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St Paul's Newsletter
Featuring school news, events, dates for your diary, vacancies and more.
Newsletter Summer 3.pdfSafeguarding and Child Protection
In the information above, please find our school's temporary safeguarding and child protection information during the school closure period.
Online Safety
Please follow the links for support and guidance to parents for keeping our children safe online.
Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online includes:
Thinkuknow provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online
Parent info is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support
Internet Matters provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world
London Grid for Learning has support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
Net-aware has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
UK Safer Internet Centre has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services
Government has also provided:
support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms, includes advice about specific harms such as online child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying
support to stay safe online includes security and privacy settings, blocking unsuitable content, and parental controls
Online Learning
BBC Bitesize
The BBC has launched an education package featuring celebrities and teachers, helping to keep children learning at home and supporting parents: Oak National Academy
The Oak National Academy is a new collection of high-quality lessons and online resources. Backed by the Government, it has been created in response to the school closures. Click the button below for more infomation.
Oak National Academy
The Oak National Academy is a new collection of high-quality lessons and online resources. Backed by the Government, it has been created in response to the school closures. Click the button below for more infomation.
Mental Health and Well-being
NSPCC
The NSPCC has provided information for parents about protecting our children's mental health and well-being during the current situation. Support and tips to help you keep children safe. From advice on children’s mental health to staying safe online, support for parents and what to do if you’re worried about a child.
Public Health England
Advice for parents and carers on looking after the mental health and well-being of children or young people during the coronavirus outbreak.
Mental Health and Well-being Pack
We find ourselves in a new and challenging time in which not only our physical health is at risk but our mental health and well-being. With schools being closed, you as parents and carers have been asked to take on additional roles and responsibilities which can at times feel overwhelming. The Emotional Health Service have developed a 10 week programme around growth mindset and resilience for schools to send out to parents and young people. The pack is to support you to support your children. For information and support on mental health and well-being, and the well-being pack, click on the button