First LEGO League competition
Building of the robot began today as the school’s LEGO league members designed the features of their robot. After this, we hope to begin coding the robot which can interact with our LEGO map. Well done all!
Year 7 & 8 Girls Football
‘The girls year 7 and 8 football team went to St. Joseph’s today for a friendly. It was a brilliant game, but with goals from Molly, Ellie and Caitlin we ended up winning 4-0 after a great performance from St. Joe’s’
Exploring the solar system
Year 7 have been exploring the Solar System. They have recently been challenged to design a model using anything lying at home. Planets needed to be to scale of the student’s choice. As you can see, two students have already risen to the challenge and have produced these amazing pieces of work. Beau and Ruby,…
Remembrance Day
Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed towards the creation of our CET Act of Remembrance 2021. The link to our CET Act of Remembrance Montage can be found here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnfMe8H59UQ
Year 8 Science Experiments
Year 8 pupils have been learning how to separate a mixture of sand, salt and water. Mr Stewart was very impressed by their methodological skills and attention to detail.
Exam Invigilator
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Prefects take a residential trip to Hawkshead
The new prefects have had an excellent first day at Hawkshead with Mr McCabe, Mrs Coleman and Generation Green. Today they have completed some team building activities, walked up high barn, practised their survival skills in the forest and toasted marshmallows on an open fire. The staff from Generation Green and Mr McCabe and Mrs…
Beth Rothery Lifetime Achievement Award
Lifetime Achievement Award for ‘diamond’ teacher Beth Rothery Full Story and Video A much loved and respected teacher who has dedicated her career to students at The Whitehaven Academy has been honoured with a special award. Mrs Elizabeth ‘Beth’ Rothery was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The Golden Apples which celebrate the very…
Whitehaven Academy Brilliant Club Ambassadors
A huge congratulations to our newly appointed ‘Brilliant Cumbria Ambassadors’. These students will now be part of a training programme to become wellbeing ambassadors for the school, this will also involve going into local primary schools and coaching children in the ‘Art of Brilliance’. We cant wait to get started.
Year 9 Science
Year 9 continue to amaze me with their outstanding effort and work. Students have been tasked to design a variety of different resources related to Electricity, the topic they are currently studying. They are doing fantastic. This is a selection of week four’s work and you can see they are just going from good to…