Blog Author: Mrs Banks

Back in February year 11 began an environmental investigation into the schools CO2 footprint.

We went around each member of staff in school and asked how they travelled to school and back each day and where they came from. We then worked out what mileage they travelled and what each persons…

Today we visited Witton Park to go on an orienteering course.  We divided into pairs and each had a map. We helped each other by taking turns to lead the group and give instructions and directions to the team. We had good fun, getting a little bit lost, but we enjoyed exploring the woodlands,…

Today in Year 11 we have been looking at a very relevant news story, the election in the USA.

We discussed who the presidential candidates were and we looked at their policies. We then had a discussion about who we thought we would vote for. After discussing their manifesto we then voted. It…

What a busy first term of year 11. We have become budding business owners with our own company E.A.T Eleven A Team providing a tuck shop and bacon butty delivery service for the staff of school, what a challenge this has been but 11A have risen to the challenge as always.

We have also been…

On Friday we held our annual MacMillan Coffee Morning and what a turn out we had! 

Many many thanks to our wonderful year 11 class for organising and the amazing team work for years 10A and 11A for working together on the day to help serve, clean and tidy.

It was also lovely to see Teddy get…

Chorley School Sports Partnership

Annual Awards ceremony 2024

Three pupils from 11A and myself represented APS at the Annual Awards ceremony hosted by Chorley School Sports Partnership held at Chorley Town Hall. 

APS had been invited to the event having received a nomination for…

Whilst writing his invitations for the MacMillan Coffee Morning Teddy asked if he could send one to The King, Mrs Banks thought this was a great idea and so Teddy began to design an invitation specifically for The King. Teddy even wrote his own envelope addressed to The King, Buckingham…

Today Year 11 visited Beacon Fell. What a lovely late summer day we chose to explore some lovely countryside.

Before we left we all had a chance to have a look online and we wrote a mind map of the things we would like to see and do whilst at the park. 
 

As we began our walk we began to…

As part of our new school year we are embarking on our Young Enterprise experience. 
As part of this we have had to create a company, this involved a board meeting where we discussed job roles, we then had to decide what roles we would like to apply for and have a small interview to say how we…

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to be invited along to the judging for Chorley in Bloom.

We got the chance to have a chat with the mayor and ask him about his gold necklace. 
 

We were then invited to join the buffet lunch where we enjoyed sandwiches and cream scones, We got the chance to…

10A visited Haigh Hall this week, each group was given a map and were asked to find specific things whilst in the park. We had a great time exploring the woodland areas and the park areas where we found a train station, a pond with ducks, and walked all the way towards the Leeds Liverpool canal. 
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During the week we have studied poems by Rudyard Kipling “The Magical Woodland” and “A Sensory Stroll” to develop our understanding we then took a class visit to Roddlesworth Reservoir. Whilst we walked around the reservoir we discussed the poem and what things we could hear and see. The sounds,…