News
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House Debating Competition – Round 1
The House Debating Competitions kicked off with Year 11s from Garrick and Johnson debating the value, quality and future of British Food. The competition saw students prepare their own opening and closing statements based on independent research they have undertaken over the last three days. Although the focus was on […]
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House Council Members 2017-2018
This week has seen House Councils in full swing as he newly elected members represent their tutor groups and work to make our school even better. Each tutor group elects their representatives to their House Council and each House Council sends 2-3 representatives to the School Council (*). Seward House […]
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House Charities Chosen
After much discussion and debate, the student leadership teams for each House have each decided on their chosen charity to support and fundraise for this year: Darwin are supporting Acorn’s Children’s Hospice, who provide care and support for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Garrick will support the activities of […]
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British Food Fortnight
This week sees the school celebrating British Food Fortnight and there are assemblies, tutor time activities, special events and competitions running through the week. British Food Fortnight is held in the autumn at the same time as harvest festival, and is the biggest annual, national celebration of British food and […]
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Sixth Form Dress Code
We have always been impressed by our Sixth Form students but we decided last term to introduce a dress code to exemplify our high expectations of them and to emphasise the superb role models they are to our younger students. The details of the new dress code are available on […]
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U15 Girls Hockey All Square with Denstone College
The U15 girls took on Denstone College this week in their first full sided match since returning from the summer break. From the first whistle The Friary applied masses of pressure on the Denstone defence and they didn’t leave it long before the midfield found Jess Guest who fired home […]
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KS3 Boys Football
It is early in the season but the boys’ football teams are flying at the moment and a successful season is already very much on the cards. The Year 7s were fantastic at their trials when 43 attended and picking out the teams was a very tough task amidst such […]
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Year 7 Postcards to Primaries
This year we have repeated the popular postcard project we started last year where Year 7 students sent postcards to their old primary schools, to tell everyone what they are up to at The Friary and how they have handled the step up to secondary school. Our primary schools given […]
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Y10 Health & Social Care Field Trip – Visit to Darwin Court Care Home
We are hugely proud of our new BTEC Health & Social Care courses in Year 10 and Year 12. We all know the care sector is a critical one for society and it offers a wide range of career routes. We are taking part in National Alzheimer’s Week so this […]
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The Friary School National Recognition for Excellence – An Award for Lichfield
The Friary School was approached earlier in the year to contribute to the prestigious Parliamentary Review of 2016-2017 in acknowledgement of the excellent practice demonstrated at our school. Indeed, the recognition is very much about the superb contribution of the local Lichfield community to our school’s developments. The Parliamentary Review is a series […]
