Great Crosby Catholic Primary School

We welcomed Richard Cooke from CAFOD Liverpool  to speak in our assemblies about the needs of people in other countries & how we can make a difference through CAFOD World Gifts. Click on the image to find out more. 

Fr John celebrated our first  Advent Mass in school with parishioners, families and staff. As it was the Feast of St Andrew, Fr John spoke of showing our faith through our actions, as St Andrew did. Our next Advent Mass is 8am, Wednesday 14th December. Click on the image to visit the 'In Our Parishes' page to find Mass times and the latest news from Ss Peter and Paul's and St Helen's parishes.

 CAFOD's 2022 online Advent calendar for families has a daily reflection and free activity for you and your children in preparation for Christmas. Join us as we journey throughout the season of Advent with our global family.  .

 Click on the image above to download the CAFOD Advent Calendar PowerPoint with  stories and activities to help children learn about and pray for people around the world.   

Please watch Archbishop Malcolm's reflection of the year so far, recorded for the First Sunday of Advent.

Year 2 performed their Advent Liturgy to KS2 children on Monday and parents and carers on Tuesday. The whole of Year 2 were awarded Star of the Week for preparing our parents/carers and pupils for Christmas through their Advent Liturgy. Scroll down to see some photos.

We welcomed Lin and Marie from our local parishes to say the Rosary with KS2 pupils at lunchtime, which continues this half term.

 Fr John celebrated Mass for All Saints Day with all of KS2. The children gave lots of excellent responses about the qualities that a saint should have. Fr John showed  a trailer for 'No Greater Love' a new film about St Mother Teresa. KS1 also had a special assembly with Fr John. Click on the green button to see the trailer on You Tube.   

Children from Year 5 led our bidding prayers.

Please take some time to read Pope Francis's letter encouraging everyone to rediscover the beauty of praying the Rosary at home in the month of May. Click on the image of the Pope.

The Primary School Wednesday Word is an outreach which shares Sunday's Gospel with all school families, in a unique way.

Each family usually receives the weekly handout consisting of high-quality Sunday Gospel leaflets and booklets. This is a weekly Gospel 'gift' from the school to the child to take home, which then becomes a 'gift' from the child to the whole family.

While schools are closed, The Wednesday Word  are offering free-of-charge 'online' editions until things return to normal.

Click on the image above and then click on the same logo on the page you are taken to, to read the latest edition. 

CAFOD have recorded two podcasts to pray the rosary, reflecting on the joyful and luminous mysteries as well as themes of hunger, poverty and creation. There are also additional resources for praying the rosary with children. 

In May and October we traditionally pray the Rosary. Click on the green button for a 'Wiki' guide to praying the Rosary with children. 

The Joyful + Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary from the series "My Time With Jesus" on the EWTN Ireland YouTube channel.

Click on the image to visit the Liverpool Archdiocese website to see and download Pope Francis's five finger prayers. 

 Click on the image to visit the Liverpool Archdiocese website to see and download the set of family prayer cards.