William Howard’s teachers gathered after school on Monday (18th March) to celebrate the completion of their Departmental Projects. For the last few months, Departments have been working on a range of professional development projects, including: improving active engagement, live marking, strategies to improve reading and strategies to improve the impact of assessment. After some celebratory…
An excited table cricket team headed to Carlilse College to compete in the Lord’s Taverners North Cumbria Schools Table Cricket Competition on Wednesday 13th March. The competition grows each year and this time there were 13 teams from across the North of Cumbria fighting for a place in the county finals this coming Friday. The…
Year 9 student, Eve Palmer, was presented the Headteacher’s Award this week. Eve attends many extra-curricular activities around school and, despite her own personal challenges, shows the utmost resilience and takes part in all PE activities to the best of her ability. Last year, Eve could not bounce on the trampoline without support but last…
Year 10 GSCE Food Preparation & Nutrition students are currently studying protein as part of their course. They have looked at the nutritional benefits of oily fish such as salmon and were therefore delighted to be chosen as one of 300 schools to receive free salmon as part of the Food Teachers Centre Fish Hero’s…
A group of Year 10 Geography students had a fieldwork trip to the Solway Coast on Friday (15th March). Mrs Magson said, “It’s been a really great day – no rain at all. We broadened the day to include trying lots of different techniques for the fieldwork paper, as well as collecting data for students’…