Safer Internet Day
This year, Safer Internet Day’s theme is Too Good To Be True and focused a lot on avoiding scams.
We joined a live lesson by the BBC which told us the following ways to check for scams:
We looked at apps and games and their age restrictions. We discussed why these were in place and it was mainly for our safety. Check out the other reasons below.
Help at home by making sure any profiles or games are fully private.
Would you click on the scam?
We also watched a play produced by the NSPCC about the dangers of sharing images online. You should never share photos which give away your personal information. If you’re ever unsure about anything, talk to a trusted adult.
We also looked at misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes. Challenge your child to define these terms and give an example!
Internet Safety Day
Yesterday was Internet Safety Day! The theme for this year’s national Safer Internet Day is ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.’
Our first lesson was about misinformation, disinformation and hoaxes. The children were given 3 news articles to analyse and summarise. They then had to share this information with their friends over message. What they didn’t know is that these articles were hoaxes (false information made to deceive people). I shared this information with them on purpose (disinformation) and they had then shared it by accident (misinformation).
Year 5 discussed how we must be critical users of the internet to make sure false information is not spread to affect others. Ibby said, ‘I would check other websites to make sure the information was correct’. Nate said, ‘I would look at the URL to make sure it is a safe and reliable website’.
It’s really important to always speak to a trusted adult if you’re unsure about something you read online.
We joined a great BBC live lesson for Safer Internet Day all about scamming and phishing. Phishing involves tricking someone into giving out personal information online by pretending to be someone else. We learnt how to spot a phishing scam using a helpful acronym.
We then learnt about why it’s important to check with a trusted adult before sharing personal information online. Personal information that websites/apps/games collect could be anything from name and address to birthday, hobbies and even bank details. We need to keep this information safe whilst online and not give it to just anyone!
Help at home: Can you think of at least 4 pieces of personal information that we should keep private? How can you be critical users of the internet?
Year 2 class assembly
We’re looking forward to sharing our learning at our class assembly tomorrow.
We hope to see you there at 2:40pm.
Living and Learning: Safer Internet Day!
Safer Internet Day – 11.02.2025!
The theme for this year’s national Safer Internet Day is:
‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online.’
Over the week, we’ve had the opportunity to think about any worries we might have about using the internet, becoming equipped with the skills to be safe on the internet but also about celebrating all the fantastic things technology can help us with.
I know that some things online may not be true.
We discussed ‘fake news’ and what this means. We decided that if something is ‘fake’, it is not real and ‘news’ is information that is important. Fake news can be misleading and can give people the wrong impression or information.
We worked in groups to decide whether certain information was reliable and trustworthy.
Here are ways we could check if something is real or fake:
- Where has it come from?
- Who has posted this information?
- Is it a reliable news source like Newsround or First News?
- Can we see it across multiple reliable sources?
- Ask a trusted adult.
I know it’s important to check with a trusted adult before sharing personal information online.
Personal information is any information that is about who you are and what you do.
Websites and apps can collect our personal information and data and use it to provide services to us. For example, supermarkets might need your address if they are delivering your food or an app might need to know your age to know that you are old enough.
We need to keep this information safe whilst online and not give it to just anyone! We must always speak to a trusted adult before sharing any information online.
We watched the BBC live lesson for Safer Internet Day as well as our school learning. 
Help at home: Can you think of at least 4 pieces of personal information that we should keep private?
Safer Internet Day
Today was Safer Internet Day! This was a day designated to all things online safety.
In Year 4, we focused on some key elements of online safety:
- Fake news
- Phishing
- Sharing personal information
- Scams
We began by discussing fake news and how we can spot it. Not everything we read online is true and we must make sure we don’t trust everything we read. Questions we can ask when deciding if an information source is trustworthy:
- Who has written it?
- Do they have a good reputation?
- Why has it been written?
- Is it opinion or fact?
- Is it high quality?
We then explored some different sources of information all about Roblox and had to rank them from most trustworthy to least trustworthy – using our questions to help us.
It’s really important to always speak to a trusted adult if you’re unsure about something you read online.
We joined a great BBC live lesson for Safer Internet Day all about scamming and phishing.
Phishing involves tricking someone into giving out personal information online by pretending to be someone else.
We learnt how to spot a phishing scam using a helpful acronym.
Whenever we suspect a phishing scam, we should always tell a trusted adult and then block and report the scammer.
Finally, we discussed how to create a safe password. Our recipe for a strong and secure password:
Ingredients:
- 3 random words
- at least 1 number
- at least 1 symbol
- some capital letters
Method:
- Combine ingredients and mix up the order.
