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06/02/2012
Reuben Firth (U6) has been awarded the Sam Hood Translation Prize…
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03/02/2012
Last night the Curator’s House came alive with every colour imaginable, blurry purples to solid reds. It was the Birkdale Art Exhibition!…
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02/02/2012
The Winter’s Tale tells the story of…
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31/01/2012
Birkdale entered the Basketball National Schools competition…
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30/01/2012
Birkdale School ranked first within the local area…
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25/01/2012
The site has a range of new benefits…
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17/01/2012
Congratulations to the following members of the Upper Sixth…
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13/01/2012
The Sheffield Branch of the Historical Association held a lecture…
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10/01/2012
Michael Hepworth's Tribute (former Head Master 1983 - 1998)…
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06/01/2012
Curtains are up for the first Birkdale Pre-Prep Nativity of December 2011! …
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John Hall, Former Head Master 22/12/2011
John Hall, Headmaster of Birkdale 1963 - 1983…
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14/12/2011
What a wonderful time we have all enjoyed …
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07/12/2011
Pre-Prep had a fabulous time when then they visited ‘Totley Hall farm’ …
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07/12/2011
The Sixth Form Choir went carol singing at Meadowhall…
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07/12/2011
AS Government and Politics pupils visited the Houses of Parliament…
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01/12/2011
We are so fortunate for the fantastic support we have for our school charities.…
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Birkdale Chess team play their first Matches29/11/2011
Birkdale played a 10 board chess match against Kings School, Grantham…
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28/11/2011
Pre-Prep were delighted to welcome the children's book illustrator Stephen Waterhouse to school for the day.…
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28/11/2011
The U6th team were close runners up in the Target 2.0 Interest Rate Challenge Competition…
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28/11/2011
Birkdale School presented an evening of Music, Film and Drama …
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Ski Team Update25/11/2011
Congratulations to the members of the school ski team…
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23/11/2011
Boys and staff were delighted to welcome four-time Oscar winner Nick Park to the Prep School last Friday.…
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14/11/2011
A group of senior students spent half term in Seville…
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11/11/2011
Pupils and staff from the Prep School attended a Remembrance Day Service…
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11/11/2011
Pupils at Birkdale School held a two-minute silence…
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Birkdale Cruise to win in first ever Senior School Basketball Match10/11/2011
The Basketball team secured a win in its inaugural basketball fixture …
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09/11/2011
About 70 musicians of all ages joined together…
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02/11/2011
Rob Parker gave a very in-depth and informative lecture…
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02/11/2011
During half term, the Geography Department returned to Iceland …
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01/11/2011
Continuing the Theatre Studies season of forays into various dramatic performances…
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Old Birkdalian debates in the House of Commons28/10/2011
Harrison Carter, leaver 2011, debates in the House of Commons…
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AS/A2 English Literature theatre trip – King Lear20/10/2011
AS and A2 students enjoyed another trip to the theatre…
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17/10/2011
S3/Y9 went to see one of Shakespeare’s finest comedies…
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12/10/2011
On Thursday 30 September Pre-Prep had a tea party to celebrate this term’s topic.…
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Birkdale's new Squash Team11/10/2011
The 1st V squash team had their first ever fixture…
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07/10/2011
Birkdale sixth formers went to see a one-off adaptation of the Great Gatsby …
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07/10/2011
The Classics Department celebrated National Poetry Day …
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06/10/2011
Author Peter J. Murray gave a presentation to our Lower School boys…
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06/10/2011
Six students presented the findings of their individual research projects …
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05/10/2011
Pre Prep 1 had a great trip to Fired Arts. To get there the boys went on public buses. At Fired Arts they painted plates with fruit on. …
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05/10/2011
On Tuesday 27 September the Pre-Prep boys got to work accessorising their own muffin for a competition held at the Boomhill Festival. …
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Birkdale News October 201101/10/2011
See the October edition of Birkdale News…
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AS/A2 English Literature theatre trip 28/09/2011
The English Department visited the Sheffield Crucible…
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27/09/2011
Harry Kenyon is currently starring in the world premiere production of a new musical…
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27/09/2011
Eight physics pupils made a three-day trip to Geneva…
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26/09/2011
On Thursday 15 September PP3 went to ‘Chocolate by Design’ in Chesterfield.…
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26/09/2011
The European Day of Languages started with a University Challenge style quiz…
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Birkdale mourns the loss of a very valued colleague23/09/2011
Janet Bradshaw sadly died this week…
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21/09/2011
The website articles produced in the Prep School will now be written by our new ‘Website News Team’.…
