The official Twitter feed for University of Birmingham School, a School for
#CharacterEducation
& the first secondary University Training School in the UK.
Incredible speeches from Patience & Tasneem about inspiring women Dr Varsha Jain & Dr Anne Marie Imafidon to HRH Prince Harry & Ms Meghan Markle on
#IWD2018
#inspired
Pupils getting some royal help with our STEM challenges at the
@Stemettes
#IWD2018
today! Big thanks to Prince Harry & Meghan Markle, it was a joy to meet you today
@KensingtonRoyal
"Be a good character, make a difference, don't give up." Poignant final words from our Principal Mr Roden
@uobsch_Prpal
to our pupil community on the final school day of his 36 year career. What an honour to have him as our first ever Principal.
Proud of our
#Year11
pupils and the commitment shown throughout their years here at the school as our very first
#GCSE
cohort. We wish you the very best as you progress on to the next stage of your future.
Read more:
#gcseresultsday2020
#TeamUoBS
UoBS pupil M. Waleed Khan is standing to represent Birmingham's young people in the
@UKYP
elections, taking place in schools across the city this week! We'll be sharing more from Waleed throughout the week but he is passionate and courageous, and we wish him the best of luck!
As a school, we are extremely proud of our first cohort of Year 10 Work Experience students, completing their full week
@unibirmingham
. Here are just a select few with their staff supervisors ranging from Finance, Marketing and the
@JubileeCentre1
team.
#workexperience
#proud
Sharing highlights from our beautiful Culture Day celebrations! Dedicated to the appreciation of
#culture
&
#diversity
in our community. Celebrating differences & recognising our shared humanity 💛Pupils also raised awareness & money for
@decappeal
Delighted to have the
@birminghamcg22
table tennis & para table tennis teams on site this morning, training for the up & coming games! Our pupils have the exciting opportunity to see athletes in action & help with their training 😀
#TeamUoBS
@unibirmingham
#commonwealthgames2022
1/2: A team of Year 11 pupils have launched a project to ensure all pupils have access to period products when needed in School & out. In time for half term, they have created mini kits for pupils to take home to ensure they have enough supplies over the holiday
#PeriodPovertyUK
Congratulations to our Sixth Form students who are celebrating their
#AlevelResultsDay2022
today! The results reflect the hard work, commitment & resilience shown throughout their years here. A huge well done from all at
#TeamUoBS
👏
Read all about it 👉
"The sixth form really stood out for me because of the link with
@unibirmingham
. I had a mentor at the uni who supported me with a lot of things..."
In
#Year11
? Looking for a sixth form? Follow this link to find out more about how you can join the team
Welcome Year 7! Your first day here with us, joining
#TeamUoBS
. Lots of smiles & excited faces! Looking forward to a day full of activities, meeting your new teachers & making new friends.
Excellent lining up in your bubbles & social distancing 👌
#Year7
#welcome
#September2020
A big thanks to all who joined us for our careers roundtable supper this evening 'Educating for the Future'. Brilliant discussions and great to see so much energy for collaboration across Birmingham and beyond.
1/2 6 UoB School pupils have had their book reviews published in the latest edition of the
@BooksForKeeps
online magazine! Beyond excited for their work to be shared on such a great platform, we are very proud of them all 🙌 You can read the reviews here:
Made our way to
@LibraryofBham
to visit our
@E2EShakespeare
Shakespeare Exhibition 🙌😍 Staff are providing some background info on the collections, with thousands of items collected in over 94 languages! Pictured is an image of Ira Aldridge, the first black actor to play Othello
1/2 Celebrating our Year 13 Graduates who joined UoB School as our first Year 7 cohort in 2015. Delighted to have been joined by visitors from The Jubilee Centre, the DARO team, & School Donors to mark the occasion. A number of 2015 Sixth Form Alumni shared their experiences
"...remain infinitely curious, immeasurably kind and walk in the world with love."
A message for Year 11 pupils from Subject Lead in RS, Ms Ellis Bryant
#TeamUoBS
#gcseresults2020
#GCSE2020
A huge well done to our new Head Prefects who joined us this morning to introduce our very first cohort of Student Leadership to our staff. Giving up time in the last few days of their summer holidays to support
#TeamUoBS
.
#ThankYou
Patience & Waleed!
