Headteacher’s bird’s eye view as new school build gets under way
Headteacher Nigel Youngman doesn’t have to look too far when he wants to check on progress of his school’s new build.
New Build – Spring 2022
See a fly through of our exciting new build. Work is underway for our new academy building, opening in Spring 2022.
Make The Whitehaven Academy your first choice
Thanks to Covid-19 we’re having to make our open evenings for next year’s prospective Year 7 students and families virtual events.
Coronavirus Guidance
If your child has Covid-19 symptoms and you are unsure what to do, please follow the guidelines listed below:
Year 9 and 10 assembly
Here is the link for last week’s Year 9 and Year 10 assembly: Year 9 and 10 assembly Please watch this at the end: YouTube clip Deliberate mistake – Helvellyn is of course just 950m high, and certainly not the 951m that I mentioned.
Year 7 and Year 8 assembly
Here is the link for last week’s Year 7 and Year 8 assembly: Year 7 and Year 8 Assembly
Wave machine
Our year 12 students are getting their teeth into making a wave machine using skewers, duct tape and jelly babies. Although a few babies were lost in the making (😂), a fully working wave machine was built and wave speed, frequency and wavelength measured and calculated.
School Transport
School Transport: Lowca, Bransty, Parton, Kells, Greenbank, Woodhouse, Mirehouse Please see the timetable for the bus service we have set up solely for The Whitehaven Academy students. This is for students who DO NOT HAVE A BUS PASS WITH SCHOOL TRANSPORT or access to any other buses. A reminder that a single is £1.30 and…
Welcome Videos
Please see the links below for our welcome videos for all our students to watch so they know how things will work, ready for coming back to school later in the week: Year 7 video Year 8 video Year 9 video Year 10 video Year 11 video Year 12 video
Welcome Back
We are looking forward to re-opening fully to all students in September.