News
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Year 9 Football – Friary Defeat King Edwards
Our Year 9 football team took on King Edwards in their match of the season and ran out convincing winners. The Friary opened the scoring through an excellent Ashley Boucher individual goal, before Tom Larkin made it two nil after great work by Lucas Laing (Yr8). In the second half, […]
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Year 7 – 9 Reading Lists
There is lots of evidence to prove that reading provides the background knowledge and comprehension skills necessary for students to shine in their future exams. Indeed, the Institute of Education conducted research that showed those children who read for pleasure had a 14.4% advantage in vocabulary which helped in all […]
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U14s Girls Hockey v Denstone College
The U14 girls team pencilled in a friendly against their local rivals Denstone College this week and from the first push back Friary pressed hard applying pressure to the opposition’s defence winning a number of short corners. Early in the first half, Harriet Hill-Breese fired a cracker of a goal […]
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U13 Girl’s Hockey Tournament
A newly formed U13 girls’ team took on Lichfield Cathedral in a mini-tournament this week, which saw some of our Year 7’s make their first debut in our school hockey team. Year 7’s Poppy Whitworth and Gabriella Cole Pearce not only established themselves by displaying some skilful hockey but also […]
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Year 11 GCSE Maths Boosters 2019-2020
Last week saw the first of the GCSE Maths Masterclasses and Boosters for Year 11s and there was a huge attendance right from the off. There will be multiple boosters, support sessions, call-backs, etc, in Maths and all subjects for the rest of the year but these particular sessions are […]
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House Debating Competition
The House Debating Competition began the 2019-2020 series with Year 9 tackling the argument that: “Learning another language when you speak English is pointless”. The opening round saw teams from each of the four Houses do battle before school governors and their points add up through the year to bring […]
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Y11 Art Trip to the National Portrait Gallery & V&A Museum
Y11 GCSE Art students enjoyed a trip to London to visit the National Portrait Gallery and the V&A Museum. The National Portrait Gallery has a range of exhibitions – some in place for only a few weeks, and other more long-term displays. There is something for everyone with portraits of […]
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Y7 Football – Friary Boys Defeat EDA 8 – 2
Thirteen of our Year 7 boys turned out to play their second game for The Friary School and it was certainly a testing fixture with strong opposition, and heavy winds and rain throughout, but this did not bother the boys who ran out convincing winners. The first half saw a […]
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Year 6 Open Evening
Our Year 6 Open Evening was very well attended and both students and staff enjoyed the buzz of showing off all the excellent work that goes on in our school to primary parents looking for the best place for their child to undertake their secondary education. For our students, many […]
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European Day of Modern Languages
Last week saw the French Department take the lead in organising a celebration of European Day of Modern Languages. The European Day of Languages is always on 26 September and is jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Union. Its aim is to encourage language learning across […]
