Great Crosby Catholic Primary School in the parishes of Ss Peter & Paul and St Helen's. “…. that they may have life and have it to the full.” John 10: 10
Please keep the families of everyone involved in the devastating events in Birmingham in your prayers, particularly the families of our former pupils and of
@SacredHrtCrosby
.
This is Jack Riding. He was & will always be part of our school family. Money raised in his memory on Friday’s 'Wear a Kit for Jack Day' fundraiser will support local sportsmen & women, and help to keep them safe.
@TheJackRidingF1
@SacredHrtCrosby
@ABetterCrosby
@CrosbyVillage
We're delighted & proud to award the first Jack Riding Trophy to Seb. He has been an excellent ambassador for our school, has skill, talent & an ability to read the game of football extremely well. He leads, supports, encourages & is someone others look up to.
@TheJackRidingF1
Thank you to the two HMIs who visited us today & took the time to listen. It gave us a time to reflect on the challenges facing school through the pandemic & how we've worked as a whole school team to address them. Despite reservations, it was a really enjoyable day.
@Ofstednews
Wear A Sports Kit for Jack Day has raised £1000+ for
@CRY_UK
& the Jack Riding Foundation. We've had an active day, with a variety of fun sporting activities. We're so pleased to show our support to the Riding family & celebrate Jack’s life in a way that he would have loved.
Today is 'Wear Your Sports Kit for Jack Day' in memory of former pupil, Jack Riding who died playing football on 15/8/18, aged 18 . We're fundraising (£1 donation) for Cardiac Risk in the Young
@CRY_UK
which funds tests for cardiac abnormalities.
@SacredHrtCrosby
@CrosbyVillage
The family of Great Crosby Catholic Primary School are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic death of our former pupil, Jack Riding.
Our love, thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at this very difficult time.
We're very proud to have a Y4 finalist and Y2 overall winner in the Crosby Schools CAPITAL Cluster
#500Words
story competition. The theme for this year was 'Animals'.
Well done Year 6! You thoroughly deserved your celebration this afternoon after conducting yourselves so fantastically throughout the Sats tests this week. 👍
Our staff are ready for a fabulous day celebrating the
#PlatinumJubilee
including making a timeline of the decades and singing to our queen on the field. The children coming to school look fantastic in their outfits from the 1950s to the present day.
Some of our yr 6 have laid flowers at the grave (S.S.Peter and Paul's graveyard) of Capt. Gabriel Coury who was awarded the Victoria Cross during WWI. He died on this day 62 years ago.
#WWI
Congratulations to the girls who represented
@GreatCrosby
at netball on Monday. They won 4 of their 5 matches & went on to win the tournament
@MerchantsCrosby
. Their sense of team spirit made them a credit to our school. Thank you to the staff & umpires.
@southseftonssp
We've presented the Jack Riding Trophy for the 2nd year. It's presented to one of our young sporting stars - not necessarily the best, fastest or most skilful sportsperson, but someone who's shown excellent sportsmanship.
@TheJackRidingF1
To find out more
The school gates will be open at 8.40am tomorrow, so that everyone can be in school by 8.55am, ready to start our new academic year. Remember to wear winter uniform & to bring a coat - the weather looks unsettled. Your teachers are looking forward to seeing you. Go to bed early!
This week we awarded our
@TheJackRidingF1
trophy to Grace. She's an all-rounder: happy to do whatever is asked, playing all positions on the football pitch & running & running in many cross country races for the school. Full write-up:
@southseftonssp
@EITC
Friday is our 'Wear A Kit For Jack' fundraising day. We'd like children (whether in school or at home) to wear a sports kit & post a photo to our Instagram, back view or face obscured, and tag: 'I'm wearing my kit for Jack'.
@TheJackRidingF1
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Wishing all our families safe and happy summer holidays. Very best wishes to all our super Year 6s as they move on to their high schools. We will miss them.
Today we held our Star of the Term celebration outside. Farewell cards were presented to Miss Bradley & Miss Bishop too. As Miss Bradley loves her woolly hats, staff & children wore hats during the assembly. We also had a collection for
@CAFOD
raising £400.
@CAFODLiverpool
We welcomed ex-pupil Rt Rev John Rawsthorne, Bishop Emeritus of Hallam to bless our school after the building works of recent years. We also welcomed guests from the Archdiocese, Mgr John, Fr Simon, local schools inc
@SacredHrtCrosby
, our builders, governors, PTA & former staff.
