Online Safety at Home
Children increasingly use the internet and technology in their daily lives to learn, research, play and communicate. The online world is a useful place for young people to explore, with great opportunities for learning and creativity, but just like the real world there are risks and dangers that children should be aware of and which we should all act to protect them from. As a school, we encourage the use of technology as an important part of our students’ development but always want them to spend their time online safely.
In our Computing lessons at school we support children to be safe online at home as well as at school. The websites below have information for parents with activities for children to reinforce E-safety learning.
In school, we follow SMART. These are the Childnet online safety rules. The children watch videos, complete activities and discuss how they can stay safe online following these rules: Get SMART | Childnet
The most crucial part of online safety is communication. Not sure where to start? Use the conversation starters in the link: Talking to your child about online safety | NSPCC There are many other useful websites which focus on specific issues including online gaming, social media and first phones. Please use the useful links below:
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