News Archive

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  Bright Sparks

  In January, Ms Verdin and Ms Farrell attended the 'Bright Sparks' celebration evening at Edgehill University. The college was very well represented with nine families attending out of the 15 continued...

  11 March 2020

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  Learning for Life Day

  Friday 14th February saw our second "Learning for Life Day". The theme this term was The World of Work, and the day was an important part of our CEIAG programme (careers education, information, continued...

  3 March 2020

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  New York Visit

  On Wednesday 12th February 2020, 40 globetrotting students from College had the once in a lifetime opportunity to take part in a Business Studies visit to a true global hub of international continued...

  2 March 2020

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  Iceland Visit

  Just before the half term holiday, a group of Year 10 and Year 11 Geographers set off from Manchester Airport to discover the delights that the volcanic island of Iceland has to offer. It sounds continued...

  25 February 2020

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  Question Time

  Last week we hosted our own Question Time event to discuss all things Brexit. We were able to facilitate some real debate and discussion on the topic and were delighted to be joined by an continued...

  11 February 2020

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  Gold Star Students

  Molly, Oskar and Sebastian were invited to have lunch with Principal Mrs Scott this week, in recognition of their fantastic achievements. All three students have achieved over 200 achievement continued...

  10 February 2020

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  Coronavirus: DfE Advice for Schools, Parents & Carers

  Department for Education Coronavirus helpline The Department for Education has launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents, carers and young continued...

  6 February 2020

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  Roll Of Honour For Heroic Students

  The heroic actions of students from Saints Peter & Paul Catholic College in December has been further recognised by international award-winning charity, The Swimming Teachers’ continued...

  3 February 2020

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  Table Tennis Tournament

  Year 11 student Joe won his first British Para Table Tennis Tournament recently. A fantastic achievement, well done Joe! continued...

  20 January 2020

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  Grease Is The Word

  Preparations for our annual College production are well under way and there is lots of excitements already for Grease. To showcase the talents of our students and further involve our local continued...

  16 January 2020

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  Alumni Student Runs Dance Workshop For BTEC Students

  Before Christmas, one of our alumni students, Paige Fenlon, came to run a series of dance workshops with our BTEC students. Paige did BTEC dance when she was at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic continued...

  13 January 2020

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  Care Home Celebrations

  Before the Christmas break we rounded off the final week of term by visiting Halton View Care Home and Madeline McKenna Court. We were very privileged to return to both nursing homes to perform, it continued...

  7 January 2020

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  Students Excel In Music Exams

  Following many months of hard work rehearsing and preparing for their music exams Katie, Phoebe and Matthew took their Woodwind exams in December and we are now delighted to share their success. continued...

  6 January 2020

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  Music Department Spreads Christmas Cheer

  Our musicians and choirs have been incredibly busy this festive period by carrying out their annual performances and distributing Christmas cards at two local care homes. The residents of Mill continued...

  20 December 2019

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  Kingsway Indoor Athletics Competition

  Recently, Ms Caton and Mr Gough took four teams to represent our college at the Kingsway Indoor Athletics Competition. Each student competed in different track and field events throughout the day continued...

  18 December 2019

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  Year 11 Interviews

  Last month, staff from Cronton / Riverside College came into school and interviewed a grand total of 227 of our Year 11 students, all of whom were made conditional offers of admission. As long as continued...

  18 December 2019

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  Unified European Champions

  Year 10 students Kayla and Liberty both took part in the unified WKO, WRSA, AFSO European championships in Birmingham recently. They both had tough fights to win but they both came home with the continued...

  13 December 2019

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  North West Counties Player Of The Year

  Well done to Year 10 student Luke who was recently awarded North West Counties Player of the Year for Division One. As well as playing rugby for the school team, Luke plays community rugby at continued...

  12 December 2019

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  Senior Citizens Christmas Party

  Last week saw our annual Christmas Party where we hosted more than 100 local residents for an afternoon of raffles, bingo and afternoon tea. The local community enjoyed the festivities while continued...

  11 December 2019

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  Courageous Students

  Our students are amazing and everyday we hear stories about their bravery and courage. At the weekend, three of our Year 10 students - Ethan, Campbell and Joe - went above and beyond by keeping continued...

  10 December 2019

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  Operation Encompass

  Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College participates in a Police led initiative called Operation Encompass. This is a partnership between schools and the Police that helps schools to better continued...

  10 December 2019

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  Year 11 Leavers Presentation Evening

  Our Year 11 Leavers Presentation Evening last week was designed to celebrate the momentous achievements of our 2018/19 Year 11 cohort who received fantastic GCSE results in the summer. We are continued...

