Today, Nursery and Pre School children welcomed their parents into Billinge House for a Stay and Play session.
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Year 9 Business Enterprise Day 2020
Year 9 students took part in the National Enterprise Challenge on Tuesday 28th January.
Olympic Games
Home Learning has continued as normal and we have been excited this week by the whole school focus of the Olympic Theme.
Art on Toast
Year 8 have been studying the work of Ida Skivenes who creates artwork on toast.
Focus on Wellbeing
We have been talking to our Wellbeing Advisor, Mrs Moody, about the recent challenges the Westholme Community have been faced with. Please have a look at the article which offers tips on how to cope with the current situation.
Focus on Year 5 Home Learning
Year 5 have been busy planning, researching, creating and investigating in a range of subjects in recent weeks, and the results have been amazing!
Virtual Sports Day Results
Well done to all those who took part in the Virtual Sports Day. It was fantastic to see so many people get involved and take on the challenges to score points for their House.
Student Success
Over the last few weeks, we have received some impressive news of student success in the performing arts and creative world. We are very proud of them.
Westholme School Helps to Keep Ambulance Service Hydrated
Westholme School has been helping to keep paramedics and ambulance staff hydrated during the hot weather with donations of soft drinks.
All The Colours of the Rainbow
Our pupils enjoy every opportunity to be creative and certainly throw themselves into a challenge.
Year 3 Lockdown Games
Year 3 were challenged to design, build and review a game to entertain two people during lockdown.
An Exciting New Era
The appointment of Dr Richard Robson as Westholme’s Sixth Principal.
After the Great Sleep In Adventure for Nightsafe
This half term Westholme children, from Nursery to Y13, raised money for the Nightsafe charity while having fun sleeping somewhere different.
Prestigious Mayoral Award for Westholme School
Westholme School has been presented with an award from the Mayor for its work with catering supplier Thomas Franks feeding the vulnerable within Blackburn with Darwen and providing PPE equipment to the community.
Year 4 DT Sandwiches
As part of their work in DT, the children in Year 4 had to design and make a healthy sandwich. This has kept them all very busy. First up is George who sent in a fantastic video of him building his sandwich in his kitchen at home. We hope you like the look of their creations.
Westholme’s Sleep In Adventure for Nightsafe
Our students will be sleeping under the stars and under their kitchen table as part of Nightsafe’s Sleep In on 30th May.
Year 3’s Three Minute Films
As part of their literacy work, the children in Year 3 have put together a 3 minute talk about a chosen topic.
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Musicians across the world are a little bored at the moment, so Mr Holt decided to get some of ours together (virtually) to record a version of Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Year 6 WW2 History Project
Year 6 have been doing a WW2 project as part of their history curriculum and some of the children rose to the challenge of doing some baking following recipes from the era which would have included ingredients from their rations.
Year 8 Hindu Shrines
The annual Hindu Shrine competition normally takes place organised by the EPR department.
10 Day 10 Press Up Challenge
Over the last fortnight Year 9 student, Oliver Conlon, and his dad Sean, have been doing the 10day-10push-ups challenge raising money for Solving Kids’ Cancer.