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Please find attached a link to a letter and electronic consent form for flu immunisations in school on 30th September.
Please be advised that there will be an opportunity for those children in Year 6 who are leaving for Thurston on 30th September to have their flu immunisation in school on the afternoon of 12th November. (A separate consent form for this will follow.)
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Please see link below for a message from Mr Donnelly about the new academic year:
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Look at all of these AR Award winners! Lots of Half millionaires and a special mention to Abbey and Imogen from Y6 and Esme and Bonnie from Year 5 who are now Word Millionaires.
The sharing of nudes, semi-nudes and other explicit material is a prominent issue in today’s digital landscape: both their distribution and their misuse. In fact, the National Crime Agency has issued an alert to hundreds of thousands of education professionals after a study found that 26,718 cases of “sextortion” had been reported in 2023 – more than doubling from the year before.
It’s vital for parents and educators to be aware of how they can safeguard children from exposure to, or involvement in, sharing intimate images – especially given that the sharing of such material featuring under-18s is a serious criminal offence. This week’s guide offers expert insight into the risks of sharing intimate images online, as well as tips on implementing measures to shield children from encountering inappropriate digital content of a sexual nature.
The sharing of intimate images online can be a dangerous avenue through which abusers seek to exploit children and young people, forcibly exposing them to explicit material, coercing them into sharing self-generated intimate images, and extorting them with the threat of sharing such images more widely. From reputational impact to potential blackmail or emotional distress, and even legal consequences, exposure to this harmful behaviour can have a severe impact.
It’s important to remember that the creation and distribution of explicit material featuring under-18s – even by the child themselves – is illegal under UK law. Our guide looks at the serious concerns associated with this behaviour, and lets parents and educators know how best to address these issues and protect young people.
Congratualtions to all the readers of the month for June. This month the children have been chosen for setting a good example to others with their reading. This includes returning home readers regularly, making super progress, challenging themselves to read more tricky texts and having a super attitude in school.
A special shoutout to:
Louis in Year 1 for his amazing progress with reading- moving up book levels very quickly and learning new sounds.
Orson in Year 2 who has made an outstanding 2 years of progress on Accelerated reading.
Grace, Riley and Isla in Year 5 for their excellent STAR reader test results.
Please see link below for information about the Summer Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF). These activities are free of charge to families in receipt of benefits related free school meals.
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Please see link below for some information from Place2Be about activities and advice for parents and young people over the summer holidays:
Year 5 are continuing to enjoy their STEAM week. Today, we have been finalising our robot codes and timing our missions. We have been putting all our innovation information together, as a group, into our presentations and creating our speeches for the judges. We are looking forward to our final day tomorrow.
Year 6 have loved taking part in STEAM week so far, developing a wide range of skills including teamwork and communication.
The children have been working in 4 different groups. Some groups have been coding, the coding instructs the robot to move around the Lego and complete certain missions, each of which can earn points. While some groups have done this, other groups and have been preparing their presentations. The presentations must outline a design for how an art is showcased. We have some excellent examples in Y6 so far including, a fidget table to support children with additional needs, a stopmotion app which helps younger children to construct Lego and an inflatasuit to help with jetty jumping and prevent injuries.
Today we had a special assembly to mark to 80th Anniversary of D-Day. The children discovered what D-Day was and why it was so important. They also found out about men from South Shields who played a role in D-Day. They heard stories from the book ‘Their Finest Hour’ by Terry Ford. Terry has been working with Oxford University and the South Shields Local History Group to collect stories of ‘South Shields Heroes from World War II’. The children enjoyed listening to some of these fantastic stories!
