We have some very keen and talented runners in WHS! On Saturday 8th February, three of our Year 9 students – Aoife, Elena and Elliot – represented Cumbria in the Northern Schools’ Inter-County Cross Country Championships in Middlesbrough, competing against runners from Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Cleveland and Durham. Elliot came in 19th in the Junior…
Netball Three of our netball teams were in action against Caldew on Thursday, 30th January, with our Year 10 team and our Year 9 A&B teams playing. The Year 10 team demonstrated some excellent interceptions in their game against a very strong and experienced opposition. WHS played exceptionally well during the middle part of the…
Cross Country 24 WHS students represented Carlisle District at the Cumbria County Cross Country Championships on Wednesday, 15th January. The top 16 students are then selected to represent Cumbria in a competition in Middlesborough in February. Congratulations to all runners, especially to Elena Archibald, Aoife McAlister, Lousie Ackerley and Elliot Morgan who all finished in…
Carlisle School’s Cross Country Students from Years 8, 9 and 10 took part in the Carlisle Schools Cross Country at the Sheepmount on Wednesday afternoon. Despite the freezing weather conditions, the runners put on a fantastic performance on the flat course. First up to race were the Junior Girls – a team of seven from…
Year 7 Cross Country A group of Year 7s took part in the City Cross Country Championships at Austin Friars School on Friday. The course was a fast, flat route and the weather conditions were perfect. Both Year 7 teams finished high up with some brilliant individual performances. Well done to all runners! A special…
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…
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…