Dear Parents and Carers,

On Tuesday 7th February we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2023.

Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on children and young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to help to create a better internet.

Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote at NJS, and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year. We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home.

To help you with this, the UK Safer Internet Centre have created some free activities and information for parents and carers which are available at: saferinternet.org.uk/
SID-parents. Whether you have 5 minutes to start a conversation or hours to spare,
there are top tips, quizzes and films which you can use at home with your child.

If you have any concerns or questions about keeping your child safe online, please do get in touch with your child’s class teacher/myself or Mrs Moody, Mr Moody, Mr Rotherham or Mrs Green, our Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Kind regards,
Mr Butler

Dear Parents and Carers,

Online Safety Newsletter November 2022 PDF

Online Safety Newsletter November 2022

This month’s edition includes information about the following topics, which I urge you to read:

• Anti-Bullying week 14th-18th Nov – click the link below for more info:
  Parents and Carers (anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk)
• Roblox – change to age ratings, what to be aware of, plus Parental Controls explained. For Parents – Roblox and Roblox | Parent Zone will give you more info.
• Discord – a parent’s guide and what to be aware of – see the following links:
  Setting Up Your Account for Privacy & Safety | Discord
  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) from Parents & Educators (discord.com)
  What is Discord? A guide for parents and carers | Childnet
• Social Media Algorithms – Algorithms influence what we see on social media platforms and predict what type of content we are most likely to interact with, thereby keeping us online for longer. There are benefits but unfortunately there are negatives, which are outlined in the below article:
  What are social media algorithms, and how can they be manipulated? — Parent Zone – Parents’ area
• Yubo – an aged 13+ social media app where users ‘swipe right’ to match up with others, and they can then livestream with others. This can lead to inappropriate contacts – see the links for more info:
  parents-guide.yubo.live
  There is a separate link to a young person’s guide to Yubo on the newsletter itself.

Lots to read, all important stuff to know. Please take the time to do this and keep having conversations with your children about their privacy settings / activity online. As always, please contact Mrs Moody or me, if you have any concerns or questions about any of the above.

Kind regards,

Mr Butler