News
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The Risks for Your Child on Snapchat
We are well aware in school that Snapchat is widely used by students and is a basis for online communication and contact. However, the messaging app Snapchat is the most widely-used platform for online grooming, according to police figures supplied to the children’s charity the NSPCC. More than 7,000 Sexual […]
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UNESCO Report on The Challenges Facing UK Schools
The 2024-25 UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report, Leadership in Education: Lead for Learning (October 2024) highlights the challenges facing UK school as they plot their way forward in the current climate. The report flags up that there have been 10 Secretaries of State for Education in the UK since 2015 […]
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Parent Support Making A Difference – HRJ Gould Tree Surgeons Ltd
With school budgets desperately stretched at present, schools are having to be creative, make partnerships and cut their cloth to operate. A key difference for The Friary School is that we have some parents who are prepared to go more than the extra mile for the school. Following safety concerns […]
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House Point Rewards
At the end of term we celebrated our students who had shone in terms of earning the most House Points with high scorers celebrated from across the Year groups. Students got a ticket to come down and have a free hot chocolate – loaded up with frothy cream and our […]
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Year 7 Dedication Service
Our annual Dedication Service at Lichfield Cathedral to celebrate our new Year 7s step up to secondary school was superbly attended by fmaileis and provided a perfect landmark in our students’ lives as they approached the end of their first half-term with us. The service included prayers, speeches, hymns readings […]
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Arabian Nights Tickets On Sale
The RSC’s Arabian Nights will performed by students in early December and tickets are now on sale. There will be four shows: * Thursday 5 December – 19:30-22:15 * Friday 6 December – 19:30-22:15 * Saturday 7 December – 14:30-16:15 * Saturday 7 December – 19:30-22:15 The tickets can be […]
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Blast from The Friary Archive
As part of our gathering old photographs and records of our school we have compiled a short view which flashes up cohorts from the late 1970s and 1980s. The whole-school photographs have become a thing of the past in more recent times – not least because of the greater numbers […]
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Garrick House Week
Garrick House kicked off this year’s House Weeks with the fund-raising extravaganza for Lichfield Foodbanks – taking in both cash and food donations to take down to a very worthy cause that helps both Friary families as well as the wider community. There were a wide range of student-led activities […]
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Sixth Form Halloween Fund-Raising
Our Sixth Form led their Halloween Celebrations with a fancy dress day designed to raise money for The Pathways Project in Lichfield, an organisation set up to support those affected by domestic violence. The issue of domestic violence is a live one in our community, one of Lichfield District Council’s […]
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Friary U15 Girls Hockey vs King Edwards Secure Battling Draw
The Friary U15 girls in their latest matchup against King Edwards, as the team delivered an outstanding performance right from the first whistle. The team was focused and determined, taking on board every piece of pre-match feedback by applying relentless pressure on the opposition. Their strong start set the tone […]
