News
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‘Bugsy Malone’ On Tour
The cast of ‘Bugsy Malone’ took time out of their final night preparations to visit the Curborough Community Centre to offer songs, music and snapshots from the performance to the local community group and to gossip about school life and the show in particular. The students and staff thoroughly enjoyed […]
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Sports Day Helpers at Henry Chadwick
Y7 & Y8 students from The Friary went back to their former primary school, Henry Chadwick, in Hill Ridware, to help out at their Sports Day. The six students helped to run events and to work with their former peers (as well put their younger siblings in their place) and […]
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Friary Students Shine in District Rotary Photography Competition
With a string of successes over recent years, Friary students again shone across the age-levels in the Rotary District 1060 Competition and took top three places in both age-ranges. Emily Lancaster (Y8) took second place in the Intermediate age group and Isabelle Foster (Y10) too third place at Senior level. […]
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Holocaust Survivor Talk
Our school is proud to be accredited as a UCL Centre for Holocaust Education, and this Beacon Status means that we place a high emphasis on the teaching and thinking around the Jewish genocide during WW2. The Holocaust is the most extensively documented genocide in a long history of atrocity […]
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Y12 UCAS & Apprenticeship Workshops
Y12 students took part in a UCAS and Apprenticeship Workshop with outside speakers coming in to upskill students so that they are better equipped to make the right choices on their future post-18 destinations. The sessions included a focus on making university choices and involved exploring research options, critically evaluating […]
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Mental Health Support Online
We are proud to invest a lot of time and energy in supporting our student’s mental health and general well-being which in a tough climate is a challenge. This support could range from mentoring to a quiet word of praise, peer-to-peer buddying to a tutor report, PHSEE sessions to external […]
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Duke of Edinburgh Success
This year has seen 45 students taking on the Bronze Award as part of our well-respected Duke of Edinburgh Award – which this year saw our co-ordinator, Mrs Brough, win an award at Buckingham Palace. The Bronze Award cohort set themselves challenges to improve their fitness, improve or share their […]
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Y9 iRail Challenge
Five Year 9 students were selected to take part in the prestigious iRail finals in Birmingham. The group had a tour of the new High Speed Rail College where they got to use virtual reality technology to solve engineering problems and the latest computer technology to design train carriages and stations. […]
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Focus Week – Gay Pride
Our first ‘Gay Pride’ Focus Week was designed to tie into the forthcoming ‘Pride’ carnival in Birmingham and brought special assemblies, tutor time activities and the latest round in the House Debating Competition. It was the turn of our Year 8 students in the most recent round of the Friary […]
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Year 7 & Year 9 Athletics
Well done to all Year 7 & Year 9 students that competed at Aldersley Stadium on Thursday 17th May winning a variety of events throughout the afternoon. There were a number of strong performances including Millie-Mae John (Y7) achieving a personal best in the hurdles and coming first and for […]
