Online Safety
To help you continue conversations about online safety there are various resources available.
You may be interested in downloading the free Safer Internet Day Resources for Parents and Carers which is available at: saferinternet.org.uk/sid-parents.
There are top tips, quizzes, and films which you can use at home with your child. Some other resources which you may find helpful in supporting your child online are:
● Tips, advice and guides for parents and carers from the UK Safer Internet Centre (saferinternet.org.uk/parents)
● Advice for parents and carers from Childnet (childnet.com/parents-and-carers) ● Reviews and information about games, apps, TV shows and websites from Common Sense Media (commonsense.org)
● Help on using parental controls and privacy settings from Internet Matters (internetmatters.org./controls)
● Information and reporting of online grooming or sexual abuse from CEOP (ceop.police.uk)
Online safety is an important issue which as a school we’re committed to teaching our pupils about.
Guides for families
Below are a selection of websites, which either contain information for parents or activities to do with your children to revisit this.
Online resources and advice to support families
Internet matters - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
To help families adjusting to a “new normal” following the measures taken to stop the spread of coronavirus, we’ve created this dedicated space to provide expert advice, resources and tools to make the best use of tech.
A variety of different resources for online-safety for the information of parents. Activities for adults to complete with their children.
LGfL A comprehensive guide to many of the social networks available, explaining what they are used for and their age ratings.
NSPCC -Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online
Thinkuknow - for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
As a parent or carer you play a key role in helping your child to stay safe online.
You do not need to be an expert on the internet to help keep your child stay safe online. Our advice and resources are here to support you as you support your child to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively.
Thinkuknow is an education programme from the National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command.
Since 2006, Thinkuknow has been keeping children and young people safe by providing education about sexual abuse and sexual exploitation.
Thinkuknow is unique. It is underpinned by the latest intelligence about child sex offending from CEOP Command.
Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them.
Alongside the Thinkuknow website the programme provides educational resources, including films, cartoons and lesson plans, to help professionals raise young people’s awareness.
Safer Internet lots of useful information here
Also included is a quick sheet to take a look at, with a checklist of things you can do to keep your children safe on-line.
Checklists for parents
Be SMART
Online Safety
It's quite possible your children know more about the internet than you do as parents. As adults responsible for children it is our responsibility to ensure we keep up with what they are doing and find out as much as we can to keep that one step ahead!
Adults and children alike can face problems with the internet for example , identify theft, fraud, spam and scam emails. As well as this there are more immediate threats such as inappropriate websites, cyber bullying and exposure to inappropriate images.
However the internet, is an indispensable tool to widen your learning and improve valuable life skills.
This page will provide key information on how to stay safe whilst you are online and will provide links to websites that will help you do this.
ZIP IT
Keep your personal stuff private and think about what you say and do online
- Don't share personal information including your full name, photo, addresses, school information
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SET PRIVACY SETTINGS TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
BLOCK IT
Block people who send nasty messages and don't open unknown links and attachments from people you don't know
- If someone is mean or sends nasty messages online, block them
- Words on a screen can be as hurtful as the words that come from your mouth
FLAG IT
Flag up with someone you trust if anything upsets you or if someone asks to meet you offline
- If a friend you have made online asks to meet you in the offline world, talk to your parents or an adult
Talk to someone
or
Call: Childline 0800 11 11 or did you know you can use a Childline app https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/for-me/
or
visit: https://www.ceop.police.uk/ceop-reporting/
A great website to go on about Safety Internet is:
Guides for parents
Online Gaming
Do you know what the games your child is playing are all about?
Have a look here and find out more.
Staying safe online is very important. We know it can be difficult to stay on top of the wide range of sites and devices that young people use, so we hope that the following advice helps. Four steps:
1)Have ongoing conversations with your children about staying safe online
2)Use safety tools on social networks and other online services, eg Facebook privacy settings
3)Decide if you want to use parental controls on your home internet
4)Understand devices and the parental control tools they offer in our Parents' Guide to Technology http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-and-resources/parents-and-carers
What are the key online risks?
Contact: children can be contacted by bullies or people who groom or seek to abuse them
Content: age-inappropriate or unreliable content can be available to children
Conduct: children may be at risk because of their own behaviour, for example, by sharing too much information
Commercialism: young people can be unaware of hidden costs and advertising in apps, games and websites
Where can I find out more?
When you need to report something from the internet look out for this CEOP symbol. More information about CEOP can be found below.