News
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National Arboretum Partnership Work Continues
We place a high priority on looking beyond ‘exams… exams… exams…’ and make a concerted effort to encourage our students to develop more broadly – not just through extra-curricular activities, etc, but also in their wider self and place in the world around them. A key part of this is […]
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Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
Year 13 student, Evie Turner, last week received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This prestigious award was presented by Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire at Lichfield Cathedral as part of the Free Spirit Memorial event. The award was an acknowledgement of Evie’s nine years of voluntary work – […]
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Free Spirit Memorial Concert
Friary students supported the Free Spirit Memorial Concert at Lichfield Cathedral by lending their voices to the choir and playing an important role in backing the event to be a huge success. A packed Cathedral saw performances, songs, presentations, and speeches supporting the Free Spirit project which seeks to celebrate […]
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Year 7 Quiz for International School Libraries Month
Year 7 students have been working on an interactive and fun quiz as part of our Focus Week on International School Libraries Month. The quiz took in a wide range of topics including children’s literature, famous characters, and film adaptation. Over 40 students took part in the activities and the […]
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Birmingham Central Library Visit
Year 13 English students enjoyed an informative and inspirational visit to Birmingham Central Library yesterday, in order to support their critical review work for their A-level studies. Navigating the vast resource catalogue proved challenging at first, but our students were very quickly able to select and locate a range of […]
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Y12 Raising Aspirations Evening
Our commitment to raising aspirations and opening our students’ eyes to the post-18 education and career routes is a high priority for our school and this particular evening very much followed our mind-set. Y12 students and parents met with a range of outside speakers to learn more about potential progression […]
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The George Hotel & British Food Fortnight
Last week we were proud to send sixteen GCSE Food students to work in partnership with the George Hotel in Lichfield. Each year this event takes place as part of our own celebration of British Food Fortnight and allows students to gain invaluable experience of working within a professional hospitality […]
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Ready Steady Cook
As part of our British Food Fortnight events we staged special assemblies that pitted tutor groups and tutors against one another as the assembly extolled the virtues of British Food. The assemblies saw two tutors and a student from their form come up the front of the theatre and have […]
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Open Evening Rewards
Despite there being a cast of thousands at our Open Evening, we were keen to reward the many students who worked so well to help Year 6 students and their families make their choice on secondary school. Consequently, we arranged a hot chocolate breakfast treat for all helpers on the […]
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Case Study Investigation in Health & Social Care
Last week saw Year 10 Health & Social Care students welcome Mike Berry into their lessons in preparation for their first assignment. As part of the course students are required to study a particular individual who has had a major health-related life event that has caused their entire world to […]
