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House Point Competition – Send in your child’s results

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Since Tuesday 12th January house points for work done were awarded as follows:

Every star received on purple mash was worth 1 house point.
Every thumbs was worth two house points and every smiley face was worth 3 house points.

If children received a golden trophy this was worth a whopping 5 house points!

We asked adults to record the number of house points that they were receiving and bring this record in to school when we returned. Please can you ensure your return your child’s house point total by Monday 15th March.

We will total up all of the house points and the winning house will receive a very special prize!

CJS Team

Year 6 – Getting Fit in the Outdoor Gym

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Today the children currently in school in year 6 were the first to try out the equipment in the new outdoor gym today. Staff and children all stated it is a fantastic area and the equipment is amazing! Check out the gallery…

This gym will now be incorporated into our PE curriculum as well as a timetable for use over breaks/lunchtimes (Supervised only).

If you have not yet completed the outdoor gym permission form you will have been sent a text message today. If this permission is not provided children will be unable to use the equipment.

 

 

Device Allocation – Returns

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Dear Families

If you loaned one of our devices during the school closure please can these be returned to school next week. If this applies to you and you feel more comfortable bringing this to reception than sending in with your child please ensure you wear a face mask.

All devices will be updated and wiped should we need to close a bubble and loan them out to other families.

We will send text messages to all families this applies too.

Thank you
CJS Team

Back to School Information – Monday 8th March 2021

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Firstly, a big welcome back to everyone, it has been too long since we have all been together, thankfully the national picture looks much improved and we are able to fully open again.

Although things have improved, we still have many procedures in place to be COVID safe, these will look familiar to children as they follow the majority of procedures that we had in place in September.  We just wanted to remind parents of times and procedures for the onsite return of the children.

Just to reassure everyone our first week or so back will be focused on ensuring the children are well and helping them catch up with friends, allowing them to settle back into school routines.

Staggered start times and alternative entrance:

Year 3 and Year 4

8.45 a.m. Start:
Year 3 – Use the rear gate
Year 4 – Use the main gate

3.05 p.m. – End of Day:
Collected from the main yard – parents to be admitted from the main gate (Gates will open at 3.05 p.m.) – follow the one-way system around the school building. Please where face coverings unless exempt.

Year 5 and Year 6

9.00 a.m. start:

Year 5 – Use the rear gate for entry
Year 6 – Use the main gate for entry

3.20 p.m. – End of Day:
Children from Year 5 will leave from the rear gate, Year 6 from the main gate.
For those parents collecting their children – can they please meet them from outside the school grounds and do not congregate around the gate.

If possible please do not arrive too early for the start or end of the school day, queues should be avoided where possible.

When returning to school, our expectation is that children should wear full uniform, but we understand this might be difficult for some families in the first few weeks if you need to purchase items once shops reopen.  Additional items can be purchased online https://totstoteams.com/consett-junior-school
Children should come to school dressed for PE on their PE days – this can be found on the timetable on your child’s ‘class page’.
Breakfast club remains open to those who require it, no children will be admitted until 7.45 a.m. so please do not drop them any earlier.
There will be no after school extra curriculum clubs. We do not have the capacity to run clubs while maintaining bubble groups. We also require this time to ensure cleaning procedures are the main focus. If the government road map goes well we will consider this later in the year.
Thank you.

CJS Team

Parents Letter – Primary Schools Gatherings at School gates March 21
FAQ’s March 2021

Short update regarding the announcement of schools reopening

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Dear families,

Following the government’s announcement last night that schools will return on the 8th March – I just wanted to let you know that our planning is well under way in relation to fully reopening school safely to our full cohort of children.

We are reviewing the protocols that we implemented in September and will make adjustments in line with the latest DfE announcements.

I hope to be able to give you a further update by Friday.

We are so looking forward to welcoming all our children back.

Please stay safe.

Mr Dixon

World Book Day – Thursday 4th March 2021

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This year, World Book Day will look a lot different than normal but let’s not let Lockdown ruin our fun.

The theme for this year will be ‘Share a Story’.

Our fancy-dress theme will be to wear pyjamas/onesie for a cosy day of creating and sharing stories.

The day will be split into 4 sessions.  Session 1 and session 4 will be a Teams meeting with your class. You will be provided with the tasks for session 2 and session 3 on Purple Mash. Your teacher will let you know the exact times of your two Teams meetings and this information will go out on the app.

