The Nepal trip’s final day at the Peace Garden School culminated in the now famous football match between the two schools. Read the match report here! instagram.com/p/C5qoSjLSBob/…

Over the last few days Birkdale pupils on the Nepal trip have been teaching in the Peace Garden School and visiting some of the significant cultural and historic sites in Kathmandu. instagram.com/p/C5n5EBvShNN/…

Great to see the staff and students on this year’s Nepal trip making some good connections in a visit to the British Embassy in Kathmandu. instagram.com/p/C5iidyfSeYY/…

Wishing a joyful Eid ul-Fitr to our Birkdale family.
 
We send our best wishes for a celebration filled with love, laughter, and happiness.

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'By his wounds you have been healed.'

As we start Easter weekend with this most solemn of days, we send our best wishes to all our Birkdale family for a peaceful and, ultimately, joyous few days.

In S3 Geography pupils were building and testing earthquake proof structures. An interesting and interactive way to demonstrate P, S and L waves. Some were more successful than others!
#geography #learningisfun

S1 #Design & #Technology pupils enjoyed testing out the go-karts they have been building in the Johnson grounds this afternoon. #Engineering

A team of staff and students are off to Nepal today for a 3 week #expedition , including a once in a lifetime trek and teaching at the Peace Garden School. We wish them well and look forward to hearing of their #adventures !
#Nepal #Nepal 24 #OutdoorAdventures

S4 had an action packed 3 days in Newcastle. With 3 games of football, an excellent training session with Newcastle United FC & a stadium tour of St. James' Park.
In the evenings they went ten-pin bowling & karting, further developing their friendships & team spirit.
#StrongerTogether

The Lower School #Chess club had their first fixture last week at Westbourne. A lovely occasion with some closely contested matches. Thanks to Westbourne School for their hospitality.

Thanks to Emma Hinchliffe from Sheffield City Council who presented joint chiefs of #Politics Forum, Harrison & Tim with a Bronze #Democracy Award. Over 50% of the school voted in #Sheffield Youth Cabinet elections. Obi (Centre) was voted to represent Sheffield.
#sheffieldissuper

Last Friday, the #History Society held a history prize #quiz , written by Oliver, joint chief of the Society. It was great to see such a large turnout and congratulations to the two winners Zach and Noah!
#Quizzes #History Lesson

S4 have had an excellent morning #training session with Newcastle United Football Club. #football #schooltrip #teamwork #StrongerTogether

The S4 #football trip to Newcastle is underway. First stop Royal Grammar School Newcastle for a great game. Thanks for having us RGS Newcastle Sport

Delighted to welcome MP for Sheffield Hallam Olivia Blake MP to Birkdale today. She was invited by our Eco-Committee to see the exciting things being done in and around school as part of Eco-fortnight and gave a talk to students on environmental issues. #eco logy #CarbonZero #eco

The final senior #football event of the year saw the 1st & 2nd team visit Tranby_Sport for their 8 a side competition. Both teams played some excellent attacking football. The teams faced each other in the play off game, finishing 5th & 6th overall. Thanks to Tranby for hosting.

We kicked off the week with an uplifting House #Choir Competition. There were enthusiastic versions of numerous 'sport' themed songs. Winner to be announced later in the week.
#StrongerTogether 🔴🟡🟢🔵

Birkdale pupils flexed their #coding muscles to take part in Round 2 of the Perse Braben Cup.💪
It is a #programming competition in which students have to solve as many tasks as possible within the allocated time by writing programs in their preferred computer language.