E-Safety and Social Networking
We want to support parents and carers to understand online risks children may be vulnerable to and to support parents to keep their child safe.
As such we are planning to include regular features in our newsletters and will add them to this document so that they are all in one place.
We have archived the feature into one document which you can view here: https://bit.ly/3R3RGAq
- Click here to view results from the 2022 Online Safety Questionnaire. Actions: The LA School Improvement Adviser for Computing will create and add short videos (see below)
- Accessing games Safely (Content)
- Cyberbullying (Contact)
- Cyber Predators (Contact)
- Posting information or images that could be damaging now or in the future (Conduct)
- Making, sending, receiving or sharing private information or images (Conduct)
- Click here to read the school Online Safety (e-safety) policy including e-safety rules
- Digitally Literate, Digitally Confident and Digitally Safe- Links to the slides used by the Local Authority ICT Consultant, Neil Brown when he led a parent information session on 19th September 2016
Support for children
- Childline for free and confidential advice
- UK Safer Internet Centre to report and remove harmful online content
- CEOP for advice on making a report about online abuse
Parental support
- 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
- Commonsensemedia provide independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media for children and their parents
- Government advice about protecting children from specific online harms such as child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying
- Internet Matters provide 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
- Let’s Talk About It provides advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
- London Grid for Learning provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
- Stopitnow resource from The Lucy Faithfull Foundation can be used by parents and carers who are concerned about someone’s behaviour, including children who may be displaying concerning sexual behaviour (not just about online)
- National Crime Agency/CEOP Thinkuknow provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
- Net-aware provides support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
- Parentzone provides help for parents and carers on how to keep their children safe online
- Parent info from Parentzone and the National Crime Agency provides support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
- UK Safer Internet Centre provide tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online