Here are our news articles. We hope that you enjoy reading them.

We are always happy to publish articles about our current and former students.

Please contact Mrs Coles (a.coles@balshaws.org.uk) if you would be interested in having an article on our website. 

Thank you.

17 January 2023
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SORA App Launched - access to 1000s of ebooks and audiobooks

I am happy to report that our school has gone live with SORA ebooks and audiobooks, that gives access to 1000s of ebooks and audiobooks.

6 January 2023
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Balshaw's Association Christmas Bingo

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to Christmas Bingo on Thursday 8th December.

16 December 2022
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Superstar Safaa!

We are thrilled to announce that Safaa, who left Balshaw’s in 2020, attended a Runshaw College Awards ceremony this month and won ‘Student of the Year!

16 December 2022
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UK Bebras Computing Challenge

During the fortnight of the 7th to 18th November 2022, current Year 9 students took part in the UK Bebras Computing Challenge (BCC).

16 December 2022
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Christmas Hampers 2022

14 December 2022
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3D Printer in Action!

This term a group of Year 9 students worked on a Design & Technology project and were excited to have their designs printed on the Ultimaker 3D printer!

14 December 2022
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Fabulous Football!

Our girls have been really busy with their fabulous football skills recently.

6 December 2022
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Indoor Athletics

Well done to our boys Indoor Athletics team who competed at the South Ribble competition held at All Hallows.

2 December 2022
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Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions

Our students have recently taken part in Rotary Youth Speaks and English-Speaking Union's Public Speaking Competitions

30 November 2022
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Great Gymnastics!

Congratulations to Mia, in Year 7, who recently took part in a gymnastics competition in Leicester and won two medals.

28 November 2022
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Careers Fair - Thursday 24th November

We hosted our popular Careers Fair on Thursday 24th November from 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

25 November 2022
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GCHQ's National Language Competition

Congratulations to our Y9 students who took part in GCHQ's National Language Competition.

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