Year 11 student, Jacob Dearman was presented this week’s Headteacher Award; his self-motivation really impressed Ms Pidgon. Jacob completed 13 lengthy mastery booklets of exam questions for Biology, Chemistry and Physics that he’d collected from his teachers before the summer holidays. During the summer break, he fully attempted the questions and self-assessed his responses, making…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Aiden LI in Year 8. Aiden always completes the work set in lessons with an extremely positive attitude and asks for extension work as soon as he’s finished the task given. Not only is Aiden enthusiastic for his own learning, he is also keen to help his fellow classmates…
DetailsBella Judd is the deserving recipient of this week’s Headteacher’s Award. Bella is always punctual, polite, willing to put herself forward for all opportunities and is a wonderful role model to younger students in school. Bella has amassed 939 achievement points this year – with these being regularly awarded for Learner of the Lesson, going out of her…
DetailsCongratulations to Iona Rutherford in Year 7 who received a Special Recognition Award this week. Iona has been making and selling some wonderful hats, with the proceeds going to the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. Iona said that during last summer, she spent 3 whole days making hats which raised over £300 for the charity. Not…
DetailsYear 11 student, Charlie is the deserving recipient of the Headteacher’s Award this week, exemplifying the very essence of hard work and ambition. Charlie demonstrated exceptional dedication and progress in his recent mock exams, achieving excellent results that reflect his commitment and dedication. His work ethic, both inside and outside of school, is inspiring for…
DetailsAstonishingly, our age defying Cleaning Manager, Margaret Smith celebrated her 80th birthday recently. She has been a cleaner at William Howard School for 47 years, starting in 1976 at the White House School site. That’s a colossal mileage of vacuuming! Margaret isn’t planning to hang up her duster any time soon though. Ms Pigdon said:…
DetailsLast Friday, the Sixth Form all dressed in green to support Mental Health Awareness Week. To raise awareness of the link between movement and mental health, students were invited to take part in a step challenge, from Monday to Thursday). Well done to Fern Miller who won in Year 13 with 38,187 steps; and Rufus…
DetailsThe Headteacher’s Award goes to Poppy Paterson this week. Thank you to Mrs Callaghan for the nomination. Poppy has made an amazing start to Year 7. Many staff already speak very positively about Poppy and the way she approaches school and her learning, with 18 ‘Learner of the Lesson’ nominations already. Recently, Poppy was chosen…
DetailsThe school came alive today as we welcomed back our students for the brand-new academic year. Everyone looked refreshed, ready to learn, and pleased to catch up with friends again. We hope our new Year 7 students enjoyed their first day as part of our WHS community.
The Year 8 boys football team produced an excellent level of performance at the City Tournament on Tuesday, missing out on the final by one goal. In the group stage they beat RRMA 2-1 with goals from Dan Hare & Frazer Phillips. After a 0-0 draw with QEGS they needed a 7-0 win to have…
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