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…
DetailsThe U13s City Netball Tournament was hosted by Trinity School yesterday afternoon when secondary schools from Carlisle competed against each other in the cold wind to earn the title of City Champions. Opposition teams included Newman, RR Central Academy, RR Morton Academy, Caldew, Trinity and Austin Friars. Both William Howard School U13s teams entered and…
DetailsDuring their PD lesson yesterday, 8YT were focusing on teamwork. They were tasked to create the tallest freestanding tower using only paper, sticky tape and scissors. Each of the three groups worked well together, sticking to their own roles whilst helping others at the same time. Teacher, Mr Byers said, “The students were very enthusiastic…
DetailsIt was typical Cumbrian weather for the English Schools Cross Country Cup Competition at Hunter Hall School in Penrith on Wednesday 16th October. However, the torrential rain didn’t seem to bother the four William Howard Cross country teams who demonstrated excellent grit and determination on some testing terrain. The four different courses took runners up…
DetailsTickets are now on sale for our next dazzling Performing Arts extravaganza – The DADA Showcase – showcasing the work of Drama, Dance and Performing Arts students. The show features extracts from an exciting variety of pieces: The Trial (Berkoff), Peaky Blinders (Rambert Dance), Newsies, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and…
DetailsCelebrating the participation and achievements of our talented and enthusiastic young sportspeople – tickets for the WHS Sports Awards Ball are now available to students who have demonstrated a commitment to PE, extra-curricular sport and teams.
We strive to provide an extensive programme of extra-curricular activities for our students during breaktimes and after school, and we hope there is something to meet all our students’ varying interests. One thriving club is our Open Minds group which gets together on Tuesday during break 2. This week, the members have been sharing presentations…
DetailsThis year, Mr Davis and Mr Connolly have been overwhelmed by the number of students who have wanted to come along and play chess each week. Mr Connolly said, “There have been so many that we have been able to launch a Chess Cup for the first time and over the last few weeks students…
DetailsThe WHS table cricket team travelled to Durham University to compete in the Lord’s Tavener’s North-East Regional Table Cricket Finals on Thursday 18th April. To make it this far, the teams attending had had to do well both at their local competition and then at the county competition. Now there were just six teams competing…
DetailsTie It Up Theatre came along to school this afternoon to perform the powerful play, ‘I Love You, Mum – I Promise I Won’t Die’ to Year 9 students. The hard-hitting piece of verbatim theatre was written by acclaimed playwright Mark Wheeller and tells the story of Daniel Spargo-Mabbs who tragically died at the age…
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