Miss Mulholland’s Year 7 English class spent a morning visiting ‘the museum’. As part of their homework students were tasked with designing their own dinosaur along with a corresponding fact file. Miss Mulholland said, “I was blown away with their roarsome creativity. A number of exhibitors displayed and talked about their creations as the museum…
DetailsIn an animated English lesson, Ms Scullion joined Ms Ledger in role as ‘Professor Hawthorn’ – specialist in carnivorous dinosaurs, as Year 7 students presented their work as ‘dinosaur experts’ to compete for the chance to exhibit their findings in The Museum of New Discoveries. Ms Ledger took the role of the Museum’s curator ‘Professor…
DetailsThis week’s Headteacher’s Award goes to Penny Hodgson in Year 8. Penny is not only an exceptional student who continually works hard in all her subjects, but she is a student who has been inspired by an experience in school and taken it to another level. Penny has accumulated 1133 House Points to date; many…
DetailsIn English, Year 9 students explored a Ukrainian poem as part of their work on the ‘Poetry of Conflict’ unit. Students considered the impact of structural methods used by poets and had an experience of using translation tools – dictionaries, Google Translate and translation pens – to understand a text. Miss Kaminska (Ukrainian Learning Support…
DetailsMs 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.
Our Drama Department proudly presented the annual DADA Showcase on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings this week, bringing together performances from students across every year group. The event featured an impressive range of work from Drama, Dance, and Performing Arts, with over 120 students participating from the Character Curriculum, GCSE and A Level courses, as well…
DetailsIn Year 9 Dance, students have been developing their contemporary dance skills alongside their performance skills. The students completed a practical assessment in line with their KLIs (Key Learning Indicators) 6,7,8. They were given the option to take this to the next level and sit a formal exam – IKDANCE Contemporary Standard 3. These 4…
DetailsHot on the heels of the fantastic High School Musical production, here’s another chance to enjoy the dazzling talents of our students. The WHS DADA Showcase features work from Drama, Dance and Performing Arts students, with extracts from an exciting range of pieces. Email to reserve your tickets – Don’t miss out!
DetailsWe are still buzzing from the spectacular success of our DADA Showcase at the end of last week. Showcasing the work of Drama, Dance and Performing Arts, our talented performers entertained two packed audiences with their incredible skills and dedication. The show featured extracts from an exciting variety of pieces that our students have been…
DetailsOn Thursday last week twelve students from Years 7 and 8 headed to Carlisle to take part in the Cumbria School Games, a festival of sport for Years 4 to 8 from schools around the whole of Cumbria. The event started with an opening ceremony at the Sheepmount Stadium where all the schools gathered together.…
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