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We have come across a list of 21 apps that could pose a risk to your child’s safety. The list was put together by a police department in southwest Florida, USA but is relevant to us all. The list includes:

Plenty of Fish is a popular free dating app and website that encourages chatting with strangers. It allows users to browse profiles based on location.
Mocospace is a free social networking and dating app geared toward African American and Latino communities. Users can connect with strangers worldwide via text message or voice call.
MeetMe is a dating social media app that allows users to connect with people based on geographic proximity. As the app's name suggests, users are encouraged to meet each other in person.
WhatsApp is a popular messaging app that allows users to send texts, photos, voicemails, make calls and video chats worldwide. WhatsApp uses an internet connection on smartphones and computers.
Bumble is like the popular dating app Tinder; however, it requires women to make the first contact. Kids have been known to use Bumble to create fake accounts and falsify their age.
Live.Me is a live-streaming video app that uses geolocation to share videos so users can find out a broadcaster's exact location. Users can earn "coins" as a way to pay minors for photos.
Ask.FM is known for cyberbullying. The app encourages anonymous users to ask them questions.
Hily is a dating app where users can browse photos, engage in chats, and send private videos and more. Based on GPS location of a mobile device, strangers can arrange to meet up locally.
Best Secret Folder is specifically meant to hide photos and videos, according to the app store description. It features password protection, decoy videos and alarm settings.
Grindr is a dating app geared towards gay, bi, and transgender people. The app gives users options to chat, share photos, and meet up based on a smartphone GPS location.
TikTok is a new mobile device app popular with kids used for creating and sharing short videos. With very limited privacy controls, users are vulnerable to cyberbullying and explicit content. Snapchat is one of the most popular apps in recent years. While the app promises users can take a photo/ video and it will disappear, new features including stories allow users to view content for up to 24 hours. Snapchat users also see your location.
Holla is a self-proclaimed ‘addicting’ video chat app that allows users to meet people all over the world in just seconds. Reviewers say they have been confronted with racial slurs, explicit content and more. Calculator% is one of only several secret apps used to hide photos, videos, files, and browser history.
Zoosk is a location-based dating app and website like many others. The app is available in 80 countries and utilises a ‘carousel’ feature which matches users with random strangers.
Monkey is a video chat app that connects users to random strangers worldwide, offering group chat and private message options. It claims to be rated for ages 12 and up but has mild sexual content and nudity.
Skout is a location-based dating app and website. While users under 17-years-old are unable to share private photos, kids can easily create an account using a different age.
Badoo is a dating app and social networking app where users can chat, share photos and videos, and connect based on location. While the app is intended for adults only, teens are known to create profiles.
Kik allows anyone to contact and direct message your child. Kids can bypass traditional text messaging features. Kik gives users unlimited access to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Whisper is an anonymous social network that promotes sharing secrets with strangers. It also reveals a user's location so people can meet up.
Hot or Not encourages users to rate your profile. Check out people in their area and chat with strangers. The goal of this app is to hook up.

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Integrating Ollee into Your Classroom

Besides using Ollee in Social and Emotional Literacy sessions, here are 5 practical ways you can utilise Ollee in your classroom:

1. Create an Ollee emotional check-in greetings chart.

Make a simple chart of some of the emotions Ollee shows. When children enter the classroom, they tap the emotion they are feeling as they enter school that day. This enables you to gauge the moods of all pupils in a simple and easy-to-follow-up way at the start of each day.

2. Design and make your own Ollee in Design and Technology lessons.

Children choose their favourite Ollee emotion and plan, design and make it. They could even explore the customisation options on the Ollee app or desktop site! This will also have a cross curricular link to PSHE as conversations can be steered towards feelings and how to overcome problems.

3. Use Ollee as a behaviour management tool.

A visual emotional check in for pupils to use. Have fans of Ollee emotions available to children to use: they choose how they are feeling by selecting the picture and displaying it on their desk. This is also really good for SEND and EAL pupils to have available. If a child is struggling with something - they may have had a challenging break time or are finding some learning difficult - give them time to use Ollee on the desktop site or app to give them helpful ideas on how to deal with how they're feeling.

4. Link to learning in PSHE lessons.

When teaching about physical health and mental wellbeing and the range of vocabulary to use when talking about their own and others' feelings you can, as a class, create a feelings word wall or thesaurus with positive and negative categories and add feelings words underneath on sticky notes. This can be added to when the class comes across new words (for example when reading the class story).

5. Plan an Ollee-focused English unit of work.

With Ollee's customisation options, the class or groups can create their own version of Ollee. You can follow this up with planning out character and setting descriptions, building up to writing a narrative that includes dialogue.

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Besides using Ollee in Social and Emotional Literacy sessions, here are 5 practical ways you can utilise Ollee in your classroom: 1. Create an Ollee emotional check-in greetings chart. Make a simple chart of some of the emotions Ollee shows. When children enter the classroom, they tap the emotion they are feeling as they enter school that day.