Well done to our Y6 football team who qualified for the finals of the Bootle & District Schools FA tournament. They played well & looked smart in their new
@TheJackRidingF1
kit. The backdrop is good too, as Y6 were been drawn to support
@Azzurri
in
#EUROS2020
@SeftonSchoolsFA
Tomorrow, Friday, is
#WearAKitForJackDay
for
@TheJackRidingF1
A donation of £1 is suggested please. Children may wear any kit. Please could parents/carers complete the parental Google Forms questionnaire by tomorrow? Many thanks for your continued support.
Well done & thanks Y5 for leading our Ash Wednesday liturgy with readings,
@johnburland
songs, dance, distributing ashes & sharing the
@CAFOD
@CAFODSchools
film "What's your goal?" We'll be fundraising throughout Lent, esp on our Market Day 3rd Apr.
There's a blue sky over
@YMCALakeside
. It's crisp morning and a mist is rising over the lake. The children have slept well and will be having breakfast at 8am, before a full day of activities.
Y6 have had an enjoyable, though chilly afternoon on high ropes, vertical challenge and zip wire
@pgltravel
. We have eaten well, found our rooms and are about to have some 'wacky races'. Photos will be up later this evening.
Today Fr John from
#SsPeterAndPaul
's, Crosby celebrated Mass with us on our patronal feast day. The rain held off, so Y4, Y5 & Y6 were able to celebrate outside. Y5 led with prayers & readings, & all the children sang. The younger children had liturgical assemblies in the hall.
Wow 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
What a night we had for our Jack Riding Tournament 🥳
Thank you to all the schools who took part; the staff at GC .
Congratulations to Great Crosby (green team!) who won the final against Valewood. The trophy returns to Great Crosby for the first time since 2019 🙌
Our Y6 football team played very well in their game this afternoon, winning 7-1. The referee made a comment at the end to thank our boys for their sportsmanship. We are very proud of them.
Well done to all of Y6 - this week's Stars of the Week for their scholarly, sensational and splendidly, successful supremacy over SATs. They are all sparkly, shining stars.
Congratulations to Dylan who has won the NW Schools Trampolining Intermediate Boys Competition for Years 1-6, representing Great Crosby in Macclesfield. He really enjoyed the event and has qualified for the next round.
This afternoon, our staff and Fathers John & Simon gathered in a big circle to say prayers for all the young men from Crosby and their families. Please continue to prayer for them and the other victims.
@SacredHrtCrosby
Most heartfelt thanks to
@GreatCrosby
Catholic Primary School for donating an unbelievable 66 crates of food last week! We are speechless, incredibly grateful and happy for your help! Your support keeps us going! 😊❤️👍
Year 6 children have arrived and have had a busy, eventful day. They are now tucked in bed and settling down for a good nights sleep. There has been a power cut this evening. Sausage and mash, veg curry or steak pie for tea, followed by a jam doughnut. Pics to follow tomorrow.
Year 6 have had a great time today
@ChetCentre
. Thank you to all the staff there. Here are a few photos of us on the adventure trail, map reading & den building. We'll put some more together on our website page later this week.
It's been a busy day for Y6
@PGLTravel
#BoreattonPark
. The children have been active with abseiling, high ropes, problem solving, archery, Jacob's Ladder & laser tag. This evening's activity was 'Ambush' - a giant hide & seek. It's muddy, but we're having fun!
🏃♀️Crosby Community 5K Charity Fun Run, a beautiful tribute to Isabel Morison, saw an amazing turnout today! 🌟
With hearts pounding and spirits high, we ran together to honor Isabel's memory and support a worthy cause. Thank you to everyone who made today unforgettable! 🏁❤️
Congratulations to Y11 pupil, Seb Spelman, who has signed a professional contract with Wigan Athletic.
The contract will come into play once he completes his scholarship aged 18.
This doesn't happen often and, at 15, Seb is one of the youngest football players to achieve this.
The Y5/6 footballers put in a superb performance to beat English Martyrs 2-0 in the Griffith Cup final. Well done on completing the league and cup double. You have been a credit to the school throughout the season.
Fri 28th May will be our annual 'Wear Your Kit for Jack Day' to raise money for the Jack Riding Foundation.
@TheJackRidingF1
Ex-pupil, Jack sadly died in 2018. Children can wear any sports kit that day; swimming kit is not recommended! A £1 donation is suggested. Thank you.