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Sefton Council have asked our school to share the following information.
Services that will continue to operate include critical social care services for children and adults.
Emergency contacts on December 24th, 29th, 30th, and 31st between 9:00am and 5:30pm:
Children’s Social Care 0151 909 1206
Adult Social Care 0151 909 1523
For Social Care emergencies at all other times call the Emergency Duty Team 0151 934 3555
Support can also be accessed from the Family Wellbeing Centres in Sefton. There will be 3 operating across North, Central and South Sefton.
North Locality |
Talbot Street Family Well Being Centre St Andrew Place PR8 1HR |
01704 534975 |
Central Locality |
Netherton Family Well Being Centre Magdalen Square, Bootle L30 5QH |
0151 282 1405 |
South Locality |
Marie Clark Family Well Being Centre Linacre Lane Bootle L20 5A |
0151 330 5260 |
Please see the link to Sefton CVS, which will include these key Council info, alongside Foodbanks, GPs, Pharmacies etc over Christmas, and details of any VCF sector activities like Christmas meals and homeless shelters.
School council have been working hard on a wonderful project to help combat loneliness in the local community. They have decided to focus on making connections with the local care homes and their residents who have missed out on much needed contact with their loved ones this year.
The children shared some heart warming ideas and decided that they’d like to send a small token to each home to let them know that we are all thinking of them. They have created small hampers filled with gifts and treats which the residents can enjoy. Each school council member has been promoting this in class and has encouraged every child to make a handmade card to go with the hampers.
Hampers will be delivered over the next few days and will no doubt spread some much needed Christmas cheer. We will send out another picture update when the members of our school council have been out doing some deliveries.
We all did the Santa Dash in our PE lessons last week.
It was mostly cold and damp but we had loads of fun!
Thank you to everyone who donated Christmas goodies for Southport Soup Kitchen.
Helpers came to collect the donation on Friday and FRJS pupils helped pack the bags and load the car.
Your donations will make a huge difference to those in need in Southport as we enter the Festive period. Thank you.
We have now sent new reports to every family in the school.
Mr Antell has shared a video with families to help explain the new system. This can be found on this link:
https://farnborough-road-junior-school.primarysite.media/media/our-new-reports-explained
Remember that at the start of the school year we do not expect any child to have hit their target. The targets
are for the end of the year and the children are on a journey to achieve these over the next few
months. The lockdown period will also have had an impact so please do not be too concerned if
your child seems to be a long way from their prediction. ‘Catch Up’ is already happening in school
and we will be expanding this in the coming months.
After reports have been sent we will offer the choice of a phone call or a ‘Google Meet’ with your child’s class
teacher. We will try to be as flexible as possible with these dates, which will be arranged via ClassDojo.
Google Meet is a simple video link that will work very well on any device. It is free to use but you
will need to prepare beforehand. If you plan to use this option on a phone or a tablet, you will
need to download the free Google Meet App before the day of your meeting. If you are using a
laptop, the link provided will work with the normal browser.
The links to our website with all of the key information that you require are as follows:
Explanation of Reports for Y3, 4 and 5
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/farnborough-road-junior-school/UploadedDocument/de2c81f4902145659b4307a814cd0671/amended-explaining-our-school-report-nov-2020-y34-5.pdf
Explanation of Y6 Reports:
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/farnborough-road-junior-school/UploadedDocument/b1a9ab5bd64842c7aea7e0965347b182/sample-report-and-explanation-letter-nov-2020-y6.pdf
Parent/Teacher Meetings
https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/farnborough-road-junior-school/UploadedDocument/2f6a82dc4484446d9842c71bf457a732/parent-teacher-meetings-december-2020.pdf
We know so much of this is new but everyone has become very used to constant change in the last few months so I'm sure we will whizz through this too!
Remember, any questions can come to me in the usual ways.
The amazing FRJS 'Book Factor' Vending Machine was used for the first time today with 8 regular readers from across the school getting the first turn.
Two children from each year were selected at random as winners and they now take home a book from the machine. Emily from Y3 was very lucky as her book had a Golden Ticket that gave her an additional coin for a second book.
Photo s can be found below.
We revealed the machine via video last week.
As a reward for regular reading each week, children will be entered into a draw where 2 winners will be picked at random from each year group.
Those lucky children will be able to select a book from the vending machine that they will be able to keep forever. We have a wonderful selection of titles that will appeal to everyone.
We also have 'Golden Tickets' in a small number of the books. A Golden Ticket will mean that the winner either gets a SECOND token for a book from the machine or a book voucher.
We are the only school to have a machine like this in the region.
To win, all you have to do is READ, READ, READ!
We have a range of resources to help you if your child is learning from home.
Click this link for more details.