Living and Learning – Police Community Support
As part of staying safe in our environment, Year 5 were visited by some Police Community Support Officers.
“If you’re worried about things at home, you can speak to these people and they will help.” – Nayaab
“If you’re being bullied, you can speak to them.” – Enas
“If people go missing, they can help find them and make them feel better.” – Poppy
Living and Learning – drug education
As part of staying safe at home, Year 5 used iPads to research different types of drugs, including different types of smoking and drinking alcohol.
We researched cigarettes, e-cigarettes, shisha and alcohol to find out about the risks associated with health, cost, the law and other people. We presented our findings to the rest of the class.
Peer pressure was something else we discussed…
“Peer means someone on your level and pressure means they are persuading you to do something but no means no.” – Gurnoor
“Consent means when you give your permission to do something.” – Rabiya
“If your partner says to you, ‘I smoked so you have to as well!’ you should say no and no means no.” – Nayaab
What if all my friends are doing it and I’m the only one left out?
“You could say that you won’t do it because it’s no good for your health and you shouldn’t care that you’re on your own.” – Sam
What if my friends say they won’t speak to me if I don’t?
“If your friends tell you that then get rid of those friends and find new ones because real friends wouldn’t say that to you.” – Darien
What if someone in my family does it and they’re healthy?
“They probably haven’t smoked for long and haven’t got the full effects of it yet. You still shouldn’t smoke.” – Dan
What if my favourite celebrity says it’s cool?
“You still don’t smoke because you might have another favourite celebrity that says it’s bad for you.” – Zara
You should always do your own thing and be an individual – don’t be a mindless sheep. Year 5 have done lots of research and know for themselves about the risks involved with these choices so they are mature enough to make the right decision for themselves. Well done, everyone!
Living and Learning – I stay safe online.
As part of our Safety themed week, Year 5 have been learning about staying safe online. Our first session was a drama workshop centred around a dystopian future where everyone has been sucked into a never ending game called Game Over.
“I learnt about when people might be faking to be someone else. For example someone could say that they are someone else.” – Arundeep
“You have to make your password something people won’t be able to know easily like your favourite footballer, favourite food and favourite number. You’d have to be very close to that person to guess that stuff.” – Zak
“You can spend money on games. Try not to spend too much money and make the game forget the card.” – Henry
We also enjoyed a visit from one of our favourite guests – d:side.
“Don’t chat with people you don’t know and don’t give out your personal information.” – Sam
“Set your social media accounts to private.” – William
“You don’t need more followers to be popular. You might not even know all of them. People with less followers could still be cool.” – Manpreet
“Someone may be different to what you see in a video game. If they say they’re 10, they might be 30-35. You should not friend them and don’t chat them and maybe block them.” – Ben
Living and Learning: Staying Safe week day 3
We welcome four visitors to school today who will be giving a variety of staying safe messages as part of our themed week.
Thank you to Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative who have been busy carrying out maintenance checks on lots of bikes and also delivering basic bike maintenance sessions to Year 5 and 6. Their shop is local in Chapel Allerton.
Thank you to Barrie and Christine, local volunteers from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who are delivering water safety sessions to children in Reception to Year 4 across the day.
Dave from dside is with us today and Friday to deliver e-safety sessions to children in Year 1 to Year 6.
Finally, this afternoon, the Moortown Fire Service visit us to deliver a fire safety talk to Year 5.
These are just some of the visitors supporting our Staying Safe themed week to enhance our staying safe learning.
Living and Learning: Safer Internet Day
It’s Safer Internet Day and this has been a focus of learning today as part of our Staying Safe themed week. Below are some top tips for parents and carers to support your child to enjoy technology and the internet safely.
Our internet, our choice, so…
- Choose to have a conversation
Talk regularly with your child about how they use technology, and find out what their digital life is like, including what their favourite sites and services are and also how being online makes them feel. Listening to your child will give you the best possible idea of how you can support them. Not sure where to begin? Have a look at our suggested conversation starters for parents.
