This week’s Headteacher’s Award was presented to Will – a kind, generous and emotionally mature Year 8 student who consistently demonstrates our core values of Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. His Form Tutor, Ms Lewis commented: “Will’s quiet willingness to support both staff and peers shines through in Tutor Time, Drama lessons and the extracurricular Drama…
Our rock bands lit up the stage at The Brickyard last night, performing to a packed and enthusiastic audience. The talented young musicians wowed the crowd with powerful renditions of songs by iconic bands such as Foo Fighters and Bon Jovi. The evening featured a variety of acts, from full bands, intimate duets, to solo…
Six budding chess players took on Trinity School on Wednesday, 2nd July in what will hopefully be the first of many inter-school chess matches. Our team was made up of two Year 7s (Leo and Micheal), two Year 8s (Phoebe and Abigail), and two Year 9 students (Caleb and Max). The Trinity team were a tough…
Today, our team of service family students and Mrs McGaffin (our Forces Liaison Officer) were able to proudly show off the fruits of their efforts with the official opening of our newly developed Memorial Garden. With the help of Storey homes, Landmarc (at Spadeadam), the Woodland Trust, Cumbria Building Supplies, Mr McGaffin, Mr and Mrs…
On Tuesday morning, members of the Cumbria Deaf Association in Carlisle visited William Howard School for a morning of inclusive sport with our members of Team Inspire. Our students welcomed them to our sports hall and introduced themselves one by one, some of them having learnt to sign their names for the event which was…
Our ‘Alumnus of the Month’ was both a student and teacher at William Howard – it’s Will Kemp. Whilst at WHS, Will was a dynamic presence in Performing Arts and was deeply involved in choir and school productions. Will’s love of storytelling and performance led him to Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh, where he…
In our continuing partnerships with the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service, eleven more of our Year 9 students were put through their paces this week, completing a demanding ‘Developing Resilience’ programme at Carlisle East Fire Station. The students were pushed well out of their comfort zones, with their resilience levels tested under physically and mentally…
Four students represented WHS at the Spellbinding Awards Day, which was the culmination of almost four months of intensive reading and reviewing of books. The event, organised by Library Services for Schools (Cumberland Council), was held at the North Lakes Hotel in Penrith on Thursday 26 June. Thomas, Abbie, Fliss and Tilly, with the Librarian,…
Four of our budding engineers took part in the CET Innovate Competition at The Whitehaven Academy yesterday. The CET Innovate project involves all CET schools and is designed to promote problem solving, design, teamwork and public speaking skills in the students. The teams from each school had to pitch their bright ideas to an external…
Early on Tuesday morning, a very excited group of our students boarded their bus for London to compete in the National Table Cricket Finals at Lord’s. They set off in the rain but arrived in London to blue skies in the afternoon. Their first destination was Hyde Park. After such a long journey, they immediately…