Year 3's Trip to Chester - July 2022
On 18th July, Year 3 visited The Grosvenor Museum in Chester as part of their History trip. During the trip, they enjoyed learning about Roman soldiers and how they fought. In the museum the children found out about archaeology and some of the artefacts that told us about life in Chester during Roman times. We all had a great day and found out lots of very interesting things!
School Council Elections - Tuesday 19th July 2022
Well done to the following children who have been elected to represent their class on the school council next year.
Year 1 Khush Olivia W
Year 2 Oscar Sienna
Year 3 Junior Macie
Year 4 Jacob R Sienna
Year 5 Paris Jayden
Year 6 William Emilia
Thank you so much to all those children who nominated themselves. The manifestos and election campaigns have been so impressive. I am sure it was incredibly difficult for the children to decide who to vote for!
Whole school food and music festival - July 2022
Thursday 14th July was our whole school food and music festival. Each class made delicious festival food dishes as part of their design and technology projects and shared them with other classes.
Year 1 made smoothies, Year 2 made salads, Year 3 made sandwiches, Year 4 made potato salads, Year 5 made pies, Year 6 made cakes and sold them as part of their Enterprise project.
We also had a visit from Richard Waterfield (owner of local bakery and business, Waterfield’s). He looked around the food festival, spoke to children around school and met with school council from Key Stage 2. The children shared with him the work they did in preparation for the food festival in particular, the importance of using locally sourced ingredients, ensuring the food was healthy as possible and taking into account their market research.
The school councillors brought along samples from each of their classes and we asked Mr Waterfield to give feedback to the children. Some of the comments he made as he tasted the products were, ‘delicious, ‘baked to perfection’ and ‘presented beautifully.’
At the end of the visit, Mr Waterfield was keen to share how impressed he was with the products the children made, the food festival but most of all the way that the children who he had met, throughout the visit, had spoken to him. They were very polite, confident and knowledgeable.
We would like to thank Mr Waterfield for giving up his time to visit our food festival.
The children also enjoyed a silent disco and each class prepared a song for the end of festival show. We all had such a fantastic time, it was certainly a day to remember!
Trip to Formby beach - June 2022
Reception Class had a great time when they visited Formby beach. They searched for objects that should and should not be found on a beach. After lunch, they played and paddled in the sea. We had a great day!
Leigh Centurions Rugby Team Visit School - Friday 10th June 2022
Some of our children were chosen to be mascots at the Leigh Centurion match and the rugby players came into school to meet the children and host a question and answer sessions with them. It was an excellent opportunity for the rugby team to tell the children how they had started and the value of good sportsmanship especially team work .
Year 2 Class Trip to Southport - June 2022
Greek workshop - June 2022
On Thursday 23rd June, Year 4 took park in a Greek workshop as part of their Ancient Greece topic. They had the opportunity to write their own myths and act out existing Greek myths, taking on the role of many characters. The children enjoyed dressing up as Ancient Greek Gods and learning about the inventions that have influenced the modern day.
Queens platinum Jubilee: Music through the decades
The children enjoyed an interactive show with the Pop Project on the theme of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. They listened to music and found out about famous artists from each decade over the last 70 years.
Holiday Homework Projects - Queens Platinum Jubilee
Thank you so much to our parents and carers for supporting the children with their holiday homework projects. The quality of work was fantastic and it was so difficult for teachers to choose overall winners. See photos of the competition winners and some of the fantastic work submitted.
Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration - 70 years
Each year group class found out about the different decades of the Queens reign. Here is some of their work.
Twelve Apostles Celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee Party - June 2022
The children have thoroughly enjoyed our celebration and commemorative work. The weather remained kind and the children loved the afternoon tea party and games on 10th June 2022.
Dance Workshop - The Queen's Jubilee
As part of our ongoing jubilee celebrations, the children thoroughly enjoyed learning a whole range of dance routines representing different decades, including rock and roll, disco and rap . Also children had the opportunity to demonstrate their gymnastic skills. It was amazing how the children learned the routines in a limited space of time. All children without exception took part in the 2 day experience which culminated in an opportunity for each class to perform their routine to the school. Helen from Helen’s Angels Academy was apt at engaging all children, developing their talents and making this a memorable experience .
It really was a joyous occasion.
Helen's Angels Academy (helensangels.co.uk)
Reception trip to Smithills Farm
Reception Class had a brilliant time on their trip to Smithills Farm. They had the opportunity to meet and feed lots of different animals, have a donkey ride and watch cows being milked. The farm guide commented on how well behaved the children were.
Year 3's trip to Leigh Spinner's Mill
On Monday 9th May, Year 3 visited Leigh Spinner's Mill as part of their local history topic. They looked at the engine that powered the mill when it was first built and they had the chance to see and handle artefacts from the past. The children enjoyed dressing up, having a go at hand weaving and racing each other to see who was the quickest at being a doffer (a job done in the mills in the past.)
Please look at the photographs to see what a wonderful time they had as well as learning lots of new
Gardening in school
The children in school have been planting their own vegetables and flowering plants over the past few weeks. They have been working hard to improve the environment around school and also find out how food is produced. Thank you to Stella, one of the Friends of Twelve Apostles who comes in regularly to work with the children in Year 1 to do some gardening.
Year 2 have been planting lettuce and radish, and Year 1 strawberries and onions. Year 5 have been growing potatoes.
Rhubarb Crumble
Bumper Crop! Last year the children in Year 1 planted rhubarb and this year they were able to use it to make rhubarb and apple crumble with Mrs Birchall . Delicious!
Year 1 Spring Assembly
Well done year 1 on a superb performance on Friday 6th May 2022.
Thank you to Mr Ahmed, Mrs Birchall and the children in year 1 for such a fantastic performance. The children spoke so clearly and sang beautifully. It was a joyous occasion and left everyone with a huge smile.
Thank You Bents Garden Centre - 29th April 2022
We are so grateful to Bents Garden Centre for donating bedding plants, pots and compost to our school for our eco club and science lessons. The plants have enhanced our outdoor environment. The children have thoroughly enjoyed the gardening experience!
Anti-Bullying Poster Competition - 4th April 2022
To launch our revised Anti-Bullying Policy, we held an anti-bullying poster competition. We had some amazing entries and school council had the difficult job of selecting a winner from each of the classes.
World Book Day Celebrations 3rd March 2022
We had such a wonderful day enjoying reading and exploring poetry and words. Our aim was to develop the children’s vocabulary as well as promote reading for pleasure. The children all looked fantastic as nursery rhyme characters or dressed as words and thank you parents for all your support! Our visiting poet, Rosie from As Creatives , worked with each class and together we created a whole school poem. Please read this poem below.
Shine Day January 2022 - January 2022
We were delighted to welcome Paul Delaney into school last week. Paul was most entertaining and the children thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and were engaged throughout the visit, as you can see from the photos. Paul is an author, poet, writer and musician. He got across some really important messages about how we are all unique and we should celebrate our differences. It was a day of fun and reflection exploring our unique spirits, diversity and our connection to the mystery of GOD and importantly giving thanks to GOD.
Rock Kidz - December 2021
The Whole school had a wonderful time when Rock Kidz visited Twelve Apostles this month. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn important life lessons in a fun way through high energy workshops. The focus was Self Esteem, Health & Wellbeing and the children really engaged well and enjoyed singing and dancing. Here are some photo from year 3 and 4 . Other classes have posted photos on class do jos.
