News
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Working to Develop Primary & Secondary Curriculum
Recently, our Head of Religious Education, Kelly Gabbitass, met with Sarah Dennis, the Lead of RE at Chadsmead Primary Academy to discuss the upcoming changes to the locally agreed syllabus and how the KS2 curriculum feeds into our KS3 RE curriculum. Sarah Dennis is a member of the Standard Advisory […]
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Talking Sustainability
One of our former students, Holly Fry, who left our Sixth Form in Summer 2020, to study Global Sustainable Development at Warwick University, dropped in to school as part of her research for her dissertation. Holly is investigating the merits directing all students to be taught about sustainability and climate […]
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Aston Villa Ladies Inspire Students
Our female PE teachers are always looking at new ways to inspire the students, especially with football. With the success in women’s football at the Euros, it really has helped girls PE to promote football within core PE lessons and during after-school clubs. Following a recent school trip to Villa […]
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Senior Mixed Hockey Fixture with King Edwards
For the first time ever, The Friary challenged King Edwards Sixth Form Team to a mixed hockey match, which was a first for them playing together. In the first half, Friary unfortunately could not get into the game and failed to apply pressure and lacked motivation, causing King Edwards to […]
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Friary School History Project
Lichfield Live have reported an exciting school history project being run by our school – click here for article. We are calling out for help from local families to help gather and collate documents and photographs related to the school’s long history. We are requesting originals or scanned copies so […]
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Changed School INSET Day (May/June 2023)
We usually schedule an INSET day for the Monday after the Summer Half-Term Break – this year it was going to be Monday 5 June. It is used to plot out work and priorities for the following year and to make sure we use up freed time from Year 11s […]
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Parental Update – W/B 9 January 2023 – Changing Times
The following message went out to parents on Monday 9 January 2023: It may not be a new a school year – but it is still a new year – and we hope it has been a happy one for you so far. There will be some changes in timings […]
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KS3 Show – ‘Mary Poppins’ Auditions
Our Years 7-9 school show this year will be ‘Mary Poppins’ and it will be performed in W/B Monday 19 June. The auditions for the main roles will take place on Tuesday 17 January between 3.05pm-4.15pm in the school theatre. These lead roles are made up of Mary Poppins, Mr […]
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Dealing with Eco-Anxiety
Recent studies have revealed that 70% of your people are expiriencing eco-anxiety: 59% were very worried about climate change; 45% said their anxiety about climate change negatively affected their daily lives; and 75% felt that the future is ‘frightening’. ‘The Lancet’ study described eco-anxiety as ‘distress relating to the climate […]
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Launch of School Magazine / E-zine & Writing Workshops
‘The Friary Pen’ is a new initiative that looks to inspire and teach industry skills to students with aspirations in writing, publishing, editing, and design. There is a weekly workshop schedule with a new focus each week offering students the chance to learn skills for different writing styles or learn […]
