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Important online safety message

Tue 26 Feb 2019

Do your children use social media or messaging apps? Do you know about MOMO?

Here is some important information that has been hitting headlines this week.

MOMO ADVICE: Make sure kids know not to contact strangers via social media/instant messaging apps regardless of the threats. Learn how to enable privacy settings & disable location sharing, share advice with children to avoid them becoming a victim!

Follow the link below for important advice and information:

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/three-minute-briefing-momo-challenge#5c751d2add6613.87859625

World Book Week - 4th - 9th March

Mon 25 Feb 2019

World Book Day takes place on Thursday 7th March 2019. We will be celebrating this in school through a variety of exciting events throughout this week - including dressing up in your favourite colour on Friday 8th March.

Don't forget to #shareastoryselfie on Twitter using the handle @highoakhamps

Please see the letter sent home today for more details - or in the 'letters home' part of our website.

Poster competition time

Sun 10 Feb 2019

Poster competition - raising awareness of mental health #rethinkmentalillness #wellbeing #mansfielddistrictcouncil

Dear Parents/Carer & Students

I hope this letter finds you well, I’m writing to you today to introduce myself. My name is Bethany Wigley and I am the current Miss Mansfield and Sherwood Forest 18/19. Since I won the title in March 2018 I have been promoting and raising funds for my chosen charity Rethink Mental Illness. They directly support 60,000 people across England a year however sadly there are many more that are unable to access support. Like myself, Rethink’s aim is to change public attitude and reduce the stigma of mental health. Mental health affects everybody at some point in their lives in varying degrees and forms. Two thirds of the UK populations feel they don’t have anyone to talk to about their personal problems such as mental health and one in four people suffer from mental illness. This charity is not only close to my heart, but I believe by promoting and fund raising for this charity it will have a great impact on the lives of many.

The non-uniform day held across Nottinghamshire on World Mental Health Day last year was a great success. It was fantastic to work with students across participating schools and see the great work they’ve been doing in the classroom to promote a positive attitude to mental health.

To continue to raise awareness amongst young people in our communities I am excited to announce that I am running a competition for students to design a poster to promote healthy minds and awareness of mental health and show how we can look after our own and other people’s mental health. The winner will have their poster published on the side of Mansfield District Council's refuse lorries for thousands of local residents to see every week.

The competition is now open and will close Monday 18^th March 2019. Entries need to be submitted to your participating school by the closing date. You will also need to write on the back of your art work the following information:

Name
Age
School
Class year and teacher
Parent/Carer’s email or Parent/Carer contact number
Description of your art work.

I hope you agree that this is a great way to promote mental health awareness to everyone in our community along with showcasing the talents of our local students.

Kind regards,

Bethany Wigley

Miss Mansfield & Sherwood Forest 2018/19

Email: missmansfieldsherwoodforest@hotmail.com

Facebook: facebook.com/missmansfieldandsherwoodforest

Instagram: instagram.com/missmansfield18

Safer Internet Day

Tue 05 Feb 2019

Everyone at High Oakham Primary School will be celebrating Safer Internet Day 2019 on the 5th February alongside thousands of other schools both nationally and globally. The children will be taking part in different activities throughout the day that highlight the importance of using technology responsibly and safely at an age appropriate level.

The campaign encourages young people to explore how the internet works, who owns the information that is shared on it, and how they can actively take ownership of digital spaces. We want Safer Internet Day 2019 to empower young people to take control of their online lives and to feel that they can harness and use the positive power of the internet for good.

Check out our updated Online Safety page for more information on how to support your child to stay safe online - click here.

#SaferInternetDay2019 #togetherisbetter #safeguardingouryoungpeople

Mr Riley's first basketball match with High Oakham Primary School basketball team

Fri 01 Feb 2019

High Oakham Primary School's Mr Riley organised a debut basketball match at Brierley Forest Primary School in Sutton-in-Ashfield which proved to be a resounding success - our team won the first match against Brierley Forest 20-2 and also won the second match against Ravenshead Primary 19-7! Excellent full on games with great sportsmanship from all involved - a team report to come in next week's newsletter! A special thanks to Brierley for hosting, a great, knowledgeable and fair ref, Jimmy - very inspiring! Well done Mr Riley and all the team - looking forward to next week's match at Ravenshead #veryproud #resilience #cooperation #resourcefulness

Trip to Police HQ

Fri 01 Feb 2019

Our visit to Nottinghamshire Police HQ following an invitation from Nottinghamshire Police to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Mini Police scheme which our current Year 6 children took part in. We loved the tour of the armed response unit and officers equipment, meeting the newest police puppy and a tour of the underwater search unit vehicle! Our children were interviewed by The Chad newspaper and ITV central who filmed throughout.
We had a great time and the behaviour of our children was impeccable, great representatives of High Oakham Primary School - #veryproudheadteacher A huge thanks to Mrs Longmire who puts a lot of time and effort in the organisation of this scheme alongside the Mansfield local police community, much appreciated - #aboveandbeyond #consideringchildrensfutures #ittakesavillagetoraiseachild

This is the link here or below to the Chad newspaper to read more about our adventure!

https://www.chad.co.uk/news/mansfield-youngsters-celebrate-nottinghamshire-mini-police-s-first-anniversary-1-9572510