Our Year 10 boys football team played the first of their two semi-finals on Tuesday. Playing a very good team from Cockermouth, the boys started slowly and conceded first going into half time 1-0 down. After some reflection at half time, they came out and scored in the first minutes of the 2nd half, with…
DetailsYear 10 students took part in a mock interview and post-16 options morning on Monday. We welcomed representatives from agriculture, accountancy and the NHS, with interviewers from the business sector including small business owners as well as multinational companies such as Pirelli and Innovia. Contributors, Myerscough College, System People, Armed Forces, WHS Sixth Form, Carlisle…
DetailsYear 12 students are out of school on work experience this week and are enjoying some fantastic placements locally, including in the new radio station CRFM, Pirelli, Centerparcs, Avanti Trains and the Chamber of Commerce. Further afield, we have students undertaking placements in London, at a law firm and at Guys St Thomas Hospital. Several students…
DetailsYear 11 student Huey Bailie received this week’s Headteacher’s Award for completing his Work Experience as a gold and silversmith in Italy in such an exceptional way. Throughout, Huey worked with professionalism and maturity. Part of his work entailed helping recycle and purify silver to make wire and sheet for the workshop. He also helped…
DetailsDelicious Christmas dinners, with all the trimmings, are being served in the canteen today and tomorrow. The students (and staff) have certainly enjoyed tucking into their festive roast! Doesn’t it look tasty! A big THANK YOU to all the catering staff for their hard work in preparing and serving up the hundreds of fabulous meals.
DetailsThis half term, all students in Years 7, 8 and 9 were asked to create an A3 poster linked to the Royal Geographical Society’s ‘Young Geographer of the Year’ competition. This year the society had asked students to design a poster to promote the value of choosing geography at school, in further study and in…
DetailsThis week, three of our students competed in a very exciting sport that requires lots of nerve. Merryn Patterson, Autumn Farrell and Lauren Rogan-Mackie travelled to Warwick to take part in the British Equestrian Vaulting English Championships. Equestrian vaulting can best be described as ‘gymnastics on a moving horse’. The horse is controlled by a…
DetailsThree of our Trust schools got together yesterday to compete in the very first Cumbria Education Trust inclusive sports event which we hosted at William Howard School. Debbie Davies from Panathlon came along to set up the activities for the Panathlon Xtend Multi-Sports event, before training some of our Year 9 Sports Leaders in how…
DetailsAt William Howard School, our recent decision to create a mobile device-free environment during the school day has been met with resounding success. Following thoughtful discussions with parents and students, we implemented a policy that allows students to bring their mobile phones to school but requires them to be turned off and stored in bags…
DetailsWilliam Howard School has been recognised for delivering high-quality computing education to young people, developing their digital skills and preparing them for the future. We achieved the national Computing Quality Mark after evaluating our computing education and demonstrating high-quality provision. The Computing Quality Mark is awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education and recognises…
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