News
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E-Safety – Is Social Media Causing Childhood Depression?
The BBC News Technology Team have released an article by Jane Wakefield asking: “Is social media causing childhood depression ?” The Friary School’s ban on mobile phone usage during the school day has led to a massive decrease in online social media problems but they still crop up when unsupervised […]
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Volunteering Week Prize Draw
This week sees us celebrating Volunteering Week and this gives every student the chance to enter a free prize draw. All students have to do is simply send in a photo of themselves volunteering to volunteeringprizedraw@friaryschool.co.uk or simply drop it in to Pupil Enquiries. The volunteering may be as a […]
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Keeping an Eye on Apprenticeships
We take great pride in helping our students to seize every opportunity around them and being proactive on tracking apprenticeships so you know the options, entry routes, grade requirements, etc, is a vital part of making sure you deliver at school. There still remains a misguided notion that university is […]
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Partnership Continues for Caribbean Monument at National Arboretum
Following on from our partnership work with The National Caribbean Monument Charity (TNCMC) during our Black History Month, we were delighted when Donald Campbell, and the wider TNCMC team, joined our Sixth Form assembly to explain the motivation and objectives behind their fund-raising. Sixth Formers Nicole McDonald and Bintou Secka […]
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Year 7 Netball Team Build on Success
The Year 7 netball team are coming together nicely and in their latest match they demonstrated how smoothly they are coming together. Their 9-1 victory was characterised by excellent team play and numerous interceptions which ensured they repeatedly seized the initiative throughout the match. Lottie Hearn, Assistant Headteacher, said: “It […]
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Year 10 Netball Team Defeat Erasmus Darwin
The Year 10 netball team played superbly to run out comprehensive 14-3 winners over a talented Erasmus Darwin team. The entire team were relentless in their application and this consistency resulted in a string of fantastic goals. Trudy Simkiss, PE teacher and team coach, said: “The girls were excellent throughout […]
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PTA Quiz Boosts Fund-Raising Coffers with BIG Turn-Out
The PTA Quiz secured record numbers this year with over 80 parents and staff competing for the coveted title of Friary Quiz Champions. The event was organised by Sonia Short (Chair of the PTA) and James Herbert (Quiz Master), alongside a host of PTA members who continued to give so […]
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Holocaust Memorial Day
The Friary School is very proud to have held Beacon School Status for Holocaust Memorial for the last eight years in conjunction with the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education. The status confirms a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of teaching and training in relation to this genocide, but also […]
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Friary School Receive Praise for Work with Lichfield Foodbank
Jane Hare, Secretary of Lichfield Foodbank, has contacted our school to express her gratitude for the food donations gathered in during the run-up to Christmas and which provided 61 full meals. The clients for the Foodbank are referred to the service with a voucher from many agencies in the area […]
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First House Colours Awarded
This year has seen the launch of a new House Colours rewards system. Students receiving the award earn the right to wear the exclusive ‘Colour’ badges of their House. To be awarded their House Colours students must demonstrate over an extended period of time: • excellence in school (behaviour, attendance and […]