#commitment
#community
Highlights from our very first Celebration of Character & Excellence Evening! Celebrating those who have excelled in academic achievement, scholarliness, civic life, & character development. Find out more:
@JubileeCentre1
@birminghamalum
@unibirmingham
A huge thank you to all the professionals who volunteered & gave their time this morning for our Year 7 Exploring Careers Event. A fantastic morning discussing great opportunities available to them, ranging from medical professionals to creative media!
#careers
#future
#TeamUoBS
Our winning bench design has been brought to life! As part of the improvement project around the
#SellyOak
Triangle pupils designed a bench to represent the area & its
#history
. It includes the famous oak tree that formerly stood on Bristol Road.
Read more
Six Yr 10 pupils secure work experience with UK’s largest
#medical
organisation. A virtual experience using high fidelity simulation in the best state-of-the-art-simulation centre in the country at
@qehbham
Well done!
@uhbtrust
@MedicMentor1
@UHBEducation
We are proud of our UoBS
#steelpan
bands. All bands perform regularly in school & at the University, including public competitions & concerts. They are fantastic ambassadors for our school. Scroll through to read more about the
#history
of steelpans
#BlackHistoryMonthUK
#music
"I want to say thank you to all my teachers - you're all brilliant!" - Best of luck Dan as you continue your journey with us at our sixth form.
#gcseresults2020
#gcses2020
#TeamUoBS
Prime Minister's recognition award for Waleed:
“So well deserved; an exceptional young man who humbly & bravely shares his message of peace & tolerance & sets an example for us all.” Mrs Tigue, Head of School.
@BhamUpdates
Exciting news! Our very own Mr Cobane has been mentioned & thanked in
@J_C_Pearson
's new book The Incredible Record Smashers 👏 We are so grateful for the enthusiasm & books Mr Cobane brings to our school inspiring a love of reading in us all
#inspiringlearning
#bookpost
@KevC46
We're delighted and excited to take delivery of a box of books in lots of different European languages today
@UoBSchool_Lib
, and to invite families in to share their love of reading in different languages. Happy reading everyone!
1/2 We had a remarkable visitor this week at UoBS - Yusef G studied Mech Eng & his Masters at UoB in 1944. Yusef recently celebrated his 100th birthday & as part of his celebrations has been revisiting the UoB campus! We were delighted to have provided a tour of our School...
Congratulations to all of our students collecting results today. The hard work has paid off as they move onto the next stage of their lives. Well done all!
Delighted to have a number of Year 10 pupils joining colleagues & departments at
@unibirmingham
this week, expanding our
#partnerships
further. Placements include finance, estates, business & admin, the lapworth museum, campus & library services, & HR to name a few!
#careers
Congratulations Year 11! Celebrating fantastic achievements today on
#gcseresultsday
. A huge well done to you all from
#TeamUoBS
! Just a snapshot of some of the happy moments from this morning 👏🥰
#Enrolment
for Sixth Form is taking place TODAY until 15.00. Pop in & see us...
Ollie has been awarded the Supreme Leader Award, as voted by his peers for his persuasive speech about pupil leadership in School. He competed against the rest of his year group & delivered his speech in front of his class to win. Congratulations Ollie!
#TeamUoBS
are super proud!
We'll be at The Green Heart Festival tomorrow handing out specially made
#virtues
cards between 3 - 5pm. Created by students as part of their event management project. Looking forward to seeing you all there...hopefully the weather cheers up! 🤞💚
@uobgreenheart
@unibirmingham
The Green Heart Festival Launch weekend is fast approaching on the 8th- 9th of June. Come on to the
@unibirmingham
campus to enjoy many activities, treasure hunts, concerts and much more! 💚
Click on the link to register for your free ticket:
#hellobrum
Luke in Yr 9 has been busy building a rollercoaster with
@KNEXUK
in his spare time & here's the end result!
"Fantastic work I'm really impressed by the drops, twists & turns, amazing attention to detail. Well done." Mr Addo-Boateng, Teacher of DT.
#rollercoaster
@KNEX
#TeamUoBS
What a day we had and such a lovely way to end our
#WorldBookDay
celebrations! An inspirational author
@a_reflective
, we were delighted to have you join us this afternoon 😊 Thank you for writing and sharing your wonderful books (and for the book signings)!
@WorldBookDayUK
A huge welcome to award-winning,
#worldbookday
author A.M Dassu! Kicking things off with a meet & greet with pupils 👏 discussing the reasons why she became an author - "to challenge stereotypes & humanise the stories of others." Powerful books full of empathy, hope, & courage ❤️