Spring Quizes

31st March 2021A Hayward
Wow! Thank you to everyone taking part in our quizes this week.  Its been eggcellent fun!!!!  And we had a first – the first time ANY team has got ALL the questions correct!  A great achievement for the Y1 Busy Bunnies at St Oswalds RC Primary School.
Year 4,5 and 6 Quiz
 After double, triple and quadruple checking with the Easter Bunny, we have a winner!  We had 3 teams tie on 28 points, so went to the tie breaker.  So a cracking performance from Biddick Hall Junior School – Wallsies Warriors! are victorious.
The final results are:
Score Name of School Team Name
28 / 30 Biddick Hall Juniors Wallsies Warriors!
28 / 30 Stanhope Primary Stanhope Stars Year 5
28 / 30 Hadrian Primary The Hadrian Easter Bunnies
27 / 30 Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary The Hopping Six
27 / 30 Lord Blyton Blyton Bunnies 6
27 / 30 Lord Blyton Primary (Y5) Blyton Easter Eggheads
27 / 30 Stanhope Stan Hop
26 / 30 Harton Primary The Easter Bunnies
26 / 30 Ss Peter Paul RC Primary School The Easter Bunnies
26 / 30 East Boldon Junior School East Boldon Bears
26 / 30 St. Matthews Jarrow Rabbit Raiders
25 / 30 St Bede’s, Jarrow – Y5 The 21 Disciples
25 / 30 St Oswalds Year 4 Year 4 Legends
25 / 30 Lord Blyton Primary Blyton Bunnies 4
25 / 30 Hedworth Lane Primary School Class Chicken Nuggets (hopefully not)
24 / 30 Whitburn Village Primary School Whitburn Spring Warriors
21 / 30 Bede Burn Primary Bede Burn Bees
21 / 30 Hedworthfield primary Hedworthfield Warriors
20 / 30 Harton Primary Harton Whizz Quizz
19 / 30 St James RC VA Primary School The Good Eggs
19 / 30 St Matthew’s RC Primary – Year 4 Matty’s Marvels
18 / 30 Biddick Hall Junior School Glorious Givens
18 / 30 St Joseph’s Easter Bunnies
17 / 30 East Boldon Juniors EBJ Lions
16 / 30 St Oswald’s RC School EGGcellent Ozzies
15 / 30 Harton Primary Harton Hippity-Hoppers

 

 

 

Year 1,2 and 3 quiz

 

15 / 15 St Oswalds RC Primary – Year 1 Busy Bunnies
14 / 15 St Josephs Y3 Y3 Busy Bees
14 / 15 Stanhope Primary Year 3 The Daffodils
13 / 15 St Oswald’s CofE VA PRimary Team Eggscellent
12 / 15 St Oswalds The Little Blue Bunnies
12 / 15 Lord Blyton Primary The (very) Bouncy Blyton Easter Bunnies
11 / 15 St Matthew’s RC Primary – Year 3 Isles Imposters
11 / 15 Stanhope Primary School y2 Stanhope Sharks
11 / 15 Stanhope Primary year 1 Year 1 Superheroes
10 / 15 Laygate School The Unbeatables
10 / 15 Hadrian Primary School Y1 Easter Bunnies
9 / 15 St Oswald’s RC Year 2 Tulips
9 / 15 Hadrian Primary School Hadrian Heroes Y2
9 / 15 Ss Peter and Paul Rc Primary School Year 3 chocolate hoppers

 

Google Search in 3D

22nd March 2021A Hayward

Have you had a look at some of these cool features of Google and Augmented Reality.

https://arvr.google.com/ar/

 

How do I use Google AR search?
Find & interact with 3D results
  1. On your Android phone, go to google.com or open your Google app .
  2. Search for an animal, object, or place.
  3. If a 3D result is available, tap View in 3D .
  4. To interact with the 3D result in AR, tap View in your space.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

You will see lots of other animals or objects in a gallery, why not put the Brown Bear in your classroom, it’s amazing!

 

Reminder of the dangers of Tiktok

12th March 2021A Hayward

We have had some concerns raised about inappropriate contact on the Tiktok social media platform.  The app has been used as a vehicle to exploit young people to share images in exchange for a monetary reward.  Please do share this leaflet from the National Online Safety Centre with parents.

 

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Just a Joke?

26th February 2021A Hayward

Childnet have just launched a new resource aimed at 9-12 year olds.  The toolkit is called “Just a Joke?” and explores problematic online sexual behaviour.

Here is a link to the full toolkit. https://www.childnet.com/resources/just-a-joke

The objectives of the toolkit are:

  • To support educators in delivering high quality PSHE/PSE and relationships education lessons.
  • To give children a safe space to discuss, explore and challenge peer to peer online sexual harassment e.g. bullying or harmful behaviour online based on gender or sexual orientation stereotypes, body-shaming, nudity and sexually explicit content.
  • To discuss with children how they can be good friends online.
  • To raise awareness of this issue to prevent it from becoming normalised.
  • To give children the confidence to report unacceptable online behaviour.

