Comic Relief is on Friday 15th March.  Children can come to school in odd socks and/or odd shoes, non uniform and we are asking for a £1 donation to Comic Relief.

We will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 8th March. We would love your child to come dressed as a character from a book. Please can you bring a copy of the book your character is from. We look forward to seeing you all.

Today we had a visit from Katie Bear from the Children's Heart Surgery Fund and we handed over a cheque for £199.27.  This was raised by children and staff all wearing red on Friday 1st February and also the proceeds from the Fundraising Friday bake sale.

 

 

Next week is National Careers Week. In the afternoons, we will be looking at a variety of careers, job applications and aspirations. We would love anyone, who has a spare 10 minutes, to come and share their work experiences, training and careers. Please let your child's class teacher or the Office know. Thanks in advance.

Yesterday we spoke to all children about “MOMO” and internet safety following concerns raised by them and you as parents. Nearly all children had heard of this already and playground talk and games were upsetting some children. I spoke to the whole school in a special assembly and then it was followed-up in class discussions, led by teachers.

The so called “game” itself has been further investigated by DCC and found to be hoax, as is the news of what people have done as a result of this but imagery and messages are being shared by individuals, children and families as a result of the hype around it. This is causing the myth and worries to grow on social media

 

It’s still just as important for us all to keep talking to children and ensure that we have parental control settings activated on all devices children use.

 

We have asked all children to only talk about this in the classroom with adults present and avoid upsetting others by talking, playing games or singing about it outside. Of course, this may still occur but where it does, we will take appropriate action to support children.

 

Children know they

• should only be accessing age-appropriate apps, games and internet content and
• should report anything worrying straight away
• should never independently enter personal details on-line for games, apps and social media

 

I know you will support us in keeping children safe in this way and the need for online safety will always be paramount for our children.

S.Turner