  6 December 2019

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  Gold For Hannah

  Hannah from Year 8 recently gained a gold medal in the U13s long jump event at the Liverpool Throws and Jump Festival last month, where she managed a jump of 3.85 metres which is fantastic! continued...

  5 December 2019

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  Halton Table Tennis Championships Team Event

  In yet another display of our sportsmanship and skill, three teams recently represented Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College at the Halton Table Tennis Championships Team Event. We had a very continued...

  4 December 2019

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  MFL Visits To France

  In October, the MFL department along with 70 Year 8 students set off for a 3 day tour of Northern France. Following the long journey through the night & day, they arrived at our beautiful continued...

  25 November 2019

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  Football Tournament

  The Year 7/8 Girl's Football Team enjoyed another evening of success recently at a tournament held at Wade Deacon. Saints Peter and Paul 1 played Wade Deacon 1, winning 3-1 Saints Peter and Paul continued...

  21 November 2019

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  Student Leadership Evening

  “If your actions inspire others to dream more, if your actions inspire others to learn more, if you actions can inspire others to do more and if your actions, above all, inspire others to continued...

  19 November 2019

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  Remembrance Service

  Students and staff from Saints Peter & Paul Catholic College represented the college at this year's Remembrance Service at Victoria Park on Sunday. Mr Jordan and College Chaplain Kate were continued...

  18 November 2019

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  GCSE Rising Stars

  Last week many of our Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE Music students performed at the GCSE 'Rising Stars' Concert. There was a wide range of music, from Chopin's 'Prelude in B minor' to AC/DC's continued...

  13 November 2019

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  Learning For Life Day

  We had our inaugural ‘Learning for Life’ day at the end of last term. The whole day focused on the theme of 'Respect' with every lesson focused on a different aspect of this topic: continued...

  12 November 2019

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  Backyard Jam Event

  Congratulations to student Dylan from Year 11 who entered a BMX Backyard Jam Event last month for performers 15 and over and came 2nd in the competition! He was also awarded the best trick of the continued...

  11 November 2019

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  BBC Radio 1 Teen Hero Awards

  Our students are incredible! Our amazing Year 11 student Liv was honoured this week to be named as a finalist in the BBC Radio 1 Teen Hero Awards. She was recently lucky enough to meet with the continued...

  23 October 2019

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  Bright Sparks

  Thursday 3rd October saw a group of students attend our first Bright Sparks Social Event. This was facilitated by Shaping Futures at Liverpool University. The day was busy with lots of team continued...

  15 October 2019

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  Trinity College - Arts Bronze Award

  Achievement seems to be a common theme at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College at the moment. Some of our Year 10 students have recently been awarded the Trinity College London Level 1 Arts continued...

  9 October 2019

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  Roald Dahl Day

  "I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be continued...

  8 October 2019

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  Sports News

  Congratulations to our Year 7/8 girls football team who played their first match against Sandymoore on Thursday 3rd October and won 8-0. Fantastic effort girls, well done. Miss Caton continued...

  8 October 2019

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  Practical Music Exams

  Following many months of hard work and practice these wonderful Music students took their Practical Music exams earlier this year. They had to wait until September to receive the news of their continued...

  4 October 2019

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  Trampoline Success

  Here at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College we know that achievement isn't always found in a classroom. Student Molly has been training hard and attending competitions as a trampolinist for continued...

  2 October 2019

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  Drum Corps Championship

  The 40th British Drum Corps Championships were held on Saturday 21st September at the Halton Stadium and a group of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College GCSE music students we were lucky enough continued...

  9 September 2019

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  GCSE and BTEC Exam Success

  Students and staff are ecstatic having received the most successful GCSE and BTEC results for many years. This is a huge step forward for the college which demonstrates that newly implemented continued...

  22 August 2019

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  Congratulations To Our Sixth Form Students

  Students, parents and staff are celebrating a strong set of A Level results for 2019 with a significant improvement on last year. The overall pass rate for students was 98% and 50% of grades continued...

  15 August 2019

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  Tatton Park Garden Show - Schools Competition

  Over the past couple of months Years 7 and 9 students have worked hard to design a garden for RHS Schools Competition, Tatton Park. Year 9 students have shared their knowledge and supported the continued...

  18 July 2019

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  Geography Field Trip To Grasmere

  Years 9 and 10 students have recently spent a wonderful day in Grasmere studying Easedale Beck and its changes down the river catchment. They were blessed with the weather as it was sunshine and continued...

