Great Crosby Catholic Primary School

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.

We are delighted to have received the report from our recent Religious Education inspection by the Archdiocese of Liverpool.  Our school was graded outstanding in all areas.  The report truly reflects the family community that is Great Crosby. It can be downloaded by clicking on the green button below.  Paper copies are available on request.

 Lots of our KS2 classes really enjoyed The Doctor Who Live Lesson today. They got very active whilst learning about space and light!  

We welcomed back former pupils from Sacred Heart, who took part in remembrance commemorations when they were in Y6 in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, to join with our current pupils to tell the story of the years of WWI. 

Fr John led our All Saints' Day Mass and celebrations. Today we think of our own patron saints - Ss Peter and Paul and St Helen. He told us about recent saints - St John Paul II, St Teresa of Kolkata and St Oscar Romero. In telling us about saints incuding St Rita, St Domenico Savio, St John Bosco and St Anthony,  Fr John inspired us all to be saints in our community. 

 Our Parents and Teachers Evenings this term are Wednesday 17th October from 3.30pm to 7.30pm and Thursday 18th October from 3.30pm to 5.30pm. Click on the button to book your appointments.  You will be asked to register first. 

On Friday lunchtimes during October, Years 4, 5 and 6 are meeting to pray the Rosary.

Congratulations to Mrs DeMott and the Gardening Club who have transformed the memorial garden outside the Y6 classooms.  They have also won prizes in the Crosby and Waterloo Gardening Competition 2018 - 2nd prize in the Schools Eco Award and 3rd prize in the School Garden Award.  Special thanks to Mr Monaghan for all his help.

We are a collection point for South Sefton Foodbank. On Friday 12th October the children will be celebrating Harvest Festival with a harvest liturgy led by our GoGivers group.  As part of this celebration we ask that the children bring an item for the Foodbank. They are always in need of tinned and dried foods; longlife milk and juice; and treat foods such as biscuits, chocolate and jam. They also need toiletries; kitchen and bathroom cleaning products; nappies and formula milk for babies of all ages are also much appreciated.

Please send items in to school. They are currently short of tinned vegetables, noodles and coffee. Find out more at https://southsefton.foodbank.org.uk Many thanks for your continued support.

During French classes this week, the children have been learning about the French Giants, how to greet them and wave farewell to them in French.

Please try to visit the French Giants while they are here to mark 10 years since Liverpool was European Capital of Culture hence why it is called Liverpool’s Dream.

Check out the 'What's On - Routes' section at www.giantspectacular.com for more information and to follow the journey of The French Giants whilst they are here in Liverpool for their third and final visit!

The photo above is from the Liverpool Echo, showing one of our former pupils  looking at the Little Boy Giant asleep in a hammock in St George's Hall (Image: Andrew Teebay) 

The Christian Education Department invited the schools in the Archdiocese to design a poster for the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage and Congress Adoremus with the theme "Jesus, The Bread of Life". Over 500 entries from 36 schools were entered and one of ours was highly commended and appeared in the Adoremus brochure.

Congratulations  to all the children who received Star of the Term awards for their progress and behaviour. Enjoy your trips to the Plaza cinema.

Very well done all the children who received certificates for 100% attendance this term and this year.

Are you starting to plan the summer holidays with your children?  This free e-book has some brilliantly creative ideas. Most of them are free or use things you probably already have eg a camera. Click on the button to download a PDF version. Click on the picture for a link to the Apple iBook version.

Year 6 had an Away Day of reflection and positivity at Waterside Lodge, Southport. Click on the photo to see the stotry of the day. s know.

We're ever so proud of Ben, the winner of the Ykids Charity Believe Awards Spiderman Award for his outstanding community work by fundraising for Alder Hey Children's Hospital. His prize was presented at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool by Claire Simmo and The Mersey Girls.

Thank you to Fr Simon for leading our Patronal Feast Day Mass for Ss Peter & Paul.  We enjoyed his homily about his shopping trip to find the best thing that God ever made.  It wasn't a blue or red football shirt!  He found it in our hall & used the inside of his box to show - Us 

Please could you ensure that the form is completed and returned to school ASAP if you have not already done so. The new legislation stipulates that consent requires a positive opt-in, and

cannot be by default. Click on the button to download the form or ask for one from the school office. Thank you

to the parents who have already done so.

Can parents and carers please ensure all alternate contacts have given their consent to you, to use their details as an emergency contact if you are not available, or have asked them to collect your child on your behalf. We do not share alternate contact information with any external parties and will not include alternate contacts in any school mailing lists. It is the responsibility, of the parent or alternate contact to inform school if details change. We will permanently remove, edit or update alternate contact details upon request. 

 Thank you for all the donations to http://southsefton.foodbank.org.uk  today.  The children have been wearing red, white & blue and brought in lots of items for our local food bank.  Our GoGivers have been collecting from classrooms. 

To celebrate the royal wedding,  each year group has one of these cakes to share in the afternoon. We had a picnic lunch on the field and playground. Each year had a time for playing games outside.

Well done Year 6! You thoroughly deserved your celebration this afternoon after conducting yourselves so fantastically throughout the Sats tests this week. 

 This week both Nursery classes have had a lovely time at Knowsley Safari Park. 

 Our GoGivers visited our local foodbank to find out how it runs, what is needed and how we can help.  We will once again be collecting items for the foodbank up to Monday 21st May.