Presentation Evening Celebrations

Carlisle Cathedral was the beautiful backdrop for our annual Presentation Evening last night, when last summer’s GCSE and A Level students’ exam achievements were celebrated. Once again, it was an incredibly special occasion for the students, parents and staff who were able to attend. Deputy Headteacher, Mr O’Connor, welcomed everyone before handing over to our…

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Presentation Evening Celebrations

Our annual Presentation Evening, where the previous year’s exam achievements are celebrated, was held at Carlisle Cathedral on Thursday 9th January. Our guest speaker this year was Lauren Smith. Lauren is an ex-William Howard School student who is recognised for her badminton achievements; winning bronze and silver medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and representing…

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Preparing for Sixth Form

Year 11 students were welcomed back to William Howard this week to complete their Sixth Form induction days. Over the course of three days, students had the opportunity to attend taster sessions for their chosen subjects alongside sessions of reserve choices where they may have been undecided. The students were also given key information about…

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Points for Prizes

There was great excitement in the Performance Hall this yesterday afternoon for the end of term House Point Auctions. Years 8 and 10 had their chance to use their accumulated achievement points to bid on sought-after prizes such as Fusion Trampoline vouchers, doughnuts, a film screening, a CUFC shirt, and much more. Prizes were also…

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Poetic Inspiration at Dove Cottage

Year 8 students enjoyed a trip to Dove Cottage in Grasmere yesterday. The experience was planned to enrich the students’ current study of English Poetry. We hope it helped inspire them about the poetry of William Wordsworth (one of our most famous Lakeland poets) and gave some insight to his life and the culture that…

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Planning for Countywide Inclusive Sports Day

Today was the planning day for the YST Inclusive Sports Leadership Day that we are hosting at William Howard School on Friday, 7th February, with schools from around Cumbria attending. Rachael Mackenzie, athlete mentor for the Youth Sports Trust and former World Champion Thai boxer, visited WHS to meet with Mrs Croucher (our PE Inclusion Lead),…

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Pi Day Win

To celebrate ‘Pi Day’ last week – 14th March or 3.14 in the American date format – William Howard sent two teams of Year 8 students to take part in Cumbria Education Trust’s Maths Challenge at Queen Katherine School in Kendal. Eleven teams from five secondary schools tackled six rounds of challenging maths problems, including…

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Philosophical Explorations at Carlisle Cathedral

This is the third year running that Mr Connolly has organised an A Level Philosophy conference with Carlisle Cathedral, and this year William Howard School Philosophy students were joined by staff and students from Trinity School and John Foster who works with the Philosophy Department of Lancaster University. It was a tremendous success and allowed our…

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Philosophical Explorations at Carlisle Cathedral

This is the fourth year running that Mr Connolly has organised an A Level Philosophy conference with Carlisle Cathedral, and this year William Howard School Philosophy students were joined by staff and students from Trinity School and John Foster who works with the Philosophy Department of Lancaster University. It was a tremendous success and allowed our…

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Perfecting Presentation

Matt Rayson, Head Chef and Business owner of The Old Bank Restaurant in Carlisle visited the Year 11 Food and Nutrition class today. He demoed some presentation and plating up techniques to help the students with their Non-Exam Assessment (NEA) tasks next term. Their teacher, Mrs Mothersdale said, “The students really benefitted from his advice…

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