Online Safety

Many of your children will enjoy using a range of technology at home; we love using it in school! However, we also want to provide you, our parents, with some information about how you can keep up to date with latest safety advice for online use.

Promoting Online Safety both at home and in school in this way enables us to engage the children in their learning, with a mutual understanding that there are many positive aspects to their online lives.

Information for Children – BE SMART

Safe – Keep safe by not giving out personal information – such as your full name, email address, phone number, home address, photos or school name.

Meeting – Meeting someone you have only met online can be dangerous. Only arrange to do so with your parents.

Accepting – Accepting messages, emails, or opening files, pictures or texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems – they may contain viruses or nasty messages!

Reliable – Information you find on the internet may not be true, or someone online may not be telling the truth about who they are.

Tell – Tell your parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried, or if you or someone you know is being bullied online.

Information for parents and carers

Useful websites and information for parents to promote online safety at home

  • BBC Own It – A really useful, child-friendly site for a range of purposes, including online safety. 
  • ChildNeT  – Top Tips on Gaming. 
  • Internet Matters – apps guide for parents   
  • NSPCC Online Safety – lots of useful advice for keeping children safe when they are using the internet, social networks, apps and games.  

Useful websites for children to encourage online safety at home

  • Google Be Internet Awesome (Interland) – very engaging and interactive resource to promote various aspects of life online.  
  • Think U Know – containing internet safety advice for those aged from 5 to 16, along with parents and teachers, this site is produced by CEOP (the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre). 
  • BBC Own It – A really useful, child-friendly site for a range of purposes, including online safety.