This is a reminder to return your order with payment to the school office before 3.30 p.m. on Friday (25th October).
We cannot accept late orders, but you can order direct from Mark Wilkinson’s shop.
Thank you,
Mrs Raine
by dawnraine
This is a reminder to return your order with payment to the school office before 3.30 p.m. on Friday (25th October).
We cannot accept late orders, but you can order direct from Mark Wilkinson’s shop.
Thank you,
Mrs Raine
by dawnraine
Around 1,000 people are injured by fireworks every year, with 5% of those injuries being serious. The majority of these injuries take place at family or private parties, with many of those happening to children under the age of 17.
The safest way for your staff and students to celebrate bonfire night is to attend an organised display. You can find out where your nearest display will take place at http://durham.gov.uk/fireworks
The Fire and Rescue Service also deal with hundreds of nuisance incidents each year relating to bonfires. You can support them by reporting any illegal bonfires you may see to Durham County Council on 03000 260 000 or online at Report a bonfire.
by dawnraine
There are several families with money outstanding on ParentPay, please log in and pay any money due before Friday 25th October.
Thank you
by dawnraine
We are currently looking to recruit a temporary entry level TA. Please see job advert link below for more details.
https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Teaching_Assistant_Entry_Level/192415
by dawnraine
Below are details of the second half of the autumn terms after school clubs. Letters for the three ‘New’ clubs will be given to children to book their place(s). Our clubs are popular so please ensure you return your forms sooner rather than later.
Lego and Mindfulness and Dodgeball clubs will finish w/c 21st October, and will NOT continue after the half term holidays.
*NEW* Doodle Club for children in years 4 and 5 every Tuesday until 4.30 p.m. from Tuesday 5th November. The cost is £6.00 for the 6 week half term (not including the last week of half term), limited to 25 places. The last session will the Tuesday 10th December.
*NEW* Badminton Club for children in year 6 for four Thursdays until 4.30 p.m. from Thursday 7th November. The cost is £4.00 for the 4 week half term (not including the last three weeks of half term), limited to 16 places. The last session will the Thursday 28th November.
*NEW* Countdown to Christmas movie club with refreshments, for children in all years for three Thursdays in December. The movies on show are on the app calendar, but a letter will also be sent out. Each movie is on from 3.30 – 5.15 p.m. and each week the cost is £1.50. Children can pay to stay for all three movies, or pay only for certain ones. Please return your letter and payment to book your child onto the movie register. A reminder text will be sent to families the day before each movie. Children will be provided with a drink and they can bring fruit (ONLY).
*CHANGES* Football Training will continue after school until 4.45 p.m. every Friday. But due to the popularity of this club, and the poorer weather, after half term the football training will only be offered to children in years 3 and 4. After Christmas and until the February half term it will only be offered to children in year 5 & 6. After that then it will change again. THERE ARE NO SPACES FOR NEW MEMBERS – EXISTING MEMBERS ONLY.
w/c 4th November until Friday 13th December (6 weeks) – children in year 3 and 4 only. Not the last day of term.
w/c 7th January until Friday 14th February (6 weeks) – children in year 5 and 6 only.
Please note – selected girls in upper school will be invited to train regardless of their year group, due to upcoming girls fixtures.
Art club will continue every Friday, until 4.30 p.m., this club will run until June 2020. This is for children in Year 3 only and is currently full with a waiting list. There is NO art club on Friday 20th December.
Brass band – For current members will continue from Monday 4th November until 4.30 p.m. and is £1.50 per week.
Karate club – For existing members will run after school from Tuesday 5th November until Tuesday 3rd December. The grading date for the autumn term is during school time on Tuesday 10th December. Date to recommence after Christmas is to be decided.
Cross Country – This is a lunchtime running club for existing members. Children run Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes. Selected children also run after school on a Tuesday. This club will run for the entire academic year.
A register of children attending all clubs will be taken. Band, karate, football, art and cross country remain as last term (members only).
by dawnraine
We are very excited to inform you that we have received funding from the British Council to be part of a Connecting Classroom project this year. We have been partnered with Global Pathshala school, Bhaktapur in Kathmandu, Nepal and will be working alongside staff and children within this setting to look at the issue of waste disposal at both a local and global level.
http://www.globalpathshala.edu.np/welcome-to-global-pathshala.html
As part of the project Mrs Leggett will be travelling to Nepal in November to work in our partner school, get to know the staff and children and bring back first-hand resources for the children in Consett. Similarly, the Nepalese teacher will visit our school in June 2020 to meet the children, share experiences from Nepal and learn about our community. Both Beechdale Nursery and Consett Infant school are also involved with this project.
This means that the children will take part in a number of activities such as monitoring the amount of litter produced within school, considering how this is disposed of, designing a zero-waste meal to be cooked for lunch, planning improvements around school for recycling waste material and writing a global pledge to be adopted by all children. The children in our partner school will be carrying out similar activities and the results will be shared and discussed collaboratively along the way.
This is a fantastic opportunity for our children to learn about the Nepalese culture and customs, expand their horizons and develop a worldwide view of environmental health and how these impact upon a culture other than their own through first hand study and exploration. We will be organising a celebration event at the end of the year to celebrate this work to which you will all be invited. However, I anticipate that you will learn a lot more about this project as it develops, either through correspondence from school or conversations with your child.
by dawnraine
Please click on the link below to access the October 2019 Newsletter
https://consettjun8402277.wp-sch.durham.gov.uk/parents/school-newsletters/
by dawnraine
Please find below the new 3 week rota of the Taylor Shaw winter menu. This will commence from 4th November. If your child has a special diet, their menus have been curtailed for their needs and separate copies sent hope.
Consett Junior School – Winter Menu 2019Consett Junior School – Winter Menu 2019
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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
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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.