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School Closure – One Day for Extenuating Circumstances

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Dear Families,
We have now been informed by the family of Mr Jackson that his funeral will take place on Tuesday (13th April). As a mark of respect for our colleague and very dear friend, the school will be closed to all pupils on Tuesday 13th April.
We will be celebrating Mr Jackson’s life and his 50 years in education throughout the summer term and beyond.
I’m sure you will join me, in sending our love to his family.

Paul Dixon

Headteacher

Covid Cases in School over Easter

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Dear families, 

First of all, we hope you are enjoying the Easter break, and of course the weather.  Unfortunately, some staff have not been so rested. DfE guidance advised staff to continue to complete the Lateral Flow Tests throughout the holidays.  As a result of this several staff have tested positive for Covid, three of these have been confirmed by a PCR test.  We have completed a risk assessment with PHE and have NOT identified any school members who would need to isolate due to being a contact as symptoms started well after last contact with school, however, as a precaution we have been advised to inform you that we have had four members of staff test positive for Covid either by LFT and/or PCR tests.
Please can all families be vigilant and monitor any symptoms children may present with at home, this is particularly important for Year 6 children, as the majority of staff cases are from this year group.
If you or your children develop symptoms it is very important you follow the guidance.

Please can you also ensure you make us aware of any positive results by emailing consettjunior@durhamlearning.net

Take care and stay safe

CJS Team

Forest School – Year 4

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Dear Parents/Carers,

Year 4 will be starting Forest School on Wednesday 14th April 2021. Their sessions will be carried out on a Wednesday in the school grounds. Class 3 (Mr Meadows) will do the first half of the summer term and Class 4 (Mrs Taylor/Miss Thompson) will do the second half of the half term.

Children will need the following Forest School kit:

wellington boots, jogging bottoms, a t-shirt, a sweat shirt/long sleeved top and a pair of warm socks. Please don’t go out and buy anything new.

Kit will get dirty and muddy so only send your child wearing old clothing. Children will come to school on a Wednesday wearing their Forest School kit, however, wellington boots should be brought in a separate bag. Wellington boots should also display your child’s name.

In school we have waterproofs and a few pairs of spare wellington boots which your child may wear if needed.

Please feel free to contact school if you have any questions regarding Forest School.

Yours sincerely,
Mr S Meadows (Y4 Class Teacher).

Easter Egg Competition Gallery

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Dear Families

Please see the wonderful decorated Easter egg entries from all children who took part. Two winners from each class were selected and received their prizes today.

Have a ‘cracking’ Easter

From all the team at CJS

Leavers Hoodie Payments

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Dear families of Year 6 children.

Leavers hoodie payments are due this Friday, 26th March.

If you opted to use Ford Castle balances I have done this and have a total of your remaining balance. If you have chosen to pay on ParentPay and have not yet done so I have sent you a text message reminder today.

If you did not receive a text message reminder you have either paid or you had sufficient Ford Castle credit to cover the cost.

I know many families (and children) are wondering if and what will be arranged for them in celebrating their many years attendance at our school, given the current situation. Please rest assured, we are working in the background to ensure this will be a memorable end to their year. However, we need to follow the Governments road map very carefully. Once I can share these ‘special’ events, I will.

As usual, we will subsidise costs as best we can from school fund, but we will also need some contributions towards the costs of some of the events.

Mrs Raine
School Operations Manager

Easter Egg Competition

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Dear Families

As you are aware, Easter is fast approaching and we are looking forward to our egg decorating competition. This year we are asking that the eggs are decorated at HOME and you email a photograph of your child’s egg design to their year group email address (see emails addresses below). We will choose two winners from each class. All entries need to be emailed to school by 3.30pm on Thursday 25th March.

In order to support the local community during this difficult time, our year 6 children will be making Easter cards in school for the residents of Ferndale Court and other residential care homes in the area.

If you have any questions, please contact school.

year3@cjschool.co.uk<br /> year4@cjschool.co.uk<br /> year5@cjschool.co.uk<br /> year6@cjschool.co.uk

CJS Team

Class 2 – Gym Workout…

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Miss White’s class were in their element yesterday trying out the machines in the outdoor gym, they had a fabulous time!

Red Nose Day – Friday 19th March 2021

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Red Nose Day is back on Friday 19th March and this year it’s never felt more important to have some fun and raise money to support people living incredibly tough lives. We need the power of funny to turn laughs into lasting change.

To raise money this year we would like the children to come to school wearing non-uniform, OR would love to see children being a little more adventurous and keep with the Red Nose Day theme, we do not expect families to run out and buy items, you can make use of things at home i.e. red noses, themed t-shirt, red hair, red clothes etc…but non-uniform is fine. However, there is a catch…you must donate money for them to do so.

During the afternoon children will spend time doing Red Nose Day activities in their class, and talking about why we have Red Nose Day each year.

Please do not send cash into school, instead all donations are to be made through ParentPay but using this link

https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=3215

CJS team

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