We need to balance between keeping children safe and ensuring that they are able to :

Take calculated risks Learn from getting things wrong Develop independence Become problem solvers

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Evidence from research in Scotland:

The % of 11 year olds completing 60 minutes of vigorous activity over a day:

25% of girls 40 % of boys

Intensive exercise improves the academic performance of teenagers.

The study, of about 5,000 children, found links between exercise and exam success in English, maths and science.

Forest School and learning outside the classroom help to develop:

Communication Independence Problem solving skills Calculated risk takers Research shows that Forest schools make children more active than in a normal school day

From September, 2014 all children at Highfield Infants will be entitled to Free School Meals

Across the country, take-up of school food is at 43%.

At Highfield it is around 66%. Good food provision in schools has been shown to lead not only to healthier children, but to improved attainment.

The internet is a very positive environment

Discover

Connect

Create

The biggest library in the world

Bringing people together

Anyone can be a publisher, author or designer

What are the risks? Commerce Content Contact https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/parentsguide/

73% of online adverts are not clearly labelled

59% of 9-19 year olds have come into contact with pornography accidently

4 in 10 of 9-19 year olds trust most information of the internet

Cyber bullying Cyber bullying is when someone uses the

internet or mobiles to deliberately upset someone else.

It has a 24/7 nature and can make someone feel upset or threatened in their own home

Social Networking areas are basically websites with applications which help connect friends using different tools like blogs, profiles, chats, internal email systems and photos.

Sexting

When children text sexualised images of themselves or others

Online gaming

Online gaming is when you use an internet connected device such as a PSP, Xbox 360 or a computer to play games against other users online

Online Grooming Promising meetings with idols

Offers of merchandise

Offering cheap tickets to events

Gifts including games/music/phones

Gaining child’s confidence by encouraging them to share difficulties

Threatening to expose them and contact their parents

Online Grooming Asking to meet offline

Asking for phone numbers

Assuming a false identity or masquerading as a young person of the same or opposite sex

Buying top up vouchers

Asking sexually themed questions, such as do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend

Digital Footprint It is the amount of content, whether it be words,

photographs, audio, or video, that is traceable back to a given individual.

Anything uploaded to sites like flickr, blog posts, video files uploaded to YouTube, posts written on friends' Facebook Walls, and posts to your Facebook wall by your friends.

It can be permanent.

Our peers can search for it and may be influenced by what they find, both in opinion and in action.

Check Ask Tell

CAT reminds you to:

Ask

Tell

Check

Check with your Mum, Dad or Carer that it’s OK to use the computer Ask a grown up if you’re not sure about something you’re looking at, or if you want to do something on the computer. Tell someone if you’re upset about something you see on the computer or mobile phone

Practical Steps for Parents and Carers Set “safe search” on You Tube and Google Ensure that your privacy settings on Facebook are

set appropriately Set up different logons for family members so

that access can be managed and behaviours tracked

Use the parent control tools in Windows 7 Set parental controls on gaming devices Find out what parental controls come with your

broadband/TV

Tips for Parents

Keep the computer in a common room

Establish rules for using the Internet and teach your children important safety guidelines

Tell your children to keep their personal information protected

Protect your children’s passwords

Spend time with your children online

Tips for Parents

Have your children show you their favourite sites

Be computer savvy: use antivirus, antispyware, and a firewall, and keep them current

Teach your children to tell a parent, teacher or trusted adult if they feel uncomfortable about anything they’ve seen on a computer

What are your friends doing online?

What are the coolest or newest Web sites?

Can you show me your favourite sites?

Have you heard of ‘cyber bullying’ and have you ever experienced it in anyway online?

Has anything online ever made you feel weird, sad, scared, or uncomfortable?

Do you ever get messages from strangers?

Do you know anyone who’s made plans to go and meet someone offline that they’d been talking to online?

Are people in your group of friends ever mean to each other online or on phones? If so, what do they say? Has anyone ever been mean to you? Would you tell me about it if they were?

Do you really know everybody on your ‘friends’ list?

Useful websites for Parents

www.childnet-int.org/kia/parents

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/parentsguide

www.digizen.org./parents

www.ceop.gov.uk

www.parents.vodafone.com