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Parent guide to Free School Meal Vouchers
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Traffic Calming Measures - Sign Our Petition
Tue 26 Mar 2024Please help us in trying to get traffic calming measures on Lever Edge Lane and the reinstatement of a School Crossing Patrol by signing the petition.
Please click the link,
https://www.change.org/p/implement-traffic-calming-measures-on-lever-edge-lane-for-school-pupil-safetyor scan the QR code to take you to the petition.
Many thanks for your support and if you can please share with friends, family and the community.
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Live Streaming Guide for Parents
Fri 06 Oct 2023This free online safety guide profiles live streaming – a hugely popular activity among young people that’s certainly not without hazards.
Like a lot of digital services, live streaming really found its niche during the pandemic – think of Joe Wicks’ at-home fitness classes, Billie Eilish’s virtual gigs and Miley Cyrus’ chat show, for example.
Real-time broadcasting of video content over the internet isn’t solely the province of celebrities, however: anyone with a device and something to say (or show) can take part.
With platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Twitch all offering routes to a vast online audience, young people have enthusiastically taken up the baton – streaming on subjects from gaming to sports to live shopping (yes, really!). Potentially having strangers among one’s viewers, though, is just one of many concerns.
Click here to see the guide : Link to Live Streaming Guide
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New Whatsapp guide for 2023
Wed 20 Sep 2023This is an online safety guide for WhatsApp – the globally popular messaging platform which contains both old and new hazards for young users.
WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging platform on the planet, with over two billion users (forecast to become three billion by 2025), across more than 180 countries. The majority of those people (70%) open the app at least once a day – but what exactly are they seeing? Contact from strangers, fake news and convincing scams are all among the service’s well-documented hazards.
Click here to read the full guide → New WhatsApp Guide 2023
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Ofcom E-Safety Report 2023
Thu 27 Apr 2023Ofcom’s annual ‘Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes’ report provides a comprehensive picture of how young people used and interacted with the internet in the preceding year. It’s a fascinating snapshot of what games and apps young people are currently favouring, how long they spend online and how tastes change at certain ages.
While some of Ofcom’s latest findings will probably come as scant surprise (YouTube being by far the most popular platform among under-18s, for instance), other conclusions may raise an eyebrow or two. This guide presents some of the report’s most eye-catching facts and figures in an accessible infographic format.
In the guide you'll find statistics and trends such as the current most popular platforms for young people and the proportion of children in each age group who play online games.
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Spotify Guide
Mon 06 Mar 2023With around 60,000 songs added to its online library every day, Spotify is a vast treasure trove of audio dating from some 19th century recordings through to giants of the download age like The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran. Factor podcasts, audiobooks and videos into the mix, and the Swedish-based streaming platform quite literally offers something for everyone.
Not everything in Spotify’s depths is universally suitable, however. The sheer mass of music and content on the platform mean that, naturally, not all of it is intended for younger listeners. With an audio chat service available and media reports of predatory activity, our guide highlights other aspects of Spotify which trusted adults ought to be in the loop about.
In the guide you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as age-inappropriate lyrics.
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Polling Day - Nursery 2&3 CLOSED
Mon 09 Jan 2023The 3 year Nursery and the 2 year old Nurseries will be closed on Thursday 4th May for the local elections.
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NEW* Setting Up Apps, Games & Software
Thu 22 Dec 2022Millions of new phones, tablets, laptops and games consoles will be nestling under Christmas trees this year. However, even if parents and carers have gone to the trouble of setting up these new devices and enabling the safety features, there are still potential hazards in the apps, games and software that children will want to install and use. Knowing what to look for and discussing those risks with your child may help avoid any nasty surprises this Christmas. Here are our top tips for ensuring that unwrapping this year’s presents doesn’t unleash any unexpected dangers.
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NEW* TikTok Guide for Parents
Mon 28 Nov 2022TikTok is a free social media platform that lets users create, share and watch short videos ranging anywhere from 15 seconds to 10 minutes in duration. The app gained notoriety for its viral dances, trends and celebrity cameos and can be a creative, fun platform for teens to enjoy. Now available in 75 languages, it has more than a billion active users worldwide (as of spring 2022) and is most popular with the under-16 age bracket. In fact, a 2022 Ofcom report found TikTok to be the most-used social media platform for posting content, particularly among young people aged 12 to 17.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as age-inappropriate content, dangerous challenges and contact with strangers.
>>TikTok Guide<<
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NEW* FIFA 23 Guide
Thu 03 Nov 2022FIFA 23, like its many predecessors, is a massively popular football simulator featuring lifelike recreations of thousands of real-world players, drawn from teams around the globe. While the gameplay is subtly improved year on year, the publisher EA’s focus remains firmly on FIFA Ultimate Team – a mode in the game that can tempt players of all ages to spend actual money on recruiting better players for their side. With each new release of FIFA comes a host of new players to unlock – meaning that youngsters can feel pressured to keep buying to compete with their friends.
>>FIFA 23 Guide<<
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.
Fri 09 Sep 2022