St Peter’s Catholic High School news 1960 round
Issue 2
Y11’S The Sports Persons’ Dinner winners On Tuesday 11th March 2014 the Sports Persons’ Dinner took place at The Owls in Standish. This night was a celebration of the Y11’s sporting achievements over their time at St Peter’s. There was excitement in the air as pupils arrived looking smart and perhaps a little nervous of what the night could bring.
The night consisted of a delicious three course meal, presentation and a disco towards the end of the evening. Additionally, the pupils were lucky enough to listen to 4 guest speakers: Matthew ‘Matty’ Ashurst of Salford Rugby League, Greg Scott of the Dewsbury Rams, James Dandy of the Rochdale Hornets and David Forrester, a prolific athlete, all ex St Peter’s pupils who shared their success stories. It was really nice for our current Y11s to see what is possible to achieve In this issue and what hard work and determination can result in. Landscape in a box 2 Spelling Bee 3 The night saw numerous The Bake Off 4 pupils picking up prizes Theatre Show 5 and awards for all their French Fun 6 hard work and their Science Trip 7 commitment to sports Skiing Trip 8 teams and the PE Our Trip To Geneva 10 department as a whole. Year 8 Trip to Normandy 12 It was a fantastic success Notice Board 14 and a good night was had Sporting Achievements 16 by all. Well done to all the winners!
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AWARD NAME
Sports Personality Alex Green of the Year 2014 Player’s Player Rachael Blakeley Netball Managers Player Hannah Gaffney phy Netball eogra a our G et us Player’s Player Charlotte Halliwell arch, akin s n in Hockey In M Mr M issio her, ubm term Managers Player teac for s half Molly Hopkins due fore Hockey task k be wee Player’s Player Joseph Hanman the Rugby Managers Player Matthew Costello Rugby Player’s Player Liam Riley Football Managers Player Alex Green Football Best Athlete Tom Dobbs
Best Cricketer Jake Brown Our challenge was to take an average shoebox and create a famous landscape (or a landscape that we have Outstanding Achievement Matthew Costello visited) inside it. We each had two weeks to complete in Rugby it and show it to the class. We all chose different Outstanding Achievement Kieran O’Mara In Rugby landscapes varying from the tropical volcanoes of Italy to the chilly snow-capped mountains of France. Outstanding Achievement Alex Linguard In Football In class we each put our projects on our desks and 2 Contribution to the PE Aaron Molloy looked at each other’s. We had to inspect and write a Department review about each of them. We had to imagine we were Contribution to the PE Liam Riley actually there and write about what is around us. It was Department very interesting to see everyone’s work. Contribution to the PE Nathan Morters Department Contribution to the PE Joseph Hanman Department Contribution to the PE Jack McHugh Department Contribution to the PE Ben Leaford Department Contribution to the PE Jack Seddon Department Contribution to the PE Chris Wilson Department Contribution to the PE James Roughley Department Y11’S winners
Overall I think that the project was very enjoyable and it was a great way to help us with our work. We enjoyed it and learning about all the different places on Earth. Our class would recommend it to others as it was very helpful with our Geography work. Orla O’Donnell 7.7 Another ‘Buzzing’ Year of Spelling Bee Success
Ou r Spelling Bee j G ourney began b erman classes. ack in January We were all gi when the com translate them ven a list of 50 petition was la and spell them words which w unched in our F mini compet in the foreign e already knew rench and itions and gene language! So w , but we had to rally did lots of e practised the be able to different activi alphabet, test ties to help dev ed each other, elop our speed held and accuracy.
