E-Safety
ICT in the 21st Century is seen as an essential resource to support learning and teaching, as well as playing an important role in the everyday lives of children, young people and adults. Consequently, at Petersfield we need to build in the use of these technologies in order to arm our young people with the skills to access life-long learning and employment.
E-safety involves pupils, staff, governors and parents making best use of technology, information, training and this policy to create and maintain a safe online and ICT environment for Petersfield School.
"As in any other area of life, children and young people are vulnerable and may expose themselves to
danger - knowingly or unknowingly - when using the Internet and other digital technologies. Indeed, some
young people may find themselves involved in activities which are inappropriate or possibly illegal.
To ignore e-safety issues when implementing the requirements of Every Child Matters could ultimately
lead to significant gaps in child protection policies, leaving children and young people vulnerable."
From: Safeguarding Children in a Digital World. BECTA 2006
E-safety tips for parents of primary school children 6-10 year olds
Digital Parenting Magazine
Visit CEOP's Thinkuknow website to find the latest information on
the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. Find out what's
good, what's not and what you can do about it. There's a place which anyone
can use to report if they feel uncomfortable or worried about someone
they are chatting to online.
On the UK Safer Internet Centre website, you can
find e-safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people
stay safe on the internet.
Vodafone's Digital Parenting
magazine, developed in partnership with The Parent Zone,
includes articles written by experts to help keep young people
safe in the digital world.
A collection of articles, tips, expert advice and
resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing
on-line. Parent Info is a collaboration between
Parent Zone, which has been providing information and
support to parents for a decade, and CEOP, the Child
Exploitation and Online Protection command of the National Crime Agency.
Latest News
14th Jan - Petersfield Press is again just an email today. Please do read this important information and if you are in receipt of Free School Meals, please respond to the question asked. Thank you!
13th Jan - Thank you to those of you who joined our GenR8 Collective Worship today.
13th Jan - Apologies, the broadband locally appears to be struggling - the issues started at the end of the day yesterday. We are looking to see if there is anything we can do, such as turning off cameras, which can help in the short term.
12th Jan - If you want to read again about our Remote Learning offer, the Policy is on the Covid page under 'Classes'. The explanation email (sent on the 5th Jan 2021) has been added to the appendices. Look out for further emails as we all work together to further refine our offer.
12th Jan - Today in Collective Worship, we continued exploring how we can take time to reflect and how this links to the 4 aspects of prayer we learnt about about before Christmas. Thank you to all those who joined today. Great reflection sharing!
11th Jan - Welcome back to our first full week of remote learning. Great job everyone! If you have not yet completed our laptop survey, please do or email us.
7th Jan - Petersfield Press is an email with attachments rather than a .pdf document today. Don't forget to join us for Headteacher Awards at 1:10pm today!
6th Jan - What a super start to our Remote Learning. So many of you joined for the 3 live teaching sessions and submitted your work online. It was great to see so many faces at Collective Worship. Don't forget, you can contact your classteacher directly via their class email address if needed.
5th Jan - Thanks to everyone who joined our first live story times today. Great to see you! Tomorrow school is open to critical worker children who booked and cannot safely be kept at home. All the live lessons start tomorrow. Parents should have received an email today ready for this.
5th Jan - school is CLOSED to all children today in line with County advice as we respond to last night's announcement and await further government guidance.
4th Jan - Following the government announcement at 8pm tonight, please see the urgent email sent to all parents.
4th Jan - Welcome to the spring term 2021. Staff training today. Please see the email sent to parents this afternoon about tomorrow's opening.
December 2020 - For those in need over Christmas, the Winter Grant Scheme is available and you can contact them for support by phone: 0345 045 5219.
22nd Dec - You can now visit the Orwell Benefice website to find out about the Stations of the Nativity and download a map. A link to this is also on our 'Church School' webpage (under the School Information drop down menu). How many can you find before the 6th January?
18th - 20th Dec - If your child develops symptoms of Covid before Sunday evening (20th) you must inform us immediately via the office email so we can undertake contact tracing.
18th Dec - School is now closed to pupils until Tuesday 5th January when we expect to reopen to children for the Spring Term.
18th Dec - Thank you for the good wishes and kind words. These mean a lot. We are SO proud of our school and everyone who has played their part in making the very best of a very challenging 2020. We wish you a happy and safe Christmas and very much look forward to 2021!
18th Dec - 'San-ta, San-ta' Father Christmas arrived on a horse drawn cart with a sack full of presents to MUCH excitement and chanting! Merry Christmas everyone!
18th Dec - Christmas party time everyone! Each bubble enjoyed festive jumpers and accessories and had lots of fun!
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Notices
Run Orwell - now a virtual event for everyone! Click here to visit the website and join in!
As per County and national guidance, Petersfield will only close in exceptional circumstances or where instructed to do so. The decision will be made ASAP and displayed first on our school website in the 'Latest News' above.
Please see our vacancies page for an opportunity for a Playworker.