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21/09/2011
Four sixth formers helped to run summer camps for abandoned and disabled orphans in China…
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Birkdale Ski Team News19/09/2011
The Birkdale ski teams took part in the North England Regional ESSKIA qualifier…
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19/09/2011
The Birkdale delegation, working as the Committee on Agriculture…
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14/09/2011
This summer Pablo Mills from Prep School won the annual Sheffield and District U10 Tennis Championship. …
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08/09/2011
Sainsbury’s hosted the UK School Games assisted by Birkdale…
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06/09/2011
A playpump has now been installed at Kamuzu FP School, in Malawi…
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03/09/2011
Old Birkdalian Charlie Davies now playing rugby for London Wasps…
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25/08/2011
37% of all GCSE entries gained A*…
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18/08/2011
With a best ever result of 54% of all entries achieving A* or A grade…
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Class of 2008 achieve fistful of First Class Degrees16/08/2011
Richard Holland has been awarded a First Class degree in Law from Oxford…
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15/07/2011
Over 200 pupils have been taking part in either the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme or outdoor pursuit’s…
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14/07/2011
Oscars Day was another hit in Pre-Prep. The boys loved watching their films and then having an awards ceremony and party to celebrate.…
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11/07/2011
Thank you to all the many parents and their family and friends…
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08/07/2011
The traditional annual whole school expedition day took place…
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08/07/2011
Birkdale School has been awarded ‘Centre of Excellence for Young Enterprise’…
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1st X1 v Old Birkdalians08/07/2011
The 1st Xl Cricket team produced an outstanding performance…
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08/07/2011
30 Government & Politics, Economics and Business Studies students visited London …
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07/07/2011
15 L6 students went to see William Shakespeare’s As You like It…
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06/07/2011
The Prep Department Sports Day was another great success this year. …
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06/07/2011
This year the Prep 4 boys had a great trip to France. They travelled by ferry to southern Normandy.…
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04/07/2011
Following their success at Royal Lytham, George Roebuck, Elliott Brown and Barclay Brown travelled to London to compete in the ISGA Junior Open 2010.…
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04/07/2011
The Peace Garden School in Nepal,is now also part of a UK Government funded Global Links project…
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01/07/2011
The Drama Department Presented Men of the World by John Godber…
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29/06/2011
The U15s reached the Yorkshire final stage of the ECB National Twenty20 Cup…
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27/06/2011
The Biology Department entered two competitions, the British Biology Olympiad and the Biology Challenge…
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24/06/2011
Mario Maher thought he would apply to Junior Apprentice…
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Racing Driver of the future24/06/2011
Russ Danzey is one of Britain's very brightest young motorsport prospects…
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24/06/2011
A very successful three day trip to see the sights of London…
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22/06/2011
All the boys in PP2 had a lovely day this week when they visited Chatsworth Farmyard.…
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20/06/2011
S4/Y10 went to see a performance of ‘A View from the Bridge’ …
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17/06/2011
Birkdale Prep School are proud to announce that this years’ team won the IAPS Golf Championship 2011.…
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16/06/2011
This week both of the school golf tournaments were played…
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15/06/2011
Oswald Hood in Prep 4 has won the bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke event this weekend.…
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09/06/2011
Prep 3 and Prep 4 have taken part in ‘Photofinish’. A project which forms part of the Sheffield Children’s Festival and combines both sport and the photography of sporting activities. …
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09/06/2011
Linguistic activities included buying of fruit, drinks and ice-creams…
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08/06/2011
The boys in Prep 3 had a fantastic time this year during their residential trip to the Lake District. …
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27/05/2011
The Onatti Theatre Company paid their third visit …
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27/05/2011
The History Department organised a day trip to Warwick Castle and Bosworth Battlefield…
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25/05/2011
Prep 1 took a time travelling adventure to Weston Park where they were transported back to Grecian times.…
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23/05/2011
Birkdale enjoyed a wonderful evening of music from Steve and his Acoustic Trio…
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18/05/2011
Pre-Prep Sports day photos are now in the photo archive...…
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17/05/2011
Birkdale pupils have won all 4 categories…
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16/05/2011
Verity Bridge from Birkdale,won the UK 2nd prize…
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UK Linguistics Olympiad10/05/2011
The UK Linguistics Olympiad took place earlier this term…
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04/05/2011
Prep 2 were delighted to have the opportunity to create a ‘Lego’ street scene as part of their Science work about electricity and circuits. …
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04/05/2011
The Royal Wedding was celebrated with style at the Prep School on Thursday 28 May. …
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Cricket Success04/05/2011
