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UK Safer Internet Centre Advice

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Tuesday 7th February is Safer Internet Day.  Please have a look at the following online safety advice to learn more about how to keep children safe when using the internet.  There is a short video clip with some useful suggestions.

  UK Safer Internet Centre advice for parents.

 

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We will be watching this video in nursery with the children next week.  Although it is aimed at ages 5-7, some nursery children are accessing online games and they often talk about content they see on Youtube.

They key message is to “ask an adult before watching videos on youtube”.

 

 

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Celebrating Burns Day

On Burns day ‘Granny Janet’ (Erin’s Gran ) visited nursery to share some fantastic Scottish stories, songs and poems with the children and staff. The children loved getting involved with the new songs and poems and were very eager to listen to the tales such as Greyfriars Bobby. At the end of the sessions Mrs Mckay  had very kindly cooked us all a Burns supper of ‘Haggis, Neeps and tatties’ It was a great!

We would like to share our learning near and far and encourage readers to come to our blog. Please don’t share pictures and videos from our blog but instead share a link to our blog and bring your friends and family to us.

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Stick Man and BEYC

The AM Red Group have been very interested in the Stick Man story by Julia Donaldson.  Please have a look at our learning story red-group-stick-man to find out what we have been doing.         You might see some stick people puppet show videos next time you visit our Blog!

We would like to share our learning near and far and encourage readers to come to our blog. Please don’t share pictures and videos from our blog but instead share a link to our blog and bring your friends and family to us.

 

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Chinese New Year at Wraparound

Some of the Wraparound children have been interested in Chinese New Year and dragon dancing. Please come in and have a look at their floor book and find out all about their story ‘The Friendly Dragon’.

 

Do you like their beautiful dragon?

https://youtu.be/y2ctVAua5io

 

We would like to share our learning near and far and encourage readers to come to our blog. Please don’t share pictures and videos from our blog but instead share a link to our blog and bring your friends and family to us.

 

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Ipad App suggestions.

Children’s usage of the Ipads are limited and managed with a rota system and sand timers.   Please speak to Miss Wilkinson if you would like to know more about this and for tips on online safety.

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Lost belongings.

 

Please can you check at home for a lost fleece jacket and pair of shoes?

The blue fleece has the name Aiden R on the label and the shoes are red Spiderman indoor shoes.

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NSPCC Online Safety Information

“The internet is amazing. Children can play, learn, create and connect – opening up a whole world of exciting possibilities. But how do you keep track of what they’re doing and make sure they’re staying safe?”

Please see the useful information provided by the NSPCC below for top tips on how to keep children safe.

 

NSPCC Online Safety information

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Digital Technology Policy Update

We have currently been reviewing our nursery policies in line with West Lothian Council guidelines over the past few months.  Please find our Digital Technology Policy below.
If you have any comments or suggestions on the draft policy or would like more information please email them directly to Miss Wilkinson, digital technology coordinator: eva.wilkinson@westlothian.org.uk by Friday 21st January 2017.
New permission slips have also been issued to every child with detailed explanations of how and where content from our nursery is posted. It’s parents responsibility to ensure these forms are completed and returned.  

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