Over 100 students from Cumbrian secondary schools gathered for the Spellbinding Awards Day on Friday 28 June at the North Lakes Hotel near Penrith. This annual reading-for-pleasure event is the culmination of three months of intensive reading. Students had been set the task of reading, rating and reviewing the top ten books, pre-selected by librarians,…
We’re very excited to restart our exchange programme to Taiwan, which used to run prior to Covid. On Monday and Tuesday this week, we welcomed to WHS a group of staff and students from Lanya Junior High School in Taipei. As well as shadowing partner students for some lessons, they enjoyed a Brampton town trial…
It was wonderful to welcome in our new cohort of students today, for their induction day. It was a chance for the Year 6 pupils to experience a school day at WHS as well as meet with their new House Tutors and other key staff. They had a tour of the building and attended some…
On Thursday last week twelve students from Years 7 and 8 headed to Carlisle to take part in the Cumbria School Games, a festival of sport for Years 4 to 8 from schools around the whole of Cumbria. The event started with an opening ceremony at the Sheepmount Stadium where all the schools gathered together.…
45 music students from all year groups, performed to a packed audience at the Source Collective music venue in Carlisle last week. Students performed numbers by bands such as the Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi and Nirvana. One member of the audience observed “I can’t believe how confident these youngsters are and they obviously love it…
This week is Armed Forces Week, culminating with celebrations across the country on Saturday’s Armed Forces Day. The day originated as a chance for the public to show their support for the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently serving personnel to Service families, veterans and cadets. WHS is the…
The ‘Class of 2024’ looked A M A Z I N G at their Prom last night. They danced into the evening and had a great time altogether for the final time. It was a fantastic occasion to celebrate their five years at William Howard School. Mr Anderson (Year 11 Head of Standards) commented, “They…
Chris Jones, a student with many talents and an excellent attitude towards his learning, received this week’s Headteacher’s Award. The Year 10 student recently created an online game to support his peer group with mock exam revision, he then shared it to all students studying Spanish in his year group. Year 10 students have signed…
WHS Mountain Runners are back out enjoying the trails. The second run of this half term was a Talkin Tarn delight. The group have three more runs before they finish for the academic year – they will tackle routes on the Pennines and Eastern Lakeland Fells before, finally, the traditional ‘Blencathra before breakfast’ run on…
During “My Money Week”, Year 9 and Year 12 Business students went to Brampton Primary School with a top trumps game they’d created to educate the pupils in Year 1 and Year 2 about the cost of owning a pet. Nicky from Oak Tree Animals’ Charity also gave a talk to the pupils to highlight how…