Online Safety

Online safety is a topic we teach the children in school as part of computing.

But as its such a large part of life now, being prepared and aware of safety on devices at home is vital,

The links from these pages are given as suggested starting places - there are many more sites available and help sheets to advise on online safety.

Explore online safety sites - There are lots of links below to useful online safety sites for children. They are great fun to explore, so why not browse through them with your children?
Social Media - Many of these sites have a minimum age limit of 13, so our pupils should NOT be using them.
Keep your computer in a shared area - Talk to your child about what they are doing online and, if possible, set up your computer in a shared area at home so that you can all share in the wonderful sites that are available online.
Use a screen grab - on a PC press the 'prt sc' button and then paste into a word document. On a mac command- shift-3 – this allows a record of unwanted messages to be kept.

Safer internet day top tips for parents resource: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/

Vodafone Parents - Vodafone have lots of fantastic practical advice for parents. You can also read their 'Digital Parenting' magazine. Copy and paste link https://parentzone.org.uk/digital-parenting-online-safety-magazine-archive into your browser and check out top quality digital advice magazine /website for parents. The twice annual magazine will also come out in hardcopy to you from school via your child(ren).

CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) runs the information & reporting website with links to Think U Know.

Think U Know contains internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, copy/paste links below :

Internet Safety Zone - Look in the 'Under 13s' section for useful safety advice and information.

Kidsmart - An award-winning internet safety programme for children.

Know IT All - lots of useful advice for keeping yourselves and your children safe on the Internet.

Bullying UK - Information and advice about bullying for children, parents and schools.

Kidscape - An organisation which helps to prevent bullying and child abuse.

Childline - ChildLine is the free helpline for children and young people in the UK