Our wonderful students who attend the inclusive sports clubs and represent our school at sports competitions and festivals are members of ‘Team Inspire’. We’re very proud of all these students, and as the team’s name suggests, they are truly inspirational. On Thursday last week, members of the team got together with the staff who support them…
Since last term, a group of pupils have been working hard at break times on the Axiom Maths programme with Mr Davis. This is an additional maths course which looks at problems that are more open-ended. They require a strategical approach, and often the pupils will work with each other to try and arrive at…
On Sunday (27th April), Miss Kaminska, our plucky Learning Support Teaching Assistant, ran the Manchester Marathon to raise funds for Hospitallers, a Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion that provides frontline trauma care and evacuates wounded soldiers and civilians. Despite the energy-sapping high temperature, which was a challenge for every runner, she completed the marathon in a…
Year 13 student Andrew Kyle thoroughly deserves a Headteacher’s Award for his dedication and commitment to ‘Team Inspire’ over many years, as well as his academic achievement. He exemplifies William Howard’s core value of responsibility. Starting as a shy and quiet boy in Year 8, he has developed into a confident young man captaining our…
Year 7 student Caris was nominated to receive a Headteacher’s Award this week. She is an incredibly committed student, who always embodies the core values of WHS. It seems that Caris is on a one-woman mission to achieve as many House points for her Form Group as possible – she had a new Standards Card in…
Seven pupils from the Year 8 and 9 Archaeology (Character Curriculum) course joined Mrs Giecco and Miss Scullion for an interesting ‘archaeological field walk’ last Saturday. Field walks take place on ploughed/tilled field as the machinery often brings buried archaeological artefacts to the surface. A series of 30m x 30m grid squares were laid out…
Our Year 12 students had the opportunity to attend the UK University and Apprenticeship Search Fair held at Lancaster University today (Friday 25th April), along with Miss Nicholls and Mrs Hill. This visit forms part of our Future Focus Programme, which runs throughout the summer term and is designed to support students in making informed…
During the Spring term, the Year 9 Outdoor Learning group were fully immersed in a hands-on, engaging module focused on conservation — and their hard work certainly paid off. The module began with students exploring the importance of conservation on a global scale. They learnt about various conservation projects from around the world, gaining insight…
35 Year 8 and 9 intrepid students experienced an exhilarating 5-day course at Loch Eil Outward Bound Centre during the last week of the spring term. Despite a journey of over six hours, immediately upon arrival they were thrown into a range of challenging activities, such as the wall, the beam, Jacob’s ladder, and the…
While others were just beginning the Easter holidays, a group of our energetic students and Performing Arts staff were embarking on a 24-hour danceathon. Between 4:30pm on Friday, April 4, and 4:30pm on Saturday, April 5, the dancers tackled ballet, Irish dancing, musical theatre, cheerleading, as well as a dance battle and Beyoncé masterclass. They…