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2009 - 2010

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pupils on the trip

Viva Madrid

10/03/2010
In the February half term, ten Birkdale sixth formers took a five-day trip to Madrid…
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10/03/2010
Birkdale School’s senior golf team won the ISGA North West regional competition at Caldy golf club …
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An icon to indicate this is a Senior news itemAn icon to indicate this is a Sport news itemAn icon to indicate this is a Competitions news itemBirkdale reach the National Tennis Finals.
08/03/2010
Birkdale School competed in the AEGON Team Tennis Schools Senior Students competition…
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the U12 rugby team

U12 Rugby Triumph!!

08/03/2010
Congratulations to the U12 rugby 7`s team after they won the `Pocklington School 7`s Tournament`…
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08/03/2010
Birkdale entered students of GCSE/A level Latin and Ancient Greek into Round 1 of the Advanced Level of the competition. …
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members of the rugby squad

Triumph for Birkdale Rugby 7’s

05/03/2010
Birkdale went on to record a memorable victory …
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Harry with Mr Miliband

Youth Parliament Victory

05/03/2010
Harry Carter, Lower 6th pupil at Birkdale School, has been re-elected for a second term to the UK Youth Parliament…
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Team charging

Edinburgh Rugby Tour 2010

03/03/2010
During half term the P3 and P4 rugby squads went on tour to Edinburgh. The week was filled with a range of activities such as visits to Murrayfield and Edinburgh Castle as well as swimming, Laser Quest and, most importantly of course, rugby fixtures. …
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Fund Raising the Rugby Way

02/03/2010
On Saturday 27 February, a dinner and dance was held at Baldwin's Omega to raise funds for the Birkdale Summer 2010 New Zealand rugby tour …
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Art Club Exhibits

24/02/2010
Prep 4 Art Club celebrated their fantastic achievements with an art exhibition in the Prep School hall on Wednesday 10th February. …
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Lower School Ski Trip 2010

22/02/2010
Thirty boys and three staff went to Zell am See in Austria during the recent half term…
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Harrison Carter

Use Your Vote!

01/02/2010
Members of the Youth Parliament (MYPs) work hard to ensure your voice is heard…
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Richard Achahboun

Sixth Former aspires to help homeless charity

27/01/2010
Richard Achahboun is putting his A Level Business Studies course to good use by supporting Aspire …
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Haiti cake sale at Prep-School

22/01/2010
Prep School has raised charitable money to support Haiti though their love of cakes and buns. …
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Left- W Brown, E Phillips, S Bostock (back), C Meiring(centre) S Barrow far right

Oxbridge selections 2010

21/01/2010
The following students have all been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge University …
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You won’t be lost with Ronan!

20/01/2010
If you’re without your GPS its Ronan Sahni you want as a friend. He has recently won the Mark Randall Memorial trophy for his Orienteering abilities.…
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The continued success of the Shoe box appeal.

10/12/2009
This year Prep School sent 121 shoe boxes to operation Christmas Child.…
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Abimanyu

Abimanyu a star in the making.

10/12/2009
At Prep School we are very proud of Abimanyu Gowda as he took part in the Lyceum production of Joseph.…
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Flora get Pre-Prep cooking

10/12/2009
Pre-Prep are so grateful to the Barnett Family for their kind donation of cooking equipment. …
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Christmas time is certainly here.

10/12/2009
Christmas is the highlight of the Prep School year and this year has been no exception. …
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John Allen

Mr Allen goes on Sabbatical

09/12/2009
Our best wishes to John Allen…
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At the museum

L6 Classical Civilisation study trip to the British Museum

08/12/2009
Six students along with two members of staff, attended a day’s programme in the British Museum…
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S4 Classics set

Museum of London Classics Trip

08/12/2009
The S4 Latin set took part in a specialist workshop at the Museum of London…
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pupils at the fair

Prep School 2009 Christmas Charities Fair

07/12/2009
A staggering total of £1811.88 was raised at the Christmas Fair…
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Charlie Davies (right)

Former Pupil plays rugby against Jonny Wilkinson

04/12/2009
Birkdale would like to congratulate Charlie Davies…
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An icon to indicate this is a Senior news itemAn icon to indicate this is a Curriculum news itemSponsored Readathon
03/12/2009
13 boys in S1 and S2 raised a total of £261.17 for the Readathon charity …
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Philip Reilly and Charles Brodie with their awards

At the Palace

01/12/2009
Philip Reilly and Charles Brodie (leavers 2008) recently attended St James' Palace …
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The Great Gatsby

26/11/2009
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott-Fitzgerald has been dramatised by Aalok Vora in the U6th…
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Boys with Daniel Blythe

With tales of Daleks and Cybermen Prep School are inspired!

