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Safeguarding Information for Parents during COVID Crisis

Wed 01 Apr 2020

Prevent & Wider Safeguarding During COVID Crisis

With the prospect of schools across Wales remaining closed for a significant period of time, the likelihood of children spending a considerable amount of time researching, gaming or communicating online will increase. The priority for all parents and teachers is to keep children safe online, prevent harm and safeguard at all times. People may choose to exploit the most vulnerable within our communities because they understand during these challenging times children will be online more than usual. Please consider the following when you or your child is online;

Children should;

Know who they are talking to
Check if they can access material, play games
Protect their online reputation
Only open messages from sources they trust
Do not give out personal information
Do not share images, video of inappropriate material
Speak to someone if they feel uncomfortable
Understand not everything online is true
Block and report people who are trolling
Do not give into pressure
Think before they post
Keep safe online

Parents should;

Monitor who their child is communicating with online
Monitor the content and material accessed or downloaded
Check content is appropriate
Set boundaries and parental controls
Discuss their online activity
Manage / check privacy settings
Know where to find help

Report concerns

https://www.gov.uk/report-terrorism

https://www.gwent.police.uk/en/advice/advice/t-z-terrorism-witness-of-crime/terrorism/prevent/

https://www.dyfed-powys.police.uk/en/advice-support/i-am-worried-about-terrorism-activity-radicalisation/i-am-worried-about-someone-being-radicalised/prevent-referral-form/

https://www.north-wales.police.uk/advice-and-support/stay-safe/combating-extremism

https://www.south-wales.police.uk/en/contact-us/do-it-online/

Other useful resources

www.cyberaware.gov.uk/

www.getsafeonline.org

www.saferinternet.org.uk/

www.childnet.com

Changes to Free School Meals

Tue 24 Mar 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

The decision has now been made that the administering of Free School Meals (FSM) entitlement while the education sites are closed will now be carried out by the Benefits Team. The will replace the current interim scheme from April 6.

The Benefits Team has set up an online application form for parents who are entitled to FSM to complete and supply them with bank details so they can issue weekly payments aimed at providing food for their children while they are at home. This form is called FSM COVID 19 and can be found under this link

https://iweb.itouchvision.com/portal/f?p=customer:category_link:::::CUID,LANG:A1880BC665B932E0A3E9075341401DA8CC0DC77D,EN&P_LANG=en

The form can also be found under the Benefits section of the customer portal – www.torfaen.mycouncilservices.com

Please can all parents apply for this online as quickly as possible for the Benefits Team to get all the relevant details set up on their system to issue payments to them.

We appreciate that this is a very difficult time for everybody at the moment and we are anticipating that payments will be issued on a weekly basis from 6^th April 2020. The team understand that this delay could cause some worry to parents but they are working as quickly as they can to get this up and running effectively and efficiently.

We would like ALL parents to apply on line rather than ringing the Benefits team. However if you do not have internet access the Benefits Team will take forms over the telephone but would like to keep these to a minimum if possible.

Latest Information regarding Hub School

Mon 23 Mar 2020

Government advice is that children should remain at home unless absolutely necessary.

If you are a:

healthcare worker
police, fire, armed services worker; or
social care home worker (with notification from your employer that you are allowed to access this provision)

and you intend to access the Blenheim Road childcare hub from tomorrow (Tuesday 24^th March) you will need to bring your own photographic ID if you are a single parent, and for families with two key workers we will need to see evidence of ID for both parents.

Please send your child with a water bottle.

New Website Launched!

Mon 02 Mar 2020

Welcome to our brand new school website! We have created the website to keep parents up to date with school news and notices, and to showcase some of the great things our pupils are achieving. The website is extremely easy to edit by all staff at the school, so check back soon for new updates!