European Showjumping Excitement

Having been accepted by the British Showjumping Association to compete in the event, Year 12 student Imogen Rome travelled to Sentower Park in Belgium during mid-November for the Indoor Youth Showjumping Festival. Imogen recounts, “There were around 90 people in my class, most of them being from Europe but some were from America. I was…

Super 1s Cricket

Students at William Howard School were offered a new opportunity last Wednesday evening, when Cumbria Cricket’s Super 1s Hub came along to run a session in school. The session was kicked off with a fun game involving different catches, followed by coaching in bowling, batting and, finally, throwing. All those who attended clearly enjoyed the…

Exceptional Student Receives Headteacher’s Award

Year 13 student, Paula Reimartuse received this week’s Headteacher’s award from Ms Pigdon. Paula is a student who works incredibly hard and contributes exceptionally to the school community. She is at every school function, supporting behind the scenes and is always keen to do more. During her non-contact time Paula supports in PE lessons and…

Oh! Christmas Tree!

Our Student Leadership Team did a wonderful job of dressing our Christmas trees this morning, with baubles and tinsel reflecting our House colours. One tree adorns our Foyer and the other will provide a beautiful background for our up-coming Celebration Assemblies in the Performance Hall. A huge thank you to T.G Norman Timber Ltd of…

Mission Christmas Appeal

We have launched our Mission Christmas Appeal, in support of CFM’s Cash For Kids. Any donations of gifts for the appeal would be greatly appreciated (all donations must be brand new and unopened). The poster lists some gift ideas and we are hoping to focus our collection for the teenage range. Last year, our trolley…

Setting a Christmas Scene

It’s been snowing in a Year 9 Photography lesson, where the students are working on their Christmas card shoot. The images below are very much ‘works in progress’ but we’ll look forward to showing you the final outcomes in a couple of weeks. The class spent a happy hour surrounded by baubles and tinsel in…

Year 10 Team Reach Next Round of ESFA Cup

Our Year 10 Boys Football Team are currently involved in the English Schools’ Football Association (ESFA) Cup, a national competition for secondary schools across England. Yesterday, they played their fifth fixture in the competition, away to Oasis Academy in Oldham. The boys won 4-1 and now enter the next round as one of just 32…

Rugby Updates

A great effort was given by the boys at the Year 7 & 8 Rugby Development Festival at the Richard Rose Central Academy, last Wednesday. Scores weren’t kept as this event was primarily for development, but there were some particularly good performances from Benji Poland, George Mellor and Dominic Lauderman. Meanwhile, it was a tough…

BEBRAS Challenge Brings Gold

As usual, November brings the BEBRAS challenge to many students in Years 8 and 9. The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students. It is organized in over 60 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing. Last November over 365,000 students took part in the UK, and over…