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Information from NCD for Y11 students.

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Apply now/ your application

New College Durham are continuing to take applications for the 20/21 academic year. Apply now to secure your place by completing an online application at www.newcollegedurham.ac.uk

If you are unsure about which programme you would like to study you can:

If you have already applied, we are continuing to process applications as normal and will invite you for a telephone interview. If you have already accepted a place on a course, this still stands and we look forward to enrolling you on your chosen programme over the summer. If you have changed your mind about the course you are interested in, this is no problem, please just contact our admissions team admissions@newdur.ac.uk

Help, I’ve run out of books at home!

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Help, I’ve run out of books at home!

  • There are a number of free e-books available through Amazon Kindle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=21173577031

  • You don’t need to own a Kindle to access these, just download the Kindle app on your phone or tablet

  • You can borrow books and/or e-books for free from your local library.

  •   Register at Durham Library Services online here…   https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/21225/Join-the-library

  • …then access their huge range of E-books and E-magazines online here: https://www.durham.gov.uk/ebooks

  • You can either access the books on your computer. Alternatively, there is an app you can download on your phone or tablet.

Information from New College Durham

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Our admissions department are currently in the process of contacting all student applicants who have not yet received their Interview/offer. The plan is to arrange telephone interviews as a solution during the college closure.

 

Some students have given their school emails and we are aware that some may have difficulty accessing their school account. We would be grateful if you could contact your students and make them aware that we will be in touch via email/text with their telephone interview date and time, and to also encourage your students to get in touch with our admissions team on admissions@newdur.ac.uk to update their contact details, if necessary, stating the following:

 

  • Full name
  • Date of Birth
  • Course(s) applied for
  • New email address

 

We would also be very grateful if you could please include this very useful link, should they have any questions about their application or offer: https://www.newcollegedurham.ac.uk/apply/faqs/application-faqs/.

School Nurse

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Remember the school nurse is still available for support, contactable on 03000 269875

Support for students entitled to Free School Meals

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Children in receipt of Free School Meals will be receiving a Tesco voucher this week to enable parents to purchase food for two weeks.  The government is about to launch a similar scheme which should support parents for the rest of this year.

From Durham Constabulary’s Cyber Protect Team:

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With schools now being officially shut because of the COVID-19 outbreak, it is likely that there will be an increase of internet use for families and children over the coming weeks. With that in mind, here are some great tips for parents on setting up the right controls and privacy settings to ensure their child stays safe online. You can find these in detail in our ‘Parents Guide to Cyber Safety’ advice booklet which is attached to this email.
 
The booklet looks at the following areas:
 
Smart Devices
They are a number of different ways to secure your child’s device within the phone settings. Some of these are turning off location settings, blocking inappropriate content and disabling app purchasing.
 
Broadband & Mobile Networks
Did you know you can restrict certain websites on devices connected to your home router? You can also use these settings to make the home Wi-Fi unavailable to a device after say 9pm for example!
 
Gaming
We look at questions to ask when buying a games console, such as if the console or games have chat facilities, is your child able to make purchases using their games console, or does your child’s gamertag reveal their identity?
 
Social Media
There are many features that you can put in place to ensure social media is safe for your child, like ensuring accounts are private not public, filtering out inappropriate comments and setting up two-factor authentication.
 
There are also a number of websites that give detailed advice on staying safe online, such as:
 
 
We are on social media! We post regular cyber safety updates on social media and you can find us @DurhamCyber on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can also contact the Durham Constabulary Cyber Protect Team at cyber.protect@durham.pnn.police.uk. Please be aware that our inbox is not staffed 24/7. Ring 999 in an emergency or 101 to report an incident.