News
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Johnson Win Year 8 Debating Competition
Our Mental Health Awareness Week included the latest round of the House Debating Competition and the four Houses battled in debates surrounding the impact of social media on mental health. Candidates argued ‘For or Against’ and scored points for their argument, style and supporting evidence and the topic gave plenty […]
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Y8 Geography Field Trip
Y8 Geographers have been out and about in the local community over the last week as they take part in a local field-work project. The students have been doing field sketches, environmental quality surveys and pedestrian and traffic counts. This practical work is an early project to prepare students for […]
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Success at Stafford Festival of Music
This weekend saw Katie Edwards (Y12) take part in the DHL/Entrust Stafford Flute and Clarinet Festival that was held in Saint Mary in Stafford as part of the Stafford Festival of Music. She was part of a clarinet duet playing Moderato by Lewin. Her performance attracted great praise but had […]
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Mental Health Week Advice for Parents
Our Focus Week is looking at Mental Health for Teens and we well appreciate that parents face the brunt of any challenges. At a recent Parents Evening we shared the figure that students spend only 10.8% of their time between the ages of 11-16 with us – the rest of […]
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Uniform Changes for September 2019
We have finalised our uniform changes and re-enforcement of existing expectations for September 2019 and all Year 7-10 parents will be receiving a letter over the next couple of days to outline how these alterations affect their child. The changes relate to a new school skirt and tie and there […]
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Afternoon Tea with The George Hotel
Last Thursday saw Year 10 Hospitality and Catering students working in collaboration with The George Hotel in Lichfield. Twenty of our own budding chefs had the privilege of working with Executive Chef Nigel Parnaby and Head Chef Mark Wilton, alongside Mark Santy the Hotel General Manager, to produce a sophisticated […]
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The Senior Six for 2019-2020
The departing Year 13 students have made way for the Year 12 students to take on our most senior student leadership roles and we are proud to announce the makeup of the Senior Six. We were fortunate to have a strong field of 22 students, all with their own individual […]
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Conservative Lichfield District Councillors Drop into The Friary
Local Conservative councillors approached our school to field questions from Sixth Form students and to discuss a vision for our city’s future as we head into the local elections. The candidates – Jamie Checkland, Iain Eadie and Andy Smith – were grilled by students and fielded questions ranging from: Do […]
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Darwin House – Easter Celebration Assembly
The Darwin House Easter Celebration Assembly saw the following award winners: Full Colours: The Full-Colours awarded only to Year 11s who have already been awarded Half-Colours and have demonstrated continued or further dedication to excellence over an extended period of time: Georgina Broome (Y11), Jack Hulme (Y11), Aaliyah Purewal (Y11) […]
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Seward House – Easter Celebration Assembly
The Seward House Easter Celebration Assembly saw the following award winners: Full Colours: The Full-Colours awarded only to Year 11s who have already been awarded Half-Colours and have demonstrated continued or further dedication to excellence over an extended period of time: Libby Mills (Y11) & Holly Rice (Y11) Half-Colours: The […]
