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  • Vaping/ e-Cigarettes

    Published 18/01/23
    Vaping/ e-Cigarettes

    The long-term health effects of vaping are still not clear, but the legal age to use or purchase vapes and associated materials is 18, and they should not be sold to, or used by, school children. As with any age-restricted item, bringing such material into school will have serious consequences. 

    Vapes are also ecologically disastrous: 1.3 million single-use vapes are being thrown in UK landfills every week: enough to cover 22 football pitches in a year. Single-use vapes made up 52 percent of all vapes bought in the UK amongst 18 to 34 year-olds last year.

    We have heard that there are some newsagents and other outlets in the local area who have been selling vapes to under 18s without carrying out rigorous age checks. An additional concern is that some vapes are being designed to look quite innocuous, such as single use Elf Bars, pictured above.

    Mr S Auckland, Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Head

     

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  • Useful Feature on YouTube & Personal Gmail Accounts

    Published 11/01/23

    Useful Feature on YouTube & Personal Gmail Accounts

    Useful new features on YouTube and YouTube Kids
    YouTube is hugely popular, but historically parents haven't had a lot of control over what their children can/cannot watch. Things have changed and YouTube now gives parents and carers a greater degree of control. The page below has a few short videos of newer features that can help you on YouTube and YouTube Kids. 

    Personal Gmail accounts
    Parents and carers may also wish to encourage children to set up their own Gmail account to be able to manage accounts for children much more effectively e.g. managing the account via a Google Family Link. Once done, parents can set up 'Supervised Experience' on YouTube which gives the option of 3 levels of content filtering, based on the age of the child, and managing this from a single parental account. 

    Please remember that students should not be using their BGS Gmail accounts for anything unrelated to school.

    https://www.esafety-adviser.com/youtube-parental-restrictions/

    Happy New Year,

    Mr S Auckland, Designated Safeguarding Lead and Deputy Head

     

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