News
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Year 7 Dementia Awareness Work
We make a conscious effort to flag up Dementia Awareness Week as many staff and children are affected by this issue in their families – and if they aren’t at the moment, then they sadly will likely be in years to come. 7J1, led by their tutor Sophie Butler, worked […]
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Year 7 & 8 Athletics
Last week saw Year 7 and 8 take part in their second round of the athletics competition at Aldersley Stadium. Having driven through a rain shower on the way, we were pleased to see a dry track upon arrival with more than a dozen schools from Cannock and District ready […]
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School Age Immunisation Programme – Y8 HPV Vaccinations – June 2022
On Thursday 30 June The School Age Immunisation Team will be visiting The Friary School to provide the first dose of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination to students in year 8. This is offered in Year 8 as part of the national immunisation programme and is free on the […]
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Y9 Boys Cricket
Our Year 9 Cricket Team suffered a narrow defeat in last over against Rawlett in an excellently played game of cricket. Friary lost the toss and were put into bat. Friary scored 105/9 off their 20 overs with an excellent 50* (44) from captain Luan Painter. Rawlett needed 106 to […]
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More Athletic Success
Our Year 7 & 9 students were shining at Aldersley Stadium this time as they gained a string of podium finishes across the track and field events. On the track, Harry Pilgram (Year 7) started off a successful afternoon with Gold in the 800m. Alfie Bedlow and Oli Burnside (Year […]
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Last Days in School
Our Year 11s and Year 13s had their different last days in school as the exams roll into full swing and it was a time of mixed emotions with a happiness to have an exciting life ahead but a sadness that an important period in time was drawing to a […]
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House Debating Competition Prepared for Final Round
Our House Debating Competition runs through the year and sees Year groups compete for their House covering topics as diverse as the impact of Brexit, Black Lives Matter, Misogyny and Remembrance. The final round will see Year 7s debate the topic of ‘Racism is not a problem in modern Britain…’ […]
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Year 12 UCAS Workshop
With the last term well underway, our Year 12 students participated in a UCAS Workshop event. The aim of the event was to inspire future aspirations, focus on planning for their future destinations after Sixth Form and to provide information to grow knowledge, enabling students to explore higher education, training […]
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Athletics Competition at Aldersley Stadium
Over twenty Year 9 and Year 10 Friary students competed in a Cannock and Staffordshire Athletics Championship at Aldersley stadium earlier this week. All participants were a credit to the school and we returned with some fantastic results. To name just a few: Chloe Butler gold in the100m Ava Nivan […]
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The Senior 7
Last week saw many Year 12s compete for the prestigious positions of the Senior 6. With over 25% of the cohort applying for the roles it was a tough competition. All students performed brilliantly in the application process and interviews and were a real credit to the school, so much […]
