Mr Gill will be starting his well earned retirement on Friday, following 33 years of loyal service to the school. A huge THANK YOU & best wishes from the very many in our community who have either been taught or received careers advice by him. He will be missed by us all.
#legend
We are proud to be supporting children's mental health week. Packs have been sent out to every student. The packs have a few key items to highlight the importance mental health, 5 ways to wellbeing as well as signposting support for mental, physical & digital wellbeing
#TeamWHS
Our total collection of Chocolate Oranges is 349!! Wow!! Thank you to all the students, families and staff that have kindly donated. All the chocolate oranges are being donated to NHS staff this afternoon.
#nhs
#chocolateorange
With 79 years service to the school between them, its the final day for three very valued members of our team as they leave us this afternoon.
Ms Bach, Mrs Edgar and Ms McIntyre a huge THANK YOU for all that you have done for the community of Westhoughton!
#retirement
Today marks the last working school day of Mr Hart, a man that has dedicated much of his life to Westhoughton High School, to its students, its staff and its community. Words cannot do justice to the journey that he has steered the school through,
#TeamWHS
are incredibly thankful
There are some great pictures in
@TheBoltonNews
of our community English class last week - including this one of
@jenlion
and Thomas Wilkinson from Year 7!
One of our excellent teachers Mr Webster has been nominated for ’Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School,’ from the Pearson National Teaching Awards! We were able to present him with his certificate when he was with his Year 10 Health and Social class yesterday. This nomination
😀Wow!😀2 lovely parents have treated staff today, the first parent bought a large bag of chocolate bars to treat staff, then another lovely parent brought a bag full of cakes for staff to share. This really has made our day, thank you so much for your generosity! 🍫🍰🧁
#Thanks
The year 11's who were able to be in school today had a brief assembly giving as much reassurance that we can. We will give any further information as and when we are able to.
Well done to Ella Tinniswood, who has been elected as one of two new Bolton Youth MPs! As part of her new role, she will be responsible for finding out the concerns, interests and needs of other young people in Bolton.
The sun was shining to welcome our new Year 7s on their first day. staff are really impressed with how well all Year 7s settled in. It was also the first day (with students in school) of our new Interim Headteacher Mr Ottley-O'Connor.
#Year7
#firstdayofschool
Year 7 students were delighted to meet
@jenlion
from
@ITVChase
who came into school today for a special community English lesson! They were also given the opportunity to ask Jenny questions about her career.
Today we are bidding farewell to our careers advisor Mrs Storey after providing our students the very best careers and post 16 advice for 33 years!! Everyone at WHS wishes Mrs Storey a very happy and long retirement. You will always be part of
#TeamWHS
.
👏👏👏 Big shout out to Taste of Raj in Westhoughton they supplied 150 meals to school today so ALL staff could have a FREE lunch! What generosity!! A big THANK YOU from all the staff here at WHS, it really has made our day and it tasted absolutely delicious!! 👏👏👏
#Kindness
We are so overwhelmed by the kindness of one of our students parents delivering these amazing treats to say thank you to all the staff at WHS for the hard work and effort put in over lockdown by all our teachers and staff.
It has definitely put a smile on our faces :) :)
Yesterday Mr Taylor had the pleasure of accompanying six of our KS3 students who took a gentle walk down (in the rain) to the Memorial to prepare it for Remembrance Day 2019. Here are Jacob, Gabby, Amber, Ben, Harrison and Georgia after they had completed a splendid tidy up.
and proud of the destination he has brought it to whilst being equally excited by the next leg of our journey as a school. Thank you Mr Hart for your loyal leadership and the ‘Hart’beat that you have been in this community.
#TeamWHS
Mrs Hajara Smith one of our trainee teachers came in Nigerian national dress today & has talked to Y9 classes about her first-hand experience of daily life in Nigeria. Our Y9 pupils are currently studying Nigeria in Geography & today is Nigerian National Independence Day 👏🇳🇬
WOW! We raised a fantastic £1070.07 on Friday from our non-uniform day and cake sale for charity
@JDRFUK
! What a great amount. Special shout out to Matthew and his parents for making such fabulous TShirts for the day 💙 Thank you to all who took part, well done TeamWHS! 👏
If your child is in need of additional resources from school (paper/exercise book/pens etc.) then we are going to be offering a number of mobile collection points over the next few weeks. Our school minibus will be parked at locations around the area at set times/days.
#resources
On behalf of all at Westhoughton High School, we are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our condolences to the Royal Family.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1926 to 2022
Really nice to see some of our Year 11 students again getting together after a few months for their alternative garden prom. I'm sure they all enjoyed the catch-up and danced till late with plenty of memories about their time at school. Hope you all had a great night, take care..
Thanks to all who baked, dressed up, played sport, had their legs waxed (ouch) or donated as part of fundraising activities last week - the total raised was a fantastic £964.75! This will be split equally between
@BBCCiN
and
@madisonallan
.
Our 'new build' part of the school is looking fantastic and site team are hard at work getting everything ready for it to open and be used by students and staff for the first time tomorrow. A great addition to our school!