The Regional Winners - Our Regional finalists! Phoebe & Nathan waiting The Dean of Manchester with Caitlin & Hannah nervously for the French round Metropoltan University presenting Caitlin with her medal
We all had to perform for one minute in front of the and accurately but they didn‘t make it through to class and the winners would go through to the school Round 2. Nathan said “The spelling bee has been a great 3 competition. These twenty four spellers from across opportunity, going to Manchester was brilliant and I wish our Year Group were given another fifty words to good luck to the German pupils”. Phoebe said “I really practise. enjoyed doing the competition, especially going to Manchester because it was very fun and exciting!” One French lesson in February, we all went to the lecture for the school competition. All twenty four class In our German round, we stood at the front, facing the winners performed really well; we all clapped and audience when it was our turn, it was so nerve-wracking cheered for them even though we were feeling nervous with everyone staring at us ! We did our best, getting ourselves. At the end, we found out who would about 21 words correct and when they announced the representing St Peter’s at the Regional Final taking place winners… we were through ! We knew this meant: we in Manchester the following month. The winners for were in the final and had to perform again in front of a French were Nathan Massam and Phoebe Makin and larger audience as all the French, German and Spanish Caitlin McGreevy and Hannah Lamb were the winners participants came together. We were against two girls for German. We were so excited as all the hard work had from another school. It was a tough competition but paid off; we had been practising at lunchtimes with Mrs. within minutes we had our results… Caitlin came a Kellaway and Miss Whittaker as well as practising our brilliant third overall and after a sudden death round, speed at home. Now the real competitive streak in us took Hannah was declared champion! The best German speller over! We were given another fifty words which were even in the North West! We were all given goody bags but longer and contained more accents, but had only two Hannah was presented with a trophy for the school. This weeks to get ourselves ready. Learning the 150 words means we’ll go on to represent the North West at the was not the hardest part, it was actually saying them as National Final in Cambridge on the 4th July. quickly as possible to get as many crammed in to one minute. A few days before the event, we performed in a We’ve been given our final 50 words now, so any of the special lunchtime event in the LRC to practise performing 200 words could come up in the National Final. We are so in front of an audience and to show staff and students excited and looking forward to the challenge but know how good we were! that competition will be tough. I’m sure we’ll have a great experience no matter who wins. Miss Swindells said On 19th March, we made our way to Manchester “All Year 7 class teachers are very proud of their pupils’ Metropolitan University for the Regional Final with Mrs determination and positive attitude towards the Makin and Mrs Callaghan. The building was incredibly competition. They have developed not only their large and modern, with university students wandering language skills and pronunciation but their general around. To help us relax, we were offered cupcakes and literacy skills too. All pupils receive a certificate of strawberries and mingled with the contestants from the participation, with special certificates and prizes presented other ninety four schools from the North West. All the in a dedicated assembly to mark their achievements. way there and whilst waiting we practised with our word We all wish Hannah and Caitlin the best of luck!” cards until it was time for Round 1. Written by Caitlin McGreevy 7.2 and Hannah Lamb 7.3 Unfortunately, we were called up first! Nathan and Phoebe did a great job and performed very confidently S T S P E T E R’
Pupils got their aprons on and whisks at the ready for a chance to go head The Great to head with local schools in the Great Wigan Schools Bake off as part of the Wigan Food and Drink Festival. Wigan Schools Pupils from all year groups battled it out to make the best vegetable cupcake and a chance to represent Bake Off St. Peters at the Grand Final at Haigh Hall on February 27th.
The contestants and their cupcakes 4 The first heat was a complete success with 18 outstanding St. Peter’s entrants. After a hectic afternoon of baking, six pupils were selected to compete in the final. The talented semifinalists were Aleisha Cook and Emily Fagen with their rose and beetroot cupcake, Mollie Woods and Lucy Rigby with their lime and courgette cupcake and Harvey Whitby and Sammy Glover with their classic carrot cake.
At the final, students were invited to indulge in afternoon tea whilst the judging panel scored the cupcakes on the taste, texture, appearance, nutritional value and cost. All pupils worked exceptionally hard and despite not winning in the final everyone had an enjoyable evening. All finalists walked away with a well-deserved medal and certificate presented by the Mayor of Wigan, Councillor Billy Rotheram, to celebrate their achievement. All finalists will also have their recipes published in a special edition of ‘Great Wigan Schools Bake Off‘ book.
