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…
DetailsMrs Booker and Mr Connolly were thrilled to welcome Joe Human and members of CDEC’s (Cumbria Development Education Centre) staff and trustees to work with the Year 12 Philosophers on Thursday, 10 July. Joe delivered his amazing talk, ‘The Health Hazards of Climate Change’, which has been developed out of his extensive research and a…
DetailsMatt 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…
DetailsWe are absolutely thrilled for ex-William Howard School student, Anna Nicholson, who won a bronze medal on Thursday at the Paralympics in Paris. Anna secured her medal in the women’s F35 shot put with a brilliant throw of 9.44m. The F35 classification is for athletes who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia, and athetosis…
DetailsOur students had another chance to enjoy the fabulous WHS staff panto extravaganza, during break 2 today. The hall was packed for the live show on the final day of last term, so today’s screening gave students who missed out a further opportunity to experience the hilarity of Ms Ledger’s production of Cinderella. Year 12…
DetailsThere was some flippin’ good fun during break time on Shrove Tuesday, when the Sixth Form Leadership students challenged our Senior Leadership Team to a pancake race. Windy conditions made the pancake tossing very tricky, but the race ‘panned’ out to a victory for the staff team. Well done to everyone who took part with…
DetailsOur Sixth Form Leadership students and staff had some flipping good fun during Friday breaktime, in advance of Shrove Tuesday. In two highly competitive pancake relay races, the staff team crossed the finish line first (they did have a significant number of PE teachers in their line-up). The Year 12s are already planning strategies to beat…
DetailsThe Year 10 Food and Nutrition class had a special taste of Ukrainian cooking on Friday when Learning Support Assistant, Miss Kaminska showed the students how to make ‘Mlyntsi’ (pancakes) and ‘Nalysnyky’ from her native country. Nalysnyky are a variation of stuffed mlyntsi. They can be filled with various ingredients and rolled or folded up.…
DetailsHarraby Campus Sports Hall was the scene for the latest Panathlon event in Cumbria on Wednesday. Their multi-skills events have proved so popular over the last couple of years that two competitions had to be held, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, in order for all the schools to be able to…
DetailsThe WHS staff panto was a resoundingly hilarious end to the term. Madame Sledge and her dreadful daughters almost thwarted Cinderella’s opportunity to meet her perfect match – Prince William Howard. The 20-minute multi-media extravaganza featured a filmed chase scene, song, dance and crazy comedy. It was a lot to fit in the short space…
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