3 rd July 2020 Dear Parents and Carers, The Government have now released the guidance for how schools are to operate in September. The senior leadership team and Multi academy trust are now working through the guidance and looking at ways we can make it work here at Winchcombe Abbey. I will write to you again next week with an update. I can say that we will be expecting children to be in school uniform when school resumes in September. Reports will be sent home w/c13th July along with class organisation for September. They will either come home by hand, if children are in school, or will arrive in the post. Please keep safe and well. With my very best wishes Mrs Sally Johnson E Safety update Focus on: Safer Surfing The Internet has given us access to information on pretty much any topic 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but understanding how to find information that is suitable and relevant is a skill that children have to be taught. Allowing children to carry out searches independently can cause problems, the most worrying being access to content that is inappropriate. This is why SWGfL (South West Grid for Learning) have developed a search engine, designed from the ground up, specifically for children. The search engine is called Swiggle and provides children with a safer environment when they are taking their first steps on the road to safe online searching. Swiggle is powered by Google Custom Search and feeds back results that have been filtered by Google SafeSearch. Not only is it filtered, but it also prioritises educational resources so will tend to give results that are more suitable for a younger audience. In a nutshell, Swiggle: