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Nine Mile Ride Newsletter | 22 May 2020 Learning for life - together we discover, nurture, achieve and shine
Respect Resourcefulness Resilience Reflectiveness
Dear Parents and Carers,
We have come to the end of a term that has been unprecedented
and next term promises to deliver more twists and turns. The school
has remained open for many of our key worker and vulnerable
families since the lockdown and this will now be extended to some
specific year groups. We have robust risk assessments in place and
although many things will remain the same; many things will be
different for our children (at home and at school) so now is the time
to pull on our inner resilience and hope that better times lie ahead.
The opening of our doors complicates the educational offer for those
children still at home. We have been able to offer high-quality
remote education opportunities over recent weeks; however, we are
now in the invidious situation of trying to run an open school for 13
groups of children daily as well as looking after our remote learners
at the same time. Government has made it very clear
to prioritise those children back in school; however, we know what
this means for our at-home children and to us, this seems morally
wrong. Government advice is to direct our parents and carers to
online platforms or websites.
12. Remote education during wider opening-DfE
Many schools will have been able to offer high-quality remote education opportunities or programmes over recent weeks. Now
that primary schools will be opening more widely, larger numbers of staff will be needed to provide face-to-face teaching at
school. This means that it may be more difficult to maintain the same level of remote education provision for pupils in the year
groups who are not eligible to attend, or for those pupils in year groups who are eligible to attend but who themselves cannot.
In these circumstances consider how Oak National Academy or other remote education platforms can provide additional
support for learning.
We wanted to continue with Google Classroom (albeit scaled back) as a commitment to our at-home children rather than
sending several generic weblinks home each week and I do hope that this new model will work for everyone.
Important School Dates *= New Item
Mon 25 May -
Fri 29 May
Half Term – School closed
Mon 1 Jun Keyworker/Vulnerable Pupils Return
Mon 8 Jun Reception Group B Pupils Return
Year 1 Groups C and D Pupils Return
Year 6 Groups C and D Pupils Return
Thurs 11 Jun Reception Group A Pupils Return
Year 1 Groups A and B Pupils Return
Year 6 Groups A and B Pupils Return
14 Ways to be Kind Online A guide to explore ways to strengthen relationships, develop a sense of community and deepen solidarity through acts of kindness online, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
> Click here for more information
COVID-19 School Updates For the latest communications regarding school reopening.
Please visit our website, click here.
Tips for times of change and difficulty Advice on how you can support your child during a time of
change or difficulty, click here.
What’s going on this week?
Should we always believe what we hear in
the news?
Internet and media companies should do more to tackle the spread
of misinformation as falsehoods have increased during the
coronavirus pandemic, fact-checking organisation Full Fact said in a
report released early May.
"Bad information ruins lives,” Chief Executive Will Moy said.
"Here in the UK, we have seen misinformation take hold in the form
of fake cures, spurious claims, conspiracy theories and financial
scams."
Things to talk about at home…
Can you make a list of all the different places you can hear about the news?
Talk about the different ways you can check if the news is likely to be true and the different places to find news that
has been checked.
Do you like hearing about what’s in the news?
Share your thoughts and read the opinions of others on our discussion board:
www.picture-news.co.uk/discuss/
M&S have updated our uniform shop and have also extend
our 20% promotion to run for 3 months from 2nd July until
30th September, so that no parent will miss out on being
able to buy their uniform at a discounted rate.
To read the M&S School Uniform Newsletter, click here
For a leaflet on their school uniform offering, please visit
Ways to order School Uniform & PE Kit:
Order online by visiting our uniform shop:
https://www.mandsyourschooluniform.com/
Order by phone on 0333 014 8418 (9am-8pm
Monday to Friday, 9am-4pm Saturday)
For more information please click here
What you can do to help
prepare your child for
returning to school
Talk to them, about what their
school day might look like. For
ideas on conversation starters,
click here.
Start changing your routine,
here is some advice for children
returning to school after an
extended break, click here.
Do you know who you’re speaking to online?
Staying safe online has never been more important than right now as we’re all spending more time on our phones, tablets, laptops and
games consoles to stay in touch and keep our spirits up.
There is a risk with social media and games that have a chat option that someone that you don’t know could try to contact you, or add you
as a friend or request to follow you. Remember, it’s ok to ignore their message or decline their request.
Thames Valley Police know that some criminals are using the lockdown to try and make contact with young people online, build up a
friendship with them and then encourage them to do things that they don’t feel comfortable doing. Not everyone online is who they say
they are, so don’t befriend people you don’t know.
Now is a good time to take a look at the privacy settings of the apps that you use. Check the default settings and make appropriate changes
to keep yourself safe when you use them. Advice for over 60 of the most popular apps and games have been created by the NSPCC and O2
and can be found at www.net-aware.org.uk
If you are unsure about someone that you’re speaking to or if you see something online that makes you feel uncomfortable, unsafe or
worried walk away from your phone or computer and tell an adult immediately. This could be a friend, your parent, one of your teachers,
the police or Childline.