Teacher Mrs. Hughes who entered the school in the competition said: “This competition was a great opportunity for our pupils to show just how talented they are. Everyone who entered embraced the competition and produced a wide range of excellent cupcakes. The effort and enthusiasm shown by all of the competitors was exceptional and commended by the judges. The whole event has been a complete success and we are very proud of the students who entered and we look forward to competing again next year!”. SainTt hPéâtiree arur Ce ollège
In November 2013 and February 2014, the MFL Department at St Peter’s once again welcomed the reputable foreign language theatre company ‘Onatti’ who presented four entertaining and understandable plays to all year groups in French, German and Spanish.
Year 7 pupils were excited to watch a whole play in excellent actors. Many pupils could relate to this French and were keen to try out their new language story; Hanna wants to impress her new neighbour skills. They found ‘Le Château’’ (The castle) highly but everything she tries makes her look stupid. With entertaining, enjoyed the gruesome historical some embarrassing and cringe-worthy scenes, this 5 references and volunteered to participate in the play was enjoyed by all. story with hilarious consequences! The play for Year 9 had a perfect storyline for teenagers… one Even our Spanish ab initio students were treated to disgruntled daughter wishes she could change her a performance ‘La Habitación de Mateo’ (Mateo’s dad, then her birthday wish comes true! One room) where poor Mateo experiences a make-over disaster follows another as she comes to realise the like no other in order to attract the attention of dad she had all along is all she wants and needs. Veronica.
With cameo performances from Taylah Yates and Pupils and staff alike are always impressed and Robbie Freeman, this play was a hit with our pupils. amazed by the actors’ skills, rapid costume changes Key Stage 3 and 4 German pupils found ‘Erster and very clever set design. Scripts are well written Eindruck’ a great introduction to German culture to allow a good balance of challenge and with some current German pop music played accessibility to all pupils. We look forward to the throughout and wacky performances by the next one!
Ro bbie Freem an (Y9) ta part i king n the show ion tching the act Attentively wa Year 8 ‘Exchanging’ French Fun
Open ing scene i n the video in the video Canteen scene 6 In November, we started a French Exchange Club so we could communicate with real French people who were the same age as us. The school we email is in Angers, in the North West of France which is Wigan’s twin town.
The school is called St. Aubin La Salle and are giving a tour of the school – in French! it looks a lot like St Peter’s. We meet up It also stars some teachers such as, Mr. every Tuesday in L4 where we read what Barton, Miss. Swindells, Mr. McGlown, the partner school has sent us and work on Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Mooney… all what we are going to send over to them. speaking perfect French! We put in a lot of They emailed us some profiles of time, including lunch times and after themselves and we were surprised to find school, and we feel it truly shows our that they were just like us! They liked pop school at its best. After we finished it, and stars such as One Direction and Justin it underwent some excellent editing by Mr. Bieber, as well as some others that were Sharpe, it was ready to send off. We have famous in France. We thought the quality already received some great feedback from of their English was very impressive, but the French class, and we are hoping to could see from what we know about produce some more things we can send French why they were making certain over. We are improving our French, and mistakes. We have exchanged information we don’t even realise. We are currently through questionnaires about home life brainstorming ideas and have come up and have written in English about trips we with some promising ones such as a have been on, which they are using in their French play or a fact file about Wigan. English lessons. After this we felt we We hope our French Exchange partners should send something really good over are having as much fun as we are! to them as thanks, so our recent correspondence is a video, in which we Eve Loftus. The name of the lecture was the ‘John Salthouse smaller scale than this, therefore it was fascinating to Memorial Christmas Lecture’ and the topic was, ‘The see how this experiment can be done in a different Elements present in the Human Body’, therefore it way and what it looks like on a larger scale. mostly focused on carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus. We arrived in the Dr Steve Rossington did yet another demonstration huge lecture theatre, in the Renold Building, along with with liquid nitrogen. This time he demonstrated how many other schools from across the region and we all of the energy is transferred from something that is were privileged enough to be sitting on the front row. warm, into something that is cold. He put a rubber The lecture was presented to us by Dr Steve tube, one that is usually on the end of a Bunsen Rossington, who had previously worked at one of the burner, into liquid nitrogen and when he took it out it Universities. was no longer flexible. However, as