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Online Safety

Dear mums, dads and carers, During these strange times, children are likely to be on devices and the internet more than normal. If you have any concerns or want any advice on how to keep children safe online then please visit our…

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Current School Closure

Willow Lane School, like schools across the country, is currently closed for education until further notice. This is part of the country's approach to handling the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The Department for Education have said that they will only reopen schools when the scientific advice indicates it is…

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Online Safety Tips

Attached are three posters which you may want to look at. One gives some facts and triggers some questions for parents. It provides links and further links can be found within our Online Safety page of the website. The other two…

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Magistrates in Year 6

The Magistrates visited Violet Class and discussed many aspects of the law including legal processes familiar and unfamiliar to the children. We also set up the classroom like a court and held a trial following a script and with nominated roles such as prosecutor and defence lawyers, defendant, witness and…

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Network Rail

Thank you to our colleagues at Network Rail for sharing a safety video with the children of Key Stage 2 about the dangers surrounding railtracks and railway crossings.  The children have responded to the age appropriate resource well.…

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Online Safety

Online Safety (sometimes called E-safety) is an important part of our Computing curriculum. In our Computing lessons as well as Kidsafe sessions we talk about acceptable behaviours online and what to do should anyone breach these. In…

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Fire Engine Visit

Thank you to our local Fire Brigade for bringing their Fire Engine to our school. Red Class enjoyed their tour including handling all manner of the latest sophisticated life saving devices. They tried on clothing and helmets and asked…

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Safer Internet Day

Tuesday 6th February was Safer Internet Day and in school we marked this occasion with an assembly about 'Digiduck's Big Decision'. In this accessible story, a duck receives a photo of his friend which he decides to share only to then…

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Magistrates

Violet Class have spent a morning with the magistrates. As part of their 'Heroes and Villains' topic they have been learning with local magistrates about the laws of our land and the judicial system. As part of this, they participated…

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Kidsafe

At Willow Lane, we are proud that we deliver the Kidsafe program to our children. This set of sessions, led by our trained staff, is a unique way of equipping children with the skills needed to protect themselves from all sorts of…

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