Portico Academy Trust

On Wednesday, 6 Year 6 girls and two Year 6 boys attended Garon Park to play in the Hi 5 netball competition. There were 10 teams in total and we played every other school. The game consists of every team member playing every position and scoring, time keeping and centre pass marking when not playing. Our results were as follows: Barons Court won 2-1 St Mary’s won 4-0 Porters won 5-0 Greenways won 1-0 Friars won 3-0 Bournes Green won 2-1 Bournemouth Park 7-0 St. George’s won

12 people, people smiling, people standing, grass, child, outdoor and nature]Once again, after winning the Southend Finals in October, West Leigh attended the Essex Tag Rugby Finals (for a 12th successive year!) In preparation for the event, the squad trained diligently and were ready for the original date (March) until the weather led to it being postponed. In the period between that date and the new date, unfortunately two of the players suffered injuries leading to signifi

On Wednesday afternoon, 25th April, Year 6 were visited by Stuart from Southend Fire Service where they participated in a 'Cyber Safety Session.' They listened to how to keep their personal details safely online, including names, date of birth and pictures; what apps they are old enough to use (are you aware that as of today you can't have a 'What's App' account unless you are sixteen or older); online gaming and the potential problems of it; cyber bullying and how to deal w

Team Friars performed outstanding at the Hi 5 Netball competition this week winning 7 out of 9 games to take 3rd place in the Southend Schools competition at Garon Park.

Team Friars went to Garons Golf Complex to take part in the Tri Golf competition. The event challenges the children to show ability in short and long range shots, chipping and putting with each activity having a points scoring system. Team Friars had three teams attend this event in which Friars finished 1st, 2nd and 4th in the score rankings and allow us to attend the Essex Finals again this year as Southend champions. Well done.

In order to immerse the Year 4s into their new topic, they took part in a fun Hook Day on Friday 20th April. At the beginning of the day the children were introduced to their new topic. They began by looking at air raid shelters and watched old Pathe News reels to look at the advice that was given to people during the wartime. Little did they know what was ahead… During the lesson, an air raid siren rang out throughout the Year 4 classrooms! They were evacuated quickly to the

We were absolutely thrilled to have taken part in and attended the SEEDC (South East Essex Design Competition) awards ceremony at The Deanes Academy on the The SEEDC sees many local primary and secondary schools create showcases of their amazing art and design projects from their school. As a result of Friars pupils impressive art and the explanations given by the girls and boys who represented us, Friars were awarded with a bronze for the Year 3 Roamin’ Roman Sandals, a sil

Before the Spring break, Year 4 pupils were very lucky to be visited by an author during our rescheduled book week. This author was particularly special because he was in fact a parent of children that attend Friars! Year 4 listened in awe as Mr Nicholls explained how he came to write his story and which books inspired him (including The Lion, he Witch and the Wardrobe which we had been studying in class!) and he also shared some of the illustrations his children created for

We celebrated British Science Month with a day of experiments, learning and practical activities. We welcomed visitors from our fantastic parent community into school throughout the day. Mr Hawkins came and wowed Years 3 and 5 with his knowledge of space, stars and the solar system. The children asked some fantastic questions and were keen to further their learning in this area. Mr Bilanges demonstrated how to extract DNA from a strawberry which impressed both the staff and p

On Thursday 29th March, Mr Nash and Mrs Mitchinson travelled to Chalkwell Park with the girls’ football team to play their last league game of the season. With the rain starting to fall, the girls got off to a good start by maintaining possession of the ball and moving up the pitch, they managed to score two goals in the first half. Chalkwell managed to get the counter attack and get a shot at goal, with it bouncing of the post onto the crossbar and just over the line, wit