it began to warm again whilst in his hands, the rubber regained its The first experiment that we were shown was about elasticity, this proved to me how a variation in energy oxygen and how we all need oxygen in order for our can affect the properties of any material, as he respiratory system to work properly and efficiently. The demonstrated further with various different objects lecturer poured liquid oxygen over some broken and materials. biscuits and then proceeded to set it alight. He wanted to show how different burning something covered in My favourite demonstration (and I am sure others 7 oxygen was, than attempting to burn something that have the same opinion) was when the lecturer put dry was deprived of oxygen, which is not possible. I found ice and solid carbon dioxide, into an empty bottle and this interesting as I had not yet had the chance to see then added water, this produced carbonated water, or or use liquid oxygen as it is too difficult to store at well fizzy water. He then put a balloon over the top of the below 0 degrees Centigrade. bottle to collect all of the carbon dioxide gas that was being produced and which inflated the balloon. I found He then poured liquid nitrogen all over the floor, which this interesting as I knew that manufacturers used dry is below 200 degrees Celsius. The water vapour ice to produce fizzy drinks, but I didn’t think that it was condensed and created a cool mist, which made us as simple as it is. feel cold, as we were sitting right at the front near to where the demonstration was taking place. After the Overall, I definitely enjoyed this trip as it was room was given time to warm up again, he ignited educational and fun at the same time. I hope that balloons which were filled with one third oxygen and everyone who was privileged enough to visit this two thirds hydrogen, which exploded and produced university and to witness this lecture enjoyed it as it water. I found this particularly interesting as I had done was a fantastic opportunity. this experiment in school myself, but on a much By Eleanor Makin 9.6 Science Trip On Wednesday 11th December 2013, a group of Year 9 and Year 10 pupils visited the University of Manchester to take part in a more practical and interactive type of lecture which had been organised by the University of The University of Manchester Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. Skiing is believing From the 13th to the 21st of February 2014, ninety pupils from Year 10 and 11 enjoyed the annual skiing holiday to America. Run by P.E., this year we went for a five day ski trip in New Hampshire followed by an overnight stay in the infamous city of Boston.
After a extremely long journey (we had been It had a games room, shopping in the outlet travelling from 3am to midnight British time), just next to the hotel and movies for rent, but I we finally arrived to a welcome meal at our think the most exciting part was swimming in first hotel-the North Conway Grand Hotel. For the outdoor pool with snow surrounding the 8 the first three days we skied at the Attitash Ski heated Jacuzzi. Resort. Many of the group had never skied before but didn’t need to worry as we were Skiing done, we set off for Boston! On arrival split into ability groups and by the end of the we headed straight to the popular Quincy trip everyone could ski. Everyone learnt Market and then off to another mall again something new, whether it was how to put on (we couldn’t go all the way to America and the equipment, how to ride a chair lift or even not take advantage of the great shopping simply how not to crash every five minutes. opportunities). We checked in at our overnight Meanwhile many of the experienced skiers hotel and thankfully the snow had stopped took on the harder slopes. Even in freezing so we could walk to our restaurant for the temperatures the views where magnificent evening. Here we were able to surprise Mr. and the sport was worth wrapping up for. Ashton with some new ski goggles as a thank you for his great organisation. For the final two days in the mountains we travelled to another resort called Wildcat. The next day we explored the highlights of True to its name these mountains were much Boston, including a tour round the prestigious higher than the previous and were challenging Harvard University and a tour round the whole for many. But it was still an amazing Boston Redsox baseball stadium. Both proved experience being able to ski in America, very popular and new to everyone. Having especially if you had never been before. seen Boston it was time to head home after what was a school holiday that In the evenings, we will all remember forever. although it was Thanks to all the pupils and occasionally teachers who went and snowing too hard helped make it so special. to venture outside, there were lots of Lizzy Simms Year 11 activities to entertain us in the hotel. 9 Our Trip to Geneva In Early January 2014, the Science Department took a number of pupils on a trip to Geneva, Switzerland. On a classic English night (cold and rainy) around 25 students had to get themselves out of bed at about 2am in the morning and make their way to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. With everybody surprisingly turning up on time (since we were still half asleep), suitcases in tow, we were ready to go on our three day adventure of all things science.
