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Girls Football Tournament
2 teams of Year 9 and 10 girls competed in a tournament at King Edwards in the glorious sunshine this week and performed superbly. Despite some injuries, we fielded 2 full teams with girls sometimes playing in positions they hadn’t played competitively in before. The girls also all stepped up to […]
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Have we said how excited we are about our PTFA Comedy Night on Friday 6th May 2022?
New this year on the PTFA calendar, we cannot wait to welcome you all to a brilliant night of stand-up comedy provided by Comedy 42. All of our acts are experienced comics who are familiar with the comedy circuit as well as each having TV and radio credits to their […]
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Year 9 House Debating Competition
Congratulations to the Year 9 students who have taken part in our debating competition on the topic, ‘Inequality in the workplace is a thing of the past.’ This brought out some real passion in our students and a special mention must go to Stanley Peckham for his impressive debating skills. […]
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Lichfield District’s Year 7 Rugby 7’s
Year 7 boys tonight represented The Friary in a Rugby 7’s tournament and performed fantastically. Many of the boys were playing rugby competitively for the first time and came up against some already seasoned players. However, they all performed well and some excellent touch tackling was on show. There were […]
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Garrick House Week
We saw another great House Week with Garrick House students raising money and collecting food donations for their chosen house charity Lichfield Food Bank. There were a wide range of fund-raising activities and initiatives through the week including: a cake sale (thanks to parents and students who got baking) a […]
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Mercian Regiment in for Careers Talk
To celebrate National Careers Week and as part of our Raising Aspirations Programme, today we welcomed The Mercian Regiment into school who delivered an inspiring presentation about careers in the The British Army. The presentation explained about careers in The Armed Forces and the many inspiring projects they have involvement […]
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British Science Week Sees Top Professors, The World’s Fastest Tractor and Dr De’ath Descend on The Friary
The Friary School celebrated British Science Week 2022 with visits from eminent Professors delivering talks about cutting edge science, a weird and wonderful zoo and a leading engineer from JCB who told pupils about their quest for carbon free fuels. The week began with a collaboration between the science and […]
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Year 7-9 Girls Rugby with Tamworth RUFC
Tamworth RUFC are looking for Year 7-9 girls who are keen to take up rugby to come on down and sign up. The club encourage girls to “Find You Inner Warrior” and to get involved in a fun, fast-growing sport where you can get fit, make new friends and have […]
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Book Club Shadowing The Carnegie Medal
The Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Medals are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards and recognise outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people. This year our student Book Club is shadowing the process by reviewing the short-listed books and judging what […]
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Maths Week
The first week after half term saw Maths week! Over the course of the week, students took part in multiple competitions from designing a poster about a famous mathematician to trying to earn the most Dr Frost Maths points in the week. Throughout the maths lessons, students were treated to […]
