News
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Rewards Day Postponement
Sadly, our end of term Rewards Day has been postponed. The company we use have been involved in a very serious motorway accident which shut the M6 for three and a half hours while the crew members were cut out of their lorries by the emergency services. The incident has […]
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Attendance Rewards
As part of our incentives for students to maintain good attendance, students with 100% attendance for this half-term received a rewards breakfast of bagels and hot chocolate during tutor time. This initiative builds on the recent golfing day which saw top attenders have the opportunity to enjoy a game of […]
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GCSE Geography Field Trip
The year 10 Geography pupils have had an exciting few weeks completing the fieldwork component of their course. Initially, the students travelled to Cotton Dell to undertake a river investigation on discharge and sediment size. Following this, they visited Derby as an excellent site for studying the impact of regeneration […]
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County Staffordshire School Games Tournament
The Year 8 Friary Rounders team played in the Staffordshire school games tournament. The Friary team won five out of there eight games and came third overall, winning themselves a bronze medal each. The day was a great experience for the girls as they were in the company of the […]
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Y12 UCAS Higher Education Exhibition
This week saw Y12 attend the UCAS Higher Education Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham as part of their essential preparations for post-18 options. Whether continuing their studies at university, taking up a higher level apprenticeship or travelling the world as part of a gap year, all options were covered […]
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Artsmark Success
The Friary School has long-held a commitment to the arts, despite the government funding for specialist status in this area stopping over eight years ago. Of course, the UK is a real driver in the creative industries, and though our academic results are in the Top 10 in the county, […]
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Crisp Packet Recycling
Young people seem more aware than ever of the importance of recycling and protecting our environment and the Geography Department-led scheme to recycle crisp packets has certainly done its bit to this end. We have now recycled over 4,000 packets since March and this has helped Humanity Unites (Twitter -@Humanity_Unites) […]
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Y10 Boys Visit Birmingham University
Friary students sampled university life with a visit to the prestigious University of Birmingham. Twenty Year 10 students took part in a campus visit which included a tour, meeting undergraduate students and asking them about their routes to university, and a myth-busting presentation on finances and entry requirements. The day […]
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Y8 Visit to The National Memorial Arboretum
The History Department visited the National Memorial Arboretum for the ‘Remember Together’ Youth Festival with 50 Y8 pupils who have shown high levels of achievement and/or high levels of effort in their studies. This is an event organised by the NMA and The British Legion. The programme for the day […]
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Student Travel on Arriva Buses
We received the following guidance from Arriva on bus travel for 2019-2020 and wanted to share it with you before you plan to buy your saver tickets for the next school year: Dear Parents and Guardians, Does your child travel to school by bus? If so, we’ve got the perfect […]
