Online Safety
Keeping children safe online:
Children today live in a digital world. The development of digital technology and the Internet has revolutionised how children (and adults) live their lives. Used appropriately this technology improves and enhances their lives in many ways. It also, however, presents opportunities for unacceptable behaviour and criminality among a small minority of people. We incoporate Online Safety into a range of areas of our curriculum, these include PSHE, Computing, English and Learning Journeys (included when researching about different History/Georgraphy themes).
The continuing development of ‘Smartphones’, tablets and Internet enabled devices means that children can be ‘online’ at all times, which further highlights the need for children, young people and parents to be aware of the dangers and how best to stay safe while enjoying the benefits of digital technology.
Please see the resources below, for further information and support:
Useful websites for parents:
- Internet Matters – great website for parents and has step by step guides of how to put on parental controls on range of devices.
- Taming Gaming - this a wonderful website that features reviews of games, pitfalls and alternative games for specific age groups.
- UK Safer Internet Centre – Advice and resources linked to encouraging safer internet usage.
- Sussex Police ~ Online Fraud – Advice from Sussex Police about using the internet
- CEOP - Child Exploitation and Online Protection command website
- Parent Zone – excellent for articles on current online safety topics.
- Think You Know – Interactive advice and guidance for children and parents provided by the Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre
- NSPCC Keeping Children safe online - this is a great website with lots of helpful pages to support parents with children's internet usage.
- British Red Cross - has useful parent guides to support in delivering first aid to babies and children.
In school, we follow the above guidance from Kids Smart.
We hope you found the information displayed on tthis page helpful.
If you have any further questions or need any further support from our Safeguarding Team. Please contact Mr Mark Pollard(DSL), Mrs Helen Fry (DDSL) or Mrs Emma Tweedy (DDSL)
National Online Safety Guides:
- Cyberbullying - Interesting guide about how to keep children safe and be aware of cyberbullying.
- 10 tips to keep children safe online - A really useful poster showing how to keep children safe online.
- OFCOM Media Use report for 2022 - poster outlining key findings from OFCOM's 2022 Media use report .
- TikTok Parents Guide - guide on what parents need to know about Tik Tok, including safety tips for parents.
- You Tube Parents Guide - guide on what parents need to know about You Tube, including safety tips for parents.
- You Tube Kids Parents Guide - guide on eight things parents need to know about You Tube Kids.
- What's App Parents Guide - guide for parents on What's App including what dangers to look out for.
- Facebook Parents Guide - guide for parents on Facebook including what dangers to look out for.
- Spotting ads on Social Media Guide - guide for parents on what to look out on advertisements on Social Media and potential scams on Social Media.
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