Our aim is that all our students receive lifesaving ‘Call-Push-Rescue’ (CPR) training whilst at William Howard so, over the coming weeks, our Year 7 students will be given hands-on coaching in the skills of CPR and the use of a defibrillator. We’re very grateful to Crew Manager Shaun Yeats from Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service…
Well done to Abigail, Will, Daniel and Pheobe – the first Year 8 students to receive bronze Director of Learning certificates for achieving over 500 House Points so far this year.
What a great end to the half term! A huge crowd gathered on the ATP during break time to cheer on and watch hockey sticks clash in the much-anticipated Staff House Hockey Tournament. Joint House team Talkin/Vindolanda took on the Eden/Gelt team, and it wasn’t just the PE teachers amongst the players who showed fierce…
Year 9 Netball On Tuesday, two Year 9 Netball teams took part in the City Tournament at Trinity. Both teams played brilliantly against tough opposition from Trinity, Caldew, RRMA, Austin Friars and RRCA. Team 1 made a fantastic start to the tournament, winning their first three games to qualify into the top half of the…
This half term, all students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were asked to create an A3 poster linked to the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Young Geographer of the Year’ competition. This year the society had asked students to design a poster to promote the value of choosing geography at school, in further study and in…
We are exceptionally proud of our Apprentice Teaching Assistant, Oksana Pereima, who took home the Best Apprentice award at the latest Golden Apple Awards, which recognises excellence in education and learning. Ms Pereima and her three children moved to the UK from Ukraine, with the help of her host family Dr Storr (Chair of WHS…
We celebrated all things autumnal today with a bustling Harvest Festival. It proved a wonderful way for Year 7 students to engage with local agriculture and learn about sustainability. The range of activities – from exploring animal habitats and crafts, to visiting the ‘pumpkin patch’- made for a memorable afternoon. Year 8 Enterprise students were…
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…