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Friary PTFA Quiz Night
We had not far off 100 quizzers at The Friary PTFA Quiz at the school – all using their brains in the spirit of raising crucial funds for school computers and wider facilities. The competition saw round on King Charles, UK Roads, General Knowledge, Music, and more besides. In addition, […]
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House Debating Competition
Our House Debating Competition runs through the school year and sees each Year group represent their House in a debate against rival Houses on a topic associated with the particular Focus Week. The most recent debate saw Year 9 students debate in front of Governors And Trustees on the theme […]
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Hope Mentoring Support for Parents
As a school, we use the HOPE mentoring approach to assist our students who need support, guidance and assistance in negotiating the challenges and complexities of teenage life. We have a specialist lead in this approach in Fiona Evans, Student Support, though all of this team are well-trained in this […]
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Y8 Netball Victory
The Year 8 Netball team were set to play against Cannock Chase away at their school. The girls were all excited but quite nervous as we had not won a single match yet. We began the first quarter on a downhill as we trailed 3-0. However, we did not stop […]
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Year 9 House Debating Competition
As part of the Focus Week ‘Respect for All’, the Year 9 debaters had to argue for and against the motion ‘British society is tolerant and respectful to all people.’ Judging the debate this time were School Librarian Helena Cresswell, School Governor Nina Worrall, and Greywood Trustee Gill Stockdale. Yet […]
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Scholastic Book Fair
As part of our upcoming English theme week, we are very excited to welcome the Scholastic Book Fair to The Friary School. The Book Fair will run in the library from Monday 13th February to Friday 17th February and there will be over 200 titles to choose from, with the […]
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Buy Tickets Now for Live Music at Battle of the ‘2010s’ Bands
Our annual Battle of the Bands Night sees student bands rock up and play music selected from a golden decade with the winners performing at Lichfield’s The Fuse Festival. This is an evening of real quality and sees students from all the Year groups hone their stagecraft and remind everyone […]
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Encouraging Your Child at School Book Fair
We will be holding a School Book Fair between 13 – 17 February for students where over 200 top discounted book titles will be available for students to purchase. The Book Fair will also be open to parents on Tuesday 14 February between 4.00-7.00pm – just before parents embark on […]
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Safer Internet Day Promotional Video
As a school we hold the highest tier of the 360 Online Safety Award and so this all-consuming part of teenage life always has a high profile in our school. This is why we have a Focus Week based around the theme of Safer Intent Day (Tuesday 7 February) and […]
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Parental Update – W/B 23 January – Industrial Action
The following message went out to parents on Thursday 26 January 2023: We are just dropping you a line to update you on the industrial action that will be affecting schools across the country over the next few weeks. There are school strike days coming up in waves across the […]