1st session – Teams call
This session is a chance for you to get comfy, relax and enjoy an exciting story read to you by your teacher. To make your experience even better, bring a mug of hot chocolate and your favourite snack to have while you enjoy the story.

2nd session – This session will be your opportunity to let your imagination run wild as you create your own piece of writing based on a video. You will receive links to the video and tasks on Purple Mash on World Book Day.

3rd session – This is a chance for you to be as creative as you like by transforming a potato, shoe box, jar, wooden spoon or any object of your choice into your favourite book character or favourite book. You should think about what you would like to create before World Book Day so you can gather any resources you need ready for the day. Take plenty of photos of your creations and email them to your year group email.

If you google ‘book character potato’ or the object you have chosen to use, lots of ideas will come up for you to help with inspiration.

4th session – It will be time to show off the fabulous work you have completed through the day. Each class will have a Teams meeting and you will have 2 minutes to talk us through what you have done and show off any of your amazing creations. You could choose to read some of your work form session 2 or impress everybody with your creation from session 3 – it is completely up to you

CJS Team

Half Term message from Mr Dixon

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Dear Families,

We have arrived at the end of the first half term of 2021, it certainly has been a very different start to the year to normal.

Can I just say a big thank you to you all for your support this half term – the school only works so well because of your amazing support. Also, a VERY BIG WELL DONE to all the adults who have been the drive behind the children learning from home – having children at home all the time is very different, and often difficult – but I know how amazing you’ve all done. We can only begin to imagine the working from home and remote learning juggling act that you have all tried to very hard to facilitate.

The work the children have submitted has been super and we have had great pleasure in sharing this on display boards around the school. This will remain in place for the children return, to emphasis how proud we are…We are even more impressed with the way so many of our children have used their own 365 emails to make contact with their teachers, many children are doing this all on their own, sharing great ideas and asking important questions about their learning, keep this up!

We look forward to the government announcement over half-term to see when and how school could potentially start to re open – obviously when announcements are made, we will be share this with you all.

Next week is half term, not just for our children, but for the teachers at home (you) and in school. Enjoy the well-deserved rest everyone.

Take care and keep safe.

Mr Dixon

Informing school of positive cases of Covid this weekend

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Dear families of children currently attending school

In order to help us, please can we ask families to do the following:

If your child develops symptoms of Covid-19 within 48 hours from the last day they attended school you MUST contact us by emailing consettjunior@durhamlearning.net ASAP. We strongly advise you book their test at a test centre as the results from the test are returned quicker than postal tests i.e. they are in school today and have symptoms BEFORE 3.30 p.m. on Sunday.

If your child develops symptoms of Covid-19 after the 48 hours from the last day they attended school then you do not need to inform us. However, if their results show they are positive we would need to know as this will impact on their attendance when returning to school on Monday 22nd February 2021, i.e. they develop symptoms AFTER 3.30 p.m. on Sunday.

Please help us to act quickly so staff can also have some time off over half term.

CJS Team

Year 4 Project – Remote Learning following half term

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The two weeks after half term (weeks beginning 22-2-21 and 1-3-21) we would like you to work on a project of your choice. This will be instead of doing Literacy and foundation subjects on Purple Mash.

Purple Mash Numeracy, TTRockstars and myOn reading should still be done.

The project can be on a topic that you know lots about or a topic you are really interested in (NUFC, Dogs, Consett, Dinosaurs, Gymnastics, Little Mix, Minecraft, David Attenborough, America etc.) You can do any topic you want. Prizes are going to be awarded for the best projects.

Your project should:

  • Be neatly presented and well-organised
  • Be word processed, hand written or a mixture of the two (school can provide paper if you need it, and we will leave packs of paper in the entrance way in a box)
  • It should be good quality and detailed, as it is going to take two weeks to complete
  • It should be your own, original work and not cut and paste from the internet (we know the difference)
  • Researched using books, magazines, the internet etc.
  • Be handed in by 10-3-21 (by email or put through the school’s letter box)
  • Your project should include:
  • A bright, eye catching front cover (put your name on)
  • A numbered contents page (do this last and put it after the front cover)
  • A set of six fact files
  • An original short story (at least 200 words)
  • An original poem (any type)
  • Two pieces of good quality artwork
  • A labelled diagram
  • An interview
  • Any other (free choice) pieces of work
  • A glossary explaining the meaning of technical vocabulary used (put this at the back)

If you have any questions about your topic please email the Y4 staff or phone school and we will be happy to help.

Good luck with your projects. We can’t wait to see them all.

From the Y4 Team.