News Archive

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Visit To Halle Orchestra
On Friday 28th September 55 GCSE Music students form Years 9 -11 had the opportunity of attending a concert at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. All students loved this amazing concert hall venue, continued...
1 October 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Public Speaking
Wednesday 11 th July 2018 - We took four students from Years 9 and 10 to Liverpool Hope University for a Public Speaking Workshop run by the English Speaking Union (ESU). The students were great continued...
16 July 2018
Young Medics
On Monday 9th July, our Year 10 Merseyside Young Medics with the University of Liverpool attended their last session of this year. Monday was based on the 'Patient Journey' looking at the continued...
16 July 2018
Year 10 - Teenage Cancer Trust Talk
Monday 9th July saw Lindy Power, from the Teenage Cancer Trust, addressed Year 10 about cancer awareness. The talk was supported by Widnes Cancer Support Group. It was an informative presentation continued...
13 July 2018
Past Student - Tim Long
The college received the wonderful news yesterday, from ex-student Tim Long, that he had received a First Class Honours Degree in English from Oxford University. Tim has been in regular contact continued...
5 July 2018
Presentation Evenings 2018
The end of the summer term is always a highlight of the college year, as we celebrate and recognise the achievements and successes of our Year 7 – 10 students. Over the four evenings, awards continued...
5 July 2018
Year 11 Prom
The Year 11 Celebration day took place on Friday 29 th June and a fantastic time was had by all that attended. During the morning students and staff held a service of thanksgiving that allowed continued...
4 July 2018
Year 8 Young Leaders Award
Congratulations to our Year 8 students who have successfully completed their YOUNG LEADER AWARD in partnership with Widnes Vikings Schools Development Project. They all committed to over 100 continued...
2 July 2018
Liverpool City Region Skill Show
With the ever changing options available to our students for their future careers, our Year 10 and Year 12 students recently attended the Liverpool City Region Skills Show at the Exhibition continued...
2 July 2018
Healthy Heroes Awards
This year at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College we have worked alongside Halton Borough Council and their Healthitude programme. It was decided at the start of the college year to dedicate continued...
27 June 2018
A Service Of Thanksgiving For Professor Stephen Hawking
On Friday 15th June, four Year 12 students and two members of staff attended the Service of Thanksgiving for Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA at Westminster Abbey. An early start from continued...
25 June 2018
Duke Of Gloucester
We have experienced some high profile events over the years but a visit from a member of the royal family was very exciting for all those involved. The Duke of Gloucester arrived on site in continued...
20 June 2018
Young Musician Of The Year 2018
Last week we held the final of Young Musician Of The Year 2018. There were many good performances from a range of instrumentalists and singers and we are extremely proud of all students who were continued...
18 June 2018
Samba Band At Hale Carnival
The college Samba Band made a wonderful start to the Hale Carnival as they paraded through the village waking up the residents and announcing the start of the carnival. Residents came out of continued...
13 June 2018
Rising Stars Concert
On the evening of Wednesday 9th May, we held our first Rising Stars Concert. It was an opportunity for students who have been having instrumental and voice lesson since September 2017 to showcase continued...
14 May 2018
Senior Leadership News
Dear Parents The Governors are delighted to announce that from September 2018, Mrs Wendy White will be taking up the role of Executive Strategic Advisor for the next two years at both Saints continued...
2 May 2018
Public Speaking - Our Voices
On the evening of Thursday 19 th April, seventeen students from across year groups participated in the public speaking event called ‘Our Voices’. The event was set up for our continued...
1 May 2018
Developing Reading In Year 7
You may be aware that in Year 7, your child has a timetabled, fortnightly reading lesson in the Wilson Centre, our Learning Resource Centre. As we are sure you will agree, reading is an continued...
23 April 2018
Spring Concert 2018
Our Spring Concert this year was our 26 th annual Spring Concert held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College. This year we went with the theme of ‘The British Invasion’ showcasing continued...
11 April 2018
Bikeability
On Thursday 8 th March, two instructors from Bikeability came in to College to take six Year 7 students out on a full day intensive Level 3 cycling course. The aim of this level 3 course, is continued...
12 March 2018
Farm Urban STEM Challenge
A group of twelve Year 9 students have recently attended a Farm Urban challenge day, which took place at The Guild in the centre of Liverpool. The day was jam packed with a variety of activities continued...
8 March 2018
Internship Opportunities For Maths And Physics Undergraduates
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26 February 2018
Our Futures
Our Futures Cohort has been selected! A cohort of ten Year 12 students will be part of the Futures Programme over the course of the next two years in association with Teach First. Over the continued...
30 January 2018
College Samba Band Perform At DOE Prize Night
On Wednesday 24 January Saints Peter and Paul Samba Band were invited to perform at the opening of the Duke of Edinburgh Prize Night. Our fabulous College Samba Band raised the roof with their continued...