#newbuild
#extention
Here are all our kind present donations ready and wrapped to give out to our local elderly neighbours at their
@snrsol
Christmas party today. Great wrapping by our students this week, and what great generosity from our families and local community!
Good luck and well done to all our students collecting their GCSE results today, the sun is shining here at WHS, all staff wish all our Years 11s good luck for the future 😀☀️
#gcseresults2020
Congratulations to Brandon Roughly, Izzy Dzulkifli & Anna Cookson who have received Achievement Awards in a national design competition. The Design Technology KS4 Year 10 classes also received the award for Best School 2017! Well done everyone!
Congratulations to the class of 2018 - all your hard work has paid off! We're so proud that the effort you put into your exams was worth it and the next exciting stage can begin.
What a day! Charity fun run enjoyed by well over 1000 students! Big thanks to everyone for all the donations, there is still time to donate!
Derian House-
Children with Cancer UK-
Well done to all the staff involved for organising
#TEAMWHS
have come together to support 3 amazing local charities in the hope that we can help our local community and give back to those who are struggling during one of the hardest Christmases people have faced in their lifetimes. We thank everyone for their generous donations.
We are marking
#worldmentalhealthday2020
today giving a little boost with treats for students & staff. Students have been talking during form time encouraging them to look out for each other & to ask for help if needed. This is a high priority for us all year, not just for 1 day
Thanks to Sally
@eattrainloveuk
for delivering excellent training to some members of staff who are now Menopause Ambassadors for the school! Fun & informative sessions which were really enjoyed by all. We are ready to support any colleagues going through these challenging changes
We raised a total of £656.94 for Comic Relief! A fabulous amount fantastic charity. Thank you to all our families who contributed and donated.
#TeamWHS
#comicrelief2019
Here are a few of our year 11 students who helped raise a grand total of £697.56 for
@boltonhospice
. Again, we would like to thank all our students, families and the wider community who have helped raise this fantastic amount for a great cause.
We are appreciative of the year this has been & wanted to reflect on some of the opportunities it has brought. We thank our community, students, staff & parents for helping us make the best it! We look forward to greeting our students back on Wed 8th Sept. Have a wonderful summer
Our 3rd delivery of Easter eggs were taken to the children's ward at Bolton Hospital. Students were able to give eggs to some of our hard working NHS staff and leave some for the children on ward to enjoy
#LetsShareEaster
We have been very spoilt this week in school, 2 parents dropped some lovely cakes off for staff in school as a thank you for all their hard work. It is very much appreciated, thank you very much 🧁🍰😀❤️
#thankyousomuch
We were able to celebrate and congratulate our Year 10 and Year 7 merit stars 🌟 this morning, what a fabulous half term they have had, well done everyone all achieving their bronze merit badges 👏🌟We also had 2 special awards for most improved students in Year 7 👏👏
#meritstars
Students, parents and staff of Westhoughton High School - here's a special message especially for you from a famous face,
@GethincJones
! Miss Lonsdale has been at Media City filming
@BBCBitesize
Daily lessons which go live very soon. Stay safe and stay tuned.
#BBCBitesizeDaily
Here at WHS, we are creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly garden that will be dedicated to people in our local community who have lost their lives. This memorial garden will be at the heart of our school where it can be seen by all students, staff, & visitors. We will
A massive well done to all year 11 art students who completed their art exam this week!! You showed maturity, and determination! A true credit to the school! You really have done yourselves, your parents/carers and all your teachers extremely proud!! Well done and take care.
The first set of Christmas presents was delivered to the
@snrsol
Christmas party at Brookfield Hall, and Chocolate Oranges were given out on the wards at Bolton Hospital and to the Ambulance service.
A couple of our students from last years year 11 have set up a fabulous new science tutoring website, this is part of some volunteer work they are doing to help with their application to medical school. Please take a look at the site here : 👏🧬🩺
Great generosity was shown by Adam Budd, whose form 9P are leading our Christmas Orange campaign to thank local NHS staff who care for our loved ones over the festive period. Being delivered on the 14th December in memory of
#Elliott
Lamb
@chocoranges
#LetsShareChristmas
Over 80 students went out in the community today, delivering our donated Christmas presents to OAPs and Chocolate Oranges to NHS staff. Over 300 presents were donated for OAPs and 325 Chocolate oranges.
We are launching our new Community Pen Pals Project with our friends at
@snrsol
#adoptagrandparent
. 38 cards from 38 forms are being sent to local Senior Citizens.
Form Tutors finally have some face 2 face contact with Yr 11 as they come back say farewell and collect their leavers hoodies.
#year11
#classof2020
#TeamWHS
We have had reports from the local community of groups of students meeting up/walking around Westhoughton during the day and evenings. The current situation is very serious we all need to work together to ensure everyone stays safe & well. Do not arrange to meet up with friends!!
