Oughtibridge Primary School

For Parents - What is LooksMaxxing?
With the concerns of toxic masculinity and misogynistic attitudes increasing, parents should be aware of related behaviours.

Looksmaxxing isn't specifically related to misogynistic attitudes, but it can be related to masculinity, where young people are influenced to be 'more masculine' by being fitter and having bigger muscles. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, plenty of young people refer to looksmaxxing as leading a good lifestyle and being healthy (known as softmaxxing), but there can be other sides to this as well such as taking steroids or cosmetic surgery (known as hardmaxxing). There can also be mental health concerns such as social comparison, anxiety and self-esteem.

Internet Matters have created a really good guide about LooksMaxxing for parents including what it is, why it's so popular, risks and signs for parents to look out for.

What is looksmaxxing? Online safety guidance for parents Learn about looksmaxxing, a trend which encourages people to maximise their looks through a range of methods, ranging from safe to dangerous.

For Parents - What is Monetisation
Monetisation is how content creators earn money through social media and video-sharing platforms, with some creators using dishonest practices to receive more activity on their posts.

Internet Matters have put together a brilliant information guide and you can find the link below.

What is monetisation? Online safety guidance for parents Explore how content creators use different techniques to earn money through monetisation, including sharing rage bait and disinformation.

For Parents - YouTube Kids
Did you know that there is a feature that has been within YouTube Kids for years called 'Parent Allowlisting'. This does a number of things, but one of the most important and useful is that parents can keep their younger children within the safer environment of the Kids app, and parents can approve individual videos from the main YouTube service to that particular child's YouTube Kids account. This keeps younger children away from the dreaded recommender algorithms and allows parents to moderate what their children can or cannot see.

Here is a short video which is on YouTube to explain what Parent Allowlisting is and how it's used:

Share content from YouTube to your child’s YouTube Kids experience In this video, we'll walk you through how to share videos from the YouTube app to your child’s YouTube Kids experience. Sharing videos from the YouTube app a...

Year 5 are having an incredible time at Mount Cook! Unlimited breakfast has filled tummies this morning, and everyone has been out and busy on activities!

YouTube Kids
There is a feature that has been within YouTube Kids for years called 'Parent Allowlisting'. This does a number of things, but one of the most important and useful is that parents can keep their younger children within the safer environment of the Kids app, and parents can approve individual videos from the main YouTube service to that particular child's YouTube Kids account. This keeps younger children away from the dreaded recommender algorithms and allows parents to moderate what their children can or cannot see.

Here is a short video which is on YouTube to explain what Parent Allowlisting is and how it's used:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=r-BfdSQpPRPSUMdN&v=eVYsgC7-6ZM&feature=youtu.be


What is Monetisation?
Monetisation is how content creators earn money through social media and video-sharing platforms, with some creators using dishonest practices to receive more activity on their posts.

Internet Matters have put together a brilliant information guide and you can find the link below.

Link: https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/news-blogs/what-is-monetisation-online-safety-guidance-for-parents/

What is monetisation? Online safety guidance for parents Explore how content creators use different techniques to earn money through monetisation, including sharing rage bait and disinformation.

The children and staff had a wonderful World Book Day yesterday! They enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book characters and visiting other year groups to do some paired reading.

Oughtibridge Primary School May Fair - Volunteer Sign Up

SOS are pleased to announce the return of the May Fair! After another huge success last year - we are getting set to do it again!!

As always we need our school community support to make it a success, so please sign up .
Please sign up below. Only complete the form if you are committing to the date Saturday May 16th 2026. Within the form you can specify the times you are available but we need to cover set up (starting at Noon) the Fair itself 1-4pm and then the clean up (finishing around 5pm).

https://forms.gle/wthp8Lx9c88DwNea9

For Parents - App Controls to Support Children
Jenny is a mother with two teenage girls who feels the pressure of keeping up to date with online safety, new app settings and more the same as other parents. In this article and YouTube video Jenny shares how she uses app-level parental controls to manage social media use across her daughters' phones and tablets.

Link: https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/parent-stories/how-i-use-app-parental-controls-to-support-my-children-on-social-media/

Our Y5 Aquafest swimmers performed incredibly at Ponds Forge last week, and helped Oughtibridge become heat champions for the second consecutive year! They will now advance to represent Sheffield later in the year. Well done!

Congratulations to Freddie who finished 2nd in the City Championships of KS2 Cross Country last weekend!

We need teams of 4 for the final fixture of the season - relay races at Longley Park on 25th April. Please ask Mr Butler for more details!

Coming up Friday 13th February -