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September Voluntary School Fund

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Just a quick thank you to all families that have sent in school fund for September, we have banked £98.

School Fund is used for the benefit of all pupils at the school.

Examples include:

Hire of recreational facilities

Prize expenses i.e. Head Teacher, Reading Race

Subsidising travel expenses of pupils eg: field trips, sports fixtures

Improvement of the school environment

Class resources

Some After school clubs

Individual and Class rewards

Special events

Supplementing library stock

Additional teaching resources

Often, these things cannot be purchased through our school budget.

Thank you.

Raffle Tickets – Consett Lions Club

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We have raffle tickets available to buy in school until Thursday 14th November. The raffle is being held by Consett Lions Club, which is a voluntary organisation who support our local community. Each ticket is £1 and 70% of the money collected will be donated to Consett Junior Brass. This will fund the school brass band and enable us to buy more music and instruments so that more children can play in the band.

1st prize is £500 and there are many other valuable prizes on offer. The raffle will be drawn on Monday 18th November and you will be contacted if you have won a prize.

If you would like to buy some raffle tickets, please send the money to school in an envelope with your child’s name on. We thank you for the support you continue to show towards the school band.

Kind Regards

Rebecca Waters

Deputy Headteacher

Ford Castle 2019 – Gallery

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There are 45 of our Year 6 children at Ford Castle, here is a look into what they are up to while they are away.  Keep checking back as more photographs will be added as they are sent to the office…

 

September Attendance Reward

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The whole school attendance for September is 97.07% which is an excellent start to the year. Last September is was 96.75%. We have had a few children absent with sickness, but this does not seem to be to much of an issue. Please continue to inform school each day if your child is absent, this ensures there are no unauthorised absences which then instigate further action and monitoring.

The attendance by year group is as follows:

Year 3 – 97.55%
Year 4 – 97.61%
Year 5 – 95.40% – Come on year 5…lets go for it for October!
Year 6 – 97.88% – EXCELLENT YEAR 6

As year 6 have achieved the best attendance for September each child in year 6 will be given a cake/giant cookie this Friday (4th October) as their reward.

Class 8 (Miss Waters) have achieved the reward for the best class attendance at a phenomenal 98.38%, well done! The Class 8 reward for this is a FREE non-uniform day which will also be on Friday 4th October.

Classes 1 and 3 were very close in joint second position with an attendance of 97.74%

This Seasons First Cross Country Race

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It was an absolute priveldge to be part of this seasons first race. We took 25 members of our weekly cross country training to the first race at Catchgate Primary tonight and every single child ran their socks off. The camaraderie was amazing, so many participating schools, excited and nervous children and also amazing support from parents!

So well done and a big shout out to; Jack M, Matthew C, Robert L, Abigail C, Teagan H, Sarah B, Matthew T, Matthew F, Robyn L, Scarlett D, Mollie T, Imogen T, Caitlin F, Hollie B, Isabelle M, Maja K, Imogen C, Ben A, Joshua G, Kian N, Beth B, Zach F, Tyler M, Joseph V and Loki J.

We are so proud you represented our school!!

Reporting Absences

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If your child is absent from school for any reason you MUST inform the school. There are several children absent today and no reason has been provided. There are several ways you can inform the school office, as it is known that sometimes getting through on the on busy mornings can be difficult.

You can ring 01207 504431, you can text 07537436638 or you can email consettjunior@durhamlearning.net

If your child is poorly and their illness means they need to be absent for 48 hours, you do not need to ring on the second day of absence, however, if this goes into the third day then you must make contact with school.

If your child’s absences become frequent or pattern based, i.e. off regularly on Mondays or Fridays, then action will be taken to prove your child is off unwell. This may mean letters are requested from their GP, or a home visit from the school or attendance team officer.

Further concern will result in a referral to the Local Authority, where warnings, interviews or fines are issued. If you do not inform the office regarding absence, or we have reason to believe the reason provided for your child’s absence is not correct, we will refer. There have been occasions where children have told us they have been on holiday, yet families claim they have been unwell.

