Our sports hall was full of excited students on Monday for the CET Panathlon Multi-Sports Competition. Seven teams from across the Trust’s Secondary Schools took part: three from William Howard School, two from Whitehaven Academy, one from Workington Academy and one from Kirkby Stephen Grammar School. Debbie Davies from the children’s charity Panathlon arrived early…
The Year 9 Character Curriculum Art class have been learning a new craft – needle felting. After sketching the outlines of their pets or favourite animals onto hessian backing, the students use specialist felting needles to carefully poke and blend wool fibres into place. Through patience and creativity, their simple drawings are gradually transformed into…
Keeping alive the Dickensian custom of ghost stories at Christmas time, Mrs Donohue’s Year 7 Literacy class put into practice their oracy skills, delighting — and frightening — one another with their own eerie tales yesterday.
Festive celebrations took place at lunchtime today at a gathering to thank our incredible student leaders for their outstanding contribution to William Howard School this year. In every role – Head and Deputy Head Students, Student Heads of House, Prefects, House Council, Sports Leaders and Open Spaces Leaders – our students have embodied the school…
A Year 10 student who has shown exceptional dedication as a member of Team Inspire received this week’s Headteacher’s Award. Amy attends every inclusive sports club offered each week—including Football, Boccia, Table Cricket, and New Age Kurling—along with all additional team practices. Her talent and commitment in Table Cricket led her to represent the school…
Everyone embraced the chance to dress in their comfiest clothes or pyjamas today for a well-timed ‘Get Cosy and Read Day’. After an atmospheric fireside story read by a Sixth Form student, Year 7 were excited to receive their Book Buzz books during a special reading event in the performance hall. At breaktime, a Big…
Netball Our Year 8 and 10 netball teams were in action on Wednesday night against Trinity. The Year 8 team started strongly with some good passing to link up the different areas of the court. Some excellent defensive interceptions from Poppy, Tilly and Annie limited any scoring opportunities for the opposition and allowed William Howard…
A huge thank you to Brampton Fire Service and Mr Mallinson for supporting our Mountain Runners Club this week, when a military theme to Thursday night’s conditioning session came in the form of an assault course. The Fire Brigade kindly came along to supply some typical Cumbria weather that the runners have become accustomed to.…
We were delighted to welcome Rebecca Collihole from Burnetts, the largest solicitors’ partnership in Cumbria, into school on Thursday. She delivered an excellent presentation to our Year 11 cohort on careers in law, sharing insights into the profession as well as her own inspiring journey from William Howard School student to Partner at Burnetts. Rebecca…
Year 8 student Tilly received the Headteacher’s Award this week. Tilly has been an exceptional member of our school community throughout the year. She is always fully engaged in lessons, consistently kind and respectful towards others, and a brilliant role model for her peers. Her work is of an exceptionally high standard and regularly exceeds the…