Safer Internet Day 2021
Top Tips for Parents and Carers
Safer Internet Day 2021 is being celebrated around the world on Tuesday 9th February 2021.
The global theme is ‘together for a better internet’ and this year in the UK we are putting the focus on how young people can tell fact from fiction, and work together to create an internet we trust.
On this day in school and for home learning, we will focus on and celebrate Safer Internet Day. At school, we regularly teach our pupils how to stay safe online and this day will act to reinforce these important messages.
Everyone has their part to play in making the internet a better place.
E-Safety - 12 Tips for a Safer Christmas
As Christmas is getting closer, children and young people all over the country will be writing lists to Santa or giving hints about what they would like under the tree.
Technology is now a very popular item on many children’s lists with tablets, smartphones, game consoles and smartwatches likely to be asked for this year.
Whilst we want children to enjoy their presents, it is also important that parents look at ways to ensure that their children use these devices safely. This includes setting parental controls and understanding that video games have PEGI ratings similar to the classification for films.
Other things that you may want to consider is managing the screen time so that you can monitor the amount of time being spent on each device. This is useful for meal times or during the school holidays.
Finally, once the tinsel has come down and we welcome the New Year, make sure that you talk to your children about online safety.
The online world is posing an ever-increasing risk to children and it is important that schools, parents and carers work together to take an active role in teaching children about online dangers and how to act safely when using the internet.
It is also important that schools, parents and carers work together to take an active role in teaching children about the online dangers and how to act safely on the internet.
We have received a useful factsheet for parents, informing them how to keep children safe when using the app 'Tik Tok' Please click here to read the parent factsheet
Please follow the link for The Home Learning Hub,
The Home Learning Hub is a free library of resources to support parents and carers who are taking the time to help their children be safer online. They have adapted classroom-based resources to make them easily accessible for everyone.
A brief description explains each resource, so once you are ready simply click the ‘download’ buttons.
Useful resources. If your child is affected by cyberbullying, there are lots of places to go for more help and advice. You can also learn more about reporting by visiting the link below…
Online abuse: learning from case reviews
The NSPCC has published a briefing looking at case reviews published since 2008 where online abuse was a key factor. The briefing summarises the risk factors and highlights learning for improved practice in case reviews where children and young people died or were seriously injured in ways including: suicide following cyberbullying; death or serious harm following accessing harmful content online; online grooming leading to sexual abuse and exploitation; children sexually abused in order to share images of child sexual abuse online and contact child sexual abuse by perpetrators who had previously been known to police for sharing child sexual abuse images online.
Source: NSPCC Learning: Online abuse: learning from case reviews Date: 24 June 2019
Read more on NSPCC Learning: Online abuse: learning from case reviews (PDF)
Net aware: Parents review kids’ social networks, apps & games
From Facebook and Instagram to Snapchat and Tumblr a simple no-nonsense guide for parents from NSPCC and O2 to the social media, apps and games that kids use
Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people from Think U Know. Learn about online safety when using blogs, chatting, online gaming, P2P and other forms
Online Safety – NSPCC
Online safety | NSPCC
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Child Friendly Search Engine
When children use the Internet to search for images for projects, or anything related to school work, please encourage them to use _Kiddle_ instead of Google.
Kiddle is a child-specific search engine supported by Goodle, which prevents the appearance of things that are not suitable for them.