It was another great week in KS1 and KS2 this week with certificates being awarded for a range of outstanding reasons including great maths work, using verbs and adjectives brilliantly in sentences, much improved handwriting, great focus and application in assessment tests and for creating amazing poetry. There were also awards given for super voice projection and beautiful singing during our Christmas production rehearsals. In KS2, an especially big well done to Abigail (3JD

The Y5/6 girls headed to Bournes Green on Friday evening to play in friendly football matches. These games were organised as part of Friars’ pledge to grow girls football during the 2021/22 season. This was the toughest game for the girls so far, as Bournes Green wanted the friendly before competing in the Essex Finals. The A team lost their game to the Essex finalists but performed well throughout. In the B team game Patrycja and Gabrielle played in their first ever football

In KS1 this week, we celebrated some brilliant work and heard how certificates had been awarded for such brilliant reasons as… great focus on early morning work, super phonics, participation in reading and settling into our classes so well. Other children were recognised for trying hard with spelling and handwriting and for generally being an all-round great pupil! In KS2, certificates were awarded for a host of reasons including working hard in every single lesson, outstandi

Over the last two week’s we have seen a range of certificates given out across KS1 and KS2 for such brilliant reasons as demonstrating resilience, working independently, showing much greater confidence, brilliant effort, having a great attitude to work, answering tricky questions, learning their times tables, improving handwriting and generally being an all-round brilliant learner! We also gave out over 41 keyword certificates across Year 2 – a fantastic effort! Well done to

On Friday 5th November, we took 40 excited members of the school choir to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London to watch the Schools Matinee production of Royal Ballet's Giselle. A story of love, betrayal, ghostly spirits and haunted forests. This was a real treat for some of our children who even enjoyed some of the London sights from the coach windows especially with Mrs Monk on the microphone as our very own city your guide. We were also extremely lucky as, thank

Friars played against Greenways on Wednesday 3rd November 2021 after school. I watched the A team game with Corey in goal. Greenways score the first goal of the match. Another great save from Corey follows. Greenways score another 2 goals and it's 3-0. Corey saves another shot with a great save. It was 4-0 at the half time break as the teams discuss what they are doing next. After halftime Corey changed to midfielder as Maddie goes in goal and Phoebe plays for the team. Jeffr

This week in KS1, our certificate winners were nominated for a range of great reasons including outstanding writing using conjunctions, listening carefully and for always having a great attitude to work and being happy in school. Well done to our KS1 winners. In KS2 it was a similar story, with awards given for perseverance and effort across the curriculum. There were also some special certificates awarded by Mrs Pinckney for outstanding computing across the half term. This w