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Online Safety

Mr Brigginshaw joined Great Horwood School to talk about Online Safety

Safer Internet Day 2024 will be celebrated at Great Horwood School:

Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online.

Coordinated in the UK by the UK Safer Internet Centre, the celebration sees thousands of organisations get involved to promote the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people.

In the UK, we are celebrating by putting children and young people’s voices at the heart of the day and encouraging them to shape the online safety support that they receive.

That is why we are asking parents, carers, teachers, government, policymakers, and the wider online safety industry to take time to listen to children and young people and make positive change together.

This year we are hoping to answer the following questions:

  • What issues really matter to children and young people?
  • What changes do they want to see?
  • How can we all work together to advocate for them moving forward?

With your help, Safer Internet Day 2024 can be a springboard for conversations that shape how we talk about and respond to online issues, not just for one day, but throughout the whole year.

Visit the UK Internet Safety Centre for advice, tips and resources to keep your child safe online.

WhatsApp Parent Factsheet

Keep your child safe online 

It is important to have regular conversations about staying safe online and to encourage children to speak to you if they come across something worrying online.

These resources provide guidance for parents and carers to keep children safe online. They will, amongst other things, support you to talk to your child about a range of online safety issues, set up home filtering in a child-friendly way and set up age-appropriate parental controls on digital devices:

Online Working - A series of 6 posters tohelp you look after your eyes, body and mind when using screens.

  • Screen-Savers
  • UK Safer Internet Centre Welcome to the UK Safer Internet Centre - you will be able to find safety tips, advice and resources to help your children stay safe online.
  • Think You Know
  • Using Parental controls on Devices to keep your children safer when online Give your child a safe space to explore their curiosity online. The step by step guides will help you to set up the right controls and privacy settings on the networks, gadgets, apps, and sites they use to give them a safer online experience. Remember however, nothing is totally fool proof, so these measures don’t replace the need for parents to support, monitor and advise their child on using the internet; talking to children and encouraging responsible behaviour is critical. For information and activities to help parents start a conversation go to www.thinkuknow.co.uk.
  • NSPCC Parent Controls Advice on setting up parental controls to help you keep your child safe online.
  • Parent Internet Controls and Security - Virgin Media Virgin Media parental controls are the tools we offer to help keep your family web safe. Enjoy proactive peace of mind so you can have the benefits of broadband, with less of the worry.

3 documents to support parents and children with online safety and media usage

Tik-Tok Alert

If your child/children are using Tik-Tok social media please be aware of the following. An alarming video circulated on social media last week of a person graphically ending his life and the emergency services responding. Advice from Andrew Hall, Safeguarding consultant, about this incident is taken from Ineqe and can be found here: ineqe - TikTok Safeguarding Alert

Further advice if you have any social media or internet concerns

What to do if your child sees something upsetting online (Safer Internet Centre) UK Safer Internet Centre - Advice for parents
Online resources for parents & carers (Childnet International)
https://www.childnet.com/ufiles/Parents-and-carers-resource-sheet-1019.pdf  

Useful resources and websites to support parents and carers to keep their children safe online:

  • Thinkuknow provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online
  • Parent info is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
  • Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support
  • Internet matters provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world
  • London Grid for Learning has support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
  • Net-aware has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
  • Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
  • UK Safer Internet Centre has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services

Pupils at Great Horwood learn about E-safety very regularly.  Some of the themes we consider are:

  • Video Games and E-Safety
  • Safely browsing the internet
  • Using E-mail
  • Text messaging
  • Dealing with Cyber bullying, including where to go for help
  • Looking after your password and personal information
  • Stranger Danger!

Internet safety both at school and home is important to ensure that children remain safe when accessing the internet or using game consoles where they can speak to other people online. 

More information at an age appropriate level can be accessed via the CEOP website for children. 

Please see below a link to the Jigsaw video which we share with pupils in Y5/6. This is usually delivered by a member of the Community Policing Team.  This video was produced by CEOP who are also responsible for the Think U Know website.  

Jigsaw: for 8 -10 year olds

This is an assembly from CEOPs Thinkuknow education programme that helps children to understand what constitutes personal information. The assembly enables children to understand that they need to be just as protective of their personal information online, as they are in the real world.

If you have any further questions please let your child's class teacher know. 

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