Foodbank Appeal Thanks
Thank you to everyone who generously donated items for our Foodbank appeal. Our Student Heads of Talkin House, Oliver and Imogen, delivered the goods to Brampton Foodbank on Friday.
Following the Herd!
Year 9 Agriculture students visited Dobcross Hall Farm, a local dairy farm in Gaitsgill near Dalston, last week. The visit helped to illustrate the skill and care that goes into raising and maintaining a dairy herd. Their topic ‘Field to bottle’ allowed the students to get firsthand practical experience of a typical day on a dairy…
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Focus on Fish
Year 10 GSCE Food Preparation & Nutrition students are currently studying protein as part of their course. They have looked at the nutritional benefits of oily fish such as salmon and were therefore delighted to be chosen as one of 300 schools to receive free salmon as part of the Food Teachers Centre Fish Hero’s…
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First Round of Rounders
The weather was perfect yesterday for the first Rounders games this year for our Year 8 and Year 10 teams at Caldew School. Year 8 Match The girls had only had one rounders practice since Easter so were not as ready as they would have liked but they had a fabulous game and played some…
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First Headteacher’s Award of the Academic Year Presented
The first Headteacher’s Award of the academic year was presented to Year 13 student Hannah Scott. Hannah is an exceptional student in every sense. She has gone above and beyond during the summer holidays completing and exceeding summer learning expectations. Hannah consistently remains committed to her studies day in and day out. Outside the classroom,…
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Field Walk for Archaeological Finds
Seven pupils from the Year 8 and 9 Archaeology (Character Curriculum) course joined Mrs Giecco and Miss Scullion for an interesting ‘archaeological field walk’ last Saturday. Field walks take place on ploughed/tilled field as the machinery often brings buried archaeological artefacts to the surface. A series of 30m x 30m grid squares were laid out…
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Farewell To Our Fantastic Year 11
After a tense few weeks of exams, Year 11 were in celebration mode this morning as they gathered together one last time for their rite of passage shirt signing and final assembly. The students were in a buoyant mood as they enjoyed brunch in the canteen before Miss Mulholland (Year 11 Director of Learning) led…
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Fantastic Football Champions Experience
A group of William Howard students had a fantastic night watching Manchester City in the Champions League. 41 students travelled to see the current English Champions and they got to see some of Europe’s elite players in a 3-1 win!
Fantastic First Run
This week marked the first WHS Mountain Runners session of the new academic year, and what a start it was! Ms Pigdon said, “We were thrilled to see so many enthusiastic new faces from Year 7 joining our regular runners for an after school run of fresh air, fitness, and fun.” Our first route of…
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Fabulous Dame Designs
In Year 8 Drama, students are exploring the style of Pantomime. As part of their homework, they were tasked to design a costume for a Dame using their knowledge of the stock character from lessons. Here are a few wonderful examples which have been awarded house points for their fabulous creativity and presentation.