Online Safety

Parents and Carers helpful links and advice.

E-safety is a hugely important issue both in school and at home. In school the sites children are able to access are strictly filtered and their activity on the computers and iPads closely monitored.

E-Safety is about ensuring children use new technologies (computers, mobile phones and gaming devices) in a way which will keep them safe without limiting their opportunities for creation and innovation.

We can only be successful in keeping children safe online if we work with you to ensure the e-safety message is consistent. Your help is needed to talk to your children about how they can keep safe and behave appropriately online.

We understand that this if more difficult at home and as such offer advice for parents on how to keep children safe online.

On this page you will find support and guidance which can be used in conjunction with your child.

Some of these are listed below, but if you require any further information please contact Mrs Rising or Mrs Lane, our E-safety co-ordinators via the school office.

Top Tips for keeping your children safe online

Use the parental safety feature offered by your internet provider. Here you can set time limits, restrict access to sites and specify age limits.
Ensure that mobile devices have the safety settings activated.
Monitor use by checking the history in all Internet enabled devices.
Don't be fooled by your child telling you they are the 'only' one without a social media page, they are not! Please keep in mind that anything posted on the Internet, never fully disappears even after deletion and that there are age limits attached to these sites for a reason.

5. PEGI ratings are issued to inform you that the content is unsuitable for children below the age specified. Again don't let your child pressure you into thinking they are the 'only' one without a particular game.

SAFER INTERNET DAY FEB 2024

Safer Internet Day 2024 will take place on the 6^thof February 2024, with celebrations and learning based around the theme ‘Inspiring change? Making a difference, managing influence and navigating change online’.

Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre the celebration sees hundreds of organisations get involved to help promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

The UK Safer Internet Centre – a partnership of three leading charities; Childnet, the South West Grid for Learning and the Internet Watch Foundation – provide resources for children, schools and families, and tools for getting involved at www.saferinternetday.org.uk.

Globally, Safer Internet Day is celebrated in over a hundred countries, coordinated by the joint Insafe/INHOPE network, with the support of the European Commission, and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe.

The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community. It calls upon young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers, and wider, to join together in helping to create a better internet.

We trust that you will check the link below - and play your part in keeping your child safe on the World Wide Web.

E-SAFETY SUPPORT

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre - works with agencies across the UK and overseas to protect children and young people.

CEOP helps any child or young person under the age of 18 who is being pressured, forced or tricked into taking part in sexual activity of any kind. This can be something that has taken place either online or in ‘the real world’, or both. The CEOP Safety Centre has clear information and advice on what can be reported to CEOP, the reporting process and what will happen if you do decide to make a report. You can visit the CEOP Safety Centre and make a report directly to CEOP by clicking the Click CEOP button.

If you are experiencing online bullying or something else online has worried you please speak to an adult you trust, or you can talk to Childline at any time on 0800 1111 or at www.childline.org.uk.

Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people from Think you Know.

KidSMART - learn about the internet and being a SMART surfer.