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Parentpay Credits – Update

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Update for families regarding Parentpay credits. I have now been granted permissions to issue refunds on Parentpay. My task over the next few days is to work through every child’s account and make refunds on the following: School meals, Breakfast Club and and remaining Special Persons Day credits.

As there are hundreds of payment items to refund and each one can only be done individually, it will take some time to complete (it does not help my delightful children are at my feet constantly!). So please continue to be patient, it is really appreciated. I am hoping this is all done over the next 2/3 days.

The refunds will be prioritised as follows:

Families with the most credit
Families with more than one child with credit
Finally, alphabetical order.

Similarly, if you have arrears on your account, please log in and pay for the services you have used.

Thank you, take care
Mrs Raine
Operations Manager

Message from Miss Waters

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I hope you’re all looking after each other and enjoying your time together as much as possible. Please don’t put pressure on the children to complete lots of school work during this time. The main focus at the minute is your child’s happiness and wellbeing.

A little bit of home learning is great: read, practise your tables but make sure this is balanced with play, fun, baking, making, building etc.

I have attached my email address below. If you need any support with anything during this time I am happy to help, whether it be to support your child with SEND or to ask a SPAG question!

Stay safe.
Miss Waters

r.waters200@consett-jun.durham.sch.uk



National Voucher Scheme – Edenred


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To ensure we continue to support you in the provision of your child’s free school meal, we are in the process of setting up evouchers through the governments recommended provider, Edenred.  At the moment you do not need to do anything, as we are taking care of this for you. Once set up they will email you directly with your evoucher number as well as some instructions as to what you need to do to use it.


I have attached the parent/carer guidance and i strongly recommend that you take some time to read this. It also lists which supermarkets accept the vouchers, however, you must go online and choose which one.


DfE_FreeSchoolMeals_ParentCarerFAQs


As the vouchers are only to be issued during school terms, your first weekly payment will be processed on Friday 17th April, then every Friday thereafter.  If you have more than one qualifying child in our school then we will process one voucher that equates to your the full value due to you, i.e. 1 child = £15 per week, 3 children = £45 per week.


If you have emailed school requesting these vouchers, then you will receive them. If you have changed your mind and would like them, just contact school.


If you do not receive your email on or before midday on the 17th April, please check your ‘junk’ email prior to contacting school.


As it is a new system, we are expecting a few issues, fingers crossed there wont be!


Take care


Mrs Raine


Operations Manager


Share a Memory…#stay safe


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It is week two of the school closure and we are really missing our children and families.  In a bid to stay positive and find some comfort in these unprecedented times, we are welcoming any drawings, pictures, photographs and written messages. These can be for the whole CJS family showing what you have been doing, or for specific friends and teachers who are missing each other and want to let them know…Lets go gallery crazy over the next few weeks!


Messages from our children and families:


“Bradley has been doing some gardening and colouring in with Kacie. 


Riley is missing school, teachers & friends, Bradley not so much school but the teachers & friends. 


We ❤ you CJS


Love all of the Dodds household. Xxxx”




“Sebastian (R) would like to say Hi to everyone at CJS. He is missing his friends and all of the staff! He can’t wait to come back! Xx”




“Freyas (H) missing all the teachers and her friends in Class 4.




She’s getting lots of splits practice in!


I’d say Caleb’s missing everyone too but I can hear him on his xbox catching up with his friends!


Stay safe everyone ❤”








“Imogen L says she really misses everyone and hopes everyone is back to school soon, stay safe x”




“Hi everyone

Missing you all lots, av got my rainbow pic in my window and have been making cakes and staying home and staying safe. Miss you all, Mrs Hudson x”




“Hope you all are enjoying time with your families. Stay safe everyone and will hopefully see you very soon. Love Mrs Hannant and her girls xxxx”




“Miss Waters is sing the time to clean her instruments!”




“Miss Parker is sending her wishes and has even sent her rainbow picture”




“Being doing a lot of running to get out of the house, Joe went up our hill at Leadgate, when he came with me…missing our little running buddies, Miss Oselton x”




“Just a few photos of Robert cooking a two course meal for the family to earn his chef badge at cubs.  They are holding virtual cub meetings online to all keep in contact” Well done Robert!




“Sienna is missing school and her friends/ teachers so much! She’s had fun today sliming her dad however! xxx”




Beth D doing a volcano experiment for science and  learning about volcanoes for geography – Well done Beth!