We eventually arrived in the snowy, mountain lined Geneva and Jet d'Eau. It was a very good place to airport of Geneva, with everybody very excited about reflect and a break from all the science that we were the next few days ahead of us. All of us still intact, we about to encounter. Hunger called, so we decided to disembarked from the plane, got our bearings and savour some top class, ‘Genèvan’ food, at the “Holy boarded the tram to our hotel. We were all amazed at Cow” restaurant. We all tucked into massive burgers how smooth the journey was, finding we could easily with toppings of our choice. A great end to a great fall asleep on one. Luckily everybody resisted the day. Awakening on the second day of our trip, we fatigue and we managed to get to our hotel. Our first feasted on a continental’ breakfast which consisted of impression of the hotel was very positive; it was in a a single, but very fresh croissant and bread bun, a very good area and we were a stroll away from all the variety of preserves, and a coffee, tea or orange juice. trams, whilst still being quite secluded and peaceful. We then eagerly headed off to the tram stop and Upon arrival we managed to get our keys and assign boarded the (correct) tram to our destination. ourselves to our rooms without too much hassle. Whizzing past the city sights, it was easy to detect After a small period of recuperation, we were ready to the excitement that emanated from our two resident explore Geneva. We got on a tram to the Natural science teachers, so much so that at points it really got History Museum of Geneva, or at least we thought we quite conCERNing as their knees began to tremble 10 did. As it turns out, we boarded the wrong tram, but with anticipation. Punctually arriving at CERN, we were eventually we reached the museum. We walked in and greeted with a deeply interesting lecture about the were greeted by a massive space of four levels of long term goals and targets that CERN were working natural science. There was one level devoted to the towards, as well as a brief yet encapsulating science of birds, one level for dinosaurs, another for introduction to the specific areas of science that they rocks and minerals and finally one for land animals. are committed to working on. The talk was both On display was an intriguing display of diversity. It educational and interactive and enabled myself and was truly inspiring for us all and a valuable learning my peers to better understand the unfathomable experience we could all take advantage of. After a few mysteries of the early universe such as anti-matter hours of examples of stuffed giraffes, and sub-atomic particles. dinosaurs, man, fish and diamonds, we decided to take in a few of the sights. Our tour of CERN then kicked off with a trip to ATLAS, one of the four particle detectors used in their Close by was the famous St Pierre fascinating experiments, where we were given an all Cathedral which we all were very too brief talk about how the detectors work, before interested in seeing. We were greeted watching a video about how the actual Large Hadron by a big, intricate church, where there Collider (LHC) itself works. The second phase of our were many great views such as Lake tour took us to a separate site to see specific parts of the LHC, how they work, as well as further educating us on topics such as electromagnetism and superconductors, before visiting the CERN cafeteria to dine with (well, in the same room as) famous 21st century scientists.
After lunch we visited the Universe of Particles exhibition at CERN where we watched a short video and discovered a working version of an experiment Mrs. Briers and Mr. Bromelow had tried so hard to perfect back in England. A short rest at the hotel was all that we needed before setting out again into the Genèvan evening where we visited the famous flower
clock, also known as L’horloge Fleurie in French, and finally ended our fun-filled day with a trip to the familiar location of Starbucks, during which time we chivalrously competed in a science-themed quiz and then headed back to the hotel for a relaxing sleep.
