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Year 10 Cannock and District Rounders Tournament
The Year 10 rounders team displayed excellent batting and fielding skills at the Cannock and District Rounders tournament and are now School Champions. The team performed with excellent communication skills and were able to beat local rivals King Edwards in the final. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “The team photo makes […]
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Bikeability Certificates Bring Success
The recent Bikeability programme was designed to support Friary students in using their bicycles safely and with due respect to motorists and pedestrians in our local community. The final results have come in and we have seen 95 students getting the highest Level 3 qualification whilst the remaining 22 students […]
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Teaching Your Child to Handle Money Responsibly
Barack Obama once said: “Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference” and though we all agree it cannot guarantee happiness, it is a big part of life and the sooner we teach our children to handle it responsibly the better. There have been various articles in […]
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Y10 BTEC Sports Exam Results Break All Records
The Year 10 BTEC Sports exam results have been coming into school over recent weeks and they have only shown that the vast majority of students have really grafted on their revision and have gone on to hit or exceed their target grads. The new BTEC courses are equable to […]
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UCAS Exhibition Trip
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 applications process. The exhibition saw the university route take centre stage and included extensive guidance on the UCAS form and website, life on […]
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Y9 Cricket Team Open with District League Victory
Our Year 9 cricket team won their first match in the Cannock & District League with a 40 run victory over Erasmus Darwin Academy (EDA). The Friary opened the batting with Josh Bramall’s 52 resulting in a competitive target of 121 from 16 overs. In reply, EDA reached 81-4 in […]
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Teacher Recruitment
Parents who regularly read our website and Twitter feed will be already aware that we regularly flag up the challenges of funding and recruitment but at this time we wanted to give you an update on teacher appointments for September. These issues are hot topics in the lives of every […]
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PE Department Rewards Trip
The P.E department were lucky enough to be able to secure tickets for an international 50 over game as part of ICC World Championships which are being hosted in England and Wales this summer. The department saw this an opportunity to reward Friary cricketers from Year 8 & 9 who […]
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Success Rolls On for Karate Champion
Y10 student Steph Hart, scored further international success in her age group at the recent European Championships as she took 1 x Gold (Fighting) and 2 x Silver (Fighting & Kata). The on-going victories now see her hold titles at British, European and World level and with further events on […]
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Exam Update – Summer 2017
All parents of Year 11 – Year 13 will be all too aware that the final exams are well underway and we were keen to give you an update on how they are going. Overall, things are going well, ups-and-downs and bumps-and-grazes along the way, but they do seem to […]
