Westhoughton Students Win Local Heat
A fabulous group of Westhoughton High School students triumphed in Bolton Magistrates Court on Saturday 11th March.The 13 students, from years 8 and 9, have been working since November, preparing their cases for the competition and their hard work paid off when they won the local heat.
The competition involved the students taking on roles such as lawyers, witnesses, magistrates and court staff. The students then split into two teams; one defending the case, one prosecuting, with the magistrates taking part in both rounds, each of which battled against another local school. The formidable defending team faced Mount St. Josephs, Horwich and our fearsome prosecution team fought it out against Canon Slade of Bolton.
The case fought in both rounds surrounded a defendant who was charged with knowingly travelling in a stolen vehicle. The students were marked on their understanding of the law relating to the case, their application of court protocol and their ability to take on their roles. Each of the students performed splendidly and all were ecstatic when Westhoughton High School was announced as the winning team.
The students have been meeting once a week after school with Mrs Edwards, Mr Kelly and a local JP. They also spent time on off-timetable days when a criminal solicitor also came to work with the students. Alongside this the pupils have all put in lots of extra time at home preparing for the competition. The students will now have to prepare for a new case in the Regional Heat, which takes place at the Magistrates Court in Wirral on May 20th. Although final details are yet to be received, we have been informed that the new case surrounds football racism.
I was lucky enough to watch the students take part in the competition and felt proud and amazed of each one. I am looking forward to the next round with much anticipation.A list of the students and the roles they undertook is below.
Magistrates: Jessica Brennan, Adam Hendleman, John Tyrer
Defence Lawyers: Jonathan Martindale, Adam Francis
Defence Witnesses: Emily McIntyre, Holly Horrocks
Court Usher: Matthew Clementson
Prosecution Lawyers: Samantha Arrona, Leanne Green
Prosecution Witnesses: James Caldwell, Jenny Leeming
Legal Advisor: Lisa Oliver
Court Reporter: Parnel Townley
Watch this space for Parnel's report which is coming soon!
posted by WHS Admin at 8:17 pm
14 Comments:
nice pix
I would like to say a HUGE well done to everyone who took part!!! Well done and good luck for future rounds!!!!!
I was in it last year and we didn't will :-( ( we should have though we were better that the other schools lol)
Hi
Still cant believe we won!Cant wait for the next round! Hopefully we will win then!
Thanks to Mr Kelly, Mrs Edwards and Mr Roayals for helping us!
Hiya
Can't belive we won! We did well to win, we've got to work hard for the next round but I'm looking forward to it.
I did it last year as well as this to, we wern't confident enough, we could have done better but we tried!
Thanks to all the teachers for helping us, we couldn't have done it without you!
Hi
Can't belive we won! Really glad we did!
Last year we could have been more confident!
We really need to work hard for the next time but looking forward to it, can't wait!
Jenny
Well done - I think you are all very brave!
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Hi every1, o mi god, we have won the regional final, we r in the national!!!!!! I can't belive we won, i am sooooooo excited!!!!
Thankyou to Mrs Edwards and Mr Royals for all the help, you are great!!
OH MY GOD! I really don't believe that we won again! I had never properly settled down after winning the local heat, so you can imagine what I feel like now!
I was saying all day Friday that we were going to win, but I never really imagined what it would be like to actually win again! That's optimism for you, I suppose!
Well done and thanks to Mrs Edwards and Mr Royals, we wouldn't be anywhere near as good as we are if it weren't for you. We all really appreciate it!
Well done to everyone else on our team, because everyone is fantastic. We were prepared, we knew everything we neeeded to and we did fantastic! Next year I want to be a lawyer, which is mostly because I have seen how well Jonathan, Adam, Leanne and Sam have done this year! The witnesses were excellent, they weren't thrown by anything and never came out of character (even when Jenny couldn't say specifically...sorry Jenny, had to say that). Matt and Lisa were great. And the other magistrates, Jess and Adam! I won't mention myself, I'm far too modest lol.
I wasn't nervous about anything all day until the end when they were about to announce the winner. I felt wonderful after he said we had won. Sorry about this, but I wish someone took a picture of Leanne and Adam H's faces! It was great!
If we stay confident and work hard, I think we have a great chance of winning the nationals!
Hi
I still cant actually believe we won the regionals! I still in shock! I wasnt expecting it all as there was so many other teams that were really good!
Everyone did really well and hopefully we can beat the odds and do it again in the next round!
John im sorry if i was in shock but there is no need to be nasty! Its better than screaming!
Im really looking forward to next round but i would have been so much better if it were in London but never mind!
Thanks to Mrs Edwards and Mr Royals. We wouldnt be able to do this if it werent for you!
Love Leanne x x x
Still cannot believe we have won OMG!!!!!!!!!!!
well done 2 all the team.
We will take manchester by storm in the nationals - without a doubt!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks to Mrs EDwards and Mr Royals we couldn't have done it without you!
holly
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