Senior School and Sixth Form

British Science Week was officially launched on Monday with a superb assembly from Mr Hiller. He explained how the Westholme Science block was officially opened 25 years ago by astronaut Helen Sharman, and he went on to show pictures of the Science staff 25 years ago!

Belfast provided our Sixth Form Sociology students with a weekend of cultural experiences, visiting Crumlin Road Gaol along with the Titanic Museum which educated all those involved in two of Belfast’s most historical impacts of society.

On Friday 1st March 2019, 8 students including sixth former Saoirse O’Neill, attended the first ever Blackburn with Darwen Schools Working Together Conference.

Westholme Senior students had the time of their lives on the Italian slopes of Andalo at half term, with the largest group yet made up of 85 skiers and their teachers.

We were delighted to welcome over 40 Universities from the length and breadth of the country, including the University of St Andrews, University of Leeds and the London School of Economics.

The NEC Birmingham once again provided our students with an amazing opportunity to represent James Hall Ltd and GAP as assistant buyers for new lines to be sold in their stores.

On Friday morning the Lower Sixth Economics and Business students attended Digital Hive and the Future.

Congratulations to Sixth Form student, Emily Berry, who has achieved great success in her recent LAMDA exam.

The variety of places staff and students get to go at Westholme is amazing!

We present this award at the end of the Autumn and Summer terms.

Tanveer Ali, Alisha Ismail, Alex Gordon, Matilda Prescott-Jones, Sidra Ghafoor, Maia Bowman, Julia Gartold and Saoirse O’Neill who form the ‘Schools Working Together, Prevent’ group, took part in the Question Time event at Blackburn Council Chambers last week.

On Saturday 24th November, a team of 55 Year 8 students, 13 Sixth Formers and 13 members of staff took on the almighty challenge of sleeping outside from 7pm to 7am the following morning, in a bid to raise money for two fantastic charities ‘Nightsafe’ and ‘Invisible Cities’ that support the homeless.

Today, we welcomed Mrs Greenlees from Fairtrade into school to help host a Fairtrade produce stall in the LRC.

Earlier today, we welcomed Old Westholmian, Gillian Ballan, into school to provide an insight into her role as Health Assistant Nurse.

Yesterday afternoon the Sixth Form enjoyed the festive atmosphere at the Manchester Christmas markets.

On Saturday 24th November, a team of 55 Year 8 students, 13 Sixth Formers and 13 members of staff took on the almighty challenge of sleeping outside from 7pm to 7am the following morning, in a bid to raise money for two fantastic charities ‘Nightsafe’ and ‘Invisible Cities’ that support the homeless.

Alice Beveridge, having gained a distinction in an English Speaking Board qualification, in Summer 2018, performed so well that she was selected, out of hundreds of students, to perform at an exclusive event at Liverpool’s Crowne Plaza Hotel.

On Friday, a team of four Sixth Form students took part in the UKMT Senior Team Regional Final at Lancaster University.

We hosted our second Beyond Westholme evening at Ewood Park last night; a glittering networking event which brought together current and former students for an evening of inspiring conversation focusing on career paths and interests.