News
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Emotional Literacy Support
Our school has signed up to take part in a new scheme being rolled out in Staffordshire that supports children’s emotional needs – it is called ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant). This support is already delivered in school in other ways, but we are always keen to take on board […]
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Y7 Geographers Grabbing the Georeferenced Data
Our Year 7 geographers were out around the school collecting georeferenced data as part of developing the subject skills to take them into GCSE and beyond. The groups were first tasked with creating a survey about the quality of the school environment. This would be used to select their data […]
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Year 10 Employability Workshops
This week over two days our Year 10 students have taken part in Employability Workshops leading into Mock Interviews as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme. The sessions included information from a professional group of volunteers who visited the school to talk about employability skills, creating a positive first impression and […]
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Focus Week – Europe Day
As part of celebrating our students place in the world around them as we celebrated Europe Day (7 May) across the school with push on multi-culturalism, the benefits of learning a foreign language and the push on the opportunities in integrating across Europe (if not necessarily in the EU). The […]
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Darwin House Focus Week
Darwin House have been raising money for the Acorns Hospice for several years now and this year, the students put on another very successful charity week which once again highlighted how amazing our students are. The week was a fantastic success as students worked together as a house to raise […]
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Dementia Awareness Focus Week
It was competition week again at the Friary in support of Dementia Awareness. The Health & Social Care department asked students of all ages to draw something that made them smile and we had some amazing entries. These entries will be taken to The Spires Care Home. The purpose behind […]
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Year 8 House Debating Competition
Congratulations to the Year 8 students who have taken part in our debating competition on the topic, ‘Brexit has been a total success.’ This was a very topical subject and the students impressed the judges with their independent research. The external judges Lyse Edwards (School Governor) and Greg Sugden (School Governor) […]
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Year 13 say goodbye to Interact Club
The Interact club is a prestigious and highly valued club, which encourages students to organise and participate in a range of charity and community events that help both our school and the community. Each year we work closely with Lichfield’s Rotary Club, who help mentor and sponsor us during weekly […]
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Year 7 HSBC UK Educational Workshop
As part of our Raising Aspirations Programme, today we welcomed HSBC UK into school who delivered educational workshops. During the workshops Year 7 students covered several topics which gave them information on; sustainable choices, savvy shopping and the world of gaming. Students looked at how to be a critical consumer, making […]
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World Challenge Expedition to Borneo
This summer will see 10 Sixth Form students taking part in an expedition to Borneo. The expedition includes a series of activities including a community project, a jungle trek through Kilu and an exciting visit to the orangutan and sun bear rehabilitation centre. The expedition will allow the students to […]
