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| To see archive 'News & Events' click on the appropriate years 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 , 2003, 2002 , 2001 otherwise scroll down. | To see 'News & Events' for the Junior School click here |
 | Another very good year. To see our Press Statements click here for A Level Results and click here for GCSE results. To see a summary of our results click here. |
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A & AS Level and GCSE Art Coursework June 2008Click on the photo on the left to see more. |
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Year 8 Trip to Normandy July 2008Click on the photo on the left to see more.
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 | Sports Day June 2008Lister 733, Mennell 652, Tuke 639 Click on the photo to see more. |
Year 10 Geographers visit London Docklands 9th June 2008Click on the photo on the right to see more. |
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Newsletter Summer 2008 Click on the image on the right to see the latest edition of 'The Avenue'. |  |
| ISI Inspection Report for the School - February 2008 | Click here to download direct from the ISI website. |
Notes for New Parents September 2008 Click on the above to download | Online version of the documents sent to new parents, most of which are relevant to all parents. |
 | Click here to read Bobby's report about how the £1,329 raised on F&F Day is being used through the charity that Bobby and his wife have founded to ensure that aid gets to where it is needed. |
Good Luck to Year 11, 6i and 6ii with their GCSE, AS and A Level exams. |  |
Above shows members of Year 11 celebrating the last day of lessons last Friday.
 | Speeches
on Friends and Families Day |
Year 11 Drama ExamOne of the groups performing an excerpt from Wind in the Willows in assembly last Friday, and we were all suitably entertained! Well done. |  |
 | London MarathonCongratulations to Stephanie Chaplin, our cleaning supervisor, who raised over £2,000 for MEDICS in the recent London Marathon. |
 | Latest Newsletter Spring 2008Click on the image on the left to download the latest copy of our Newsletter for Spring 2008. A hard copy has also been mailed to all parents. Click here is you would like to look at previous copies of the Newsletter. |
Friday 14th March - a lot going on - Sports Relief, Cabaret, Non-Uniform Day, Austerity Lunch, a Cake Sale for the Tiger Foundation + normal lessons!
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 | Buddhist Centre VisitYear 8 visited the Buddhist Centre in Cambridge on Wednesday to learn about two different kinds of meditiation, as part of their study of the three Eastern religions. |
Uttlesford Reality Roadshow for Years 9 & 10.Students attended the Road Safety, ASB and the Law, Substance Misuse, Internet safety, Respect and Relationships, Fire Safety and Theatre Active workshops all day on Friday 7th March 08. |  Photos of the Theatre Active workshop and the Internet Safety bus. Click on them to enlarge. |
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 | World Book Day 6th March 08Years 9 and 10 were treated to a performance of 'Malika's Kitchen' by the lively performance poets who visited the school on Thursday afternoon. |
Photos now on website - click on images below
There were 3 dances from ‘42nd Street’, ‘Anything Goes’ and ‘We Go Together’ followed by a play entitled ‘Hiding Straw in Haystacks’.
 | Year 7 'Africa Day' Tuesday 5th Feb 08This photo shows some of our Year 7 pupils in the pottery workshop. There were other workshops involving textiles and making music. |
Chris Levine and his 3D Hologram of the Queen.
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Chris Levine produced his unique 3D hologram of
the Queen 4 years ago and is about to open an exhibition with the other photos
he took of the Queen at the time.
You can access this article online by
going to the Telegraph website and searching for Chris Levine or by clicking
here . Find out more about Chris Levines's work on his website at www.chrislevine.com.
 | School MenusClick here to see the current 3 week menu in operation this spring term. Our Catering Company, Chartwell's, also hold a carvery every week, and a Chefs' Theatre (see photo of stir fry on left) at least once in every three weeks. |
 | Autumn Term 2007 Newsletter This is being mailed to all parents, but you can download a copy by clicking on the image on the left. |
Whole School Photo September 2007. Click on
the image on the right to enlarge. |  |
If you have not yet collected your photo order from Reception then please do so as soon as possible.
Calendar for Spring Term 2008 - click
here This is
also being mailed to all parents.
