The Bare Minimum You Should Do to Protect Your Family's Data – by Caroline Knorr

Beware of phishing scams.

Don't open emails, texts, online "security" alerts, text notifications, or other things from anyone you don't know, don't recognize, or weren't expecting. Often this is "phishing" -- companies sending out enticements hoping someone will click on them, thereby allowing entry to your device.

Phishers can make their messages look authentic by copying logos from companies such as Amazon, Google, or even the IRS.

But they often make mistakes such as using unusual grammar, weird punctuation, or threatening language.

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Students will need to complete one of the attached forms (depending on their learning option choice) and return to tutors .

Smartphone Privacy

Settings on smartphones vary, but you can tighten up privacy with these precautions:

• Turn off location services. That prevents apps from tracking your location.

• Don't let apps share data. Some apps want to use information stored on your phone (your contact list, for example). Say no.

Dear Parents,

At present, health authorities recognize three vehicles of coronavirus transmission:

1) The small droplets from speaking or coughing, which can end up in the eyes, mouth or nose of people standing nearby.

2) Contaminated surfaces (fomites), although the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that this is the likely way to catch the virus.

3) Finally, there is transmission by aerosols – the inhalation of invisible infectious particles exhaled by an infected person that, once leaving the mouth, behave in a similar way to smoke. Without ventilation, aerosols remain suspended in the air and become increasingly dense as time passes.

Breathing, speaking and shouting

At the beginning of the pandemic, it was believed that the large droplets we expel when we cough or sneeze were the main vehicle of transmission. But recent studies show that shouting and singing in indoor, poorly ventilated spaces over a prolonged period of time also increases the risk of contagion. This is because speaking in a loud voice releases 50 times more virus-laden particles than when we don’t speak at all. These aerosols, if not diffused through ventilation, become increasingly concentrated, which increases the risk of infection. Scientists have shown that these particles – which we also release into the atmosphere when simply breathing and which can escape from improperly worn face masks – can infect people, depending on the length of time and the nature of the interaction.

Even though the WSR is equipped with sophisticated Fresh Air Handling Unit ( FAHU ) it is advised and recommended to keep at least one window open for ventilation. The AC temperature can be set as per your requirement

Important reminders

1) To wear proper PPE while you are with someone

2) Maintain safe distance

3) Don’t share materials

4) Avoid gatherings or meeting people – Use telephones, online meeting applications if absolutely necessary

5) Keep your area clean and tidy

6) Sanitize and wash your hands with soap for at least for 30 seconds

7) WFH if you are unwell or any of your family members is / has been showing C 19 symptoms

8) Get yourself regularly tested

9) Do some exercise

10) Eat healthy food preferable home cooked

11) Follow the law of the land and authority regulations

Courtesy - https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html

Stay Safe

Dr.Esraa Taha

School Doctor

Students who are found not wearing the mask properly in school will be given a verbal warning in the first instance, followed by a warning letter and then a meeting with parents. If they still do not comply with the protocol, they will be asked to do remote learning.

Please fill the Parent Survey using the form below: https://forms.gle/3XLoY712u5M1uNQm8

A reminder that we have a no mobile phone policy. Students must have their own device to use during school time, and will not be allowed to use a phone- this is for the safety of all students. Remember: switched off and out of sight.

If you haven’t purchased the online bundle for your child yet, please do so very quickly. The online bundle gives your child access to learning opportunities such as SAM learning, Read Theory, GCSE Pod etc. The resources have been selected to help your child to extend their learning outside of the classroom, so it is vital that the bundle has been purchased so that your child can have continued access to it.

A reminder that for students opting for Face-to-Face learning, they must follow the safety rules to keep the entire school community safe.

This includes:

• Wearing a disposable mask that covers the nose and mouth all day

• Staying 2 meters away from others, including in the corridor and staircase

• Staying only within their designated ‘bubble’ (area of the school)

• Not sharing equipment with others

• No touching of other students

• Students who are 12 years old and above must have submitted a negative COVID test before coming to school. This must be a PCR test and not a laser test.

• Fully charged device.

• Headphones.

• 2 masks.

• Packed food and water.

• Sanitiser

1. Download the Forticlient certificate to your device.

2. Once devices are in school , please connect to Wi-Fi named GEMS BYOD by the password as 123456798. Then you will be redirected to a web page and enter the GEMS credentials [Please see the ‘STAFF BYOD’ image] .

Also make sure that the school Wi-Fi will not get connected if you have any VPN application installed in the device . If so kindly format the device and bring to school.

Download the certificate and instruction manual here!!!

Students are expected to use Gate 6, near parents' car parking area to enter and exit the school premises while keeping social distancing.