At the beginning of December last year, the English Department launched the Westholme Book Boom to get pupils excited and engaged in reading for fun, not just in the classroom.
Senior School
Make Your Mark
In November last year, Westholme took part in the UK Youth Parliament’s ‘Make Your Mark’ national campaign.
A Visit from St Nicholas
Mrs’s Long’s LAMDA Acting, Speaking, in Public & Shakespeare students have been working hard rehearsing a special poem for the festive season.
‘Into the Unknown’ – LAMDA
LAMDA students at the Senior School performed a rendition of ‘Into the Unknown’, originally recorded by Idina Menzel for the hit Disney film Frozen.
GCSE awards ceremony for Lower Sixth students
A special awards ceremony was held in the Lecture Theatre this afternoon for students in Lower Sixth who had not received their GCSE certificates last year in our usual annual awards ceremony, due to Covid-19.
LAMDA Achievements
A special well done to two of our students: Amelia in Year 10 and Zara in Year 8 who recently performed for their internal LAMDA mock assessment.
The ReaL Game
As part of our Careers provision, Year 8 students took part in the ‘Real Game’ on Thursday morning.
Singing Success
Year 8 student Maia, was recently awarded a Grade 5 certificate for Rock and Pop Vocals from Trinity College London.
Duke of Edinburgh awards
Congratulations to everyone who has completed their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award in the last 12 months.
Remembrance Day 2020
Yesterday, Westholme students commemorated Remembrance Day throughout the Senior and Junior School.
LAMDA students perform ‘I see the light’ virtually
Over the past few weeks, LAMDA Musical Theatre students here at Westholme have been working hard with Mrs Eames and Mrs Long.
Jake named Young Food Writer of the Year 2020 runner-up
We were delighted to hear that Jake, in Year 8, was awarded the runner-up prize for his age group in the Young Food Writer of the Year 2020 competition.
Masked students still have a voice
This lunchtime, representatives from all year groups gathered together to launch the 2020/21 student council.
Year 8 Writing Competition Winners
Pupils from Year 8 entered their work into the ‘Rotary Young Writer’s Competition’.
Poetry Prize
At the end of the last academic year, Patrycja Glaczkowska entered a creative writing competition organised by the Rotary Club of Blackburn.
Biology Challenge Success
Just before lockdown, students in Year 10 (now in Year 11) took part in this annual, national competition, organised by the Royal Society of Biology.
Macmillan Charity Cake Sale
On Thursday and Friday this week, our students took part in a charity cake sale to help raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, with huge help from Thomas Franks who baked all of the wonderful treats.
Westholme students ‘adopt a grandparent’ for National Grandparents Day
Students in Year 7 have worked in conjunction with Springfield Care Home in order to help mark National Grandparent’s Day on October 4th.
Into the Sixth
Yesterday, our Year 11 students had a taste of their future with our ‘Into the Sixth Form’ introduction afternoon.
Year 10 EPR Conference
On Thursday 24th September our Year 10 GCSE EPR students took part in an online Conference organised by Sian Howell-Jones the Educational Officer from Blackburn Cathedral.