Deciphering DNA
Ms Densley’s Year 8 Biology class learnt about the structure of DNA and possible mutations yesterday. At the end of the lesson, they made models of the DNA double helix out of sweets to help them visualise the structure.
Latest Sports Success Stories
On Wednesday evening (20th March), the Year 7 football team progressed to the City Cup finals at Brunton Park after beating Caldew 6-2. An outstanding performance from the team with the pick of the goals coming from Theo Mckey striking the ball into the top corner from distance! Well done all & good luck in…
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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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Teachers Celebrate and Share Projects
William Howard’s teachers gathered after school on Monday (18th March) to celebrate the completion of their Departmental Projects. For the last few months, Departments have been working on a range of professional development projects, including: improving active engagement, live marking, strategies to improve reading and strategies to improve the impact of assessment. After some celebratory…
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North Cumbria Table Cricket Success
An excited table cricket team headed to Carlilse College to compete in the Lord’s Taverners North Cumbria Schools Table Cricket Competition on Wednesday 13th March. The competition grows each year and this time there were 13 teams from across the North of Cumbria fighting for a place in the county finals this coming Friday. The…
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High Praise for Eve with Headteacher’s Award
Year 9 student, Eve Palmer, was presented the Headteacher’s Award this week. Eve attends many extra-curricular activities around school and, despite her own personal challenges, shows the utmost resilience and takes part in all PE activities to the best of her ability. Last year, Eve could not bounce on the trampoline without support but last…
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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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Geographers at the Coast
A group of Year 10 Geography students had a fieldwork trip to the Solway Coast on Friday (15th March). Mrs Magson said, “It’s been a really great day – no rain at all. We broadened the day to include trying lots of different techniques for the fieldwork paper, as well as collecting data for students’…
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Comic Relief Karaoke
There was certainly some ‘comic relief’ in the performance hall during lunchtime today, where a teachers’ karaoke thrilled the audience and raised a fantastic £225 in the process. Students were able to purchase tickets for £1 to witness the starring staff perform like they’d never seen before! History teacher Mr Campbell kicked off the show…
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U15s City Netball Tournament
It was the turn for our U15 Netball teams to play in their City Tournament against other Carlisle Schools (Austin Friars, Caldew, Trinity, RRMA, and Newman), on Thursday (14 March). The competition was a round-robin, which means all teams play each other. The wet conditions made each game challenging; the ball was slippery and the surface…
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