Year 8’s Poetry Recital Challenge

The challenge for Ms Ledger’s Year 8 English class this week was to learn at least one verse from Young Lochinvar and recite it in lesson. The poem – by Sir Walter Scott – was written more than 200 years ago and features some challenging old fashioned language. Set in Longtown and written with a…

Winning Equestrian Vaulters

This week, three of our students competed in a very exciting sport that requires lots of nerve. Merryn Patterson, Autumn Farrell and Lauren Rogan-Mackie travelled to Warwick to take part in the British Equestrian Vaulting English Championships. Equestrian vaulting can best be described as ‘gymnastics on a moving horse’. The horse is controlled by a…

Business Students Conduct Market Research

As part of their A level Business unit on Market Research, Year 12 students visited a very sunny Brampton to conduct surveys with local businesses on how they have been impacted by the cost of living crisis. The data gathered will give the students a first-hand overview of the impacts on the local economy. We…

Fantastic First Run

This week marked the first WHS Mountain Runners session of the new academic year, and what a start it was! Ms Pigdon said, “We were thrilled to see so many enthusiastic new faces from Year 7 joining our regular runners for an after school run of fresh air, fitness, and fun.” Our first route of…

Memorial Garden Improvements

Our Armed Forces students and Cadets would like to thank everyone who bought refreshments and raffle tickets during the Year 6 Open Evening. The funds they raised will be used to support improvements to our memorial garden at the front of the school. Story Construction helped develop the memorial garden with Mrs McGaffin (our Forces…

Open Evening Bursting With Enthusiasm

A huge thank you to all the families who came along to our interactive Open Evening last night. It was a very busy evening, so we hope you were able to visit as many departments as possible and get a sense of what our students experience and learn at WHS. Ms Pigdon, Headteacher said: “The…

Brothers’ Resilience Displayed on Blencathra

We are exceptionally impressed by the resilience that students Lewis and Matthew Tate have shown recently. Last weekend they scaled Blencathra to raise funds for a new football kit for Lewis’ team, Warwick Wanderers. However, this positive initiative was prompted by a deeply sad reason they had for climbing the fell. Their aptly proud mum,…

Great North Runners

Double congratulations go to father and son team, Mr Skelton and Rufus, who ran the Great North Run yesterday, each raising over £500 for their chosen charities. English teacher, Tony Skelton was fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Society while his son, Sixth Form student, Rufus ran for Macmillan Cancer Support. Both causes being close to them…