E-Safety Information and Advice

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Many children actively choose to disregard their learning about online safety when they leave the school site. They do this because it is simply more fun, more interesting, more exciting and more interactive to take the risks; risks which the children cannot fully appreciate at their young age.

At home

The main problem with managing online safety is that children have remarkably high confidence with technology but remarkably low maturity of experience to deal with it in a socially safe way.

As a minimum, it is vital that parents regularly check their children's texts, IMs, internet history and social media accounts. This is not being invasive, this is being responsible. Children have to know that their parents care as much about who they interact with online as in the street. You should be upfront and honest about doing this.

Backing up what's taught in school

Adults in school talk about e-safety as part of daily life, whether this be establishing an open relationship to talk positively about ICT at age 4 or agreeing what to do with an offensive text message at age 11. The "level of chat" used is as follows:

Year 6	Recognise inappropriate contact and conduct, and know how to report and address concerns
Year 5	Know a range of ways to report inappropriate behaviour
Year 4	Use technology responsibly – both socially and academically
Year 3	Know a range of ways to report concerns

​Good advice for parents, carers and children

• NSPCC Online Safety Children and young people spend a lot of time online – it can be a great way for them to socialise, explore and have fun. But children do also face risks like cyberbullying or seeing content that's inappropriate. That’s why we’ve teamed up with O2 to give you everything you need to know about keeping children safe online
  https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
• BBC Share Take Care A guide to Parental Control Software
• ​http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise
• Think U Know Thinkuknow aims to ensure that everyone has access to this practical information – children, young people, their parents and carers and the professionals who work with them.
  https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
• Child Exploitation & Online Protection (CEOP) CEOP works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account.
  https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
• Internet Matters Internet Matters is an independent, not-for-profit organisation to help parents keep their children safe online
  ​https://www.internetmatters.org/

Further Documents:

Information for Parents/Carers about Tik Tok

Information for Parents/Carers about safer internet use