Online Safety for Children
E-Safety is an important part of our curriulum as it provides the ability to protect and educate children in their use of technology as well as having appropriate tools in place to support any incident where appropriate.
Please explore the information on this page linked to how you can keep safe whilst using the internet in a postive and responsible way.
Follow the SMART Rules to keep safe online:
S – SAFE: Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information to people. This means your full name, home address, home phone number, your school name plus many more.
M – MEETING: Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. How do you know that they are who they say they are? You should never meet up with someone you have met online.
A – ACCEPTING: Accepting emails, instant messages like face-chat, or opening files, pictures or texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems – they may contain dangerous viruses. If in doubt delete it and then find a grown up you trust and tell them.
R – RELIABLE: Information you find on the internet may not be true, or someone online may be lying about who they are.
T – TELL: Tell your parents/carers or a trusted grown up if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried online. Examples of trusted adults could be your teacher, caretaker, volunteers, office staff or your headteacher.
Online Support
Explore the supportive links when using technology online to keep yourself and others safe.
BBC Own It
This is an app to help you stay safe online. The BBC is launched this app to try and help the wellbeing of young people online. It’s called Own It and it encourages young people to stop and think before they hit the send button.
Young Minds
YoungMinds is the UK’s leading charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children. They campaign, research and influence policy and practice.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service – Safe4Spring. This website supports keeping safe and provides a range of resources and guidance to support you to do this.
Children’s Learning
The children are taught the positive and negative aspects of technology and understand how to follow the SMART Rules when keeping safe online. The children participate yearly in extra curriculum days to promote the importance of keeping safe online for example, Safer Internet Day and assemblies delivered by the NSPCC. Safer Internet Day and assemblies are child focussed and are planned specifically linked to what the children are accessing. Computing displays are situated in the ICT Suite sharing key information on E –Safety which provides resources for the children as well as showcasing their online safety curriculum work.
Every year ‘Safer Internet Day’ is celebrated globally, to promote the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people and to inspire a national conversation. This is also heavily linked to the updated ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019’, Dfe guidance. Each year our children participate in a range of exciting activities, to promote the use of technology in a safe and meaningful way. To fully engage with this theme the children come to school wearing blue and orange clothing, instead of their school uniform.
School assemblies are delivered by the Computing Leader each month to ensure the children are aware of applications, games and other sources they are using and whether this is age appropriate. During these assemblies the children revisit the SMART Rules to ensure they are embedded and learn to give practical examples.
Safer Internet Day Quiz
Complete the Safer Internet Day Quiz to check your understanding of the importance of keeping safe online.
Application Information
Use the following link as a guide to social networks, apps and games.
Explore the posters below linked to social media.