  15 July 2019

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  Call Up To England RL Youth Squad

  Congratulations to Owen Blackwood who has received the call up to England Rugby League Youth Squad. Owen has received the honour of being chosen for the 22 man England Rugby League Youth Squad continued...

  15 July 2019

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  Presentation Evenings 2019

  At the end of each academic year we celebrate the wide variety of academic, sporting and musical achievements by our students at the annual presentation evening. Over the past two week we have continued...

  11 July 2019

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  Healthy Schools

  Miss Caton and two Year 10 students were invited along to the 'Select Stadium' to celebrate Healthy Schools in Halton. The event was a huge success with many different primary and secondary continued...

  8 July 2019

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  Halton Readathon - A Read In The Park

  On Tuesday 2 July, our Accelerated Reader Word Millionaires, Megan, Jakub and Mia enjoyed some time out reading in the sunshine in Victoria Park as part of Halton Libraries’ Readathon Event. continued...

  3 July 2019

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  Welcome Back Tim

  As part of our CEIAG programme (Careers, Education, Information, Advice and Guidance) we welcomed back ex-student Tim Long who delivered an inspiring talk to Year 10 students. Tim recently continued...

  2 July 2019

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  5* Food Hygiene Rating

  We are delighted to announce that we've just been awarded a 5* Food Hygiene Rating by The Food Standards Agency. Massive thanks to all who have work so hard to achieve this amazing standard. continued...

  2 July 2019

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  Faraday Challenge

  On Wednesday 19th June, students Daniel Capener, Ignias Cerniaskas, Imogen Evans, Vanessa Ly, Jessica Maclean and Lewis Swift represented the college in the Faraday Challenge Day at Daresbury continued...

  24 June 2019

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  Samba Band Entertain At Hale Carnival

  The college Samba Band was asked to return to the annual Hale Carnival again this year on Saturday 8th June. The band was received well, drawing attention in the village during the parade and continued...

  17 June 2019

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  Young Musician Of The Year 2019

  All of the Music staff are very proud of our student musicians and singers. Congratulations to all of the wonderful musicians and singers who have had the courage and skills to participate and continued...

  4 June 2019

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  Accent Music Education Hub's Young Musician Of The Year Competition

  Congratulations to Matthew, who represented Saints Peter and Paul College at this 1st event of The Accent Music Hub Young Musician of the Year. Matthew performed superbly and showcased his continued...

  3 June 2019

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  County Football Final

  Earlier on in the year our Year 7/8 girls football team made it through to the County Football Final played at Ruskin Drive, St Helens. There were nine teams across the County in attendance. The continued...

  3 June 2019

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  Students Learn Lifesaving CPR

  Over the coming days students from Years 7 and 8 will be learning the skills of how to perform CPR. By learning the basic skills of first aid and techniques like CPR students will gain the continued...

  22 May 2019

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  Samba 'Wake Up' Cronton

  On Saturday 18th May, a quiet Saturday morning was changed as Saint Peter and Paul Samba Band began to play and wake up the neighbourhood to mark the opening of the Cronton CE Primary School Fayre. continued...

  21 May 2019

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  VOTING NOW OPEN: Finalists Cheshire Media Knife Crime Competition

  On the 20th March, 30 students from Years 8 and 9 were involved in Cheshire Police Media Knife Crime workshop. The students gathered information, discussed and researched information which they continued...

  14 May 2019

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  Rising Stars

  On Thursday 2nd May we were delighted to welcome parents and students from Year 7, 8 and 9 to Music room 2 for a special concert. We were able to listen to our wonderful musicians and singers continued...

  14 May 2019

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  Outcome On The Proposed Closure Of The Sixth Form

  Letters have been emailed to parents and carers detailing the outcome of the consultation process regarding the proposed closure of the Sixth Form. A copy of the letter is available below. continued...

  8 May 2019

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  Tri-Service Beating Retreat

  Well done to Year 10 student Matthew Ricketts who represented Merseyside Air Cadets at the Tri-Service Beating Retreat in Edinburgh Castle last weekend. continued...

  8 May 2019

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  Plastic Reduction - First Step

  Thank you to all our students, parents and staff for supporting our first step in reducing plastic waste in college. In December 2018, the Secretary of State for Education, Damian Hinds, continued...

  7 May 2019

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  Spring Concert Spectacular - March 2019

  From Monday 11th March through to Wednesday 13th March Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College welcomed twelve local Primary schools to take part in our Annual Spring Concert. Each night all the continued...

  29 April 2019

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  STEM Careers Fair Success

  On Tuesday 26th March around 20 local colleges, universities and companies joined us at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College for a careers fair with a focus on STEM subjects. There was an continued...

