Our display to show how we will stand together against prejudice and hatred in our world is now complete. This followed on from our work to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Today, Safer Internet Day, we are delighted to be able to launch our new Safer Schools App, which will help parents, carers, pupils and staff to stay up-to-date with online safety and safeguarding issues.  It can downloaded for free from the App Store or Google Play. All parents/carers will receive a letter/email with the relevant code. There will be a PowerPoint to watch at parents evenings or it can be viewed on our Parents > Information Presentations page. Click on the image above.

Thank you to our Y5 & Y6 children who began Safer Internet Day 2020 by presenting assemblies on the theme of 'Exploring identity online'. The KS1 & KS2 children's responses showed a good understanding why we need to keep our personal information private. During the week classes will be exploring online safety. The PowerPoints  and activities for families can be downloaded by clicking on the green button. 

World Book Day is on 5th March 2020 and this year we are taking part in the Everton in the Community reading challenge - the challenge of reading 14 books in a month.  Letters have has been out to all pupils, so please check their book wallets.

Click on the green button more more information and the recommended book list. 

There will be no requirement for dressing up on World Book Day.

Key Stage 2 children enjoyed a fabulous afternoon with the BBC Bitesize Team. The Year 5s took part in some exciting user testing work. They had to give their opinions on a couple of newly designed online French activities. The BBC Team also delivered an interesting presentation about their work at Media City, Manchester. The children discovered which subjects may be useful to them if they decide to work for the BBC one day! Merci Madame Edwards et merci BBC! It was all magnifique! 

During the ongoing building work, our school office will move. It will be inside the door used to access the hall. There will be limited space outside the office, so if possible, please ring or email the school instead of coming in person. Please help to minimise congestion at the office by remembering items like lunches, instruments and PE kits. Please click the green button for more details, including arrangements for after school clubs.

 This morning, KS2 had an assembly about Holocaust Memorial Day and we will now create a Stand Together display as a reminder of the power we have to challenge prejudice and hatred in our world. 

In Great Crosby's Recycling Club, we are doing several activities to help the environment.

As a starter we have been given a generous donation from Sacred Heart Catholic College- a metal whale. We are filling this whale with empty non-recyclable plastic bottles. We are also hanging painted jellyfish on the whale that are also made out of plastic bottles. Once the whale is full we will be floating it on a lake. 

Next, we have been filling plastic milk bottles to make eco-bricks. We have been building plant pots and chairs out of these for our peace garden, which is environmentally friendly. 

Secondly, we are collecting Christmas cards to recycle them. By recycling them, we are going to make Christmas tags out of them for later this year.

We have Reception places available for September 2020. On Wed 23rd Oct, we have an Open Day with tours of the school starting at 9.30am, 10.30am, 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Please ring 0151 924 8661 to book a place. See our Admissions page for details of how to apply for primary school places.

Today's assembly was about Black History Month. The children were given an insight into the contributions to history and our daily lives of inspirational figures including Rosa Parks, Mary Seacole, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama, Lewis Hamilton, Usain Bolt, Diane Abbott  and the Williams sisters. Black History Month has been celebrated each October in the UK for nearly 40 years, to help to broaden everybody's knowledge of Black History.

We have a new page in our Parents section where you can view the slides from recent presentations to parents at information meetings.  Look in our Parents tab for 'Information Presentations'. 

Our 2019-20 league starts on Saturday 19th October.   Details are in the letter emailed out on Friday 11th October, which is on our newsletters page. You can click on the button below. Click on the image to sign up or login to set up your team then follow the instructions in the letter to join our league. .  

Thank you to everyone who sent in a donation for the foodbank today. We had a tremendous response. 

Thank you to everyone who came to our Macmillan Coffee Morning and for all the donations. Thanks also to our marvellous PTA for all their work and staff.

Thank you Fr John for opening our new prayer garden & celebrating Mass for our patron saints' feast day. On Sunday there's a Children’s Mass at 10.30am in SS Peter & Paul's to celebrate the church's 125th anniversary. It would be lovely for our children to attend. 

This morning we welcomed teacher, composer and singer,  John Burland from Sydney, Australia, to teach us some new songs, hear how well we know his songs, and to join in our prayers and praise. Our children and staff really enjoyed it. 

