We have made the decision to pay for a proportion of school uniform for children that we receive pupil premium funding for, you may not know if you fall into this category, if you do then we will send a school text message with a link to the uniform website. This offer applies to children coming to us from Year 2, as well as our current Year 3, 4 and 5. We feel that families who are struggling financially now, due to the current situation, do not need the added worry of how to provide uniform for their children for the new academic year.

If you are entitled and have already purchased uniform why not order additional items or even the next size up for the following school year, as this is not the normal procedure. We will place the order on your behalf, you just need to email us with the sizes you require consettjunior@durhamlearning.net

We are allocating each child two jumpers/cardigans, two polo shirts and one PE kit. when you place your order via email please include:

Your name

Your child’s name

Your child’s year group

The colour PE kit shorts you would prefer

The size of all garments.

Please do not order direct from Tots to Teams as this will require you to pay.

https://totstoteams.com/consett-junior-school

All orders that we place on your behalf must be emailed to school by 31st May 2020. Orders placed with us after this time will NOT be processed. The uniform will be delivered to school and we will inform you when it is ready to collect. As previously informed, uniform is in stock at present, but they may encounter difficulties with their suppliers in the near future.  We feel processing a batch order asap will give us priority, plus it means there are three months for delivery to school.

We hope that this helps our families and takes the worry off something that is not important in the current circumstances.

Take Care

CJS Team

If you are receiving the national vouchers can you please check your emails and redeem the codes you have been sent.

I have just been on the system and ‘resent’ any codes that have previously been sent by Edenred, but have not been redeemed by the parent/carer. This is not an error. Edenred cancel orders that are not redeemed four weeks from the issue date. Please redeem or they will be cancelled. The system will only allow me to resend codes once a week.

I appreciate the system has been difficult for everyone, but i do see improvements as each week goes by, I would like to thank you for your patience with this system. Rest assured, I have been equally frustrated in trying to create vouchers for you. You are not alone! Like all things at the moment, they are challenging and under lots of pressure, we can only be patient…

I will help where I can.

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe

Mrs Raine

For families who are thinking about ordering uniform for when school reopens, today, i have had a lengthy call with Tony from Tots to Teams.

We do not know when school will re-open, so anything prior to July is a bonus. Therefore, if we think further ahead and hope September is achievable, then some families will be looking to order uniform in July. Tots to Teams have furloughed most of their staff but they are still operational. The Manager, Tony, is working in the factory Monday to Friday, 9.00 – 12.00 p.m. The site are still taking orders and Tony is actually going out of his way to deliver them to homes. After my discussion with him today, i thought it prudent to share some information if you are looking to place orders.

Tots to Teams are still in operation and still taking orders.
Some of the suppliers Tots to Teams use have already closed or gone into administration, therefore they cannot supply Tots to Teams.
Tots to Teams have other suppliers they can use.
When placing orders they will be delivered to you when your ENTIRE order arrives in the store, they will not deliver partial orders as this means Tony is making several trips.
If your item is in stock and you pay for it, but the supplier closes, Tots to Teams will refund your money.
Finally, the delivery times are significantly affected, therefore please be mindful that ordering now could take 4 – 6 weeks. So, ordering in June or July will mean it is highly probable you will NOT have your uniform for September.

https://totstoteams.com/consett-junior-school

We were one of the only schools to have already ordered the Leavers Hoodies for our Year 6 children, other schools are placing these orders now, so they are Tots to Teams priority orders.

I hope this helps, any questions please give me a ring

Mrs Raine
Operations Manager

Friday 8th May is VE Day 75. A day where we pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the whole World War 2 generation. As we face these challenging times, it is important now more than ever that we teach our children about VE day and why we celebrate it. The link attached is a free VE day learning pack. We would love to know how you have celebrated VE day in lockdown, please send photos to the school email address consettjunior@durhamlearning.net

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/teaching-remembrance

Stay Safe
Miss Waters

Chichester Festival Theatre has announced that two more of its productions will be streamed online for free.

The venue’s musical adaptation of David Walliams’ The Midnight Gang will be available from 30 April for 30 days. Penned by Bryony Lavery with music and lyrics by Joe Stilgoe, the show opened in the autumn of 2018. The cast included Jennie Dale, Matthew Cavendish, Marilyn Cutts, Dickon Gough, Tim Mahendran and Lucy Vandi.

From 21 May, Anna Ledwich’s adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (with music and lyrics by Richard Taylor) will also be available for a month. The show originally ran in Chichester in 2017.