  24 April 2019

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  Merseyside School Games

  Both our Year 7 and Year 8 boys and girls athletic teams were successful in the Halton School Games Indoor Athletics Event held in November, which meant all four teams gained a place to represent continued...

  25 March 2019

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  Update on Uniform Consultation

  Thank you to everybody who contributed to the consultation we sent out about uniform and brand. The feedback was extremely valuable and was presented to Governors alongside our continued...

  25 March 2019

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  World Book Day Celebrated With Author Visit

  We were delighted to welcome the hugely popular children’s author, Ben Davis, to Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College on Friday 8th March. The author of My Embarrassing Dad’s Gone continued...

  19 March 2019

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  Wilson Centre Student Leaders

  We are delighted to introduce you to our Wilson Centre Student Leaders. Sunny, Louie, Lucy-Mae and Niall assist Mrs Quick each lunchtime, helping to sign students in, make book recommendations, continued...

  19 March 2019

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  Netball Competition

  Congratulations to both of our Year 8 netball teams who played brilliantly in Thursdays competition. We played against other secondary schools in Halton including Wade Deacon, The Heath, The Grange continued...

  11 March 2019

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  MOND Trophy

  Huge well done to Chriselda, Matthew, Ewan and Ellie in Year 10. They competed for the MOND Trophy for Science and Maths at Cronton Sixth Form College on Tuesday 5th March and came second place. continued...

  11 March 2019

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  Sports Update

  Last week our Year 7/8 girls football team competed in two football tournaments, coming away from both with great results. On Thursday 28th February the girls played Ormiston Chadwick Academy, continued...

  4 March 2019

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  Table Tennis

  Well done to the U16 Table Tennis team who came runners up to St. Mary's College, Kingston Upon Hull in the Schools' Team Regional Championships Finals in Blackburn. They had some great wins continued...

  25 February 2019

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  Farm Urban Launch

  Wednesday 6th February saw 12 Year 9 students attend the Farm Urban Launch Day at the School of Engineering, Liverpool University. The students took part in various activities throughout the day, continued...

  7 February 2019

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  Royal British Legion Thank You

  We were delighted to be invited by the Widnes Branch of the Royal British Legion to attend a thank you event for schools on Thursday 31st January. Mr Jordan and I felt privileged to be able to continued...

  31 January 2019

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  Holocaust Memorial Day

  To mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday 27th January 2019, our History classes next week in KS3 will be taking part in the Postcard Project. They will be learning about the life stories of continued...

  25 January 2019

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  Samba Band Perform At The Brindley

  2019 opens with Saints Peter and Paul Samba band opening the Duke Of Edinburgh Presentation Evening held at The Brindley. Mr Philips, our Samba Leader, led the band encouraging the audience to clap continued...

  24 January 2019

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  Table Tennis Success

  Congratulations to students Joe Davies (Year 10), Liam Bibby (Year 10), Liam Murphy (Year 9) and James Bowman (Year 8) who are the Table Tennis Northwest Zone Under 16 Winners. They beat 5 other continued...

  22 January 2019

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  CAFOD Young Leaders

  Hello, we are the Year 12 CAFOD Young Leaders and we are completing a programme which consists of 3 training days and work in our college. The name of the organisation stands for the Catholic continued...

  21 January 2019

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  Legally Blonde Production

  Before Christmas we staged our college production of Legally Blonde. The show ran on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th December and students performed to audiences of nearly 200 each evening. This continued...

  10 January 2019

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  Talking Science Lecture

  Three Wise Men (astronomers) visited us from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh on Monday 10 th December for an evening lecture about astronomy. The lecture was part of the Daresbury Labs continued...

  17 December 2018

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  Archdiocese Consultation on Changes to Admissions Policies

  Schools across the Archdiocese are consulting on proposed changes to admissions policies to take effect for school admissions for September 2020. They will only effect new applications for continued...

  13 December 2018

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  First Holy Communion

  Year 7 student Declan has been preparing very hard to make his First Holy Communion in the last few months, attending preparation classes led by Pauline Rolt of St Wilfrid’s parish. After continued...

  12 December 2018

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  Aspire Evening

  On Tuesday 11th December we invited parents and students in Year 11 to our annual ‘Aspire Evening’. This was an opportunity to learn more about progression to university and what continued...

  12 December 2018

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  Author Visit - Joseph Delaney

  Lucky Golden Ticket winners in Year 7 and Year 8 were treated to a visit from Joseph Delaney, best-selling author of The Spook’s Apprentice series on Thursday 6th December. Joseph was continued...

