News
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Year 7 Success in UK Bebras Computing Challenge
All of our Year 7 students recently participated in the UK Bebras Computing Challenge which is a national computing event. This year marked the first time that our students participated in the competition and their achievements were fantastic. The Bebras competition consists of challenging computational thinking problems that are aimed […]
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U13s Mixed Hockey Against King Edwards
The U13’s fought their way through a bitterly cold evening and took on King Edwards. We were able to take 3 teams due to such high interest in hockey at the Friary – and could even have had 4 teams had one or two external commitments not got in the […]
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School Christmas Dinner
We are offering our popular Christmas Dinner to students in our canteen on Thursday 14 December. The meal will include roast turkey, pigs in blankets, seasonable vegetables and a Christmas sponge dessert. There is also a vegetarian offer which is based around a quorn fillet. Elsewhere, there will be a […]
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Primitas Road Safety Advice
As a school we are a member of the Primitas Learning Partnership and as a group of schools we are keen to flag up a new campaign by Lichfield District Councill called ‘Be Bright & Be Seen’ which encourages pedestrians and cyclists to be bright and be seen so they […]
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Carol Concert at Lichfield Cathedral
The Friary Christmas Carol Concert kicked off the march towards Christmas with a busy programme played to a large gathering of students, parents and friends of the school at Lichfield Cathedral. The service was led by Revered Canon Gregory Platten (Canon Precentor – Liturgy, Music & Formation) and included a […]
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Staff Fund-Raiser for Alzheimer’s & Non-Uniform Day
On Friday 1 December it will be Non-Uniform Day for students and as well as being a fun experience it gives each student a chance to make a donation to their chosen House charity via ParentPay. Each House’s students chose a local House charity to support: Darwin House = The […]
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Taking An Apprenticeship
We were delighted to hear about the on-going success of a recent Year 11 departee, Olivia Thomas, who took on an apprenticeship with Busy Bees in Lichfield from September 2023. Olivia was a fantastic Friary student who achieved excellent grades – on average she was one above target in every […]
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PTFA Team
We have been blessed with an amazing PTFA Team who over the last 6-7 years have raised a six-figure sum for our school. Our PTFA Chair, Lindsay Hulme, has stepped down following her daughter’s departure to university at the end of last year – and we are so grateful for […]
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INSET Day – Friday 24 November
As part our school calendar, we are reminding all families that our school will be closed to students for an INSET Day on Friday 24 November. This day has been scheduled since the start of term and like all key dates can be viewed on our school calendar which can […]
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National Road Safety Week
As part of National Road Safety Week we have been running a road safety campaign through the week to guide our students on their conduct and responsibilities when it comes to dealing with local roads. Nationally, we see five people die on the UK’s roads every day and we want […]