Children in Need - Non-uniform day
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International Evening November 2007Click on the image on the right to see more. |
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PTA Autumn Quiz Evening Saturday 10th Nov.
 | A great success. Many thanks to the PTA for all the time and effort they put into making this such an enjoyable evening. |
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Friends’ School sent a 55 strong cross country team to the district competition this year. In the last few years Friends’ have performed extremely well considering we are competing against much larger schools. A team consists of 8 runners with the top six places counting towards the team event total. The year 7 girls had outstanding individual results with Imogen Candler being placed 2nd, Cordelia Kiddy 3rd, Pandora Kiddy 4th and Libby Whitfield 10th. Combined with Annie Scholfield and Poppy Greenwood’s placings of 17th and 18th respectively they were district champions. The year 8 girls also performed exceptionally with Becky Westerhuis 5th, Jess Mazdon Binns 6th, Elizabeth Cooke 9th, Elle Casey 10th, Jocelyn Jarman 11th and Poppy Stanbury 17th. They too were named district champions for the second year running. Alice Irwin and Polly Johnson ran fantastic races in the year 10/11 group and were placed 3rd and 4th overall. Brilliant results by our girls.
The boys also had some
pleasing results with the year 8 boys being placed 2nd in the teams event. James
Cochrane was placed 2nd, Ben Kaye 9th and Jed Hunter 19th. The year 10/11 boys
were placed 3rd overall which was particularly pleasing seeing that our team consisted
of 6 year 10’s. Jack Richardson was placed 7th whilst Ben Brown ran well
for 15th. The year 7 and 9 teams were placed 10th overall.
Well done
runners, Jenny Allwood and myself would like to praise you for your commitment
and effort leading up to and on the day.
Nick Batcheler
From the Archives:Asphalt
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Remembrance Day and White Poppies
 | Why are some wearing white poppies? Click on the poppies on the left to find out more. Also click here to find out more about the Peace Pledge Union. Their shared belief is that war and violent conflict are neither necessary nor inevitable. Their shared aim is to work towards creating a just world free from war. |
Red and white poppies were available from Reception.
 | Sixth Form Pilgrimage to explore the roots of the Quaker movement September 2007Click on the photo to see more. |
Year 10 Geography Field Trip to the Lake District Sept 2007
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The
majority of parents subscribe to ParentMail, and receive Parents’ Notes
and other communications from the school by email. This service is free to parents
and has been particularly useful during the postal strike. If you have not subscribed
to ParentMail then may we urge you to do so and download the form here
and return to the School.
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‘Silent Witnesses’ by former Friends’ School pupil Tom Robinson in the Guardian on Tuesday 25th September. See the online version at http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2176409,00.html
‘Quaker Schools – perfecting the art of good behaviour’ in the Independent on Thursday 27th September. See the online version at http://news.independent.co.uk/education/schools/article2999530.ece You can also click here to download a pdf of the article.
'How to Grow Apples' - a short comedy
by Richard Smith
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 |  | Thursday 20th and Friday 21st September at 7.30 pm in the Drama Workshop. A great success and thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. Well done. |
2007 Science Department Gardening Competition
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Whole School Photo 7 Sept 07
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| GCSE Results 2007 Results at Friends’ School Saffron Walden showed another very pleasing improvement on last year with 92% of pupils achieving 5 or more A*- C grades and an overall A*- G rate of 99.9%, with 76% of pupils achieving 8 or more A*-C and 60% of all grades at A*- B. Click here to see our press statement. |
Click here to see a summary of our A Level and GCSE Results for 2007
 | A level Exam Results 2007 Click here to see our press statement. Photos show a few of our students after getting their results. |  |
Students at Friends’ School Saffron Walden were celebrating a superb set of A level results this morning. 35% of the grades were at A (11% above the National Average), 65% at A and B (15% above the National Average), with 93% A-C (19% above the National Average). Overall the pass rate was 100%. Well done.
Year 8 Activity Week Outdoor Activities |  |
Year 9 Residential Trip to Normandy 2nd to 5th July 2007.Click on the photo to see more. |
A, AS level and GCSE Art Coursework 2007.Click on either photo to see more. |  |
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11 and Sixth Form Summer Ball Click on the photo to see more. |  |
 | Sports Afternoon 20th June 2007 Lister 1060, Tuke 990, Click on the photo to see more. |
Year 7 Geography
Field Trip to Click on the photo to find out more. |  |
 | Summer 2007 NewsletterThis is being mailed to all parents at the start of the summer holidays, but if you would like to download a copy then please click on the image on the left. |
| EMERGENCY
SCHOOL CLOSURE In cases of extreme weather conditions or if any other event causes us to close the school: We will publicise this information on the News page of the School website. We may also make use of ParentMail. If appropriate we will also endeavour to broadcast this information on the following local radio stations: Radio
Cambridgeshire on FM 96 or MW 1026 |
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