Outside the Box Autumn Term 1 2022
“Great Minds Don’t
Your newsletter helping the Box Hill School community stay
Think Alike”
together, stay informed and stay happy and healthy.
Welcome Daily Wellbeing Tasks Do something active – it does not matter what. Get the heart pumping Take time today to be with family – play board games, eat together and talk Start learning a new skill! Say some kind words to others today Be attentive to the present – breathe, eat, exercise mindfully
Welcome to the first Outside the Box edition for this academic year. We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families that have joined us this year. We hope you have all settled in well and have started to make lifelong friendships. In this newsletter we are focusing on Online Safety. The internet is part of everyday life for most of us whether at school, work, or home. At School we educate students to be aware of its dangers and to use caution where necessary. We encourage students to always tell an adult if they see something on the internet that concerns them, or if they are approached by someone they do not know by email or on a social networking site. Box Hill School also has appropriate filtering and monitoring in place to prevent students from accessing inappropriate material online. Below are some key statistics taken from the Online Nation 2022 report which is an annual report that looks at what people are doing online, how they are served by online content providers and platforms, and their attitudes to and experiences of using the internet. • 80% of children aged 3-15 used an online communication service for making voice/video calls or sending messages in 2021. •
56% of UK children aged 3–15 play games online.
• More than six in ten (62%) internet users aged 13+ have encountered at least one potential harm online in the last four weeks. The most common potential harms encountered are scams, fraud, phishing. • The majority (59%) of children aged 8–15 report that using social media, and messaging sites and apps, make them happy all or most of the time. • Almost all children aged 3–15 go online (98%) and nearly two-thirds (58%) use social media. • More than three–quarters of children aged 12-15 said that being online can help with their school/homework, while half said it can be used to learn a new skill.