29 January 2018
Year 11 Awards Evening - Class Of 2017
In recognition of the valuable contribution made by all of the students from the 2017 Year 11 group, we celebrated with an Awards Evening. The capacity turnout demonstrated that students were continued...
29 January 2018
Sister Act
Before Christmas we staged our College production of Sister Act. Students and staff revived the 1992 smash hit movie in musical form to become one of the first schools to perform Sister Act. The continued...
22 January 2018
Scholastic Book Fair
Students enjoyed purchasing some early Christmas presents when they attended a Scholastic Book Fair recently. The Scholastic Book Fair, hosted by the Wilson Centre, the College’s learning continued...
9 January 2018
The Green Plan It Challenge
'The Green Plan It Challenge' Final was held in the Whitworth Art Gallery on Friday 8 December. Two teams were entered into the competition completing designs for two different green spaces. Our continued...
14 December 2017
Music Department Entertain In The Community
During this festive season the College Music department have been spreading Christmas cheer and entertaining people in the community. Wednesday 6 December - saw the first of the Music continued...
13 December 2017
Senior Citizens Christmas Party
We know how to throw a Christmas party! On 8 December we welcomed 130 senior members of our community to join us for an afternoon of festivities including music, entertainment, food and drinks. continued...
12 December 2017
Working Alongside Our Parish Of St Wilfrid
An appeal reached us, last month, from our parish of St Wilfrid, regarding much needed clothing and toiletries for the homeless. Over the past few weeks parents, students and staff have been continued...
7 December 2017
Halton Mayoral Debate
Our College took part in the Halton Mayoral Debates Competition on the evening of Tuesday 5 December in the council chamber at Runcorn Town Hall. The team of Beth Glover (Year 7), Owen Teeling continued...
6 December 2017
Road Safety Week
Help us to lead the way on road safety. This Road Safety Week we are raising awareness of road safety in College and all our community have a part to play including car drivers. The zig continued...
21 November 2017
Cheshire Schools Table Tennis Tournament
Brilliant effort from students at the Cheshire Schools Table Tennis tournament on Thursday 9 November at the Select Security Stadium, Widnes. The team event which included Matthew McCarthy, Liam continued...
16 November 2017
November - A Month Of Remembrance
November is a month set aside by the Catholic Church as the month of remembrance; it begins with 2 special Feast Days of the Church: All Saints on 1 November, and the Commemoration of the Faithful continued...
7 November 2017
Sixth Form Respond Generously To Foodbank Talk
Last week Year 12 had a question and answer session with a volunteer from the Widnes Foodbank branch, in their Complementary Studies lesson. They were made aware of the massive increase in the continued...
7 November 2017
Students Visit The National Apprenticeship Show
Tuesday 18 October saw 11 Year 13 students visit The Manchester Central Convention Centre. This event was in partnership with the National Apprenticeship Service. The students were able to go to continued...
18 October 2017
Texting App
Kik Messenger is an app that lets kids text for free. It's fast and has no message limits, character limits, or fees if you only use the basic features. Because it's an app, the texts won't show continued...
12 October 2017
Past Students To Compete At 2017 Rugby League World Cup
Congratulation to past students Mark Percival, Matty Fozard, Anthony Mullally and Faye Gaskin who have all been selected to compete in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup. Mark and Faye will compete continued...
11 October 2017
ParentPay / Cashless Catering
Coming soon - our new online payment service and cashless catering system. We are pleased to announce that we are installing a cashless catering system. The new system will allow us to continued...
10 October 2017
What Is The Green Plan It Challenge?
Green Plan It is a ten week challenge through the Autumn Term (September - December) that a group of Year 8 students have been selected to compete in which requires them to imagine and design a continued...
10 October 2017
Students See Stage Production Of 'The Kite Runner'
Last week a group of Year 11, 12 and 13 English students were taken to The Lowry Theatre in Salford to watch a stage production of the ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini. The novel continued...
10 October 2017
Piero Belmonte Photography Support Fundraising Efforts
Once again we are very lucky to have the support of Piero Belmonte photography in our fundraising efforts for our forthcoming production of Sister Act which will take place in December. The continued...
10 October 2017
Music Students Visit British Drum Corps Event
The British Drum Corps Championships were held on Saturday 23 September and we were lucky enough to attend the event free of charge with a selection of our GCSE music students. Drums Corps from continued...
6 October 2017
Derek Twigg MP for Halton Talks With Students
This week Year 13 were visited by Mr Derek Twigg, MP. Students are currently learning about leadership skills and Mr Twigg gave them an insight into his own journey through the political continued...
5 October 2017
De La Salle Brother Visits Year 12
This week Year 12 were visited by Brother John Deeney, a De La Salle Brother. He is the director of Lasallian Developing World Projects. Students were given details about volunteer work abroad, continued...