Both productions will be captioned for Deaf/deaf and hard of hearing audiences, and Polish-language captions will also be available. Audio introductions will help set the scene for blind and partially sighted audiences.

https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/david-walliams-midnight-gang-musical-free-stream_51478.html

A local, first time author from Leadgate has written and uploaded a book, we think our CJS kids would love to have a read!

https://youtu.be/1mkMAs9CRTs

The third set of work packs will be ready on Friday. If you have previously emailed consettjunior@durhamlearning.net or rang school to request paper copies, you do not need to do this again as we have a list. You will be sent a text on Friday when they are ready to collect, please do not arrive until you have been informed they are ready.

Due to social distancing, these packs will be in named sealed envelopes and left in the school reception porch. When you come to collect it, please be considerate of other people who may also be collecting theirs, and maintain your 2m social distance. As they are in the front porch you can come at anytime as access to this area is 24/7.

If you have not arranged for a paper pack please do not come to school, as there will not be a pack for you to collect.

On Thursday afternoon your child’s website class page will not be available. If you try to log in it will request a password. This is to allow the new packs to be uploaded to the website. If you have not yet printed or saved the documents from your child’s page, you only have until noon on Thursday to do so. Once the pages are live again the only work on there will be the newly uploaded packs and on going topics. This is to save confusion on what your child has or hasn’t done. Do not start any work until you receive your text as all children in each class have different capabilities, your text will be curtailed to meet your child’s ability.

As previously shared, these websites are also really useful:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znbnscw
http://www.thenational.academy/

Finally, and most importantly of all, these third packs are for the two weeks commencing Monday 4th May. The emphasis also remains on having LOTS of fun and making memories through learning of a special kind.

As always we welcome photographs of what your child is up to emailed to school, we dearly miss your children and in these difficult times, it keeps our spirits high too…

Stay safe…we are only an email away…

CJS Staff Team

Services that Glenroyd House are providing to the residents in the local area.

Community Pantry, previously named the fareshare, referred from Glenroyd House (registered charity no 1160715 established March 2015); the Durham Christian Partnership (foodbank) runs from Glenroyd House but is completely separate from the Community Pantry; the Corona Group, who are working alongside the foodbank to provide food parcels to the public. The Community Pantry is NOT affiliated with the Corona Group.

The Community Pantry is open to anyone in the local area whether they are employed/ unemployed or currently under the government scheme of Furlough. The food hampers are completely free and if people require this service they can collect or they can deliver. The volunteers provide this service and the Hunger Hangout are also supporting them with deliveries and providing meals to the elderly and vulnerable.

The food packages are very substantial with non-perishable and fresh food for people to be able to cook full meals. In addition they support any dietary needs providing they have the supplies to enable this.

If individuals do claim an e-voucher from an external partner this is allocated from the foodbank but again they can support with delivery for this. The foodbank is only open 10am-12pm but they are open Monday – Friday 9am- 4pm (only under the Covid-19 as the hours are longer) but if they get contacted for an emergency package after closing or during a weekend they provide this service.

A lot of parents are too proud to ask for help and their moto is ‘we deliver and forget it happened’ which takes away the embarrassment that they feel for asking for help. It is strictly confidential and they do not take personal information and store it.

The Community Pantry are contactable on the following

01207 297 349

0777 2679339

sharon@glenroydhouse.org.uk

Facebook – Glenroyd House

Consett Vulnerable People Support Group (Corona Group). Are a non-profit charity that is aiming to support people around the local area at this difficult time. They are getting through to a lot of the vulnerable elderly people but haven’t managed to get through to many vulnerable families.

As a group they are pleased to announce they are now in receipt of a grant which they applied for, this has enabled them to absorb some of the cost of their food packs allowing them now to offer a much larger pack for a reduced price of £10. They are also working alongside Durham Christian Partnership (the foodbank).

Food packs contain

Cereal
4 pints of semi skimmed milk
A loaf of bread
6 eggs
Butter
Pasta + jar of sauce
Rice
Tins (Soup, beans, hotdogs/tinned meat, tuna and rice pudding)
Crisps
Soap
Tea or coffee
Packet of biscuits
Sweets/snacks
Packet of ham/cooked meat
Fresh fruit and veg (potatoes, carrots, onions, 3 apples, 3 oranges and 3 bananas)
Alongside this, free of charge, they are offering pack lunches for all children and activity packs to keep them busy.

Again, a lot of parents are sometimes too proud to ask for help when they need it most, especially the most vulnerable families.

Their number is 01207 240156 and their Facebook is //: Corona vulnerable people and volunteers (Consett)

There is also Glenroyd house in Consett which is part of Durham Christian Partnership Foodbank. They are happy to support families with some smaller care packages so that they don’t go hungry as they know money can be tight at the moment.

If you have any questions about the services they are offering please feel free to get in touch with them at laura.tomlinson1@hotmail.co.uk

Aldi has joined the list of supermarkets that will redeem vouchers secured through the free school meals national voucher scheme. Supermarkets available also include Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose, M&S, Asda and Morrisons. Schools will be able to order vouchers for Aldi through Edenred from the week commencing 27 April.