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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about Social Media & Mental Health
Ironically – for a medium designed to enable engagement with other people – social platforms can actually lead to children feeling increasingly isolated and lonely, taking an obvious toll on their mental wellbeing. This week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide has our top tips on how trusted adults can support healthier social media habits in young people.
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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about TikTok
Given the youthfulness of its user-base, TikTok has faced numerous age-related challenges such as inappropriate content in videos, in-app purchasing and children being contacted by strangers on the platform. Updated for 2022, this week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide tells trusted adults everything they need to know to help young people stay safe on TikTok.
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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Although the game being discussed in the information below is rated as 18+ and is designed for adult users, not children, we felt it was worth sharing with families so that they are aware of reasons for this, and the risks it may pose.
It seems young gamers can’t get enough of the high-octane gunplay that CoD offers. Their eager engagement with the game, however, can lead to hours of compulsive playing; hostile audio chat exchanges with other gamers; and a willingness to make in-game purchases to level up their character. Our #WakeUpWednesday guide has all the intel on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about How to Combat Online Bullying
Just like its offline counterpart, cyber-bullying creates feelings of isolation and anxiety in its victims, along with a loss of self-esteem and potentially thoughts of self-harm or suicide. In support of Anti-Bullying Week, today’s #WakeUpWednesday guide has expert tips on how trusted adults can help to prevent online bullying or reduce its damaging effects
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10 Ways You Can Share Kindness Online
I think this week’s guide is apt for the times we live in but would also be good to share with your children. There are major events going on at the moment and the temptation for adults and children alike is to post things online that might not be very kind. Hopefully this guide will help us all be more positive in the way we post and share comments online.
Best wishes,Mark Richards, Lord Deramore's Primary School
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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about Amigo
Although the platform being discussed in the information below is designed for adult users, and not children, we felt it was worth sharing with families so that they are aware of Amigo and the risks it may pose.
Amigo is a communication platform with (according to its marketing blurb) “the most intelligent algorithm”: capable of matching users with potential chat partners who could live anywhere from the other side of the world to within the same postcode. Once paired, users are rewarded for interacting with each other frequently by additional features being made available to them.
These unlockable extras include private video calling. This is an app for mature audiences. There is the flimsiest of barriers to children using it. If (as we imagine) the potential correlation between these three facts has set alarm bells ringing for you … we’d like to direct you towards this week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide for the whole enchilada about Amigo.
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What Parents & Carers Need to Know about SENDIT
On general principle, any app which allows children to communicate with others anonymously online should be treated with a substantial measure of caution – and Sendit is no exception. For some individuals, the extra layer of security that anonymity provides is an open invitation to post negative and hurtful comments without fear of the consequences.
Indeed, some Scandinavian schools have already gone as far as warning parents about the dangers of children downloading and using Sendit, following a spate of bullying and harassment incidents. As this week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide highlights, the cost of subscriptions and the tendency for young people to be drawn into using the app habitually are among Sendit’s other potential risks.
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Hedgehog Sculptures in the Forest for Y1
Y1 explored the texture of clay and natural materials which they combined to make hedgehog sculptures. They discovered that clay warmed by their hands was easier to shape.
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FIFA 23 – What Parents & Carers Need To Know
You don’t have to be football crazy or an avid gamer to have heard of the all-conquering FIFA franchise. What you might not know is that this latest edition will be the last release to bear that name, thanks to a parting of the ways between football’s governing body FIFA (that’s Federation Internationale de Football Association, acronym fans) and developers EA Sports.
There’s no disputing that the game’s been an immense success – but what’s less impressive is its tendency to look defensively shaky against some online threats. Young players aiming to recreate their football heroes’ exploits can be at risk from abusive opponents, expensive in-game purchases and the “just one more game” mentality. This week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide tackles FIFA 23.
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