Online Safety
With the incredible advances in technology in recent years, online safety is an increasingly complex and important aspect of your child’s education and life in general in the 21st century.
We do our utmost at school to ensure that your child is safe when using technology within our school setting. We have strict procedures and a high level of filtering to ensure that our children are not exposed to any unsuitable material etc. whilst at school. However, this will not be the case when they have access to a wide range of devices outside school, particularly when they move onto secondary school and beyond.
Please click on the ‘Online Safety Newsletter’ tab for the most recent Newsletters.
Online Safety Newsletter
There are many websites which offer advice and support for parents. Please take a look below:
- www.parentinfo.org/ - This website was developed out of a partnership between CEOP and The Parent Zone and contains lots of good Online Safety advice.
parentinfo.orgFor many, the perfect summer holiday is one spent lounging on the beach without a care in the world. Yet that very idea can cause many young people to worry about their appearance and affect their body confidence.
- www.saferinternet.org.uk - Here you will find Online Safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe on the internet.
www.saferinternet.org.ukSave the Date: Safer Internet Day will be on Tuesday 5th February 2019. Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 5th February 2019 - www.childnet.com- An organisation working directly with children, parents and teachers to ensure that the issues of online child protection and the safe and positive use of the internet are addressed.
www.childnet.comChildnet - helping to make the internet a great and safe place for children. - www.thinkuknow.co.uk - The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has set up its own website which has been designed and written specifically for children, young people, teachers, parents and carers.
www.thinkuknow.co.ukThinkuknow is the education programme from the National Crime Agency's CEOP command. Thinkuknow aims to empowers children and young people aged 5-17 to identify the risks they may face online and know where they can go for support.
- www.kidsmart.org.uk/ - Kidsmart is an award winning internet safety website for parents and those working with children. It has been developed by the children's internet charity Childnet International and has excellent information on many of the technologies used by children, with guidance on how to ‘stay safe’ online.
www.kidsmart.org.ukKidSMART - learn about the internet and being a SMART surfer
- www.bullying.co.uk - One in five young people have experienced bullying by text message or via email. This web site gives advice for children and parents on cyberbullying.
www.bullying.co.ukBullying UK, part of Family Lives, is a leading charity providing advice and support to anyone affected by bullying.
- www.internetmatters.org / - Specific help on how to set up internet controls at home. Guidance and articles for parents about keeping children safe online.
www.internetmatters.orgWorking with online safety experts, we’re here to guide you through the many issues children can experience when using the internet
www.digizen.org - A website designed to strengthen awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is. It encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS.
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www.digizen.orgWelcome to the new DIGIZEN website. The Digizen website provides information for educators, parents, carers, and young people. It is used to strengthen their awareness and understanding of what digital citizenship is and encourages users of technology to be and become responsible DIGItal citiZENS.
- https://help.instagram.com/369001149843369/ - Instagram has a help page to ensure that your security is maintained as far as possible. Just remember that this is a 13+ service and all photos uploaded immediately become the property of Instagram.
- www.saferinternet.org.uk - Here you will find Online Safety tips, advice and resources to help children and young people stay safe on the internet.
e4education links for internet security
FKBKO
Beko is here to teach you everything you need to know about internet safety. There are 3 levels – beginner, intermediate & advanced, so you can be sure that there’s something for you to learn!
CBBC Stay Safe
Do you know how to stay safe online?
Dongle the rabbit will teach you all he knows with his video and quiz.
Grid Club
The cybercafé within Gridclub is a safe online community where you can make choices without getting hurt. You can join in the fun at the cybercafé by playing the game.
If your school isn’t teaching the Internet Proficiency scheme through Gridclub, why not speak to your teachers about it and tell them how exciting it is!
Kidsmart
Kidsmart gives you lots of advice on how to stay safe online. There’s a section for kids under 11 years old and a separate section for those over 11 years old.
4 great games will test your online safety knowledge.
McGruff
McGruff is a Crime Dog - world famous for his advice on how to stop crime before it happens, and for his great sense of humour! Some of his work involves teaching children how to stay safe online. Check out the different areas of the site – there’s so much to learn!
Net Smartz Kids
Be totally cool and show your friends how much you know about Internet safety by watching the video clips on here. There are also loads of activities and games that will test your knowledge!
Newsround Quiz – Internet Security
Test your knowledge of internet safety with this quiz from CBBC Newsround.
There’s also further information if you’re not sure on anything.
Safe Kids Quiz
The Online Safety Quiz is your chance to show that you know how to be a safe Internet surfer. Answer each question and, when you get it right, you'll go to the next question.
Safe Kids – Internet Safety Rules
Here’s a list of rules to help you stay safe when you’re online. How many of them can you remember? Why not print them out and put them up next to your computer.
Sid’s Online Safety Guide
Become an internet safety expert with Bizzi Sid by collecting codes and playing cool games.
Surf Swell
Surf Swell island provides you with lots of adventures in internet safety so that you can collect jewels to take to treasure palace – are you brave enough to take the challenge?
Think You Know
The “Thinkuknow” website is brought to you by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre. You may have seen some of their video clips on National TV recently.
There’s a lot of information here for both children and adults – parents even have their own area of the site!
Teachers have the chance to train from the professionals and then deliver suitable training in schools.
Safety Land
Safety land is normally a very nice place to live, but a nasty character is sending yucky emails and messages. Captain Broadband needs your help to find the nasty character. You need to navigate around Safety land answering questions. When you have answered them all correctly, the nasty character will be taken to jail and you’ll become a certified hero, just like Captain Broadband.