It is against the law to keep your child off school if they are well enough to be in.

Recent Kitchen Awards

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Goods news from a catering team, Keith and Nicky…

“I would just like to take some time to tell you of some excellent results for your School Kitchen and its catering service that is offered to the children.

In the last 2 weeks we have had three separate annual assessments. They all came at once!

Firstly, our Taylor Shaw run kitchen was awarded a 100% rating in its annual Durham County Council Performance Assessment. This rates food quality and nutrition, safe working practices as well as staff performance and interaction with our customers, your children.

Secondly, the Kitchen has also become the joint highest performing in the local area as assessed by Internal Audit and Performance Assessors who work on behalf of Taylor Shaw and its parent company, Elior. These specifically look at the areas of Food Safety/Hygiene and Health and Safety.

Lastly, your Kitchen has again been awarded a Level 5 Rating by Durham County council Environmental Health Department is its very recent inspection.

These inspections and assessments show that we are ensuring your child is being given an individual service which provides top quality nutritional ingredients in a safe and welcoming environment.

We welcome you to share in the success of your school kitchen and the peace of mind as parents in ensuring your child is enjoying a balanced meal in a friendly and safe environment.”

Well done Keith and Nicky!!!

Harvest Collections – for ‘Food 4 U’

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Dear Parents/Carers,

As part of our Harvest celebrations this year, we have chosen to collect for the ‘Food 4U’ organisation in Consett.

This organisation provides food parcels for people in need, with short term financial difficulties. We feel that it is important that we contribute to the local community and remember that there are people who are less fortunate than ourselves.

If you would like to donate, please choose from the list of items below. The food product must be new and unopened and can be sent into school with your child up until Thursday 24th October.

Baked Beans

Tinned spaghetti

Tinned potatoes/carrots/peas

Tinned meatballs/ravioli

UHT milk in cartons Cereals (e.g. Weetabix, Cornflakes/Puffed Wheat)

Dried Pasta & pasta sauce

Fray Bentos (tinned) pies or shops own brand equivalent

Tinned fruit Tinned rice pudding Packet or

Pot Noodles Jam- strawberry or raspberry

Meat paste

Hot dogs

Packet soup/Cuppa Soup

Packet mashed potatoes

Small jar instant coffee/packet tea bags

Thank you in anticipation of your support. If you have any questions, please contact school.

Kind Regards

Miss R Waters Deputy Head Teacher

Photograph Ordering

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I have just met with Mark Wilkinson and approved the photo proofs and ordering options from last weeks session. He will print out all the proofs (and duplicates for families who receive information to their homes), and hopes to have them to me by tomorrow (24th September).

Ordering process detailed on your proof is as follows:

Option 1: 1x 10×8 print; 2 x 8×6 prints and 4 x 6×4 prints = £20

Option 2 : Digital download with fee licence for unlimited printing = £20

Add a Christmas Tree Decoration to any option for an additional £3.50 each, just remember to write the quantity you require, if you only ‘tick’ the box you will only get one.

There are also special canvas offers and reprints available, just ask in Mark’s shop for these.

The final day to return your order with payment to school is Friday 25th October. Any late orders cannot be processed with me, but can be ordered from Mark.

There is no obligation to buy your photographs.

Travelling Book Fair

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The Travelling Book Fair will be in the school hall all wee (w/c 25th November).

Children can browse the selection and makes purchases from the fair at the following times:

8.30 – 8.55 a.m. (Not on the Monday as the fair arrive mid-morning).

13.00 – 13.15 p.m.

15.30 – 16.00 p.m.

Parents/carers can also browse the book selection with their children either before or after school (times shown above).

Please remember there is no obligation to buy books, and no monetary amount applied. The school does not receive commission from the sales made but we do receive books for our school if criteria is met.