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Year 11 Remote Learning
Year 11 are to be educated remotely from Monday 16 November and then come back into school on Thursday 26 November. Please check your emails for letter from Ms Mills
Our students are thriving amid uncertain times
Please see the article from the Warrington Guardian about how our students are thriving during uncertain times resulting from the covid pandemic.
At Birchwood, we want our students to have the opportunity to engage with a range of enriching and informative experiences, beyond what they study in their lessons.
As well as offering a traditional curriculum, we also endeavour to equip our young people with the qualities, qualifications and values that will enable them to lead fulfilling lives and become responsible citizens. We want the children in our care to leave us with...
Birchwood Community High School are selected to receive £2400 from the CreatedBy RLWC2021 Capital Grants Legacy Programme to create four new school rugby teams for our school.
We are delighted to announce that we been chosen to receive a grant of £2400, as part of the £10 million investment that RLWC2021 received from the government. Delivered by the Rugby League World Cup 2021 and the Rugby Football League in partnership with Sport...
Year 7 recite the Poem ‘Invictus’ to celebrate National Poetry Day
Today is National Poetry day and Ms Mills alongside our English department wanted to do something special to celebrate the day and the beauty of poetry. So our year 7 learners performed and videoed a recital of William Ernest Henley’s inspirational poem Invictus. The...
How to access online learning if your child is self-isolating
Be part of the The Pledge’s virtual Careers & Education EXPO. A great opportunity for students in years 9 to 13.
We are excited to announce our first ‘Warrington Virtual Careers & Education fair – Your Future, Your Choice, Move On’ organised by The Pledge Partnership for Cheshire & Warrington and Warrington Borough Council on Tuesday 6th October 4pm – 7pm. This event is...
Don’t let Covid worries stop your child taking part in our extra-curricular Music lessons – We have your child’s safety covered!
At BCHS we are renowned for our fantastic performing arts and musical talents as evidenced by the great performance events that we offer each year. If your child is a keen musician or would like to develop their musical skills or even give a new skill a try, at...
Shannon awarded ‘Pawsome Baker’ in a national Competition.
When Shannon Downing in 11HM adopted a kitten from the Cats Protection League in Warrington, she had no idea that it would lead to getting through to the final of their country wide baking Competition. Shannon was so impressed with the work that the Cats Protection...
Well done to Abbie Wright, Ella Hatton and Eliza Piskor in year 11, who excelled at our Virtual Careers Fair
Year 11 benefit from Virtual Careers Fair Last Friday Year 11 were given the chance to speak to college representatives and employers to find out about the opportunities available to them when they leave school. The Careers Fair was organised by Mrs Morris our Careers...
Their first week and their first golden ticket!
A huge well done goes to the following students from year 7 who have been awarded with their first golden ticket for great work in the workshops that they took part in on their first day. The trainers from Talk the Talk- Confident Communication for Life, each selected...
A taste of year 7s first day at BCHS
We hope that you will enjoy our video that gives you just a taste of our new year 7s first day at BCHS
Information regarding Birchwood College re-opening
Please find a letter here regardind the details for the re-opening of Birchwood College next week Re-opening Birchwood College Letter
Letter from Ms Mills – September Return 2020
Dear parent/carer, I hope you have all had a good summer and your child is ready to return to school next week. We know this might be a cause of slight anxiety and worry for some of them, but we hope they are also excited to get back into school. As I stated in my...
The BBC visit us to report on GCSE results day 2020
Be sure not to miss the BBC 6pm news this evening as our students are to be featured receiving their GCSE results. The BBC spent the morning with us filming and interviewing our staff and students as they were delivered their GCSE results. As ever we were so proud of...
Our Yr11 students are celebrating some great GCSE results despite challenging times.
Our Year 11 student celebrate their well earned succes ! We are incredibly proud of all our year 11 students today. They have come through one of the strangest and most challenging final years at secondary school in our country’s recent history, and they have done...
An important messsage – Plans for re-opening in September
Please find full details from Ms Mills regarding our plans for reopening to students in September. EM LHSept Return letter 9.20sept return2 9.20 School Map 2020 (003)
A visit from the Warrington Guardian
Last week was a big week for us as we prepared to safely welcome back our year 10 and 12 students and it was great that we were able to celebrate all our hard work and planning with the greater Warrington Community when the Warrington Guardian came to interview us...
Week Commencing 18 May
A message to our students, parents, carers and staff from Ms Mills We are now entering week 9 of lockdown and I know things are tough. I had a really bad week with my 3-year-old last week - not sleeping, constantly upset and refusing to engage with anything. Things...
Week Commencing 11 May 2020
VE Day fun for our key worker students Friday was an exciting day for our key worker students as Mags pulled it out of the bag again by giving the kids a VE Day celebration street party lunch to remember. The students were busy preparing all week for the big day,...