Eventually, morning came around and at that point we realised that CERN itself was over, but there were many more things to do and see in Switzerland. After another morning of croissants we stowed away our luggage and waddled towards the nearest bus station. Within about 20 minutes, we had finally made it to the History of Science Museum by Lake Geneva (Musee d’Histoire des Sciences), where we all took part in some great scientific games, such as the classic “Who can hang from the highly pressure metallic sphere for the longest?!” 11 game. After this further expansion of our scientific knowledge, we pressed on to the United Nations building, despite the fact that no flags were found to be billowing in the wind in our presence. After tucking in to a healthy lunch of good old ‘McDonalds’ we re-attempted to find Jet d’Eau. We walked on the ol’ jetty and finally realised our journey had come to an end.
Our final tour of Geneva had to come to a stop and so we collected our luggage and made our way to the airport. With our heads held high (yet heavy with knowledge) we boarded our return flight rather glad of the opportunity which we had been offered). We understood what some people meant when they said that travelling to CERN is a once in a lifetime experience, because as we now knew, it truly was.
Adam Flatley 11.7, Alex Gravener 11.6 and Connor Spratt 11.7 Year 8 trip to Normandy In early February, the MFL Department took a group of Year 8 pupils on a trip to Normandy. The journey there was quite enjoyable as there were films to watch and plenty of stops at the service station for toilet breaks and the chance to get things to eat and drink. The ferry crossing was very comfortable and those of us lucky enough not to feel queasy were keeping ourselves occupied with shopping, cinema, wandering around and relaxing. The journey from the ferry port to the ‘Grande Ferme’ didn’t take long, but everyone was all suitably tired by the time we reached our destination. 12
We stayed in a farmhouse called Le Grand’ Ferme. There were lots of bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms and rooms with bunk beds. My favourite part of the farmhouse was the barn. It had four guinea pigs, one of which was very young. You could get them out and stroke them in your free time. There were also two chinchillas but they couldn’t be handled. For our entertainment the barn housed ping pong tables, basketball hoops and footballs. There was an extra bit for teachers to make their escape upstairs in the barn. There was a volleyball pitch and space for games outside.
After a good nights sleep we were all ready for our first full day of activities and we were all looking forward to what we would experience today. Firstly, we were split into two groups, one with Valentin and one with Solène, Valentin’s group spent the morning making yummy French bread whilst Solène’s group learnt how to juggle and spin plates.
We all learnt how to say things like “spinning plates” and “diablo” in French and had lots of fun practising our new-found talents. After a nice lunch we all hopped onto the coach and went to the town of St. Malo where we had a small tour and had the opportunity to buy some souvenirs. Following dinner that evening, we took part in some evening activities, one of which was learning a French song called ‘Le Petit Poisson’. Waking the next day to a breakfast of cornflakes, croissants, bread and hot chocolate, we all got on the coach and took the fifteen minute drive to ‘The Chateau’, which is a place where you can do lots of fun and exciting activities. We were split into groups again and one half went to do some archery and orienteering while the other group went to tackle the climbing wall. Orienteering involved trekking around the Chateau trying to find posts to stamp. In the archery sessions we all shot at the targets and had a competition to see who could score the highest number of points.
The following day, we went to a goat cheese farm. We began by watching a video about the goats and how the cheese is made, but after that was the best part. We got to go into a room full of goats, with a few male goats, lots of females, two little toddler goats and an adorable baby goat. It was about the same size as a cat. We were given the chance to hold the little goats, and feed the adult goats bits of hay, but if you got too close they started nibbling on your clothes. There was also a donkey which you could pet.
We went to the market one day but since the weather was miserable, not many stall holders showed up. It didn’t spoil the day though, we still had lots of fun. We went off in different groups, and my friends and I headed to the most important stall of the market; the crêpe stall. There were quite a few stalls open considering the weather wasn’t as good as usual. They were selling food, clothes, jewellery, key rings, and more. I wish we had markets like that in England. 13 On our fifth day, the groups from the first day swapped activities, so we did bread baking and the other group did the circus skills. The bread baking was really enjoyable con - sidering we made the dough ourselves. After the dough was made we had a contest making animals out of dough.
