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NEW* WhatsApp Guide
Mon 14 Mar 2022WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging service, with around two billion users exchanging texts, photos, videos and documents, as well as making voice and video calls. Its end-to-end encryption means messages can only be viewed by the sender and any recipients: not even WhatsApp can read them.
Updates to its privacy policy in 2021 (involving sharing data with parent company Facebook) caused millions to leave the app, but the new policy was widely misinterpreted – it only related to WhatsApp’s business features, not to personal messages.
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as scams, strangers and location sharing.
>>WhatsApp Guide<<
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NEW* Oxford Owl For Home
Mon 21 Feb 2022Parents!
Please have a look at this amazing resource from Oxford Owl.
Free resources to support learning at home
- Advice and support for parents
- Educational activities and games
- Free eBook library for 3- to 11-year-olds
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NEW * Safer Internet Day
Tue 08 Feb 2022Today is Safer Internet Day and so check out our free online safety guide on 10 top tips for respect online: inspiring childing to build a better digital world.
Even before lockdowns inflamed the situation, one in every five 10- to 15-year-olds was experiencing bullying online: abusive messages, having rumours spread about them or being excluded from group chats, for example. Through smartphones and tablets, we’re used to being able to communicate from anywhere, at any time – but digital devices became commonplace so quickly that it caused a problem: as a society, we haven’t properly adjusted to how different they’ve made life. Our top tips can help you to build positive relationships online and avoid some of the potential issues.
In the guide, you'll find a number of tips such as how to stop internet addiction, being aware of the dark side, and pressing ‘pause’.
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NEW* Respect Online Guide
Fri 04 Feb 2022Our ability to communicate to communicate with anyone in the world, at any time, via the internet has grown at breakneck speed. For teachers and parents, it can feel impossible to keep up. Worrying about our young people is understandable, and not unjustified: in 2020, for example, one in five 10- to 15-year-olds experienced bullying online.
Our tips highlight ways that adults can support young people’s positive online behaviours: by adopting and following ‘netiquette’, we can show them how to avoid getting into difficulty as they learn to negotiate the continually evolving digital landscape.
In the guide, you'll find a number of tips such as protecting yourself, replying wisely and being forgiving.
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NEW* Fortnite Chapter 3 Guide
Fri 07 Jan 2022First released in 2017, Fortnite has become one of the most popular games in the world. It currently has around 350 million registered players. Developed by Epic Games, it began life exclusively as a ‘battle royale’ contest, where up to 100 online player characters would fight – with weaponry including rifles, handguns and rocket launchers – to be the last one standing.
Today, it features multiple modes which each offer something different (although some modes, such as ‘Save the World’, are only available on certain platforms).
In the guide, you'll find tips on a number of potential risks such as scams, in-app purchases and user-controlled content.
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NEW* Elf Run 2021
Mon 06 Dec 2021A massive thank you to all parents who joined us today to run with their child. I think it is safe to say everyone had fun! 😊 The photos and video are already on the website.
Elf Run Video 2021
I also want to send a big thankyou for all the sponsorship money you have been raising. We have started to get money flooding into school and are overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. 🥰
If you have not yet sent sponsor money in, please can you do so next week so we can get it counted up and sent to Bolton Hospice. We will let you know the final figure once we have it. -
NEW* Year 2 Nativity Pictures & Video
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NEW* 10 Ways To Share Kindness Online
Wed 24 Nov 2021Last year, around one in five children aged 10–15 in England and Wales admitted experiencing online bullying: most commonly being insulted or sworn at, or having hurtful messages sent about them. To a child who’s being bullied, the world can seem like a bleak, negative place – but just one kind word can be a ray of hope: a turning point that brightens someone’s day and resets their perspective. That’s why ‘One Kind Word’ is the theme of Anti-Bullying Week 2021. We’re supporting this year’s event by bringing you ten top tips for beating online bullying by replacing it with kindness.
In the guide, you'll find tips such as reaching out, thinking before commenting and recommending fun things.
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NEW* Apple Guided Access for Parents
Wed 20 Oct 2021iPhones and iPads don’t offer separate user accounts. So when you hand your Apple device to a child to play a game or watch a video, you’re also handing them access to your email, the web, messaging and other apps through which they could accidentally do something regrettable. Apple Guided Access solves this problem by letting you restrict the iPhone or iPad to one particular app whenever your child uses the device. If they try and leave that app, they will be asked for a password or Face ID, meaning they can’t access anything they shouldn’t. Here, we show you how to find and set up the Guided Access feature, so you can confidently let your child borrow your iPhone or iPad.
In the guide, you'll find step-by-step instructions for parents on how to set it up and how to switch it on.
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NEW* Mental Health & Wellbeing
Mon 11 Oct 2021On Friday we all dressed in yellow to support Young Minds charity for #HelloYellow Day!
Click here to see what we got up to: >>Mental Health & Wellbeing Day<<