E-Safety
Keeping our pupils safe is always a priority at St Mary’s school and this extends to the way the children use technology.
We recently conducted our annual Online Safety survey with some of our Key Stage 2 children. Click on the link below to read some of the key findings:
Internet Matters
created a very useful leaflet that helps provide useful E-safety tips for parents who have children between the ages of 6-11. Click on the document below and take a look.
Childnet
created a really useful document that guides parents to supporting young people online
http://www.childnet.com/ufiles/Supporting-young-people-online.pdf
Cyberbullying
http://www.childnet.com/ufiles/Cyberbullying-guidance2.pdf
Online line gaming guidance:
http://www.childnet.com/ufiles/Online-gaming-an-introduction-for-parents-and-carers-2017.pdf
A brilliant story, created by Childnet, that helps younger children understand how to stay safe online:
http://www.childnet.com/ufiles/DigiDuck-eBook.pdf
NSPCC provide some really good child-friendly videos that help to tackle difficult situations online. They also include great guides on parental controls
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/
Below are some really high-quality websites that can provide support for online safety:
CEOP- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre site (Guides parents with how to use control settings)
https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/parents/
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-safe-online-browsing/
Think U Know (Parent area includes sections on information on how to keep your child safe and making a report on behalf of your child)
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents
Safer Internet Centre (Advice and resources area has a section for parents and carers. It includes a guide to technology and information on setting up parental controls and safety tools on social networking sites)
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk
Vodaphone Digital Parenting (Guides parents with how to use control settings)
https://parentzone.org.uk/system/files/attachments/Digital%20Parenting%205.pdf
http://www.vodaphone.com/content/parents.html
Connect Safely (Parents guide to Facebook, Google+, Snapchat and Instagram)
http://www.connectsafely.org/guides
Hector's World (Educational program aimed at children from age 2-9 with a section for parents)
http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.uk
Searchbox (Links to search sites for children)
http://www.searchbox.co.uk/kids.htm
BBC Webwise (Advice and information)