E-Safety Top Tip for Parents – CyberBullying

This week is National Anti-bullying week. Would you know what to do if you suspected your child was being bullied online?

Cyberbullying, or online bullying, is when someone uses the internet to bully someone else. The Cambridge dictionary defines cyberbullying as ‘Someone who uses the internet to harm or frighten another person, especially by sending them unpleasant messages.’

If you suspect your child is being bullied online, here are some top tips:

Have an open conversation

Listen, and offer support and encouragement. If your child is the victim of cyberbullying, remind them that this is not their fault and that no one deserves to be treated in this way. Some young people think that if they are the target of online bullying, they must have done something wrong. It is also important to encourage your child to save the evidence. They can do this by taking a screenshot of what has happened or by keeping the messages they have received.

Don’t reply

Most of the time the person doing the bullying is looking for a reaction when they are being mean online. Tell your child not to reply, instead they should tell a trusted adult what has happened. Reassure them that even if they are also at fault, they should come and talk to you or a trusted adult. You can then work out the best way to resolve the situation together.

Don’t deny access to technology

Although it can be very tempting to remove a device from a young person if they are being bullied, having their device taken away may prevent them from speaking to you about worrying issues in the future.

Discuss next steps

Ask your child what they want you to do next. This might involve speaking to school to get support and advice, blocking the user or profile or reporting the behaviour to the site or service it is on.

 

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

THE GATEWAY PROJECT

As you know, our Gateway Project launched last week. We have received generous donations into our ‘Give’ box, located just inside the main entrance door on the left.

Anyone can donate into this box at any time.

We encourage parents to use our ‘Take’ box, which is available everyday Monday-Friday. This box is unsupervised and is located in the parent shelter by the main entrance.

We are keen that this project supports those families who may be struggling during this difficult time.

The project will continue to be available throughout the upcoming winter months.

 

REMINDER – Children in Need Day

Children in Need Day will be on Friday 18th November

Children will be able to come wearing spots/dress down clothing and are asked to bring in a voluntary contribution.

All donations will be via Parent Pay

Thank you

Nursery role play area

We are setting up a new role play area in nursery and would love some donations.  If you are able to support us please drop off any items to the office or nursery gate.  We are collecting the following items

Old newspaper story/magazines/comics/recipe books

Old food boxes (cereal boxes, milk bottles, butter tubs etc)

Soap bottles

Washing up liquid bottles

Shampoo bottles

Washing powder boxes/bottles

Thank you for support Mrs L Curnow

Family Fish & Chip lunch – next week

Family Fish & Chip lunch – Tuesday 15th November – arrival times

 In an effort to reduce the queues, we are trailing a staggered approach this time –

 

If you only have a child or children in these year groups – Reception, 1, 2 or 3 Please arrive at main reception at 11:45

E.g. You have a child in Year 1 & 3

 

If you only have a child or children in these year groups – 4, 5 & 6 Please arrive at main reception at 12:15

E.g. you have a child in year 4 & 6

 

If you have children across a range of different year groups from the youngest to the oldest year groups Please arrive at main reception at 12:00

E.g. you have a child in Reception, Year 3 and Year 6

If you have children in nursery, you will be contacted directly.

Please remember you can bring packed lunches, but not take away food e.g. McDonalds.

We look forward to welcoming you and thank you in advance for your patience.

 

Entrance points for Parent’s Evening week

Please see map below to show entrance points for when arriving for parent’s evening meetings this week.

Kind regards,

Gates/register

We are pleased that the introduction of an earlier start allows us to ensure we can offer the best start to the day to all children. 

Just a reminder that the registers are taken at 8:40 each morning, with the classroom doors opening at 8:35.

Thank you

 

 

Walking home alone / collection of siblings

As a school, the minimum age at which we feel comfortable with allowing children to walk home alone is Year 4.

We will need prior written consent from a parent or carer to allow children to leave by themselves or with an older sibling.

If your child is in Reception / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3, we will only release them to an adult.

Thank you

Miss Cook

 

GATEWAY Project

Dear Parents/Carers,

 Thank you so much for your kind donations towards our GATEWAY project.

 We aim to open the project on Monday 7th November.

There will be a large box in the parent shelter by the main school reception. This is the ‘take’ box. If you are struggling and would benefit from taking a few items to get you by, then please help yourselves (don’t forget to bring a bag!).  No one will be supervising this box as we trust parents.

 Just into the main school office door on the left, will be another identical box. This is the ‘give’ box. Should you have the ability to buy even one extra item when you are carrying out your weekly shop, please pop it in this box for us to then add into our GATEWAY stock.

 Staff and Governors are also very keen to contribute to this project.

 We are hopeful we can all support our community over the coming winter months.

 Your continued support in this project will, we know, be very much appreciated.

Miss Cook