We are very proud of Emma L from Year 7 being the posy bearer for The Duchess of Cornwall during the
#CommonwealthDay2022
service at
@wabbey
What an amazing honor and experience, well done Emma
#TeamWHS
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On Friday a group of students and staff went to Bolton Hospital with hundreds of chocolate oranges to show gratitude and appreciation for all the hard work the NHS staff do. See a few photos attached. As a school we had 349 Chocolate oranges donated!
#letssharechristmas
A big thank you to the students, parents and staff at WHS who have donated 367 Easter eggs to our 'Bring the Spring' community drive. Still time for any final donations to be made today. Thank you for your generosity!
#TeamWHS
Congratulations to the Westhoughton Warriors who won the Boccia Championship held at Bolton Arena today as part of the Panathlon Events.
#Panathlon
#Bolton
Arena
#BWFCinthe
community.
Our final total for Jeans for Genes was £714.27! This is a fantastic effort – thank you. Please support our
@macmillancancer
bake off with cakes on Thursday!
#TeamWHS
HUGE congratulations to Westhoughton's 2 public speaking teams at last night's Youth Speaks District Heat comp. Charlotte, Hatice & Kuda won the Senior category and have qualified for the Rotary District Final! Intermediate team were runners up and gave an astounding performance.
🌈🇬🇧👑 Some of our students have spent time writing lovely, heartfelt messages of condolence and created thoughtful pieces of artwork to commemorate the passing of our Majesty the Queen. 🌈🇬🇧👑 They have been laid down in Green Park near to Buckingham Palace, amongst thousands of
We have now passed over 100 families donating to our lets share Christmas campaign! Amazing effort
#teamwhs
. Keep them coming in. Images attached of our first student who donated and students who donated this morning helping us reach the 100 mark!
#donation
#Christmas
Well done to all our students collecting great exam results today at Westhoughton High and throughout Bolton! Your hard work has been rewarded and now it's time to celebrate!
#TeamWHS
We received a lovely certificate and letter of thanks today from Children with Cancer UK. What a fantastic amount we raised for them on our fun run earlier this term. This money will help them to continue to fund vital life saving research for children with cancer.
HELP! We need to restock our library! Parents, students, Westhoughton community, please nominate us to win £5000 of book tokens. This would transform our school. It's so easy! Click on the link , fill in the form with our school name and submit!🙏Thank you
The beautiful painted rocks by Year 7 finally have a home! They look like they could brighten up even the dullest of days. Students and staff are able to see these as they pass our garden area during the day. Thank you Mrs Garner ☀️🌈😀👏
We break for Christmas at 2.10pm today. We would like to wish our students, parents, carers, staff, neighbours & local community a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Thank you all for your help & support this year. Students return to school on Monday 7 January 2019 at 8.50am.
A group of our Year 7 students in the school choir thoroughly enjoyed the Young Voices concert at the Manchester Arena yesterday!
@YVconcerts
Excellent singing voices all round! 👏👏👏
Y10 Food Technology students prepared, cooked & presented Viennese biscuits, individual black forest gateaux, jam and cream scones, butterfly cakes, Swiss rolls and sweet mince pies for the OAP Christmas Party. Thanks to all students involved, you are a real credit to the school.
Pupils placed crosses at Westhoughton Cenotaph last week before the Remembrance service yesterday. Our staff and students also held a one minute silence on Friday at 11.00am
#lestweforget
is for outstanding secondary school teachers who inspire their students and ignite a passion for learning and success in their students. Well done Mr Webster a great achievement and very well deserved!
#ClassroomHeroes
🏆🏆🏆Year 9 win the cup final!!! 🏆🏆🏆 What a match! It ended 3-3 then onto penalties! The boys won 4-2 ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Well done Year 9, well played and well deserved! 👏👏👏
#winners
#TeamWHS
Our year 7s have been donating food for Westhoughton Assist Service for our Summer Kindness Appeal. A massive thank you to anyone who has donated to this amazing local charity.
#TeamWHS
We are very proud of our staff member Mr Shaw, we are lucky to have him as part of
#TeamWHS
, good luck to the England Amputee Football Team in September! ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Students representing uniformed organisations attended the last post this morning for remembrance. Millie from year 10 played the ‘last post’ beautifully, and the whole school observed a minute's silence this morning at 11am.
Take a moment to watch the BBC report.
We would like to thank all our community, families, students, & staff for making the clinical study a success.
With 17,500 hours of face to face learning saved by the study, the impact on our school has been immense.
Thank you so much to all our families who have sent in donations for our ‘Let's Share Christmas' appeal, what a fantastic response! We are taking donations until tomorrow.
#TeamWHS
Thank you to everyone who came to our open evening last night, we had a record number of visitors! It was a fabulous evening seeing potential new students and their families enjoying experiencing what our school has to offer. We hope you all had as much fun we did.
#TeamWHS
Libby D in year 8 & Mum have worked tirelessly to collate a number of products for our female students with the sole aim of ending period poverty. Through the power of social media Libby has received hundreds of donations from far & wide to help her with her mission of ending
Following on from yesterday's national announcements, we wanted to assure our school community that we are currently finalising our phased re-opening of school on the 8th March and will be communicating further information and clarity by Friday 26th February. Thank you