Rose G is missing all her teachers and friends…




Nona R is missing school so wanted to let you know what she’s been doing. Lots of baking, made cupcakes, Easter cakes and biscuits. She also did her nails and mine (Mam) like ladybirds!  Nona has been playing scrabble, lazy on the garden swing in all weathers! And made a lovely rainbow for our window.




Over Easter, Vanessa B made some chocolate nests, tye dyed a t shirt and made some bubble bar soaps.






Here’s a couple of pics of the Turner boys celebrating Louie’s 10th birthday in lockdown style x


We’re missing our lovely school so so much, I hope you’re all safe and well.








Ben Wilson misses you all


Stay safe xxx






Gracie F has been cooking, up-cycling furniture and cooking!




Gracie F is continuing to keep up with school work and helping by making the tea!




“Mia M has been doing school work on a morning, she absolutely loves TT rock stars and her maths has came on leaps and bounds, we’ve done PE with Joe and listen to David Walliams.  On afternoons we do cooking, cleaning, gardening and walk our dogs, then on an evening with this lovely weather we’ve had bbq’s and hot tub fun.  This week though on Thursday night we welcomed our new arrivals and the girls have never took their eyes off them since just a few pictures I thought you could share everyone loves puppy pics hopefully we will be back to school soon and Mia can tell you all about them”




“We picked Robert’s cross country vest up yesterday, today we didn’t do a run as we are also cycling lots and thought we would share a picture at Colins seat up the Waskerley way with Robert in his school vest”




“In the gallery is a photograph taken of Keira in her rainbow hat posting a birthday card to Captain Tom for his 100th birthday. We loved the stay safe video. Well done to everyone. Keira is missing everyone in Class 4, especially her BFF’s. 💜”




“Hi everyone , i hope everyone is well i am missing you all loads, so i have asked my mam to send some pictures of what we have been doing since we have been off.. we have had loads of fun, but my mam has made sure i do my work .. thanks for that mr medows haha 😂 STAY SAFE EVERYONE see yous all soon lewis x p.s missing your jokes in assembly mr Dixon 🌝”




It’s great to hear that Robert L is still committed to his cross country training – below is a picture of Robert from a morning run on his favourite hill near hownsgill where he trains…




While walking through the woods to Allensford, my boys saw little colourful doors high up on the trees, when i got closer i could see each door had a name on, Rosie, Lailee and Honey. I told them i knew those lovely names…I emailed Lailee’s Mam and it was there doors! A great craft idea that they have made that made my boys look for more. Thank you Lailee M and family! Photos below, Mrs Raine




Corey C-B has been spending quality time with his family,for VE day they have had a little tea party outside with some home baked scones! They also ordered some caterpillars and watched as they transformed into gorgeous painted lady butterflies. One of them didn’t want to leave Corey and stayed on his arm for about 10 minutes.  Brilliant




A photograph below of Keira was taken on V.E Day. Keira is holding her Great Grandad’s

medal from the President for helping to liberate France during World War Two. Her Great Grandad was only 20 when he was in France during the war.




A few pictures of Isaac J below having some fun times during the lockdown.




We are very proud that Rebecca’s (Yr 3) rainbow picture and chocolate cake she made has appeared on the girl guides facebook page. Well done Rebecca D.




“Some pics below of Caleb keeping busy when he’s not doing school work or playing on the PS4!

Planting, growing (not just basil, radish and beetroot but finally his second front tooth too! 😉 ) watering… Mastering making his favourite food, pancakes! Tea outdoors followed by toasting marshmallows on the fire. A special delivery of his next set of all stars cricket gear… to name a few things…


Caleb is missing staff and friends, sending hugs, well wishes and be safe xxx”










		
		


Home Work Packs – Set 2


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The second set of work packs are almost complete. If you have emailed consettjunior@durhamlearning.net or rang school to request paper copies, you will be sent a school text in the next day or so to inform they are ready to collect.  Please do not come before receiving your text as they will not be 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.


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. However, you can still contact Mrs Raine at either option above to request one is ready.


From 3.00 p.m. today 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, and will take several hours to complete. If you have not yet printed or saved the documents from your child’s page, you only have until 3.00 p.m. to do so. Once the pages are live again the only work on there will be the newly uploaded packs. This is to save confusion on what your child has or hasn’t done. Do not start any work until you receive your text. All children in each class have different capabilities, your text will be curtailed to meet your child’s ability.


