Pictures from the past: St Richard's RC Primary School, Atherton

By Charles Graham

Published 20th Mar 2024, 15:45 BST

The ongoing tour of Wigan schools via our picture archive now takes us to Atherton St Richard’s RC Primary School.

These images covering a period of around two decades should conjure up a few memories.

1. St Richard's RC Primary School, Atherton

. Photo: STAFF

2. Pupils, from left, Szymon Bester, five, Eloise Birch, six, teacher Liz McGhee, Mitchell Breeze, 10 and Ben Hudson, 10, enjoy the new reflective garden at St Richard's

. Photo: Michelle Adamson

3. Pupil Caitlin Potts, seven, apprecitaes the new reflective garden

. Photo: Michelle Adamson

4. Class teacher Miss Lord and Charley, six, right, join pupils from year one and year two from St George's School and from St Richard's School, Atherton, in a sensory winter wonderland, where pupils from both schools were blindfolded, guided around the garden and asked to describe what they found, as part of a writing project, held at St George's School, Atherton.

. Photo: Michelle Adamson