News
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GCSE Certificates Available for Summer 2022 Exams
The GCSE exam certificates for the Summer 2022 exams are available for collection after the Exam Boards got them to us earlier this half-term. All former students need to collect them by hand as we cannot post them out. We would ask former students to let us know in advance […]
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DT Session for Henry Chadwick Primary School
Students from Henry Chadwick First School in Hill Ridware joined us today for a morning of festive fun in Design and Technology. Year 5 and Year 6 students came and developed their design and making skills with our Head of Technology, Miss Cartwright. During the morning students learned how to […]
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Y8 Success in Regional Snooker Tournament
Sam Dalton (Y8) came out victorious in a regional snooker tournament staged at the QBar Academy in Walsall where budding Rocket Ronnie’s receive expert tuition in the game. The tournament saw around 30 x 10-16 year olds compete for the title and Sam’s victory came out of twice weekly training […]
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Performing Arts Trip to Royal Shakespeare Company
Our Performing Arts students were taken to see ‘A Christmas Carol’ performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon Avon. The Christmas shows are renowned nationally as being of fantastic quality and the students thoroughly enjoyed seeing outstanding performers on the stage, an amazing setting and related effects, and they […]
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Attendance Rewards
Attendance at the Friary remains a key priority and this week will see students from across our Houses celebrating having attended 100% of the time or shown a significant improvement in their attendance this year. Students enjoyed themselves with a freshly baked pain au chocolat alongside a hot chocolate to […]
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Year 11 Girls Netball
The Year 11s played their only league netball game of the year, against Nether Stowe. The girls have been working hard at training, including individuals who are working towards GCSE assessment for their PE qualification and this has understandably taken precedent but this was a great chance to out the […]
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The Friary School PTFA Christmas Raffle
It’s that time of year when we launch our Friary PTFA Christmas Raffle and try to raise extra funds for school projects to be launched over the next year. Following the success of last year’s ‘virtual’ Christmas raffle we will again be running our fundraiser as a text raffle. All you need to do is text keyword: FRIARY22 to […]
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Focus Week – UK Parliament Week
Our recent Focus Week saw the school take part in UK Parliament Week which aims to educate students on varying aspects of governance in the UK. All students undertook tutor time activities that examined the role of Parliament and the key players within it. They also looked at the role […]
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Darwin House Week Raises £1,000+ for Acorns Hospice
Last week saw Darwin House celebrate their annual House Week where they continued to show support by raising vital funds for Acorns Children’s Hospice. There were a variety of events which occurred over the week from cake sales to competing against a teacher ‘tug of war’ competition. The week was […]
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Successful End to Friary Ski Team Season
The culmination of the 2022 Friary Ski Team season saw our Friary team competing against the best schools in the country at the British Schools Championships at Stoke on Trent. Over 180 school children from across the UK were competing and the four Friary lads held their own in what […]