You can contact the police on 101 or by going online at www.thamesvalley.police.uk/contact and you can contact Childline by calling 0800
1111 or chat online at www.childline.org.uk
App Information
Snapchat Snapchat lets you send pictures or short videos to friends – they disappear after being viewed but can be screenshotted. Users
can also post stories which can be viewed by their contacts and last for 24 hours.
Top tips for Snapchat:
Check that ‘who can contact me’ is set to ‘my friends’ and not ‘everyone’
Check that only friends can view stories
Turn off ‘see me in quick add’ so that friends of friends, who they may not know, can’t add them
Turn on ghost mode in Snap Maps so that others can’t view their location
Show your child how to report content that they’re not comfortable with and how to block or report users.
Internet Matters have produced a video with step by step instructions on how to check these settings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=EWzvUFcOhF8&feature=emb_logo
KIK Kik is a messaging app that allows users to send messages, pictures and videos in individual and group chats. These group
chats can be private or public, and users can also video call friends in the app.
Top tips for Kik:
Encourage them to pick a username that’s hard to guess – that way people will have to ask for their username before
they add them
Discourage them from using the ‘meet new people’ feature which allows them to enter into anonymous,
unmoderated chats with random users
Discourage them from sharing their Kik code on other social media sites where they might have public profiles
Show your child how to report content that they’re not comfortable with and how to block or report users.
Kik have produced a guide for parents: https://www.kik.com/uploads/files/Kik's%20Guide%20for%20Parents%20-
%20February%202017.pdf
Instagram Instagram is a picture and video sharing app. Users can post pictures to their feed or add them to their story, which stays up
for 24 hours.
Top tips for Instagram:
Check that their profile is set to private
You can filter comments to automatically block comments or messages containing certain words
You can also block comments from specific users
You can edit story settings so that only selected ‘close friends’ can view stories
Show your child how to report content that they’re not comfortable with and how to block or report users.
Internet Matters have produced a step by step guide on how to check these settings:
https://www.internetmatters.org/blog/parental-controls/social-media/instagram/
Whatsapp Whatsapp is a messaging app that allows users to send messages, photos, videos and their live location with individual and
group chats.
Top tips for Whatsapp:
Turn off the live location feature
You can edit the profile picture and status settings so that these can only be seen by contacts, or by nobody
Use the ‘blocked contacts’ feature to block specific people from being able to contact them
Show your child how to report content that they’re not comfortable with and how to block or report users.
Internet Matters have produced a video with step by step instructions on how to check these settings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB00VSPUPB4&feature=emb_logo
Omegle Omegle is a virtual chatroom which connects users to other users at random. Once connected, users can chat via text, audio or
video.
Talk to your child about the dangers of giving out personal information such as their age, their location or their full name to
people that they don’t know.
Video chat has three different options – moderated, unmoderated and adult. Unmoderated and adult ask the user to confirm
they are over 18, but this information is not checked.
Think U Know has produced this parent’s guide to Omegle: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/omegle-parents-
guide.pdf
Online exploitation useful Information and Links
Background Information – online sexual abuse is any type of sexual abuse that happens on the web, whether through
social networks, online gaming or using mobile phones. In some cases this involves children being groomed or
exploited by an adult. Any child or young person that uses the internet or has a smartphone could be a victim of online
abuse regardless of their age, gender or background.
Reports of online child sexual abuse in the Thames Valley area were 146% higher in March 2020 in comparison with
March 2019. We want to warn young people that those they are speaking to may not be who they say they are and to
help parents and carers take action in protecting their children from falling victim to online sexual abuse.
Thames Valley Police campaign landing page https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/police-forces/thames-valley-
police/areas/c/2017/hidden-harm/online-child-abuse/
Ellie’s story - An account of a victim on online child abuse that was first used in our Hidden Harm campaign in 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVx9-VnLX0
Thinkuknow - The education programme from CEOP, part of the NCA with advice and games focusing on staying safe
online. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
To support parents during COVID-19, Thinkuknow are producing fortnightly activity packs, tailored to four different
age groups https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/support-tools/home-activity-worksheets
Net Aware – a collaboration between the NSPCC and O2 with advice and information on a variety of social networks,
apps and games www.net-aware.org.uk
NSPCC – adult helpline: 0808 800 5000, Childline: 0800 1111. They have received funding from the government to
support their helpline during the COVID-19 pandemic www.nspcc.org.uk
Apps to focus on – we will be focusing our attention on securing children on Snapchat, Whatsapp, Instagram, Kik and
Omegle as these are the most prevalent apps that we are seeing in reports of online child sexual abuse.
Contact Information
Tel: 0118 9733118 Email: admin@ninemileride.wokingham.sch.uk Website: www.ninemileride.co.uk Twitter: @nmrprimary
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