As part of their first unit on local History, our Year 7 students have been investigating two conflicting interpretations of the Border Reivers. Many Cumbrians can trace their own origins to the Reivers and we have been exploring how historians have remembered them as either scoundrels or loveable rogues. 7X1 studied a high-level text and…
We welcomed over 50 Year 3 and 4 pupils from our cluster primary schools to take part in a Basketball Festival, yesterday. Six different activity stations, which focused on developing the key skills needed in the game, were planned and led by our Year 9 Sports Leaders. The primary children circulated round the stations, practising…
In the final week of the half-term, Louise Ackerley in Year 7 is the deserving winner of the Headteacher’s Award. During 8 weeks, Louise has accumulated 287 House Points for her exceptional progress in the classroom and her outstanding commitment to PE and Sport. Her teachers describe her as an excellent role model and the…
Three of our Trust schools got together yesterday to compete in the very first Cumbria Education Trust inclusive sports event which we hosted at William Howard School. Debbie Davies from Panathlon came along to set up the activities for the Panathlon Xtend Multi-Sports event, before training some of our Year 9 Sports Leaders in how…
Our Year 11 Geographers have been out of school recently collecting a variety of data in nearby Cumbrian villages. The trip focused on ‘human geography’ and pupils assessed and compared services and environmental quality at Cumwhinton, Thursby, Abbeytown and Burgh by Sands. Additionally, they carried out a vehicle and pedestrian tally at each location and…
Our annual Bookbuzz is back, and Year 7 students are getting excited about reading! Each one of them will receive a free book to keep and to enjoy. After watching a video with fun 30-second author pitches, to give them a little taste of what the books are about, Year 7 students visited the Library…
It was typical Cumbrian weather for the English Schools Cross Country Cup Competition at Hunter Hall School in Penrith on Wednesday 16th October. However, the torrential rain didn’t seem to bother the four William Howard Cross country teams who demonstrated excellent grit and determination on some testing terrain. The four different courses took runners up…
Mrs Henderson’s Hockey Report: A solid team performance from both of WHS girls 7-a-side hockey teams in their second match of the season. Playing with newly formed teams, both the Year 7/8 combined team and Year 8/9 team displayed great teamwork, good individual skills, and great resilience. Both teams further developed their ‘games play’ and…
We’re very grateful to Jules Wooding from Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life for coming into school today to talk to Year 9 History students about the local involvement in WW1. She gave a fascinating talk about the recruitment of soldiers from the local area and spoke about the dreadful conditions for those fighting in WW1.…
This week’s Headteacher’s Award was proudly presented to Year 11 student Edwin Macdonald, for his impressive levels of motivation to succeed. Edwin is a student who demonstrates self-drive and determination to achieve in all he does. He has been particularly impressive in Science, where he asks for extra revision work and support to better his…