Today is Safer Internet Day. Classes across the school have been looking at how to stay safe online and how to make the internet a better place. Tiggy and Don did assembies to KS1 and KS2. It is clear the children have a good understanding about how to behave online and they had some great ideas and advice to help keep each other safe and happy when online.
There are loads of great resources out there for you use at home if you want more information to help support you in this area. Try some of the links below:
Internet Matters – helping parents with esafety advice and links to games for you and your child
Know it all – Resources for parents and carers includes content for young people
Think U Know – Resources for parents and carers includes content for young people
Hector’s World – A free online learning resource for children 2-9 years of age with parental advice.
The Vodaphone Parents’ Guide – Developed with leading parenting website The Parent Zone and tested extensively to ensure it builds parents’ confidence. Their magazine, Digital Parenting is also available online.
Parents Centre – Internet Safety information for Parents from the government.
Parents and Carers’ Guide to the Internet – The Parents’ and Carers’ Guide to the Internet, from CEOP, is a light-hearted and realistic look at what it takes to be a better online parent.
How to set up the parental controls of your Internet provider – Here you can find out how you can help prevent age inappropriate content being accessed online on computers in your home.
BBC Webwise for the latest advice for parents and young people.
Specific advice for parents on how to set up filters and controls at home.
‘Caught in the Web’ is a 15-minute film made for young people by BBC Newsround about staying safe on the Internet.
If you would like to have any conversations about e-safety – general questions or more specific concerns – please don’t hesitate to speak to your child’s class teacher or come and see Don. If they can’t answer your question they will be able to find someone who can.
