News
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New Prize Giving Evening
The Friary School take great pride in the performances of our students and we have a tradition of staging an Autumn Term prize-giving to celebrate the successes of our students in the Summer 2017 exams season. It has been wonderful to see so many students perform so well in the […]
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UK Senior Maths Challenge
Friary Sixth Formers took part in the UK Senior Maths Challenge with Entrust for school across Staffordshire and competed against 17 local schools – including Repton, Adam Grammar, Stafford Grammar and many more. The Friary team – made up of Skylah Eames, Tatiana Mochi, Oliver Short and Josh Vroom – […]
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Letter to Parents of Darwin House Students from House Captains
The following letter was sent to the parents of students in Darwin House as a part of the House Week (W/B 27th November) and in relation to the House’s work with Acorns Hospice: Dear Parents/Carers, On Tuesday 14th November, four members of the Darwin House Council visited Acorns Children’s Hospice […]
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Y7 CAT Testing
Year 7 will be completing our Cognitive Ability Tests (CAT) this week in order for us to baseline their skills and better understand where and how we need to be stretching and challenge each child. The CATs are produced by GL Assessments and are done online. They are not something […]
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Inter-County Cross-Country Championships
Year 10 student James Mackenzie competed in the Inter-County Cross-Country Championships representing both our school and Staffordshire at Morton Morrell in Warwickshire The event is to a very high standard and representation in the races alone is hugely creditworthy but James also performed superbly in cold and wet conditions. Matt […]
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Huge Win for U16 Hockey Team Against Erasmus Darwin Academy
The Friary Under-16s Boys hockey team continued to show promise as they swept aside local rivals EDA 9-0 in a one sided affair. Friary looked sharp from the off and pressed EDA high in their own half throughout the game, consistently getting the ball into dangerous areas and turning the […]
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Year 7 & 8 Netball Matches Versus Nether Stowe
Mixed stories on the recent netball matches with comprehensive results going each way – but all teams actually performed very well. Our Year 7s started their first season with a dismantling of a talented Nether Stowe team with a 19-4 victory. The Friary team operated superbly across the court – […]
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Year 10 Debating Compeititon
The second house debating competition took place this week. This time it was the turn of Year 10 to get stuck in over the topic of bullying – this of course was very well timed as it fitted into our whole-school focus on National Anti-Bullying Week which took place last […]
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Y13 English Literature Trip to Warwick University
Y13 Literature students have attended a course at Warwick University Arts Centre to prepare them for the A-Level exams on ‘Love Through The Ages’. Speakers included the actor and director Nick Hutchison and poet Wendy Cope OBE and Sixth Form students from across the country got to work together in […]
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Lichfield Cathedral ‘Star of Wonder, Star of Light’ Celebration
The Friary School is contributing to Lichfield Cathedral’s ‘Star of Wonder, Star of Light’ celebrations by creating Christmas Stars for display. Our first batch has been produced and are due to be used in their installation in the Chapter House. Lottie Hearn, Assistant Headteacher, said: “We love to work with […]
