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Dum dum dum… Another One Bytes the Dust

As we are almost at Cambridge for tomorrow’s competition, we are reflecting on what has been quite the journey so far.

Last week we had the honour of being invited to RAICo 1 in Whitehaven to present what we have done as a group so far.

We are unbelievably proud to be sponsored by Sellafield LTD. and supported by ATOS. It was a joy to meet their staff who shared advice and wished us the best of luck. It was also great to experience some of the mind blowing technology that they use.

It’s amazing to be associated with these companies and we are completely honoured to be working with them!

A huge thank you to Sellafield Ltd and Atos for their conintued support and best wishes.

We can’t wait to do everyone proud tomorrow.

Dum dum dum Another Bytes the Dust…

The Golden Apple Awards finalists and have been announced and we are delighted to share that The Whitehaven Academy are finalists in three categories.

✨ Against All Odds award - Clare Dawson

✨ Best Education and Learning Leader award - Nigel Youngman

✨ Best Industry Engagement award - Eco Committee

🥫 Food Drive Friday 🥫

TWA leading change group will be running 'Food Drive Friday' tomorrow Friday 21st June.

They will be collecting non-perishable food items for North Lakes Food Bank during the drop off and collection times at the start/end of school.

Look out for the high viz vests and the branded collection bins in front of school.

Students are also encouraged to bring in any food items they wish to donate on Friday.

Thanks for the support.

The Golden Apple Awards finalists and have been announced and we have SIX finalists across our schools!

✨ Against All Odds award - Clare Dawson, The Whitehaven Academy
✨ Best Education and Learning Leader award - Nigel Youngman, The Whitehaven Academy
✨ Best Industry Engagement award - Eco Committee, The Whitehaven Academy
✨ Best Support Staff award - Tracey Morland, Tebay Primary School
✨ Best Student award - Layney, Workington Academy
✨ Best Teaching Professional award - Alannah Savage, Workington Academy

Congratulations to all of our well-deserving finalists 👏

Today, year 9 have been practising their biscuit making skills by making Viennese Whirl biscuits.

Students used the creaming method ,then piped the biscuits and made buttercream to fill them.

This is a difficult biscuit to master, but we think you all done an amazing job, well done everyone.

Top chefs today were Daphne and Grace 👩‍🍳👩‍🍳
Mrs Bell

Sparx Maths Weekly Stats

Yesterday, a small group of Year 8 and 9 students went to a STEM day at the University of Cumbria, Lancaster campus. Students worked well with students from other schools to complete three tasks, with great success. Tommy and Charlie won the prize in the robotics challenge; Gracie and George came top in the E-FIT challenge. Fantastic work!

They also got a taste of the different courses run by the university and took part in a Q&A session with current and past university students, which was really interesting.

Feedback from students
'Today was an amazing experience at the University of Cumbria and was very interesting...We had to work with other schools and that helped us improve our social skills' Tommy

'Today was a good day, the activities were fun and the opportunity was great. My favourite part was the robotics which I won a prize in...the staff were brilliant'

Today's external exams:

🥘 Food Preparation and Nutrition AM

Good luck to all students sitting their exams today.

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TWA Leading Change group are ready for our first ‘Food Drive Friday’ on Friday 21st June.

They will be collecting non perishable items for North Lakes Food Bank at drop off and collection times in front of school this Friday.

Look out for the blue high viz vests and the branded collection bins as well as the food bank bin in reception.

Thank you for your support.

💎 Congratulations to Maddie & Oliver who achieved their diamond rewards badges this week! 💎

The final of the year 9 and 10 "Darts knockout" was held on Monday, Jayden edged out Tae, who was millimetres away from hitting his winning double.

Here they are with their medals. There are also medals for runners-up Josh and Oscar. Well done!!

Get Into Health Careers Evening 2024: An opportunity to explore health and social care careers!

Explore career options and cutting-edge programmes: Students will discover a wide range of careers and training programmes in Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions, Social Work, Health & Social Care, Psychology and Medicine, with start dates in September 2024, 2025 and beyond.

Get expert application support: Support services staff will be available to help students to decide on their next steps and start their university application.
Gain insights and advice from health experts: Students will directly interact with university tutors, current students and experienced NHS staff, gaining real-world knowledge about healthcare careers.

Discover upcoming opportunities: Students will learn about the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine, a partnership between the University of Cumbria and Imperial College London, which will be the first graduate entry medical school in Cumbria!

Location: The Whitehaven Academy
Date: 9th July 2024
Time: 4:30pm - 7:00pm (Drop-in anytime)

An information talk by the University of Cumbria & NHS will be held at 5pm & repeated at 6pm.

Book your place here 👇
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Today's external exams:

⚙️ Design and Technology AM

Good luck to all students sitting their exams today.

Year 7 have been perfecting their baking skills today. They used the creaming method to make Pineapple upside down cake. 🍍

Well done everyone, great job 😀

💎 Congratulations to Ava and Lilah who received their diamond badges today!

Today's external exams:

🎵 Music PM

Good luck to all students sitting their exams today.

Congratulations to Evie who travelled to Gateshead International Stadium to represent Cumbria at the Northern School's Athletics Championship.

This is a massive achievement as Evie is only in year 8 and was competing against year 9.

The leader and passionate driving force behind Cumbria Education Trust, Lorrayne Hughes, Chief Executive, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours, for her services to education.

We are immensely proud of Lorrayne for receiving this well-deserved recognition for her contributions to education and young people. She is an inspiration to many.

You can read the full story here: www.cumbriaeducationtrust.org/obe-for-chief-executive

Please join us in congratulating Lorrayne for this prestigious award!

Some of our year 10 geographers were out at St Bees this week completing their GCSE fieldwork.

They used different equipment and various data collection methods to investigate how physical processes affect the coast. We also looked at some of the coastal management strategies used along this coastline.

Good progress on our community forest project yesterday with Nathan from Raise Cumbria.

We planted rowan, alder, ash and oak. We also planted ‘Carlos’ the conker (horse chestnut) tree as a response to the fact that we don’t have any of these trees around school.

Hopefully, we will have a good supply of conkers in about 20 years.

Each Thursday after school we see some of the more accomplished darts players, having matches against each other - each week, the winner gets to keep the "darts medal" until the following week!

Here is this week's winner Lukas, together with Cameron, Tae, Thomas, and Bevan.