STAFF at a primary school are getting used to
seeing double because morning roll-call reveals
that almost half the pupils in one class are
twins.
Of the 25 youngsters in Year Six there are five
sets of twins with two being identical.
And in every case the elder twin is smaller than
their sibling - and all five pairs have an older
brother or stepbrother.
It's all a bit of a "twincredible" challenge for
teacher Kim Kirk but he manages to tell who's
who by keeping the 11-year-olds apart during
lessons at St Anne's Church of England school in
Waterfoot, near Bacup, Lancs.
The youngest are Emily and Teddy Murphy with
Emily arriving first, because she says, "Teddy
kicked me out".
The only ones I really struggle
with are Michael and Peter
because they are so alike
Mr Kirk, teacher at St Anne's
Church of England school
Identical Michael and Peter Stevens admitted to
playing tricks at their previous school when they
switched places for a lesson and Michael
recalled how his big brother visited his mother in
hospital after they were born and asked: "Are we
going to have to take both of them home."
Now they have separate bedrooms but creep into
each other's to sleep "because we are used to
being together".
The other identical twins are Amy and Hayley
Robinson and even though they now have
different lengths of hair their Scout leader is still
unable to tell them apart
Mercede Love claims "you are never alone when
you have a twin" while sister Madagan thinks it's
good to have a twin "because they can keep
secrets". Kieran and Shelbie Wood admit they clash often
but say they share a sixth sense after Kieran
knew something had happened to Shelbie when
she was knocked down even though they were
not together.
Teacher Mr Kirk said: "The only ones I really
struggle with are Michael and Peter because they
are so alike but I have placed all the twins apart
in the classroom and that makes life easier."
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