51 of our musicians had an incredible trip to Spain during the first week of the Easter holidays. As well as giving fantastic performances at Poble Espanol and Loret de Mar, their packed itinerary included visits to Barcelona (Las Ramblas and La Boqueria Market), a visit to the beautiful medieval walled town of Girona and…
DetailsOver 30 students, from Year 7 through to 13, completed Trinity Musical Theatre and Drama exams recently; all passing with either distinction or merit in their Grades 4 – 8. The examiner commented on the standard of their work saying, “Students at the higher grades were the same standard as full-time drama school students.” Miss…
DetailsWe’re very grateful to Jules Wooding from Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life for coming into school today to talk to Year 9 History students about the local involvement in WW1. She gave a fascinating talk about the recruitment of soldiers from the local area and spoke about the dreadful conditions for those fighting in WW1.…
DetailsFollowing on from their success earlier in the year at a North Cumbria Multi-Sports event, our Year 8 team were invited to the Active Cumbria and Panathlon County Finals at Penrith Leisure Centre yesterday. They had a wonderful afternoon competing against five other secondary schools from around Cumbria. Each team rotated around six different activities…
DetailsDespite the wild weather, the WHS Mountain Runners, mainly made up this week of enthusiastic Year 7 students, completed a tough run up Talkin Fell. Undeterred by the elements, the group set off from the peaceful village of Talkin, quickly tackling the lung-busting climb to the flanks of the fell. With rain clouds looming, the…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award was proudly presented to Year 11 student Edwin Macdonald, for his impressive levels of motivation to succeed. Edwin is a student who demonstrates self-drive and determination to achieve in all he does. He has been particularly impressive in Science, where he asks for extra revision work and support to better his…
DetailsA huge congratulations to Corin Rees in Year 10 who did amazingly well in the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Junior World Championships held in Wolverhampton last week. He won gold in his GI category and a silver in No-GI. Alongside Corin’s success, Pheonix Barker (Year 7) won bronze in her category.
DetailsIt was another great football fixture for WHS Year 7 boys as two 8-a-side teams played Newman School. In two close games, WHS took the win in both. Joey Davidson scored the winner in the first game, giving a 1-0 win. Then, despite going 1-0 down in the second game, Zach Currah scored a great…
DetailsNathan Logue is a worthy winner of the Headteacher’s Award this week for his demonstration of exceptional behaviour when travelling on the bus to school. As a Sixth Form student, Nathan stepped in to support a Year 7 pupil as they travelled to school, modelling the behaviour we expect at WHS and showing the utmost…
DetailsWe have launched our Mission Christmas Appeal in support of CFM’s Cash For Kids. Any donations of gifts for the appeal would be greatly appreciated (all donations must be brand new and unopened). The poster below lists some gift ideas and we are hoping to focus our collection for the teenage range. Last year, our trolley…
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