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No. 102 July
A note from the Headteacher
It seems incredible that the term is already drawing to a close and we are breaking up for
the summer. As you can see from the contents of the newsletter, we have had a fun and
busy term once again.
We have said goodbye to our Year 11 students and welcomed the new Year 7 students for
a few days. I look forward to working with all of you and your children again in the next
academic year and wish you a great summer holiday.
As always we are very proud of the students at Friars Academy and would like to remind
you of a few of our expectations to ensure that everything is in place for September :
full school uniform should be worn at all times including black shoes,
hairshould be of a natural colour and not extreme in style,
students are only allowed one plain stud earring in each ear (which must be removed for
PE lessons) and a watch. No other jewellery may be worn.
Mrs Ijewsky.
July saw our final Pride of Friars Tea for this school year. Four pupils and their
parents were invited into school to have a cup of tea and enjoy seeing some work that
their young people were proud of. Congratulations to La-Tonnia,
Jack P, Amiee and Jesse. Students were picked because they have
been working exceptionally hard in different aspects of school life
and demonstrating the school values.
Did you know that in the past six months, almost two-thirds of
children groomed online were targeted on just three platforms:
Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.
Please keep your child safe online by talking to them about the
issues involved with social networking sites.
Our final Theme Week of this year was entitled 'The Best of British'
and was a celebration of everything that represents our nation!
There were many activities spread out across the week, splitting the
classes up with students from every year group in each team!
The week finished off with a 'Friars Festival of Britain', opened by
the Mayor and Mayoress of Wellingborough and showed off the work from the week
which ranged from Historical baking, Shakespeare's Best bits, the best of British Films, a
street party, work/film about Charlie Chaplin and many more. The week was very
successful and really encapsulates the spirit of Friars Academy.
Sikh Gurdwara On Friday 13th July, Year 9 Hindi Mandir On Monday 16th July, some of
students visited the Sikh gurdwara in our Year 8 students visited the Hindu mandir
Northampton as part of their work in in Wellingborough as part of their Ethics
Ethics. They found out about key Sikh work. They enjoyed looking at the different
beliefs, rituals and worship and had the statues of various Hindu gods and finding out
opportunity to ask questions about the about important Hindu beliefs and how these
faith to practising Sikhs. They had a great are shown through worship and daily life and
time and enjoyed meeting new people had the opportunity to ask questions about
and seeing the faith to
how following practising Hindus.
the faith They enjoyed their
impacts upon trip which has
peoples’ lives. enabled them to see
another faith in
action.
Wicksteed Park
On Wednesday 13th June, the Rotary Club Hatton, took the Yr 7 pupils to Wicksteed Park
once again and provided them with a great lunch. The students thoroughly enjoyed
themselves by getting wet on the Water Chute and challenging themselves on the high
slides. They were extremely
patient in the queues and
coped well with the heat.
A great day out for everyone!
Sywell Country Park On Thursday 7th June, Year 7 visited Sywell Country Park as part of
the Art curriculum. Pupils enjoyed exploring the park and producing drawings, wax rub-
bings, paintings and collages. They also experienced taking artistic photographs of the
surroundings. The weather was lovely and a great time was had by all.
Rockingham Castle River Study Trip
On the 25th of June, the year 7’s 8LM and 8SL had a trial day at
enjoyed a lovely visit to Everdon Learning Centre.
Rockingham Castle. Using a variety of methods the
They investigated the medieval students found out about the
garderobe, the jail, a Victorian
physical geography of the
kitchen and were able to see the original plans of the
castle. We then enjoyed a picnic in the grounds in the river. They had fun gathering
shade of the castle. data about the speed of the
After lunch some of the children enjoyed climbing the flow, the cross section of the
motte to see where the original Keep would have been, river and the invertebrates
they saw that there are now gardens in its place and that inhabit it. The students
liked that they had been planted to resemble the old had a brilliant day and we
Keep. As they went to investigate the gardens, they hope to use this wonderful
were surprised by the sprinkler which was watering facility for outdoor learning in
them, they took the opportunity to have fun by running the future.
through it which cooled them down on such a hot day.
8LM Go Back in Time to the Tudors
8LM had a wonderful taster trip to Delapre Abbey. They learned what life was like at the
Nunnery and experienced some of the jobs done there in Tudor times. The students all
had a chance to do some spinning and weaving; identifying and tasting medieval herbs;
and writing with a quill and using seals.
We then moved forward 100 years and met Zouch Tate,
owner of Delapré, staunch protestant and parliamentarian.
Here students had opportunities to do lots of object han-
dling; dressing up; and demonstrations including firing of a
musket! The students had a brilliant day and we hope to use
this wonderful facility for outdoor learning in the future.
Winner! A huge congratulations to Mrs Football
Rutter who won the Inclusive and Diversity The Girls Football team took part in a
award with England Netball at the Goalden tournament at the MK Dons Stadium and
Globe Awards. Mrs Rutter has coached our won an award for their brilliant attitude
girls netball team for a number of years, and behaviour as well as their
taking them to performances!
different
tournaments Rounders
with great Also the Football Rounders team played a
success. A very fantastic game against Northgate in their
much deserved very first fixture, they trained and played
win Mrs Rutter. well.
Sports Hall Athletics
We took a team of students to take part in a sports hall Athletics festival at Maplefields.
Events included, Javelin, standing long jump, target throw and a team relay race. All of the
students behaved and performed brilliantly and eventually managed to
finish a very close second, despite winning 3 of the events outright. Well
done to all those that took part.
Wednesday 11th July was the 2018 Friars Academy Sports Day!
All the students and staff were split into four teams named after British Olympic and
Paralympic Athletes - Ellie Simmonds, Jonnie Peacock, Jessica Ennis and Mo Farah.
Events started at 9.30am which included Fun events, Field events and some ‘Have a Go’
events on the playground. After a break for lunch the afternoon Track events started at
1.05pm. All events were an opportunity for pupils to win points for their team as well as
stickers for themselves. Staff were also awarding stickers to pupils they saw displaying
qualities of self-belief, passion, teamwork, determination, honesty and respect
throughout the day.
All of the students had a fantastic day and there were some outstanding displays of pas-
sion, determination, teamwork and self-belief which made the PE Department incredibly
proud!
Congratulations to Team Mo Farah who were this years winners!
A big thank you to all the parents and carers who came and supported.
Check out our PE Twitter account: @FriarsAcademyPE
This can be presented each week for outstanding contribution to
Academy Life.
Congratulations to:
Eleanor
Kimberley
Sarah Jayne
Ebony Mae
Savannah
Friars Remember to keep reading and
Friendly faces for all to see. practising your maths skills this
Respect and kindness is the key. holiday.
Imagination and creation, it’s a celebration. Use the online resources at:
Awesome we are at achieving our education. www.readingwise.com
Reminding ourselves of how good we are. www.mymaths.co.uk
School is the best we have come so far. www.oxfordowl.co.uk
By Ebony-Mae
Term 6 2018
Schools Closes Friday 20th July 2018
Term 1 2018
Training Days Tues 4th & Wed 5th Sept 2018
School Opens Thursday 6th Sept 2018
School Closes Friday 19th October 2018
Term 2 2018
School Opens Monday 29th October 2018
School Closes Friday 21st December 2018
Term 3 2019
School Opens Monday 7th January 2019
School Closes Friday 15th February 2019
Term 4 2019
School Opens Monday 25th February 2019
Friars Academy part of Friars Multi Academy Trust
Friars Close, Wellingborough, Northants. NN8 2LA
Tel : 01933 304950 email : office@friars.northants.sch.uk
Website: www.friarsacademy.org
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