As you may be aware, the national UK Emergency Alert test is due to take place on Sunday 23rd April 2023. This is a test of the system which will be deployed in case of future national emergencies. It involves an automatic notification to all mobile phones, on all networks, in the form of an alert sound.

Please be aware that victims and survivors of abuse, particularly domestic abuse, may have a secret mobile phone which their abuser is not aware of. From a safeguarding perspective, the sounding of the national alert may place such individuals in danger should their abusers become aware of their secret phone.

We strongly advise that any person known or thought to be vulnerable, or who are or you suspect they may be living with an abusive partner are discretely made aware:

• that the alert will sound even if a mobile phone is switched to silent
• and how to turn off receiving the emergency alert.

If this cannot be achieved discretely you may wish to make the information generally available without raising this as a safeguarding issue.

To turn off the alert on an android phone:

• Go to settings
• Type emergency in the search bar and emergency alert should appear as an option
• Select emergency alerts
• This should take you to a page titled either emergency alerts or broadcast settings
• Click or tap on the blue toggle beside emergency alerts to switch the option off. It will turn grey, and the alert will be switched off.

To turn off the alert on an Iphone:

• Open the settings app
• Select notifications, a red square with a white bell
• Scroll down the notifications screen to the bottom to find emergency alerts
• Tap the toggles to turn the emergency alerts off. They will turn grey, and the alerts will be switched off.

As you may be aware, the National Education Union (NEU) industrial action continues next week with NEU members taking strike action on Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March 2023. This will lead to school closures across the country. Please be reminded that the strike is happening because of a national dispute between the unions and the government, and not because of any issues at our school. Please see details below regarding our arrangements regarding class closures for Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March here at Rowhill School:

Wednesday 15th March classes closed:
Primary- Sharks, Pythons & Elephants
Secondary- T4, V1, V2 & V3 (Pupils attending Voice in a million will be allowed to come to school as
this is a pre-arranged trip and is still going ahead)

Thursday 16th March classes closed:
Primary-Eagles & Scorpions
Secondary- T1, T2, T2 Nurture, T3, T5 & T6

Rowhill School will be taking part in Childrens Mental Health Week which runs from the 6th to the 12th Feb.

For more information please visit https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/

Online Parent Workshops
Aimed at parents of children in primary school and year 7.

Our online workshops offer information around key topics to help understand what is going on for your child and strategies to support them, based on the latest evidence and practice.
If you would like to join, please raise your interest with your child’s school so that they can send you the link. If you have any questions please speak to your child’s school.
Our workshops are held on Microsoft Teams. You do not need an ac-count to join. You will need access to the internet.
We look forward to meeting you.

Supporting your child with anxiety and emotional regulation 18/04/2023 12-1pm

To join one of the above meetings please either visit the Schools calendar and find the relevant meeting which will contain a link to join the meeting, or click on the relevant attachment below and click the link within the document