- Choose to take a balanced approach
As parents it’s natural to feel worried about the risks posed by your child being online, but for young people the online world is exciting and fun, as it brings so many opportunities for them. Remember that your child will use technology and the internet differently given that they are growing up in a world immersed in all things digital. Try to look at both the positive and negative aspects of being online and empower your child with safe choices they can make instead of overwhelming them with restrictions.
- Choose to make use of the tools available to you
There are lots of tools to help you manage the devices used by your family. For example, knowing how to activate and use parental controls can help protect your child from seeing inappropriate content online. For advice and guidance on how to make use of parental controls and other safety features on devices, check out our free Parents’ Guide to Technology and Internet Matters’ step-by-step parental controls guides for online services.
- Choose to get help and support
It can sometimes feel like young people are the experts in all things digital but remember – you are the life experts. You are always there to help your child but make sure you know how to get support too by visiting our Need Help? page. You can take steps to support your child online by using features such as privacy settings on social media and understanding how to make a report on a range of apps, games and services.
- Choose to be current and topical
This Safer Internet Day focuses on the very relevant topic of consent in the digital world. Use this as an opportunity to support your child with how they tackle digital consent within relationships and friendships as well as how online services use the data we provide. Use our quick activities as a family this Safer Internet Day to help you unpick this topic together.
Free bike check Wednesday 06 February
Word Wheel Whizz
First News isn’t just about reading amazing stories about the world we live in – it’s also great for getting your brain whirring with their puzzles!
Check out this “useless” 8-letter anagram (and superb celebration pose)!
Living and Learning: Staying Safe information
A variety of safety related information will be sent home during this themed week. Have a look through the information with your child to support and reinforce this learning at home.
Living and Learning: Staying Safe week begins
Our Staying Safe themed week started today with a launch assembly by Leeds City Council’s road safety team. This included some key active travel and safety messages.
The trainers worked with a number of classes throughout the day.
- Year 3 pedestrian training
- Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 scooter training
- Year 6 Speed Indication Device – checking vehicle speeds in the 20mph zone on Shadwell Lane
Another visitor, Richard from One Day Creative, has worked with three classes today to deliver e-safety themed drama workshops. Other classes will take part in this learning tomorrow.
Ask your child what they have learnt so far based on our four main objectives for the week:
- Staying safe online
- Staying safe at home
- Staying safe at school
- Staying safe in the environment
Thank you to those parents and carers who attended the e-safety session at the end of the day. We hope you found it useful to learn more about your child’s e-safety learning. To help with practical support with devices at home, O2 in partnership with NSPCC offer a free service over the phone, 0808 800 5002, or in one of their stores.
Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day so there will be lots of in class learning on this subject. Have a look at our e-safety end of year expectations for your child’s year group.
Living and Learning – I stay safe at school.
This afternoon, Year 5 have been thinking of lots of different ways that we stay safe (physically and emotionally) in school.
We used this information to make some self portrait artwork that shows how each of us makes safe choices in school.
Consent was a key term that we discussed. Giving consent means that you give the ok or approval for something to happen. Year 5 were asked if it was ok for their photo to be taken and printed out for them to trace (the picture on the left) with the key words, phrases and sentences (the picture on the right). Year 5 said either yes or no and either gave their consent to have their picture taken or they did not. Simples! If they got right up to their photo being taken and then changed their mind, that was fine too. Your consent can be withdrawn at any time! It’s all part of staying safe.
Here are some ideas for how we stay safe in school:
“We follow instructions for anything. Like if there’s a fire we follow instructions like go through the fire exit and go outside and listen to the register.” – Nayaab
“If there’s a problem, if you ask the teacher, they will help you.” – Zidaan
“I enjoyed this because we’ve never done this art before and I’d like to do some more in the future.” – Gurnoor
“The most challenging part was doing the outline because you couldn’t see it through the paper well so some of it was by memory but we put them up against the window which helped a lot.” – Evie