Fantastic First Run

This week marked the first WHS Mountain Runners session of the new academic year, and what a start it was! Ms Pigdon said, “We were thrilled to see so many enthusiastic new faces from Year 7 joining our regular runners for an after school run of fresh air, fitness, and fun.” Our first route of…

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Fabulous Dame Designs

In Year 8 Drama, students are exploring the style of Pantomime. As part of their homework, they were tasked to design a costume for a Dame using their knowledge of the stock character from lessons. Here are a few wonderful examples which have been awarded house points for their fabulous creativity and presentation.

Fabuleux France!

The Château de Warsy visit was fabuleux! When they arrived on Friday 5th July, one of the students said: “Wow!  This is like being in a fairytale!”  The château did not disappoint, and the students were amazed by the chic bathrooms and loved playing football in the grounds outside the château. The group of students were…

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Fab 5-A-Side Team

Well Done to our Year 7, 5-a-side boys football team who won the City 5 Tournament. It was an outstanding performance, conceding no goals in 7 matches; winning 5 and drawing 2. Goals came from Scott Whiteford, Frazer Phillips and Oliver Chilton. Alfie Louden and Charley Boertien helped keep 7 clean sheets, while Theo McKey…

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Extraordinary Olympian Experience

Eight Year 12 students along with Mrs Croucher embarked on an unforgettable trip to Athens and Olympia for the 2024 European School Sport and Educational Games. Here’s a brief diary from their week-long adventure: DAY 1 (13 April) The group set off in the early hours of Saturday morning (2.00am) for Newcastle Airport. (A huge thank…

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Exploring University Options

Our Year 12 students travelled to Northumbria University for an Undergraduate Open Day on Friday 26th June, joined by students from Haydon Bridge Sixth Form. Throughout the day, the students explored both the City Campus and Coach Lane campuses, toured the facilities, and gained a real insight into student life. They had the opportunity to…

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Exploring Post-16 Options

To support their upcoming post-16 options, Year 11 students spent the morning gathering information and advice from a host of guest speakers. Representatives from Carlisle College, Carlisle United CST, Gen2, Kendal College and Apprenticeships, System People, Myerscough Agricultural Apprenticeships, the Armed Forces, as well as WHS Sixth Form, were on hand to highlight the array…

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Exploring Possibilities Beyond Sixth Form

Year 12 students are already considering their options following Sixth Form, so recently they visited the UK Universities and Apprenticeships Fair held at Lancaster University to find out from different providers what possibilities are available. Progress Coach, Mrs Meakin said, “It was a good time to visit as Year 12 will be beginning to complete…

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Exploring Choices in Computing Science

Members of our Computer Science A Level Year 12 group attended a Discovery Day at the Lancaster Campus of the University of Cumbria on Thursday, 16th January. The new Computer Science course at Cumbria University has been created with the input of BAE, so this was an opportunity to see how this collaboration had worked…

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