25/11/2009
On Monday 22nd November Prep School were entertained by the visiting author Daniel Blythe.…
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Matthew Oakey

England Basketball trials for Birkdale pupil

20/11/2009
Congratulations to Matthew Oakey who has been selected for the England U16 Basketball trials …
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The Birkdale Team

Bank of England Target 2.0 Challenge

20/11/2009
The Birkdale team were runners-up in the 'Sheffield' Round of this prestigious competition for U6 Economics students…
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The Birkdale Girls Ski Team

The British School Ski Finals

19/11/2009
The British School Ski Finals took place on Sunday 15 November at Pontypool…
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Winter Concert 2009

19/11/2009
Over 90 Birkdale pupils - from Prep 4 to Upper VI - took part in the annual Autumn School Concert…
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Birkdale Golf Team

Continued Golfing Success for the school team

18/11/2009
On Tuesday 10 November, Birkdale won their regional semi-final in the ISGA National Golf Competition…
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Prep and Senior School pupils

Birkdale Bucks the Recession with Rising Numbers

18/11/2009
Pupil numbers at Sheffield’s Birkdale School are exceeding expectations…
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The grand opening of Food Box Café

12/11/2009
All of Pre-Prep 3 would have impressed Sir Alan Sugar this week …
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The winners of the London Research Project

2009 London Research trip Presentation Evening

11/11/2009
Looking to promote independent learning in its students, Birkdale School runs a competition…
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Members of the Maths team at work

UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge

10/11/2009
After 3 gruelling rounds Birkdale School emerged victorious …
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u9s team

Tournament triumph for Under 9s

06/11/2009
The Under 9s put in a terrific display in their first football tournament of the season. The boys attended Mylnhurst school on Wednesday 4th November where they competed against 4 other schools. …
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The group in Washington

Broadening Minds

05/11/2009
In order to gain valuable insight into the American way of life, a small group of Sixth Form pupils visited Washington DC over half term…
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u11 team

Birkdale U11 7’ lift ‘The Dish’!

23/10/2009
On Wednesday 14th November the Under 11 ‘B’ Team put in a great performance to win the Dish Competition at Derby Grammar School’s 7’s competition. …
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Local Student Named UK's Most Enterprising Male

19/10/2009
Ben Campbell,has been awarded the title ‘Most Enterprising Male’…
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Once upon a time at Prep School

16/10/2009
Prep school was filled with a swarm of interesting characters on Wednesday 14th October. To encourage and promote a love of reading, the boys all dressed up for book day.…
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Fantastic Football at Foremarke

14/10/2009
On Saturday the U10 team travelled to Foremarke Hall in Derbyshire for their 6-a-side football tournament. …
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Bringing the fairy tales to life

14/10/2009
On Friday 30th September Pre-prep were thrilled to take a trip to Sundown Adventureland. …
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The U19 Girls Team

Skiing to Success

13/10/2009
The U19 Birkdale School Girls Ski Team, produced an amazing performance to win …
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The group in Geneva

Geneva 2009

09/10/2009
Fourteen science and language pupils from Birkdale School managed to upset the schedule at the UN…
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'Heroes and Heroines'

08/10/2009
The Classics department celebrated National Poetry Day…
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The Birkdale Golf team with Mr Turner far right

Top Talented Golfers

30/09/2009
Congratulations to the school golf team in the ISGA national knock out competition…
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24/09/2009
A magnificent team performance enabled Birkdale to spring a major surprise …
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Sweet success for Pre-prep!

24/09/2009
The skills learning programme has continued this year on Tuesday afternoons in Pre-Prep.…
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An icon to indicate this is a Senior news itemAn icon to indicate this is a Curriculum news itemEnglish Department trip to the Globe Theatre
21/09/2009
Two Upper 6th English Literature groups studying As You Like It, went to London recently…
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The Birkdale Ski teams

Skilful Skiing

21/09/2009
The 2009 English Schools Ski Association (ESSKIA) sees Birkdale School entering two teams in the competition…
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the group in Honduras

Honduras Fieldtrip

11/09/2009
A group of S5 and L6 boys spent a week in the summer holidays in what remains of primary rain forest in the Merendon mountains of the Honduran jungle…
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GCSE pupils at Sheffield’s Birkdale School have achieved best ever exam results with nearly one third (32%) of all entries achieving an A*.

Birkdale pupils achieve best ever GCSE results

27/08/2009
GCSE pupils have achieved best ever exam results with nearly one third (32%) of all entries achieving an A*.…
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Chariot Challenge

26/08/2009
The new boys entering the first year of the senior school spent a day together recently assembling chariots …
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Five successful pupils who each gained 5 grade A's

Best Ever A level Results

20/08/2009
Birkdale are extremely pleased to announce that over half (51%) of all A level entries this year resulted in A grades…
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Dr (Ironman) Newton

Dr Newton is IRONMAN!

19/08/2009
Dr Newton has successfully completed the UK Ironman Triathlon in Bolton. …
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