Online Safety Parent Top Tip – JusTalk Kids app

It have been brought to our attention that some children in school have been using an app called ‘JusTalk Kids’. JusTalk Kids is a safe video calling and messaging app designed for kids.

In general, JusTalk Kids is a good app, it has safe communication functions: live videos, voice calls, photos, messaging and entertainment like doodling and gaming during conversations. A great mix of practical features and fun extras. You can use this app to chat with 16 people simultaneously in a video call.

However it does lack some basic parental controls that parents might expect, like the ability to link and manage a child’s account with an adult account to manage child’s contacts and other activity.

It is vital that you are monitoring chats that your children partake in and regularly check your child’s online activity.  It is also important for children and young people to be aware of what they are sharing online and who might see it. How often do you talk to your children about this? For more information about how to do this please see the NSPCC website link below.

Teaching Your Child about Internet & Online Safety | NSPCC

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Online Parent Top Tip – Suitable Games

It has been brought to our attention that some of the older children in school have been playing a game called ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’.

Five Nights at Freddy’s is all about heart-pounding jump-scares. It’s rated 12+, so it’s not quite suitable for many preteen players. Also note that the stories in the game sometimes touch on disturbing topics, like murder and being possessed by evil spirits.

Please ensure that you are aware of what games your children are playing and how the game can make they feel. We recommend open and honest conversations with all children about gaming and online safety.

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Treeific Tuesdays

Now that our Mighty oak children are a little more settled in we are excited to start our treeific Tuesdays.  Half of our children will spend the morning in the school’s forest area whilst the other half will stay and take part in a cooking session.  We then swap over for the afternoon.  If your child is heading to the woods please ensure that you send them named wellies in a named bag.  They will need to wear their shoes to come into nursery and wear afterwards when their wellies are muddy.  Please put their names in their shoes to prevent them getting muddled up (some children do have the same ones).  Your child will also need to wear either trousers or leggings on Tuesdays, preferably old ones as they can get muddy, as this helps prevent nettle stings.  They will also need a coat and when the weather gets colder please send some gloves and a hat and scarf (all named).  Nursery provide a waterproof pair of trousers and a waterproof outer coat.  Please see the list below to see what activities your child is participating in.

In the morning

Forest session:  yellow, red and green group

Cooking session:  blue, purple and orange group

In the afternoon

Forest session:  blue, purple and orange group

Cooking session:  yellow red and green group

Your child’s keyworkers are:

Yellow group – Mrs Jo Turner

Red group – Mrs Shelley Giordano

Green group – Mrs Kerry Hall

Orange group – Miss Rebecca Preston

Blue group – Mrs Lisa Curnow

Purple group – Mrs Sarah Ferriday and on Tuesday Mrs Carol Azzopardi

If you are unsure which colour group your child is in please just ask.

 

Online top tip for Parents – The use of mobile phones on school site

We would like to remind you that the use of mobile phones is prohibited on school site. Therefore when dropping off or collecting your child, please ensure your mobile phone is away and not in use.

This is to ensure the safety of all of the children at Newdale Primary school and is part of our safeguarding policy.

These rules apply to all people that come onto school site, including older siblings coming to collect, Newdale staff members and other visitors.

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Online safety top tip for parents – using parental controls

Parental controls allow you to block and filter upsetting or inappropriate content. They work across your WiFi, phone network, individual apps and devices.

Parental controls can help you to:

  • plan what time of day your child can go online and how long for
  • create content filters to block apps that may have inappropriate content
  • manage the content different family members can see.

To help keep your child safe online, it is vital that you set up parental controls on the devices they might use at home. Please see the attached factsheet for more information:

thinkuknow-factsheet-for-parents-using-parental-controls.236605358

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

Spellings in Year 1

 

6th September 2022

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

Spelling in the National Curriculum

Your child is learning spellings set out in the National Curriculum. Phonic knowledge will underpin the teaching of spellings ‘rules’. However, many words in the English language seem to follow no pattern – these are known as ‘exception words’. At Newdale we refer to these as ‘Red’ words while your child is taking part in Read, Write, Inc phonics; and as ‘orange’ words from year 3 onwards. These word lists are statutory. The lists are a mixture of words which pupils use frequently in their writing but can often misspell.

 

We have broken these word lists into more manageable chunks for each year group and will focus on a selection of these key words throughout the year. In year 1 we will refer to these words as our ‘Red Words’ which are referred to at the front of the Read, Write, Inc home reading books.

 

Below are the Year 1 ‘exception words’ which will be taught throughout the year. These words can also be found in your child’s reading diary as a bookmark with all the words for that term. Your child could use these words when they are writing about what they have read independently or within other writing they do at home.

 

If you would like to work on helping your child practise these spelling at home, your child will benefit greatly.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Year 1 team.

 

 

 

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Welcome to Year 1!

 

We are really looking forward to seeing the children back in school tomorrow.

Here is some information about your new class to help you to settle in.

 

Staff

Class Teacher: Mrs Gregory (formerly Miss Newport)

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Wilmot and Mrs McLeod

 

Class Teacher: Miss Harrison

Teaching Assistant: Mrs Goodwin

 

Year group entrance and exit

In Year 1 all children enter and exit school via our Year 1 decking area. Please look at the map below. We ask that parents remain at the bottom of the steps at all times and allow children to come up into the classroom independently.

P.E. and Forest Schools

On PE days children should come to school in the correct PE kit and will remain in these clothes all day. They do NOT need to bring their uniform with them.

Tuesday (Indoor)

Thursday (Outdoor)

Every Wednesday we will have forest schools. Your child will need to bring a change of clothes for forest schools, including wellies and a waterproof coat, and come to school in their school uniform. We will aim to go outside in all weathers.

 

What to bring each day

Please ensure that each day your child brings with them to school:

  • book bag with reading diary inside
  • water bottle
  • packed lunch (if necessary)

 

Contact

If you need to contact the Year 1 team with any questions or queries, you can either write in the reading diaries which are checked daily or email the Year 1 team on newdale.year1team@taw.org.uk

 

Welcome!

Nursery will be reopening on Tuesday 6th September and is very excited to welcome you all at the start of our new academic year!  Can’t wait to meet our new nursery friends and of course welcome some familiar faces back.  Please use the website to keep up to date with any current information and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Mrs L Curnow

Online Safety Top Tip – Stats and facts!

Young children (6-10) – Online safety advice

Early use of digital technology has been shown to improve language skills and promote children’s social development and creativity.

But it’s not without risks for young children, who may come across inappropriate content or begin to copy what older children do online. 

When was the last time you spoke to your child about online safety?

For advice on how to keep your child safe online please see the guide below, written by Internet Matters.

Internet-Matters-online-safety-Age-Guide-6-10s

If you need more support or guidance with online safety please contact a staff member or send us an email newdale.primary@taw.org.uk

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