-sIde team playing some great football in some freezing conditions. In a local competition the girls came third in their group and performed excellently throughout the matches. The goals were shared between Poppy Grimshaw (x2), […]
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Non-Uniform Day – Tuesday 26 November
The school will be running a Non-Uniform Day on Tuesday 26 November. We would ask each student to make a donation of £1 in order to wear ‘non-uniform’. All proceeds will go to support the Morris-Samuels family and their fund-raising for mental health awareness.
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Y5 Chadsmead Students Maths Visit
On a rainy Tuesday in November, a group of excitable Year 5s walked from Chadsmead to the Friary School in the hope of an insightful morning of Maths. The plan was to measure areas of the Friary School and create an accurate map drawn on A3 paper. Despite the weather, […]
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Interact Club Presentation
Throughout the year, our Sixth Form Interact group works tirelessly to raise money for different charities. Last term, Sixth Form students supported by Rotarians from the Lichfield St Chad Rotary Club, put on a range of fundraising events to raise money for ‘Mind’. During the week there were cake sales […]
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Y10 Health & Social Care Baby Egg Project
Following a successful coursework project last year, the health & social care department decided to go egg crazy again so ‘Baby Egg Boom is Back’ Ms Fallows, Head of Health & Social Care, was astounded by how many hours over the half term break students spent last year designing some […]
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Y10 Netball Team Win Tournament
The Friary Year 10 Girls Netball team continued their fine team work and technique in winning a district netball tournament. The girls played fantastically, winning all games bar a solitary draw, and were the overall winners. Trudy Simkiss, PE Teacher and team coach, said: “A huge congratulations to the girls. […]
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Calling Out for Our Shoe-Box Appeal
Our Sixth Form charity reps are running a shoe box appeal as part of their commitment to the school Interact Group. They will be visiting tutor groups the week after half term to raise awareness of the appeal and letters will be going home to parents. All completed boxes earn […]
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Allied Health Professionals Week
Year 11-13 Health & Social Care students took part in a workshop to improve the awareness of the roles of Allied Health professionals and it gave them a real insight and opportunity to demonstrate the skills required in a particular position. Not only was the session aimed at the types […]
