News
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Y10 Boys Cricket Seals Impressive Win
Our Year 10 boys had their first 11-a-side fixture this season v EDA and got off to a wining start. Friary won the toss and elected to send in Luan Painter and Jack Yeomans to open the batting. Luan carried on his good form – retiring on 50 off 45 […]
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The Friary & The University of Wuppertal Serve Up a German Day
Our school has a partnership with the University of Wuppertal, in Germany and each year we have three trainee teacher placements in our schools as part of their programme. These trainees play a hugely active role in our school – supporting and leading lessons, throwing themselves into extra-curricular activities, and […]
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Year 12 Architecture & University Talk
Our Year 12 Art & Design students enjoyed a visit from ex-Friary student Charlie Flynn who since leaving our school has achieved an honours degree in Architecture at De Montfort University in Leicester. Charlie gave an inspiring talk about his studies at university and how his experience studying GCSE Art […]
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Y9 Cricket Victory
In a hard and closely fought contest the Y9 Friary cricket team narrowly defeated King Edwards in their 16 over match. King Edwards won the toss and chose to bat and the Friary bowlers produced some great bowling to restrict them to 85/8. The bowling unit was strong across the […]
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Y7 Girls Rounders
Our Year 7 Rounders Teams who took part in their first competition at Cannock Chase High School against none other district schools. The newly put together team competed well after practising in their after-school club and with a combination of teamwork, fantastic fielding, and well-placed batting they managed to score […]
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Roll Up for Tickets to ‘Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’
The Friary School are delighted to announce their up-coming production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. The cast and crew have had a fantastic time rehearsing this funny, fast paced and energetic musical and are bristling with excitement at the opportunity to present it to a public audience. The […]
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Library Trip to Peters Bookshop
Our library team took a group of students to Peters Bookshop in Birmingham to choose some new titles for our school library. Many of the group are part of our Thursday Book Club and they included: Simao Reves (7D2), Dylan Nicholson (7D2), Iago Navio (7J1), Roxanna Clarke (7J1), Isabelle Webb […]
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Regional Swimming Gala Success
The Friary students in Years 7-10 took part in an eagerly anticipated Cannock and District Swimming Gala and there were some excellent performances. We made a fantastic start coming first in the Year 8 girls front crawl relay. This continued with the girls coming in the top 4 of all […]
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Year 12 UCAS Higher Education Evening
Last week all parents of Year 12 students were invited to attend an evening about the application process into higher education. We were delighted to welcome back representatives from Aberystwyth and De Montford University alongside Ask Apprenticeships to discuss the potential access routes and guidance on how to make the […]
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Volunteering Fair
Our students in Years 9, 10 & 12 had the opportunity to visit a Volunteering Fair. Local volunteering organisations visited the school – including; Support Staffordshire, The Stan Bowley Trust and The Hub at St Mary’s to discuss with students the importance of volunteering and possible careers that are available […]