On the way home, we stopped at the Abbey on Mont Saint Michael. We were all very surprised at how lovely the building and surrounding area was. There were lots of shops selling gifts and a friend and I put some money together to get one of our friends back home a jewellery box. The Abbey was very beautiful although we were disappointed not to see the interior.
The trip back was very similar to the trip there, again going to the cinema. We watched Frozen on the ferry and made the discovery that you don’t feel as ill on a ferry when you are lying on the floor, (just as long as you ignore people looking at you strangely).
Overall, our time in Normandy was fantastic and we all really enjoyed it.
Rachel Hough & Tara Lathom. 1960 St. Peter’s Notice board
Year 7 Retreat - Friday 7th February 2014, Year 7 On the week of Tuesday 8th ens for a day packed full of visited Lowe House in St. Hel ctivities included dressing On Wedne enjoyable activities. Some of the a terials and building ach and rs of your group up in recycled ma co other membe were hen we arrived in the morning, we Trafford C towers out of newspaper. W mes and after lunch we settled ta to the fun packed activities and ga that are treated few quotes et meditation. We have gathered a people in down for a time of qui
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013 Holland Sports Tour 2 hort of 83 department took a co ober half term the PE all During the Oct olland. We had 2 netb our to Valkenburg in H and pupils on Sports t in tow, and after long ms, and a hockey team teams, 4 football tea and. ntually arrived in Holl ntful journey and eve eve training re involved in intense e week, all teams we ams Throughout th njoyed. The netball te e pupils thoroughly e hey sessions, which th her English schools. T ents against all the ot t ompeted in tournam reaching the final, bu c ball and did very well ed some excellent net p, which was a play them being runners u nately lost resulting in were lucky enough unfortu all and hockey teams chievement. The footb n to playing fantastic a opposition, in additio playing against Dutch he teams to experience end of the week. All t ols tournament at the in an English scho en all week! me remaining unbeat did really well with so d staff participated in fixtures, the pupils an from the training and eal Dutch pancakes Away ncake house, where r vities. We visited a pa . We went other acti up went down a treat ocolate sauce and syr around covered in ch d also went on a Tour as fun and exciting an bowling which w brilliant time. ff and pupils all had a PSV stadium. The sta ment Miss Lynn P.E. Depart 14 Regional Skills NE r Year 10 TBALL Event fo St Peter’s h ave had anothe pla r fantastic netb 0 boarded a yed some supe all season. All the whole of Year 1 rb netball and of our teams h ay the 5th of March, won mos for that need to ave esd ester, just near the t of their fixtur be commende Northwest in Manch es which resul d. The Y10 tea d drove to Skills kills events Wigan West L ted in them fini m t of many regional s eague. The Y7 shing runners ills Northwest is par rema , Y8 and Y9 tea up in the Centre. Sk nd motivate young ining unbeaten ms had brillian country to inspire a in their league t seasons all ing place across the -24 so being Wiga s, which result ak for anyone aged 15 n West Leagu ed in all three ork. The event was th e Champions, w year groups the world of w nt, just like us. e overall Wiga hich means th me along to the eve n final. Well do e teams go thr ools and colleges ca teams t ne to all the gir ough to her sch sit over 100 hroughout the ls who played the opportunity to vi season. in the netball out the day we got r career es from every majo Sp ing interactive featur ecial congratu tions provid us to ask for the lations must go est was a chance for Y8 who to Niamh McL nable. Skills Northw ions, were voted Pla aughlin Y10 an magi r dreams and ambit yers of the Sea d Ruby Petrov d information on ou schools nomi son in the Wig ic vice, guidance an go after high nate a player o an West Leagu and where we can with f the match in a es. All lves what is possible the most votes ll matches pla for ourse stand and take part at end of the s yed and the pla also go round each wins. So f eason from all yer the event we could or these two g the schools in At a irls to win playe the league d activities. chievement. W r of the season s-on demos an ell done! is a massive bout hwest, finding out a The Y7 and Y8 le day at Skills Nort teams had the a really enjoyab widened our in Le ir netball Final d in and some of us igh. Both team on Tues 1st Ap obs we are intereste s gave it their ril 2014 at St M eers and j onsidered before. Unfortun all and played ary’s s we’d never even c ately both team some really nic nd even found thing they s were beaten e netball. s a y beneficial and said Wigan runners by St Mary’s a ar found the day ver up. Well done nd finished Ov ajority of the ye a great Girls! erall ll I think the day was ack again and overa The Y9 fin come b ts in the future. al is still to be o more careers even played. s and look forward t
