Mrs Henderson’s Hockey Report: A solid team performance from both of WHS girls 7-a-side hockey teams in their second match of the season. Playing with newly formed teams, both the Year 7/8 combined team and Year 8/9 team displayed great teamwork, good individual skills, and great resilience. Both teams further developed their ‘games play’ and…
DetailsWe’re very grateful to Jules Wooding from Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life for coming into school today to talk to Year 9 History students about the local involvement in WW1. She gave a fascinating talk about the recruitment of soldiers from the local area and spoke about the dreadful conditions for those fighting in WW1.…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award was proudly presented to Year 11 student Edwin Macdonald, for his impressive levels of motivation to succeed. Edwin is a student who demonstrates self-drive and determination to achieve in all he does. He has been particularly impressive in Science, where he asks for extra revision work and support to better his…
DetailsYear 8 students enjoyed a trip to Dove Cottage in Grasmere yesterday. The experience was planned to enrich the students’ current study of English Poetry. We hope it helped inspire them about the poetry of William Wordsworth (one of our most famous Lakeland poets) and gave some insight to his life and the culture that…
DetailsThis engaging event featured a range of high-profile keynote speakers, including Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator at Ofqual, and Leora Cruddas, founding Chief Executive of the Confederation of School Trusts, who provided valuable insights into the future of education and the challenges we face.
DetailsMrs Wright was impressed with the homework that her Year 7 biology class submitted recently. They have been learning about cells and were tasked to make a model of a cell – plant or animal – showing details of its different structures (organelles) and, if a specialist cell, how it is adapted to perform its…
DetailsAs part of our Character Curriculum, the Year 9 Dance group are exploring the world looking at different styles and where they originate. So far, they have been to India looking at Bollywood dance, Paris to learn the Cancan and this week they were lucky enough to have former WHS student and the current British champion…
DetailsWe are supporting ‘Angels for Angels’, which recognises and celebrates the hard work and dedication of the 7000 wonderful staff who work in the hospitals of the North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust. Our students have been decorating angels with messages of thanks for the NHS staff, and these will be delivered to the Chaplain…
DetailsA group of Year 9 pupils from the Archaeology (Character Curriculum) class took part in the ‘Uncovering Roman Carlisle’ excavations at Carlisle Cricket Club on Saturday, 5th October. After a tour of the three trenches, they were put to work excavating a slot next to the Roman drain. The sun shone and our students discovered…
DetailsAs part of Year 10 Careers and Financial Education lessons, students have been learning how to budget for when they are older by completing a virtual supermarket food shop and pricing it up to see how much it would be. Students, Summer and Eve, went on a trip to the Spar in Brampton with Mrs…
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