“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in …” These inspired words from Rosa Parks formed the basis of our Year 6 class’ triumphant performance at the Royal Festival hall on Wednesday 8th November. Along with seven other Southwark schools and the expert guidance of jazz musician Pete La Tanka and his amazing…
We have been working hard on transforming our playground in order to make it as vibrant and enjoyable a place as possible for the pupils when they are at play. It is now officially open! On Friday October 20th, we had an excellent opening ceremony. Olympic athlete, Serita Solomon joined us and cut the ribbon….
Wow! what a week! We wanted to celebrate the different heritages of the children at Friars in the week beginning October 16th 2017. This is what we got up to! A special assembly telling the story of and celebrating Diwali. International printing using a range of techniques and styles throughout the week. A traditional storytelling…
On Tuesday 3rd October, a merry band of talented poets from years five and six attended an Able Writers’ Day at Charing Cross Library. They had an enjoyable and rewarding time working with one of the UK’s leading performance poets, Neal Zetter. In the morning session, they wrote their own poems on the subject of ‘ Freedom…
In our final farewell assembly of the year where we said goodbye to our departing Year 6 and staff (Kate Kilshaw, Stanka Rendekova and Mrs Reuben) our recorder group and our choir did an informal performance. Please enjoy the performances below! On this page we have five recorder performances above and adjacent & two choir…
Our wonderful Year 6 children finished their time at Friars in fine style on Wednesday 19th July. Entitled “Do you remember the first time?” their performance told the story of a group of youngsters going for a job interview and remembering all the experiences they had at school. It was witty, emotional and above all…
On Tuesday 18th July, Years 4 and 5 were lucky enough to visit the London stadium at Queen Elizabeth Park in Stratford for the World Para Athletics Championships. Along with 27,000 other school children, they enjoyed shot-put, discuss, visually impaired running and wheelchair racing. It was a really inspirational day for the children and staff…
Woodland activities (with no rain!) on the last afternoon Collecting eggs, feeding pigs and calves and taking it easy after a long day. Daisy chains and more Gardening Picking strawberries, eating edible flowers and herbs! Free time in the sunshine. Pig work! Wednesday : Caring for our woolly friends… The long walk Letters home …
On Thursday 25th May 2017 Years 5 and 6 travelled to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Stadium to visit the Shell schools “Make the Future Live” exhibition. They had a fantastic time learning about energy in the future. This included them sitting in futuristic cars, making their own salt water powered cars and racing them and…
On May 16th 2017 Year 5 began their work with the charity, Into University. They spent the day designing and
