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Huge congratulations to Year 8’s Amber-Rose Spurr-Dodd, who recently competed in the prestigious Abu Dhabi Cup 2026.
Representing Manchester City U14 Girls, Amber-Rose took on elite teams from across the globe in this world-renowned tournament. After a series of fantastic performances, her team emerged as the overall tournament Winners!
We are thrilled to celebrate the incredible swimming achievements of Harper Aspinall (Year 8), who continues to excel at both county and national levels.
Harper’s hard work and dedication have led to some truly outstanding milestones:
Our school community would like to honour the beautiful memory of Rita, our much-loved reading support dog, who worked with all students at BHSA from ages 3 to 19, nurturing confidence, calm, and a lifelong love of reading.
Rita played a truly special role in the lives of our students, staff and parents/carers. Whether supporting a young child taking their first steps in literacy or helping older students build confidence through reading, her gentle presence made a lasting difference across our whole school.
Stuart Rathe, a BHSA Junior teacher and Shakespeare practitioner, recently spoke at the Innovate, Share, Empower conference in Monaco to share his expertise in drama-led literacy.
Innovation was in the air this week as students from Years 2 to 6 took part in our very own Dragon’s Den competition. Inspired by the popular TV programme—where budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of wealthy investors—the challenge required our students to step into the spotlight and pitch their original concepts to our panel of "Dragons."
To reach this final stage, every student first pitched their concepts to their classmates. The ideas we saw in the final were the "best of the best," selected for their creativity, feasibility, and presentation.
We would like to extend a huge thank you to Dr. Elsie Gaskell from the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences for delivering an incredible Science Club to our Year 5 and 6 pupils this term.
Supported by the LJMU Outreach Team, Dr. Gaskell brought the magic of the laboratory directly to our school. Moving from her usual university lecture halls to BHSA Junior School, she provided our students with a unique opportunity to step outside the standard curriculum and explore science in a hands-on, professional way.
We are incredibly proud of Emily’s recent performance representing Great Britain in the Biathle, Triathle, and Laser Run championships. Despite a strong start in the Biathle heats, Emily faced a major setback on Day 2 when an injury forced her to withdraw from the final.
Showing true athletic resilience, she spent a day in recovery and returned to the course for the next four days to tackle a gruelling route of sand, steep hills, and challenging sea waves. Her hard work and grit resulted in an outstanding set of results:
Triathle Individual: Emily finished 4th overall (1st GB girl), securing a Team Silver medal.
Laser Run Relay: A fantastic performance to earn a Relay Bronze medal.
Laser Run Individual: A 7th place finish (1st GB girl), helping her team to another Team Silver medal.
Emily returns to school with two Team Silvers and a Bronze medal. From navigating big waves to mastering the laser shoot, she has gained invaluable experience on the international stage. Congratulations, Emily, on your incredible achievements!
On Thursday 18th December we’re inviting students to come to school wearing a Christmas Jumper, helping to spread some festive cheer and support local young people this Christmas with a minimum donation of just 50p via Parent Pay.
Birkenhead High School Academy recently hosted a series of incredibly engaging and interactive AI workshops, designed to help our students understand the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence.
BHSA Christmas Fair - Friday 5th December, 15:45-17:15
We would like to invite all members of our school and local community to the BHSA Christmas Fair! Join us in the Senior School Building this Friday for an evening packed with festive fun. Highlights include a Hamper Raffle, Tombolas, Santa's Grotto, Games, Crafts, Food, Music, and much more holiday excitement. Come celebrate the start of the festive season with us!
This week, spine-tingling screams and nervous laughter echoed from our historic air raid shelter as it was transformed into a terrifying trail of ghosts and ghouls. The spooktacular Halloween Ghost Tour, masterminded by our dedicated Sixth Form Senior Prefect team, saw students from all year groups bravely sign up for a fright during their enrichment period.
The dark, narrow corridors of the shelter provided the perfect, eerie backdrop for the event. The tour was brought to life (and death!) by our talented sixth formers, who donned gruesome costumes and terrifying makeup to become a host of frightening figures. Groups of younger students were guided through the winding tunnels, encountering scary characters lurking in the shadows at every turn.
A huge congratulations to the prefect team for arranging such a memorable and fun-filled event that brought together students from across the whole school community.
As part of World Mental Health Awareness Day last Friday, Mrs Morris and a group of volunteers held a drop-in session available to all students during lunchtime. They took part in lots of creative, fun activities and also helped to come up with suggestions as to how we as a school can further support the mental health and wellbeing of our students. We would like to thank all students who took part and provided some fantastic suggestions.