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Y7 French After-School Booster
As part of our KS3 Interventions programme, a group of Year 7s stayed on for an after-school booster designed to encourage their language skills and use practical and fun activities to communicate vocabulary, dialogue and grammar. The activities involved dressing up, twister and card games and students rotated around the […]
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Saturday School Onto Full Roll…
Our Saturday School programme began as far back as October but as we enter the final PPE (mock) season and head towards the Summer exams then Saturday School will be a weekly occurrence. The sessions over the next few weeks will very much target those subjects with mock / PPE exams […]
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House Points: Students find their tasty reward
Over a hundred Friary students received a free ice cream for their hard work and achievement during the last half-term. Most of the students were from Johnson House, who led the way in House Points during the run up to Christmas. Oliver Tromans, in 8J1, said “It’s the most delicious […]
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Academy Conversion Consultation
The Governing Bodies of three schools – The Friary School, Queen’s Croft High School and Henry Chadwick Primary School – have been discussing how our schools might work in closer partnership to provide mutual support, challenge and benefits for our schools. The Governing Bodies share the ambition for their schools […]
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Y8 History Masterclasses
Twenty-eight top Year 8 historians have been taking part in after-school masterclasses designed to stretch and challenge them to reach towards the Grades 8s and 9s in Summer 2022. The sessions are part of our KS3 Interventions programme which provides targeted booster and consolidation work to keep students on track […]
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Sixth Form Visit to the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple
As part of World Religions Week, Sixth Form students had the opportunity to visit the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Walsall. Students enjoyed a guided tour of the building, examined artefacts whilst learning about their significance, before engaging in a Q&A session to learn more about the role of the […]
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Fostering Campaign in Staffordshire
There is a fostering crisis across the country and in Staffordshire there are currently over 1,100 children in care – a rise of 8% in the last year. Fostering teams in our local area need your help – to the tune of another 60 new fostering households in the next […]
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Anti-Bullying Week
The school’s annual Anti-Bullying Week ran through with the usual high priority fanfare as a string of events took place to drum in the message that respect, support, sensitivity and self-discipline are vital to everyone as they proceed through life. The ‘Upstander / Bystander’ Competition was won by Edward Patstone, […]
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‘A Christmas Carol’ at the RSC
This week saw 45 Year 10-11 Performing Arts students enjoy an exciting trip to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre to see ‘A Christmas Carol’. Aside from being an important aspect of the Performing Arts course, watching this performance in such an inspiring venue was a fantastic experience for the students. They […]
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REMINDER – Still Opportunities to Plan Ahead for Cheaper Bus Fares
The abolition of Staffordshire County Council’s ‘Your Staffordshire Cards’ has provoked a lot of rumour and gossip but, though bus fares are set to rise, there are ways to counter the increases if you plan ahead. Currently, the ‘Your Staffordshire Cards’ allow most students aged 11-20 to use the buses […]
