Online Safety
Online Safety is a fundamental part of our teaching at school, children in this day and age must be aware of the wider world around them. We teach lessons about being safe online in every single year group and constantly reinforce these important messages throughout the school year in assemblies, PSHE lessons, workshops, school newsletters and information on our website.
We hope that the following posters help with some advice on the different platforms that children are using.
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| NSPCC – information on a variety of online safety topics. Examples include parental controls, advice on sexting, and online games and video apps |
| NSPCC Net Aware – news, information and updates around the social networks, Apps and games that children are using |
| Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command – ‘CEOP’ – Law enforcement agency working to keep children and young people safe from sexual exploitation and abuse. Children, young people, their parents or carers and professionals can report concerns online to CEOP’s Child Protection Advisors. CEOP also offers a range of information about keeping safe from child sexual exploitation. This is separate information for different age ranges – for example 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 and 14+ year olds |
| Thinkuknow – an education programme from CEOP / National Crime Agency. Advice separated into age groups and topics relating to staying safe using a phone, tablet or computer |
| Childnet International – children’s charity with a range of free practical resources about online safety. For teachers, including for children with Special Educational Needs. |
| Internet Matters – Not-for-profit organisation. Works to empower parents and carers to keep children safe in the digital world |
| Parent Info – Safety advice in relation to a range of online harms. Endorsed by the National Crime Agency’s CEOP command |
The Essex Safeguarding Children Board has information and links to organisations that can offer online safety support.
https://esafetytraining.org/ A great selection of help and support information from the ‘Two Johns’
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/ is a great source of information for parents, including:
Some great lesson plans about how to keep safe online, in a range of different age categories.
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/lesson-plan
A range of online platform guides for parents and children
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/guide
The NHS has produced a guide to spotting child sexual exploitation.
Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
For activity packs, click here:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/
NSPCC support and advice: Net-aware
It is really important to us that you stay safe when online. This poster reminds you how to be ‘smart’. See if you can remember what S-M-A-R-T stands for.
Below are some links which have lots of information about how to keep safe when using websites, games and social media and who to talk to if you are concerned or frightened.
You can speak to any adult at school if you are feeling unsure about anything. We will cover online safety in more detail during your lessons throughout the year.
https://www.esafetytraining.org/children-s-area
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/jessie-and-friends-videos/
https://www.childnet.com/young-people/primary
