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Oxford Debating Competition Finals
Congratulations to our champion debaters Mia, Toni, Beth and Kim, for making it to the Debating finals at the Oxford University Union.
Celebrating 140 Years of Sheffield Girls’
We were delighted to welcome back over 50 former pupils and members of staff to celebrate the school’s 140th birthday with us on Friday 9th March. Guests were given a guided tour of school including a visit to our newly refurbished Trin…
140th Birthday for Sheffield High School for Girls
140 years ago today, our school was founded by four inspirational women: Maria Grey, Emily Shirreff, Henrietta Stanley and Mary Gurney, after whom our school houses are named. They were pioneers in introducing high quality education for…
International Women's Day 2018
We regularly celebrate inspirational women, including the four women who founded our school during a time of massive gender inequality in Victorian Britain. Each year, we acknowledge International Women’s Day in March, and this year we …
World Book Day
Despite many of activities that were planned for World Book Day having to be postponed, many girls who managed to get into school, not only managed to battle the snow, but they did so in costume! We were very pleased to have been able …
‘Naming the Dinosaurs’
To celebrate Earth Science Week in October 2017, the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (PESGB) and the Earth Science Teachers’ Association (ESTA) ran a national ’Naming the Dinosaurs’ competition for schools, based on the i…
Year 12 Young Enterprise team cooks up a Social Media Storm
Year 12 Young Enterprise Team, Palate, entered a social media impact competition before half term and came runners up out of over 50 entries from around the whole of the UK. Team member Charlotte Wainwright explains what they did: ‘As …
Year 6 Breaking Chains
Year 6 have linked their 'Breaking Chains' History topic with English this week and have been constructing their own persuasive arguments for why women should have the vote. They have been looking at historical evidence to find out more …
Key Steps Success!
On Friday 9 February, 60 girls from Year 3 - 6 competed at the Sheffield round of the Key Steps Gymnastics competition. The competition acts as a qualifier for the South Yorkshire Winter Games which are held later on in the year with th…