The Cricket 1st Xl drew their annual game against the MCC at Abbeydale Sports ground…
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03/05/2011
The team came 3rd, beating teams from Golf Academy schools and pupils with national honours …
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28/04/2011
Pete Murray, story teller and full time author, especially of children’s books, visited Birkdale…
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26/04/2011
Thirteen Birkdale students returned to Nepal during the Easter holidays…
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26/04/2011
18 Birkdale students gained an insight into the Chinese business world…
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Rugby Sevens @ Rosslyn Park31/03/2011
The 1st Vll played some excellent rugby at Rosslyn Park…
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31/03/2011
All at Prep School were delighted to meet John Regis MBE…
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31/03/2011
The Senior School golf team have won the North West Area Final…
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31/03/2011
Artwork by Birkdale pupils is on display…
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31/03/2011
A squad of 15 boys from S4/Y10 enjoyed three days on tour in Newcastle…
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30/03/2011
The sun was shining for PP2 on their exciting visit to Eureka in Halifax.…
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30/03/2011
16 Prep School boys went to the HMC Swimming Gala in Leeds on Friday.…
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30/03/2011
Humorous, buoyant, bonkers, and, against all the odds, touching…
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29/03/2011
The annual visit to Nepal takes place this week…
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29/03/2011
Thomas Jarvis,was presented with his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award at St. James’ Palace…
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28/03/2011
Some of the players decided to turn up in fancy dress …
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Cicero Competition28/03/2011
Four Birkdale students went to Manchester at the weekend…
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28/03/2011
The Old Birkdalians played their annual football match…
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25/03/2011
S1 pupils have worked to design and advertise their own chocolate product…
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23/03/2011
On the week commencing 14 March, Prep School held a Charities Week. …
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21/03/2011
Russell Danzey,Lower Sixth, recently spoke at an Engineering and Manufacturing Event…
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21/03/2011
A team of six S3 students from Birkdale School…
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16/03/2011
On Saturday 12 March, over 40 year 6 teams competed in the 16th annual Sheffield Pop Maths Quiz at Sheffield Hallam University.…
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16/03/2011
We wait with baited breath to see this year’s spectacular performance! ‘Time to Travel’ will be held here, at Prep School on the 29, 30 and 31 March.…
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15/03/2011
Birkdale U19 team won the competition in their age group…
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Birkdale win the European Youth Parliament debate in the regional heat15/03/2011
Birkdale nominated as one of two winning teams…
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Fylde Rugby Sevens14/03/2011
Despite Birkdale being placed in a strong group …
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11/03/2011
Sixth Formers from schools around Yorkshire were given the opportunity to visit Auschwitz this week…
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09/03/2011
Dr Mark visited Pre-Prep on Monday for a fantastic Mathematics afternoon. …
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Jumble Sale in aid of Nepal07/03/2011
Thank you to all those who assisted towards the recent jumble sale…
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FOBS Classical Concert no.203/03/2011
A second very successful concert was held once again…
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03/03/2011
Drama students travelled to Buxton to watch Blackeyed Theatre present a morality masterpiece…
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03/03/2011
Mr Deans and Mrs Ryan (Languages Department), took 13 pupils to Cologne over half term…
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03/03/2011
Birkdale Rugby 7’s senior team won their own Birkdale School rugby tournament…
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02/03/2011
Two pupils have won prizes in Oxford University's Herculaneum Society Schools Competition…
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17/02/2011
Birkdale’s Theatre Studies Students spent a day recently working with masters of acting…
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16/02/2011
This week the boys in PP1 enjoyed an opportunity to explore the various exhibits at Weston Park.…
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10/02/2011
PP1 enjoyed a fabulous and informative day this week. On Thursday they worked on various activities to learn more about this world festival.…
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09/02/2011
PP3 had a fascinating trip to Norfolk Park Discover Centre where they enjoyed a Science Day.…
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09/02/2011
Birkdale U9s were awarded for their great performances by lifting the plate at the Bradford Grammar School tournament last week. …
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08/02/2011
Climbing has become a very popular sport during Wednesday and Thursday games…
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01/02/2011
Twenty four members of Birkdale’s Sixth Form who are studying art…
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31/01/2011
Birkdale School’s enterprise club BirkdaleInc.,poweredbyus™ has achieved another milestone…
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Birkdale Enterprise Club awarded a Badge of Honour29/01/2011
A Badge of Honour has been given to ideasmarketing.birkdale one of our many enterprise businesses …
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English A Level Theatre visit to Richard III 28/01/2011
A group of Sixth Formers went to see Richard III at The Lyceum…
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26/01/2011
Prep School enjoyed a very successful Charities Fair this year. …
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24/01/2011
Congratulations to Aidan Smith (Y11),who is one of the winners in a writing competition…
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21/01/2011
