Thank you to Harpers

Harpers construction, who are currently building the houses for Wrekin Trust at Gleeblands (behind St Matthews) have kindly agreed to work with the school. They will be donating safe building equipment for our Children to use to build with to support maths and dt. We will be uploading pictures soon showing our pupils using this exciting equipment.

Staying Safe on Minecraft

http://parentinfo.org/article/staying-safe-on-minecraft

Please click on link to find out more about Minecraft.

Minecraft is one of the world’s most popular games, especially with children (find out more about how it works and what the appeal is in our What is Minecraft article).

The chances are, if you have primary age children, Minecraft will be part of their world, or their friends’ worlds. So what should you know about helping your kids play safely?

E Safety for parents

We would like to share this new website which provides parental information in regards to E Safety. If you have any concerns the website provides current information and a range of agencies to contact.

http://parentinfo.org/articles/primary

· Think about how you guide your family in the real world and how you can do the same in the digital world.

· Try out the technologies your child enjoys – download some of their music and have a go at games they like.

· Talk to friends and family about how they manage their children’s digital lives.

· Remind older siblings that websites they use may not be suitable for younger brothers and sisters.

· Make digital issues part of everyday conversation – talking about subjects like cyberbullying, sexting and copyright infringement.

· When you’re talking about bullying, sex and relationships and other issues, don’t forget to include the online aspects.

· Talk to your children about whether the issues they face are different online and offline – or how online and offline work together to complicate their lives.

· Don’t be afraid to set boundaries and rules.

· Talk to your child about their online reputation.