Media, Business and Disney Fun

Sixteen Sixth Form Media and Business students took an exciting journey to France this week to attend the ‘Media Live!’ and ‘Business Live!’ conferences in Disneyland Paris. They spent three nights in France with two fun-filled days at Disneyland. The conferences took place at the Gaumont Cinema in Disney itself and were aimed at exploring…

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Medal Winning Anna Returns to WHS

There was a real buzz of excitement in school today as we welcomed back former WHS student Anna Nicholson with her Paralympic medal. It was fascinating to hear of Anna’s experience competing for Team GB in Paris this summer. She secured her medal in the women’s F35 shot put event, with a phenomenal 9.44m throw.…

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Maths Challenge Certificates Awarded

A huge congratulations to all of the Year 9 and 10 students who participated in the UK Maths Trust Intermediate Mathematical Challenge at the end of January. They all received a participation certificate with some of our students successfully achieving bronze, silver or gold certificates for attaining high scores. Extra congratulations to Eduard Brisca who…

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Marking the End of Year 11

There was a great sense of release on Friday morning as Year 11s celebrated the end of the summer exams – their smiles were as bright as the sunshine as they gathered for the traditional shirt signing and final assembly. Miss Mulholland (Year 11 Director of Learning) led their farewell assembly, which took them on…

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Marathon Fundraising Effort for Ukrainian Charity

On Sunday (27th April), Miss Kaminska, our plucky Learning Support Teaching Assistant, ran the Manchester Marathon to raise funds for Hospitallers, a Ukrainian volunteer medical battalion that provides frontline trauma care and evacuates wounded soldiers and civilians. Despite the energy-sapping high temperature, which was a challenge for every runner, she completed the marathon in a…

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Making History

Year 7 History classes are continuing to impress their teachers with their designs and models of Norman Motte and Bailey, and Stone Keep castles. Here is a selection from Mr Wilson’s group.   The variety of materials and methods used is wonderful: from clay to cake, and Minecraft to real natural materials. Some of the…

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Magnifique Get Ahead Tasks

French teacher Miss Leighton was highly impressed with some recent Get Ahead Task submissions. Year 7 student Indi built an outstanding model of the Eiffel Tower and included some facts about its history. It was clear that a great deal of time and thought had gone into her impressive structure. Meanwhile, Mia in Year 8…

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Magnífico Malaga!

A group of students from Years 8, 9 and 10 enjoyed an amazing trip to Malaga in Spain last week, emersed in a variety of cultural experiences, allowing them to use what they have been learning in lesson in a real-life context. The week was kicked off with a Flamenco dance class in which they…

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Magical Castles

An extraordinary amount of ingenuity, research and effort was on display in Miss Nicholls’ Year 7 History classes this week. The groups have spent the past month planning and preparing for their presentations on the development of Norman castles and now they had the chance to show off their finished projects. Miss Nicholls said, “The…

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