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Oxbridge Application Support
Our Sixth Form team have established our Oxbridge Support Programme which provides assistance for all students seeking to apply for Oxford or Cambridge University. The programme includes mentoring, personal statement support, talks from our links at Cambridge University, preparation with Oxbridge graduates, guidance on assignments, mock interviews and more besides. […]
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Y7 Girls Hockey Defeat Lichfield Cathedral School
Following a number of training sessions, our Year 7 girls have formed their hockey team and enjoyed their first mini-tournament against Lichfield Cathedral School. The girls played fantastically and their pace and wing-play led to a hatful of early goals. Cathedral then fought back but the Friary girls rejuvenated themselves […]
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Remembrance Support for Caribbean Troops
Our Remembrance Focus Week followed on from our Black History Week, and we were fortunate to tie the two themes together in support of an important project designed to honour and respect the contribution of Caribbean soldiers to the British war effort during the First and Second World Wars. Our […]
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Redbrook Hayes Students Blast Off into Space
We were delighted to welcome Redbrook Hayes Primary School into our Science laboratories as they worked on space-related projects. Students designed air-propelled rockets which were soon careering around the room and worked on building their own space terrain buggies. David Brown, Head of Science, said: “The sessions were great fun […]
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Remembrance – Poetry Competition
Seb Nash’s ‘As Time Stood Still’ was amongst the very best entries for our Remembrance art and poetry competition and he joined Myles Thain in laying our school wreath at the National Arboretum: As Time Stood Still As time stood still, remembrance was at best, As time stood still, we […]
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Remembrance – Poetry Competition – ‘An Exam’ by Myles Thain
Myles Thain’s Remembrance poem was joint winner of the Remembrance Poetry Competition and resulted in him laying our commemorative wreath at the National Arboretum: An Exam Is there an exam for fighting or an exam for war, Life death, hatred and so much more? Is there a test of fear, […]
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Mud Run Star Hits Fund-Raising Heights
Carie Dunning (8J2) has raised over £200 for her Johnson House charity, St Giles Hospice. Carie signed up a strong of sponsors as she undertook a ‘mud run’ which involved a challenging course of slides, mud pools. logs, tyres, cargo nets, inflatables, hay bales and water obstacles. Sam Male, Head […]
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Remembrance Week
We take a great deal of pride in reflecting on Remembrance Week – both in terms of the wider theme but also our own wish to make the most of our lives and those of the people around us. Of course, this Focus Week saw special assemblies, themed tutor time […]
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Bringing Sweet Imagination to House Rewards
The new House system sees all students earning House points for hard work and high effort and these are totted up to bring rewards for Houses and individuals. The first half-term saw Seward House come out on top of the House Competition but we felt it was also important to […]
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Confirmation of The Friary School Breaking World Records
The school received its formal certificate acknowledging our role in the National Arboretum’s successful world record bid to produce the biggest signed Christmas card the world has ever seen. The project was conducted to express gratitude to those serving our country in the armed forces and was part of our […]
