It was a big day today for our Young Firefighter trainees who have gone through a five-week training programme at Carlisle Community Fire Station. In front of their families, the eleven Year 8 students celebrated their Passing Out Parade by demonstrating some of the skills they have learned, including hose work and a simulated rescue…
DetailsThis year, our Year 9 students embarked on an incredible journey as part of their Character Curriculum option, Outdoor Learning. Throughout the year, they immersed themselves in various outdoor activities, learning essential skills and engaging in hands-on projects that included creating their own outdoor equipment and developing conservation areas on the school grounds. These experiences…
DetailsYear 10 students took part in a mock interview and post-16 options morning on Monday. We welcomed representatives from agriculture, accountancy and the NHS, with interviewers from the business sector including small business owners as well as multinational companies such as Pirelli and Innovia. Contributors, Myerscough College, System People, Armed Forces, WHS Sixth Form, Carlisle…
DetailsYear 12 students are out of school on work experience this week and are enjoying some fantastic placements locally, including in the new radio station CRFM, Pirelli, Centerparcs, Avanti Trains and the Chamber of Commerce. Further afield, we have students undertaking placements in London, at a law firm and at Guys St Thomas Hospital. Several students…
DetailsOur Open Spaces Summer Sustainability Fayre was held yesterday afternoon and we are particularly grateful to the exhibitors who came along including Tyne Valley Railways, Sustainable Brampton and Urban Village Retro (upcycling crafts). Open Spaces Lead, Ms Booker, who organised the event said, “A massive thank you to all the wonderful students who made yesterday’s…
DetailsWHS students had their chance to vote too on Thursday in a mock election held in school. With so many parties pledging to reduce the voting age from 18 to 16 it was especially important that we gave students the opportunity to go through the process of voting in as realistic way as we could,…
DetailsThere was great excitement in the Performance Hall this yesterday afternoon for the end of term House Point Auctions. Years 8 and 10 had their chance to use their accumulated achievement points to bid on sought-after prizes such as Fusion Trampoline vouchers, doughnuts, a film screening, a CUFC shirt, and much more. Prizes were also…
DetailsYear 11 students were welcomed back to William Howard this week to complete their Sixth Form induction days. Over the course of three days, students had the opportunity to attend taster sessions for their chosen subjects alongside sessions of reserve choices where they may have been undecided. The students were also given key information about…
DetailsYear 10 student Lydia Sabuda received this week’s Headteacher’s award. Lydia displays the highest level of responsibility in all her lessons. In Maths she has particularly excelled, always self-assessing her work, and of her own accord she works on areas of weakness at home. Her teacher, Mr Buttress commented, “She is the first to ask…
DetailsOver 100 students from Cumbrian secondary schools gathered for the Spellbinding Awards Day on Friday 28 June at the North Lakes Hotel near Penrith. This annual reading-for-pleasure event is the culmination of three months of intensive reading. Students had been set the task of reading, rating and reviewing the top ten books, pre-selected by librarians,…
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