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.

Image of Safer Internet Day 2023!
3 March 2023

Safer Internet Day 2023!

We supported Safer Internet Day 2023 with assemblies and lessons, along with a House Cup Challenge for Years 7-9. 

Image of South Ribble Netball Coaching
21 February 2023

South Ribble Netball Coaching

Thank you so much to Laura and Liz from South Ribble Netball club for a fantastic session with our Year 7 netballers!

Image of U13 Boys Basketball Team
8 February 2023

U13 Boys Basketball Team

Well done to our U13s basketball team who took part in their first basketball fixtures. They played 4 fixtures winning 3 of them in what was a fantastic start to the season.

Image of Year 7 Netball
2 February 2023

Year 7 Netball

Well done to the Year 7 netball team who played in the first round of the South Ribble league on Monday 30th January at All Hallows’.

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

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.

Image of Balshaw's Association Christmas Bingo
6 January 2023

Balshaw's Association Christmas Bingo

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

Image of Superstar Safaa!
16 December 2022

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!

Image of UK Bebras Computing Challenge
16 December 2022

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).

Image of Christmas Hampers 2022
16 December 2022

Christmas Hampers 2022

Image of 3D Printer in Action!
14 December 2022

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!

Image of Fabulous Football!
14 December 2022

Fabulous Football!

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

Image of Indoor Athletics
6 December 2022

Indoor Athletics

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