Jul102019

Awards Evening 2019

We had a fantastic evening celebrating the students successes at our Awards Evening on Monday. Awards were given out for attainment, effort, progress, attendance, sport, art, kindness, respect, responsibility and resilience, performing arts, STEM subjects, community champion, exceptional people, team of the year and outstanding students. We also had some outstanding performances from the students.…

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Jul52019

Maths – UKMT Junior Challenge

Students at The Whitehaven Academy achieved 2 Silver and 8 Bronze certificates in this year’s UKMT Junior Maths Challenge. Over 270,000 students from across the UK sat the Junior challenge with roughly 6% receiving a gold certificate, the next 13% silver certificate and the next 21% bronze certificate.  I am delighted that some of our…

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Jul32019

World of Work Day

Year 9 students have been taking part in the World of Work Day today. They have met with potential employers about different careers and what they need to do if they aspire to take up that profession, through a speed networking format. In addition to meeting employers they have also taken part in a constellation…

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Jul22019

Parent warning – MANDEM

We have been advised by the Police that the gang, MANDEM, which was formed a few years ago seems to be reforming in our area. The gang target young teens to become members and this then leads into a culture of both crime and violence. Please be aware of any comments from students regarding this…

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