News
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Friary MFL Partnership with Collège Cité in Narbonne
The Friary School has established an exciting partnership with the Collège Cité (https://www.clg-cite-narbonne.ac-montpellier.fr/) in Narbonne, Southern France. The model follows a ‘pen-friend’ style approach so that Year 7 students can hone their language skills from an early stage and establish a lasting international friendship. GCSE French is a crucial part […]
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Temporary Change to 810 & 811 Midland Classic Bus Routes
On Friday 16th February there will be a road closure in Fradley which will affect the 810 and 811 Midland Classic Bus services. Daisy Lane / Long Lane into the village will be closed and the buses will have to access the village via Fradley Lane from the A38. This […]
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Year 9 Raising Aspirations Evening
Our Year 9 Raising Aspirations Evening was well attended and, with students due to confirm their GCSE pathways later this term, the event was designed to look that little bit further ahead and put the immediate decisions into a long-term context. The key focus of the evening was to explore […]
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The Science of Saturday School
Friary staff continue to put in the hours to haul as many students over the line as we possibly can – this week it was the turn of Science teachers (Mr Hunt & Mr Awbery) to give up their Saturday morning to lead Science boosters for the looming mock exams. […]
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International Representation in U15s England Women Football
Year 10 student Freya Gregory has been invited to represent England in the U15 Women’s Football Team as part of an international training camp, as well as to appear in matches against Switzerland. Freya will travel with the team via Zurich to the camp before taking part in two matches […]
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Price Increases from School Catering Team
We have been notified by our catering contractor, Chartwells, that they are having to increase prices on some items over the next few weeks. Chartwells have said that: “We have tried to mitigate the rising price in food products… (but) there are lots of factors we cannot escape from: (i) […]
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Who You Gonna Call ? Gumbusters…
The Student Councils work on making the most of the school environment hit new highs today as they paid homage to the clearing up of ghosts from the 1980s by donning their gear and clearing up gum from the 2010s (and some no doubt going back to the 1980s too). […]
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Year 9 Engineering Days over February Half-Term
We have tracked down a fantastic opportunity for Year 9 students who are interested in engineering as a career. The Smallpeice Trust, as part of the Royal Academy of Engineers Ingenious project, is offering FREE Family Engineering Days available at various locations. With the aim of bringing the STEM experience […]
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Zorb Football
The latest addition to our extensive extra-curricular programme – see the Spring Term schedule under the Students Tab of our website – is Zorb football which has been taken up by Year 7 and Year 8 students keen to try something that little bit different. Zorb football is hugely fun […]
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Hard working students get cool reward
Over 120 students received a tasty treat from a Cannock Dairies ice cream van last Friday, as a reward for their hard work, excellent attitude and good behaviour. Many of the students belong to Darwin House, who earned the most House Points overall during the half-term up to Christmas. Students […]