HIGH AD VENTURE 2013
Back in Decemb er the Y11 GCSE Adventure Outd cohort went on oor Education C 3 day trip to High Pupils took part in entre in Skipton a o two activities fo s part of their ex pted out of Moun r one and a half am. w tain Biking, Climb days each and eather condition ing and Orientee a s, pupils displayed ring. Despite diff ssessed continuou a high level of a icult ses sly throughout. T bility and were sions and really e he pupils did prac njoyed the trip. tical and theory
15 Walsingham Pilgrimage 2014
On Monday 17th April, thirty one Year Nine pupils went on a three-day residential pilgrimage to Walsingham, in Norfolk. We had a great time. Walsingham offered us a chance to reflect and consider our faith along with allowing us to bond with each other.
There were many pupils with differing faith viewpoints We also had the chance who attended this pilgrimage. Some members of the to visit an Abbey ruin, group had a strong faith and some pupils were still dissolved by King Henry considering what their faith means to them. I think all VIII. He left one part of the pupils got something positive from this trip that could monastery standing, as a help them in the future. The group quickly bonded to threat to show what would create a happy and positive atmosphere. This happen if you crossed King atmosphere remained for the duration of the Henry VIII. In the afternoon pilgrimage. we visited Sherringham, a quiet fishing village. It was Walsingham is a beautiful place. It is an ancient site nice to visit the coast, although a pilgrimage, far older than places like Lourdes in this was certainly not like France. A lady by the name of Lady Richeldis had a Blackpool. It is a peaceful place vision here and built a replica of the Holy House of full of interesting shops and Nazareth. Pilgrims have been flocking here for the sites that allowed us to reflect last thousand years. You can still visit the holy house on our faith and our time at today, which has been rebuilt across the road from Walsingham. the original site. After dinner, in the evening we The teachers that attended this trip were Mr Keenan, had a Sprinkling Service. This Mrs Keyworth and Carl our chaplain. Each member involved us drinking the healing of staff gave us a chance to reflect on our faith, in the water of Walsingham. This various places we visited. helped us in our faith. That On the first day, we travelled for most of the day. We evening Mr Keenan led us all on set of at the beginning of the school day and arrived at a walk on something called the about 3pm, when the school day was completed. We Holy Mile. The stars were so had only just got started. We visited the Holy House bright that night. It was quite 16 immediately and had a chance to reflect on something moving to walk with a group of that was important for us. That night we went bowling. my friends at night to a holy place. This was probably not what most pilgrims do on pilgrimage, but we had a great time. It was an evening The next morning after prayers that all pupils and staff enjoyed. and breakfast, we had a chance to buy souvenirs and collect Holy On the second day, we completed a church trail. Water for those at home that have We visited an Orthodox Church, a Quaker Meeting not had a chance to experience the House and the local Catholic Church. We had a chance water of Walsingham. to study the different parts of each place of worship and how different each place was. All were very different in styles and everyone appreciated the Here are some of the comments of differences and beauty of each different church. pupils who travelled to Walsingham:
‘I liked talking to different people and learning about what they do and liked looking at the different churches.’ ‘It helped me to understand a pilgrim’s way of life. I thought it was worthwhile to meet new people and spend time with my friends. The room smelled, but was clean!’ ‘I really enjoyed this trip and would definitely do it again! I experienced things I haven’t heard of before, like the Sprinkling Service. Also it helped me to think about my own faith.’
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