Pupils at Birkdale enjoyed an inspirational talk from Henry Olonga…
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19/01/2011
Harrison Carter (U6), our locally elected member of the Youth Parliament…
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18/01/2011
Jonathan Rawlinson, Upper Sixth, has achieved a distinction…
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17/01/2011
Congratulations to the five students who have been offered places at either Oxford or Cambridge University…
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14/01/2011
Juliet Barker, a celebrated author of historical biographies…
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Birkdale incorrectly placed in the GCSE League Table results 12/01/2011
Examination League tables show Birkdale School’s GCSE results incorrectly …
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12/01/2011
Harry Beach, our outstanding young tuba player…
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15/12/2010
This year the Prep School has enjoyed a shower of fun filled activities to celebrate Christmas time.…
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15/12/2010
Christmas has certainly arrived when the Pre-Prep perform their annual nativity.…
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Newsletters13/12/2010
The latest Birkdale News (Senior School) and Birkdale Buzz (Prep School) are now published.…
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09/12/2010
Despite the snow, the Senior School Music Concert took place in aid of Nepal…
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08/12/2010
Prep 4 enjoyed a recent trip to see a performance of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'.…
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02/12/2010
The Sixth Form Choir, comprising of members of Birkdale School and Sheffield High School…
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26/11/2010
The Lower Sixth spent a rather cold and foggy two days in Edale…
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26/11/2010
Lord of the Flies, was the perfect play for the Birkdale boys…
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Birkdale Prep School ranked highest in South Yorkshire25/11/2010
Birkdale the highest ranking Prep School in South Yorkshire…
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22/11/2010
Sixth Form pianists entertained guests during Yorkshire Cancer Research's annual Feast for the Senses event …
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17/11/2010
The Upper Sixth team won the South Yorkshire round of the Target 2.0 Interest Rate Challenge Competition…
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16/11/2010
Arthur Downing has been admitted as a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford…
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12/11/2010
Boys and staff at the Prep School remembered those who gave their lives in conflicts since World War One in a moving Remembrance Service led by Major Kirkham MBE TD on 11 November. …
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11/11/2010
Four sixth-formers spent the half-term week in Rouen …
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11/11/2010
Birkdale School once again fell silent for 2 minutes …
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10/11/2010
The once a week Prep tuck shop is a new initiative this term and has proved a great success. …
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10/11/2010
The U10 and U11 rugby squads travelled to Cardiff for a 4-day tour which saw them train with some of the Cardiff Blues' coaches, play fixtures, watch a Magners League game and have plenty of fun!…
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10/11/2010
Oswald Hood (Prep 4) has been crowned North East U11 100m breaststroke champion. …
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10/11/2010
A wonderful one hour Concert of exceptional standard …
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09/11/2010
Harrison Carter (U6) in his role as Member of the UK Youth Parliament…
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03/11/2010
For the 2nd time in 3 years Birkdale have won the u11 Mylnhurst school 5 a-side tournament. …
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01/11/2010
The Geography and Economics Departments took 22 pupils on a trip of a lifetime to New York, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon…
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28/10/2010
15 students travelled to see a Cambridge Greek play…
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21/10/2010
Birkdale School Enterprise Club is now working with Aspire, who recycle old computers. …
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Birkdale Ski Team14/10/2010
Despite being a very young team to take part in the English Schools U19…
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07/10/2010
A very talented Birkdale first XI gave a very strong Millfield side a real scare…
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07/10/2010
Four boys from S5 (Y11) Latin set were awarded prizes …
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06/10/2010
Mrs Sherborne and the S5 (Y11) Latin set travelled to Bath recently…
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05/10/2010
A truly stimulating intellectual evening took place …
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29/09/2010
Peter J Murray, author of several 'scary' books for children, visited the Prep School on Monday. …
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Old Birkdalian Coaching Lebanon team27/09/2010
Old Birkdalian Rob Powell guided the Lebanon Rugby League team to a 16-8 win …
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27/09/2010
Congratulations to our Head of Modern Languages Mrs Higham…
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24/09/2010
£726.80 has been raised to support the terrible summer flooding in Pakistan…
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22/09/2010
You may have thought that the circus was in town earlier this week …
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15/09/2010
George Roebuck has won the IAPS Stowe Putter 2010 and following a number of qualifying events, the British Junior Tour Order of Merit 2010 …
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09/09/2010
Birkdale School has been awarded two Arkwright scholarships…
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24/08/2010
The overall GCSE pass rate this year (A* to C) was 97%…
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24/08/2010
Twenty two senior school rugby players returned from a tour of New Zealand and the Cook Islands…
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19/08/2010
Nearly a quarter of all entries achieved the new A* Grade…
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