If you are a parent or carer, we hope you will find the web links below useful.

• CEOP News and articles surrounding internet safety
• Think You Know Great advice to keep children safe whilst using the internet.
• Parent Info Expert information to help children and young people stay safe online.
• UK Safer Internet Centre E-safety tips, advice and resources.
• NSPCC Online Safety Helpful advice and tools you can use to help keep your child safe whenever and wherever they go online.
• Childnet International Parents and Carers information to keep your child safe online.
• Action for Children Action for Children supports and speaks for the UK's most vulnerable and neglected children and young people.
• BBC Bitesize Fun activities to help children at learn more key subjects.
• Department for Education Articles and advice for children and young people.
• Admissions guidance

Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing

The World Health Organisation (2013) defines Mental health as:

“a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community”.

Having a positive state of mind, where children and adults are in control of their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours will enable us all to respond to challenges in life (friendship fall outs, exam stress, changes in homelife etc).  Our vision at Ab Kettleby Primary School is to ensure we work together as a team (school and parents) to equip children with the skills and qualities to become resilient, independent life-long learners who can stand proud in society, able to improve their own lives and lives of others around them. Supporting our children to understand, develop and manage their wellbeing will support good behaviour, good attendance and good attainment which in turn will equip our children with good habits needed for life.

The following links will give parents further advice or ideas on how to help your child look after their own mental health:

• 10 Ways to help your child look after their Mental Health
• Parents Mental Health Support | Advice for Your Child | YoungMinds
• Parents and Careers | Advice and Guidance | Anna Freud Centre
• Advice for parents - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
• Advice for parents and guardians - Mental Health UK (mentalhealth-uk.org)
• BBC Headroom - Parents' tips for mental health - BBC Bitesize
• Mental Health Cafe - Melton Mowbray
• Cancer Support Hub - Melton Mowbray 
• Beadles Lake - For sports lovers with health conditions who want to stay active

E-Safety

Here are links to some useful websites where you can learn more about being safe on the Internet.

• Safe Surfing With Doug Find out about safe surfing with Doug and his friends.
• Grid Club The cybercafé within Gridclub is a safe online community where you can make choices without getting hurt. You can join in the fun at the cybercafé by playing the game.
• Kidsmart Kidsmart gives you lots of advice on how to stay safe online. There’s a section for kids under 11 years old and a separate section for those over 11 years old.
• McGruff McGruff is a Crime Dog - world famous for his advice on how to stop crime before it happens, and for his great sense of humour!
• Keep Dogde Safe Online Can you keep Dodge safe online? Test your knowledge in the CBBC quiz.
• Safe Kids Quiz The Online Safety Quiz is your chance to show that you know how to be a safe Internet surfer. Answer each question and, when you get it right, you'll go to the next question.
• Think You KnowT hinkuknow is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre. You may have seen some of their video clips on National TV recently.
• Safety Land Safety Land is normally a very nice place to live, but a nasty character is sending yucky emails & messages. Captain Broadband needs your help to find the culprit...