5 October 2017
Music Department Perform In Paris
We were lucky enough to take our choir and musicians (ranging for year 7 to year 13) to perform in Paris during enrichment week in July. The trip included a day at Disneyland Paris, visits to the continued...
4 October 2017
Launch of Year 11 Student Leadership Prefect
Can you: • Be a role model to which lower school students can look up to • Meet high standards of politeness, courtesy, dress, attendance and punctuality • Carryout regular continued...
1 October 2017
Poetry Competition
Deadline Friday 13 October continued...
26 September 2017
MFL Trip to Barcelona - July 2017
Towards the end of the last academic year, 37 students and 5 staff were lucky enough to take part in a trip to the beautiful city of Barcelona. Sunday 16 July We left a rainy Manchester continued...
13 September 2017
Geography Field Trip Visit
Over the last few weeks the Year 9 and Year 10 Geography cohort has spent valuable time in the beautiful county of Cumbria collecting primary data in Glenderaterra Beck in the Blencathra area. continued...
13 July 2017
Dedication Pays Off For Dylan
Dylan Hessey entered an Amateur iBMXff BMX World Championships hosted by NASS last week. This world event had 100 competitors competing with Dylan finishing second place. Dylan is a true example continued...
13 July 2017
Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts (LIPA)
On Saturday 1 July 10 of our music students from Year 7 up to Year 10 attended a workshop day at LIPA. The day consisted of a tour of the facilities, a talk from current and past students, a song continued...
12 July 2017
Book Report Competition Winners
Congratulations to the winners of our Book Report competition this term. Entries from Year 7-10 were numerous as students used the Wilson Centre to research and write the reports, as well as continued...
11 July 2017
Archdiocese Public Speaking Competition
Our College took a team to the Archdiocese Public Speaking Competition on Friday 7 July hosted by Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College. Each contestant had to deliver a speech, of three continued...
10 July 2017
Year 9 Visit To Liverpool Hope University
On 28 June, 20 girls from Year 9 had an exciting trip to Liverpool Hope University. The girls all have an interest in science and maths and enjoyed the day in those departments at the university. continued...
3 July 2017
Year 12 Students Attend LEAF Event
On Monday three of our Year 12 students participated in a languages event hosted by the Arts & Languages Faculty at the University of Manchester. The LEAF event (Languages Education and continued...
28 June 2017
Young Musician Of The Year 2017
Following many different rounds we held the final of the YOUNG MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR 2017 on Monday 26 June. There were many good performances from a range of instrumentalists and singers and we continued...
28 June 2017
English Faculty Summer Term Competition
Win a Nike football!!! Write a book report of your choice,between 150 and 300 words. This could be a non-fiction or fiction text on anytopic. Perhaps you’ll choose a sportsperson’s continued...
23 June 2017
Year 9 Students Assist with Halton Libraries Author Event
On Monday 12 June, our Year 9 students supported Halton Libraries with the organisation of an exciting author event at the Halton Stadium. Best-selling children’s author, Jeremy Strong, continued...
22 June 2017
Year 9 Celebrate Their Confirmation
Last night 34 students from Year 9 celebrated their Confirmation at St Michaels RC Widnes. The music department once again volunteered their time to play at the service and they were beautiful. So continued...
22 June 2017
Year 8 Students Skype Author, Tom Rogers
On Wednesday 24 May, Mrs Hines’ Year 8 English students took part in a Skype interview with Tom Rogers, author of the poignant novel, Eleven . Eleven tells the story of Alex, a young boy continued...
20 June 2017
Triple Distinctions in Music
Following the hard work from all students and Woodwind tutor, Mr Lewis, leading up to examinations at the end of March 2017, we are delighted to announce triple Distinction for all three flute continued...
2 May 2017
OxBridge Easter School
Over Easter some of our Sixth Form students attended the Easter schools run by Oxford and Cambridge. It was a wonderful experience and across the weeks and colleges, right from the word go, our continued...
27 April 2017
Secondary Sports Hall Athletics
A group of year 7 students got through to the Secondary Sports Hall Athletic Finals after coming first place in Halton. The girls were absolutely fantastic on the day and worked incredibly well as continued...
18 April 2017
Cambridge Achieving Excellence Event
Last Tuesday a selected group of more able Year 10 and 11 students had the opportunity to take part in an Achieving Excellence event with the Magdalene College of the University of Cambridge at continued...
30 March 2017
Guard Of Honour For England
On Saturday 11 March students took on the prestigious role of being part of the Guard of Honour for the England team, at the England V Scotland RBS 6 Nations fixture. The whole day was such an continued...
29 March 2017
Spring Concert 2017
Our annual Spring Concert this year celebrated 25 years of a Spring Concert held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College. As Disneyland Paris also celebrates its 25 th anniversary this week we continued...
