Year 7s learnt more about the 2 main religions celebrated in our school within Creative Minds lessons. Miss Bowen and Mr Hussain organised visits to both local churches and mosques and invited visitors to share their experiences with our students.
Westborough is delighted to announce that the latest OFSTED report is now available here. The hard work of our staff and students has been rewarded with a fantastic report. Westborough has been found to be:
For the first time ever, Westborough puts on its first cross site performance for the very first Xmas Concert of its kind. Don’t miss the combined talent of students from both the Halifax Road Site and Stockhill Site. Get your tickets from the Performing Arts Faculty.
Westborough’s open evening had an amazing array of demonstrations including a selection of old weaponry and armour put out by the Humanities Faculty and being modelled here by one of our stronger students. Check out the gallery here.
Mrs L Tempest enjoyed her first week as the Associate Headteacher; Head of the new Halifax Road Campus which became part of Westborough on 1st September 2011. The restructuring of education in Dewsbury has seen the former Birkdale school become part of Westborough. Mrs Tempest commented on how smart students looked on their first day and how friendly students and staff had been.
Staff across both sites are excited about the future of Westborough and are confident that Westborough’s students on both sites will excel in the coming terms. If you are interested in finding out what is happening at Westborough why not come to our Open Day on 6th October 2011 which will take place on the Stockhill Street Campus.
Friday 8th July saw the start of 2011′s year 7 ‘Arts and Aspiration’s Week’. This involved all the year 7 students taking part in various different practical activities, ranging from Circus Skills and Dance Music Production, through to Brazilian Dance and African Drumming. There were also 4 aspirational guest speakers who spoke to the students about their own wide ranging life experiences, from being a professional boxer through to a Royal Navy Submarine Technician. The whole week was designed as a way of showing students that they could be successful in whatever they chose to do, with hard work and practice. The students were invited to give their feedback, and comments from them included, “All the practitioners tried hard to show us new skills”, “I really enjoyed learning new things – I didn’t know I would be any good at them!” and “This would be great if we could do this every day!” Coming soon – Arts Week gallery.
Staff will be in school to hand out exam results to all students on the 25th August 2011 at 10am if you want to collect your results in person. If you cannot attend you can nominate someone to collect them for you by writing to Mrs Ravat or emailing her at exam@w-h-s.org.uk stating clearly who you are nominating. When the nominated person collects the results they will need to bring some form of identification such as a passport or driving licence. If you do not collect your results on the 25th August you will be able to collect them by appointment from the 6th September when school re-opens.
Year 7 students took part in a sponsored skip to raise money for the children’s Cancer Charity. Candle Lighters, based at Leeds General Infirmary, support children, teenagers and their families who are affected by Cancer. Year 7 raised £650 for the charity and the cheque was presented by three Y7 students to enable the Candle Lighters to continue their work.
The class of 2011 celebrated in a mixture of style, fashion and flamboyance to mark the end of their exam season last night. The staff wish the whole year group all the best and look forward to their receiving excellent exam results this summer. Click here to see pictures of the event.
The Business and Entreprise Faculty ran their annual trip to to Cadbury World alongside their Enterprise Event. You can see the gallery here. The students enjoyed it too as one wrote:
“Three days ago I went to a magnificent lively and excellent place called Cadbury world. It was like a planet of chocolate so heavenly and great to see. I especially enjoyed it and it was the best experience ever. I saw some cartoon characters and best of all I got free chocolate. I really love chocolate and going to Cadbury world I have now learnt where chocolate comes from and were it was discovered. Some of my best teachers went and I enjoyed it. I took many pictures and I am going to put them in a frame for memory. My inspiration for chocolate is Cadbury I bought their speciality which was milk chocolate; wonderful to eat and enjoy. I brought lots of gifts and I really appreciated it. It turned out better than I thought and I am over the moon that I went to the world of Cadbury.”
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