  12 December 2018

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  Senior Citizens Christmas Party

  We know how to throw a Christmas party! On 7th December we welcomed 140 senior members of our community to join us for an afternoon of festivities including music, entertainment, food and continued...

  11 December 2018

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  Students Entertain In The Community

  Wednesday 28th November saw the first of the music department Christmas performances and we had again been invited to perform for the residents of Madeline McKenna Court and Millbrow Care home continued...

  11 December 2018

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  Irish Dance North West Champion

  During the weekend Year 7 student Anna was crowned the Irish Dance North West Champion. The competition was held in Oldham and all schools from the North West competed. There were 7 qualifying continued...

  10 December 2018

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  Mayoral Debating Competition

  Our college competed in the Mayoral Debating Competition on the evening of Tuesday 4 th December in the Council Chamber at Runcorn Town Hall against four other high schools in Halton. The team continued...

  5 December 2018

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  Duke of Edinburgh - Silver Award

  On Saturday 17th November the Duke of Edinburgh silver group embarked on a practice hike in Llandegla. The staff members accompanying the group were incredibly impressed with students - not continued...

  5 December 2018

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  Students Enjoy Scholastic Book Fair

  Students Enjoy Scholastic Book Fair Our students enjoyed purchasing some early Christmas presents when they attended our annual Scholastic Book Fair in the Wilson Centre last week. Students (and continued...

  4 December 2018

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  Accelerated Reader Programme

  Year 7 students have really risen to the reading challenge set for them at the beginning of the year, with 334 books loaned in half term 1 alone! Students have been busy reading and quizzing as continued...

  29 November 2018

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  Student Leadership Evening

  On Tuesday 16th October the college held their annual Student Leadership Evening in which we celebrated the successful election of this years ‘Student Leadership Team’. Student continued...

  28 November 2018

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  Archdiocese of Liverpool Synod 2020

  “Together on the road, becoming the Church we are called to be” https://synod2020.co.uk/ In 2020 the Archdiocese will hold a Diocesan synod. This is an important event, a continued...

  15 November 2018

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  Year 7's Got Talent 2018 - Final

  After a gruelling set of auditions, we held the final of our annual Year 7’s Got Talent competition on Tuesday 13th November. This year we had 12 amazing finalists showcasing singing and continued...

  14 November 2018

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  Remembrance

  As we have every year for the last 10 years Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College proudly stood alongside members of the Widnes community in Remembering the fallen of the First World War and the continued...

  12 November 2018

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  Year 12 Students Visit Liverpool Hope University

  On Friday 12th October a group of Year 12 students attended an induction day at Liverpool Hope University. Students had a chance to look around the University, the facilities and attend workshops continued...

  17 October 2018

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  Be P&P Staff Bake Off

  Staff at Saints Peter and Paul are definitely a talented bunch! Alongside providing great teaching and assessment to our students, every faculty rose to the challenge when asked to participate in continued...

  1 October 2018

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  Edgehill University Visit

  On Thursday 13th September all of the Year 13 Health and Social Care students visited Edgehill University for a dedicated Health and Social Care Education/Careers event. We would like to thank continued...

  18 September 2018

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  College Learning Environment Challenge

  There have been a number of whole college improvements to corridors, flooring and outdoor spaces coupled with huge efforts by teaching and support staff to revitalise and transform their teaching continued...

  17 September 2018

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  Teaching Assistant Day

  Friday was national Teaching Assistant day and at Saints Peter and Paul our Teaching Assistant team work tirelessly to support the learning and assessment of students, work alongside our continued...

  17 September 2018

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  Widnes Remembers

  On Saturday 8th September a group of students represented our College at the ‘Widnes Remembers’ event in Victoria Park, this was to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. continued...

  10 September 2018

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  RHS Schools Competition

  Before the summer break eight of our young horticulturists designed a beautiful garden inspired by Paul Nash for the RHS Tatton Park 2018 schools competition. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College continued...

  6 September 2018

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  GCSE Results

  Our students were once again celebrating their successes and achievements while college staff were delighted to see an improvement in key areas, reinforcing the fact that they are a good school continued...

  23 August 2018

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  We Did It! Tremendous Post 16 Results 2018

  Celebrations took place throughout the day at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College as students received their A Level and BTEC results. All students who applied to university secured their continued...

  16 August 2018

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  Remembering Teya

  The whole community is shocked and saddened to hear the devastating news that Teya Davies has passed away. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. Teya was well-loved by staff continued...

  7 August 2018

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