News
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Rewards Day
Each year we stage our Rewards Day which celebrates the winning House in the House Cup and those students who achieve the most House points. The House points can be earned by students for hard work, effort and contributions to school life so everyone has a chance to be part […]
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End of Summer Term Arrangements
The school will be closing early on the final day of term, Friday 19 July, in order to allow for room clearance for the continued refurbishment that we have pursued in our summer holidays in terms of improving the school site. This means the school will close at 12.00pm. Students […]
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Year 9 Rounders Tournament
The year 9 rounders team played a tournament Tuesday night after school and the girls played fantastically they won four out of their five games coming second overall. The Year 9s built on the success of other year teams and came out as close runners up. Trudy Simkiss, PE teacher […]
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Student Librarian Trip to Birmingham
Our Student Librarians travelled to Peters Booksellers in Birmingham to spend the generous parental donations through our ‘Support Your School’ fundraising scheme. The Student Librarians work in the library each day, help run things and work with their fellow students on homework, etc. Those on the trip included: Meg Mathias […]
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Rotary Cars in the Park 2019
As part of our on-going partnership through our Interact Club with the Lichfield St Chad Rotary, Friary Sixth Form students volunteered to support the annual ‘Cars in the Park’ event in Lichfield. The event sees a wide range of classic and vintage cars, as well as commercial, military, PSV and […]
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Parent Controls for Online Protection via O2 and NSPCC
Staffordshire County Council’s Safeguarding Team have drawn out attention to a project between O2 and the NSPCC to equip parents to check and protect their children online. The advice details that: The NSPCC are currently working closely together with O2 to provide the most up to date and effective advice. […]
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Summer Sizzler
The Summer Sizzler took place on a warm evening just over the Glastonbury weekend, and some of the songs that hit the headlines got an extra airing at our school too. The performance had a tighter edge this year and the weightier ensembles ensure the quality went up too. The […]
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High School Musical
We have only just recovered from the show, though there are still many of the cast still walking around on Cloud 9 after the glowing reaction to this lively and popular show. The audiences through the week were fantastic – only adding to the atmosphere – and you can still […]
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Changes to Show My Homework
Parents will well know that Show My Homework (SMHW) is the key driver for our homework and revision support. The provider is making some changes their end which will be gradually phased in and existing passwords / usernames will switch over. The SMHW team have given us the following information: […]
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Friary U14’s Cricket Team Defeat EDA
The Friary Under 14’s cricket team delivered a bowling masterclass to beat Erasmus Darwin Academy. Winning the toss, Friary captain Jack Turner elected to bat with the team setting a very respectable 115/3 off their 16 overs. Dom Herbert (28) and Turner (25) were pick of the batsman and set […]
