Today’s message has a safety theme, but with three quite different messages. The first part comes from Mrs Taylor, one of our Living and Learning leaders. Mrs Taylor writes:
Today is Safer Internet Day. What can you do at home to make sure your child is safe online?
Here are some free resources for you to use to start the conversation with your child about online safety including these top tips.
Other key websites providing support for parents/carers on staying safe online include:
- Internet matters – helping parents/carers keep their children safe online
- Net Aware – providing guides to apps, games and social media sites
- Thinkuknow – providing support for keeping children safe
- Own It app – for older children this new, free app is designed to support, help and advise children when they explore the online world
- National Online Safety – here you can find free weekly online safety guides and details of their new National Online Safety App
- E-safety Office – have a look at their twelve guides for parents, covering a range of topics including app safety, YouTube, cyberbullying and selfies.
Finally, take a look at our Online Safety page for our top online safety tips and guidance.
Next week is half-term , but we still need to know if your child tests positive for Covid…
If your child has been attending school this week, we need you to tell us if they’ve had a positive Covid test result in the period Saturday 13 February to Thursday 18 February 2021. So you can give us all the information we need, please use this form or scan this QR code.
This means we’ll have the information to take the necessary actions, laid down by the Department for Education. If we have to advise that your child self-isolates, we’ll do this by email.
Finally, for your interest only…
You might be aware that more and more workplaces are being encouraged by the government to offer Covid self-testing kits. For a couple of weeks now, our staff have been self-testing themselves for Covid-19 – thankfully all getting negative results so far. Here, Miss Wilson, who’s been teaching the online Reading Skills sessions for the Y5,6 home learners, picks up her first kit.
