On Wednesday the 7th of July we are going to have our sports day-albeit a little different this year. This event will be carried out in year group bubbles with children competing in their school competition houses.

Years 3 & 4 will be taking part in a range of events in the morning and year 5 & 6 will be having their sports day in the afternoon. For this event we are asking children to wear a t-shirt in their house colour (class teachers will be reminding children of their house) and sports wear on the bottom.

Aynsley: blue.

Dale: yellow.

Edgar: green.

Unsworth: red.

Also, please be mindful of the weather on this day as a hat and sun cream may be required, as well as an extra water bottle.

Unfortunately, parents will not be able to spectate this year, but our school photographer will be in taking lots of pictures which we will convert into a fun video for you to view on our School’s YouTube channel.

Good luck to everyone and may the best house win…

CJS Team

FAO of current Year 5 families

We are generating interest at this moment in time to see if there is enough demand to organise a residential trip in May 2022. Many places are not open in full yet and the ones that are open are filling up fast. We have provisionally reserved Monday 16th May – Wednesday 19th May 2022 and we have been told the cost will be £267 however, we are able to subsidies some of this cost so you would only pay £240 per child. The cost of the coach is not included, but again, we will subsidies this cost.

A link to the centre is below and we will be booking the Alston Site.

https://www.robinwood.co.uk/

Please can you complete this initial interest form below no later than 3.00 p.m. on Friday 11th June. If there is enough interest then we will proceed to book and a £25 deposit will be required to secure your child’s place before Friday 16th July 2021.

Please note, deposits are non-refundable, and failure to pay in full before the deadline will mean your child will not be able to attend.

Children who do not go will spend time out of school in the local area doing other fun things on those days.

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CJS Team

To all our families…

As you may remember, our outdoor library was burnt down last year. Thanks to all the amazing fundraising, lead by one of our parents (Kyla).

With the money raised and a substantial amount added from our budget we have gone bigger and better. At the moment we have a company furnishing the in side of it and this will be completed in a few weeks. As this touched the hearts of so many in our community, we thought it only fair to allow our children to name it…

Please can you ask your child if they would like to enter this competition to name our outdoor library/intervention/quiet space and for their entry to be emailed to Mrs Raine before Friday 25th June. All names will be shared with parents who will be asked to vote for the best one.

consettjunior@durhamlearning.net

They will be given a small reward and will also feature in a photograph which will be published in our local paper. We hope this will all be done by the end of term.

Good Luck!

CJS Team

On Tuesday 15th June (next week) year 5 are going to Adventure Sunderland to take part in some very exciting water-based activities. The actual activities will be dependent on the weather on the day but the options are: paddle boarding, kayaking, raft building, pier jumping and body boarding.

The children will be participating in the activities with their classes; with class 5 spending the morning playing beach games with CJS staff whilst class 6 take part in the water activities. Both classes will then have lunch and swap for the afternoon.

The bus will be leaving school at 8:30 prompt so please can all children be in school for no later than 8:15 so they can be registered. The children will be back at school between 3:50-4pm depending on traffic.

For the day the children MUST bring (they cannot go without these things):

-a swimming costume
-a towel
-a SPARE pair of old trainers that they don’t mind getting wet
-packed lunch (unless pre-ordered from school)
-2 water bottles
-please ensure long hair is tied back

Children do not need to wear their school uniform for this trip but please be mindful of the weather on the day- a hat and sun cream may be beneficial as the children will be spending all of the day outside on the beach. They do not need money, but please pay the £5 contribution on ParentPay.

If your child has asthma or any medicines they need to take please ensure this is brought in with them on the day.

Adventure Sunderland will be providing wetsuits for the water activities.

We are very much looking forward to this trip and giving the children the opportunity to experience some exciting new activities.

Year 5 Team

On Monday 5th July children can come to school wearing red, white or blue and the kitchen have created a spectacular menu to keep in with the American theme.

If your child is on packed lunches they are welcome to have a dinner on this day, as long as you have pre-ordered using the form below. Please complete the form in the link below by Wednesday 23rd June.

Here is the menu…

Philly cheese steak sub
Southern fired chicken taco
Tater tots or fries
Mini corn cobs OR Boston bbq beans
Cobb salad OR Nacho chips
Cornbread
Keylime pie OR Rocky road brownies

Cream soda!

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We have been contacted by the Headteacher of Wolsingham High School, Mr Jonathan Ferstenberg. He has asked if it would be possible to speak with Year 5 parents, to introduce himself and his school – sharing information that may be useful in helping you chose a secondary school place for your child. (This year we have 3 pupils going to Wolsingham)

I have arranged for him to come into school at 4pm on Wednesday 30th June. This meeting is for parents only, please no children.

If you would like to attend, please complete the form below – this is just to manage numbers etc.

Mr Dixon

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Message below shared on behalf of the SEND advisory team:

Dear Families

The Local Area are looking at the opportunities parents and young people have to give feedback when going through the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) process. Currently there is an online form but this isn’t usually filled in, it used to be a paper survey but that also rarely got filled in and returned.

We are looking for some parents/carers of a child with an EHCP to be involved in a Zoom session to tell us their views. This is to get better knowledge/feedback which will improve the systems for parents and young people, creating a better experience when going through the EHCP process.

The dates for the zoom sessions are as follows:
Monday 14th June – 1pm
Thursday 17th June – 7pm
Friday 18th June – 10am

Families are asked to contact MCT as outlined in the poster below to be involved

EHCP Leaflet

Please follow this link to access the June 2021 newsletter.

School Newsletters

Once again this newsletter contains a significant amount of information, below is a list of things we have covered. It is very important you read and make a note of dates that relate to your child.

Introduction
Attendance
School dinners
May school fund
Year 6 assessment week
Covid-19 – Reporting cases to school over half term
Breakfast club start time
Ordering uniform for September 2021
Covid local support grant
E-safety sessions
OurSchoolApp
Forest school – year 4 (reminder)
Bags in school
Class Teachers – September 2021
Dates for your diary – VERY IMPORTANT

CJS