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201 Winners Jan/Feb |
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JANUARY 2010
173 Mrs D Swinscoe £25.00
130 Mr J Khannon £25.00
4 Mrs C Page £25.00
FEBRUARY 2010
36 Mr J K Wilkowski £25.00
166 Mrs J Smith £25.00
141 Mr L F Harding £25.00
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Press Release - The Friary gains Healthy Schools award |
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Taken from the Lichfield Mercury - 23/11/09
A SECONDARY school in Lichfield has been recognised for its efforts to promote healthy living.
The Friary School was presented with a nationally recognised award during a recent Staffordshire County Council ceremony.
Pupils collected the trophy from Councillor Janet Eagland, chairman of the county's health scrutiny committee.
All
of the authority's schools have signed up to Healthy Schools, a
national long-term programme which aims to make a difference to the
health and wellbeing of children.
To date, 279 of them have successfully gained the status and others are still working toward it.
The Friary School, off Eastern Avenue, was one of the latest to be presented with the award.
Councillor
Veronica Downes, county council cabinet member for schools, praised
those who received trophies at the ceremony. She said: "Congratulations
to everyone involved. This is a wonderful achievement.
"These
schools have shown that they have invested in being healthy and are
dedicated to ongoing improvement and development in this area,
equipping pupils with the skills and attitudes to help them make
informed decisions."
A county council spokesman
added: "Schools have worked closely with the county council and its
local primary care trusts to achieve National Healthy Schools Status,
which promotes the link between physical and emotional well-being.
"The
National Healthy Schools programme recognises the achievement of
schools within a whole school approach and is focused on four key
themes of personal, social and health education, healthy eating and
drinking, physical activity and emotional health and well-being."
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Spirited Dance |
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'Spirited Dance' a triumph!
The theatre at The Friary School, Lichfield was full to overflowing
on the evening of Monday 19th October 2009. Parents, pupils and
teachers gathered to watch 'Spirited Dance', a Study Support project,
and the atmosphere was positively buzzing with excitement and
anticipation.
'Spirited Dance' was the brainchild of the School Improvement
Division's Innovations Officer, Caroline Holder. This project,
focusing on building relationships between secondary schools and their
partner primary schools, combined the grace and skills of dance with
knowledge and understanding of faiths and belief systems.
The aim of the work was to explore the way in which dance is used to
express beliefs in many of the world's faiths, and how individuals can
use movement to develop their spirituality. Dance artist Charlotte
Edwards was brought in to work with students in their own schools on
examples from the major faiths and all the pieces were brought together
in a moving and professional production at The Friary.
The performance began with a Buddhist meditation walk featuring all
those taking part. This spiritual procession culminated in the stage
being filled with young people in calm and respectful pose, setting the
tone for the evening. Younger students at The Friary then performed a
piece focusing on Christian prayer which was full of symbolism.
Chadsmead Primary School presented their work on Hinduism through a
lively performance based on the story of Divali. The pupils of St.
Stephen's Primary School had been studying Islam and incorporated
complex patterns into their skilful combination of dances. 'Fiddler on
the Roof' provided the music for Willows Primary School to demonstrate
with enthusiasm their study of rites of passage in Judaism. A rousing
finale was presented by older students from The Friary who brought the
exuberance of bhangra to the theme tune from 'Slum Dog Millionaire',
providing a Sikh element to the programme. To complete the evening,
the pupils gathered together on the stage once more through their
meditation walk.
The hard work that had gone into 'Spirited Dance' was evident and
the student's' pride and enjoyment was self evident. Comments of
'excellent and 'amazing' were heard from all quarters on the way out of
the theatre. No charge was made for the evening, but the audience gave
generously to the Anthony Nolan Trust, a charity working to assist bone
marrow transplants for those suffering from leukaemia.
Many thanks go to the staff and pupils of all the schools involved.
The performance exceeded all expectations for the project, and was
nothing short of a triumph.
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Press Release - GCSE Results 2009 |
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The Friary School is celebrating another extremely successful year as more than 70% of students gain 5 or more grades A*-C, with 57% attaining 5 or more grades A*-C including English and Mathematics. Students also recorded the school’s highest ever average points score.
10 or more A*/A grades or equivalent were achieved by Chris Brown, Hazel Crossley, Jenny Derry, Hazel Hammond, Jasmine Harley, Megan Jones, Harry O’Connor, Rory Payne, Charlotte Pigott, Stephanie Powell, Emily Regan, Annie Southwell, Sam Trewick and Gemma Writer.
Grace Arnstein, Petrina Checkland, Billy Colebatch, Vicky Fearn Heather Gleig, Hetty Hyde-Durrant and Lucy Pearson gained 9 A*/A grades or equivalent and a large number of students gained 5 or more of the highest grades.
Deputy Headteacher Ian Rose congratulated all the students on their results and added:
“Students have worked extremely hard for these results and I am delighted for them. I am especially pleased that the average points score has continued to improve as this reflects the overall performance of every student in every subject. Staff have also worked extremely hard and it is great news for them too.”
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Press Release - A Level Results 2009 |
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The Friary achieved its highest ever subject pass-rate of 96% although the percentage of A and B grades (at 43%) was slightly lower than last year’s figure.
The outstanding individual A2 performances came from Sarah Hadley, who earned herself a superb total of 5 straight Grade A’s; also from Lucy Dubberley, Rachel Stonehouse, Daniel Upton and Jonathan Wilcox – who all excelled in gaining 4; and from Matthew Haslam and Matthew O’Donoghue who both produced 3 Grade A’s amongst their passes. In addition a further 8 students – Katie Arnstein, Ian McWilliam, James Mejor, Daniel Newbould, Rebecca Newman, Bobby Smith-Baker, Sam Spence and Jason Tsang – all achieved 2 Grade A’s. Many of the above also recorded A Grades in other AS subjects they had entered.
Retiring headteacher John Brough paid tribute to the hard work, determination and talent of the students, supported by the high quality teaching and guidance provided by staff at The Friary.
“I congratulate the students on their results, and in celebrating the outstanding performances from our ‘high flyers’, I am also very proud of the successes of those young people who entered the sixth form two years ago unsure at that time of their potential for higher education but who have now gained the necessary grades for entry to university. They – and their school – can be rightly proud of all these achievements. I wish all our students well as they move on to new horizons.”
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