It approaches problematic online sexual behaviour, with a focus on online sexual harassment e.g. bullying or harmful behaviour online based on gender or sexual orientation stereotypes, body-shaming, nudity and sexually explicit content.

In resources that are used or seen by children, the term ‘cyberbullying’ and refer to the specific type – cyberbullying that uses gender stereotypes, body shaming or nude images is used. This is because we know the words ‘sexual’ and ‘harassment’ may not be understood, used or appropriate for 9-12 year olds.

The toolkit contains a range of resources to help educators explore problematic online sexual behaviour, including:
  • Three lesson plans
  • Quick activities
  • An interactive quiz
  • Teaching Guide

This toolkit for 9-12 year olds follows on from the creation of the ‘Step Up, Speak Up!’ toolkit for 13-17 year olds. Feedback on these resources showed the need and desire for a toolkit to address this topic with a younger age group; this is where the beginnings of online sexual harassment were being noticed, and a need to challenge it early was identified.

Find more information about the project and its beginnings here.

 

 

Safer Internet Quiz Final Results

11th February 2021A Hayward

Congratulations to everyone taking part in our Safer Internet Quiz.  We had loads of fun doing it, and from your comments and smiles, you did too!  We were really impressed with your super powers of deduction –  you managed to spot the fake news stories and the fake photos.  As you can see from this photo, we faked our backgrounds as well, but it does look cool!

 

So, get on with it I hear you cry!  Who won!  Well it was really close.  Three teams all tied on 26 points, Fellgate Y4, Mortimer Monkeys and Spectacular Six from SS Peter & Paul Primary.  We had to go to the tie breaker.  The tie break question was: according to PC Mag, how many millions of people use fortnight every month?  The answer 131 million.  The closest of the three teams to that figure was ……. Mortimer Monkeys!!!!!   So huge congratulations to them and their teachers.

Thank you all for taking part, we look forward to running another quiz very soon.  Have a great half term.

 

 

Safer Internet Day 2021

9th February 2021A Hayward

Today’s the day!

Children around the area will be taking part in an online quiz organised by ICT in Schools, South Tyneside. They will be pitting their wits against other schools in South Tyneside to see who knows more about keeping safe online. This year the theme for the day is about reliability, can we trust everything we see in the online world?. Their skills will be tested to see if they can spot fake news stories and photographs.

If you would like to know more about Safer Internet Day, go to their website <a href=”https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021″>https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021</a> And for more information about keeping your family safe online, check out these <a href=”https://ictinschools.org/e-safety/e-safety-for-parents-and-carers/”>videos made by the ICT in Schools team.</a>

Here is some advice from leading e safety experts on how to support your family.

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Frog – What’s up Friend?

5th February 2021A Hayward

Well, it’s not a very friendly app at all.  This app is 15+ and is aimed at tweens.  But, many younger children are using it.  It has virtually no moderation, and allows for anonymous posting.  Please make your parents aware as it seems to be used in the region.

Common Sense Media say, Parents need to know that Frog – What’s Up Friend is a free social media app aimed at young teens. There are some protections in place, but much of it relies on user awareness and precaution. Users are required to submit a video that includes their face to be “verified,” but verification isn’t required to view videos, friend other users, or send messages. User-generated content — that is supposed to be moderated — includes the use of words like “sh*t”, “f*ck,” and beastiality, and there seems to be no moderation whatsoever of privately sent videos between “friends.” The terms of service require kids to be at least 13 years old to participate, but there are no restrictions in place to ensure this is enforced. In fact, user reviews report concerns about predatory behavior from older users. Since ages are visible in profiles, it’s easy to target the youngest users. There’s a toggle to make a user only visible to friends, but it’s not readily available during account creation. There’s also no tour or overview so kids may not know how the app works until they have posted content. Kids can also connect to and use features of Snapchat within the app. It’s also possible to purchase in-app currency without asking for parental permission. Read the developer’s privacy policy for details on how your (or your kids’) information is collected, used, and shared and any choices you may have in the matter, and note that privacy policies and terms of service frequently change.

SAFER INTERNET DAY 2021

29th January 2021A Hayward

Safer Internet Day is on 9th February 2021 and will be celebrated in the UK with the theme: An internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world

Safer Internet Day 2021 celebrates the amazing range of information and opportunities online, and its potential to inform, connect and inspire us, whilst also looking at how young people can separate fact from fiction.

The campaign focuses on how we can decide what to trust online, supporting young people to question, challenge and change the online world for the better. It will explore how influence, persuasion and manipulation can impact young people’s decisions, opinions and what they share online.

The day will also look at the emotional impact navigating a misleading online world can have on young people and why it is important to create a supportive, critical and questioning culture online that encourages debate and discussion. We want to give young people the skills to support one another, and the strategies to spot and speak out against harmful and misleading content online.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2021

Internet Matters have also made a challenging quiz for families, school groups or individuals. Check it out here : Find the Fake Quiz!

You might want to put it on your school website or send home as a remote learning activity!