Please see the message below from Durham County Council:

We are super excited about the Fun and Food Platinum Jubilee Celebrations.  There are lots of fabulous Fun and Food projects taking place over May half Term!  We are still adding activities to our webpage so please keep checking to see what’s on over the holidays www.durham.gov.uk/funandfood

Also remember to join our Facebook group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/funandfoodcountydurham

Please see the information below from the NHS:

Durham-Understanding your… series

Please see the information below from the NHS:

Covid Jab for 5-11 yr old flyer

Please see the message below from Durham County Council:

Whether it’s finding fun things for children to do, paying for extra childcare, or even just all that extra food they seem to eat, the school holidays can be a struggle for many families

This Easter our Fun and Food programme is providing fun activities with healthy food for children and young people. Activities are provided by range of partners including schools, voluntary and community sector groups and sport and leisure services.

For information on Fun and Food activities during the Easter holidays check out www.durham.gov.uk/FunAndFood

Also, join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/funandfoodcountydurham

We will be adding activities to the list throughout the holidays so please keep checking back to find out more about the fabulous opportunities in our community.

Please see the message below from Durham University:

Durham University are running a range of sports and activity camps during the Easter holidays that cater for children aged 5-16 years of age. Holiday camps include Multi sports, Dance and Drama, Adventure, Football and Tennis camps.

Mini sports/Multi sports/Dance and Drama are all £15 per day (09.30am-4.30pm) with wraparound care available between 08.30-09.30am and 4.30-5.30pm for an extra £1.50 per hour. The Adventure camp is for 12-16 year olds and is £120 for 4 days and includes all onsite/offsite activities and lunch each day.

Here is the link to find out more/book – https://www.dur.ac.uk/conference.booking/details/?id=1893

Here are some FAQ’s relating to the camps – https://www.durham.ac.uk/colleges-and-student-experience/team-durham/community/faqs/

Also, children aged 14 and above can volunteer with the University at the summer holiday camps. Here is the link to register your child’s interest – https://forms.office.com/r/7BUR2CX9jz

Easter Camp Flyer 2022

Children and young people (aged 18 years and under) who have symptoms of a respiratory infection, including COVID-19

Respiratory infections are common in children and young people, particularly during the winter months. Symptoms can be caused by several respiratory infections including the common cold, COVID-19 and RSV.

For most children and young people, these illnesses will not be serious, and they will soon recover following rest and plenty of fluids.

Very few children and young people with respiratory infections become seriously unwell. This is also true for children and young people with long-term conditions. Some children under 2, especially those born prematurely or with a heart condition, can be more seriously unwell from RSV.

Attending education is hugely important for children and young people’s health and their future.

When children and young people with symptoms should stay at home and when they can return to education

Children and young people with mild symptoms such as a runny nose, sore throat, or slight cough, who are otherwise well, can continue to attend their education setting.

Children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people, where they can. They can go back to school, college or childcare, and resume normal activities when they no longer have a high temperature and they are well enough to attend.

All children and young people with respiratory symptoms should be encouraged to cover their mouth and nose with a disposable tissue when coughing and/or sneezing and to wash their hands after using or disposing of tissues.

It can be difficult to know when to seek help if your child is unwell. If you are worried about your child, especially if they are aged under 2 years old, then you should seek medical help.

Children and young people aged 18 years and under who have a positive test result

It is not recommended that children and young people are tested for COVID-19 unless directed to by a health professional.

If a child or young person has a positive COVID-19 test result they should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 3 days after the day they took the test, if they can. After 3 days, if they feel well and do not have a high temperature, the risk of passing the infection on to others is much lower. This is because children and young people tend to be infectious to other people for less time than adults.

Children and young people who usually go to school, college or childcare and who live with someone who has a positive COVID-19 test result should continue to attend as normal.

On Friday 8 April (the last day of the spring term), the children will be given time in class to decorate an egg for entry into our Easter Egg Competition.  If your child would like to take part, they will need to bring in an undecorated, hard-boiled egg and any other materials they would like to use – a range of resources will also be available in school.  Prizes will be awarded in the afternoon and the children will be able to bring their eggs home at the end of the day.

Dear Parents/Carers

Over the last two weeks of this term, we will be holding face-to-face parent-teacher meetings as follows:

• Monday 28 March – Y3
• Wednesday 30 March – Y5
• Thursday 31 March – Y1
• Monday 4 April – Y4
• Tuesday 5 April – YR
• Wednesday 6 April – Y2
• Thursday 7 April – Y6

A letter for each year group with further details and a form to complete and return will follow in due course (about a week before the date of the meeting).

Regards

Mr Kirtley
Headteacher

 

Next Friday (18 March) is Red Nose Day. As Friday is PE day for all our classes, we will not be asking the children to dress up because they will need to be in their PE kits as usual. However, they are welcome to wear any Red Nose Day accessories they may have.

We are aware of the strain on household budgets at the current time and we will, therefore, not be asking the children to bring a donation into school. Below, please find a link to the Comic Relief donation page where you can make a donation if you wish to do so.

https://donation.comicrelief.com/cart/1YsYOwm2pHZgBUhWr8ZL13

“Red Nose Day is coming. And whatever you do, no matter how small, you can help people live free from poverty, violence and discrimination. This includes funding organisations that are supporting people right now in Ukraine, and those attempting to cross the border. Because you have the power to change lives.”

 

Please see the message below from Durham County Council:

Watching the horrors of war unfold has been very difficult for many adults this week.  TV and radio news are full of information about the awful attacks on the Ukrainians and, perhaps one advantage of social media, is letting us all see what happens when one country invades another.  Much of the information on TV has, to a certain extent, been sanitised with the most horrific content removed, this is not the case on social media.  We have recently become concerned that some of our children are seeing horrific pictures and videos of the war, and some are struggling to cope with what they have seen.  There is not one particular app or website that is worse than the others.   Pictures and videos of the war are available on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and probably lots of other social media sites too.  In addition they are being reposted so they do not always come directly from Ukraine.  We strongly recommend you take some actions to help your children:

1. Discuss this with your children, have they seen upsetting content?  Explain what you would like them to do if they see something scary. (Turn the device upside down and get either Mum, Dad or their carer – they are not in trouble).
2. Carefully consider what social media (if any) is suitable for your children.  The minimum age for most platforms is 13 because the content providers cannot guarantee that it is suitable for a younger audience.
3. Set up parental controls on devices.  Many apps have settings which try and limit the most graphic content – but even with safety features turned on, content is not guaranteed to be “child friendly”.  The website “Internet Matters” https://www.internetmatters.org/  is particularly useful in providing advice on most apps and security settings.
4. Talk and listen to your children.  We can’t pretend this isn’t happening and they may well have questions and worries which are better discussed than kept secret.
5. If you have serious concerns then please talk to the school as staff there may be able to help, or it might be that other children from the school are equally affected.