Well done to our Y6 netball team  who  have been competing in the fantastic Vitality Netball World Cup Legacy’s North West School Tournament at Liverpool Tennis Centre in Wavertree with schools from all over Merseyside. They even appeared on the local BBC news.  

 We were pleased to welcome our friends from Ursuline Primary, Valewood Primary, Waterloo Primary, St Nicholas Primary and Forefield Juniors for the inaugural Jack Riding Shield. The tournament was played in a very sporting spirit and all the players were a credit to their schools. We were helped by our ex-pupils from Sacred Heart and St Mary's College who helped set up & referee. Our PTA sold refreshments and donations were collected for the Jack Riding Foundation. 

Click on the photo to see some photos,mostly from our matches, taken by Y6 photographer Tom.   

 The children have been given a Smarties tube by St Joseph's Hospice. They have been asked to do chores or good deeds in return for donations. A full tube will hold £12 of 20p or £27 of £1 coins. Money raised will enable St Joseph's Hospice to provide care & support to patients & loved ones from our local area. Please return the Smarties tubes by Friday 7th June.

On 23rd May, our GoGivers and Recycling clubs spent some time down at Crosby Beach, taking steps to ensure it is free from pollution that endangers our wildlife and harms our natural landscape. Click on the photo to see their report and pictures.

By clicking on the image above , you can view the slides used at the recent meetings regarding increasing our standard admissions number to 120.

On Friday 5th April we will be holding our annual Market Day to raise money for C.A.F.O.D.

Children are invited to wear non-uniform clothes for a donation of 50p.  Please could you send their spending money (no more than £2) in a named purse or container.

Nursery, Reception, Y1 and Y2 will have their market in the morning.

Each year the children bring a few toys, books in good condition and cakes to sell to other children in their year group.

KS2 (Y3-Y6) - will have their market in the afternoon.

Year 3 to bring cakes

Year 4 to bring toys, games and books

Years 5 & 6 to organise their own activities and stalls.

Our Y6 football team played very well in their game against Forefield Juniors, winning 7-1.  The referee made a comment at the end to thank our boys for their sportsmanship.  We are very proud of them.

Our Recycling Club would like you to clean and collect 2 litre milk bottles, crisp packets, plastic wrapping, tetra pak drink cartons and yogurt pots.  They are stuffing the milk bottles with the other plastic to make ecobricks that will be used for constructions in our garden. 

Congratulations to all our Y5 and Y6 cross country runners who won the Southport Waterloo Challenge Trophy at Sefton Junior Schools' Cross Country Championships at the North Promenade, Blundellsands. Our Y5 and Y6 boys were placed 2nd in their age groups; Y5 girls were placed 3rd, making us the overall winners. Well done in particular to Felicity in Y5 who came 2nd in her race and Eve who came 2nd in the Y6 race.

Today, children and staff have been wearing odd socks for World Down's Syndrome Day and Awareness Week.   The message is 'Leave No One Behind'.   Click the title image above to see some photos.

On 27th February, Onatti Productions  will perform to KS2 children in French. Mme Edwards wants all the juniors to visit the website www.french-games.net and play these topics Colours, Family, Food (and drink) Go-Which Way, Numbers, World (Countries). Also, if you haven't already done so, please send £2 in an envelope with your child's name & class to cover the cost. Thank you.

We welcomed Janette and Carole from the NSPCC  with mascot Buddy. They presented 'Speak Out Stay Safe' assemblies and workshops. Click on the photo to find out more.

Having recently taken part in the Janos Molnar Memorial tournament in Budapest, Louis has been selected to represent England (and Great Crosby) in the Primary Schools' Home Internationals in Belfast in April.

This week children from Years 4, 5 and 6 have presented online safety assemblies to the whole school on the theme of making good choices about asking for permission and giving consent. More information on our 'Parents Online Safety' page, where you can download and view resources for families and the assembly PowerPoints. 

Thank you to everyone who bought a Christmas toy when we were fundraising for St Joseph's Hospice.  We can confirm that we raised £422.79.

Thank you to all the families who brought in a backpack for the Mary's Meals Backpack Project.  We donated a total of 63 backpacks, helping children in other countries to benefit at school.  Find out more by clicking on the button below.