News
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Y7 & Y8 Students Represent District in County Championships
Year 7 & 8 students were selected to represent the district in the county championship at Tamworth Athletic stadium and on a glorious sunny day our students helped the Cannock district become county champions for the second year running. The final result was: 1 – Cannock – 319 points 2 – […]
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French & Engineering Challenge at RAF Cosford
Two teams representing The Friary, along with 9 other schools, spent the day at the RAF Cosford museum learning about the science and engineering of building and launching a space hotel. The boys – made up of Josh Bramall, Bobby Clarkson, Tom Hughes, Sam Hutchinson, Jack Lynch, Louis Caldwell, Taine […]
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National Armed Forces Day
The school maintained its passionate support for the armed forces – and more widely all public service-related youth organisations – by encouraging all students who participate to wear their uniform with pride. There were a multitude of uniforms on display from army cadets to scouts, St John’s to RAF cadets, […]
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Y13 Art & Photography Exhibition
Year 13 Art and Photography students showcased their work at our annual end of year Exhibition on Wednesday 27th of June. On a very warm summer’s evening it was fantastic to see our students receive deserved praise for two years’ worth of hard work from parents, governors, staff and members […]
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Y7 Cricket Team Defeat Nether Stowe
Following on from the success of their first match against the EDA, Friary Year 7 Cricket team swept aside Nether Stowe in a local derby with 12 overs to spare. Opening the bowling, Friary limited Nether Stowe to 47 for 1, from their 16 overs, with some excellent spells from […]
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Y11 Leavers’ Assembly
Our special Y11 Leavers’ Assembly was a great chance for staff and students to say goodbye now that the exams have finished and was a welcome contact in the build up to the School Prom. Students begin to disappear off on family holidays, placements and so on so this often […]
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Y7 Time Capsule Competition Winners Announced
The winners have been announced for the Year 7 competition, run in conjunction with Barchester Homes, which challenged our Year 7 students to suggest objects to put in the time capsule which will show people in the future what life is like today. Students were then invited to take part […]
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End of Term Arrangements
This summer break will again be a time of major refurbishment so in order to make sure rooms are cleared for re-plastering, re-paints, new carpets, new ICT facilities, etc, we will be closing on the final day at noon. This means that we will break up for Summer at 12.00pm […]
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Y12s Attend UCAS Higher Education Exhibition
This week saw Y12s attend the UCAS Higher Education Exhibition at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) as part of our Raising Aspirations programme’s preparations for the university and apprenticeship applications process. The exhibition saw the university route take centre stage and included extensive guidance on the UCAS form and website, […]
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Y7 Girls Rounders Verses Abbotsholme
The Year 7’s had a busy schedule for rounders last week competing in two league matches and a tournament. Their final match for the week was against Abbotsholme who, despite training most days, saw the Friary team put up a good fight and display some exceptional fielding skills. Friary were […]
