Next week is NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK – a celebration of oral storytelling, reading and writing for pleasure. Children will be reading more stories in…

Welcome back to Friars! We hope you had a restful and joyful holiday, and we’re excited to begin a fresh new year together. Punctuality…

Dear Parents and Carers, Friars Primary School and Governing body are pleased to announce the recent release of our Annual Report for the 2024-2025…

On Friday 11th July, parents, carers, children and staff were treated to a fabulous Dance Performance choreographed by our amazing Dance Coach Chantal of…

A huge thank you for all your support with the summer fair. We raised a grand total of £1600. There were a vast number…

In Year Three we have been reading the text ‘A Walk in London.’ We went for our own walk around London. What famous London…

On Wednesday afternoon a small group of children went sailing at Greenland Dock. We took some pictures of this fabulous experience, which can be…

This Monday, our mixed Year 5&6 team took part in an exciting athletics competition at Southwark Park Athletics Centre. On the track, girls and…

On Monday, some  of our Year 5 and Year 6 children went to Wick Court Farm for the week. They have been working hard…

This morning our year 3 children set off with Carol from “Blak Outside” to a patch of ground  near the school  called “The Brookwood…

This week in Early Years we have hatched five ducklings. They were in the incubator before they hatched on Thursday. We are going to…

With SATs Week drawing closer, we have collated a series of very useful videos covering all aspects of the exam week and how best…

During the week beginning 12th May, our year 6 pupils will be sitting their SATs tests. We know how hard the children have been working and want…

Welcome Back. It was lovely to see all the children return this week and are happily engaged in their learning. Please click the link…

On Tuesday, Year 5 visited the British Museum to learn more about Ancient Egypt. Our first stop was the Egyptian sculpture gallery where we…

Throughout the week leading up to World Book Day 2025, which will take place this coming Thursday 6th March this year, the children from…

Yesterday, a new music academy opened up here at Friars. This is being run by one of our music teachers, Jonathan Pix, and offers…

Our topic this half term is ‘Transport.’ We have listened to lots of stories about different types of transport. We listened to the story…

As part of our topic ‘Toys’ we visited the Young V & A Museum. We looked at toys from the past. Here are a…

This week we welcomed back one of our teachers, Lucy Gethin-Jones from maternity leave. She will be teaching in Year 4 with Terry and…

Yesterday, our Year 3 class were invited to play the Ocarina in a performance for MPs and Lords at The House of Lords. It…

It has been a calm and productive start to 2025 here at Friars. External clubs started last week and the remainder start next week.…

On Tuesday, Year 3 went to Richmond for a fun and meaningful field trip about Greater London and River Thames. We all had fun…

Today Year One went to London Sea Life Centre. They had a lovely day  and saw lots of amazing creatures. The Sea Life London…

Friars Primary School is proud to announce that they were recently awarded the Equal Access School Award presented by Barclays Girls’ Football School Partnerships.…

Welcome back to Friars Primary School! We hope you had an enjoyable half term and are looking forward to a new term. On this…

International Week ended today with a brilliant performance of Year 5 drumming (and dancing). Later on, each class presented some facts that they had…

The Great Fire of London On Wednesday, as part of our History topic about the Great Fire of London, Year 2 visited Temple Bar…

Southwark’s youngest councillor, Joseph Vambe, was recently the guest of honour at a local SE1 primary school to open their new Nursery and Reception…

Thank you to those who have donated tins, packets and other dried goods for our harvest collection. Also needed are toiletries e.g. baby wipes,…

We have really enjoyed our first full week back and it has been wonderful to see all the children trying hard with their learning.…

As we draw closer towards the end of term, what better way to start a sunny day than on a farm tending to animals.…

On the build up towards the end of term and the end of this academic year, Reception, Year One and Year Two enjoyed a…

Our Digital Leaders visited the BETT show at the ExCeL Centre. They really enjoyed trying out all the latest hardware and educational software. The…