Senior School

Last weekend Year 10 students took part in another practice expedition, ahead of their Bronze Duke of Edinburgh’s Award assessment in September.

Glorious sunshine on the Fylde Coast for our match against Rossall. It truly was a day for cricket.

After rainy forecasts all week, 12 adventurous students set off in warm clothes and waterproofs, for a day out climbing on real Lancashire gritstone.

Today marks the last day that the Year 11 spend at Senior School as they stand down in preparation for their GCSE exams which start next week.

After exceptional performances in the UKMT Intermediate Challenge, Harry Smith and Saahil Ahmed qualified for the next round of the European Kangaroo challenge.

A huge congratulations to our U15’s football team who won the Senior Schools Sport Association Year 10 cup match against St Bedes School at Ewood Park yesterday.

During the Autumn term, Year 8 worked hard on their competition entries for the National Step into the NHS Competition.

Our U13 and U14 rugby teams are playing in a special rugby showcase match at Blackburn Rugby Club this afternoon.

Congratulations to 6 of the Year 7 girls who were selected at trails on Sunday to play for the U12’s Lancashire Hockey in 2 teams of 10.

In the midst of Storm Hannah and with winds gusting along the prom, Lara lined up for the start of the race with the rest of the hardy runners, who chose to brave the elements.

MEM runs take-home competitions which pupils completed in February half term. This competition attracts over 2,000 entries annually from over 100 schools.

To end the Spring Term, a superb evening was had by Year 7 with the annual Night at the Movies last night.

Over 250,000 students from more than 3,000 schools across the UK participated in the Intermediate Mathematical Challenge in February.  Students had 60 minutes to answer 25 varied multiple-choice mathematical problems.  High scorers are awarded certificates to recognise their success, with top scorers invited to follow on competitions.

Last Saturday eight intrepid Westholme students ranging from Years 9 to 11 headed to Gisburn Forest in the Trough of Bowland to try their hand at mountain biking.

We are very proud of four of our Year 10 pupils who travelled to Burnley College on Thursday to take part in the AMSP Maths Feast Competition.   

Year 10 student, Caitlin Slater is one of the youngest Senior Rhythmic Gymnasts in the country.

As part of their Latin course, Year 8 students have been creating Roman villas, representing the houses on ancient Rome as accurately as possible.

Last night, 35 GCSE Spanish students went to La Tasca Spanish restaurant for an evening of tapas tasting.

The Royal Marines put Year 10 students through their paces this afternoon.

Members of the Westholme Debating Society were treated to an exciting trip to the Houses of Parliament on Friday at a very important time in history.