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End of an Era – Leaving Billinge House
This summer we have said a fond farewell to the iconic building that is Billinge House. We have been preparing to leave for the past few months as part of our new redevelopment programme, and we have enjoyed looking back on its history.
WSS News Team
It gives us great pleasure to announce the airing of the very first broadcast from our new Sixth Form news team, WSS News (Westholme School Student News).
Tee-rific performance!
At the end of the Summer break Fynlay (9P) competed in the Lancashire U14 Championships held at the stunning Lancaster Golf Club.
Tennis Ace!
Over the Summer Year 7 pupil Elizabeth Rimmer (7B) was selected for Tennis Nationals and competed in Nottingham over two weekends.
Infant & Junior school lunchtime activities
Today, the Infants and Juniors took part in various activities during their lunch break at Beardwood Bank.
North of England call up for Will
Congratulations to Year 9 student Will, who along with his Pony Poppy, has been selected to ride for the North of England Mounted Team Games.
Year 7 Team Building Day
Today our Year 7’s have been taking part in a Team Building Day as part of their first week introduction to the Senior School.
Welcome to Westholme – Induction Day
Today, we were delighted to welcome our new Year 7 and Lower Sixth Form students to the school.
Former Pupil Will Couch Begins Scholarship at Burnley FC
We are delighted to share that former student, Will Couch, has joined Burnley Football Club’s Academy.
Congratulations to our GCSE students
2020 has been a year like no other with the turmoil in education, and the awarding of GCSE and A Level grades has been fraught with uncertainties.
Holiday Action Fund initiative
We are delighted once again to be working with our close partner Thomas Franks this August, by partaking in a government initiative named the Holiday Action Fund (HAF).
BBC 10 Pieces at Home
As part of their Home Learning work, our KS2 pupils were assigned the task of creating a report based on the life of composer Joseph Bologne, in the style of a news report for the BBC based project ’10 Pieces at Home’.
Opening of Pre School
We were delighted to open our new Pre School building yesterday. All children (and staff!) were pleased to finally be in their new home and had lots of fun playing together and familiarising themselves with their new space.
EPR Spirited Arts Competition
Term may have ended last week, but this week we have seen pupils sending in some inspirational entries to this year’s EPR Spirited Arts Competition 2020.
Success for Former Student
Congratulations to former student, Lucy Hindle, who will be graduating from Sheffield Hallam University with a First Class degree in International Hotel Management, (the Business School has just been ranked in the worlds top 5%).
Like a Rainbow Shining
This term, the Junior School children have learnt and recorded the song ’Like A Rainbow Shining’ which was composed by Will Todd at the start of lockdown.
Amazing Art by Year 3
Over the course of the lockdown period, Mr Sutcliffe has been working on putting together some Amazing Art tutorial videos to keep the children in his classes busy.
Infant & Junior School End of Term Celebrations
The children at Infant and Junior School have celebrating the end of the year.
Mayan Masks
As part of their study of the Mayan civilisation in history this term, Year 5 have designed and made some Mayan event masks which would have been worn during special ceremonies and to ward away evil spirits.
Senior School Last Day Entertainment
This Wednesday, we were proud to present a variety of student performances for everyone to enjoy on the last day of term.