News
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Henry Chadwick Investigates…
Our Science Department dropped into Henry Chadwick Primary School to work on a CSI investigation designed to develop the top police detectives of the 2030s. The project saw the analysis of hair samples, fingerprints and other evidence to try and work out who put the Headteacher’s keys into the jelly […]
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Bridge Builders Feedback on Y10 Employability Interviews
Y10 students attracted high praise from the Bridge Builders team who came in to provide interview experience for every Y10 student. Volunteers – co-ordinated by Rick Hill – came in for two sessions and interviewed over 190 students and the interviewees’ feedback was very wholly positive: “It influenced me to […]
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Y8 Boys Football Breeze into Round 2
The Year 8 boys produced a dominant display v Cannock Chase in the first round of the Cannock & District Cup. In tough conditions, Friary made all the early running and forced Cannock Chase to defend deep. Pressure told and the Friary broke the deadlock after 10 minutes with a […]
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National Careers Week
This week saw our biggest and best National Careers Week to date. The whole-school focus week saw a wealth of experienced presenters from a range of industries visit assemblies to give our students a flavour of a range of careers. There were also more visitors and activities around the school […]
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Astrophotography – Greg Bilinski
Greg Bilinski (Y11) has developed an expertise in astrophotography and using a telescope and a mobile phone he has managed to take some incredible photographs of space. The photographs include the Orion Nebula (photograph with article) which is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky, one of the nearest […]
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Student Volunteering Week
The National Student Volunteering Week took place between 11-19 February 2019 and is a great opportunity for young people to develop their skills whilst forming links within their local community and even their family. Students across the school used assembly and form time to look at case studies of the […]
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Garrick House Week
Garrick House Week brought a wide range of fun and engaging events which were designed to raise funds for the House charity of Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). The week included a FIFA Gaming Competition, Sponsored Football and Basketball, a Sponsored Swim, a ‘Garrick’s Got Talent’ Show, a Harry Potter […]
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Year 11 Volunteering for Dementia Care
Despite the pressures of coursework and exams fast approaching, Year 11 Health & Social Care students took some time out to volunteer for a becoming a ‘dementia friend’ session this week. They took part in an interactive information session to learn how dementia affects people. As part of the Student […]
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Battle of the Bands
This year’s ‘Battle of the Bands’ saw the Friary students tackle the theme of performing music from the 1980’s in front of a full theatre of spectators and a host of expert judges. Hits were performed from artists including The Cure, Queen and ABBA and it certainly was an evening […]
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Reminder – New Log-In Process for Show My Homework
Students and parents should be aware that the log-in process for Show My Homework has changed. Any change always brings a bit of worry and confusion but this new system should make things a lot easier for students once they are familiar with how to do it. All students will […]
