Senior School and Sixth Form

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.

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the Sixth Form leaders of the Amnesty International Human Rights Group held a ‘Write for Rights’ stall outside the dining room. Students were invited to write a short note to an individual currently suffering from human rights abuse.

On Saturday 13^th October 2018, a team of four Physicists took part in a variety of academic and practical challenges against teams of students from all over the country in the “World Wide Physics Olympics” at Liverpool University.

Today’s House Cross Country event at Senior School was contested with great spirit and tremendous effort.

This week we have been marking Biology Week with events and activities at lunchtimes aimed at inspiring inquisitive minds and future scientists, medics and biologists.

Students at Senior School supported World Mental Health Awareness day today by taking part in various activities in the Learning Resource Centre at lunchtime.

Last Thursday the English Department took Year 10, 11 and Sixth Form Drama students to the Lowry Theatre in Manchester to see the National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’.

A Literary Celebration! – students and staff at Senior School enthusiastically took part in the annual, time honoured traditional Westholme celebration of the written and spoken word.