Jessie and Friends – Episode 1 and 2 – Watching Videos and Sharing Pictures

6th July 2020Maria SMITH

Before you watch Jessie & Friends with your child

Before watching the Jessie & Friends animations with your child, read our advice on what else you can do to keep your child safe online.

You can download this letter to take to your child’s school making them aware of the free Jessie & Friends classroom resources.

Jessie & Friends is also available to watch with subtitles or with British Sign Language interpretations.

Jessie & Friends is a safe and age appropriate resource

The Jessie & Friends animations are age-appropriate and do not depict any situations where adults communicate with children online. Instead, they show safe, non-scary situations which help young viewers identify things which might worry them online. For example, in Episode 3 an older sister tricks three younger children into losing an online game. In this way young viewers learn how to identify online behaviour which is ‘not right’, and how to get help by telling an adult they trust. This learning will help keep them safe from many risky situations which they may encounter online.

Each animation has been specifically created for different age groups:

Episode 1 – Watching Videos  (4-5 years)

The series begins with Jessie and her dog, named Dog, as they watch videos online using a tablet. Together they learn that while the internet can be enjoyable and fun, there are sometimes things online that can be upsetting or scary. Jessie learns that she can always speak to a grown-up who will be able to help her and put down the tablet if there is anything she sees or hears online that makes her feel worried, scared or sad.

CLICK the picture to go to the webpage to watch the episode.

Episode 2 – Sharing Pictures (5-6 years)

Here we meet Mo and Tia, who together with Jessie complete the friendship trio. At Tia’s birthday party they use Tia’s older brother Kyle’s mobile to take fun photos of themselves. The trio agree to send their photos to Tia’s nan but also a few other people whose numbers are saved in Kyle’s phone. When the photos are shared with other children at their school without their permission, they turn to their teacher for help. The three friends learn about how images can get shared more widely than you first expect, and the importance of consent.

CLICK the picture to go to the webpage to watch the episode.

Yoga

16th April 2020Maria SMITH

These Yoga Activities can be enjoyed by the whole family, and really do help to take those few minutes out of the day to relax.

Click the picture to visit the website, there are lots of different routines to choose from!

Time Capsule / All About Me / Letter Template

9th April 2020Maria SMITH
How to Help Your Kids Make a Top-Secret Time Capsule for Their ...

What are you doing during lock down? Are you helping your families? Are you learning at home? Are you enjoying family time? Have you learnt anything new? Have you thought about how you are going to save your memories? You could make a Time Capsule!

To make a Time Capsule, you could keep a diary of your daily activities, or use the letter template to write to yourself. You then put them in a box, along with things you have made or pictures you have taken or drawn, school work you have completed, recipes you have cooked, or anything else you would like to include, and when you return to school, seal your box and put it away.

The idea is to keep your Time Capsule and open it again in many years time, i.e. when you are 16 years old and remind yourself of what you did in 2021.

We have made a template for a letter (CLICK HERE to print it off), that you can either write straight onto, or use to help you with ideas of what to put in your letter.

You can fill in All About Me with words or pictures and put that in too! (CLICK HERE to print it off)

          letter template                                                  All About Me