News
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Year 11 Parent Update – The Last Stretch
This message went out to all Year 11 parents on Monday 22 April: We have 14 school days until the GCSEs start, and just over 4 weeks until your child officially leaves school, so we wanted to get in touch with you so that the arrangements, expectations and all-important revision […]
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Community Sports – AFC Fradley Offering Free Football Coaching Sessions for Girls
AFC Fradley are offering free girls and women’s training until the Summer break as part of their campaign to get more girls and women into football. Any younger girls (aged between 5-11) who want to give football a go can go along on Wednesdays at 6.30pm at our school. Their […]
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House Independent Research Competition
This week, students have been learning about Josephine Baker as part of their ‘World Heroines Focus Week’. For their Independent Learning Competition preparation, KS3 students had to research and revise factual information about Josephine Baker, before pitting their knowledge against other KS3 teams in order to win valuable points for […]
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Friary Girls Shine At County Level
Year 10 students Freya Milligan and Imogen Marchesi are Midland Counties Football Champions having representing Staffordshire County Schools at U16s level. The Staffordshire team defeated Worcestershire 5-4 in an absolutely thrilling, winner takes all, final which was staged on opposition turf at Worcester City FC. Matt Allman, Headteacher, said: “We […]
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Year 7 Netball
Our Year 7 netball team had their final tournament of this netball season rescheduled from before Easter. Our first match saw us face King Edwards. This game was fuelled by determination from the girls to have a win to start off our tournament. Our defence placed immediate pressure on the […]
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Year 11 Parents – How Do They Revise GCSE French?
We are producing a series of articles to help parents to support their children facing GCSEs this Summer. There are four different GCSE French papers – Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening. The Speaking exam will take place before the main exam season starts; indeed, many students have already done very […]
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Year 11 Parents – How Do They Revise GCSE English Literature?
We are producing a series of articles to help parents to support their children facing GCSEs this Summer. There are 2 GCSE English Literature (WJEC) papers and both take place before the May half-term break: Monday 13 May – English Literature 1 – this includes William Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ and the […]
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Year 11 Parents – How Do They Revise GCSE Science?
We are producing a series of articles to help parents to support their children facing GCSEs this Summer. There are different GCSE Science (AQA) papers depending on whether your child is doing combined or Triple Science. The papers are also split up in Foundation and Higher. All students – whether […]
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Year 11 Parents – How Do They Revise GCSE History?
We are producing a series of articles to help parents to support their children facing GCSEs this Summer. There are 4 GCSE History (WJEC) papers and they are spread over two exam sessions: Wednesday 15 May – The Elizabethan Age (1558-1603) & Germany (1919-1939) Tuesday 4 June – USA History […]
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Developing LinkedIn Profiles for the Workplace
Year 13 students were visited by a professional from The Careers and Enterprise Company CEC to look at the LinkedIn social network platform and the many benefits it has to offer. Students were informed about how LinkedIn focuses on professional networking, connecting people and enhancing career development and opportunities. LinkedIn […]