21 March 2017
Students Visit Nestle Plant
Last Friday a group of Sixth Form Geography students went along to visit the Nestle plant in Bromborough on the Wirral. Our students are currently studying Global Systems and Governance in continued...
20 March 2017
BBC School Report
Today students from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College have been taking part in the BBC School report. Students have been investigating how young people use mobile phones and tablets. continued...
16 March 2017
Enriching Experiences At MediaCity
On Saturday 4 March, staff and students, with a particular interest in the media, enjoyed an optional enrichment visit to MediaCity in Salford. The group of Year 12 students who study English continued...
13 March 2017
World Book Day 2017
Students and staff at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College celebrated World Book Day on Thursday 2 March 2017. Students were invited to bring in their favourite books and join staff and Sixth continued...
10 March 2017
Student Confidential Drop In Service
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7 March 2017
World Book Day 2017
On Thursday 2 March, we will be celebrating the 20th year of World Book Day with a number of fun activities going on around College. Students will have the opportunity to browse the books in our continued...
27 February 2017
Piero Belmonte Photography Support Fundraising Efforts
Piero Belmonte photography are kindly supporting our fundraising efforts for our forthcoming trip to perform at Disneyland Paris. The studio have kindly donated 15 photo-shoot packages to us continued...
21 February 2017
Advent Challenge - Update
I am delighted to report that the cheque from all our Advent Challenge 2016 efforts was sent to CAFOD last week, along with an order for over 120 World Gifts of prices varying from just £4 continued...
9 February 2017
Drama Visit - Billy Elliot
All Year 9, 10 and some Year 11 students went to watch an evening performance of ‘Billy Elliot’ last week at Manchester Palace Theatre. All students are writing a live theatre review continued...
1 February 2017
Year 8 - Handball Competition
Last week Saints Peter and Paul hosted the Halton Year 8 Handball Competition with schools across the borough battling it out to represent Halton at the Merseyside Games. The last game of the continued...
31 January 2017
Year 8 Rugby Team - National Cup
The Year 8 rugby team will be travelling up to Sheffield to play in the first round of the national cup. This is a very prestigious event and only the best team in the country qualify to enter. continued...
30 January 2017
Respect For Others
During the remaining days of the current half-term all members of our College community will concentrate its focus on consideration and respect to every other person in the College environment. continued...
30 January 2017
Geography Visit To Iceland
On Friday 16 December a group of Year 10 Geographers set off from Manchester airport to discover the delights that the volcanic island of Iceland had to offer. On arrival in Iceland, our first continued...
23 January 2017
New York Visit
New York, New York, so good they named it twice! On Friday 16 December 2016, during Enrichment Week, 33 globetrotting students from College had the once in a life time opportunity to take part in continued...
19 January 2017
Music Department Final Christmas Performances For 2016
Wednesday 21 December was the last of our music department Christmas performances and we had again been invited to perform for the residents of St Patricks Care Home and their visiting families as continued...
18 January 2017
UK Youth Parliament
Students from our College have recently taken part in a national ballot to vote for the most important issues that affect their well-being and their future. Issues ranging from votes at 16, first continued...
18 October 2016
Message from Cheshire Constabulary
The police have provided the following update regarding the recent rise in reports of people in costume scaring children and young people. We can confirm that our College has not been affected by continued...
12 October 2016
European Day Of Languages
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College celebrated European Modern Languages with a special dedicated day of activities. Staff and Year 7 students joined in the fun by dressing up in their most continued...
11 October 2016
Blood Brothers Theatre Visit
52 students and staff from the Drama Department were lucky to attend the Royal Performance of Blood Brothers at the Liverpool Empire on Thursday 29 September. The performance was amazing and continued...
10 October 2016
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Thank you to everyone who donated cakes or contributed to the Coffee Morning in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. The total raised was a magnificent £313.09 which will be forwarded to continued...
5 October 2016
Year 11 Visit Castleton - Geography
On Thursday 22 September the Year 11 Geography cohort spent a really productive day in the Derbyshire village of Castleton, in the Peak District. The day was organised for the collection of primary continued...
28 September 2016
Duke Of Edinburgh Expedition
On Tuesday 5 – Friday 8 July 2016 13 Sixth Form students set out on their 4 day 3 night expedition into Snowdonia in Wales. In preparation they planned their route, organised their continued...
21 September 2016
Open Evening Success
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College welcomed prospective students and their parents to visit the College and meet staff and students this week. The Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ College continued...
15 September 2016
Halton Borough Council - Consultation
Home to School & College Travel and Transport Policy for Children & Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities - Consultation In accordance with statutory requirements continued...
6 September 2016
Welcome Back
Celebrating more than 21 Years of Catholic Education in Halton Staff and students at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic College are excited to begin another academic year after excellent A Level continued...
5 September 2016

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Grease Is The Word
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Posted on 6 Jan 2020
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