News
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Careers Guidance – Women in the Construction
Sixth Form students were visited by Sonia Short (CIOB) and alumni student Gemma Writer (MCIOB) who graduated at the Chartered Institute of Building last summer. Gemma left the Friary 9 years ago and now works for Turner Townsend as a Senior Cost Manager. I have attached the presentation from today […]
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The Jerusalem Trust Award Grant
Our RE department has successfully gained a grant for £600 from The Jerusalem Trust. Their funding will make a big difference to our teaching resources and will be focused on materials for the Christianity element of our courses. Harjinder Nahal, RE teacher and bid co-ordinator, said: “We would like to […]
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School Website Changes
Following recent changes to the Department for Education and OFSTED requirements, we will be re-designing the format and content of the school website. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “This work will largely take place over half-term and everything is due to be up-and-running by the end of February. The changes will […]
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Student Volunteering Week
Throughout Student Volunteering Week, students have been learning about different volunteering opportunities both in school and in our local community. Students have entered our House Competition by completing ‘Active Hands’ designed to demonstrate how pupils get involved and lead an active life. Activities have ranged from, helping back stage during […]
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U15 Boys Hockey – Thrilling Draw with Denstone
From the whistle, Friary applied immediate pressure on the opposition gaining an early lead from a reverse stick shot by Jacob Mieleniewski. However, Denstone College came back fighting earning a short corner to score their first. Soon after Jacob Wright made a speedy run into the Denstone D and […]
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Y10 Employability Workshops & Interviews
Last week Y10 students took part in an Employability Workshop as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme. The sessions involved a range of volunteer professionals who came to talk about interviews and first impressions. Today we held individual mock interviews that had been designed to ensure every student is prepped […]
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E-Safety Warning – Bogus Modelling Agency
From time to time we get messages from the local police and/or Staffordshire County Council recounting an issue which we should monitor and potentially inform parents about. Consequently, we would like to share the following message we have received: “I have been made aware this morning by one of the […]
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Trip
Year 12 students were fortunate enough to visit PwC in Birmingham for the #FuturesUp event held by Uptree. The session was an employability workshop designed to invigorate and motivate students into exploring alternatives outside of the world of work and university pathways. There was an inspirational speech from ‘Every Child […]
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Raising Aspirations – University of Birmingham Visit
Year 10 students visited University of Birmingham campus on 4th February. The day, run by university staff, focused on students’ future goals and aspirations, the importance of their GCSEs, the advantages of higher education, and included a campus tour. Students learned that around half of all young people go on […]
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Show My Homework Report
Parents will be well aware we use Show My Homework to communicate homework and assessment tasks with their children – and probably be very familiar with the package as they help their children negotiate the work at home. We continually review usage of the package and wanted to share some […]
