We are delighted to be welcoming Old Birkonian, Sir Philip Jones, back to Birkenhead School on Tuesday 5th March. This is a public event organised in conjunction with Wirral Hospice and further information and booking information is online at: https://bit.ly/2GmWBJc
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to Birkenhead School. As an HMC Independent School that welcomes children from Nursery to Sixth Form, we are aware of the considerable privilege in shaping the educational journey of your son or daughter through their formative school years. From Pre-Prep to Sixth Form, our focus is to know the individual, to develop their core values and to provide a breadth of academic and other opportunities so that we can nurture resilient, ambitious and responsible young men and women. Read more...
Paul Vicars Headmaster
We welcome recently Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor of War Studies at Wolverhampton University, to talk to students from Years 10, 11 and Sixth Form. Read Jack Grundy's write up of the talk.
Roisin McCafferty delivered an informative lecture on Physiotherapy as part of our Nicholls Lecture Series, that provided valuable insights into this field, whilst also providing universally vital messages. Read Sean Carpenter, Deputy Head Student's write up of the lecture.
On Friday 1st February, we welcomed Old Birkonian, James Boumphrey back to the School to talk to the Sixth Form in the Nicholls Lecture Series about his work as a Technology Consultant at Deloittes.
We welcomed Anthony Measures from the Environment Agency to talk to Prep pupils from Years 5-6 about flooding and flood defences. Anthony is the latest speaker to talk in our Boumprey Lecture Series in Prep.
Upper Sixth student, Tom Goodwin has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 17th edition of the Frank Moran Young Writers Competition. The Frank Moran Young Writers Competition is an annual writing award held by the Liverpool Athenaeum in partnership with the Liverpool Echo and Radio Merseyside and is seen as a premier writing competition for young people aged 16-19 years of age across Merseyside.
Mr John Vater, QC, Barrister and Arbitrator, gave an inspirational lecture to sixth form students about the importance resilience, courage, effort, determination, as well as hard work, as part of the weekly Nicholls Lecture Series.
On 13th January, Birkenhead School and Linghams Booksellers in Heswall welcomed fitness coach, TV presenter and author, Joe Wicks, to the Wirral on his Veggie Lean in 15 book tour. Joe Wicks, otherwise known as The Body Coach, spoke to a full audience, who had travelled far and wide to listen to Joe talk about his Lean in 15 approach to diet and fitness.
This year we have once again entered into the wonderful Christmas Tree Festival at Chester Cathedral and children in Years 3 and 4 have lovingly created the angel tree decorations during their art lessons.
An audience of family and School members were treated to a superb rendition of ‘The Nativity’. From start to finish the Pre-Prep children captured our hearts with their beautiful singing, actions and faultless lines.
The annual Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is a highlight in the School's calendar and sees the Chapel Choir perform by candlelight to the congregation.
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