Our PE Department took two netball teams and two football teams on tour to Holland during the second week of the Easter holidays. The teams comprised of both Year 9 and 10 students. After landing in Amsterdam, a two-hour bus trip took them to Toverland Theme Park, home to TROY – the highest and fastest…
DetailsYear 7 and 8 students enjoyed an inspiring Aspirational Careers Event today, hearing from a range of guest speakers and taking part in interactive workshops designed to broaden their horizons and introduce them to future career pathways. Speakers included representatives from Northwest Ambulance Service Paramedics, Thomas Graham discussing careers linked to STEM, Gen2 explaining apprenticeship…
DetailsToday we had the pleasure of welcoming Kelly McClelland into school to run a two hour dance workshop in relation to the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) scheme. The session aimed to challenge and inspire dancers in areas of technique and creativity, as well as provide an insight into pre-vocational dance training. Students from Years…
DetailsWhat a fantastic day for our Year 12 Product Design students! Huge thanks to Katherine Mellor from TACP and Ivy Edemafaka from RIBA for leading an inspiring architecture workshop. The students tackled a live brief, carried out a site visit, and worked in design teams to develop real, thoughtful responses. It was brilliant experience that…
DetailsOur Year 7 students took part in an engaging and inspiring workshop delivered by Wordsworth House today. During the session, students explored the lives and work of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, gaining valuable insight into the people behind some of Britain’s most celebrated poetry. They also had the unique opportunity to analyse original manuscript reproductions,…
DetailsHuge congratulations to our incredibly inventive Year 8 team who won the 2026 Cumbria Education Trust Innovate Competition held at The Whitehaven Academy on Thursday. Their innovative design—a water safety device that automatically inflates on impact to help prevent drowning—stood out for its creativity, ingenuity, and real-world potential. Their proud Design Technology Teacher, Mrs Twentyman…
DetailsA huge well done to the WHS team who won the CET Innovate Competition last Thursday. Their creativity and innovation truly shone through with their project named ‘Your Haven – We’re all in this together’ – a design for a lifesaving, sustainable, inter-connecting support structure for refugees. The CET Innovate project that takes place across…
DetailsIn a remarkable display of creativity and environmental consciousness, students from the Outdoor Learning programme unveiled a series of innovative projects aimed at revolutionising outdoor equipment and clothing. Tasked with developing sustainable solutions, these young minds delved into research, design, and testing to present their visionary creations. The challenge was clear: design outdoor equipment or…
DetailsOur Year 12 A Level Product Design students have been helpfully mentoring our Year 8 Dragons Den (Character Curriculum) groups as they worked on their V&A Design Innovate competition ideas. For the Innovate 2025-26 schools design competition, students have been challenged to work in teams to respond to one of the three themes: Rest, Join…
DetailsFour of our budding engineers took part in the CET Innovate Competition at The Whitehaven Academy yesterday. The CET Innovate project involves all CET schools and is designed to promote problem solving, design, teamwork and public speaking skills in the students. The teams from each school had to pitch their bright ideas to an external…
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