News
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Key Dates for 2nd Summer Half-Term
As part of reminding students and parents about the events that are coming up in the half-term ahead we have produced another short video profiling what is on the horizon. There are a wide range of activities – exams to trips, music festivals to athletics competitions. The full programme can […]
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Yeat 11 Leavers Assembly & Prom Reminder
The end of the GCSE-Level is drawing ever closer and so we are reminding students and parents of the arrangements for our Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly and Prom. Year 11 Leaver’s assembly takes place on Friday 28 June at 9:30am in the theatre. Students are to arrive in school and […]
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Seward House Fund-Raising for Midland Air Ambulance
Seward House are heading towards their end of year Celebration Assembly so are wrapping up their work before the end of the school year. As part of this planning, the student leadership team welcomed Pip from Midlands Air Ambulance into school to hand over our highest ever amount of money […]
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Mental Health Support over Half-Term
The Mental Heath Support Team for schools is open over the school holidays and is available to offer families support of their child is suffering low-level mental health difficulties over the school holidays. These needs might include low mood, anxiety, sleep difficulties, worry and panic. The service is open between […]
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Student Voice Leads School Forward
We regularly seek to engage students in developing aspects of school life, and our House Council representatives are always keen to share their thoughts and ideas. This week, the Year 7 and Year 8 House Council Representatives met to discuss the student handbook, and the students were very forthcoming with […]
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Year 8 Skills Workshop with Department of Work & Pensions
A group of Year 8 students will be taking part in a series of sessions over 5 weeks run by the Department of Work & Pensions which support them in developing the skills needed for their place in the future world of work. The session include workplace contexts, job terminology, […]
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Friary Students Raise Record Amounts for Local Charities
The Friary School’s House system is very active in terms of community projects and each House chooses a local charity so that their find-raising benefits our local community. This year the school’s Houses and Sixth Form have raised over £8,000 for local charities that students chose as they most affected […]
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Pet Week
Our recent celebration of National Pet Month brough all the weird and wonderful into our school so that students spent the day wandering around lessons never quite knowing who or what they were going to meet next. One of our visitors was the Exotic Zoo who provided students with a […]
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Y9-10 Athletic Meeting
Another exciting and successful afternoon at Aldersley stadium saw our Year 9 and 10 students represent the Friary with maturity, respect, and no shortage of talent either. On a beautiful sunny afternoon there were some excellent results attained including: 1st place for Oli Burnside in 800m 1st place for Georgia […]
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Y8 House Debating Competition – Charity Begins At Home
This week, students have been learning about The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. As part of this Focus Week, the Year 8 students debated the notion: “The British government should not provide overseas aid because charity belongs at home.” The debates were judged by School Librarian Helena Cresswell, […]
