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• Great News!! See the link below from the evening post . An article explaining the act of kindness of one of our Sherwood children.

  Wed 29 Apr 2020
  https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/seven-year-old-nottingham-boy-4047709

• Tik-Tok parent fact sheet

  Wed 08 Apr 2020
  PARENT FACTSHEET – FEBRUARY 2020
  Keep your child safe on TikTok
  What is it?
  A video-sharing app that’s huge with children and teenagers right now. You lip-sync to music or do comedy sketches, and can add effects to your videos. You can also gain followers (‘fans’) and watch other people’s videos.
  The age recommendation is 13 and above, but it’s easy for younger children to sign up too.
  What are the concerns?
  On the surface, not many (so far). But, there are a few things to watch out for, like:
  User profiles talking about ‘trading’ or swapping pictures or videos
  Emojis that are seen as sexually suggestive, like the aubergine
  Hashtags, like #tradefortrade, which suggest the user is looking to trade illicit content
  Sexual lyrics and swearing in songs
  Content about eating disorders (known as ‘pro-ana’)
  Users can’t share images and videos with TikTok’s in-app messaging, but once they’ve made contact, they can easily switch to another app, like Snapchat, to do this.
  7 steps to keep your child safe
  1. Set account to private and limit profile information
  If your account is public, anyone (even people with no account) can watch your TikTok videos.
  Even with a private account, anyone can see your child’s profile information. Tell them not to share personal information publicly, like their full name or where they go to school.
  Plus, tell your child to only accept ‘fan’ requests from people they know and trust.
  To make the account private, simply go to your child’s profile > Settings (the 3 dots in the top right) > Privacy and Safety > turn on ‘Private Account’.
  2. Use family safety mode
  This is a new feature, where parents can control some settings on their child’s account (more on which features below) from their own phone.
  You’ll need to download TikTok and link your account to your child’s. Once you’ve created a profile, go to your profile > Settings > Digital wellbeing > Family safety mode > Choose ‘Parent’. Follow the same steps on your child’s phone but choose ‘Teen’, then scan the QR code with your camera to link your accounts.
  3. Restrict interactions like direct messages and ‘duets’
  Duets are where users reply to one person’s video with another video and then share it all. The videos appear together, side by side. Having a private account automatically means you can’t do duets, and stops people who aren’t your friends sending you messages.

• Free School Meals

  Fri 03 Apr 2020

  Free School Meals - what is it and can I get it?

   

  If you have children in reception, year 1 and year 2 and they go to a state school they are entitled to free school meals regardless of your household income.

   

  From year 3 onwards your children could get free lunches, and sometimes milk at school, if you are receiving  one of the benefits below:

   

  • Income Support
  • Income-based Jobseeker's  Allowance
  • Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
  • Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
  • The Guarantee element of State Pension Credit
  • Child Tax Credit (provided you're not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
  • Working Tax Credit 'run on' - the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.
  • Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get) at the time of your application. Thresholds vary in Scotland and Norther Ireland. If your income goes above the threshold in the future, but you remain on universal Credit, your child will remain eligible. If you applied before 1 April 2018 there was no household income threshold for Universal Credit.

   

• Free School Meal vouchers

  Fri 03 Apr 2020
  Dear Parents/Carers
  Free School Meal Vouchers
  For the last 2 weeks we have provided supermarket vouchers for your family in place of your child getting a free meal at school. The government now has a national scheme in place to provide vouchers to the value of £15 per child per week.
  The voucher scheme is organised by a company called Edenred on the government’s behalf. You will receive an email to the account you gave to the school and then this is what you need to do:
  1. The email will have an e-Code – a 16 digit code number. Select and copy the code
  2. Go to www.freeschoolmeals.co.uk
  3. Paste or type the 16 digit code in to the box and click redeem – shown circled
  4. Select the supermarket you prefer from the list shown which currently includes:
  o Morrisons
  o Tesco
  o Sainsbury’s
  o Asda
  o Waitrose
  o M&S food
  5. Enter the amount - £15 per child per week
  6. Checkout on the website and the eGift card for your chosen supermarket will be emailed to you. This could take up to 3 hours.
  7. To use the eGift card you just need to show the barcode on your phone at the supermarket checkout. If you have limited data remember to screenshot the barcode on your home Wi-Fi before going to the supermarket.
  You can use your £15 allowance across more than one of the listed supermarkets but you would need to make this allocation when you log on to the www.freeschoolmeals.co.uk website.
  Aldi and Lidl are not currently part of the scheme so you can’t use the vouchers there. We will let you know if this changes in the future.
  You will receive a voucher for every term-time week that the school remains closed. This will start after the Easter holiday (20th April 2020). We will ensure that everyone who is eligible is included.
  If you have recently applied for free school meals then you will be included as soon as you provide the school with proof that you are now eligible.

• Easter School opening

  Thu 02 Apr 2020

  Easter and Bank Holiday opening arrangements

   

  Dear Parents / Carers,

   

  We are pleased to let you know that school will continue to be open for children of ‘Key Workers’ and other identified children on the following dates over the Easter Holiday period:

   

   

  Monday 6th April	Tuesday 7th April	Wednesday 8th April	Thursday 9th April	Friday 10th April	Saturday 11th April	Sunday 12th April
  Open	Open	Open	Open	Closed	Weekend	Weekend

   

   

  Monday 13th April	Tuesday 14th April	Wednesday 15th April	Thursday 16th April	Friday 17th April	Saturday 18th April	Sunday 19th April
  Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open	Weekend	Weekend

   

   

   

   

  **School will also be closed on Friday 8^th May 2020.