Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Knowsley Musical Instruments

  Wed 22 Jul 2020
  Good afternoon. Please note all instruments taken home by children will need to be returned when we return in September. Current Year 6 children who will have moved to another school can Parents drop their instruments off when we return in September please. Thank you.

• School finishing times 21/7/2020

  Mon 20 Jul 2020

  Good afternoon. We have noticed an error in the pick up times in the newsletter. The correct times are:

  Nursery - 1:30

  Rec - 1:45

  Year 6 - 2:00

  Y2-5 Childcare PODS - 2:15

  Year 1 - 2:30

  We apologise for any inconvenience caused

• Medicines in school

  Thu 16 Jul 2020
  Good afternoon. If your child has any medicines / inhalers in school please ensure they are collected before your child leaves school on Tuesday or as soon as possible if your child is not in school. We are not allowed to keep medicines over the summer holiday so any left in school after Tuesday will be taken to be destroyed.Thank you.

• Year 6 party pack

  Thu 16 Jul 2020
  Good afternoon. If any Year 6 parent whose child is NOT in school hasn't collected their party pack can you please do so as soon as possible. Those Year 6 children in school will be given their pack in school on Monday. Thanks

• Free School Meals Summer Voucher Scheme

  Wed 15 Jul 2020

  Good afternoon. We have now organised the Free School Meals summer voucher scheme for families in receipt of Means Tested Benefits.

  These parents will receive an email (this can take up to 4 working days so please be patient), which will contain a 16-digit e-code and a link to the redemption website: www.freeschoolmeals.co.uk

  Parents must redeem their e-code to create an eGift card before it can be used.

  Please note that the eCode will expire after 1 month.

  We have attached a user guide on how to use your free school meals vouchers. Please also refer to the FAQ sheet we posted a few days ago. Both these documents will be on our website under the "parents" tab - "Letters to Parents"

• Maths & English Books

  Wed 15 Jul 2020

  Good afternoon. Any parent who emailed school this morning to order the Maths & English books can now collect them from school tomorrow between 8:30 - 9:30am or 2:30 - 3:30pm, UNLESS your child is in school where the books will be passed to them.

  We will notify parents when more books arrive for all other orders made after this morning.

• September re-opening

  Tue 14 Jul 2020
  Good evening. Please see the letter from Mrs Thomson regarding school re-opening in September in our Letters to Parents area. Thank you.

• Maths & English Books

  Tue 14 Jul 2020
  Good afternoon. We have found a Maths book and an English book that the children from Years 1 to 5 can complete over the Summer Holidays if they wish to. If parents are interested in buying these for their child they cost £7 for the two books. Please email the school office ( crontonce@ldst.org.uk ) and Mrs Hooks will add it to your ParentPay and add your child's name to the order. We will need to know by this Thursday, 16/7/2020, if you wish to purchase these books so they can be ordered and received before we break up. Thank you.

• Free School Meals

  Wed 08 Jul 2020

  Good morning. You will have heard that the Government has now agreed to pay for Means Tested Free School Meals over the summer holiday. Up to now we have been using a company called Wonde. However, the Government has insisted we change to their preferred company Edenred.

  We are in the process of changing to this new company and parents will have to register to use their new ecard / egift card. Please see the Parents FAQ information sheet and a letter from Knowsley LA in Letters to Parents.

  We will send further information as we receive it, but it is important that parents act on it urgently once it is set up.

• Transport Survey

  Mon 06 Jul 2020

  Good evening, Today we received the following communication and survey request from Knowsley LA:

  Following the new government guidance for the full opening of schools in September, The Department for Transport is asking local authorities to:work with schools to survey parents on their typical routes to school and potential alternatives.

  Parents are asked to kindly complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2FCWSR7

  Thank you.