News
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Johnson House Week
Johnson House Week brought a wide range of events designed to celebrate Johnson House and raise funds for their chosen charity, St Giles Hospice. There were special assemblies and tutor time activities, but on top of that were a wide range of imaginative events all tying into the Halloween theme. […]
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World Food Week
World Food Day was on October 16th 2018. This day highlights the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation campaign to have a ‘Zero Hunger’ world by 2030. Our year 7 to 9 students undertook a special one off lesson in Geography, which highlighted the impacts of hunger, particularly on children […]
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Award Evening 2018
Tuesday 23rd October saw Friary students celebrating their success during Awards Evening. Students were recognised in the following categories: Current Year 12 students won prizes for GCSE attainment, and effort during their studies Year 10 students won prizes for their attainment and effort, including attendance, during Key Stage 3 (Years […]
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U13 Girls Hockey – Runners-Up in Staffs County Hockey Festival
The Friary fielded a strong 7 aside team following their defeat the previous week. The girls competed against Denstone College, Stafford Grammar, Nottingham High and St. Edwards with some schools playing an A & B team. From the off the girls started with their first 0-0 draw against Denstone but […]
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Re-Start A Heart Day
Year 9 students took part in the National Re-Start A Heart Day which saw them being taught vital life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills to as many people as possible. The students were given professional tuition by BB Training and got to practice their skills on CPR mannequins. Emily Turner, a Year […]
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Y12 Employability Workshop
Y12 students took part in an Employability Workshop as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme. The sessions included a range of volunteer professionals who came to talk jobs, careers, interviews and first impressions. The session then developed into an individual mock interview and was designed to ensure every student is […]
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Year 7 Dedication Service
Our annual Year 7 Dedication Service took place this week with the whole year group, accompanied by tutors, staff and families, dropped into Lichfield Cathedral to formally celebrate their step up to secondary school. The service was led by the Reverend Canon Andrew Stead and included hymns, prayers, readings and […]
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Lessons & Beyond… Boosters Go Whole-School
This year sees our plan to get Year 7, 8 and 9 students into the habit of engaging in after-school boosters to push up their grades and there were sessions in Maths and Science running this week. The Y9 Maths Masterclass saw the high-flying mathematicians working on Y11 work already […]
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Training High Quality Teachers Amidst Trying Times for Recruitment
Any school will report that it is very tough to recruit teachers when vacancies come up so we are making sure we play a big role in training up new teachers who – if we cannot give a post – can go elsewhere and help other children succeed in their […]
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European Week of Languages
This annual event is celebrated across Europe on 26th September and flags up the importance of learning a foreign language and communicating effectively across national boundaries. Our Focus Week saw a fantastic range of events take place throughout the week – with assemblies, quizzes, European flag face-painting and competitions taking […]