Finally, and most importantly of all, these second packs are for AFTER EASTER. Please, please ensure your child has two weeks off from school over the next two weeks, with the exception of reading, having LOTS of fun and making memories through learning of a special kind.  Therefore it will be four weeks from Friday 3rd April before you can expect anymore work.  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


Childcare for Key Workers during the Easter Holidays


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The government have asked schools to consider opening to provide childcare for children of key workers during the Easter Holidays. We will be opening school to support our families.


If we have already informed you that you qualify, please email consettjunior@durhamlearning.net if you require your child to be in school at anytime over the next two weeks and ensure you include the dates and times. If you do not need childcare you do not need to email. If there are no childcare requests on some days then we will not open the school.


Can you also be please consider other options for childcare as the advice is only to send children to school if there is absolutely NO other option.


SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY 10TH AND MONDAY 13TH APRIL – BANK HOLIDAY


Stay safe

CJS team


Free School Meal Vouchers


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As you are aware we have been providing packed lunches from school during the closure. As of this Friday, 3rd April. They will no longer be available. This is because the government have introduced a national voucher scheme to support families in providing food for their children when we are unable to.


If your child is entitled to free school meals then you qualify for this scheme and will receive a £15 per week per child evoucher. More details are being released to us today.


These vouchers are for term time only and will start following the Easter holidays. However, we must have your email address to get the vouchers to you.


If you would like to receive them please email consettjunior@durhamlearning.net Ii you do not email or ring us we will assume you do not want this support.


If you did not receive a school text today and you feel you are entitled, please also ring the school office.


Thanks

Mrs Raine

Operations Manager


Silly Face Challenge…


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First of all, can we say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who joined in with the 8.00 p.m. clap for our NHS last night. Our home estates were amazing, the atmosphere and support from our community laves us tearful and speechless. We have an amazing team of NHS workers and they are doing a brilliant job in uncertain times. We do appreciate you…


In a bid to try and keep our families upbeat as they isolate together, can you now send in your most ‘silly’ faces…these will be uploaded to the gallery below.  For children (and adults) this will get the laughter going, it will also be a chance for children to see pictures of their friends, who we are sure they are all missing.


Stay safe


The CJS staff team.


		
		


Parent’s Guide to Cyber Safety


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From Durham Constabulary’s Cyber Protect Team:


 


With schools now being officially shut because of the COVID-19 outbreak, it is likely that there will be an increase of internet use for families and children over the coming weeks. With that in mind, here are some great tips for parents on setting up the right controls and privacy settings to ensure their child stays safe online. You can find these in detail in our ‘Parents Guide to Cyber Safety’ advice booklet which is attached below.


 


The booklet looks at the following areas:


 


Smart Devices


There are a number of different ways to secure your child’s device within the phone settings. Some of these are turning off location settings, blocking inappropriate content and disabling app purchasing.


 


Broadband & Mobile Networks


Did you know you can restrict certain websites on devices connected to your home router? You can also use these settings to make the home Wi-Fi unavailable to a device after say 9pm for example!


 


Gaming


We look at questions to ask when buying a games console, such as if the console or games have chat facilities, is your child able to make purchases using their games console, or does your child’s gamertag reveal their identity?


 


Social Media


There are many features that you can put in place to ensure social media is safe for your child, like ensuring accounts are private not public, filtering out inappropriate comments and setting up two-factor authentication.


 


There are also a number of websites that give detailed advice on staying safe online, such as:


 






 


We are on social media! We post regular cyber safety updates on social media and you can find us @DurhamCyber on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact the Durham Constabulary Cyber Protect Team at cyber.protect@durham.pnn.police.uk. Please be aware that our inbox is not staffed 24/7. Ring 999 in an emergency or 101 to report an incident.





Free Daily Resources For Children


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If you are struggling for ideas for things to do at home with your child…how about these…


PE with Joe Wicks on YouTube – week days at 9.00 a.m. but you can visit anytime on youtube to view the workout.


Wildlife With Steve Backshall On Facebook – everyday at 9.30 a.m. for answering all your wildlife, biology, conservation, geography and exploration questions.


Science with Maddie Moate on YouTube – weekdays at 11.00 a.m., Maddie and Greg chat about science and nature.


Dance with Oti Mabuse On Facebook – everyday at 11.30 a.m. but children can view the class at anytime.


Maths with Carol Vorderman – free access to her maths website; http://www.themathsfactor.com


Music with Myleene Klass on YouTube – twice a week and the next one is Friday 27th March at 10.00 a.m.


Storytime with david Walliams – free story everyday at 11.00 a.m. on his website: http://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com