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Ofsted Monitoring – Remotely visiting 04.03.21

Ofsted Monitoring – Remotely visiting 04.03.21

We have been informed today that our school will be inspected remotely tomorrow.  Please see the information in the letter below attached from the inspectors, requesting parents and carers to complete an online survey to let them know what you think about our school....

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How to enable Family Safety mode in Tik Tok

How to enable Family Safety mode in Tik Tok

Family Safety Mode Early in February 2020 TikTok introduced a new feature, Family Safety Mode, which it refers to as ‘digital wellbeing’ features. Family Safety Mode allows a parent to link their TikTok account to their child's account. Once enabled parents will be...

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YouTube Influencers –  What you need to know as a parent

YouTube Influencers – What you need to know as a parent

YouTube is huge with children, but with over 5 billion videos on YouTube (and that number growing at a staggering pace) we can understand the potential for children to see the very best and worst of society. But increasingly we’re seeing a rise in so-called...

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RISE Mental Health Support

RISE Mental Health Support

We are very fortunate to be part of the RISE programme, aimed at supporting the well-being of young people in the North East.  RISE is provided by the NHS and means that each week we have the support of an EMHP (Early Mental Health Practitioner), Lucy McRae.  She...

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Home Learning Tips for Parents

Home Learning Tips for Parents

I think all of us would agree that home schooling is tricky at times and children don't always want to do their school work, which can lead to frustration and stress - this is what happens in my house at least!  One reason can be that children see a big list of things...

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Hands On Approaches to Well-being

Hands On Approaches to Well-being

Gateshead Psychology Service have been sharing some great resources and sources of information, one of which is this link to a CAMHS (Children and Adult Mental Health Services) website.  It has loads of useful information about how to support children and young people...

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Online resources and support around anxiety and well-being

Online resources and support around anxiety and well-being

If you are looking for useful information and resources about supporting children and adults with anxiety-related issues, there are a lot of different websites and groups online. One website that does offer useful, free resources is Therapist Aid, which can be found...

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Support and Advice for Wellbeing

Support and Advice for Wellbeing

We’ve created a new page on our website so that parents can find useful links and resources to help with well-being. There are three videos on the page – one for primary children, one for older primary and secondary children and one for adults – which offer great...

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