Help at home: ask your children how they can spot a scam online and what they should do if they find one.
New school meal menu
After February half term, we start our new menu which runs to the end of the year. It can be viewed here. Please review this with your child to help with their selection at the start of the day. We continue to offer meat free Mondays.
The cost of a school meal is £2.75, which should be paid in advance on the School Gateway app. We’re happy to accept payment for the week, month, half term or term. We prefer two weeks’ notice to change lunch arrangements.
All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 receive free school meals. If your child is in Year 3 to Year 6, and you are on benefits or a low income, your child may be eligible for free school meals.
Some people like to choose a mix of school dinners and packed lunch for their child – that’s absolutely fine, as long as it’s a the same pattern of school dinners and packed lunches every week. Just let office staff know which days you’d like to opt in for a school meal in the week, and which days you’d prefer to provide your child with a packed lunch.
We continue to gather feedback from children on our school meals. Shortly, we will be reviewing our vegetable choices to help to eliminate waste.
If you have any feedback. please do get in touch.
Geography: predicting eruptions
We’re geographers!
In Year 4, our geography topic this half-term has been volcanoes. As you would’ve seen in our class assembly, your children have been loving it and have become volcano experts!
We began exploring a case study of Mount Vesuvius and its devastating eruption that destroyed the town of Pompeii. Despite this tragic eruption, roughly 3,000,000 people still leave near Mount Vesuvius so we wanted to find out why.
Your children began by analysing some data of the major eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and the human death toll. They discussed how over time, the number of deaths from each eruption have declined.
So, we wanted to discover why this was. To do this, we learnt all about the different techniques that can help us predict eruptions and therefore protect people from them.
- Seismometer – used to measure vibrations in the Earth which could show when an eruption is coming.
- Tiltmeters and GPS satellites – used to monitor changes in the landscape as volcanoes tend to swell near an explosion.
- Spiders – robots called spiders are used to measure the gases escaping from a volcano.
- Thermometers – used to measure the temperature of the ground as volcanoes get hotter when magma starts to rise through the main vent.
- Pattern spotting -looking back at previous eruptions means scientists can start to spot patterns.
Help at home: ask your child what they think the most effective technique for predicting eruptions would be and why?
Science: What is a fossil and how are they formed?
Hello!
Our current science topic is fossils!
This week, we learnt about what a fossil is and how they are formed.
A fossil is the remains or trace of a living thing that lived a very long time ago. They can be fossils of animals, plants or even animal poo!
We decided that fossils are important because they tell us a lot about the past. For example, we know a lot about dinosaurs, what they looked like and even what they ate because of fossils that we have found.
We used this video to help us understand the process of fossilisation…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2ym2p3
Mary Anning is our key scientist as she is known as one of the greatest fossil hunters to have ever lived. We’ve read about her as part of our reading fluency sessions. She found fossils in Lyme-Regis and she made amazing discoveries just from observing and studying them!
If you have a fossil at home that you are happy to bring into school, please do! We would love to have a look at different fossils in real life.
Help at home: When you are travelling somewhere, quiz each other on whether an object is living or not living and whether it could be made into a fossil! Is this pen living? No! Is this rock living? No! Is this apple living?
Living and Learning: Online Safety
This week we had a visit from D:Side Dave. He came to talk to us about staying safe online. The children were very knowledgeable and enthusiastic to share their thoughts and ideas.
The children discussed how people use the internet and devices they might have seen or used to get on the internet.
We learnt about 3 rules to help us keep safe online.
- Always ask an adult for permission.
The children were very clear on asking an adult before using a device connected to the internet.
2. Only talk to people you know.
Everybody knew to only talk to people online that they know in real life. We also went through some information that we would never share online like our name, school, address etc.
3. Stick to places that are just right for you.
Dave spoke to the children about sticking to websites and games that are suitable for our age. We talked about the PEGI ratings on video games and how games with a higher age rating are not suitable for us.
Help at home by discussing how to stay safe online and what your children should do if they see or hear anything that upsets or worries them.
Spring 1: Week 5
Thank you to all those that attended the fine motor morning on Monday. For those that couldn’t attend, here is the presentation.
As always, my door is always open if you have any questions.
Please feel free to give feedback via the QR code.
Phonics
We have been moving swiftly through our phase 3 phonic sounds this half term. The children have been doing a great job at applying these sounds in both their reading and writing.
Help at home: by practising the trigraphs air,ear,oi and the tricky words – you, they,are,all.
Our book for this week is Supertato. The children have been inspired by this to create their own superheroes.
The children have been developing their fine motor and counting skills during challenge time this week.
