News
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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 […]
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Y7 Boys Football Starts With A BANG !
The Year 7 boys football trials are always a big event and we had approaching 40 students try out for the 1st team squad over the past couple of weeks. This got whittled down to a 13 – though all boys can come to training sessions – and their first […]
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Current Affairs House Competition
We always look to keep our students up-to-date with the world around them and to ramp up the rivalry between our four Houses so our weekly Current Affairs Quiz is the ideal combination. The weekly quiz includes 20 current affairs questions and 10 questions on whatever our Focus Week is […]
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First Class Rewards Day
After the serious road accident delayed Knockout Challenge’s provision of our Summer Rewards Day, we were delighted to welcome their team back to our school to set up their inflatable challenges for our reward winners. The morning saw bright sunshine so the majority of Darwin House – winners of the […]
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What are Partnership Evenings ?
We have introduced a new parental evening for each Year group this year in response to parental requests and the rapid changes that continue to take place in education which make it difficult for parents to keep up-to-speed with the challenges their children are facing. The Partnership Evenings will give […]
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Year 7’s 676 Summer Challenge
During the Year 6 Transition Days, the school librarian, Helena Cresswell, handed out 676 summer challenge booklets to all of the Year 6 students due to arrive at The Friary School in September. There were 6 challenges to complete for Year 6 students coming into Year 7 – hence the […]
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National Citizen Service
The National Citizen Service (NCS) came into school this week to outline their life-changing programme which is open to all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do. The presentation was given to Year 12 students and outlined a wide range of opportunities over the […]
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West End Trip to ‘The Woman in Black’
The Performing Arts Department have kicked off the academic year with an exciting trip to London’s West End. On Tuesday, the Year 11 Performing Arts cohort had a day full of excitement and terror. We arrived in London’s West End and participated in a workshop, run by the stage crew […]
