News
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Year 10 Girls Rounders
Year 10s played a friendly game of rounders against Nether Stowe. The girls had a rocky start in the first innings, however in the second innings their fielding improved as they worked out a great technique only allowing the opposite team to gain half a round at most. We had […]
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Top Marks Parents at Year 6-7 Transition Evening
Our Y6-Y7 Transition Evening saw excellent attendance and the first such event since 2019 was well-received by staff too. The evening started with a presentation by the Headteacher laying out how the school operates and where parents had a role within that. Subsequently, parents broke off into House groups and […]
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Year 7 Cricket
The Friary got off to a disappointing start to their 11 a side cricket league this year. Friary won the toss and opened proceedings with Jack Mallender and Max Thomas striding out to face the first over. Max was the pick of the Friary batting line up with 15 off […]
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Y9 Edale Reminders
We are just publishing this article as a reminder to those students / parents who are heading off on the Year 9 trip to Edale between Friday 8 July to Sunday 10 July. This will give you an insight so that you can do you bit in making sure it […]
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Year 7-8 Students Qualify for County Athletics Championships
After the recent athletics competitions, 8 students from Years 7 and 8 have qualified for the Country Championships at Tamworth. The students who met the qualifying criteria were: Oli Burnside (Y7) Annie Evans (Y8) Georgia Griffiths (Y8) Aimee Irvine (Y7) Ellie Irvine (Y7) Harry Pilgrim (Y7) Lewis Snowden (Y7) Lauren […]
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Year 8 DWP Skills Workshop
Year 8 students have been taking part in a 5-week series of skills workshops delivered in partnership with The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). These interactive workshops are designed to develop employability skills and focus on raising aspirations and achievement. The workshops help focus on areas such as: wellbeing […]
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Year 10 Care Experience for Health & Social Students
Our Year 10 Health & Social students invited residents from The Spires Care Home, to visit our school to help develop their understanding of the care sector. Students were required to speak to and interact with the residents for evidence for their final piece of course work. The students had […]
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Sports Day Information
Our Sports Day is not like many primary school ones so parents are not invited but as so few students have actually experienced a Sports Day, we decided to tell you exactly what happens. Our Sports Day is due to take place on Thursday 7 July – we have a […]
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Johnson House Celebration Assembly – Summer Term
The Johnson House Celebration Assembly for the Spring Term saw multiple winners celebrated including: Academic Progress Awards: These awards are based on both results and progress so all students can take an award no matter what their ability: Year 10 – Maisie Alford, Faith Breese, Eve Neenan, Amy Robertson, Pawel Kluk, […]
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SHOUT OUT for Instrument Donations
Our school has an excellent reputation for creative subjects and with an orchestra, jazz bands, rock’n roll shows, outdoor mini-Glastonbury’s and more besides. Music has a high profile in our school. Within this we are always keen to give every child the chance to learn to play an instrument. In […]
