--- title: "Barclays Bank inspires our Girls" url: "https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/news/2015-12-04-barclays-bank-inspires-our-girls" school: "The Birkenhead Park School" --- # Barclays Bank inspires our Girls ![Image of Barclays Bank inspires our Girls](https://files.schudio.com/uabirkenhead/images/news/Barclays-Bank-logo.jpg) 4 December 2015 Across the country more boys than girls study STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects. Last half-term a number of our girls were invited to attend a day by Barclays Technology Centre in Knutsford to inspire them to consider the opportunities that are available if they wanted to follow a career in IT or computing. During the day the girls took part in a wide range of activities including learning how to program, programming cars to run on a race track, hearing a talk from a doctor of Astrophysics about how computers are used to monitor the planets and taking part in a seminar on Data Security. There was also a competition to design a product of the future and congratulations go to student Kya, who was in the top 6 out of 180 entrants! The girls impressed the coordinator of the event at Barclays Bank that they were selected to meet the Head of Barclaycard and have a tour around the Operations Room. [ Headteacher's Stars of the Week](https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/news/2015-12-03-headteacher-s-stars-of-the-week) [ Book fair sparks reading buzz ](https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/news/2015-12-06-book-fair-sparks-reading-buzz) ![The Birkenhead Park School](https://files.schudio.com/uabirkenhead/images/logo/Untitled_design_(6).png) #### The Birkenhead Park School Park Road South Birkenhead Wirral, Merseyside CH43 4UY 0151 652 1574 #### Useful Links - [Vacancies](https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/job-vacancies) - [Parent View](https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/parents/parent-view) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thebirkenheadparkschool/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bpswirral/) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@bpswirral) © Copyright 2015–2026 The Birkenhead Park School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.birkenheadparkschool.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)