News
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Sixth Form Fund-Raising for Lichfield District City of Sanctuary Charity
Our Sixth Form student voted overwhelmingly to support our local refugee charity, Lichfield District City of Sanctuary charity, in order to support displaced people from some of the world’s most troubled spots who have settled in the district and city of Lichfield. Their recent fund-raising acidity was a Halloween fancy […]
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Darwin House Week
This year, Darwin House came together for an extraordinary Charity Week, coinciding with World Food Week, to support local animal charities close to our heart. These causes work tirelessly to care for and re-home abandoned and neglected dogs, and our students were determined to make a difference. The week was […]
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Black History Month
As part of our Black History Month celebrations, we have looked at the role of history in celebrating all of our past’s and how those past’s shape who we are today. Our family history, our national history and global history very much shape us as people and it is important […]
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Year 7 Friary Footballers Defeat John Taylor
Our Year 7 boys football team rode out worthy winners in defeating John Taylor Rugeley 11-0 in their first fixture with the school newly opening. It was a fantastic performance by the boys – with the passing and goals improving through the game. Amidst the goals glut, there was also […]
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World Food Day – Great British Recipes
As part of our Word Food Day celebrations we have been sharing Great British Recipes that celebrate all that is great about our country’s cooking, foodstuffs and ingredients. This was flagged up in our canteen as we produced fantastic British dishes – using fantastic British ingredients – to celebrate our […]
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Partnership with Lichfield Hockey Club
The Friary Hockey Squad made the most of a fortunate opportunity to train at Lichfield Hockey Club recently, taking full advantage of the full-sized pitch to sharpen their skills ahead of upcoming fixtures. With extra sessions focused on match play and short corner routines, the team showed promising signs of […]
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Year 12 Partnership Evening
Our Year 12 Partnership Evening was well attended as parents came into school to learn about our school offer and the journey ahead of their children as Sixth Form and beyond stretches off into the horizon. The evening included an address by the Headteacher and then four sessions which parents […]
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Social Media & Student Well-Being
The Friary School has been selected to take part in an exciting new research project aiming to help young people use social media less and improve wellbeing. All parents in Year 9 and Year 10 have been contacted this week about their children taking part in this national pilot run […]
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Fire Drill
Our school staged our first fire drill of the year as a part of our scheduled practices which ensure our children and staff are ready should a ‘real’ evacuation be necessary. Our students have set routes to follow and set locations to get to so the dummy-runs are critical, especially […]
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House Debating Competition – Scrapping the Two-Child Benefit Cap?
Our House Debating Competition kicked off this week with our Year 13s making time amid their A-Level preparation and mock exam revision to debate the notion: ‘The two-child benefit cap should be scrapped.’ This was the first debate in our series and was part of the World Food Day Focus […]
