Marland Hill Community Primary School
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Head Together
Fri 17 Jan 2025
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Year Group Focus - Year 6
Fri 17 Jan 2025In English, we have been finding out about The Titanic. We are reading a book called 'The Titanic Detective Agency'. We have carried out research and written a non-chronological report. Some of the children have made models as their homework.
Our history topic is 'The Suffragettes'. We have found out about the role of women throughout history and the methods of two different suffragette unions. Some of the children have made rosettes and signs as their homework.
Our science topic is 'Living things and their habitats'. We have been using the ipads to do research on helpful and harmful micro-organisms.
In computing, we are working on a programming unit. We are using Scratch to change variables in games.
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Parent Page
Fri 17 Jan 2025The online world gives us a huge amount of information and services, but the scale of information also means that there is content that is inappropriate for children. What is or isn’t appropriate is up to parents and carers to decide.
Parental controls allow you to block and filter upsetting or inappropriate content. They work across your WIFI, phone network, individual apps and devices. Parent controls can help you to:
· Plan what time of day your child can go online and for how long. This is particularly useful at bedtimes.
· Create content filters to block apps that may have inappropriate content
· Manage the content different family members can access.
While parental controls are a useful took there are limitations so they should not be seen a whole solution. Even if you have put restrictions in place on your child’s device, they won’t work if your child connects to a different WIFI. Parental controls are just part of a way to keep your children safe online. Other tips include:
· Talk to your child. Explain why you are setting parental controls to keep them safe. Also let them know they can talk to you to discuss why certain settings are in place.
· Set good strong passwords. On some parental controls you can set a password which prevents settings and features from being changed.
· Age needs to be considered. As children get older the restrictions and controls you use will change. Go at a pace that is appropriate for your child not pressure from your child because “everyone else is allowed”.
· Content filters are never 100% effective. It is likely at some point your child will see inappropriate or upsetting content, it is important that they are able to talk to you about this.
Setting up parental controls on:
Home Broadband and WIFI
Home internet providers can offer parental controls for your family. You can:
· Use a filter from your internet provider to control the content that you and your child see. Some providers allow different settings for each user.
· Set up any device connected to your home broadband. How you do this depends on your provider and you’ll need to access your home router. You can ask your internet provider for help setting this up. Remember this only woks when your child is using the internet through WIFI, if they are using 4G or 5G etc you need to check the settings on their mobile device as well.
Mobiles, tablets and computers
All mobiles, tablets and computers have parental control settings which can differ between devices. These include:
· Allowing or disallowing in-game purchases
· Settings such as location settings and what information your child is sharing.
· Wellbeing settings to help limit screen time.
You can get more advice about setting up parental controls on different devices from your mobile provider and Homepage - UK Safer Internet Centre
On Apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV etc, there are features available for parents all tied into an account. You can set content and privacy restrictions, prevent purchases, allow or disallow apps and more. See what parental controls are available on Apple https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201304
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Captain’s Table
Fri 17 Jan 2025Well done to the following children that have been selected to sit at the Captain’s Table.
RA
Saad
3B
Florence
RB
George
4A
Anaiyaah
1A
Kayden
4B
Oscar
1B
Ayaan
5A
Aribah
2A
Dawud
5B
Connor
2B
Aiza
6A
Amina
3A
Izaan
6B
Lily
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PE Superstars
Fri 17 Jan 2025Every week during PE, Coaches will be choosing pupils to be their PE superstars of the week. Well done to the following children who were fantastic in PE last week:
Reception
Mia, Yusuf, Ayla, Ahil
Year 1
Musa, Samrah, Edwin, Joshua
Year 2
Nikolas, Inaaya, Phoebe, Qasim
Year 3
Musa, Haniyah, Emma, Musa
Year 4
Ayesha, Aroush, Laibah, George
Year 5
Momin, Alina, Aizah, Farhan
Year 6
Yahya, Kiran, Emma, Rhyden
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School Uniform
Fri 17 Jan 2025Please can parents/carers ensure that their child wears the correct uniform to school and that it is clearly labelled with their name on. Thank you.
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Breakfast Club
Fri 17 Jan 2025Well done to Mikhail and Florence for being chosen Breakfast Club Superstars!
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Starbooks Reader - Winners!
Fri 17 Jan 2025The following children have been awarded ‘Star Reader’ and enjoyed going to the ‘Starbooks’ cafe in the library to enjoy a drink and a treat as their reward. Fantastic!
RA
Arabella
3B
Safaa
RB
Alina
4A
Emily
1A
Toby
4B
Musa
1B
Musa
5A
Farhan
2A
Aydin
5B
Esaam
2B
Rayyan. M
6A
Hassan
3A
Alektra
6B
Ayaz
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Parking
Fri 17 Jan 2025Please can we remind parents/carers to be vigilant when parking around school. Please do not park outside driveways. There was an incident this week where an ambulance could not get to a resident due to a blockage of a driveway. Thank you for your continued support.
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No after school clubs next Tuesday
Fri 17 Jan 2025Unfortunately there will be no after school clubs taking place next Tuesday 21st January.
Please collect your child at their normal finish time.
Thank you.
