{"id":499776,"date":"2017-12-14T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometruthslancs.co.uk\/?p=499776"},"modified":"2017-12-14T15:00:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:00:01","slug":"home-truths-sunflower-competition-the-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/home-truths-sunflower-competition-the-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Truths Sunflower Competition &#8211; The winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Home Truths Summer Sunflower competition ended at the close of Autumn, and all of the winners from each primary school, that participated.<\/p>\n<p>Year one pupil, Joshua Laithwaite brought home the trophy for Eccleston St Mary\u2019s primary school, by growing a sunflower that reached a whopping 258 cm!<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was delighted to win the grand trophy, presented to him by Home Truths director John Ascroft.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-499777 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys2-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Home Truths director, John Ascroft said: \u201cWe were delighted by the enthusiasm and Coppull, by growing a sunflower that was nearly twice his own height!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All the children in Joshua\u2019s class at Eccleston St Mary\u2019s primary school thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-499778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys1.jpg 589w, https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-marys1-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Home Truths Sunflower growing competition, which ran through the summer and here are the winners from each primary school who took part.<\/p>\n<p>Eccleston County Primary school winner was Ella Milward. Ella\u2019s sunflower was a close second, in height, to Joshua\u2019s and here she is with her medal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-499779 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ecc-CP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ecc-CP1.jpg 402w, https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ecc-CP1-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Eve Parry, from St John\u2019s Primary school, grew the tallest sunflower in Coppull. Eve will be keen to take on the Eccleston schools, in next year\u2019s competition!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-499780 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-johns-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-johns-1.jpg 586w, https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-johns-1-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jack Hughes, was the winner from Coppull Primary School. Here is Jack, with his fellow student\u2019s, celebrating his achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Isabelle Flanagan, from St Oswald&#8217;s Catholic Primary School, is our final green fingered winner, and she is wearing her winners medal with pride!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-499781 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-oswalds-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-oswalds-1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/brightred.dev\/hometruths\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/st-oswalds-1-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked about next year, John Ascroft, said: \u201cWe are looking forward to running the competition again next year, and we want to see if Eccleston St Mary\u2019s can retain the title or if one of the other schools who participated can be our new winner?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you would like your school to take part, please email <a href=\"mailto:cathy@icepr.co.uk\">cathy@icepr.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Home Truths Summer Sunflower competition ended at the close of Autumn, and all of the winners from each primary school, that participated. 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