As part of their A level Business unit on Market Research, Year 12 students visited a very sunny Brampton to conduct surveys with local businesses on how they have been impacted by the cost of living crisis. The data gathered will give the students a first-hand overview of the impacts on the local economy. We…
DetailsDuring the summer holidays, Sixth Form student, Eilidh Nugent arranged some work experience with Black Box Architects, to further understand the work of Architecture and explore if it would be something she wanted to study further. Eilidh is studying Product Design, Geography and Biology A Levels. Eilidh said: “I worked alongside Malcolm Wilson and Chris…
DetailsFifty students from schools across Cumbria travelled to WHS for a Youth Sport Trust Inclusive Sport Leadership Day on Friday. The aim of the event was to promote inclusive sports in schools as well developing sport leadership skills in students, both with and without special educational needs and disabilities. We were very lucky to have…
DetailsSixth Form students in Years 12 and 13 took part in trials today for their upcoming derby. The ‘Managers’ of both teams were delighted with the high turnout and now have the difficult task of creating their teams. There will be a press conference from the teams prior to the game and this will be…
DetailsWe are exceptionally impressed by the resilience that students Lewis and Matthew Tate have shown recently. Last weekend they scaled Blencathra to raise funds for a new football kit for Lewis’ team, Warwick Wanderers. However, this positive initiative was prompted by a deeply sad reason they had for climbing the fell. Their aptly proud mum,…
DetailsThere were 111 entries for the recent Save the Earth bookmark competition, organised by the Library and supported by the English department, and the judges had a very difficult task to pick out the best ones from an array of wonderful designs. The overall winner, with a beautiful design featuring a polar bear, was Noah…
DetailsAs part of their first unit on local History, our Year 7 students have been investigating two conflicting interpretations of the Border Reivers. Many Cumbrians can trace their own origins to the Reivers and we have been exploring how historians have remembered them as either scoundrels or loveable rogues. 7X1 studied a high-level text and…
DetailsOur annual Bookbuzz is back, and Year 7 students are getting excited about reading! Each one of them will receive a free book to keep and to enjoy. After watching a video with fun 30-second author pitches, to give them a little taste of what the books are about, Year 7 students visited the Library…
DetailsWHS is delighted to be one of over 1,200 secondary schools taking part in Bookbuzz, a nationwide reading programme that helps create excitement about books and supports a whole-school reading culture. Supported by BookTrust, the UK’s biggest reading charity, Bookbuzz gives every new student the chance to choose a book to keep, chosen from 16…
DetailsOur Services Families students enjoyed a day learning bushcraft skills on Wednesday, building on the camaraderie and teamwork that was established last month during their raft building day. Experienced instructor, Des Bradder, come in to teach them various survival skills including 4 elements of bushcraft: cord, cutting, canvas, and container. They discovered what do you…
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